THE Big Guns of Leigh & District Amateur Football League are still firing on all cylinders.

Both leaders Higher Fold Village Inn and second-placed Church Inn remain unbeaten after Saturday's clash of the titans.

It finished an epic 1-1, Wayne Woods on target for Church and Geoff Myers for Higher Fold.

Leigh Eagles stay third after a 4-3 win at Atherton C & N, Dave Robinson, Clinton Andrews 2 and an own goal from Mark Smith eclipsing the treble of David Charleson, Steve Harris and Gareth Hilton.

A hat-trick from Neil Thompson gave Leigh Phoenix A a win at Rileys. And there was a hat-trick from Lion Inn's Alan Litherland in the 4-2 win against Queens. Damien Redshaw adding No 4; Gary Grundy and Andrew Crompton replied.

Royal Oak romped in 7-2 against Atherton Tigers with Paul Cottrell bettering his treble of last week with four. Also on target were Steve Parry, Tony O'Neil and Dave Calland. For Tigers Gary Farnworth and Kevin Scholes scored.

New Inn Rangers go top in Division Two after a 0-0 draw at Union Arms, where keepers Gary Howcroft (Union) and Dave Buxton (New Inn) pulled off some inspiring saves.

Corbett Brewery won 4-0 at Ellesmere thanks to Jason Hardman 2, Jason Caldwell and Gary McDonald.

Butchers pulled back from two down at Sir Charles Napier to draw 2-2 with second-half strikes from Matt Pollard and Gary Newby. Goals in the first half from Lester Rowe and Mark Thompson.

For the second successive week Hag Fold WMC managed a magnificent seven, thumping Leigh Phoenix B with goals from Brian Hupton 3, John Battersby 3 and Anthony Holland.

Steve Hibbert grabbed the only goal as Leigh Victoria put their cup exit behind them to beat Ross's. Britannia, who won their first match of the season in the Coronation Cup, followed up with a first league win, 5-3 versus Leigh Arms.

Newly-appointed boss Brian Twist steered the side off the bottom, scoring himself and seeing other goals from Dave Shacklady, Steve Williams, Andy Denton and Ian McKinnen. For Arms Michael Aldred 2 and Gareth Crook hit the mark.

The whistler made history at this match when Louise McWhinney became the first female referee in the long and illustrious history of Leigh & District Amateur Football League.

There is a reduced fixture list on Saturday because of the second game in the North West Inter-League Alliance.

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