FIRST-ROUND action in the Dutchman Cup saw Pilot Boat guide their way past Saddle Inn (Connor Gardner and Mark King) with an 8-2 victory in which both Ben Smith and Callum Morrison netted doubles with a Dan Murphy treble and an own goal completing the rout.

Poulton Vics also progressed after beating St Andrews United 2-0 with goals from Sean Wright and Craig Kay.

One goal from Connor Eccles was not enough for Wallasey Mens as they lost 2-1 away at Lord Nelson who had Jason Rigby and Ray Hoey on target, with the winner coming in injury time.

Millhouse increased their lead at the top of the Premier division when winning 6-0 versus FC Victoria thanks to efforts from Danny McGill (2), James Clare, Danni Kelly, Chris Sutcliffe and Sam Hunt but losing ground were Poulton Royal who went down 1-2 against Great Float S&S with Jay Thompson scoring the consolation.

Woodchurch United had three hat- trick scorers in their Magee Cup win versus Cavendish as Paul Casey, Pete Irvine and Chris Griffiths netted in their double- figure victory.

Two Capitol Cup games saw Wirral SB beat Grange Hearts 4-0 with goals from Jack McGrotty (2) and Callum Darby (2) and Manor Youth put out North Wirral Saints 4-1 as Owen Reilly (2), James Jeffries and Connor Lloyd-Jones fired the goals.

In Division One, both JASGA and Liver View closed the gap on the leaders without conceding a goal as the latter beat nine-man Upton FC 4-0 with goals from Dave Tacy, Scott Tebb, Adam Chadwick and Liam Henshaw and the green army beat AFC Tima 3-0 as Tom Freeman, Stewart Speed and Danny Price found the net.

Matrix FC were found wanting as Olympic Rangers ran riot in a 6-4 reversal with efforts from Charlie Bennett, Stuart Payne, Ben Ryan, Dan Payne, Mike Thomson and Martin Lewis doing the damage.

Four goals from Ben Verdin helped Queens Liscard to a 6-0 success over Poulton Vics Youth with the extras coming from Connor Hodgson and Mark Howton in this Division Two tussle.

Upton Town came from behind to beat Eastham Rangers (Joe Skinner) 3-1 due to a Joe Pugh brace a single from Scott Billington.

A goal apiece from Andy Simpson, Jake Maddox and Chris Hughes gave Halfway House a 3-2 victory over PLCCFC who relied through Lewis McDonald and Tom Rigby.

A 4-0 success for AC Hoylake in the Dundee Youth division put them into second place thanks to goals from Rahman Al-Shabazz, Stuart Davies, Jake Davidson and Joe D-Henin.

Grove Youth division action saw FC Phoenix stay top when beating Heswall Blue 4-0 with Ollie Lowe (2), Lewis Walker and Harry Holt scoring.

A goal each for Harry Griffiths and Joe Parry earned Wallasey Wanderers a 2-1 win against Park Royal (Will Sass) and West Kirby Wasps won 4-0 versus Eastham Rangers Jets, thanks to a Matt Knowles double and singles from Jamie Phillips and Liam Bicket that puts them into second place.