St Helens Town extended their lead at the top of League Two with a 1-0 win over Maine Road Reserves, league top scorer Marc Gibson with the only goal of the game. Maine Road keeper Joe Taylor was in fine form making a string of fine saves for the visitors.

There was a surprise result in Lymm as visitors Sandbach Town earned an excellent away point with a 1-1 draw, both goals coming in first half, Roberts for Lymm and Mohammed Zadeh with his 5^th goal of the season.

Haydock moved up to third place with a thumping 6-1 victory over struggling Hartford who have now gone six games without a win. Lewis Perrin was the hero with first half hat-trick, Glover, Rawson and Walker with the other goals.

The game of the day was in Widnes and it didn’t disappoint. Halton Farnworth Hornets took on Wigan Town and the home side took the lead on 8 minutes – Danny King tapping home after a good save. The home side made it 2-0 on 24 minutes, Sam Harrison lifting the ball over the keeper.

The visitors have been in great form recently and they showed their never say die attitude shone through as they scored twice in the last 6 minutes to earn a point. Captain Ryan Meadows the hero again as he scored the equaliser on 86 minutes.

It was the day that new boys Warrington Rylands Development had been waiting for and they recorded their first win in style beating out-of-sorts Newton-le-Willows 5-1 – goals from Reuben McHugh (3), Rhys Williams and Harvey Clarke.

Mersey Valley beat Moore United 5-2 with an excellent second half performance. Niall Goldrick with a hat-trick and Sam Deering with a brace. Read the full match report here.

CHESHIRE LEAGUE NEWS

In the Premier League Lostock Gralam lead the way, they beat St Michaels DH 3-2 with goals from Djabi, Payne and West. Champions Poynton are in second place and recorded another victory away at Garswood – league top scored Ed Driver with a brace.

At the bottom Altrincham Reserves are still searching for their first win, they lost at home to Eagle Sports.

In League One Daten and Knutsford are tied at the top on 23 points each. Daten drew 3-3 away at Malpas which allowed Knutsford to close the gap with a 4-1 win over Upton with goals from Mathers (2), Draper and Blades.