BSF Over-35s League

ELTON Vale moved into second place at the top of Division One of the BSF Over-35s Football League after a victory at Colliers Rest.

Goals from Morris Thompson, Mick Connelly and Ian West saw Vale run out 3-1 winners.

Turton and Hare Athletic fought out an entertaining 2-2 draw. Burke and Locke scored for Turton to cancel out strikes from Sorrell and Williams for Hare.

Ian Foulkes scored a hat-trick as Breightmet United came from two down to beat league leaders Dobbie A in a thrilling Division One Cup quarter-final.

Goals from Donlan and Walters put Dobbies 2-0 up, before Foulkes struck to take Breightmet through to a semi-final against Hare Athletic next week.

Daten AFC moved into fourth spot in Division Two by beating the Bay Mare Strollers 2-1. Rob Soppelsa scored both goals for Daten.

The Fox & Stork missed the chance to go clear at the top after losing 2-0 at home to Ainsworth Fossils, who also missed a penalty.

In Division Three, the Lord Raglan moved into second place on goal difference after beating Dobbies C 2-1, but they needed a last-minute winner to do so.

Bottom Bulls Head stay top after a 2-2 draw with the Quadrant, and have a game in hand on their closest challengers.

Rumworth & Hulton drew 1-1 with Prince of Wales, a result which leaves both teams in mid-table. Tony Blackburn scored for Rumworth and John Barrow for the Prince of Wales.

Results:

Division One: Colliers Rest 1 Elton Vale 3; Turton 2 Hare Athletic 2.

Division Two: Bay Mare Strollers 1 Daten AFC 2; Fox & Stork 0 Ainsworth Fossils 2; Garswood United v Dobbies B.

Division Three: Dobbies C 1 Lord Raglan 2; Quadrant 2 Bottom Bulls Head 2; Rumworth & Hulton 1 Prince of Wales 1.

Division One Cup Quarter Final: Dobbies A 2 Breightmet United 3.

Division One

P W D L F A Pts

Dobbies A... 6 6 0 0 23 1 18

Elton Vale... 8 6 0 2 29 15 18

Breightmet Utd... 8 5 0 3 29 14 15

Cross Keys... 7 4 0 3 20 9 12

Colliers Rest... 8 3 0 5 20 30 9

Hare Athletic... 8 2 2 4 14 29 8

Turton... 8 2 2 4 16 31 8

Hayward OB... 7 0 0 7 3 25 0

Division Two

Fox & Stork... 9 6 1 2 23 12 19

Garswood United... 9 6 1 2 24 19 19

Daten... 10 5 2 3 20 18 17

Newmarket Vets... 8 5 1 2 22 21 16

Bay Mare Strollers... 10 5 0 5 27 22 15

Dobbies B... 7 4 0 3 25 12 12

Old Smithillians... 10 3 2 5 11 18 11

Ainsworth Fossils... 9 3 1 5 19 23 10

Walkden Wrecks... 7 1 1 5 10 16 4

Horwich Town... 9 0 3 6 6 26 3

Division Three

Bottom Bulls Head... 8 5 3 0 24 14 18

Lord Raglan... 9 5 3 1 26 18 18

Founders Arms... 8 4 3 1 20 12 15

Dobbies C... 8 4 1 3 18 12 13

Prince of Wales... 9 4 1 4 26 25 13

Rumworth & Hulton... 10 3 1 6 20 29 10

Quadrant... 10 2 3 5 19 26 9

Bolton Wyresdale... 7 1 3 3 10 13 6

DF Lostock... 7 1 0 6 10 24 3