Atherton Colls 2 Kidsgrove Ath 2

Courageous Colls twice came from behind to grab a home draw with one of the leading NWCL Division One title contenders.

Fifth in the table Kidsgrove opened the scoring on 20 minutes with Ryan Cain levelling for the Alder House outfit just before the break. Five minutes into the second half the visitors got a second but from then on in Colls dominated the play, grabbing an equaliser on 88 minutes. Midfielder Frank Smith was named as the Kensite man of the match.

ATHERTON LR

Atherton LR current leading goalscorer Barry Massay has been named as the NWCL Division One Player of the Month for September.