Mossley v Goole ...

... back from Rochdale after a night of eating and drinking and a Sunday of walking around Rishworth Moor (we looked down on a huge traffic jam on the M62 - we could just see a vehicle on fire and the fire engine dashing up the hard shoulder - yep it was quicker to walk this afternoon !!).  Would you believe the camera never came out of the bag all day today !!

As predicted - a late work finish gave me only one option - up the road to Mossley ... who started slowly and were caught cold after just 5 minutes when the defence went AWOL.  Credit the team though who finally got into gear and by half-time were 2-1 following a Ben Richardson "poke" and a truly wonderful overhead kick from Sam Madeley - unfortunately I missed the "mid air bicycle" although I should have known better - check out this one I caught from April 2011 when he was at Ashton United ...

 













Still - 2-1 up at half-time ... second half was a little quieter ... well it was a warm day !!  A few chances at both ends, but Mossley were good value for the win in the end - which takes them up to the dizzy heights of second in the league.  Some pictures from yesterday at

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Mentioned the two Ashton teams yesterday on my quick "in house then out again" post ... pleased to see Hyde FC finally get off the mark winning-wise - and in some style as well win a 5-2 drubbing of Hereford United - Stalybridge succumbed to a last minute winner to lose 4-3 at Gloucester while Droylsden are still struggling ... losing 4-2 to Solihull Moors.

Finding football this week will be interesting - as little has been arranged because to the FA replay possibilities ... Stalybridge do have a friendly on Tuesday against a Manchester United "team" - no idea what they'll send up - otherwise I'm looking "outside the zone" ...
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