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  • Wirral football league results and fixtures

    Carlsberg West Cheshire League RESULTS: Saturday, November 5: Division One Pyke Cup (1st Rd Replays): Aintree Villa 4, Runcorn Town (Mond Rangers) 2. Postponed: Castrol Social v Ellesmere Port. Division One: Cammell Laird Res 1, Poulton Victoria 1; Heswall

  • Birkenhead Netball League

    RESULTS: Week commencing October 31: Division One: Beaverbrooks 12, RSSI 14; Woodchurch 'A' 23, Dolphin 13; Unilever 6, TBA 18; Co-op 14, Gorman 6; Nyehome 17, Addeco 19. Division Two: AML 12, Phoenix 7; Upton 11, JWM 8; CNC 20, OJ's 12; Pacific 16, UHS

  • Geoff claims first success

    GEOFF Lynch Jnr picked up his first victory of the Sunday Morning Flyers season with a 21-20 defeat of Rob Fitzpatrick. RESULTS: Quarter-Finals: John Jones 20, Mick Andrews 21; Geoff Lynch Jnr 21, Tommy Walker 10; Rob Fitzpatrick 21, Steve Scott 12; Craig

  • Bailey net winner in thriller

    DAVE Bailey hit the winner to give Oxton Hockey Club men's 1st XI three valuable points in Saturday's Northern Premier League seven-goal thriller at Rotherham on Saturday. Early on, though, Oxton goalkeeper Neil Yates kept his side in the match as Oxton

  • Ricky's strike dashes hopes

    BIRD-in-Hand lost points in their Birkenhead AF League Division One title challenge when they conceded the game's solitary goal to Wellington FC. Ricky Davies grabbed the all-important 58th minute goal. Poulton Victoria 'A' remain joint top with a convincing

  • Laird match rained off

    by Ray Steele RAIN forced the postponement of Cammell Laird's North West Counties League Division One match at Bacup Borough, on Saturday. The Bacup pitch was flooded, and Laird lost another chance to get an important league match out of the way. Laird

  • Night to remember as Laird oust Rovers from cup

    Cammell Laird . . . 3 Tranmere Rovers . . . 2 by Ray Steele CAMMELL Laird wrote a new chapter in local sporting history on Wednesday night when they ousted Coca-Cola League One club Tranmere Rovers from the Cheshire Senior Cup in an exciting five-goal

  • Tide of human kindness set to flow again

    by David Williams A NECKLACE of bright lights will again decorate a dark corner of Clatterbridge this festive season as Wirral people remember loved ones . . . The hugely popular 'Light Up A Life For A Loved One' appeal - an annual event which last year

  • Prenton's week of woes!

    Wirral Rugby Round-up with Andrew Stratton IT was not the best of weeks for Prenton. They journeyed to Sale in midweek for a Thwaites Cheshire Plate match, but the game had to be abandoned in the first quarter due to floodlights failure with the score

  • Caldy triumph

    CALDY swept into the fourth round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup with a 40-18 victory after extra-time against visitors Old Crossleyans, on Saturday. Tries by Chris Young, 2, Marcus Coast, 2, Jack Parker and Matt Holt, plus two conversions and a penalty

  • Injury-hit Motormen suffer another set-back

    ALREADY without long-term defensive casualties Mike Tomlinson and Lee Woodyatt, plus Mike Duffy, the Motormen suffered again on Saturday, when they went down 2-0 at home to Hucknall Town in the Nationwide Conference North at Rivacre Park. Both Wayne McDermott

  • Nick overcomes cramp to begin ABA title defence

    CRAMP almost stopped top Wirral boxer Nick McDonald in his tracks as he began the defence of his ABA national title, on Saturday. The fight was only seconds old when cramp struck in his left leg. The referee awarded the bout to Manchester opponent Joe