League: Sunday League

Sunday leagues

Step Brothers vs Kinky Slipper

Kinky Slipper had rediscovered their mojo in last week’s impressive win over Insole, and would have fancied their chances of getting a good run started with a second straight win against a Step Brothers side who struggled to field a full team this week.

The patched up side did pretty well in the first half, despite finding themselves 2-0 after 11 minutes through goals from James Radcliffe and Rob Cresswell. Tom Cioffi pulled one back for The Brothers on 13 minutes, and 2-1 remained the score going into the half time break.

The second half remained tight in the opening stages, but once Jordan Hutchinson restored the two goal Kinky lead 16 minutes from time they never looked like letting this one go. Three more goals in the final 10 minutes killed this one off, Hutchinson scoring two more either side of Cresswell’s second of the game as Kinky pick up a second straight win.

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Kipsta Cobras vs Dench FC

We were looking forward to this one, and even had the camera poised and ready to catch the action as two of the early favourites for promotion to the Premiership went up against each other. The camera stayed packed away when we realised that Dench were a player short, meaning this was likely to be a little bit of a let down as a competitive spectacle.

That’s pretty much how things worked out in the opening period, and after Kieran Doherty gave Kipsta the lead on 6 minutes, they eased into a comfortable 5-0 lead at the break thanks to a brace from Dillon Lowth and a goal each for Eduardo Castaldo and Warren Yeo.

Having found a 6th man to play out a second half that looked to be more of a case of damage limitation, it was Kipsta who struck first again as Matt Toft and Jack Horgan added two more in the opening 11 minutes of the period. Dench finally got off the mark three minutes later as Matty Aked scored, and a minute later he got another as Dench attempted to make the score line respectable. They also grabbed the final goal of the game as George Eaton scored two minutes from time, but respectability was all that Dench will take from a game as Kipsta eased to another win. Maybe we’ll get the camera out second time around…….

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Expected Toulose vs FC Stront Bakken

Expected Toulose’s quest for their first Ballers point in their second spell with us continued this week after a narrow defeat to SK Dons last week, but it wouldn’t easy against a Stront Bakken team who were looking to bounce back from last weeks surprise defeat to Pathetico Madrid.

Declan Matthews gave the Bucket Boys the lead on three minutes, but the second goal didn’t arrive until Lukas Voveris scored their second 7 minutes before the break. When Matthews grabbed a third from Stront Bakken just before the break the game looked to be over and Toulose’s search for a first point would be continuing into another week.

It was another 15 minutes into the second half before Patrick Mitchell got Stront Bakken’s 4th, and Voveris added a 5th a minute later. To be fair to Toulose, they didn’t give it up easily, and they got their reward for their hard work with goals from Henry Cooke and Harry Bridge in the final 5 minutes to make the final scoreline a little more respectable. Stront Bakken sit in third place, and next weeks game with McMuffin Men now looks like a big one in the race for promotion.

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Insole vs Costa Del Reddish

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Team Tom vs El Caliente B

A couple of cancellations in Championship this week lead Team Tom and El Caliente B to face each other for the second week in a row as we juggled things around, and if there was to be any repeat of last week’s 8-8 draw we’d be in for a minor classic.

The Bee’s flew out of the traps and lead 5-0 after just 11 minutes as Matt Kealy and Kyle Sparkes, alongside goals from two nameless scorers saw them take early control. Ashley Ellis-Quirke pulled one back for Team Tom, but Sparkes second 5 minutes from half time seemed to be sending Caliente into a comfortable half time lead. Team Tom didn’t see things that way, and two more from Ellis-Quirke and another from Aaron Crook meant there were just two goals in it at the break.

That became one when James MacDonald scored three minutes into the second period, but Kealy grabbed his second 12 minutes from time to ease Caliente a couple of goals clear again. Kealy and Ellis-Quirke exchanged goals within 60 seconds to keep things tight, but ‘un-named scorer’ struck twice in the final 5 minutes to confirm a Caliente win that looked likely to have been a lot more comfortable in the early stages.

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Duno FC vs Inter Your Sister

These two only faced each other a couple of weeks ago, as Duno started their first full Ballers league campaign with a comfortable 9-2 win against a patched up Inter side. Would things be different this week as the faced a stronger looking Inter side?

It started off that way as Steve Johnson gave Inter an early lead with a goal on three minutes, but Duno took control soon after and after Steven Nevins levelled things up a minute later, two goals from Liam Watson saw Duno go 3-1 up with 12 minutes on the clock. Inter fired back in the final 5 minutes of the half, and two Gaz Sumner goals either side of a Dave Smythe finish saw Inter into the break with an unlikely 4-3 lead.

Duno stepped up the pressure in the second half as they looked to bounce back from last week’s defeat, and they drew level again 7 minutes into the half as Calvin Alexander scored their 4th from the spot. Despite the best efforts of both teams there were no more goals, so Inter pick up a point from a 4-4 draw for the second week in a row in what’s turning out to be a decent looking League One season.

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Under Rated FC vs Deportivo Lack Of Talent

As part of the juggling process to get teams the fixture times they wanted this week, we ended up with a repeat of a fortnight ago’s fixtures, meaning Under Rated had the chance to repeat their earlier victory against a Deportivo team who were still looking for their first point of the campaign.

Quality of finishing was the key factor in the first period, as Under Rated scored 4 without reply to hold a comfortable half time lead. Colin Stelfox got the first on 9 minutes, Steven Batho doubled the lead on 11, and James McIver added two more in the 15th and 19th minutes.

Brad Peet got Deportivo on the board three minutes into the second period, but every time Deportivo threatened to make a game of it Under Rated hit back almost immediately. Stuart Carter scored three for Under Rated inside 8 minutes, each one coming after Deportivo had pulled one back through Rob Parker, and when Stelfox got his second 6 minutes from time to make it 8-3 there was no way back for Deportivo for another week. Peet did get his second three minutes from time, but even then there was still time for Batho and McIver to cap off another impressive win for Under Rated as they already start looking destined for Championship football next season.

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Wellspring FC vs FC AOTS

Oh boy, this wasn’t a fun week for Wellspring, as despite getting their wish for an early kick off they struggled to field a full team of 6 (they weren’t the only ones this week) as they went up against an AOTS side that had had a decent start to their debut Ballers season.

The newer side took early control with three goals in the opening 7 minutes as Carl Buckley scored two and Adam Duty the other. Wellspring were able to keep things relatively tight for the rest of the half, but three more goals in the final 4 minutes of the half pretty much killed this one off as a contest as AOTS went into the break with a comfortable 6-0 lead.

Adam Atherton made it 7 two minutes into the second period, and despite Kyle Norris pulling one back for Wellspring a minute later it was one way traffic throughout the remainder of the game. Further goals from Scott Robinson, Ben Jamieson, Buckley and another 4 from Duty as Wellspring completely unraveled in the final stages meant that AOTS picked up their most comfortable win so far. They will probably have tougher games this season…..

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Stockport Eagles vs SK Dons

The Dons ended a wretched run with a won over Expected Toulose last week, so could they get a little run going with a second straight win over a Stockport Eagles side who’s season hasn’t really got going?

There wasn’t a lot to choose between the teams in the first half, but it was the Dons who took their chances to lead 2-0 at the break. Kyle Norris gave them the lead after 10 minutes before Jack Isherwood doubled their advantage 4 minutes from the half time whistle.

The second half seemed to drifting towards a Dons win and we headed into the final 10 minutes with the scoreline remaining the same, but two goals in three minutes from Michael Winn and Alex Patterson pulled the Eagles back from the brink and looked to have given them a chance to get at least a point from this one. With the game on a knife edge, it was an own goal 5 minutes from time that gave SK Dons their second straight win which sees them onto 6 points while the Eagles continue to look for their first.

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The McMuffin Men vs Pathetico Madrid

The McMuffin Men have looked like they may have been mis-placed in League Two after a comfortable couple of wins in the first two weeks of the season. This week they played the only other team with a 100% record in the division as Pathetico Madrid do what they always seem to do and start a season strongly, can they keep it up and have a proper promotion push this time around?

McMuffin Men started this one much the stronger, and created and wasted a host of chances as Pathetico ‘keeper John Lodge kept them at bay with a number of decent saves. They finally taking the lead on 11 minutes through Mac Eyre’s finish, but after doing the hard work that lead lasted just a minute as James Norton smashed home the equiliser within 60 seconds. Pathetico then took the lead through a Danny Norton penalty 4 minutes before the break, but they were also unable to hold on for long as Abz Ahmed made it Desmond a minute later. Pathetico regained the lead a minute before half time as Jack Henderson grabbed his first of the season, but they couldn’t see it through to the break as Charley Eyre made it 3-3 in the final knockings of the half.

The first goal of the second half went Pathetico’s way again as Carl Reynolds put them back in front 7 minutes in, and when Adam Norton finished off a good team move 4 minutes later they had a two goal lead for the first time. McMuffin Men threw everything at Pathetico in an attempt to get back into this one, and Jack Derbyshire pulled one back three minutes from time. Any thoughts they had about nicking something were ended a minute later as Reynolds nicked the ball and ran the length of the pitch to finish this one off and send Pathetico top of the table.

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