OLD Parks secured their passage to the next round of the David Tacy Memorial Cup with a narrow 2-1 win over Division Three rivals AFC Rangers thanks to strikes from John Wellman and Adam Lamb.

Also into round 4 are Bushell Athletic, who had Ben Glover on hand with the all important strike at Division Two high flyers Bedford FC.

Wellington FC secured their place in the draw for the last eight after Billy Rainbow and Nathan Leyland notched a goal a piece.

They will be joined by Rig Move, who eased their way through 4-0 at Higher Beb Kelma, Josh Lyth (2), Adam Henry and Josh McEwan all netting.

Tom Ashcroft and Adam Walker with a double each, added to a single from Owen Wharton for Saughall FC, to claim a quarter final spot at the expense of Lions FC.

Great Float S&S and Dock AFC both booked a place in the semi finals of the Veronica Conway Premier Cup, with both registering a 2-0 win each at Beechwood FC and Corsair PV respectively. On the scoresheet for Great Float were Karl Barker and Tom Harris, while Dock’s scorers were Kieran Hamm and Adam Lea

Eastham Rangers booked a ticket into the last four of The Jimmy Core Memorial Cup 3-1 with goals from Jordan Crowder, Martin Marshall and James Beddows.

Woodchurch Hotel put daylight between themselves and 2nd place Rock Ferry Social after a resounding 4-0 win at Queens Park. On the mark for Woodchurch Hotel were Jordan Deer, Ben Holmes, Ben Dufton Kelly and Josh Dures.

Luke Blondel bagged a four goal salvo for Neston Nomads in a 7-1 win over KRCT Bidston Jack Lloyd. Joe Foster and Dean Jones completed the scoring with a consolation for KRCT coming from Michael Dobbs. KRCT Bidston lost three key players to injury early in the game.

AFC Shaftes' Matt Walsh bagged four goals, with Eddie Jebb and Travis O’Brien also on hand in their first league win of the season in the Maxwell Barbers Division One, as they beat Woodhurch Rovers 6-1.

Game of the day in Division Two saw 2nd placed Prenton FC hosting unbeaten Whitby Rangers. Rangers recorded a fine 3-1 win with Tom Ruffer notching a brace and a single from Brad Bland.

Glenavon Athletic earned their first point of the season in a keenly contested 0-0 draw with Victoria Colts, while Barcode FC also shared the points and traded goals with Eagle Stirrup FC.

The chase for promotion and the title race in Division Three of The Houlihan’s Birkenhead Sunday Association Football League has been blown wide open with leaders West Kirby United losing at home to Athletic VH 1-0.

A solitary effort from Ollie Nicholson for Oval FC earned a 1-0 qin at Parkgate St Germain leaving them well placed for a late run into the automatic promotion positions.

North Wirral Saints found their shooting boots after Ben Dunn and Callum Sait both registered a hat-trick each, along with goals from Will Gill and Lewis Howson in an 8-1 win over Parkgate Panthers.

Wirral Athletic (Joe Roberts, Jamie Conway, Greg Beck, Luke Hughes, Danny Allan) accounted for AFC Raeburn 5-0.

The Houlihan’s Birkenhead Sunday Association Football League are now accepting applications from new prospective clubs to join the League for the 2023-2024 season, a limited number of vacancies are available also a proposed Youth Division for the same season that is scheduled to start in August 2024, any Youth clubs that wish to enter two teams can do so, one team will be known as Youth U/18’s and a second team is normally known as a Colts U/17’s, please visit the League website for contact details