IN the Premier Division Hoylake Athletic’s Paul Rowlands smashed a hat-trick against Bidston Hotel (Ryan Atherton) to secure a fine victory.
Elias Black and Ben Pollard helped secure all three points, taking them to third place in the table.
Dock FC continued their goalscoring form as Darren McGuinness (2), Gary Reay (2) and an own goal ensured a 5-0 victory over Houlihans Variety Club.
In Division One, leaders Neston Nomads (Dave Forbes) slipped up, letting Heygarth’s Clint Evans – a goalscorer for the past four weeks in succession – and Darren Robinson net for all three points and the top spot.
George & Dragon had Jordan Standon and Matty Woods (2) on target but it wasn’t enough as they were forced to share the points with Rock Ferry Social (Jamie Kenyon, Richie Owens, Mark Redmond) in a 3-3 thriller.
Division Two action produced a goal feast from Irby Club, with four goals from Lee Jones, a Paul Devey hat-trick and singles from Nick Munn and Peter Cavanagh in a 9-3 romp against Ultraseal.
St Josephs were elated with their first three points when they beat Harp with Brian Cullen (2), Anthony Miles and Michael Quinn all finding their shooting boots.
In Division Three Shillings Bar’s Neil Bennett netted with the last kick of the match to hand them victory.
In Division Four Ste Brennan was yet again on the scoresheet for Hamiltons, but it wasn’t enough as Automatic Door Company responded with goals from Chris Boult, Dean Johnson, and Craig Davies, sealing a 3-1 win.
Premier Division: Bidston Hotel 1 (Atherton) Hoylake Athletic 5 (Rowlands 3, Black, Pollard); Dock FC 5 (McGuinness 2, Reay 2, Houlihans og) Houlihans Variety Club 0. Division One: George & Dragon 3 (Standon, Woods 2) Rock Ferry Social 3 (Kenyon, Owens, Redmond); Neston Nomads 1 (Forbes) Heygarth FC 2 (Evans, Robinson). Division Two: Irby Club 9 (Jones 4, Devey 3, Munn, Cavanagh) Ultraseal 3 (Clark, Burton, Pinkham); St Josephs Birkenhead 4 (Cullen 2, Miles, Quinn) Harp FC 0. Division Three: The George 0 Shillings Bar 1 (Bennett). Division Four: Automatic Door Company 3 (Boult, Johnson, Davies) Hamiltons 1 (Brennan); Heswall Legion 7 (Wardle 2, Boyland 2, Shakeshaft 3) Irby Youth 0. Youth Division: Ashville Colts 0 Heswall Youth 4 (O’Sullivan, Herbert, Kerr, Ainsworth); Ashville Youth 7 (Connolly, Simmons, Smith 2, Bull, Hogan, McGrath) Victoria Laird Youth 2; Ellesmere Port Youth 4 (Craig, Ward, Sheppard, Wainwright 0 Vauxhall Motors Youth 0; New Brighton Youth 2 (Ashcroft 2) Poulton Victoria Youth 5 (Fleming 2, Knight 2, Sampson); Shaftesbury Youth 0 Stork Youth 7 (Cairns 3, Crook 2, Wilson, Hulligan); Vauxhall Motors Colts 3 (Moore, Wright, og) Neston Nomads Youth 3 (Fairhurst 2, Fewtrell). David Tacey Memorial Trophy Round Two: Wirral Nomads 2 (O’Mahoney, Jenks) Bromborough FC 3 (Driscoll, Byrne, Hough). Houlihan’s Memorial Challenge Cup Round One: Horse & Jockey 5 (Byrne 2, Smith, Hudson, Easterbrook) Claughton Village Hotel 2. Houlihan’s Memorial Challenge Cup Round Two: Argyll AFC 1 (Gladwin) Comecon 1 (Argyll win 3-1 on pens); Brow FC 6 (Taylor 3, New, Keevey, Harrison) Rocky’s Gym 2 (Gillam 2); Bushells Athletic 5 (Smith 3, Stirrett, Morgan) JB Leasing 1 (Bushells og); Heswall Windows 0 Penny Lane 1 (Wilson); Rangers Breaks 1 (Coxhead) Saddle Club 2 (Hodson, Spence); Wavertree Wanderers 2 (Byrne, Knight) Stirrup Sports & Social 3 (Maughan 3) aet; Wirral Liberals 5 (Corless 2, King, Birkett, Machin) Heygarth Utd 0; Woodchurch AFC 0 Queens Park 5 (Courtney 2, O’Shea, Atherton, Riley). Wirral Sunday Amateur Cup Round Three: AFC Mississippi 5 (Brabander 4, Ball) Kingkabs 3.
