Saturday afternoon under the floodlights at Benchill (in Wythenshawe) was a great way to get back to the league campaign after we were on 'Cup Duty' against Bollie Bears then 'Friendly Duty' against High Lane over the last two-weeks. As Coaches, we were hoping the lads could carry their recent uprise in form into this game against a Wythenshawe side that quite simply blew The Hornets to smithereens on the opening day of this season!  Much has been made of the slow start to this years season...

Again a familiar opponent in Chinley, we knew what to expect and started brightly.  It was silent support weekend, so as coaches we said very little throughout the game (well, we tried to) and let the team encourage and direct each other. The game was end to end to begin with, a shot from Leo and equally at the other end a save from Frankie the cat….. seemed like rinse and repeat with another Leo shot and another excellent save from Frankie. Good pressure from New Mills saw our other Frankie...

"We're going for the cup" was the cry from the coaches after a somewhat indifferent start to the season for our lads. They got off to a flyer when our Rocket slotted home an early penalty after Albie had been ambushed by the Bollington defence. Rocket was at it again with a perfect strike from distance. Our maestro kept the play alive then shifted the ball perfectly to Ronan who hit it first time and the ball nestled nicely in the back of the net.  Ronan looked superb in the middle of the...