Millom march on as Chipping enjoy five-star away day

Pictures - Millom v Carnforth Rangers by DARREN HEAVYSIDE and Tempest v Wyre Villa by DERICK THOMAS.

In the Premier Division, top of the table Tempest United continued their fine start to the season with a 5-0 win over Wyre Villa.

Sam Parkinson put them ahead on seven minutes with Joel Shorthouse doubling the lead just five minutes later.

Parkinson got three more goals in the second half to make it a very convincing performance from Tempest - with 11 goals, he is now the division’s top scorer.

Second-place Lostock St Gerards, another side who hold a 100% home record, were on the right side of a nine-goal thriller as they beat CMB 5-4.

The hosts went two up thanks to Mason McKay and Seb Bailey before Charlie Scholes pulled one back for CMB before the break.

Reece Thompson restored LSG’s two-goal advantage three minutes into the second half but CMB made it all square in the following six minutes - Dan Crook scoring twice to make it 3-3.

However, Ryan Fletcher and Gerry McCullion restored the hosts’ lead before Crook cut the deficit and completed a hat trick, but CMB couldn’t find another goal to level things up.

Buscough Richmond sit third and recorded a fifth win in six, winning 3-0 against Whitehaven.

Lewis Corke and Colin Bousique-Green scored 12 minutes into the respective halves, in between which Burscough got a second through an own goal.

Elsewhere, Poulton got a 4-0 win over Hurst Green.

Two goals in each half gave them the win, with Max Landless and Callum Dickinson on the scoresheet in the first 45 while Corey Harrison and Ralf Threlfall-Newton made sure of a strong victory after the break.

Coppull United were 3-2 winners over Cleator Moor Celtic and one player was the star of the show.

Alessio Degrassi gave Coppull an early lead but Ellis Turner and Owen Woodburn turned the game on its head before half time.

Immediately after the restart, Degrassi got his and Coppull’s second to level it up and he got the winner and his hat trick with 10 minutes of normal time remaining.

Blackpool Wren Rovers continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 home win against Eagley.

The visitors did take the lead through Lewis Nolan but the prolific Ric Seear, who has scored 10 goals so far this season, equalised on the stroke of half time.

An Alfie Gardiner penalty midway through the second half gave Blackpool Wren Rovers the win.

Alfie Edmondson and Will Wystawncha gave Haslingden St Marys a 2-0 win over Fulwood Amateurs.

Finally, a sole goal from Cole was enough for Rossendale as they beat Milnthorpe Corinthians 1-0 thanks to Cole Exley.

Hesketh Bank are top of Division One after a stunning 9-1 win at Slyne with Hest.

They were 2-0 up inside three minutes thanks to goals from Kevin Edgar and Dan Birkby.

Daniel Ruscillo halved Slyne’s deficit on 25 minutes but after that, it was all Hesketh Bank.

Lewis Johnson and Owen Cuerden sent them into the break 4-1 up.

Ten minutes into the second half, Birkby got a second and Edgar secured a hat trick not long after, before Ewan Dodgson and Harry Greenhall rounded off the goals.

Elsewhere in Division One, Chipping were another team to pick up a comfortable win as they beat previously unbeaten Holker Old Boys Reserves 5-1.

Harris Bailey got them ahead before Holker OB equalised through Finley Dutton.

Alex Howarth and Sam Chatburn put Chipping 3-1 up at the break and they strengthened the lead in the second half thanks to Bailey and Kane Froggatt.

Lytham Town scored a last-minute deciding goal as they won 4-3 against Freckleton in the south Fylde derby.

They took a 3-1 lead into half time, with Leyton Collier bagging a brace and Tom Eastham also netting, while Will Merchant got Freckleton’s goal.

However, James Jemson and Patrick Johnrose scored after the break to level the game and it looked like both teams would leave with a point, but Rory Kelly struck late for Lytham Town to give them the win.

Crooklands Casuals got a 4-1 win over Turton, largely thanks to a comfortable first half display.

Lee Irving, Ryan Rodgers and Kyle Delves’ goals before the break put them 3-0 up, before Cormac O’Mahoney got a consolation with 15 minutes remaining.

However, Irving got his second and Crooklands Casuals’ fourth of the game to restore the three- goal cushion and ensure the three points were theirs.

Millom remain unbeaten after a 3-2 win against Carnforth Rangers.

Jamie Pattinson and Josh Graham put them 2-0 up before Josh Hadwin cut their lead.

Ryan Sheldon put Millom ahead by two once again in the second half and Carnforth Rangers’ response from Ihor Galona came too late in the day.

Ulverston Rangers’ strong away record continued with a 3-0 victory at Southport Hesketh.

It looked like there may only be one goal in it, Division One top scorer Jack Milburn’s effort early in the second half separating the sides, but Milburn made it two late in the game and Ben Wheeler added the team’s third in stoppage time.

Croston Sports were 2-0 winners against Askam United thanks to Ric Tomlinson and Scott Hendy goals.

In Division Two, Mill Hill carried on their ruthless start to the season with a 7-2 win at Caton United.

Mitchell George opened the scoring for the visitors before Brandon Clifton got a second and Louis Almond bagged a double.

Caton got one back after the break through Adam Garnett but Almond completed his hat trick soon after and Sam Fielding got Mill Hill’s sixth.

Tommy Varey netted a Caton consolation but Almond made sure he had the final say, getting his fourth of the game to cap off a great day for him and his team.

Thornton Cleveleys got a comprehensive 9-0 win over Galgate on home turf.

A hat trick from David McPherson, doubles from Will Hockings and Daryl Rankine as well as goals from Tommy Dollin and Joe Hulme gave them a very comfortable victory.

Stoneclough enjoyed a 6-1 win away to Storeys of Lancaster, with Joe Howlin and Jordan Wignall doubles putting them 4-0 up at half time.

Christian Kirkpatrick added a fifth just a couple of minutes into the second half before Will Fraser-Gray gave Storeys’ fans something to cheer.

Akbar Khoshab got Stoneclough’s sixth before the hour mark which rounded off the goal action.

Second placed Pause United continued their strong home form with a 4-2 win against Euxton Villa Reserves.

Ben Roberts, Mani Davidson and Zac Clark got Pause’s first half goals before Ben Pendlebury and Mackenzie Brown tried to kickstart an Euxton Villa comeback on the stroke of half time.

However, Ollie Wilson got Pause’s fourth after the break which the visitors could not find a response to.

Dalton United came from 3-2 down late on to beat Charnock Richard Reserves 4-3.

Robbie Sanderson opened the scoring for Dalton but Alfie Hodgkinson levelled things up before half time.

Tom Cooper gave Charnock the lead but it was short-lived, Gareth Jones finding an equaliser five minutes later.

An own goal gave Charnock the lead again but once again they weren’t ahead for long, Stephen Harkin’s spot kick making it three apiece.

Dalton United’s Jack Wood-Carruthers got the final and decisive goal in a rollercoaster of a game for both sides.

Hawcoat Park enjoyed a 4-2 win over Garatang Reserves.

They had a 3-0 lead at one stage in the game thanks to Matty Roberts, Jack Ponsford and a Reece Cresswell penalty before Dan Pye got one back before the break.

Freddie Mason cut Garstang’s deficit even further late into the second half but Max Mitchell got Hawcoat Park’s fourth to cement the win.

Bamber Bridge Reserves scored late to rescue a point against Walney Island.

They did take the lead through Ethan Beckford before a Jordan Chubb turned the game on its head.

Lewis Pilgrim scored in the final minute of normal time and the spoils were shared.

In Reserve Division One, second placed Blackpool Wren Rovers Reserves had a memorable afternoon as they beat Eagley Reserves 11-1 on the road.

Charlie King, George Hawkins and Harvey Walford put them three to the good inside 15 minutes before Rory Keilty got Eagley’s only goal of the game.

An own goal, a Fin Marsh strike and Walford and King’s second of the game made it 7-1 at the break but the visitors weren’t done there.

Both Walford and King completed hat tricks in the second 45 and the former got another goal too for good measure, Alfie Tomlinson was the other scorer after half time.

Lostock St Gerards Reserves sit top of the division and were comfortable 5-0 victors at CMB Reserves.

Ashton Cookson got two goals while Andrew Leggett, Dan Fryer and Kian Hope also got on the scoresheet.

It was a good day all round for Chipping FC as their reserves side got a 7-0 win versus Rossendale Reserves.

Jonny Timbrell netted a hat trick and Zach Wilson bagged a brace, with Gareth Jones and Eoin Ritchie the other players to score.

There were goals in the first and last minute in a close encounter between Fulwood Amateurs Reserves and Haslingden St Marys Reserves, the former coming out 3-2 winners.

Alex Mather put Haslingden ahead just seconds into the game but Dylan Jackson-Cooney equalised on the half hour mark.

Joe Brierley restored the away side’s lead partway through the second half but Jackson-Cooney got his second not long after.

Lucas Worswick was the hero for Fulwood Amateurs Reserves late into proceedings, scoring the winner for his side.

Poulton Reserves got a 3-0 away win at Turton Reserves, with Josh Buchanan and a Danny Warren brace giving them the three points.

In Reserve Division Two, Thornton Cleveleys A’s first home game of the season ended in a 4-2 win over Croston Sports Reserves.

The visitors took the lead through Jamie Lynch but a Jquan Richards double and Lewis Hargreaves gave Thornton Cleveleys a 3-1 lead.

Henry Heaton pulled a goal back with 15 minutes remaining but Kole Pratt secured the three points for the hosts.

Lytham Town Reserves were 3-2 winners away at Fulwood Amateurs A.

The home side were in front for large parts of the first half thanks to two goals from Wesley Onoma either side of Lucas Mannings’ strike for the visitors.

Lytham Town turned it around in the second half through Olly Haywood and Charlie Ormerod.

Stoneclough Reserves were another side playing their first home game of the season and it ended in a 4-0 win against Caton United Reserves.

Tom Nield got the side’s first two goals before Elliott Beaver and Tyler Modd added a third and fourth.

Unbeaten Milnthorpe Corinthians Reserves came from a goal behind to beat Hurst Green Reserves 3-1.

Andrew Tinker’s penalty opened the scoring but one Milnthorpe Corinthians man changed the whole complexion of the game.

Jordan Knowles scored a hat trick, netting once in the first half and twice in the second half - the last 10 minutes of it to be exact - to give his team the win.

Carnforth Rangers Reserves got a 3-1 win at home to Storeys Reserves, thanks to Kieron Gorton and two Scott Freeman efforts, with Storeys’ goal coming from a Luke Capstick penalty.

Top of the league Hesketh Bank Reserves beat Pause United Reserves 2-0 thanks to Sean Muchenje and David Yates.