AN immaculate one-minute silence was conducted in remembrance of the armed forces by all teams and referees at every ground which showed absolute respect on such a special day.

Upton FC found form in the second round of the Wirral FA Amateur Cup as they roared past Lions FC 4-3 thanks to efforts from Mike Large-2, Sean Walker and Joel Nelson and now meet FC Vaults in round three.

Not so lucky were Clarence (Dan Rayner) who lost 4-1 against Swan, Telegraph (Dave Thompson) who went down 1-2 versus Westminster and AFC Tima who were shot down by Archers FC by double figures.

Wirral FA Premier cup third round action saw Wallasey Oval send Ship Wallasey spinning out of the competition with a 6-4 victory in which Sam Hunt netted a treble, Tom Ward a double and Andy Beaver claimed a single in this upset.

Woodchurch United went through to round three after beating Rock Ferry Social 2-0 with goals from Paul Casey and Ben Holmes and now meet Great Float S&S in the next round.

First round action in the Capitol Cup resulted in victory for Poulton Royal as they won 3-1 against FC Victoria (Adam Saunders) thanks to Tom Carroll, Dean Brown and Niko Kyriakis finding the net.

In the Premier division Liscard Bronze saw off the challenge of Windsor in a 6-0 success that had Richard Coxhead-3, Steve Kane, Sean Gandy and Dan Banicale scoring the goals, but going one better were leaders Great Float S&S who beat Leasowe Brambles 7-0 as Carl Murphy-3, Mike Pickles-2, Tom Harris and Sean Mooney rifled the goals.

The only division One fixture saw Matrix FC defeat Olympic Rangers 4-1 with goals from Danny King-2, Phil Palethorpe and Josh Taylor, with Rangers keeper Ian Maclean being their lone scorer.

Lord Nelson closed the gap at the top of division Two when beating Eastham Rangers 6-4, as Jason Wilde-2, Ashley Robinson, Jordan Griffiths, Paul Williams and Jason Rigby netted, with Mark McMahon-2, Hayden Birch and Luke Kieran bagging the responses.

JASGA PV rolled over Stanleys Cask with goals from Stuart Speed-2, Adam Baxter, Mark Cullimore and a blast from the past for Will Armstrong in their 5-0 win.

A solitary effort from Joe Pugh was enough for Upton Town to beat Halfway House 1-0.

Glenavon Youth found the going tough against Dundee Youth division leaders AFC Liverpool, who ran out 8-2 winners due to Alex Northover-3, Tyler Dodd-2, Dean Trevitt, Jack Cattrell and Callum Morrison firing the goals, with Joe Wingfield and Luke Dixon netting the replies.

In the Grove Youth division Shore Villa clipped the wings of leaders Allport Hawks as they shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw that had Ripley Devaney as the Hawks scorer.

Oldershaw Athletic raced into second place courtesy of their 7-3 success over Glenavon Athletic (Dan Bergson-2 & Callum Travis) as an own goal allied to a double from Dan Provin and singles from Carl Barker, Jack Beggs, Adam Duffy and Carl Burgess did the damage.