DESPITE twelve wins from their last thirteen games, third-placed Mallaby fell eleven goals short of an automatic promotion slot in their bid to return to the MSC Express West Cheshire League's Division One.

AS if winning the Cheshire County FA Amateur Cup the previous week wasn't enough, Mersey Royal completed their season in style after being crowned MSC Express West Cheshire League Division One champions for the first time in the club's history after an Adam Smith double was supplemented by further efforts from Lewy Willingham and Jordan Deer in Saturday's 4-0 eclipse of Ellesmere Port Town, writes Ernie McDonald.

THE race for the MSC Express West Cheshire League's Division One title looks set to go to the wire, after main players, Ashville and Mersey Royal each dropped points in the spell of four days.

TOP faced second in the battle for the MSC Express West Cheshire League's Division One title, and it was honours even, after second-placed Mersey Royal, three points adrift but with two games in hand, finished 1-1 with leaders Ashville.

MIDWEEK victories over Chester Nomads and Capenhurst Villa followed by Saturday's 2-1 eclipse of Mossley Hill Ath, which featured a goal apiece from Ryan Coles and Jamie Eaton, saw Mersey Royal up the ante in their bid for a first ever MSC Express West Cheshire League Division One title.

MSC Express West Cheshire League Division One leaders Ashville, inspired by two-goal midfield maestro, Gary Jones, pulled the mat from under unbeaten title rivals, Bootle St Edmunds in midweek with Tom Davies and Tommy Johnstone also on target in a deserved 4-2 victory.

Birkenhead Park 67 - Douglas 0

A model of consistency throughout the season, South Wirral outfit Sutton Athletic lifted the MSC Express West Cheshire League's Division Three title.

IT'S still nip and tuck in the race for the MSC Express West Cheshire League's Division One title after leaders Ashville, with efforts from Dan Hardman and Josh Maldon, won 2-1 at Marshalls and Mersey Royal, two points adrift but with a game in hand, beat Vauxhall Motors Res 5-1, courtesy of a goal apiece from Dillon Thomas, Andy Waring, Kieran Cartwright, Jamie Leyland and Jack Davies, writes Ernie McDonald.

ASHVILLE progressed to a Pyke Cup final showdown with holders Mossley Hill Athletic after they curtailed the interests of rival MSC Express West Cheshire League Division One title rivals, Bootle St.Edmunds.