IN DIVISION A, Harveys Taxis have a good start to the new League, they beat Hughsies Budget 12-3 with their winning goals coming from Paul Fitzpatrick (3), Jim Eardley, M Dale (5) and Chris Barrick (3), while Chris Hughes (2) and P Myerscough scored the Hughsies goals.

Redvales also had a good win, they beat Mardi Gra Experience 10-4, with the Redvales goals coming from Lee Reynolds (2), Dean Lomax (3, Lee Sadler (4) and Gaz Howarth, while Inter United had a 7-2 win over Moorside Rangers, Owen Coyle (3), Kristen Duffin, John Price (2) and Ryan Bailey scored the Inter goals, and Gareth Holden scored both of the Moorside goals.

Chris Carr (2) and Chris Holt scored for The Nats, to see them win a very close match against Subeautiful, which ended 3-2, Gary O'Sullivan and Richard Hayes scored for Subeautiful.

In Division B Raiders kick off the new season with a good 9-4 win over Brandlesholme United, Darren Chesters (3), Daniel Arnold (2), Aaron Wilson and Steve Abbott (3) scored the Raiders goals and Odd Fellows Arms beat TDG 8-5 with their winning goals coming from Mark Ryan (3), Dave Taylor (2) and Jeff Speakman (3), while Tasker (2) and Fitzgerald (3) scored for TDG.

Graham Stead and Andrew Garrett (2) scored the goals for Three Lions, to see them win a close one against Milan United which ended 3-2, J Coyle and J Rylance were the Milan goal scorers, while the game between newcomers 7 Plus Trigg and Phoenix ended in a 5-5 draw.

IN Division A, AJK Carpets stay out in front after their 6-4 win over Storm with their winning goals coming from P Fitzpatrick (2), Sean Scully and M Dale (3), the goal scorers for Storm were A Hughes (2), L Hignet and P Smith while second placed Whitefield Athletic beat bottom of the table Raiders 4-2, K Holt, G Newman, S Critchley and P Paulby scored the Whitefield goals, and S Chester and S Wilson scored for Raiders.

There was a good game between Five Star and Top Scorers In Pants, in which Five Star won 9-6 with their goals coming from Abbott (3), Sadler (2), Reynolds (3) and D Lomax while Hazelwood (3), Corcoran, Norton and Barlow scored for Top Scorers, and Blue Bell beat lowly Magnum 3-0 with C Dearden (2) and A Mahoney the goal scorers.

In Division B, the top of the table clash ended with Sunnybank beating Crumpsall 2-1 to see them take over as the leaders, and Crumpsall have now dropped to second place. T Keaveney scored the Crumpsall goal, while The Phoenix move up to third after their 3-0 win against Dynamo, with C Probyn scoring a hat-trick.

E Melley and G Robinson scored a goal each for Cliff AFC in their 2-1 victory over PSV Beedmeister, whose goal came from R Stretton, and Dark/Dangerous move off the bottom of the table after beating Rusty Nails in a very close match that ended 5-4, N Chadda (4) and R Vij scored the Dark/Dangerous goals, while P Dootson (2), I Spencer and M Warburton scored for Rusty Nails.

P W D L F A Pt

AJK Carpets... 7 6 1 0 54 18 19

Whitefield Ath... 7 5 2 0 32 17 17

Five Star... 7 5 1 1 59 25 16

Top Scorers... 7 4 0 3 29 24 12

Storm... 7 3 0 4 40 29 9

Blue Bell... 7 2 0 5 13 28 6

Magnum... 7 1 0 6 18 63 3

Raiders... 7 0 0 7 14 54 0

Sunnybank... 7 6 0 1 34 12 19

Crumpsall... 7 5 1 1 41 10 16

The Phoenix... 7 3 2 2 20 21 11

Cliff AFC... 7 3 0 4 15 33 9

Rusty Nails... 7 2 2 3 29 23 8

Dark/Dangerous... 7 2 1 4 14 35 7

PSV Beedmeister... 7 2 0 5 19 25 6

Dynamo... 7 2 0 5 16 29 6

Results -- AJK Carpets 6 Storm 4; Sunnybank 2 Crumpsall 1; Top Scorers In Pants 6 Five Star 9; Raiders 2 Whitefield Athletic 4; Rusty Nails 4 Dark/Dangerous 5; Magnum 0 Blue Bell 3; The Phoenix 3 Dynamo 0; Cliff AFC 2 PSV Beedmeister 1.

Harveys Taxis... 1 1 0 0 12 3 3

Redvales... 1 1 0 0 10 4 3

Inter United... 1 1 0 0 7 2 2

The Nats... 1 1 0 0 3 2 2

Subeautiful... 1 0 0 1 2 3 0

Moorside Rangers... 1 0 0 1 2 7 0

Mardi Gra... 1 0 0 1 4 10 0

Hughsies Budget... 1 0 0 1 3 12 0

Raiders... 1 1 0 0 9 4 3

Odd Fellows... 1 1 0 0 8 5 3

Three Lions... 1 1 0 0 3 2 3

Phoenix... 1 0 1 0 5 5 1 1

Plus Trigg... 1 0 1 0 5 5 1

Milan United... I 0 0 1 2 3 0

TDG... I 0 0 1 5 8 0

Brandlesholme... I 0 0 1 4 9 0

Results -- Subeautiful 2 The Nats 3; Brandlesholme United 4 Raiders 9; Harveys Taxis 12 Hughsies Budget 3; Moorside Rangers 2 Inter United 7; 7 Plus Trigg 5 Phoenix 5; Redvales 10 Mardi Gra Experience 4; Odd Fellows Arms 8 TDG 5; Three Lions 3 Milan United 2.