Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 29th October 2016
Mon 31st October 2016 | General | By Ian Templeman
Looking good all round for Colls
A quick glance at the Premier Division goal stats suggests that it's looking good in all departments for Atherton Collieries right now.
They have the third best goals scored ratio and the best goals conceded ratio in the division, and overall those are the best all round stats of any of the promotion chasers in the top five.
Unbeaten in eight games, Colls are tucked in nicely behind league leaders Runcorn Town, and once again look a good bet for success this season.
Cobbydalers break losing streak in style
If there was one result on Saturday that threw the form book out of the window, it was Silsden's 8-2 win at New Mills in the Macron Cup.
The Cobbydalers travelled to Church Lane to face their Premier Division opponent on the back of five straight defeats, and although they do have a bit of form in high scoring games away from home - as a 6-6 draw at Oswestry a few weeks back would confirm - it's fair to say that Saturday's result was not one that many would have seen coming.
With two more cup ties coming up in the next week, manager James Gill will be looking for more of the same from his side.
Abbey on song
One team starting to run into a bit of form are Abbey Hey, who followed up their midweek 4-0 win over Cammell Laird 1907 with a 3-1 win in the Macron Cup at Ashton Town on Saturday.
It's now five wins in six games for Luke Gibson's side, and although they have a tough looking fixture schedule in the next few weeks, manager Luke Gibson will be heartened that they go into it on a decent run of form.
Yellow fighting spirit
On these pages last week we gave a shout out to Ashton Athletic's goalscoring prowess of late, and while that continued in midweek with a fine 4-0 win at Darwen, they showed qualities of a different kind at Runcorn Linnets on Saturday.
Two goals down away from home with 15 minutes to go is no great position to be in, but the Yellows turned it around to end up winning 3-2, showing that fighting spirit and a never-say-die attitude is in their armoury along with goalscoring firepower.
Chaddy away day goal power
There's something about away trips that seem to galvanise Chadderton into goalscoring mode at the moment.
Already this season they have scored five on the road at St Helens Town, and four in games at Stockport Town, Cheadle Town and Widnes, but they topped that on Saturday with a 6-3 win at Holker Old Boys in the Macron Cup.
They may be in the bottom half of the First Division at the moment, but that sort of goalscoring form suggests that Chaddy will be a force to be reckoned with on any ground this season.
Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 29th October 2016
Mon 31st October 2016 | General
By Ian Templeman
Looking good all round for Colls
A quick glance at the Premier Division goal stats suggests that it's looking good in all departments for Atherton Collieries right now.
They have the third best goals scored ratio and the best goals conceded ratio in the division, and overall those are the best all round stats of any of the promotion chasers in the top five.
Unbeaten in eight games, Colls are tucked in nicely behind league leaders Runcorn Town, and once again look a good bet for success this season.
Cobbydalers break losing streak in style
If there was one result on Saturday that threw the form book out of the window, it was Silsden's 8-2 win at New Mills in the Macron Cup.
The Cobbydalers travelled to Church Lane to face their Premier Division opponent on the back of five straight defeats, and although they do have a bit of form in high scoring games away from home - as a 6-6 draw at Oswestry a few weeks back would confirm - it's fair to say that Saturday's result was not one that many would have seen coming.
With two more cup ties coming up in the next week, manager James Gill will be looking for more of the same from his side.
Abbey on song
One team starting to run into a bit of form are Abbey Hey, who followed up their midweek 4-0 win over Cammell Laird 1907 with a 3-1 win in the Macron Cup at Ashton Town on Saturday.
It's now five wins in six games for Luke Gibson's side, and although they have a tough looking fixture schedule in the next few weeks, manager Luke Gibson will be heartened that they go into it on a decent run of form.
Yellow fighting spirit
On these pages last week we gave a shout out to Ashton Athletic's goalscoring prowess of late, and while that continued in midweek with a fine 4-0 win at Darwen, they showed qualities of a different kind at Runcorn Linnets on Saturday.
Two goals down away from home with 15 minutes to go is no great position to be in, but the Yellows turned it around to end up winning 3-2, showing that fighting spirit and a never-say-die attitude is in their armoury along with goalscoring firepower.
Chaddy away day goal power
There's something about away trips that seem to galvanise Chadderton into goalscoring mode at the moment.
Already this season they have scored five on the road at St Helens Town, and four in games at Stockport Town, Cheadle Town and Widnes, but they topped that on Saturday with a 6-3 win at Holker Old Boys in the Macron Cup.
They may be in the bottom half of the First Division at the moment, but that sort of goalscoring form suggests that Chaddy will be a force to be reckoned with on any ground this season.
