IN the Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday League, Ship Inn were on fire, whipping previously unbeaten Dock Hotel 5-1. Ian McMullen fired a hat-trick and the other goals came from Ally Herbert and Ian Persall.

Woodchurch (Karl McCue, 2, Steve Keogh, 2, Lee Eason and Paul Stevenson) continued their unbeaten run with a 6-2 win over Shaftesbury.

Queens Park's 5-0 win over Parkdale puts them three points clear of champions Archers Social.

RESULTS

Sunday, September 5:-

Premier Division - Archers Soc 4, Shaftes Snrs 2; Queens Park 5, Parkdale 0; Ship Inn 5, Dock Htl 1; Woodchurch 6, Shaftes 2.

Division One - Bebington RAFA 2, 7 Stiles 1; Christies 1, Parkside 1; FC Greasby 2, Holt Springs 2; Rangers Breaks 1, Westbourne 4; Swan Htl 1, Pacific 4; St Cecilias 4, St John's Celtic 1.

Division Two - Argyll 0, Heygarth Utd 6; DW Fencing 4, Horizon 3; Graylands Villa 2, Halfway Vets 3; Neston 3, Wirral Villa 0; Bromboro Htl 4, Oxton Ath 4; Tranmere Vics 5, Houlihan's Variety 2.

Division Three - Black Horse 2, Corsair Ath 1; Club Octel 5, Royal Oak 5; Hamilton's 4, Southend Soc 1; Shaftes 1896 4, Bowies 4; S'bourne Evans 3, Upton Celtic 4; AFC Windmill 3, Civic Way 2.

Division Four - Clipper 2, Vittoria Vaults 2; Lord Napier 2, Hilbre 6; Mersey Blades 0, Saughall 6; Parkdale Yth 0, Young Lions 3; St Mary's CC 6, Wellington 4; Windsor Castle 0, Wirral Libs 4.

Youth Division - Ashville Clts 2, Ashville 1; Greenleas 3, Christleton 3; Fender 6, Heygarth Utd 4; Shaftes 2, Shore Villa 9; Willaston 3, Shell 8; Wirral 7, Christleton Jnrs 1.

FIXTURES

Sunday, September 12:-

Premier Division - Hornby Beb RBL v Archers Soc; KEL v Ship Inn; Dock v Woodchurch; Queens Park v Brow; Shaftes v Parkdale; Shaftes Snrs v R/Ferry Soc.

Division One - Holt Springs v Swan; Parkside v Rangers Breaks; 7 Stiles v Chrities; St Cecilias v Bebington RAFA; St John's Celtic v Pacific; Westbourne v FC Greasby.

Division Two - Oxton Ath v Horizon.

Division Four - Clipper v Lord Napier; Mersey Blades v Hilbre; Parkdale Yth v Windsor Castle; St Mary's CC v Vittoria Vaults; Wellington v Wirral Libs; Young Lions v Pyramid Print.

Youth Division - Ashville Clts v Wirral Villa; Ashville v Shore Villa; Heygarth v Shaftes; Shell v Heswall; Greenleas v Fender.

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