League: Tuesday League

Tuesday leagues

J Stands Barmy Army vs Cheadle FC

Interesting looking one this, as The Barmy Army have stumbled of late after looking like they were going to walk away with the Tuesday Premiership title. Cheadle retained a hope of claiming the crown after winning their last two having pieced a squad back together following the departure of some lads to uni.

In a frantic opening 10 minutes, it was Cheadle who hit the front thanks to goals from Matt Taylor and Bobby Hirst in the opening 6. J  Stands hit back immediately through a quick fire hat trick from Jay Willingham to turn the game in their favour, and the rest of the first half was played out with no further goals scored.

Willingham and Scott Stokes added to the J Stands total within the first three minutes of the second period, and it looked like they might run away with this one, especially when Stokes added his second with 17 minutes left to make it 6-2. Hirst got his second to pull Cheadle back into it, but Nicky Stokes got himself on the score sheet, quickly followed by Scott’s third to ease the Barmy Army into an 8-3 lead. Hirst grabbed his third a minute later, and Adam Taylor scored with 11 to go to reduce the deficit to three. It looked like getting interesting for the final few minutes when Matt Taylor scored again for Cheadle, but that was as close as they got as J Stands picked up the win to close the gap on leaders Mirror Signal Malouda, who didn’t play this week.

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2 Goals 1 Schlupp vs LQ FC

Two teams who will probably be frustrated by recent results went head to head with promotion chances dwindling. 2 Goals started the season really well, but were now on a losing streak, while a recent improvement on performances from LQ ended with a defeat to INter Row Z last week.

After Khaled Ukash gave LQ the lead on two minutes, the rest of the first half mainly belonged to 2 Goals. Lewis Bush drew them level on 7 minutes, and despite Daniel Atherden restoring the LQ lead on 11, further goals from Bush on 14, 19 and 22, as well as a Gabe Stamp strike on 17, saw 2 Goals into the break with a 5-2 lead.

That became 6-2 three minutes after the break as Stamp got his second and it looked like game over as we headed into the final 15 minutes. Matthew Brierley pulled one back for LQ, and when Alex Brash scored another for them with 11 minutes remaining there was two goals in it going into the final stages. Brierley and Sam Holland got two in a minute and out of nowhere LQ were level, but only for a minute before Bush scored his 5th of the game to restore the 2 Goals lead with 7 left to play. In a frantic final 5 minutes there were 4 more goals, all to LQ as goals from Holland, Ukash and two from Atherden gave them an unlikely comeback win. 2 Goals will wonder what happened in those final 15, but they now slip to second from bottom.

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Inter Row Z vs Only Kruls & Horses

There might not have been many games on this week, but the ones that were were worth watching, including this one between two previously unbeaten teams. After an opening night draw, Inter Row Z had gone on a winning spree, but faced an Only Kruls team who’d won all of their games since joining.

Only Kruls got off to a fast start, with goals from James Thornley and Seb Etchells putting them two up in the first 4 minutes. Kyle Clarke pulled one back for Inter half way through the period, but two more goals from Luke Farrow eased Kruls into a 4-1 lead. Clarke’s second of the game three minutes from the break meant it was a two goal game at the interval.

Clarke grabbed his third three minutes after the break to set this one up for an interesting second period, but three goals in 4 minutes from Thornley, Brad Gilman and Farrow looked to have killed this one off with 17 minutes to spare. Callum and Ray Donnelly pulled two back for Inter to reduce their lead to two with 6 minutes remaining, but Kruls saw the game out to make it 5 straight wins as they head towards the Championship title.

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Insole vs J Stands Barmy Army

This one looked like one to watch as Sunday Premiership Champions Insole continued their Tuesday adventure against Tuesday Premiership favourites J Stands, with the Barmy Army coming off a first defeat of the season to Mirror Signal Malouda last week.

This one got off to a very tight start, and there were 16 minutes on the clock when Jay Willingham put the Barmy Army in front. Having taken the lead they threw it away within 60 seconds as Liam Atkinson levelled things up. A loss of discipline seemed to cost J Stands at times, and they found themselves 3-1 down at the break as Atkinson got his second and Connor Harding Insole’s third a mnute before the interval.

The Barmy Army hit back in the early stages of the second period as Jamie Stokes and Willingham scored to make it 3-3 within 5 minutes of the restart. Matthew Atkinson put Insole ahead again with 11 minutes left and J Stands discipline let them down again for a period as Insole restored their two goal lead through Liam Atkinson’s third. They weren’t having it all their own way, as Connor Atkinson was putting in a man of the match performance in the Insole goal. He couldn’t stop Adam Hughes pulling one back for the Barmy Army two minutes from time, but as they poured forward Liam Atkinson got his 4th in the final seconds to give Insole a second win in a row.

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Cheadle FC vs Oooze FC

Despite recent troubles with fielding a side, Cheadle FC have stayed in the running for the title after they got back to winning ways (just) against El Caliente last week. Oooze haven’t picked up a point since the opening day, and look set for a season in the Championship, despite giving most teams a good game on their day. If matches were 40 minutes long they would probably have more points……

They took the lead here as Luke Knowles scored in the second minute, but that lead lasted just 5 minutes before Evan Farrell levelled things up for Cheadle. After Daniel Kitch had given them the lead in the 14th minute, they looked to have killed the game off with three goals in three minutes just before the break, Kitch with his second, followed by goals from Adam Taylor and Harry Williams. Olson Haley pulled one back for Oooze on the stroke of half time to give them a glimmer of hope going into the second period.

When Phil Parker grabbed the first goal of the second half for them the deficit was down to two, but Taylor’s second of the game, followed by another two for Williams eased Cheadle into a comfortable lead again. When Taylor scored Cheadle’s 9th 9 minutes from time it was game over, and while Parker and Knowles scored two more for Oooze, Taylor and Kitch match that for Cheadle to give them a fairly comfortable win that sees them join J Stands on 9 points in the race for the title.

 

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