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by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 24th May 2019

LEAGUE NEWS

We got so close to getting our first Thursday night action on this week, but those pesky EU elections meant we couldn’t use the club this week. There’s always next week, and we’ll be doing another tournament NEXT THURSDAY, 30TH MAY at 8pm. The league will start as soon as we’ve got enough teams to get going, but we don’t think it will take long.

We’ve also got our NEW SUNDAY & MONDAY LEAGUES starting in the next few weeks, so there are plenty of options for anyone who is looking to get their team signed up.

For more information or to register your team, fill in a ‘Join A League’ form from the homepage.

SUNDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

Beercalona look to be on the brink of retaining their Sunday league title as they edged a cracking game 10-7 against Morning Glory, with Tykio Williams claiming 6 of their goals. The only team who can now catch them are Gangs Of Dwight Yorke, but that looks unlikley after they were surprisingly beaten 9-3 by a Duno side who are slowly piecing together a pretty decent team. Kaylon top scored for them with 5 as they look to secure a top division space for next season. On a full night for the top flight, Kipsta Cobras picked up their second win of the season, beating KR FC 6-4, with the new boys potentially looking at a season in the Championship when the new league kicks off next month. Jack Horgan and Kyle Clarke both scored doubles for Kipsta, while Jake Dean did likewise in reply for KR.

CHAMPIONSHIP

A strange night in the Championship as the top two were both comfortably beaten. FC AOTS first defeat of the season was finally inflicted by Bangers & Pash, who picked up an 8-3 win to mirror the scoreline from the previous time these two sides met. Rory Kelly and Lewis (just Lewis) grabbed three each on a night that AOTS will want to forget. Nice Buns B‘s only previous defeats this season had been against AOTS, but they conceded 5 second half goals without reply to lose 7-2 to Sevilla Lacatalent, with Tom Jackson scoring three of the Sevilla goals.

LEAGUE ONE

The title race is just about done and dusted in League One, as The McMuffin Men‘s 7-4 win over Inter Your Sister sees them go 6 points clear at the top. Rob Cresswell grabbed the three second half goals that secured the win in a keenly contested game. Polish Army lead the race for second place as they beat FC Stront Bakken 9-3, with Bania netting the bulk of the goals with 5. Team Tom have the games in hand but aren’t in the best of form, meaning that race could go to the wire, and they were beaten 5-2 by Step Brothers this week, with Josh Armitage scoring three.

LEAGUE TWO

We look to be on the brink of a true underdog story in the Sunday basement, as SK Six, who barely had a win to their name prior to the start of this season, are on the brink of the League Two title. They beat Pathetico Madrid 4-1 this week, with the goals spread out between 4 different players. Pathetico have been replaced in second place by Deportivo Lack Of Talent, who beat CA FC 5-3, a result which will make CA feel a little better after last weeks hammering! Rhys Moult scored 4, including the late goal that clinched the win, but they still sit 6 points behind SK.

In friendly action, The McMuffin’s stopped on to give Stockport Eagles a game, but the second game was a step too far for them as Eagles comfortably won 12-5 with Matt Kealy scoring 4 and Rob Piercy three.

THE NEW SUNDAY LEAGUE STARTS ON 16TH JUNE – SPACES AVAILABLE AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND

MONDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

Expected Toulouse picked up a thoroughly expected win this week to move to the brink of claiming the Monday Premiership title. There was no messing around as they raced into a 6-0 half time lead over Cheadle FC, and Joe Roche ended the match with 5 goals to his name and Waz Akram three as they eventually ran out 10-0 winners. Officially only Grand Street Wanderers can now catch Toulouse, as they came within minutes of a clean sheet of their own before conceding two late goals in a 5-2 win over Netsix & Chill, with Jay Bebbington’s three goals ending up being the difference between the sides.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Just the one Championship game took place this week as the season winds down, and it saw Ruby Kazan finish their season with 9 wins out of 10 as they beat Athletico Pathetico 12-6 in a game that had an end of season feel about it. Howie Thomas-Leech got 4 and Jordan Cunningham three as Kazan had what will presumably be their last comfortable game for a little while…

A couple of friendlies took place while we get the season finised off, and a new look Phantom Brazilians picked up an impressive 6-3 win over Nice Buns, with Daniel Clayton netting three times. The newly named duo of Ctrl Alt De Ligt (formerly Unprotected Cesc) and Trent The Fish (formerly Buff Daddy) also played out a fairly laid back fixture, with De Ligt comfortably winning 7-2 with just Fidelis Eberegbe helping himself to more than one goal.

THE NEW MONDAY LEAGUE STARTS ON 10TH JUNE, BUT IS CURRENTLY FULL. LOOK ELSEWHERE OR GET IN TOUCH TO JOIN THE WAITING LIST!

TUESDAY LEAGUE

Things they are a changing at the top of the Tuesday league. We have new leaders this week as Gangsta’s Allardyce were surprisingly comfortable 12-1 winners over For Fuch’s Sake, who drop down to 5th but should still make the cut when the league splits. It was hat tricks all round for Callum Thompson, Adam Needham and David Crozier as Gangsta’s won a game we were quite pleased we didn’t film! The game we did film featured two teams with 100% records since joining as Speshull City took on Snorting Lisbon. This one was also surprisingly one sided as Josh Gittings 7 goals helped Snorting to a 13-5 win that sees them go second.

A much tighter game saw Reece Nuttall claim the MOTM award and a clean sheet as Leavemyarsealona beat Michu At De Gea Ba 3-0, while Barcabona made their Ballers debut and gave a good account of themselves before eventually losing 7-2 to Stroke Titty, who struck three late goals to confirm the win. Jay Willingham got three of their goals, and Chris Edge got two on his Ballers return after a long time away!

SPACES ARE AVAILABLE FOR AN IMMEDIATE START IN THE TUESDAY LEAGUE, WITH THE LEAGUE SET TO SPLIT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS!

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

The big two in the Wednesday league have moved into the prime positions as we continue to catch up games after the early season disruption. New Team stay top but for a little while we were wondering if they were going to slip up for the second week in a row as they trailed FC Rhino Ket 3-1 approaching the interval. They drew themselves level by the break and scored 5 unanswered goals in the second period to clinch an 8-3 win, with all 6 of their players netting, including ‘keeper Jonny Taylor who was given a run out in the second period. Rob Elliott and Matt Brown also grabbed two apiece. Wellspring looked to be cruising to a comfortable victory over Out Of Shape FC as they went 5-0 up in the opening 20 minutes, but the Shapers are nothing if not spirited, and they technically ‘won’ the rest of the game but left with a 9-5 defeat. Lewis Arden and Mike Cocks both scored three for Wellspring, with Adam Grayda scoring two of Out Of Shape’s goals. At the other end of the table, Stockport Eagles and Exeter Gently had just one win between them so far this season. It was Eagles who had that win coming into this weeks game, but Exeter took early control, going 3-0 up in the opening 20 minutes. Kristian Igo’s second goal in the second half, and Adam Robison’s last minute strike meant they held on for a 5-3 win as Eagles put on a spirited second half fight back.

THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL! THE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY LEAGUES ARE NOT…!

THURSDAY LEAGUE

We could have been writing about our very first Thursday night of action this week, but the EU elections dictated that the club was a polling station and we weren’t allowed in… There’s always next week!

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 17th May 2019

LEAGUE NEWS

The big news we’ve been waiting for is here! We will soon be starting a THURSDAY EVENING LEAGUE! Spaces are available with games starting from as soon as next week. For more details or to register a team, get in touch.

We currently have one space for an immediate start in our Tuesday league, and the brand new Sunday league kicks off in June, where we can find spaces for new teams as we look to expand the league for the summer.

For more details or to register a team, complete a ‘Join A League’ form from the homepage.

SUNDAY LEAGUE

The final game of the Premier League season predictably caused us a few issues this week, but thankfully it’s over for a few months now…

PREMIERSHIP

Only one game survived in the top flight, and it saw Beercalona strengthen their grip on the Premiership title as they saw off Duno. A debuting Callum Thompson grabbed a double in a 5-2 win that sees them go 8 points clear at the top, but that lead could be whittled away when the other teams finally play all of their games…

CHAMPIONSHIP

Just the one game in the Championship too, with Nice Buns B going up against The Veterans as they attempt to keep the pressure on leaders FC AOTS. They did their goal difference a lot of good this week as Danny Wilson scored 5 and Jimmy Williamson 4 in a crushing 13-1 win.

LEAGUE ONE

It’s looking extremely unlikely that The McMuffin Men are going to be caught at the top of League One, as they picked up a fairly routine 10-5 win over second placed Polish Army. Daniel Havern topped scored with 5 goals, with Sam Delgado chipping in with a hat trick of his own as McMuffins make it 8 out of 8. Fat Boys Run Wild look to be heading for the bottom division for the new season, and the fell to another defeat this week, losing 7-3 to Inter Your Sister who leapfrog Team Tom into third place. They shared the goals around this week, with just the returning Simon Steel grabbing a double.

LEAGUE TWO

Step Brothers dropped into the basement for the remainder of the season and picked up their first win in a while to damage Pathetico Madrid‘s promotion hopes. Dom Cioffi grabbed three of their goals in an 8-5 victory. New boys The 69ers couldn’t have had a more comfortable start to life in the Sunday league as they hammered CA FC 19-2. Matt Theaker scored 7 and Charlie Williamson 6, but things will presumably get more difficult for them as time goes on…

We also had Wilmslow Whoppers down for a friendly this week, as they filled in to give KR FC a game. Unfortunately an injury meant that we couldn’t complete the full 50, as Dan Exley’s three helped Whoppers to a 7-3 lead when the game had to come to a premature end.

THE BRAND NEW SUNDAY LEAGUE KICKS OFF ON 16TH JUNE – SPACES AVAILABLE!

MONDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

Hangovers from the final day didn’t overly affect the turnout this week, with just Nice Buns letting the side down… There was a potential banana skin for Expected Toulouse in their quest to claim the Premiership title as they took on Kinky Slipper this week. They edged the first half as Waz Akram gave them a 3-2 half time lead, and an early flurry of second half goals helped them pull clear. Akram ended up with 4 and Ryan Dolan scored three as Toulouse won 11-7 to move to the brink of the title, with Wes Harney’s hat trick for Kinky counting for nothing. Netsix & Chill will soon be classed as former champions, but they had one of their good weeks this week as they picked up a 5-2 win over Cheadle FC. Ryan Saunders scored two of their goals as they at least ensured they will remain in the top flight for the new campaign.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Ruby Kazan will be joining that top flight, but they were given a bit of a shock this week as they had to work very hard for a 6-5 win over Delph & Safety, who found some form from somewhere that they haven’t displayed in a number of weeks. Howie Thomas-Leech grabbed three of their goals, with Mitch Massa scoring three in reply for Delph, but Ruby make it 8 wins from 9 games. Buff Daddy FC (name still to be ratified) have completed their Championship fixtures since moving back down a level, and they’ve ended with 5 straight wins as they eventually, comfortably beat Athletico Pathetico 10-2 this week. Shane Bridges scored 5 second half goals as they turned a 2-1 half time lead into an 8 goal victory. It took 23 minutes for the deadlock to be broken in the game between Phantom Brazilians and Unprotected Cesc (soon to be renamed…) this week, but Pete Tickle’s goal was the first of 6 goals that Cesc were able to run in without reply, meaning a first clean sheet for Cesc ‘keeper Anthony Matthews. Tickle ended up with three and Gareth (surname unknown) added two in the final minute to give Cesc the 6-0 win as they look to end the season in style.

THE MONDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL! IT’S A GOOD JOB WE HAVE A BRAND NEW LEAGUE STARTING SOON THAT HAS SPACES FOR TEAMS…!

TUESDAY LEAGUE

With Champions League disruptions a thing of the past we were hoping for a pretty full turnout this Tuesday. It didn’t happen… Club Tropicana have become the first team to complete their fixtures in the first portion of the season, but they didn’t end the way they would have wanted as they suffered a heavy defeat, going down 9-3 to Speshull City. Luke Walker scored three, while Niall Brooks and Dean Simpson added two each as Speshull continue their 100% restart to Ballers life. Another team with a 100% start are Snorting Lisbon, and they took the opportunity to play catch up this week with two games, and they picked up a maximum 6 points from two fairly comfortable wins. Firstly they beat Stroke Titty 8-1 with hat tricks from Rob Brocklehurst and James Taylor, then they eased to an 11-6 victory over Leavemyarsealona. They killed the second game off by going 7-0 up in the opening 17 minutes, and 4 goals each from Kris Fawcett and Taylor allowed them to cruise to victory in the second period, with Scott Stokes and Mark Markwell grabbing two each in reply for Leavemy.

The only other game played this week was a friendly as Wilmslow Whoppers came in to give Gangstas Allardyce a game. A tight first half became a slightly one sided second period as Olly Ford scored 5 as Whoppers edged to a 9-4 win.

SPACES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE TUESDAY LEAGUE AS WE APPROACH THE LEAGUE SPLIT – GET IN TOUCH FOR DETAILS!

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

The big two in the Wednesday faced off for the first time this season as champions Wellspring took on a New Team side who still had a 100% record since joining. This one was a belter, with the highlights available to view over on the Facebook page, and despite leading three times Wellspring couldn’t hang on as New Team claimed a point from a 3-3 draw. Shane Bridges second of the game seemed to have won the game for Wellspring, but Rob Elliott’s last minute leveler meant the points were shared. Another equally tight game took place as Stockport Eagles took on Out Of Shape FC. After going in level at 1-1 at the break, two goals from David in the second half saw the Shapers claim a 3-2 win.

A hastily thrown together random team had a little too much for FC Rhino Ket, claiming a fairly comfortable win.

THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE IS FULL! SUNDAY, TUESDAY OR THURSDAY ARE YOUR BEST BET

THURSDAY LEAGUE

Coming soon…

by Mike Birchall

BRAND NEW THURSDAY LEAGUE – STARTING SOON!

We are desperately excited to announce that we will soon be adding a Thursday evening 6-a-side league to our existing league nights at Reddish North End!

Exact details of game times etc are still to be confirmed, however, we urge any teams who might be interested in signing up to get in touch to register their potential interest as soon as possible, as we expect spaces to go quickly on a first come, first served basis.

As an introduction, we have full access to the pitch NEXT THURSDAY, 23RD MAY, so we have options to either put introductory friendlies on, or to host a mini tournament if enough teams are interested. Again, spaces will be strictly limited on the night so get in touch to pre-book your space. If we get 8 or more teams we will go with a tournament format, kicking off from 7pm, or if you’d strictly rather play a 50 minute friendly we should be able to accomodate that at either 7, 8 or 9pm.

When the league starts, all games will be our standard 50 minutes in length, priced at £5 per player, per game.

Don’t hang around…!

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 26th April 2019

This won’t take long……

LEAGUE NEWS

We’ve still got some stuff going on in the background that we’re getting pretty desperate to tell you about, but we can’t just yet, so with no league spaces to offer we don’t have a huge amount to say.

If you don’t currently play in the league you might want to get in touch about joining our waiting list so we can let you know when any spaces come up!

SUNDAY LEAGUE

It was a Easter Sunday, so we took the Sunday off this week and watched United get hammered 4-0 by Everton. Good times…..

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL – GET IN TOUCH TO JOIN THE WAITING LIST!

MONDAY LEAGUE

One league game, one friendly this bank holiday, and for the second week in a row an encouraging first half from Cheadle FC fell apart in the second period as Nice Buns scored 7 goals without reply to pick up a 10-1 win. Tom Hall scored 4 and Charlie Williamson three as Cheadle attempt to get up to speed on their return. Stockport Eagles came in to give Diva Fever a game, and Ray Donnelly’s 5 goals were the main difference as Eagles ran out 6-4 winners.

THE MONDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL – GET IN TOUCH TO JOIN THE WAITING LIST!

TUESDAY LEAGUE

The first Tuesday in what seems like forever where neither United or City were playing, but we didn’t get a full house of games due to rearranged 11-a-side games. We did get 4 games on though, and the pick of them was Gud Vybz intruiging looking clash with Club Tropicana FC. Tropicana were let down by their keeper at the last minute so had to take on the challenge of taking on a team with a 100% record since joining with 5 men, but they went into the break all square at 2-2. Things looked to be heading Vybz way as Callam Smith’s second of the game 9 minutes from time gave them a 5-3 lead, but two last gasp goals nicked a hard fought 5-5 draw for the league leaders. Jago Stackhouse grabbed a double for Vybz but that was matched by doubles from Ben Cunliffe and Danny Moss. Gangstas Allardyce are one of the teams who’ve been awol over the recent period, but they were back this week with a few new players as they looked to recover from their only defeat last time out. They had a comfortable return to form this week as 5 goals from Ryan Usher and 4 from David Crozier helped them to a 12-2 win over Stroke Titty, who drop into the bottom half of the table.

Sons FC moved into third place as they also returned this week, and while Matt Peck scored 6 of their 9 goals in a 9-5 win over FC AOTS, he still wasn’t given the MOTM award! James Raynor scored a couple more for them on his Ballers debut as they eased to victory with a couple of late goals. Alex El-Borai grabbed a couple for AOTS as they kept in touch until the latter stages. Leavemyarsealona were back for their second game this week, and took on Michu At De Gea Ba who had dragged themselves off the foot of the table with their first win last time out. This one shifted one way then the other, but in the end 4 goals from Scott Stokes for Leavemy and three from Ryan Greenwood for Michu saw the teams share the spoils from a 6-6 draw.

THE TUESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL AS IT STANDS. GET IN TOUCH TO ADD YOURSELF TO THE WAITING LIST!

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

United v City wiped us out this week, with out Of Shape FC the only team who would have been able to field a team. Given the numbers they had in recent weeks they proabably could have fielded two teams, but they chose to join everyone else in the Manchester area by watching the game……

THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL – GET IN TOUCH TO JOIN THE WAITING LIST!

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 19th April 2019

LEAGUE NEWS

Nothing major to talk about this week, even though we might be on the brink of something quite big to announce in the coming days. The big news for us was United and City both going out of the Champions League this week! Now maybe everyone can get back on the pitch on a Tuesday and Wednesday night. For the Wednesday teams it might be the weeks after given that United play City this week…..

SUNDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

Despite last week’s first loss of the season, Beercalona went into this week’s games still top of the Premiership. It may well be in weeks to come that they are glad they played the still to be properly named KR FC this early in their time in the league, as the new boys put up a decent fist of it, but a hat trick from James Davies and a double from Reece Wheddon weren’t enough to get them anything as hat tricks from Luke Warburton and Tykio Williams saw the champs pick up a 9-5 victory. Following on from last weeks win over Beercalona, Morning Glory struggled to put 6 players out this week. Fortunately, so did Duno, so both teams played this as a game of 5’s. The Glory were looking to build on last weeks win, and started well, but three of Jake Humphries 5 goals came in the final 10 minutes to give Duno a 7-6 win, leaving Glory 5 points behind Beercalona in second place, with a game in hand. The Kipsta Cobras v Gangs Of Dwight Yorke game looked to be going to the wire as Gangs lead 4-3 heading into the final 12 minutes. A flurry of late goals for Gangs, including three of Chris Singleton’s 4 gave them a 12-4 victory that looks more comfortable on paper than it was.

CHAMPIONSHIP

FC AOTS took a massive step towards a fairly surprising Championship win as they saw off second placed Nice Buns B 7-5 in a highly entertaining game. Debutant Robson Smith was the key man as his 4 goals made all the difference. Bangers & Pash bounced back to form as they comfortably saw off The Veterans 10-4 to move into third place. Chris Carroll top scored with 4 of their goals, while Olly McDonagh legitimately scored two and Rory Kelly staked a claim to an own goal, Harry Kane-esque, to also end the game with a double. Stockport Eagles had to start their game with Sevilla Lacatalent with 5 players after the no show of a couple of their regular lads, but they went into half time all square at 3-3. With a full second half with a full squad, they couldn’t build on that promising first period, and Jake Riley’s second of the game secured a 5-3 win for Sevilla

LEAGUE ONE

The McMuffin Men doubled up this week in an attempt to catch up from previous missed weeks, and it was a profitable week for them as they picked up a pair of comfortable wins. In their first game, hat tricks from Mark Bailey and Daniel Havern were enough to see them beat FC Stront Bakken 7-2, while Bailey added a second hat trick alongside another treble from Charley Eyre as they hammered Fat Boys Run Wild 9-0. Team Tom‘s 100% record for the season is over as they were beaten 3-1 by Polish Army in a highly competitive game. Goals in the final 5 minutes from Michal and Mateusz helped the Army to a second half comeback win as they join this weeks opponents and The McMuffin Men on 12 points. The other game was more about escaping the bottom half of the table before the league splits, and Inter Your Sister came out on top against Step Brothers as Chris Murray scored three and Steve Johnson two in a 7-2 win that sees them go fourth.

LEAGUE TWO

Just one game survived in the basement this week, and another team who were let down by lads at the last minute were ManTun FC, who had to rope lads in at the last minute for their game with Pathetico Madrid. They were still able to pick up the win as Charlie Williamson scored 4 and Andy Carrington three in an 8-6 win, with consolations from Adam Norton and Carl Reynolds.

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL, BUT IN A FEW WEEKS TIME WE’LL BE ABLE TO ADD MORE TEAMS FOR THE NEW SEASON!

MONDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

It would seem that Netsix & Chill‘s time as reigning Monday Premiership champions will be ending in the next few weeks, but they pulled an all to rare performance out of the bag this week to beat third placed Nice Buns 4-2 and move themselves into 4th place. James Bamgbose grabbed a brace as they picked up a third win of the season. We welcomed Cheadle FC back to Ballers this week, and they looked like being involved in a tight game on their return as they went into half time 2-1 down to Kinky Slipper. They ran out of steam in the second period though as 5 goals from Joe Lailey and three from James Radcliffe gave Kinky a 9-2 win.

CHAMPIONSHIP

What are we meant to do with Diva Fever? After struggling horribly in their first few games in the top division, we’ve dropped them back down and now they can’t stop winning! They inflicted a first official defeat on leaders Ruby Kazan this week as doubles from Mike’s Devitt and Cocks, and Lewsi Arden gave them a 6-4 win, with Jordan Cunningham scoring of Kazan’s total. The wheels have slightly fallen off for Delph & Safety after a bright start and they were joined on 10 points by Unprotected Cesc after a 6-3 defeat to the aforementioned Cesc. Josh Armitage and Fidelis Eberegbe grabbed two each for Cesc, with Mitch Massa matching that in a losing effort for Delph.

FRIENDLIES

Neither Phantom Brazilians or Expected Toulouse had league opposition this week, so faced off in a friendly with the odds heavily stacked in Toulouse’s favour as Premiership leaders. In the end it took a couple of late goals for them to scrape a 6-6 draw after second half doubles from Andrew Shaw and Daniel Clayton had given Phantom a 6-4 lead heading into the final three minutes. Waz Akram grabbed three and Liam Mottram two for Toulouse as they escaped without defeat.

THE MONDAY LEAGUE IS FULL AGAIN! LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR SPACES

TUESDAY LEAGUE

Another week where just the solitary game survived in the Tuesday league, but luckily it was between two teams who had games to catch up in Stroke Titty and Michu At De Gea Ba. Stroke seemed to be the more affected in terms of player availability, and their patched up team fell to a second straight defeat as doubles from Alex Brady and Adam Porter helped Michu to a 6-2 win that drags them off the bottom of the table.

EVEN THOUGH THERE’S HARDLY ANY GAMES GOING ON AT THE MINUTE, THE TUESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL!

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

Despite City being in action, two games survived this week. The now not particulalry new New Team have taken top spot in the early stages despite having missed a week, as they comfortably beat Out Of Shape FC 7-2. Rob Elliott just edged it in terms of individual scoring, grabbing three to Chris Elliott and Adam Murphy’s two. The other game was much more nip and tuck, but Stockport Eagles eventually picked up a 6-3 over Exeter Gently that they deserved., with Ben Waugh top scoring with three goals.

THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE IS ALSO FULL – IT’S SUNDAY OR NOTHING AT THE MINUTE!

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 5th April 2019

LEAGUE NEWS

So our being completely and totally full was never going to last forever, so here’s where we have spaces:

SUNDAY LEAGUE: PREMIERSHIP

MONDAY LEAGUE: PREMIERSHIP

And that’s it! We’re obviously hopeful these spaces won’t be around long, so if you’re wanting to get going you best get in touch.

We’re still running our Ballers survey and would really appreciate as many players as possible taking part. It’ll take no time at all, so just click on the link and quickly answer the questions. Thanks!

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SUNDAY LEAGUE

Mother’s Day gave us a minor kicking this week as very few teams were able to play the early games due to other commitments, but we had a full house in the later scheduled games to make up for it.

PREMIERSHIP

We finally had a full turnout in the top division for the first time this season, and there was a battle between current and former champions as Beercalona took on Duno. Duno struck first through Ste Nevins early goal, but Beercalona were in control at 4-1 at the break. Tykio Williams top scored with three as they made it three wins from three to start their title defence with a 6-2 victory. Kipsta Cobras finally made their first start of the season against an impressive looking Morning Glory. An even first half turned into a one sided second period as Morning Glory turned 1-1 into 6-1 with Jack Taylor grabbing 4, as the Glory pick up their second win. This week marks Sevilla Lacatalent‘s second and final Premiership game, as Demell Cumberbatch scored 8 of Gangs Of Dwight Yorke‘s 18 goals in an 18-4 win. We’ll find Sevilla a space in the Championship for next week…..

CHAMPIONSHIP

The only Championship game saw a repeat of last week’s game as FC AOTS took on Stockport Eagles. Last week’s game finished as a draw, and this one looked to be heading the same way before Paul Buckley’s 5th of the game in the final minute gave AOTS a very hard fought 8-7 win, meaning Paul Waugh’s 4 goals for Eagles counted for nothing.

LEAGUE ONE

The game between Team Tom and Pique Blinders wasn’t as close as we were anticipating, as two teams who we’d expect to be in the top 4 at the split were miles apart on the score card this week. Chris Philpott’s finishing was the key difference, as he scored 9 of Team Tom’s 10 as they ran out 10-2 winners. Polish Army have bounced back from an opening night defeat to win their last three, with Step Brothers their latest victims as Dawid scored half of their goals in an 8-4 win. FC Stront Bakken won a mini classic against Inter Your Sister this week, and while Lukas Voveris might have topped the scoring list with 4 of their goals in a 6-4 win, it was Shaun Jemison’s goal in his final Ballers game before he joins the Navy that caught the eye, described by some (one) as the best goal ever scored at Ballers…..

LEAGUE TWO

SK Six made it three wins from 4 to start their season, with Steve Blunsten scoring a brace in a hard fought win over CA FC, who are slowly becoming more competitive at this level. There were more goals in the other game from this division this week, as ManTun FC returned after missing the last couple of weeks to claim a point as they shard 16 goals with Pathetico Madrid. Michael Winn with 5 and Adam Norton with three scored all of Pathetico’s goals, while Sabri Salemi scored three as ManTun shared the goals around a little more.

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE NOW HAS ONE SPACE IN THE TOP DIVISION – GET IN TOUCH TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM TODAY!

MONDAY LEAGUE

As we approached the mid point of the Monday season, we had a little reshuffle of the divisions to ensure that everyone was getting the kind of game they would want, so Kinky Slipper and Diva Fever switched positions for the remainder of the campaign. Unfortunately, and a little out of the blue, we lost Pathetico Madrid which was a tough one to take as they were proving to be a decent side in a decent top division. Hopefully at some point they will be back.

PREMIERSHIP

Netsix & Chill bounced back to form with a shock victory over league leaders Expected Toulouse last week, but they were unable to build on that win against Grand Street Wanderers this week as GSW moved into second place in the table with a fairly comfortable 8-3 win. Joe Bowden grabbed three of their goals and Mark Harrision a brace as Grand Street always kept this game at arms length. Kinky Slipper went kicking and screaming into the top division, claiming they were too old and too fat to be able to compete at the top level, but they lead 3-0 at the break against Nice Buns, and Rob Cresswell’s second of the game in the final few minutes helped them to see out a 5-2 win that confirms they will be staying right where they are. At least Buns had their nice new shirts to celebrate…..

CHAMPIONSHIP

After a period of time to settle, Ruby Kazam looked destined for a place in the Premiership next season, and they ended Unprotected Cesc‘s recent improved form in some style as Josh Welsh, Howie Thomas-Leech and Jahid Hussain all scored trebles in a comfortable 13-3 win. Delph & Safety looked to have their game with Athletico Pathetico wrapped up by half time last night as two goals each from Mitch Massa and Aaron Widdowson saw them take a 5-1 lead into the break. They ended up hanging on though as Chris Brown’s double meant Pathetico had 10 minutes to nick a draw, but they couldn’t find the leveler as Delph return to winning ways to stay second. Diva Fever‘s return to the Championship showed that they have potential to become a bit of a yo-yo side, as they picked up an 11-8 win over Phantom Brazilians in a game that they were always in reasonable control of. Shane Bridges pipped Joe Dodd in the scoring efforts, scoring 4 to Joe’s three, while Matt Barton’s 4 for Phantom were in a losing effort.

THE MONDAY LEAGUE NOW HAS ONE SPACE IN THE TOP DIVISION – GET IN TOUCH TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM TODAY!

TUESDAY LEAGUE

Three games survived this week while United were stuttering at Wolves, but the top two at the start of play were both in action this week. Club Tropicana were in action first, and took the chance to go 4 points clear at the top as they eventually saw off a spirited effort from Ballotellitubbies. Three goals from Danny Moss and two from Ben Cunliffe were enough to help them turn a two goal half time lead into an 8-3 victory. On paper the game of the night involved two teams who were unbeaten since joining as Gud Vybz took on For Fuch’s Sake. A topsy turvy first half saw Vybz lead 4-2 at the break after a couple of late goals, and they proved to be the stronger team in the second period as doubles from Jack Clayton, Danny Hargreaves, Jordan Young and Harry Partridge eased them to a 9-3 win. Bandit Athletic and Michu At De Gea Ba were involved in the most closely fought game of the week, with Connor Harding scoring the only goal of the opening period for Bandit. His second in the second period ended up being the decisive goal as Bandit held on for a 3-2 win that sees them jump to third.

THE TUESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL – SUNDAY OR MONDAY ARE THE NIGHTS FOR NEW TEAMS!

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

The opening night of the new Wednesday league saw us having to turn Wellspring away as all 7 teams were ready to go, despite City being at home. With the champs absent, the still relatively new team, New Team would be looking to continue their 100% start to Ballers life against Stockport Eagles. There was little doubt that would be the case when they went into the break 5-0 up, and 4 goals from Matt Brown helped them see out an improved Eagle second half performance as they start the season with a 9-4 win. Last season’s bottom two faced off on the opening night, and new boy Mateusz Szymborski was the difference with a hat trick as Out Of Shape FC got off to a winning start, beating Exeter Gently 6-4. On The Beach FC made their league debut, but had teething problems as three of their lads didn’t turn up, and as a result they were hammered 12-2 by FC Rhino Ket, Sam Roberts grabbing 4 and Louis Moore three.

THERE’S NO SPACES TO BE HAD IN THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE – LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR SPACES!

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 22nd March 2019

It’s been a little while, so we’ll be dishing a load of trophies out this week to all those teams who have been due following the recent completion of some of our leagues. Hopefully the photos will be taken in front of our brand new media board…..

LEAGUE NEWS

The only new league we have starting in the near future will be the Wednesday league which kicks off on 3rd April, but as there isn’t likely to be any spaces for that, we’ll just suggest you can ask to be put on a waiting list for now, as you would with ALL of our current leagues!

If you are a current Baller, we would really appreciate you getting involved in our BALLERS SURVEY. We aren’t looking for compliments, we are just after some basic information to help us put our future plans into place which will hopefully improve the service we can provide for all of our teams. Please click the link below to take part, it will take about 30 seconds and involves typing no more than 2-3 words!

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SUNDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

As well as the points being at stake at the start of a new Sunday league season, the Beercalona v Gangs Of Dwight Yorke game also doubled as a play off to decide last season’s title. This game had a bit of everything, and with Beercalona needing the win to take the title, hat tricks from Jay Ratciffe and Tykio Williams, his third two minutes from time looked to have given them the win at 10-8. Gangs also had trebles from Aden Jones and Ray Donnelly throughout the game, and Callum Jones last minute penalty made it 10-9, but Beercalona held on for the final few seconds to claim the three points and the title. The other Premiership game gave us less tension, as Morning Glory picked up their first three pointer of the new season by seeing off Championship winners Sevilla Lacatalent 11-1 with 4 goals from Scott Norris, and two each from Jack Taylor and Tom Hockley.

CHAMPIONSHIP

FC AOTS are the only side on 6 points after two weeks as three goals from Eoghan Scott and Adam Duty helped them pick up a 9-2 win over Nice Buns B. An unusual looking Stockport Eagles side fell to a second straight defeat as The Veterans picked up a first win with Dean Minshull scoring three of their goals in a 7-4 win, moving them up to third in the early league tables.

LEAGUE ONE

There was no surprises as to who the MOTM was in Pique Blinders 12-2 win over FC Stront Bakken this week, as Josh Borthwick was almost single handidly the difference between the teams, scoring 8 of their goals as they go top after their first game of the season. The game between Team Tom and Inter Your Sister was also decided by a single player as Chris Philpott scored all 4 of Team Tom’s goals as they held on for a 4-3 win in their first game of the season too. Polish Army were also first time winners at the second attempt this week, as Mateusz scored two of their goals in a 6-2 win over Fat Boys Run Wild

LEAGUE TWO

SK Six are the early leaders in league two after a very hard fought 3-1 win over Deportivo Lack Of Talent, with Harry Bridge scoring a goal in each half to clinch their second straight win to start the season. New team NHTMD FC started Ballers life with a win over Pathetico Madrid. They had 5 different scorers but Ryan Conway was the only one to score more than one as he helped himself to 4 as they go into second place with an 8-3 win. It’s a FIRST LEAGUE WIN for CA FC as Jonny Barton scored three of their goals in a 6-3 win over Las Vegas Dragons.

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL, BUT A COUPLE OF TEAMS LOOK TO BE STRUGGLING. SO IF YOU ENQUIRE NOW YOU CAN BE FIRST ON THE WAITING LIST FOR A SPACE….

MONDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

Two teams with very different expecation levels faced off this week as Expected Toulouse looked to maintain their 100% start against Diva Fever, who were 0 from 1 to start the season. It quickly became apparent that this was going to be a one sided affair, and 4 goals each from Liam Mottram and Ryan Dolan helped them to a very comfortable 14-1 victory. The rest of the division looks much more competitive, and Pathetico Madrid v Grand Street Wanderers showed that. A 4-1 GSW half time lead became a 5-4 lead with 10 minutes to go, but Bevan’s second of tha game 7 minutes from time clinched a 6-4 victory, with Jack Pogson also grabbing a double for Grand Street and Darren Fleury scoring a brace in reply for Pathetico, who suffer their first defeat of the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Two 100% records went up against each other at the top of the Championship as Delph & Safety took on Ruby Kazam. After falling behind to Mitch Massa’s early goal, Ruby took control and three Jahid Hussain goals, along with two each from Chris Wellings and Josh Welsh helped them to an 8-2 vicotry, with Massa getting his second for Delph as a consolation. Unprotected Cesc seem to be getting there in terms of match fitness as they ease their way into Ballers life, but it was another defeat this week as three goals from Daniel Clayton and two from Matt Barton helped Phantom Brazilians ease to an 8-4 win wich gives them their first points of the season. Josh Greaves repleied with a couple for Cesc, who continue to show steady signs of improvement as the weeks go on. New team ‘The Albo‘ came in to give Athletico Pathetico a game with a view to taking the space we currently have in the Championship, and this was a good, competitive game to start with as they played out a 6-6 draw with Dan Dignam and Callum McGlynn grabbing a hat trick for either side.

THE MONDAY LEAGUE IS NOW FULL!! GET IN TOUCH TO JOIN OUR WAITING LIST AND GET SOME FRIENDLIES UNDER YOUR BELT WHILE YOU WAIT FOR A SPACE

TUESDAY LEAGUE

One in, one out this week as the Tuesday league remains full, with just one team missing this week. With Gansta’s Allardyce missing an opposition this week, other sides had the chance to close the gap at the top, and Club Tropicana FC took full advantage against a Sons team who were short a couple of regulars, winning 5-0 with Danny Moss scoring three of their goals. New boys Gud Vybz look likely to be a handfull for the other top teams as they started off with a comfortable 12-3 win over FC as Harry Partridge grabbed 5 while Jordan Young helped himself to three. Michu At De Gea Ba have had a very tough run of fixtures to start the season, and that continued this week as they faced For Fuchs Sake, who raced into a 6-2 half time lead in this one. A much tighter second half finished 1-1, meaning Fuchs move up to 4th with Tom Smith scoring three and Liam Paull grabbing a crucial late first half double. Bandit Athletic look like being a team who will be on the border of top half / bottom half when the league splits, and they moved into the top half with their second win of the season over a struggling Only Kruls & Horses who haven’t picked up a point since the opening day. Kyle Clarke top scored with 5 of Bandit’s goals as they won 10-7, despite 4 goals in reply from Jack Mullern. FC AOTS recent grim form looked set to continue this week as they trailed 4-1 at half time against Ballotellitubbies, but a second half fightback which saw Callum Jones score 7, the last of which being a last minute winner, saw AOTS pick up a 9-8 win to secure their second win of the season.

THE TUESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL. TO JOIN THE CURRENTLY NON-EXISTANT WAITING LIST, GET IN TOUCH!

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

Wellspring could have expected a guard of honour before tonight’s game with Exeter Gently as we finish up the final fixtures for another Wednesday season. This was a much better performance from Exeter this week after last week’s hammering, but they still came away with nothing as a hat trick from Mike Devitt helped the two time champions to a narrow 7-5 win. Stockport Eagles were in danger of losing second place as New Team were quickly making up the ground having joined late, and they would have lost it this week but for two goals in the final minute from Paul Waugh gave them a point from a 4-4 draw with Out Of Shape FC, with Ryan McAndrew also grabbing two for them while Milosz Zawila had earlier struck a double for the Shapers. New Team closed the gap on Eagles with an 8-4 win over FC Rhino Ket, with the goals being equally shared between John Shaw and Rob Elliott, while Dave Peters struck three for Rhino Ket

THE NEW WEDNESDAY SEASON STARTS ON 3RD APRIL. FOR MORE DETAILS GET IN TOUCH!

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 8th March 2019

LEAGUE NEWS

Finally, we have a few weeks where we don’t need to waffle on about what new leagues we’ve got starting, as the NEW SUNDAY LEAGUE STARTS THIS WEEK, quickly following up the new leagues on Monday and Tuesday.

The February Goal Of The Month competition is now live on all of our social media sites, so get yourselves over there and give us a vote!

So with very few spaces to fill we’ll just crack on with the review! If you or someone you know might be interested in joining a league, complete a ‘JOIN A LEAGUE’ form from the homepage.

SUNDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

The final night of the Sunday season didn’t bring about the expected exciting ending as Gangs Of Dwight Yorke couldn’t field a side for their potential tittle decider with Kipsta Cobras. We’ll have to see what happens with that…. Beercalona did all they could, knowing that they needed a remarkable number of goals against Bangers & Pash to try and turn the goal difference in their favour, but this was a dogged display from Bangers as they fell to an 8-6 defeat to end their time in the Premiership for now. Jay Ratcliffe got 4 and Luke Warburton three for Beerclaona, while Chris Carroll scored three in a losing cause for Bangers.

CHAMPIONSHIP

All that really remained to be sorted in the Championship was whether Sevilla Lacatalent could end their title winning season unbeaten as they took on The McMuffin Men. The McMuffin’s put up a decent fight but Sevilla head into the Premiership on the back of a 7-4 win, with Jake Riley and David Witter scoring two each. Polish Army will be in League One for the new season as they were beaten 6-4 by FC AOTS, who finish third, but a long way off the top two. Adam Duty scored three of their goals, with Bania matching that amount for the Poles, who only finished two points behind this weeks opposition

LEAGUE ONE

Everything was pretty much sorted in League One before start of play this week, but Team Tom and Deportivo Lack Of Talent ended their campaign with a 3-3 draw after Deportivo scored two late goals to nick a point and end a difficult campaign. Inter Your Sister finished top of the 4 teams in the bottom half after the split as they beat CA FC 7-4 , with Chris Murray and Danny Derbyshire scoring two each, and Kieran Hughes doing the same for CA.

FRIENDLIES

Quite a few friendlies played this week as a number of teams didn’t have scheduled league games. Pathetico Madrid beat Roman FC 10-6 in a game with no official records as both teams desperately struggled to field a side. ManTun FC put up a decent performance against League One winners The Veterans, who scored two late goals to win 6-5. Sabri and Hamza scored a pair each for ManTun, but Andy Carrington’s double and the late goals from Simon Grainger and Mike Devitt gave The Vets the win. FC Stront Bakken and SK Six could be doing this again next season, after their meeting this week ended in a narrow 3-2 win for The Bucket Boys, Ryan Stringer grabbing two of their goals. On another week Morning Glory v Murder On Zidane’s Floor could have been a competitve game, but when Morning Glory would have been the favourites going into it, Murder were missing several regulars this week and will want to forget this 15-2 defeat as Scott Norris scored 7. However, if it was last goal wins, Murder would have had it…..

THE NEW SUNDAY LEAGUE STARTS THIS WEEK. WE WILL FIND SPACE FOR NEW TEAMS….

MONDAY LEAGUE

PREMIERSHIP

The opening night of the new Monday season saw mixed fortunes for last season’s Premiership top two. A shock looked on as Nice Buns lead 2-0 at half time against last season’s runners up Expected Toulouse, but a strong second half saw a flurry of late goals give them a 9-4 win that may have slightly flattered them. Waz Akram grabbed three with Liam Mottram and Ryan Dolan grabbing two each, with Jack Pogson also claiming a double for Buns. There was no such comeback for Champions Netsix & Chill, who found themselves 5-1 down at the break against Pathetico Madrid. 4 of Pathetico’s goals came from Tom Ottoway as they went 8-1 up early in the second half, and though Mark Carruthers grabbed three for Netsix, their comeback was in vain as Pathetico start the season with an 8-6 win. Grand Street Wanderers can be a funny team, but they had one of their good weeks this week as they started the season off with a comfortable 11-3 win over Diva Fever. Bevan grabbed three of their goals, with that number being matched by ‘own goals’ on a really bad night for the Divas.

CHAMPIONSHIP

This week’s Monday GOTD was a wise choice as Ruby Kazam and Phantom Brazilians could only be split by the odd goal in 17. Two own goals in a minute early in the second half didn’t help Phantom’s cause as they fell to a 9-8 defeat with doubles all round for Jahid Hussain, Jordan Cunningham and Josh Welsh for Ruby, while Matt Barton scored 4 on his return but still ended up on the losing side. Athletico Pathetico have waited a while for their league debut, but all of their pre-season friendlies paid off as they started the campaign with a 7-1 win over Unprotected Cesc, with George Moss top scoring with three of their goals. Another league debutant were Delph & Safety, and they also got off to a winning start, beating Rowntrees Randoms 9-2 with Mitch Massa scoring three, Aaron Widdowson and Liam Connor grabbing two apiece.

WE CAN, AT A PUSH, FIND SPACE FOR ONE MORE TEAM IN THE MONDAY LEAGUE – GET IN TOUCH FOR DETAILS

TUESDAY LEAGUE

Things are starting to take shape in the Tuesday league as we reach week three, with a variety of close and not so close games this week. Stroke Titty took their 100% record into a third week, but faced a tough task against For Fuch’s Sake, fresh off the back of their 19-0 win last time out. This one was a much tighter affair, and it was Joe Lailey and Same Tattersall’s late goals that rescued a point for Stroke after Fuchs had lead for most of the game, with Ryan Green scoring three of their goals in a 6-6 draw. Gangstas Allardyce will obviously be contenders if their first two games are anything to go by, as their mitch fitness and sharpness was too much for the recently returned Only Kruls & Horses. Gangstas turned a three goal lead at the break into an 11 goal victory as 7 goals from Adam Needham and 5 for David Crozier helped them to a 16-5 win, with James Thornley grabbing all 5 for Kruls, who will get better as we go along. Club Tropicana were also looking to follow up an opening night win with a tougher task against Michu At De Gea Ba, and after an even start they pulled away to claim a 7-2 win with Danny Moss getting three. Sons also picked up a second win as they continue their recovery from an opening day defeat, Reece Jeffs getting three of their goals in an 8-4 win over Ballotellitubbies, who drop back into the bottom half after last weeks win over Kruls. FC AOTS didn’t concede 19 this week, but they clearly had issues as they fell to another heavy defeat, with Jamie Stokes scoring half of FC‘s 14 goals as they also picked up a second win, 14-4.

THE TUESDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL! THERE ARE NO TEAMS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A SPACE, SO IF TUESDAY IS YOUR ONLY NIGHT IT’S STILL WORTH ENQUIRING….

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

New Team were back this week and looking to continue their 100% start against Stockport Eagles, who themselves were looking to maintain their title challenge. New Team were well in control at the break as three goals from Rob Elliott helped them to a 4-0 lead, and he added his 4th in the second half as they made it three wins out of three as they eased to a 7-3 victory. FC Rhino Ket and Out Of Shape FC were well matched throughout their game this week, and two goals each from Jon Shipman and Dawid ensured that we entered a final, frenetic few minutes with the scores level at 3-3. Chances came and went at either end, but the final scoreline remained the same as both teams leapfrog Exeter Gently in the race to avoid finishing bottom.

THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL – SUNDAY & MONDAY REMAIN YOUR BEST BET IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER A NEW TEAM!

by Mike Birchall

NEW LEAGUES STARTING SOON!

With league spaces filling quickly as everyone looks to get back into it at the start of the year, here’s all you need to know about the new leagues that will be starting over the next few weeks.

When you’re thinking about joining a league, don’t forget all that we offer…….

? Fixed price of just £5 per player, per game, regardless of night

? Games filmed, edited down and the highlights posted on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, plus nightly live streaming of games

? Fully dedicated website with full team and player stats, tables, fixtures etc

? Full weekly review of all the action on the website

BRAND NEW THURSDAY 5-A-SIDE LEAGUE

Our BRAND NEW 5-a-side league, taking place at Cheadle Town FC starts on Thursday 7th February. We currently have TWO SPACES LEFT! We have one final mini tournament taking place on Thursday 31st January if there’s any teams out there who want to come and have a look at the set up before deciding if they want to sign up.

⏰ Games kick off between 7pm and 9.15pm

NEW TUESDAY 6-A-SIDE LEAGUE

The new season of the Tuesday Reddish 6’s starts on 19th February, where we also have JUST TWO SPACES LEFT! Friendlies will be available over the next couple of weeks, but it’s worth noting that United play PSG on the 12th, so the 5th is the ideal time to get yourself booked in for a game!

⏰ Games kick off at 8pm or 9pm

NEW MONDAY 6-A-SIDE LEAGUE

The Monday Reddish 6’s kick off on 25th February – here we have JUST ONE SPACE LEFT! Friendlies are available over the next few weeks, with the Monday having a clearer schedule without the inconvenience of the Champions League.

⏰ Games kick off at 8pm or 9pm

NEW SUNDAY 6-A-SIDE LEAGUE

The new Sunday Reddish 6’s won’t be starting until early March, but it looks like this might be the season where we get that division 5, so don’t waste any time! We currently have enough teams to get back to the 4 full divisions after the short term drop over the Christmas period, but we also have a number of teams who are already looking for friendlies ahead of joining for the new season when it kicks off.

⏰ Games kick off between 4.30pm and 8.30pm

FOR MORE DETAILS OR TO SIGN UP TO STOCKPORT’S BEST 5 & 6-A-SIDE LEAGUES, COMPLETE A ‘JOIN A LEAGUE’ FORM FROM THE HOMEPAGE

 

by Mike Birchall

Weekly Round Up – 25th January 2019

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MOM: KURTES CURRAN (UNPROTECTED CESC)

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