Sneyd move joint top but Butchers are held to draw
SNEYD have gone level on points with Staffordshire Knot at the top of the Potteries and District League Premier Division after beating their title rivals 3-1.
Knot managed to hold on to top spot, thanks to a better goal difference of plus six, but importantly for Sneyd they have a game in hand.
Josh Thorpe (2) and Martin Stanyer scored for Sneyd.
Forsbrook outfit Butchers Arms returned from their trip to The Plough Bignall End with a point from a 0-0 draw.
Into Division Two where AFC Moorlands moved into second place following an 8-1 home win over Cheadle Town.
Adam Kent and Luke Hopkins scored two apiece with strikes coming from Luke Shelley, Aaron Protaszczak, Dean Moores and Jonathan Glasby, with Matt Woodward on target for Cheadle.
FC Clayton moved off the bottom of the table after a 3-2 win at Chesterton AFC, thanks to goals from Matt Barlow (2) and Jordan Hall.
Moorcroft Community made it six wins out of six with a 6-3 home victory over Holditch Club with goals from Florin Balajel (2), Kirubel Assegid (2), Mben Achiles Manfred and Alex Somodi, with Mike Hansbury, William Wint and Conah Merdment replying for Holditch.
Red Lion Hartshill and The Windmill booked their place in the second round of the League Cup following wins over AFC Click and Knave FC respectively.
Leighton Jones, Daniel Holmes Doyle, Dwayne Jones and Ryan Humphreys were on the scoresheet for Red Lion, with Shaun Myles on target for AFC Click.
And Drew Muller (2), Kieran Mullock and Joseph Hill netted for Windmill in their win over Knave (Julian Paterson, Shaun Biddulph).
Mark Nolan scored a hattrick for Newcastle Town in their 7-0 win over Tean in the Veteran’s Division, while Bench & Bar beat Hanley Town (Mark Nicklin, Mick Machin) 3-2.
Greenhoff’s are through to the first round of the Sentinel Sunday Cup following a preliminary round win over Cheadle United, thanks to goals from Jake Alcock, Michael Wilson and Terry Docherty, but Social Services (James Whitehurst) lost 5-1 at home to Rangers Sports & Social.
The Cheadle derby match between Rovers and Bird in Hand ended all square at 3-3 in the UTTOXETER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE Division One.
The draw prevented Rovers from going level in points with Churnet Valley.
Their scorers were Josh Ford (2) and Harry Smith, with Dan Brassington, Nico Watson and Pishdar Ali on target for the Bird.
Kyle Esplin, Rob Collins and Ryan Metcalfe scored for Bulls Head in their 3-2 home win over Tean Albion, while at the bottom end of the table, Uttoxeter Town beat Sudbury Park 3-1 to move up one place.
Ross Bould, Aaron Landells and Harry Johnson earned the win for Town, with Lee Kempson netting the consolation for Sudbury.
One match went ahead in Division One and Abbots Bromley took full advantage to take over at the top with a 7-0 home win over Tuns FC 2014 thanks to goals from Will Maidstone (3), Ben Matthews (2), James Stevenson and Ben Clarke.
Bramshall had Elliot Hodson, Kieran Coates, John Thacker, Danny Coates, Brad Cope and Mark Oldham on the scoresheet as they beat AFC Ipstones 6-2 to reach the third round of the Charity Trophy and Tean Rangers (Jack Haylock-kirkman, Steve Cope) were 2-1 winners over Sudbury FC (Connor Graham).
Churnet Valley (Jake Perks, Andrew Coxon, Richard Wardle) beat Doveridge FC (Rob Easthope 2) 3-2 to reach the third round of the Ken Green Memorial Trophy and JCB Lakeside (Sam Bassett, Milo Twigge, Tom Conlon) beat Stone Town (Ian Johnson 2) 3-2.
In the Coors League, Anchor Athletic opened up a three point lead at the top of Division Two with an emphatic 9-1 win at Hollybush.
The Tenford side’s 100 per cent league record was never in doubt as they secured victory thanks to two goals from Chris Crisp and strikes from Sam Golden, Danny Thompson, Adam Hyland, Tom Whalley, James Tune, Jordan Heath and Kieron Scotland.