CHURCH INN were on top Mark at the weekend. They blasted AFC Limelight 5-1 in Division One of the Leigh & District Amateur Football League. And all five goals came from hotshot Mark Spencer. The reply came from Dave Renshaw.
Hag Fold WMC went one better, hammering Angel 6-1 with goals from Brian Hupton 3, John Clarke 2 and Michael McPyke. Angel's D Rathbone replied.
Other scores: Higher Fold LC 2 Bowling Green Eagles 0, Astley Villa 3 Leigh Avenue 3, Leigh Phoenix 2 Union Arms 2.
Division Two: Sir Charles Napier 1 (Andy Hanley) Atherton Royal 3 (Gary Farnworth 2, Ben Cooper), Atherton C&N 2 (Ryan Shaw, Simon Edmonton) Black Horse 2 (Paul Morris, Stuart Derbyshire), Brewery Inn 3 (John Vaughton 2, Stu Hill) Howe Bridge 2 (David Sizer , Jimmy Young), Leigh Sportsmen 8 (Isherwood 4, Boardman 2, Gaskell, Mather) Britannia 1 (Ian McKinnon), Courts 4 Mechanics Arms 1.
Fixtures - Div One: Queens v Hag Fold WMC, Leigh Phoenix v AFC Limelight, Angel v Higher Fold LC, Leigh Three Crowns v Astley Villa, Leigh Avenue v Bowling Green Eagles, Union Arms v Church Inn; Div Two: Britannia v Atherton C&N, Atherton Royal v Leigh Sportsmen, Black Horse v Howe Bridge, Courts v Sir Charles Napier, Fir Tree Rangers v Mechanics Arms.
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