Trainer’s just two good!

AMATEUR FOOTBALL:

SECOND met third in the D&J Builders (North West) Ltd Jack Abbott premier division and it was High Crompton CC who pulled further away from FC Broadgate with a 4-0 victory.

D Trainer’s brace set the former champions on their way as they narrowed the gap on Khartoum Northern to just one point.

Lowerhouse United ‘A’, boasting an N Eastmond double, drew 3-3 with Coppice United.

Bridge Inn edged out Royton Athletic 6-5 in the David Giblin division one, while Fitton Hill Rangers won 2-1 at Highfield United- see John Gilder’s Match of the Day.

Limeside Athletic ‘A’ went down to a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Red Star, while Old Grey Mare lost 2-1 to North Star Athletic in division two.

Leaders Rifle Range Royal Blues romped to a 6-2 win against Limeside Athletic ‘B’.

Basement boys Oldham United were convincingly beaten 5-1 by Famous King George.

Khartoum Northern FC, last season’s division one champions, raced to an 8-0 defeat of FC Royton in the premier division shield quarter-final.

But Failsworth Athletic crashed out of the competition after losing 2-1 to Chaddy End.

Rose of Lancaster progressed in the division one shield with a 2-0 victory at the expense of Westwood FC.

And Lowerhouse United ‘B’ were victorious in the division two shield against Springhead Libs FC.

Royal Oak are also through to the next stage after a 6-5 epic with Lark Inn FC.

o THE Oldham Sunday League’s Challenge Cup final is at Boundary Park on Thursday, May 13, (7pm).

The divisional shield finals and the President’s Trophy finals are at Chadderton FC.

The second and first division shield finals will take place on Sunday, May 9 at 11.30am and 2.30pm respectively.

On Sunday, May 16, the premier division shield final has an 11.30am kick-off, while the President’s Trophy final starts at 2.30pm.

Results and scorers —

Jack Abbott premier division: High Crompton CC 4 (D Trainer 2, P Ashton, C Ryan), FC Broadgate 0; Lowerhouse United ‘A’ 3 (D Higgins, N Eastmond 2), Coppice United 3 (Y Ali, N Butt, D O’Connell).

David Giblin division one: Bridge Inn FC 6 (M King 3, L Mandic 2, M Wood), Royton Athletic 5 (M Greeves, D Wilkinson, K Bradbury, R O’Donnell, R Smith); Highfield United 1, Fitton Hill Rangers 2, Limeside Athletic A 1 (J Bond), Red Star 4 (R Hobin 2, M Buckley, C McDonald).

Division two: Old Grey Mare 1 (S Uren), North Star Athletic 2, Limeside Athletic B 2 (K Jones, J Davies), Rifle Range Royal Blues 6 (J Noicely 2, S Leigh 2, D Massey, L Proctor), Famous King George 5 (M Hopwood 2, A Hughes, J Lambert, P Charleson), Oldham United1.

Premier division shield quarter-final: Khartoum Northern FC 8 (Murdoch 3, Mills 3, Dickenson, Buckley), FC Royton 0, Failsworth Athletic 1 (D Simpson), Chaddy End 2 (M Leeming, N Alexander).

Division one shield: Rose of Lancaster 2, Westwood 0.

Division two shield: Lowerhouse United B 4 (J Simms, D Jackman, Megerson, D Brown), Springhead Libs FC 2 (L Stephenson, Wellington); Lark Inn 5 (Dooley, Tindall, Schofield, Hitchens 2), Royal Oak 6.


Title push stalls

CHADDERTONIANS suffered two blows to their title chances in the Lancashire Amateur League premier division.

They were held to a 2-2 draw away at lowly Bolton Wyresdale, two penalties from Steve Barrow securing a point.

And they went down 3-2 to Bury GSOB. They dominated the half but conceded two goals just before the interval.

Chadds hit back through Antony Corlett and Barrow only for Bury to snatch the win in the last minute.

Chadds second team maintained third place in division two with a 3-2 win at Rochdale St Clements reserves. Dale Myers, Warren Griffith and Paul Kearns notched the goals.

Oldham Hulmeians followed up a midweek division two win at Bolton Ambassadors with a disappointing defeat at Mostonians reserves.

Danny Tate’s double gave the mid-table side a 2-1 victory at Ambassadors and they led 1-0 at half-time against Mostonians through Danny Proffitt’s looping 25-yard effort.

But a slack second-half performance saw Hulmeians concede four goals and Tate’s reply was a consolation.

Having secured promotion from division four, Chadds ‘A’ went down to Radcliffe Boys 2-1. Mark Hendstock scored for Chadds who can still clinch the title.

In division five, Hulmeians reserves won 5-2 at Tottington United Reserves, followed by a 3-0 home victory over Rochdale St Clements ‘B’ thanks to goals from Matthew Binns, Gareth Sykes and Jonathan Hadfield.

Chadds ‘B’ can still win promotion from division six. After losing 2-1 in midweek at Radcliffe ‘A’, Dean Clucas scoring, they earned a 2-1 triumph at Bolton Wyresdale ‘A’, Chris O’Toole and Mike Duxbury both getting their names on the scoresheet.