Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 24th March 2018
Mon 26th March 2018 | General | By Ian Templeman
A great show by 1874
OK, so 1874 Northwich won't be playing in the FA Vase final at Wembley on May 20th - but haven't they done well?
Over the course of their Vase campaign, they have turned in some fine performances and attracted consistently good comments from rival managers about their ability and style of play. As have their supporters, who have turned out in numbers to back the side superbly home and away, most notably on Saturday when a crowd of 1693 rolled up to Wincham Park.
It's been a run that has done much to raise the profile of the club, and we all owe them a huge vote of thanks for the way in which they have represented our league.
Paul Stockton would have been so proud of them all.
A good week for the Blues
There's something in the air down in Mid-Cheshire at the moment, because 1874's landlords Winsford United aren't doing too badly either.
Alongside news of a boardroom restructure, the Blues are on a good run of form with Saturday's win at Padiham being their fourth in five games.
That victory followed on from their fine midweek result when they won 1-0 at Altrincham to clinch a place in the semi-final of the Cheshire Senior Cup.
The Blues face a bust run in to the end of the season, but they head into April in fine fettle.
Heys on a roll
Another side shaping up well for a busy end of season run are Prestwich Heys, whose three games on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday produced three wins, with eleven goals scored and none conceded.
With Heys being badly affected by postponements over the past few months, it's easy to forget that they are actually unbeaten in the league since mid-November, and have now chalked up four successive wins in eight days.
They have plenty of games in hand on Silsden and REMYCA at the top of the table, so don't rule out a late charge from Heys.
It ain't over until it's over....
Atherton LR's game against AFC Blackpool on Saturday will surely not be surpassed this season when it comes to late drama.
With ten minutes to go, LR's Theodore Kidd scored his second goal of the afternoon to put LR two up, and at that point I'm sure many of us would have thought "game over". Oh no it wasn't....
Showing commendable fighting spirit, Conah Bishop (83 minutes), Ben Duffield (86 minutes) and Kit Gregory (88 minutes) scored for AFC Blackpool, and as the game moved into stoppage time, it looked like the visitors had staged a remarkable turnaround.
But stoppage time goals from Bradley Aspinall and Nathan Randall pinched a 4-3 victory from the jaws of defeat for LR, and rounded off what was surely the most amazing ten minutes of play that will be witnessed anywhere in the league this season.
Carl's back on track
The familiar name of Carl Grimshaw returned to the goalscoring charts this week, after what had been - for him at least - something of a lean spell.
The Charnock Richard talisman went into Monday night's game at Winsford in the unusual position of not having scored in three of his last five games, which by his standards was a bit of a drought.
But a hat trick at Winsford on Monday, followed by another in the defeat at Squires Gate, suggests that it's back to business for the league's most prolific striker who has now scored in 22 of the last 26 games he has played in for Charnock, and two of the four that he didn't score in were goalless draws.
Saturday's goal moved him on to 41 for the season and you wouldn't bet against seeing a few more from Carl in the coming weeks.
Five Things We Learned - w/e Saturday 24th March 2018
Mon 26th March 2018 | General
By Ian Templeman
A great show by 1874
OK, so 1874 Northwich won't be playing in the FA Vase final at Wembley on May 20th - but haven't they done well?
Over the course of their Vase campaign, they have turned in some fine performances and attracted consistently good comments from rival managers about their ability and style of play. As have their supporters, who have turned out in numbers to back the side superbly home and away, most notably on Saturday when a crowd of 1693 rolled up to Wincham Park.
It's been a run that has done much to raise the profile of the club, and we all owe them a huge vote of thanks for the way in which they have represented our league.
Paul Stockton would have been so proud of them all.
A good week for the Blues
There's something in the air down in Mid-Cheshire at the moment, because 1874's landlords Winsford United aren't doing too badly either.
Alongside news of a boardroom restructure, the Blues are on a good run of form with Saturday's win at Padiham being their fourth in five games.
That victory followed on from their fine midweek result when they won 1-0 at Altrincham to clinch a place in the semi-final of the Cheshire Senior Cup.
The Blues face a bust run in to the end of the season, but they head into April in fine fettle.
Heys on a roll
Another side shaping up well for a busy end of season run are Prestwich Heys, whose three games on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday produced three wins, with eleven goals scored and none conceded.
With Heys being badly affected by postponements over the past few months, it's easy to forget that they are actually unbeaten in the league since mid-November, and have now chalked up four successive wins in eight days.
They have plenty of games in hand on Silsden and REMYCA at the top of the table, so don't rule out a late charge from Heys.
It ain't over until it's over....
Atherton LR's game against AFC Blackpool on Saturday will surely not be surpassed this season when it comes to late drama.
With ten minutes to go, LR's Theodore Kidd scored his second goal of the afternoon to put LR two up, and at that point I'm sure many of us would have thought "game over". Oh no it wasn't....
Showing commendable fighting spirit, Conah Bishop (83 minutes), Ben Duffield (86 minutes) and Kit Gregory (88 minutes) scored for AFC Blackpool, and as the game moved into stoppage time, it looked like the visitors had staged a remarkable turnaround.
But stoppage time goals from Bradley Aspinall and Nathan Randall pinched a 4-3 victory from the jaws of defeat for LR, and rounded off what was surely the most amazing ten minutes of play that will be witnessed anywhere in the league this season.
Carl's back on track
The familiar name of Carl Grimshaw returned to the goalscoring charts this week, after what had been - for him at least - something of a lean spell.
The Charnock Richard talisman went into Monday night's game at Winsford in the unusual position of not having scored in three of his last five games, which by his standards was a bit of a drought.
But a hat trick at Winsford on Monday, followed by another in the defeat at Squires Gate, suggests that it's back to business for the league's most prolific striker who has now scored in 22 of the last 26 games he has played in for Charnock, and two of the four that he didn't score in were goalless draws.
Saturday's goal moved him on to 41 for the season and you wouldn't bet against seeing a few more from Carl in the coming weeks.
