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Boat go top despite being held

12/ 3/2003

ONLY two matches were played in the Middleton Sunday League's Division One and both ended as draws.

Boarshaw Hotel held in-form team Boat and Horses, with neither side able to score. But the point was enough to put Boat at the top of the table for the first time since December.

Old Cock gained their fourth point of the season. Goals from Walsh (2), Crosby and Grantham gave them a 4-4 draw against Railway. On the mark for Railway were Rafferty (2), Crompton and Fields.

There were goals galore in the Geoff Allen Memorial Trophy.

New White Lion put six past Royal Oak with four in return. Goals from Cummings, Haywood, Conner and Ramsden kept Oak in the frame. But S Butler (2), L Butler (2), Gregory and Bennett saw Lion home.

Green (2), Nolan and Poole put Hare and Hounds into the next round. Fitzpatrick netted a consolation for Gardeners Arms.

Alliance beat Burnside 6-2 in the Challenge Shield. Hampson bagged a hat-trick. The other goals came from Savage (2) and Seel. Thomkins and Wilkinson scored for Burnside.

Also through are Radclyffe Arms who saw off Pleasant Inn in a seven-goal thriller. Brice, Humphries, Crowther and Giblin shared the goals for Radclyffe. K Coogan (2) and J Coogan netted for the losers.

Langley Rangers have been drawn against last season's finalists and winners of two years ago Norris Albion in a semi-final of the North West Champions Cup. The match will be played on Good Friday (18 April) at the Manchester County ground, kick-off 11am.

The other semi-final will be between National Sunday Cup holders Britannia, from Liverpool, and Rochdale's Dog and Partridge. This game will be at the Manchester County ground on 20 April, kick-off 11am.

Division One: Boarshaw Hotel 0, Boat and Horses 0; Railway 4, Old Cock 4.

Geoff Allen Memorial Trophy: Gardeners Arms 1, Hare and Hounds 4; Middleton Wanderers 3, Black Bull 4; New White Lion 6, Royal Oak 4.

Challenge Shield: Alliance 6, Burnside 2; Radclyffe Arms 4, Pleasant Inn 3.

SUNDAY'S FIXTURES

Invincible Double Glazing Premier Division: Harbord Harbord v Alliance; Oddfellows v Cardinal Villa; Old David v Langley Rangers; Radclyffe Arms v Burnside; St Clares v Carters Arms.

Division One: Alkrington Dynamo v Black Bull; Middleton Wanderers v New White Lion; Old Cock v The Hares; Railway v Hare and Hounds.

Geoff Allen Memorial Trophy: Boat and Horses v Boarshaw Hotel.