Athletic hold nerve in cup cracker

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: Jimmy Greaves (back, left), Milo Garratt-Simpson, George Whiteside-Burns, Joe Mikietyn, Alex Knight, Lucas Kavanagh, Callum Pollard, Luke Smith. Ethan Rigney (front, left), George Lengden, Lewis Unwin, Joe Gregory, Christian Thickett, Thomas Gray.

OLDHAM Athletic Girls under-13s showed a terrific attitude to defeat Heyside Angels Clarets 4-3 on penalties in the Oldham Girls League Knock-out Cup.

Behind to a Sarah Hardman goal, they bounced back to restore parity through Jessica Bevan’s long-range effort, and then went in front when Natalya Smythe scored with 10 minutes to go.

Oldham looked on course to claim victory, but Heyside would not lie down and Beth Mellor equalised with only 60 seconds left on the clock.

Stunned by the last-gasp leveller, Oldham regrouped in extra time and the game went to penalties.

And, with Smythe, Lois Daniels, Abbie Porter and Bethany Ward successful in the shoot-out, Oldham went through.


Hats off to Park


CHADDERTON Park under-nines are following in the footsteps of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister — by being pictured on their own Christmas cards.

The youngsters, who play in the North Bury Junior League, are featured wearing Father Christmas hats.

Coach Craig Simpson explained: “We send out a signed team photograph to thank all our sponsors, the secretary of the league and news outlets who print our match reports.

“This year we thought we’d try to put a smile on a few peoples’ faces by adding the Father Christmas hats.

“We are currently building new changing rooms at Chadderton Fold and some local builders have offered their services to keep the building costs down — so they’ve received a Christmas card as well!”

Chadderton Park, who picked up the Manchester County FA fair play award for the second year running, and are in contention for the league title.


HEYSIDE Angels Inter under-11s had better luck in the Knock-out Cup as goals from Caitlin Senior, Jade Hughes and Tanisha Williams clinched a 3-1 win over Curzon Ashton.

Alicia Stretton scored both goals for the Clarets in a 2-1 defeat of Harpurhey United.

Paige Rowland helped herself to a hat-trick as Angels Inter under-13s edged out Curzon Ashton 3-2, but Angels under-12s were beaten 2-1 by Harpurhey United. Hayley Tomlinson netted the consolation.


A SUPERB first-half show set Uppermill Rockettes under-13s on their way to a 7-4 win over Rochdale Ladies in the Knock-out Cup.

They produced a masterclass of football as they forged 5-0 ahead at the break, with a hat-trick from Ellen Bergin and a Megan Ashton brace.

Jayme Butler-Jones added two more to the tally in the second half after which Rockettes switched off and allowed Rochdale to narrow the gap.

Other results and scorers are —

UNDER-10S KNOCK-OUT CUP: Oldham Athletic Girls 2 (Olivia Stagg 2), Heyside Angels Navys 4 (Ella Rigby 3, Molly Taylor).


Manchester Mini-Soccer League


RESULTS and scorers from the Manchester Mini-Soccer League are —

UNDER-NINES: Chaddy End ‘A’ 7 (Lewis Berry 5, Marcel Chauhan, Sam Traynor), Heyside Juniors ‘B’ 0; Chaddy End ‘B’ 0, Heyside JFC 4 (Jack Dunkerley 2, Sulaiman Sajjad 2); Failsworth West ‘A’ 9 (Elliott Murray 4, Cameron McDonough 2, Max Yeo 2, Ben Frost), Boundary Park ‘B’ 0; Heyside Juniors 1 (Saul Milovanovic), Failsworth West ‘B’ 0.

UNDER-10S: Heyside JFC ‘A’ 3 (Jack Wallace 2, Harry Wain), Dukinfield Youth ‘A’ 2; Heyside JFC ‘B’ 0, Dukinfield Youth ‘B’ 0.




Manchester Youth League



CHADDY End FC under-11s held their nerve from the penalty spot as they progressed in the Manchester Youth League Cup.



All square at 2-2 after extra time — Harry Wilcox and Aiden Young got the goals — they went on to edge Failsworth Rangers ‘A’ 3-2 in the shoot-out decider.

Riley Hamill, James Dwyer and Joe Fagan were Chaddy’s successful penalty-takers.

Tameside and District Junior League

3D DYNAMOS under-12s ‘T’ missed the chance to go second in the Tameside and District Junior League table after they were beaten 4-1 by Wythenshawe.

Danny Laithwaite scored the consolation for 3D, who worked hard from the first minute to the last.




Tameside Sunday Youth League



A HAT-TRICK from Joe Bu´rgoyne was in vain as Chaddy End FC under-14s bowed out of the Tameside Sunday Youth League Cup.



He scored all three goals in a 4-3 defeat by Failsworth Dynamos.



Other results

OTHER results and scorers are —

Chaddy End ‘B’ 1 (Harrison Snape), Failsworth Dynamos ‘B’ 2; Chaddy End ‘A’ 0, Boundary Park Juniors ‘A’ 0; Chaddy End ‘B’ 2 (John Gleeson, Declan Hopkins), Moston Juniors 1; Failsworth West 4 (Ben Richardson 2, Liam Field, Tyler Williams), Failsworth Dynamos 0; Failsworth West ‘C’ 3 (Jayden Gill, Lewis Airey, Adam Lomax), Failsworth West ‘A’ 4 (William Lomax 3, Thomas Garner); Midway 4, Failsworth West ‘B’ 2 (Edward Kangah 2); Chaddy End FC 1, Heyside Juniors 0; Clayton Villa ‘B’ 1, Heyside Juniors ‘B’ 0.




East Manchester Junior League



SHAUN Chapman struck four times as Medlock Rangers under-16s strolled into the East Manchester Junior League Primary Cup final.



Andy Kremner also helped himself to a hat-trick in a 7-3 defeat of Dukinfield Youth.




Under-15s eye first win



OLDHAM Schools under-15s go in search of their first win in the Greater Manchester Schools’ League when they play host to Salford at The Lancaster Club on Saturday (kick-off 10.30am).



After an opening 4-4 draw against Bury, the town team have suffered defeats at the hands of Stockport, Manchester, Tameside and Macclesfield.

The under-14s, meanwhile, will be looking to stretch their unbeaten run to five games against Salford at Broughton on Saturday (kick-off 10.30am).

They will go into this weekend’s fixture as favourites to secure all three points against a Salford side who have just one league win from their five outings.