Own goal blow for Athletic

A SECOND half own goal was enough to propel Royton Town to the summit of the Premier Division with a 1-0 away win at Leigh Athletic.

A ding-dong encounter at Oakwood Farm saw Wilmslow Albion and Atherton Town each take a point from a 3-3 draw, Eke Eme, Stuart Jackson and Dean Martin netting for Albion with Liam Ralf, Tony Walker and Andy Morris all scoring for the visitors.

A phenomenal second half comeback saw Breightmet United beat Manchester Royal. They were trailing 2-0 at the break before bouncing back to win 6-2 with goals from Simon O'Dowd, Paul Aldred 2, Dave Haslam 2 and Gary McShane.

Highfield United have assumed the leadership of the First Division, a Steve Chadwick hat-trick firing the Bury side to a 6-2 win, while Avro were held at home to a 1-1 draw by Milton.

Unsworth claimed a second consecutive 1-0 win, Whalley Range their latest victims, while Hindsford AFC won in some style at Wythenshawe Town, where a Nick Molyneaux hat-trick helped them to a 7-2 victory.

Results

Premier Division

East Manchester 2-2 (ht 0-2) Willows

Chris Stanley, Ian Harrison - Steve Wrigley, Glen Smith

Elton Vale 1-2 (ht 0-0) Monton Amateurs

Jonathan Margretts - Martin Capstick 2

Leigh Athletic 0-1 (ht 0-0) Royton Town

Own Goal

New Mills 1-1 (ht 1-1) Irlam Mitchell Shackleton

Dean Morgan - Danny Butters

Springhead 2-0 (ht n/k) Dukinfield Town

Ryan Bailey, Paul Buckley

Stockport Georgians 2-1 (ht 1-1) Rochdale Sacred Heart

Martin Hodson, Chris Thomas - Anthony Pauls

Wilmslow Albion 3-3 (ht 1-2) Atherton Town

Eke Eme, Stuart Jackson, Dean Martin - Liam Ralf, Tony Walker, Andy Morris

Wythenshawe Amateurs 1-4 (ht 1-1) Prestwich Heys

Stuart Preston - Matty Evans 2, Jonathan Lyons, Kev Brierley

First Division

Avro 1-1 (ht 0-1) Milton

Peter Ambrose - Anthony Clarkin

Belden 1-1 (ht 0-0) Ashton Athletic

Adam Cooney - Mark Worthington

Breightmet United 6-2 (ht 0-2) Manchester Royal

- Lee Morrissey, Chris Lee

Highfield United 6-2 (ht 3-1) Hollinwood

Paul Storey, Steve Chadwick 3, Joey Jarratt 2 - Neil Rennie, Leland Mayall

Unsworth 1-0 (ht 0-0) Whalley Range

Ian Newton

Warth Fold 1-3 (ht 0-0) Tintwistle Villa

George Mwale - Terry Jennings, Jason Bowes, Pete Roberts

Whitworth Valley 4-1 (ht 2-0) Old Altrinchamians

Nathan Agg, Simon Mills, Adam Clegg 2 - John Canning

Wythenshawe Town 2-7 (ht 0-3) Hindsford AFC

Darren Mee 2 - Paul Cunliffe 2, Neil Critchley, Nick Molyneaux 3, Matt Hitchens

Second Division

Atherton Town Res 0-3 Wilmslow Albion Res

Dukinfield Town Res 1-0 Springhead Res

East Manchester Res 2-0 Breightmet United Res

Irlam Mitchell Shackleton Res 3-1 New Mills Res

Monton Amateurs Res 5-0 Elton Vale Res

Prestwich Heys Res 0-1 Stockport Georgians Res

Wythenshawe Amateurs Res 3-3 Leigh Athletic Res

Third Division

Ashton Athletic Res 7-0 Hollinwood Res

Milton Res 1-4 Avro Res

Old Altrinchamians Res OFF Whitworth Valley Res

Royton Town Res OFF Warth Fold Res

Whalley Range Res OFF Rochdale Sacred Heart Res

Willows Res 2-2 Highfield United Res

Fixtures for Saturday

Premier Division (ko 2.30pm)

Elton Vale v East Manchester

Leigh Athletic v Monton Amateurs

Rochdale Sacred Heart v Atherton Town

Springhead v Irlam Mitchell Shackleton

Willows v Prestwich Heys

Wilmslow Albion v Dukinfield Town

Wythenshawe Amateurs v Royton Town

First Division (ko 2.30pm)

Avro v Hollinwood

Belden v Milton

Breightmet United v Old Altrinchamians

Highfield United v Whalley Range

Unsworth v Ashton Athletic

Warth Fold v Manchester Royal

Whitworth Valley v Hindsford AFC

Wythenshawe Town v Tintwistle Villa

FA Carlsberg Vase Second Qualifying Round (ko 3.00pm)

New Mills v Northallerton Town

Lancashire Amateur Cup First Round

All AIR MILES Manchester League teams have byes

Second Division (ko 2.30pm)

Atherton Town v Res v Wythenshawe Amateurs Res

Dukinfield Town Res v Wilmslow Albion Res

East Manchester Res v Elton Vale Res

Irlam Mitchell Shackleton Res v Springhead Res

Monton Amateurs Res v Leigh Athletic Res

Prestwich Heys Res v New Mills Res

Stockport Georgians Res v Breightmet United Res

Third Division (ko 2.30pm)

Ashton Athletic Res v Rochdale Sacred Heart Res

Hindsford AFC Res v Whitworth Valley Res

Hollinwood Res v Avro Res

Milton Res v Warth Fold Res

Old Altrinchamians Res v Willows Res

Whalley Range Res v Highfield United Res

AIR MILES Manchester Football League Tables

Premier Division Pd W D L F A Pts GD

1 Royton Town 5 4 1 0 15 4 13 +11

2 Springhead 5 4 0 1 11 5 12 +6

3 Wythenshawe Amateurs 5 4 0 1 9 6 12 +3

4 Prestwich Heys 5 3 0 2 10 9 9 +1

5 Irlam Mitchell Shackleton 5 2 2 1 10 8 8 +2

6 Leigh Athletic 5 2 1 2 12 7 7 +5

7 Stockport Georgians 5 2 1 2 12 10 7 +2

8 Atherton Town 5 2 1 2 10 11 7 -1

9 Willows 5 2 1 2 8 15 7 -7

10 Wilmslow Albion 4 1 3 0 11 9 6 2

11 Elton Vale 5 2 0 3 9 8 6 +1

12 Dukinfield Town 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 -3

13 Monton Amateurs 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 -3

14 Rochdale Sacred Heart 5 0 3 2 6 9 3 -3

15 New Mills 5 0 1 4 8 14 1 -6

16 East Manchester 4 0 1 3 5 15 1 -10

First Division Pd W D L F A Pts GD

1 Highfield United 5 4 1 0 19 7 13 +12

2 Avro 5 4 1 0 14 6 13 +8

3 Breightmet United 5 4 0 1 15 6 12 +9

4 Whitworth Valley 5 3 1 1 13 6 10 +7

5 Belden 5 3 1 1 13 12 10 +1

6 Tintwistle Villa 5 3 0 2 8 8 9 0

7 Unsworth 5 3 0 2 6 9 9 -3

8 Hindsford AFC 5 2 1 2 15 8 7 +7

9 Ashton Athletic 5 2 1 2 15 14 7 +1

10 Wythenshawe Town 5 2 1 2 10 13 7 -3

11 Milton 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 +1

12 Warth Fold 5 2 0 3 9 15 6 -6

13 Hollinwood 5 1 0 4 12 19 3 -7

14 Whalley Range 5 1 0 4 9 10 3 -1

15 Old Alts 5 0 0 5 5 16 0 -11

16 Manchester Royal 5 0 0 5 4 19 0 -15

Second Division Pd W D L F A Pts GD

1 Dukinfield Town 5 5 0 0 13 5 15 +8

2 Stockport Georgians 5 4 1 0 17 6 13 +11

3 Wilmslow Albion 5 4 1 0 15 7 13 +8

4 Monton Amateurs 5 3 1 1 17 10 10 +7

5 Prestwich Heys 5 3 0 2 9 4 9 +5

6 Irlam Mitchell Shackleton 5 2 1 2 9 8 7 +1

7 Leigh Athletic 4 2 1 1 10 8 7 +2

8 Wythenshawe Amateurs 5 1 3 1 13 14 6 -1

9 East Manchester 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 -2

10 Elton Vale 5 1 1 3 4 11 4 -7

11 Springhead 5 1 1 3 2 8 4 -6

12 New Mills 5 1 0 4 6 15 3 -9

13 Atherton Town 5 0 1 4 5 13 1 -8

14 Breightmet United 5 0 0 5 8 17 0 -9

Third Division Pd W D L F A Pts GD

1 Avro 3 2 0 1 8 4 6 +4

2 Rochdale Sacred Heart 2 2 0 0 5 3 6 +2

3 Highfield United 3 1 2 0 10 3 5 +7

4 Willows 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 +2

5 Ashton Athletic 2 1 1 0 8 1 4 +7

6 Hindsford AFC 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 0

7 Milton 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 -3

8 Royton Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

9 Whitworth Valley 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 -1

10 Old Alts 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2

10 Whalley Range 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2

12 Warth Fold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Hollinwood 2 0 0 2 0 14 0 -14