⚽️ Runcorn Linnets 4-0 Tranmere Rovers
🏆 Liverpool Senior Cup quarter final
🏟️ Murdishaw Avenue
A second half goal glut allowed Linnets to see off a very young Tranmere side mostly made up of under 18s and progress to the semis.
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⚽️ Cymru Women 1-1 Sweden Women
🏆 Nations League League A Group 4
🏟️ Racecourse Ground
A 75th penalty gave Wales a point against 5th ranked in the world Sweden, who perhaps should’ve secured their win in a game they were well on top of up until then.
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⚽️ @bellevuefc.bsky.social 3-2 Skippy
🏆 North East Wales League Championship
🏟️ Court Road
Both sides rarely ever win in the league and produced a good contest with the visitors going 2 up into the break with a saved pen before Bellevue produced a great comeback.
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⚽️ Stoke City U21 0-1 Liverpool U21
🏆 Premier League 2
🏟️ Bet365 Stadium
An U21 game that felt like it this evening as Liverpool got a middle of the second half goal to see off bottom of the table hosts. Attendance boosted by a few people doing the Big Sleep Out later on in the ground
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⚽️ AFC Norton 1-8 FC Hanley
🏆 Staffordshire League President’s Trophy 1st Round
🏟️ Community Drive
Bit of a shock result as a clash between 2nd v 1st in Division 1 North ended up an incredibly one sided game for the visitors, the hosts took the lead in their only real attack all game.
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⚽️ Heather St John’s 3-0 Saffron Dynamo
🏆 Midland League Division One
🏟️ St John’s Park
2nd placed hosts got a comfortable win to keep ahead of the chasing pack, with Saffron not doing too much throughout. Baltic night just outside of Coalville, nice modernist ground for the level.
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⚽️ Stoke Town Women 2-1 Staffordshire Victoria Women
🏆 Staffordshire Women’s League Division 1
🏟️ Gordon Banks Sports Centre
Another local ground done with this the usual 3G cage behind school. Stoke looked the better team throughout though had to weather some pressure towards the end
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⚽️ @atherstonetowncfc.bsky.social 2-1 Dudley Town
🏆 Midland League Premier Division
🏟️ Sheepy Road
Playoff chasing Atherstone survived a spirited late comeback by the visitors to come away with narrow win on a slippy pitch. Enjoyed the ground, classic looking stands from past success.
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⚽️ Nottingham Forest Women 1-0 @rugbyboroughwfc.bsky.social
🏆 National League Northern Premier
🏟️ City Ground
Another one of the 92 done for a game that didn’t really get going until the last 10 minutes or so. Rugby more than matched the unbeaten hosts up until then.
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⚽️ @stokecityfc.bsky.social Women 4-1 Derby County Women
🏆 National League Premier North
🏟️ Wellbeing Park
Rare runout under lights at the former home of Stone Dominoes saw new tenants Stoke pull away in the second half for a comfortable win, Derby falling off after close first period
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⚽️ Uttoxeter Town 3-2 Romulus
🏆 Midlands League Premier Division
🏟️ Oldfields Sports Ground
A chilly Tuesday evening saw the hosts get a win to pull them further clear of relegation thanks to three goals in the first 30 mins. Romulus fightback not enough in a quieter second half
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⚽️ Milton United Ladies 2-1 Doveridge Ladies
🏆 Staffordshire Women’s League Premier Division
🏟️ Hardman Centre
A cold windy afternoon saw the hosts get a win back after suffering defeat in the same cup game last week, with all goals coming in the first half
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⚽️ @belpertownfc.bsky.social 1-3 Carlton Town
🏆 @thenpl.bsky.social Division 1 East
🏟️ Christchurch Meadow
Mid table visitors comfortably beat 3rd placed hosts in a localish derby. Belper never really got going in front of a good crowd and a top backdrop at either end.
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⚽️ Barnton 0-1 Eccleshall
🏆 @nwcfl.bsky.social Division 1 South
🏟️ Townfield Lane
Barnton gave it a good go despite having 10 men for 80 minutes (and 9 late on after a keeper injury), but couldn’t find an equaliser against playoff chasing visitors who seemed happy to not go too hard.
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⚽️ Graham Street Prims 0-2 South Normanton Athletic
🏆 Central Midland Alliance Floodlit Cup 3rd Round
🏟️ Fred Harding Ground
South Normanton got a comfortable win despite a 1st half red against Prims who were never at the races. 80 mins played with only 3 floodlights which was a first
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⚽️ Heanor Town 2-0 Crook Town
🏆 FA Vase 5th Round
🏟️ Town Ground
A goal in either half secured Heanor progression to the quarter finals, with Crook not really turning up in front of a couple hundred fans from County Durham. Decent ground on a very slopey pitch.
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⚽️ Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End
🏆 Championship
🏟️ Ewood Park
A home win in this Lancashire derby as Blackburn saw off a late comeback from Preston, who were surprisingly negative even when a goal down. Good atmosphere with a pretty much full away end.
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⚽️ AFC Wulfrunians 0-2 Whitchurch Alport
🏆 Midland League Premier Division
🏟️ Castlecroft
Decent contest just outside Wolverhampton saw Alport get a deserved 2-0 win to give momentum going into the Vase game on Saturday. Year 9 ultras for the hosts kept singing through the first half.
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⚽️ @afccrewe.bsky.social Women 8-0 Northwich Vixens
🏆 Cheshire Women’s League Premier Division
🏟️ Wood Park
A wet, cold and windy afternoon in Alsager saw unbeaten Crewe dominate second bottom Northwich.
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⚽️ Leicester City U21 1-2 Sunderland U21
🏆 Premier League 2
🏟️ Seagrave Training Complex
6pm kick off on a Saturday for some reason allowed a bonus game. Sunderland took advantage of silly mistakes by home defence for two goals in first half with Leicester not able to make a comeback.
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⚽️ Loughborough Students 3-0 RC Warwick
🏆 @thenpl.bsky.social Division 1 Midlands
🏟️ Loughborough University Stadium
First of two games on Saturday saw the students’ fitness tell in the second half as they took control after a tight first half. Decent newish ground within the campus.
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⚽️ Hanley Town 0-2 Vauxhall Motors
🏆 @thenpl.bsky.social Division 1 West
🏟️ Abbey Lane
Two teams at opposite ends of table and it showed for the first ~60 minutes as Motors dominated the game and should’ve scored more. Hanley allowed back in after the second goal but no luck scoring.
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⚽️ Leek CSOB 3-0 Madeley White Star
🏆 Staffordshire County League Premier Division
🏟️ Pointon Park
A reasonable contest saw the hosts win a more competitive game than the scoreline suggests, though CSOB definitely were the better up top. Decent ground for tier 11.
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⚽️ Stafford Rangers 2-4 Sporting Khalsa
🏆 Staffordshire Senior Cup 2nd Round
🏟️ Marston Road
@thenpl.bsky.social West strugglers gave it a go against the Midlands playoff hopefuls but late mistake gifted Khalsa a deserved win. First trip to Marston Road in a while, still a top ground.
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⚽️ Abbey Hulton United 3-2 Barnton
🏆 @nwcfl.bsky.social Division 1 South
🏟️ Birches Head Road
Monday Night Football saw a good contest between two teams at either end of the table, with Abbey Hulton (featuring Vale favourite Tom Pope) holding onto a win to send them closer to playoffs
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⚽️ Congleton Town Women 0-7 Nantwich Town Ladies
🏆 Cheshire Women’s League Premier Division
🏟️ Congleton High School
Comfortable win for the in form visitors despite a relatively close first half, with Congleton looking better than last place. Outside pitch not the main 4G with stand.
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⚽️ Gresley Rovers 1-3 Lincoln United
🏆 United Counties League Premier North
🏟️ Moat Ground
A decent game of football saw the higher placed visitors see off a late comeback by the hosts. Top classic style ground hemmed in by gardens and houses with plenty of weathered looking cover.
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⚽️ Farsley Celtic 0-5 @scarboroughathletic.com
🏆 National League North
🏟️ The Silverlands (Buxton)
A very comfortable win for the visitors saw them pull further away from the relegation zone. Farsley looked poor after losing a few players, playing miles away probably doesn’t help too
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⚽️ Cresswell Wanderers 2-1 Stone OA Res
🏆 Staffordshire Senior League President’s Trophy
🏟️ Long Lane Park
Host’s first game in a few weeks saw them take a deserved win, though visitors did threaten a comeback. Another groundsharer at Long Lane, a regular stop for local nomadic clubs
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