Talented teenagers on Mersey beat

FA honour for Heyside chairman Heyside Juniors chairman Steve Grice has been named administrator of the year for Charter Standard clubs in the Manchester FA region. Steve joined Heyside as a player in 1990 and currently coaches the Heyside Angels under-12s team in the Oldham Girls League.

SADDLEWORTH School Year Nines are setting their sights on the English Schools’ FA Cup.

The teenagers are through to the last 64 in their very first attempt at winning the competition — and coach Adam Cree is delighted with their progress.

They visit Liverpool side Maricourt on Friday, and Cree said: “The football the boys have produced so far is above and beyond 14-year-olds.

“Their passing and movement is superb. They train together at school and some of them are team-mates at other clubs.

“They defeated Stretford High 7-1 in the previous round and they were one of the favourites to win it.”

Stretford, who knocked out Radclyffe in an earlier round of the competition, had no answer to Saddleworth’s slick style of play.

With captain Joe Cooper instrumental in midfield, they had built up a 4-0 lead by the break before going on to dominate the second half.

Jamie Kilburn hit a hat-trick, Ryan Maneely got two, while Laurie England and Tom Thirsk got the others to complete an emphatic scoreline.



OLDHAM Schools under-14s have been drawn at home to Tameside in the quarter-finals of the Greater Manchester Schools’ Talbot Cup.

The boys are on course for a prestigious treble after a superb start to the season.

They are unbeaten in the Greater Manchester Schools’ League and are also through to the last eight of the North-West Woodward Trophy.

Oldham have already beaten Tameside in the league this season, one of three wins and a draw in the competition.

Talbot Cup quarter-final draw is: Oldham v Tameside; Bolton v Manchester; Trafford or Wigan v Salford; Stockport v Bury.

Ties to take place on or before Saturday, January 31, 2009.



Final date awaits five-star Chadderton

CHADDERTON FC Juniors under-15s stormed in the Tameside and District Junior League Cup final with a terrific 5-0 defeat of title rivals Hyde United.

Goalless thanks to ’keeper Sam Lambert’s brilliant double penalty save, the local outfit grabbed the last-four tie by the scruff of the neck when Mike Taylor struck twice before and after half-time.

Tom Shaw made it five for Chadds, who face Brendon Bees or Manchester North End in the final.


Tameside and District Mini-Soccer League

RESULTS and scorers from the Tameside and District Mini-Soccer League are —

UNDER-10S: Chaddy End ‘A’ 2 (Charlie Kennedy, Robbie Wilkinson), Medlock Rangers ‘A’ 0; Chaddy End ‘B’ 3 (JJ Fraay, Sam Walley, Owen Woodward), Medlock Rangers ‘B’ 5.

Other results

OTHER results and scorers are —

Chaddy End ‘B’ 2 (Lewis Oldham 2), Medway 1; Chaddy End ‘A’ 1 (Jayden Harewood), Broadway Celtic 0; Chaddy End ‘B’ 3 (Declan Hopkins 2, Corey Everitt), Boundary Park ‘B’ 3; Chaddy Hoppers Red 4 (Daniel Fish 3, Jacob O’Donnell), Bridge Colts 1; Northside 0, Failsworth West 1 (Tyler Williams); Failsworth West 7 (Adam Lomax 2, Thomas Garner 2, Cameron Flynn 2, Lewis Wood), Heyside Juniors 0; Moston Juniors ‘B’ 0, Failsworth West ‘B’ 6 (Anthony Ashcroft 2, Nat Partington 2, Paul Fleming, Calum Bennett); Failsworth West ‘C’ 1 (Jayden Gill), Whitworth Park 1; Heyside Juniors 0, Stalybridge Celtic 3; Heyside Tigers 0, Spurley Hey ‘A’ 8; Heyside Lions 1 (Nathan Jones), Spurley Hey ‘B’ 5.




Manchester Mini-Soccer League update
RESULTS and scorers from the Manchester Mini-Soccer League are —

UNDER-NINES: Chaddy End ‘A’ 12 (Sam Traynor 6, Lewis Berry 3, Michael Patterson 2, Mark Jenkins), Boundary Park Juniors ‘B’ 0’; Chaddy End FC ‘B’ 0, Northside ‘B’ 5; Failsworth West 8 (Elliott Murray 3, Cameron McDonough 3, Max Yeo, Ben Frost), Moston Valley 1; Failsworth Rangers ‘A’ 2, Heyside Juniors ‘A’ 4, (Matthew George 3, Saul Milovanovic).


Manchester Youth League

TWO goals apiece from Harry Wilcox and Matthew Kershaw clinched a 4-0 win for Chaddy End FC under-11s against Failsworth Rangers ‘B’ in the Manchester Youth League.


East Manchester Junior League

AVRO under-13s cruised into the East Manchester Junior League Primary Cup final.

Kane Hughes (two), Joe Ashworth (two) and man-of-the-match Daniel Bright got the goals in an emphatic 5-1 defeat of Fletcher Moss.


Angels are flying high

HEYSIDE Angels are on course to make it a one-two in the under-11s division of the Oldham Girls League.

A 4-0 defeat of Harpurhey United — Caitlin Senior, Jade Hughes, Tonicha Williams and Caitlin Hall were on target — kept Inter three points clear of club colleagues, the Clarets.

They enjoyed a 3-2 win over Curzon Ashton, thanks to goals from Alicia Stretton (two) and Ella Milovanovic.

Leoni Harland and Sophie Chester scored for under-12s Inter, who overcame Denton Town 2-0, but the Clarets team were beaten 2-1 by Droylsden. Natalie Gregory got the consolation.

A hat-trick from Sarah Hardman helped Clarets under-13s to an emphatic 7-0 victory over Curzon Ashton — Beth Mellor, Shannon Ryan, Freya Murray and Ashleigh Beverley made up the tally — and goals from Abbie Andrews, Katie Jones (two) and Beth Giblin clinched a 4-0 win for Angels under-14s against Oldham Athletic.


OLDHAM Athletic Girls under 13s produced a fine display to sweep aside Chadderton Park 8-0
Lois Daniels, Keeley Scott and Rachel Merritt scored two apiece — Scott missed several chances to complete her hat-trick — while Abbie Porter and Natalya Smythe got the others.

The under-11s went down 4-0 to Uppermill Rockettes and the under-12s bowed out of the Knock-out Cup after they were beaten 6-2 by Curzon Ashton. Abby Bennett and Emily Vale scored the consolation goals.


FAYE Hardicre hit a hat-trick as R.O.C.S under-16s returned to winning ways with a hard-fought 4-3 win over Droylsden Juniors.

Bethany Ormrod got the other goal for the teenagers, who are a point adrift of Uppermill Rockettes.

Lauren Steel and Megan Jackson were also on the hat-trick trail for the under-14s, who brushed aside Uppermill Rockettes 10-0.

Georgia Nutter, Courtney Hunter, Amy Jones and Fern Madeley made up the tally.


UPPERMILL Rockettes under-13s twice came from behind to draw level with runaway leaders Harpurhey United before eventually going down 9-3.

Ellen Bergin (two) and Kiera Royales scored for the Rockettes, who trailed 5-3 at the break.

Other results and scorers are —

UNDER-10S: Heyside Angels Navys 8 (Lavinia Whitehead 4, Ella Rigby 3, Emily Kay), Heyside Devils 0; Curzon Ashton 0, Oldham Athletic Girls 6 (Tia Jackson 4, Megan Tindall, Megan Ganderson).




Hoppers hit back in style
REVENGE was sweet for Chaddy Hoppers under-12s Blue in the North Bury Junior League.

Seven days after losing to Little Lever, they bounced back to record a resounding 6-3 win against the same opponents.

Daniel Randle, Josh Lindsay and Nathan Randle scored two goals apiece.

The Red team were held to a 1-1 draw by Marauders Tigers, while under-11s Blue produced another top quality performance in a 2-0 defeat of Riding Gate.

Harry Gratton-Smith and second-half penalty from George Belcher bagged the points.

Other results and scorers are —




UNDER-NINES: Chadderton Park Eagles 8 (Lucas Kavanagh 3, Jimmy Greaves 2, Milo Garratt-Simpson, Adam Thompson, George Whiteside-Burns), Marauders Lightning 0; Chadderton Park Lions 4 (Lewis Unwin 2, Josef Rimmer, Joe Gregory), Seedfield 1.

UNDER-10S: Chadderton Park ‘A’ 6 (Alex Parker 2, Cameron Horner, Nick Tavarozzi, Alexander Ralphs, Luc Crompton), Radcliffe Juniors 1.