GOAL difference separates the top two in the Premier division due to Liscard Bronze turning over Cetco Europe 6-1 to ease into pole position thanks to a hat-trick from Dan Banicale, a double from Carl Murphy and a single from Elliott Corrigan.

Windsor moved off the bottom with a 4-1 success over Poulton Royal whose lone scorer was Mike Pickles from the penalty spot.

Division One action saw FC Victoria forfeit their unbeaten tag when losing 3-2 away to leaders Champions Bar, who had Ashley Robinson, Joel Nelson and Andy Mallion on target and Gary Parr and Alan Craze hit the responses.

John Pomphrett rifled a threesome for Ship Wallasey as they sailed into second place after beating Upton FC (Mark Hughes) 4-1 and Anton Corser netted the fourth.

Top scorers on the day where Shippons who overwhelmed AFC Tima 8-1, with Lewis Johansen scoring a treble, Adam Chadwick-2 and Scott Tebb, Liam Henshaw and Sam Richardson all netting singles.

Wallasey Oval retained top spot in division Two after their 6-1 defeat of Nelson Grove as Tom Ward and Matty Hughes hit doubles and Andy Ward and Calum McCavish bagged singles.

Matrix continued their winning formula with a 2-0 success away to Cavendish and a solitary Mark Munt goal was enough for Vineyard to beat Poulton Vics 1-0.

A Paul Williams brace allied to a Steve Kelly strike enabled Parkview to beat Grange Hearts 3-2, as Jay Rice and Dave Walmsley rifled the replies.

Sandbrook moved into the top six following their excellent fight back from 3 nil down to edge home 4-3 against Olympic Rangers, thanks to efforts from Mike McGrath-2, Ken Simon and Phil Bibby, with Gary Payne-2 and Stuart Payne netting the responses.

RockPark went nap in the overdue Capitol Cup 1st round tie when beating Eastham Rangers 5-0, as Anthony Clarkson and Mike Nish bagged braces and Connor Flynn claimed a single in a good team effort.

Three games in the Youth divisions cup 1st round resulted in victories for Upton Town as they saw off AFC Beb Athletic (Louis McGillaway & Greg Stuart-Taylor) 3-2, thanks to an own goal and singles from Lewis McNamara and Alex Pitt.

Victoria Colts flew past Allport Hawks with a 3-1 victory in which Tom Smith netted twice and Matty Leech once to take the tie.

Connor McEvoy claimed a hat-trick for Malvern FC as they eliminated Beechwood Falcons 5-2, with Matty Ingle and Jack Murray completing their scoring and Tyler Gill and Joe Molyneux fired the replies.

Despite a great double strike from James Clare for Millhouse they were unable to slay George and Dragon and were beaten 3-2 in the Cheshire Cup second round.

Only two teams remain in the Cheshire Youth Cup due to AC Hoylake getting the verdict over Glenavon 3-2, who had Connor Davies and Ethan Forster as their marksmen and a 2-0 success for Shaftesbury Youth over Ellesmere Port Rangers who sealed victory with goals from Tyler Davies and Sam Upton.

Higher Beb JFC went out 3-0 away at Runcorn.