The snow arrived this week, but it did nothing to stop us from having another busy week as we continue to build back up from the festive slump. Apologies to the Monday teams, the review of those games will be updated over the weekend so keep an eye out!
LEAGUE NEWS
Our BRAND NEW THURSDAY EVENING 5-A-SIDE LEAGUE will be kicking off at Cheadle Town FC on 7th February, with a couple of spaces still available for new teams. If you want to give it a try, we will be hosting mini tournaments next Thursday, 31st January. Sort a team out, get yourselves registered, and come and give it a go.
Our NEW TUESDAY LEAGUE will be starting on 19th February, and we have spaces to fill to get that league back to capacity. The standard of the current teams involved is fairly even across the board, so there’s a very decent chance we may go with one big division for the new season. If the idea of a long season and a large variety of opposition appeals to you, this could be your night.
Our NEW MONDAY LEAGUE should also be starting at the back end of February / early March, but it’s getting pretty close to being full as it stands, so if you want to get involved you’ll have to get onto us pretty quickly.
Sunday and Wednesday have very little to offer at the minute, so stick to the other three nights we’ve currently got spaces and we’ll be able to get you started straightaway!
Fill in a ‘JOIN A LEAGUE‘ form from the homepage for more information or to join.
SUNDAY LEAGUE
With Whoppers missing again this week, Gangs Of Dwight Yorke had the chance to close the gap at the top if they could see off Bangers & Pash. It looked like a tricky task early on as Bangers raced into a three goal lead with two goals from Rhys Clooney and one from Zach Widdowson. Gangs awoke from their slumber and scored three of their own in 5 minutes to send us into the break level, Demell Cumberbatch with a double and Chris Singleton their third. Clooney edged Bangers back in front just after the break, but two more from Cumberbatch and a Simon Hackney goal in the space of three minutes put Gangs in front for the first time. Clooney reduced that lead to one with 14 minutes left, but Gangs continued to score in bunches and added three more, another double for Cumberbatch and Hackney adding his second before an own goal in the dying seconds gave Bangers a consolation.
GANGS OF DWIGHT YORKE 9 BANGERS & PASH 6
MOM: DEMELL CUMBERBATCH (GANGS OF DWIGHT YORKE)
Beercalona bounced back well after their hammering against Gangs with a win over Eagles last week, and faced a Kipsta Cobras team who were back for a second straight week with some new recruits. One of those new recruits, Rob Cresswell, got their second after Connor Atkinson had given them an early lead, as they went into the break two goals to the good. On a frustrating evening for Beercalona, they couldn’t find a way through after the break, and a disastrous own goal sealed a second straight win for Kipsta.
BEERCALONA 0 KIPSTA COBRAS 3
MOM: LUKE WARBURTON (BEERCALONA)
With Sevilla absent this week due to illness in the Polish Army ranks, Nice Buns had the chance to go top of the Championship pile if they could pick up a win over Step Brothers. It was the Brothers who hit the front early with two magical Chris Moore finishes, but Buns roared back in the final 15 of the opening half as Paul Cheetham grabbed a hat trick and Charlie Williamson two to give them a three goal half time lead. The Brothers also started the second half better, as Dom Cioffi reduced the lead to two early on, but by the time he scored again with 7 minutes to play, three more goals from Williamson had taken the game away from them, and Jimmy Williamson wrapped up the victory with a goal in the final minute. If that’s actually who scored the goals…….
STEP BROTHERS 4 NICE BUNS B 9
MOM: CHARLIE WILLIAMSON (NICE BUNS B)
The McMuffin Men were back with a 7 man squad for a second straight week after their recent struggles, and flew out of the blocks against FC AOTS this week with Mark Bailey scoring three, Sam Delgado two and debutant Kyle Thomason grabbing the other as they lead 6-3 at the interval, Paul Buckley getting two and Tom Sheekey one in reply for AOTS. The McMuffin lead was extended by Bailey’s 4th in the opening minute of the second half, but AOTS hit back as Buckley got his third, Sheekey his second and Eoghan Scott a brace as they pulled themselves level. They couldn’t complete a turnaround though as Thomason grabbed two more in the final 10 minutes to give McMuffin Men their first win of the campaign.
THE MCMUFFIN MEN 9 FC AOTS 7
MOM: MARK BAILEY (THE MCMUFFIN MEN)
Fat Boys Run Wild are looking to lead the way heading into the halfway split in the League One table, and would have been expecting a comfortable three points against struggling CA FC this week. They were a player short this week, and went a goal down when Lorenzo Rodriguez gave CA a 9th minute lead. They quickly turned things around though as Jamie Kealy scored three and Matt Kealy got another as they headed towards the break with a three goal lead. Rodriguez got his second just before the break to give CA hope going into the second half, but Fat Boys were always in control and second half doubles from Aaron Donville and Ryan McAndrew, along with Curt Rothwell’s finish eased them to victory, with Jonny Barton also grabbing two and David Hughes a late consolation for CA.
FAT BOYS RUN WILD 9 CA FC 5
MOM:AARON DONVILLE (FAT BOYS RUN WILD)
Deportivo struggled to field a side again this week, but with a little help they managed it as they looked to join this week’s opponents The Veterans on 9 points in the fight to stay in the top half of the table. A tight first half saw the teams go into the break all square as Simon Grainger and Andy Carrington scored to pull The Veterans level after Mike Devitt had twice given Deportivo the lead. Two more from Grainger and one each from Carrington and Paul Atherton gave The Vets a three goal lead with a Jay Berrisford reply for Deportivo in between. Deportivo had a go at trying to get something from this in the final 10, but despite two more goals from Devitt and an own goal, The Veterans picked up the win with goals from Atherton and Grainger.
DEPORTIVO LACK OF TALENT 6 THE VETERANS 8
MOM:MIKE DEVITT (DEPORTIVO LACK OF TALENT)
Inter Your Sister have been on the up of late, while Team Tom’s one match winning run came to an end against The Veterans last week. This was Ballers first ever 4.30pm kick off, and it seemed to catch some of the Inter players out as the Tommers raced into a 5-1 half time lead, three goals from Chris Philpott and one each for Aaron Crook and Carl Carter, with a solitary Brandon Byers-Wilkes goal in reply for Inter, who displayed a lack of fight in the opening period…… Aaron Buczko, who scored all 4 against SK Six a couple of weeks ago, turned up for the second half and fired in another 6 as Team Tom strolled to a second win of the season. Liam Bancroft and Philpott added their other goals in the second half, with Craig Johnson scoring two, Byers-Wilkes, Scott Norris and Danny Robinshaw with the others on a disappointing night for Inter.
INTER YOR SISTER 6 TEAM TOM 13
MOM:AARON BUCZKO (TEAM TOM)
SK Six and Roman FC were both looking for a second win of the campaign when they faced off this week, and in a very tight first half it was just a Harry Bridge goal 5 minutes from the break that gave SK the half time edge. Bridge’s second two minutes after the restart, put SK in control, and the result was out of doubt when Steve Blunsten added to an own goal to make it 4-0 with 10 minutes left. Henry Cooke got the final goal with two minutes remaining to send SK into the top half of the table for pretty much the first time.
SK SIX 5 ROMAN FC 0
MOM: HENRY COOKE (SK SIX)
4 teams played out the first game of our new mini league as we have teams waiting for spaces in our re-expanding Sunday league. Team Sabri had a tough opening night as a brand new team against the experienced FC Stront Bakken, with Rida’s goal, two minutes from the end of the game, denying Stront Bakken a clean sheet as 5 goals from Lukas Voveris, 4 from Ryan Stringer and one from Dylan Marginarisa gave Stront Bakken a comfortable start. A few weeks to get themselves organised and we’re sure Team Sabri will be just fine.
TEAM SABRI 1 FC STRONT BAKKEN 9
MOM: LUKAS VOVERIS (FC STRONT BAKKEN)
Pathetico Madrid and Rooneytunes also made their Ballers return this week, and theirs was a much more competitive match up. Rooneytunes twice came back to go into the break all square at 2-2, with Josh Borthwick scoring twice after Carl Reynolds and James Norton had given Pathetico the lead. Chris Sinclair put Rooney in front for the first time early in the second half, but Adam Norton quickly drew Pathetico level again. An own goal and two more from Borthwick looked to have given Rooney the win, but they were made to sweat when Reynolds got two more in the final few minutes, but they held on for the win.
PATHETICO MADRID 5 ROONEYTUNES 6
MOM: JOSH BORTHWICK (ROONEYTUNES)
MONDAY LEAGUE
Finally…… Giant slayers Grand Street Wanderers looked to keep their recent impressive run going back in the Championship against promotion hopefuls Nice Buns, but it was Buns who hit the front inside the opening 10 minutes as Jimmy Williamson struck the first goal. GSW hit back and went into the break level as Rob Morris got a 14th minute leveler, but they were behind again when Tom Hall got Buns second 5 minutes after the restart. Paul Cheetham and Tom Dempsey quickly added to that lead and Buns were able to see out the final 10 minutes as Grand Street couldn’t find another way past Buns ‘keeper Dale Kirkham, who picked up the MOTM award.
NICE BUNS 4 GRAND STREET WANDERERS 1
MOM: DALE KIRKHAM (NICE BUNS)
Diva Fever continue to lead the way in the Championship going into this week’s games, and they took early control of their game with Ruby Kazam as goals from Lewis Arden, Joe Dodd and Shane Bridges gave them a 3-0 half time advantage. Things didn’t get much better for Ruby in the second period as Diva continued to find the net on a regular occurrence. Mike Devitt and Bridges added two more, with Dodd getting his second to put Diva 8 goals to the good. They were denied a clean sheet by Josh Welsh’s last minute consolation, but they look good for a return to the Premiership for the new season.
RUBY KAZAM 1 DIVA FEVER 8
MOM: JOE DODD (DIVA FEVER)
The new Pathetico Madrid were back for a second game this week, and on paper it was another tough one against Phantom Brazilians. The first half was fairly even, with the quality of the finishing the major difference as Pathetico went into the break 4-0 up as Joe Knight’s three were added to by Shane Hammonds one.Knight made it 5 just after the break, and though Andrew Shaw pulled one back for Phantom, Pathetico quickly pulled away as Knight, Hammon and Alex Whelan all added doubles and Ben Watts another, with Matt Holbrook grabbing a couple of late consolations for Phantom, who will be looking forward to a season back in the Championship.
PATHETICO MADRID 12 PHANTOM BRAZILIANS 3
MOM: AARON SHAW (PATHETICO MADRID)
Expected Toulouse were without a league opposition this week, but a competitive friendly awaited them against a combination of players from Morning Glory and Insole. Ryan Dolan got 4 goals in the first half as Toulouse carried a two goal lead into the break, Jack Grundy got their other goal with Jack Beswick, Connor Atkinson and Scott Norris getting the replies. Kurtes Curran pulled another back from the kick off at the start of the second half, but Toulouse were always able to stay one step ahead, and 5 different scorers ensured they ran out 10-7 winners. Grundy, Dolan, Joe Roche, Wasim Akram and Liam Mottram got their goals, with two more from Atkinson and another from Norris not enough to give the scratch team anything from this one.
EXPECTED TOULOUSE 10 MORNING INSOLE 7
MOM: RYAN DOLAN (EXPECTED TOULOUSE)
Monday Night Albion continue to strive for a regular starting line up, and faced the brand new Athletico Pathetico this week. The still more experienced Albion were in control at the break as Gaz Marsh got two, Peter Bushell three and Raymond Wyatt the other as they lead 6-1, with Chris Sinclair’s solitary reply for the new boys. The second period was better for the new team as they settled into Ballers life, and they won the half as Jake Smallwood, Sean O’Kane, Wayne Hartigan and Sinclair all scored, with William Hemmings and Andy Ingleson scoring the only second half Albion goals.
ATHLETICO PATHETICO 5 MONDAY NIGHT ALBION 8
MOM: PETER BUSHELL (ATHLETICO PATHETICO)
TUESDAY LEAGUE
The snow arrived this week, but it didn’t stop us from getting a few games on as we approach the end of the current Tuesday league season. FC AOTS put up a good fight against Bandit last week, so would have expected a bounce back win over struggling FC. After taking an early two goal lead thanks to goals from Tom Sheekey and Adam Atherton, AOTS fell apart as Nicky Thirkill scored 4 to give FC a two goal lead at the break. The teams shared 4 goals in the early stages of the second period as Kibs and Charley Hutchinson kept AOTS within two despite Nicky and Phil’s goals for FC. FC looked to have it wrapped up when they went 5 up with 10 to play as Nicky got his 6th to add to two goals from Mark. AOTS closed to within two again as Kibs, Atherton and Hutchinson all scored within 5 minutes, but two more Hutchinson goals weren’t enough to give AOTS anything from this one as Ryan added two more and Phil has second to give FC an impressive win.
FC AOTS 9 FC 12
MOM: NICKY THIRKILL (FC)
Michu At De Gea Ba finally got their first win over Championship opposition last week and were looking to make it back to back wins against Ballotellitubbies. It looked to be all but done by half time as Adam Porter and Fidelis Eberegbe scored either side of a Ryan Greenwood double to send Michu into the break 4-0 up. Ballo made a fight of it in the second half, and halved the deficit thanks to two goals from Chris Reeves, but Michael Jennison ensured their would be no late shock with Michu’s 5th 5 minutes from time. Jason Higginson scored a late third for Ballo, but they slip to another defeat.
BALLOTELLITUBBIES 3 MICHU AT DE GEA BA 5
MOM: RYAN GREENWOOD (MICHU AT DE GEA BA)
New boys Leve FC joined us this week, and faced the toughest of opening night’s against leaders Bandit Athletic. They held their own in the opening stages as Callum quickly leveled up after Ray Donnelly’s early Bandit opener, but the more experienced team took control as the half went on and lead 5-1 at the break with two goals from Michael Winn and one each from Kyle Clarke and Connor Atkinson. The Leve lads remained competitive in the second period, with Callum scoring two more and Jon and Mike getting their names on the score sheet, but Bandit ran out comfortable winners, with braces all around for Donnelly, Winn and Kurtes Curran completing the scoring.
BANDIT ATHLETIC 11 LEVE FC 5
MOM:BAILEY CARROLL (LEVE FC)
WEDNESDAY LEAGUE
Wellspring were looking to maintain their 100% start to the season against a newly kitted out Out Of Shape FC. They held a three goal lead at the break as Lewis Arden got two, Mike Devitt and Joe Dodd the other, with Karol’s reply on the stroke of half time giving Shape a hint of hope. Milosz Zawila got their second two minutes after the restart, but that’s about as close as they go as Arden added three more, Devitt two and Mike Cocks the other as they ran out 11-6 winners, with Tomek Trepka grabbing three and Zawila his second in reply.
WELLSPRING FC 11 OUT OF SHAPE FC 6
MOM: JOE DODD (WELLSPRING FC)
Stockport Eagles remained second going into this week’s games, despite defeat last week, but they got back on the horse early doors in this one as Paul Waugh, Ben Waugh and Ray Donnelly gave them an early three goal lead against Exeter Gently. Kristian Igo pulled one back hLf way through the period, but Ryan McAndrew made it 4-1 11 minutes before the break. Rob Milarvie made it a two goal game before half time, but Eagles killed the game off with goals from Ben Waugh and Donnelly before a couple more Igo goals with 5 minutes left were too little, too late for Exeter.
STOCKPORT EAGLES 4 EXETER GENTLY 4
MOM: MARK CARRUTHERS (STOCKPORT EAGLES)
This might be the last week for now for Unprotected Cesc, as the struggle for players has hit home, but they looked to go out on a high against a Rhino Ket team, still looking for their first points since their return. It looked like it could happen this week, as Jon Shipman and Louis Moore gave them a 2-1 lead after 6 minutes, with Kurtes Curran having briefly leveled up for Cesc. Cesc took control as the half went on, and two more from Curran and one each from Matthew Atkinson and Mike Pentland gave them a 5-2 lad before Jon Shipman reduced that with a goal on the stroke of half time. There was no second half comeback though, as Cesc added goals from Atkinson, Pentland, Danny Muprhy and two from Josh Armitage to ease them to a comfortable victory.
UNPROTECTED CESC 9 FC RHINO KET 3
MOM: KURTES CURRAN (UNPROTECTED CESC)