Wallasey & District Sunday League: The Black dig in deep for victory (From Wirral Globe)

Wallasey & District Sunday League: The Black dig in deep for victory

2:02pm Monday 8th October 2012 in Sport By Tom Potter

THE top game in division two saw The Black dig in deep against AM Plant Hire to secure a valuable 1-0 victory, taking them within one point of leaders Rockpark FC.

Down to ten men due to an early dismissal, The Black had to thank their excellent defence for maintaining their one-goal lead, given to them on the hour mark by ever-reliable Stuart Speed, and inflicting a first defeat upon the home team.

Up into third spot are The Rakers as they rolled over Vineyard in a 7-2 success that saw Kyle Wright and Jordan Cartwright net for the losers.

Christleton Youth went top of the youth division following their hard fought 2-0 victory over Ridgewood Rangers, in which they netted two late goals to secure the points as Tom Richardson and Gareth Hughes fired home.

Heswall Athletic took the sting out of Wirral Scorpions (Calum Mason) with a 7-1 success due to a Rob Horgan foursome, allied to efforts from Ben Cullen, Will Venables and Matty Keogh.

Despite Andy Battersby and James Wainwright scoring for Rossway United, they went down 4-2 against New Brighton Youth, who had Rhys Wynne, Carl Cavanagh and Joe Jones as their marksmen.

Two goals from Lee Wellens and one from Sean Walker gave Upton Youth a 3-1 win over Manor Youth to put them level third in the division.

Poulton Royal retained top billing in the Premier division after overcoming a hard-working Windsor team 2-0 with goals from Byron Roberts and Liam Kelly, but keeping pace are Liscard Bronze who beat Cheshire Cheese 7-3, thanks to a Kyle Birch treble and doubles from Lee Davey and Karl Murphy.

Bagging a superb treble in reply was John Davies.

Mixed fortunes befell teams in the Wirral FA Premier Cup second-round as Primrose went out following a penalty shoot-out, after they drew 1-1 in 120 minutes.

Their lone scorer was Lee McChrystal. Great Float S&S washed away the challenge of Clarence in a 5-0 win that saw James Harris bag a hat-trick and Sean Mooney and Tommy Fardoe net a goal apiece.

Also scoring five were Millhouse who showed Neston Nomads the way in a 5-2 victory, as James Clare (2), Jamie Quinn, Paul Cupit and Craig Griffiths all netted.

Wirral FA Amateur Cup second-round action saw goals aplenty as R&C Dukes edged out Sheridans United 7-4, thanks to Ashley Robinson (4), Rob Langton (2) and Sam Hughes scoring and The Clarence did likewise when beating Shore Villa 6-4, with efforts from Paul Sprakes (3), Lee Parsons, Sean Haley and Rob Allen.

In the Division Two Cup first-round Sandbrook beat AFC Tima 2-0 to progress and Ship Wallasey sailed to victory when coming from a goal behind to beat Poulton Vics 2-1, thanks to Paul Williams and Adam Saunders finding the net.

Shippons also went through after beating Autumn FC 7-2, who had James Wilcox (2) as their lone scorer.

First-round games in the Cheshire Youth Cup resulted in wins for Heswall Youth who beat Wilmslow Town 6-2, with Luke Blondell-3, Will Corley, Louie Brown and an own goal bagging doing the damage.

Manor Reds eased home 7-1 versus Windsford Diamonds and Neston Nomads beat Chester Nomads 3-1.

Not so lucky were Higher Bebington and Princes Villa who both lost. New Brighton got a walk over against Heswall Junior.