Lilywhites in good nick

Non-league FOOTBALL:


THE Mossley bandwagon kept on rolling on Saturday as they cruised to a 4-1 Seel Park win against Prescot Cables in the Evo-Stik League Division One North.

With five games remaining the in-form Lilywhites still look a decent bet for a play-off place, though with rivals around them also winning at the weekend, player-boss Steve Halford continues to demand total focus from his players.

"We probably still need to win all our remaining games to make absolutely sure of a play-off place," said Halford.

"It's so tight at the top of the table.

"We're looking confident and I can't ask any more of the players at the moment, but it's coming towards squeaky-bum time now so the concentration levels need to be up there right until the end of our final league game against Harrogate on May 4."

Mossley, who have hit form just at the right time now that they have won five and drawn one of their last six games, didn't open the scoring until first-half stoppage-time on Saturday.

Chris Denham crossed in for Kayde Coppin to lash past goalkeeper Adam Reid from 12 yards.

Only two minutes of the second period had gone when Halford's men doubled their lead, with Gary Gee firing home sweetly from 20 yards.

The victory was then all but sealed when Dave Young curled home a free-kick after Lewis Nightingale – back in the side after three months out injured – was hacked down.

Nightingale made it 4-1 in added time as he latched on to another Denham cross to tap home at the far post.



OLDHAM Boro maintained their recent good form as they won 2-1 at Northwich Villa in the Vodkat North-West Counties League First Division.

New Polish striker Patryk Baryklski scored after two minutes, while Joe Heap bagged the winner in the second half.



CHADDERTON were well beaten 4-1 at Atherton Collieries as Sean Sherwood netted the visitors' consolation goal. The Broadway outfit host table-topping Formby on Wednesday night.