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LEAGUE NEWS

ICYMI, we have a BRAND NEW THURSDAY 5-A-SIDE LEAGUE starting at Cheadle Town FC in the next few weeks. One off trial games are available over the next few weeks for any team who wants to come and have a look at the set up before deciding whether to commit to the new league.

The new Monday and Tuesday leagues both kick off in the next few weeks, and while spaces are minimal, there are still a couple to be had across the two nights.

We are still looking at the possibility of expanding the Sunday league with earlier kick off times, so if Sunday is the night for you, get onto us asap.

We currently have a Facebook competition on the go, giving everyone the chance to win a FREE MONTH OF FOOTBALL. Head to the Facebook page for details and get involved.

For more information on any of the above, fill in a Join A League form on the homepage.

SUNDAY LEAGUE

The Sunday Premiership still looks to be a division to watch, and returned to capacity after El Caliente rejoined us to replace Real Maskid, who went AWOL without playing a game this season. The good thing from their point of view is that it happened early enough for them to have the chance to catch up their missed games, starting with two this week while Duno had lads away. Their first was against unbeaten Wilmslow Whoppers, who are hoping to to turn recent draws into wins, and they started well with goals from Alex Jackson and Dan Exley in the opening 6 minutes. Danny King pulled one back inside the opening 10 minutes, but the Whoppers quickly restored their two goal lead with an Olly Ford goal a minute later. Liam Delaney scored two more to increase the Whoppers lead to 4, but Nathaniel Odysseus-Kingsley reduced the deficit just before the break. King got his second two minutes after the break to get Caliente within two, and it remained two when Fidelis Eberegbe scored after Exley had got his second for Whoppers. The Whoppers eased clear in the final 10 as Jackson and Ford got two more apiece, with just a Divine strike (someone called Divine, rather than God himself) in response for Caliente. A tough night for Caliente didn’t look like easing off as they had a second game against Bangers & Pash, who went into this week’s game top of the table. After a slow start things burst into life with 4 goals in 6 minutes approaching the break. Matt Sheehan and Rory Kelly scored either side of goals from Odysseues-Kinglsey and King to see us into the break at 2-2, and it was 3-3 with 20 minutes remaining as Chris Carroll and Ross Grealey scored within a minute of each other. King’s second and an own goal gave Caliente a two goal lead, but that was back to one with 7 minutes to play as Harry Kilmartin grabbed Bangers 4th. The final and decisive goal of the game secured a surprise win for Caliente as Grealey got his second in the final minute to incredibly leave Champions Duno as the only Premiership side without a win. Stockport Eagles looked to be the surprise package of the Premiership after picking up 4 points from their last two very tough games, but a third awaited them this week as Insole looked to make it two wins from their first two games. There was only one goal in the opening half an hour, and it was Jordan Cunningham who got it for Insole in the 9th minute. When Dylan Feast got their second with 18 minutes left the floodgates opened, and three goals from Kyle Clarke and another from Connor Harding saw them go 6 up with 10 to play. No more goals in those final 10 minutes mean that Insole pick up a surprisingly one sided win which could kick start a genuine title challenge.

The clash of the top two at the start of play didn’t take place, so the other 4 teams had the chance to close the gap. Beercalona and Sevilla Lacatalent were both looking for a second win of the season, and at half time Sevilla were the favourites as they recovered from Dave Watson’s early strike for Beercalona to lead 3-1 at the break as Jake Riley got two and Sam Melling the other. Tom Ratcliffe got one back for Beercalona early in the second half, but Sevilla restored their two goal lead with an own goal with 20 minutes left. Scott Williams and Jay Ratcliffe both scored to make things all square, and Williams second edged Beercalona in front as we headed towards the final 5 minutes. Jay Ratcliffe got the final goal as Beercalona completed their comeback to move up to third place in the table. Polish Army went into this week’s round of games as the only Championship team without a win, but each of their games up until now had been close. That didn’t look like being the case this week as they trailed 8-0 at half time against Kipsta Cobras, Connor Harding with three, Dylan Lowth two, James Bamgbose, Tom Leach and Warren Yeo one each. The second half wasn’t much better, but they only conceded 5 more to give Kipsta a resounding 13-0 win, Harding and Lowth with two more each and Yeo with his second. Not the best game to choose to film……

The leaders in League One also didn’t have a league game this week as Murder On Zidane’s Floor were let down by the withdrawal of Pat’s Giants (hopefully just for now…). The McMuffin Men could take top spot with a win over Nice Buns B, but that looked unlikely at the break as goals from Paul Cheetham, Charlie Williamson and Sean Cope gave Buns a 3-1 half time lead with Charley Eyre grabbing McMuffin’s only goal of the opening half. 3-1 became 4-1 when Jimmy Williamson scored with 17 minutes left, and Charlie ensured they restored their three goal lead with 10 to play after Mark Bailey had pulled one back for McMuffin. Calan Sherer and Bailey both scored to make it 5-4 with two minutes left, but Buns held on for a win that sends them third. Team Tom were planning their parade after they beat Inter Your Sister on night one with 5 men, but they’ve picked up no more points since then and needed a win over the same opposition to stay in contention at the top end. Jimmy Robinshaw put Inter ahead early, but Carl Carter and Aaron Crook ensured Team Tom lead inside the opening 10 minutes. Craig Johnson made it Desmond at the break, and Inter looked to have it won when they scored three without reply in the opening stages of the second half, two more from Robinshaw and one from Leigh Edwards. Phil Partakis gave the Tommers hope going into the final 5 minutes, and Carter got his second in the final minute, but it wasn’t enough to get anything out of the game for Team Tom as both League One games finished 5-4 (and would have been much better to film than our actual choice…..).

Another division, and another top of the table team not playing this week as Step Brothers were forced to cancel late on for family reasons. The Veterans could join them at the top of the table with a win over new boys Fat Boys Run Wild, and the result was all but determined by the break as three goals from Ben Mercer and one each from Ryan Prestwich, Dean Minshull and Sam Collicott saw them lead 6-2, with the replies coming from Matthew Kealy and Jimmy. Just Jimmy. The same Jimmy scored two in the opening 10 minutes of the second half to reduce the deficit to two goals, but the longer standing team finished much the stronger as Prestwich, Collicott and Adam Pinder all scored two each in the final 15 to give The Veterans as 12-4 win. FC AOTS and Deportivo Lack Of Talent were both looking to pick up a second win of the season as they faced off this week. It looked to be AOTS night as they lead 3-0 at the break with Eoghan Scott scoring two after Adam Duty had given them an early lead. Deportivo made a fight of it in the second half as Ben Proctor scored two in three minutes to make it 3-2 with 15 minutes left, but Duty grabbed a last gasp goal to ensure AOTS moved into third place.

Murder On Zidane’s Floor took on Wilmslow Whoppers in a friendly that turned into an absolute goal-fest. Olly Ford scored 5 and Alex Jackson 4 for Whoppers, with Dan Evans scoring 6 for Murder as the Whoppers won a 26 goal thriller 14-12.

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL BE WE REMAIN OPEN TO THE IDEA OF EXPANDING THE LEAGUE AS SOON AS WE CAN. GET IN TOUCH FOR DETAILS 

MONDAY LEAGUE

The Monday Premiership continues to be a place where teams fear to tread. So much so that this was another week where there were no games played. Fortunately new teams are coming in to fill up the Monday league from the bottom, so by the time the new season starts next month we should hopefully be full of reliable teams….

A tough task faced new boys Garvins Ballers as they looked to become the first team to take points off Netsix & Chill this season. They struck first through Jahid Hussain’s opening minute goal, but the leaders took control as the half went on, with Jimmy Leeson scoring three in the next 9 minutes, and Thomas Leach adding two more before the break. They cruised to a comfortable victory as Leeson added two more, Aaron Campbell three and James Bamgbose the other, with Joshua Hargreaves and Jordan Cunningham scoring late on for Garvins. Phantom Brazilians look likely to finish second, and would take another step towards that if they could beat Nice Buns this week. It was Buns who edged the opening half though, as three Jay Berrisford goals saw them lead 3-2 at the break, with an own goal and a Andrew Shaw finish in response for Phantom. Paul Wilkinson quickly drew Phantom level at the start of the second half, and they took control from there as Matt Barton added two and Shaw his second to give them a hard fought win.The Monday Randommers were even more random than ever this week as only two players who’d actually played for them before turned out this week, but after a tough run of fixtures they went up against the still to be renamed CA FC in what was their first official league game. The Randoms lead 4-2 at the break as two goals from Lukas Voveris and one each for Shaun Mulverney and Harvey Marsh were enough to give them the edge with Josh Jones pulling two back for CA. Jones’ third made it 4-3 with 20 minutes left, but two more from Voveris eased Randoms clear again. Two more Mulverney goals in the final 5 minutes secured the win, with a consolation from Charlie Andrew all the new team could muster in the dying stages.

We welcomed another new team this week in LoL FC, and they faced off against a hybrid of Diva Fever and Wellspring in a friendly on their first night. Costa got their first Ballers goal, and Chris Rhodes ensured they lead at the break after John Brookes had leveled things up. The new boys ran away with it in the second half though, as Costa and Aaron Derbyshire got two each and Gary Banks they other as they finished up 7-2 winners.

THERE’S ONE LAST SPACE AVAILABLE FOR ANY NEW TEAMS WANTING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE NEW MONDAY LEAGUE DUE TO START IN OCTOBER 

TUESDAY LEAGUE

With the Tuesday Premiership all but sewn up and the Championship to be decided tonight, that means we’re just a couple of weeks away from the start of the NEW TUESDAY LEAGUE! First things first, and Gangs Of Dwight Yorke had to draw a line under their Premiership season by securing the title against Shaka. They were well on their way when Wayne Reeves opened the scoring and an own goal made it 2-0 within the opening 10 minutes. The goals flowed regularly throughout, as Reeves’ second was followed by goals two from Rob Brocklehurst and one from Wez Barker before the break. More of the same followed in the second period as Connor Harding got on the sheet, Callu Jones and Barker got two each, and Brocklehurst got his third, with the only blot on their night being a last minute Liam Paull goal to deny them a clean sheet. Second place was still to be played for, and Total Bala and Michu At De Gea Ba were two teams in contention for it. John Wood gave Bala the lead in the opening minutes, but Michu lead 3-1 at the break as Matt barton scored two and Michael Jennison got the other. It was 4-1 three minutes after the restart as Fidelis Eberegbe grabbed a goal, but Lee Manion reduced the arrears a minute later. Barton’s third with 18 minutes left looked to have put Michu in complete control, but Bala struck back with three in 4 minutes, two from Ethan Kaye and Manion with his second of the game. Both teams went for it in the final 10 minutes, but the game ended the way it started, with Wood’s late finish to give Bala the comeback win.

Wellspring knew what they had to do this week, and any kind of win over Bandit Athletic would be enough for them to claim the Championship title. They struck first through George Quayle’s 8th minute goal, but Bandit pressed hard to get back in it throughout an otherwise goalless first half. When Wellspring got their second through Carlton Cowley’s finish 7 minutes after the restart, they hit two more in quick succession to secure both the win and the title, Cowley with his second and Shane Bridges their 4th. Dylan Feast got a deserved goal back for Bandit with 6 minutes left, but Mike Devitt got the final goal to cap a fine season for Wellspring. The likes of Gangs await them in the Premiership next season…..

We welcomed a couple of new teams to the Tuesday league this week, with the hopefully soon to be renamed NT FC debuting against Show Me Da Mane. Lots of goals in this one, with Chris Murray getting 7 of Mane’s 16 as the new boys ran out of steam after being within two goals at the break. Nicky and Lewis Thirkill and Reds King all got two each for the new boys, who lost 16-7 in week one. FC AOTS also doubled up their Sunday night by joining Tuesday as well, and they faced familiar foes in Beercalona in a friendly this week. Three goals from Ste Whittle weren’t enough for them to get anything out of it though, as three from Tom Ratcliffe and two from namesake Jay gave Beercalona an 8-4 win.

THE NEW TUESDAY LEAGUE STARTS ON 9TH OCTOBER. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE SPACE AVAILABLE, BUT IT REALLY WON’T STICK AROUND LONG, SO GET IN TOUCH FOR DETAILS OR TO REGISTER

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

Polish Army were back in the Wednesday league this week, fresh off the back of their Sunday hammering, and their return was a tough looking encounter with the current champs Ajax Treesdown. They started really well though, going three up in the opening 12 minutes through goals from Julian, Slawek and debuting Norbert. They looked like they might hold onto that lead until the break, but two goals in the final 5 minutes of the half from Matt Taylor and Evan Farrell. Within 5 minutes of the restart the comeback was complete as Adam Taylor leveled up and an own goal put Ajax in front for the first time. The Army weren’t up for letting this go easily though, and Julian quickly got his second to make it 4-4. Adam Taylor’s second 11 minutes from time looked for a while like it could be the winner, but we weren’t expecting 4 goals in the final 4 minutes. Norbert’s second made it all square again, but Adam Taylor scored two, either side of Farrell’s second to give Ajax a really hard fought win. Unprotected Cesc’s Wednesday debut was a defeat to Exeter Gently, so it would be interesting to see how far they had come since that opening night. It didn’t start well as Kristian Igo gave Exeter a lead in the first minute, but Max Brookes quickly leveled things up. A close first half ended all square at 3-3 with an own goal and a Tom Harrison strike for Exeter being matched by goals from Jack McDonagh and Brookes. The second half was just as close, and it was 4-4 with 15 minutes remaining as another own goal put Exeter back in front before Jahed Hussain again drew Cesc level. Brookes third put Cesc in front half way through the period, but Wednesday was a night of late drama as we again had 4 late goals. Cesc went two up through McDonagh’s second, but Igo and Mo Torkian looked to have given Exeter a share of the spoils. There was a winner though, and it went to the Cescy boys as Si Robinshaw grabbed a last gasp goal to give them their first three points of the season.

THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL. ANY OF THE OTHER NIGHTS SEEM TO BE YOUR BEST OPTION!