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Tough FA Trophy test
THE draw for the Second Round
Proper of The FA Carlsberg
Trophy has been made at
Wembley on Monday with 16
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15. Southport face a tough
away fixture to Stockport
County while Skelmersdale
United will host Guiseley
should they progress in their
replay against Boston United.
Neither of last season’s
Trophy Finalists are in the
competition, winners York City
having been promoted into
League 2 and runners–up
Newport County losing their
First Round Proper tie at
Welling United on Saturday.
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Ten men Skem earn
Boston cup replay
Boston United 1
Skelmersdale United 1
SKEM earned another go at Boston
United after their trip to South–East
Lincolnshire on Saturday.
This is despite playing a quarter of
the game with ten men after referee
Sarah Garratt made what is best
described as the hasty and harsh
decision to dismiss midfielder Antony
Hickey for a raised boot and having
grabbed the lead in the 51st minute
when Skelmersdale were well on top
of their opponents from two divisions
above them.
West Lancashire football fans will at
least get their chance to see round two
of the contest at the West Lancashire
College Stadium on Tuesday night,
kick off 7.45pm. If it is only half as
good as the match at York Street it will
be a thriller.
Whether Skelmersdale manager
Tommy Lawson’s opening ruse of
sending his team out with his
defenders wearing forward numbers
and forwards wearing defensive
numbers (2 & 3) made much
difference to the game is debateable
but after around twenty minutes his
team started to pose a real threat to
the hosts.
In the 24th minute Lewis Field won a
corner from a buccaneering run down
the right, from the kick Rob McIntosh
saw his goalbound header cleared off
the line by home defender Tom Ward.
In the 27th minute, Burnett went
close again after Mark Jackson set him
Dismal day at the office for Linnets
Burscough 0
New Mills 3
BURSCOUGH will rue wasteful
possession and sloppy defending as
they went down to a 3–0 home defeat
by New Mills.
Burscough pressed and probed in the
opening exchanges with some neat
Maghull on the right
road to recovery
Heswall Reserves 2
Maghull Reserves 4
DESPITE all the trials and tribulations
that the club has had to endure over
the past few months – the
resignations of two successive first
team managers and the mass exodus
of almost the whole of last season’s
senior and youth team squads and
staff – Maghull Football Club’s
determination to fight back is being
rewarded by the impressive
performances the reserve team is
producing.
Manager Peter Nolan has built his
squad around a number of
experienced players who have
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up, and then Kenny Strickland had a
shot saved by Boston keeper Dan
Haystead.
In the 36th minute, Strickland even
tried one audacious effort, attempting
to chip an off his line Haystead from
inside his own half, against the wind.
He didn’t succeed but it did show
Skelmersdale’s confidence and that
what followed later was no fluke.
The second–half started with
Skelmersdale strongly on the
offensive, a couple of minutes in
Jackson went near with a header then
the big opportunity arrived in the 51st
minute. After a move down the right
Jackson had a shot scrambled off the
line, the ball was hooked clear to
Skelmersdale’s left, Paul Woolcott
played it to Strickland and “Crafty
Kenny” saw the keeper slightly off his
line again and this time he dropped
the ball over Haystead into the far side
of the goal.
Woolcott was pushed off a loose ball
by James Reed, who slotted it through
for substitute Spencer Weir–Daley,
who blasted past an exposed Ashton
for the equaliser.
In the 67th minute Skelmersdale got
an unlucky break. From a throw–in
the ball dropped over Hickey’s head
on the halfway line, he turned to
cushion the ball down and collided
with Newsham, his foot was raised
but it was very unlikely to cause
damage. However, arguably rather
football but failed to convert anything
into real chances.
On the stroke of half time New Mills
took the lead from the penalty spot,
Meakin slotting home from 12 yards.
The Linnets should have levelled
moments after the restart when
Clarke’s perfect cross evaded the
head of Cummins at the near post.
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remained loyal to the club, and added
to them talented youngsters a couple
of whom have resisted offers to go
elsewhere.
His team turned in another such
performance when they recovered
brilliantly from a two goal deficit to
cruise into the last four of the
Howarth and Gallagher Bowl courtesy
of a 4–2 victory at third in the table
Heswall Reserves last Saturday.
The home team raced into a two goal
lead before the interval thanks to
strikes from Jay Thompson and Lee
Dermody but goals from Mick
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impetuously within a split second a
red card was brandished and off went
Hickey, a very unlucky player indeed.
Tommy Lawson was forced to
change things, he brought on Adam
Morning and Aaron Turner leaving
Burnett up front on his own.
In added time Boston were now
frantic and almost snatched the game,
but Skelmersdale deserved a little
luck and Ashton made a pair a
reaction saves to deny Ian Ross and
Nathan Stainfield. It would have been
a sad injustice had Boston been let off
the hook they will not relish the trip
Lancashire on Tuesday.
Skelmersdale United 3
Salford City 2
WITH less than twenty minutes left on
the clock at the West Lancashire
College Stadium, it looked like game
up for Skelmersdale United’s
unbeaten start to the season, the
obituaries were being planned they
were 2–0 down and seemingly not
looking likely to rescue the situation.
But the scribes should know better,
especially if they have seen all
Skelmersdale’s matches this season.
Manager Tommy Lawson made three
substitutions in the 69th minute and
within eleven minutes, they went
from down and out to celebrating a
sensational victory.
One Skelmersdale supporter
summed it up well on the club forum:
“It was like the cavalry had come over
the hill.”
It wasn’t to be, as New Mills doubled
their lead through Hampson’s
prodded effort on 72 minutes.
Burscough could have nicked a late
goal when Cummins headed against
the post but instead conceded when
Meakin sealed the game from the
penalty spot for the second time when
Williams hauled down Hampson.
McGinn, his tenth of the season, Billy
Rice, his ninth, Marco Parvas and
Dave Hughes sealed yet another fine
win to set up a home semi final tie
against either Marshalls or Mallaby on
March 2 next year. This victory
extends Pete Nolan’s team unbeaten
run to seven games. Due to scheduled
opponents Newton being involved in
a delayed Cheshire Cup tie the first
team were without a Carlsberg West
Cheshire First Division game last
Saturday but they return to action
next Saturday when they travel to
Wallasey to face current champions
Ashville in a Wirral Senior Cup match
which kicks off at 2pm. The Reserves
will play AFC Bebington from 2pm.
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