PLOUGH are the shining stars of the handful of Memorial Sunday League games already played as their superior goal difference sees them at the head of a 'gang of four' at the top of Division One.

Among these come newly-promoted Royal Hotel mand Lower Darwen, who finished low down last season. The Lord Nelson (ex Swan Whalley) make up the four.

In Division Two, Oswaldtwistle Refugees, who finished low down in Division Three last season and who only gained Division Two status through club withdrawals, are the surprise leaders and are the only club in that division to have won both their matches.

Knuzden Brook (ex Blackburn Bull's Head) have started poorly and are appealing for new players (anyone interested should ring Keith Baron on 01254 602419). Newly promoted from Division Three, Duke of Wellington (ex Lomax), Brown Cow, Alma Inn and Cross Axes (ex United Social Club) will all be optimistic with a win and a draw under their belts.

Division Three, the division containing nine new clubs and the division hardest to forecast champions at such an early stage, shows three of the new clubs setting an early pace, these are Kings Arms, Griffins Head and Clitheroe Low Moor with notably Kings Arms who have already scored 21 goals in their first two matches.

Results: Division One: Lord Nelson 5, Oaklee Alexander 2; Plough Inn 5, Judge Walmsley 0; Rishton Arms 2, EH Football 4; Royal Hotel 4, De Lacy Arms 2; Stanhill Lions 4, Brownhill Arms 1; Station Hotel, Helmshore 2, Lower Darwen 5.

Division Two: Duke of Wellington 1, Alma Inn 1; Little Crown 2, Crown Scaffold 1; Ossy Hotspur 1, Cross Axes 1; Oswaldtwistle Refugees 9, Calderstones Hospital 2; Oswaldtwistle Rovers 5, Knuzden Brook 3; Woolpack 4, Brown Cow 4.

Division Three: Low Moor 6, Accrington Clarets 3; LS Roofing 5, Knuzden FC 2; Miners Arms 4, Kings Arms 9; Red Lion 2, Griffins Head 5; Woodnook 3, Printers Arms 1. Fixtures for Sunday September 19 - Division One: Brownhill Arms v Rishton Arms (Wilsons); De Lacy Arms v Plough Inn (Whalley); EH Football v Lord Nelson (Wilsons); Judge Walmsley v Station Arms (Wilsons); Oaklea Alex v Stanhill Lions (Bullough Park).

Division Two: Alma Inn v Oswaldtwistle Rovers (Foxhill); Brown Cow v Oswaldtwistle Refugees (Roefield); Calderstones v Little Crown (Calderstones); Cross Axes v Duke of Wellington (Memorial Park); Crown Scaffold v Woolpack (Bullough Park); Ossy Hotspur v Knuzden Brook (Haslingden).

Division Three: Accrington Clarets v Wilpshire Bulls Head (Norden, Rishton); Crown Veterans v Miners Arms (Oaklee, Darwen); Griffins Head v LS Roofing (Memorial Park); Kings Arms v Low Moor (Memorial Park); Knuzden v Woodnook (Foxhill Bank); Printers Arms v Red Lion (Memorial Park).

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