King George show Steele

GOING FOR IT: Limeside King George’s Will Buckley (centre) is challenged by two Coppice players.

Coppice Utd 1, Limeside King George 5

FOOTBALL: JERMAINE Steele bagged his second hat-trick of the season as Limeside King George displayed their title credentials with a convincing victory over Coppice United in the Jack Abbott Premier Division of the Oldham Sunday League.

George got their act together after a nervy start which saw United’s Navid Butt fail to hit the target from the penalty spot.

There was praise for Steele, too, from George manager Warren Berry, who said: “Mainie took his goals well and deserved his hat-trick, but his all-round performance was very good.

“We made a slow start to this one, but we came good in the end.”

The spot-kick was awarded to United in the seventh minute when Muzaffar Ali went down in the box following a collision with George goalkeeper Michael Henry. United failed to take advantage as Butt dragged his spot-kick wide.

It was delightful stuff from United up to that point, but Steele showed his mettle with a smartly-taken treble, which included one from the penalty spot to show the unfortunate Butt how it’s done.

United grabbed a consolation goal through Tufail Baloch, but not before goals from Andrew Stafford and Grant Marshall had underlined George’s superiority.