Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 13th August 2016
Mon 15th August 2016 | General | By Ian Templeman
Millers get the winning feeling at last
One of the most welcomed victories of the weekend will have been at Church Lane, where New Mills beat Cammell Laird 1907 by 4-3.
While a hat trick by the Millers' Haydn Foulds was the obvious highlight of the game, from a club point of view it was their first league victory for 489 days, after going through the whole of last season's Evo-Stik League campaign without a win.
Now they have one under their belts, the challenge now for the Millers is to keep the winning run going.
Tangerine dream strikes
AFC Blackpool twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw down at FC Oswestry Town, but the main talking point to emerge from the game was the quality of both of their goals.
A 30 yarder into the top left hand corner of the net from Matthew Richardson in the first half was fit to grace any game, but even that was topped by Matthew Muscroft in the second half, who picked up the ball in the centre circle, took a step forward and unleashed a worldie from 40 yards that was heading for the net from the moment it left his boot.
With shooting power like that in the ranks, opposing goalkeepers will need to be alert when facing the Tangerines this season.
Never a dull moment watching St Helens Town
If it's entertainment you're after, St Helens Town are the team to watch at the moment.
Their opening day game at Carlisle City was a ding-dong affair, with the Cumbrians eventually winning 4-3 with a late goal, and anyone leaving their game at Cheadle Town a few minutes early would certainly have had cause for regret.
St Helens were three goals up heading into stoppage time, but incredibly Cheadle struck three times in the added minutes to salvage a draw.
Maybe not the outcomes Saints would have wanted, but great entertainment for the neutrals who turned up to watch.
Bullets firing in goals
One team that has definitely hit the ground running is Alsager Town, who recorded their third straight win with a 4-1 success at Charnock Richard, in which Michael Lennon scored a hat trick.
It's also the third game in a row that Wayne Brotherton's men have scored four goals, with two of the games away from home, and it looks already like the Bullets will be among the promotion chasers come the end of the season and that their return to Division One could be a brief one.
Cobbydalers start with a bang
Another club competing in the First Division for the first time in many years are Silsden, and they certainly signalled their intentions to step back up again quickly with a 6-0 win over Ashton Town in their opening league game of the season.
With six different players scoring the goals, there's clearly no lack of firepower in the ranks, and the Cobbydalers have certainly put a marker down for others in the division to note.
Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 13th August 2016
Mon 15th August 2016 | General
By Ian Templeman
Millers get the winning feeling at last
One of the most welcomed victories of the weekend will have been at Church Lane, where New Mills beat Cammell Laird 1907 by 4-3.
While a hat trick by the Millers' Haydn Foulds was the obvious highlight of the game, from a club point of view it was their first league victory for 489 days, after going through the whole of last season's Evo-Stik League campaign without a win.
Now they have one under their belts, the challenge now for the Millers is to keep the winning run going.
Tangerine dream strikes
AFC Blackpool twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw down at FC Oswestry Town, but the main talking point to emerge from the game was the quality of both of their goals.
A 30 yarder into the top left hand corner of the net from Matthew Richardson in the first half was fit to grace any game, but even that was topped by Matthew Muscroft in the second half, who picked up the ball in the centre circle, took a step forward and unleashed a worldie from 40 yards that was heading for the net from the moment it left his boot.
With shooting power like that in the ranks, opposing goalkeepers will need to be alert when facing the Tangerines this season.
Never a dull moment watching St Helens Town
If it's entertainment you're after, St Helens Town are the team to watch at the moment.
Their opening day game at Carlisle City was a ding-dong affair, with the Cumbrians eventually winning 4-3 with a late goal, and anyone leaving their game at Cheadle Town a few minutes early would certainly have had cause for regret.
St Helens were three goals up heading into stoppage time, but incredibly Cheadle struck three times in the added minutes to salvage a draw.
Maybe not the outcomes Saints would have wanted, but great entertainment for the neutrals who turned up to watch.
Bullets firing in goals
One team that has definitely hit the ground running is Alsager Town, who recorded their third straight win with a 4-1 success at Charnock Richard, in which Michael Lennon scored a hat trick.
It's also the third game in a row that Wayne Brotherton's men have scored four goals, with two of the games away from home, and it looks already like the Bullets will be among the promotion chasers come the end of the season and that their return to Division One could be a brief one.
Cobbydalers start with a bang
Another club competing in the First Division for the first time in many years are Silsden, and they certainly signalled their intentions to step back up again quickly with a 6-0 win over Ashton Town in their opening league game of the season.
With six different players scoring the goals, there's clearly no lack of firepower in the ranks, and the Cobbydalers have certainly put a marker down for others in the division to note.
