LITTLE Lever Sports Club Ladies are enjoying a successful first season.

The girls play in the Greater Manchester Women’s League Division Two on Sunday afternoons at the club's main home ground at Mytham Road, Little Lever.

The club's first-ever ladies' team, they are currently middle table with games in hand which, if they win them, could see them finish as high as third.

Captain Gemma Smith has been a key player at centre-back while Jess Leigh tops the team's goal charts with 19 goals in all competitions and Amy Walker has been outstanding in goal.