Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 17th December 2016
Mon 19th December 2016 | General | By Ian Templeman
Festive spirit in abundance around the league
It’s been great to see so many of our clubs involved in charitable work and fund raising for good causes recently.
In the past week alone, Atherton Collieries have released a video to raise money for local charity Ben's Wish, Barnton players have reached their fundraising target for Ward 77 at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, and a number of clubs have been organising collections at games for their local foodbanks.
In the season of peace and goodwill to all men, it’s very heartening that so many of our clubs are committed to working hard to help the less fortunate among their local communities.
Go West
West Didsbury & Chorlton are the latest of our clubs to move into the semi-final of a County Cup competition, and they did so in fine style with a 4-2 win at Glossop North End in midweek to secure a place in the last four of the Manchester Premier Cup.
West now have a plum tie against FC United of Manchester to look forward to in the New Year, and having shown some fine form away from Brookburn Road this season, the game will hold no fears for Steve Settle’s men.
LR’s lucky thirteen
One team who will go into Christmas in good cheer are Atherton LR, who ended a run of 12 games without a win (if you discount a penalty shoot win in the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy) at the thirteenth attempt with a 1-0 victory over Carlisle City at Crilly Park on Saturday.
It’s not been an easy season for Shaun Lynch’s men, but they will be hoping that Saturday’s hard fought win will give them a much-needed boost as we enter the festive season.
Golden Gate
The glorious unpredictability of football was demonstrated once again with Bootle’s 2-0 home defeat to Squires Gate on Saturday.
It’s fair to say that it was a result that turned the form book upside down, given that it was only the second time this season that the high scoring Bucks have failed to score in a home game, only their second home defeat of the season, and this against a Gate side who had won only once in 12 games, albeit they had already won the earlier fixture between the two sides on home soil.
Gate may be in the lower half of the table, but their ability to pull off a result like that against one of the form teams in the league will not have gone unnoticed by their future opponents in the coming weeks.
Storks on a roll
They may have been a little bit under the radar up to now after a slow start to the season, but when you look at league fixtures only, Padiham are on a hot streak of form at the moment.
Saturday's win over Congleton Town was their eighth successive league win and their tenth in eleven league games, and not surprisingly it's a run that has moved them up into 6th place and on to the fringes of the promotion race.
Slowly but surely, the Storks are becoming a Premier Division force to be reckoned with.
Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 17th December 2016
Mon 19th December 2016 | General
By Ian Templeman
Festive spirit in abundance around the league
It’s been great to see so many of our clubs involved in charitable work and fund raising for good causes recently.
In the past week alone, Atherton Collieries have released a video to raise money for local charity Ben's Wish, Barnton players have reached their fundraising target for Ward 77 at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, and a number of clubs have been organising collections at games for their local foodbanks.
In the season of peace and goodwill to all men, it’s very heartening that so many of our clubs are committed to working hard to help the less fortunate among their local communities.
Go West
West Didsbury & Chorlton are the latest of our clubs to move into the semi-final of a County Cup competition, and they did so in fine style with a 4-2 win at Glossop North End in midweek to secure a place in the last four of the Manchester Premier Cup.
West now have a plum tie against FC United of Manchester to look forward to in the New Year, and having shown some fine form away from Brookburn Road this season, the game will hold no fears for Steve Settle’s men.
LR’s lucky thirteen
One team who will go into Christmas in good cheer are Atherton LR, who ended a run of 12 games without a win (if you discount a penalty shoot win in the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy) at the thirteenth attempt with a 1-0 victory over Carlisle City at Crilly Park on Saturday.
It’s not been an easy season for Shaun Lynch’s men, but they will be hoping that Saturday’s hard fought win will give them a much-needed boost as we enter the festive season.
Golden Gate
The glorious unpredictability of football was demonstrated once again with Bootle’s 2-0 home defeat to Squires Gate on Saturday.
It’s fair to say that it was a result that turned the form book upside down, given that it was only the second time this season that the high scoring Bucks have failed to score in a home game, only their second home defeat of the season, and this against a Gate side who had won only once in 12 games, albeit they had already won the earlier fixture between the two sides on home soil.
Gate may be in the lower half of the table, but their ability to pull off a result like that against one of the form teams in the league will not have gone unnoticed by their future opponents in the coming weeks.
Storks on a roll
They may have been a little bit under the radar up to now after a slow start to the season, but when you look at league fixtures only, Padiham are on a hot streak of form at the moment.
Saturday's win over Congleton Town was their eighth successive league win and their tenth in eleven league games, and not surprisingly it's a run that has moved them up into 6th place and on to the fringes of the promotion race.
Slowly but surely, the Storks are becoming a Premier Division force to be reckoned with.
