ATHERTON LR 0 HARROGATE TOWN 2 ATHERTON LR's Achilles heel of disposing of the big boys but falling to the minnows struck again on Saturday when Dave Morris's side surprisingly went down to bottom of the table Harrogate Town.

LR's Duncan Edwards hit the crossbar on 15 minutes but it was the visitors that broke the deadlock on 26 minutes when Pat McDaid scored with a header from a corner.

Tony Pemberton rattled the woodwork yet again for Rovers but it was Harrogate that scored from the rebound! The ball bounced clear to LR skipper Jimmy Evans who got caught in possession on the halfway line and Jimmy Wright went through to score. Quick goals sink Boro RADCLIFFE BORO 1 NETHERFIELD 2 RADCLIFFE Boro crashed at home to title contenders Netherfield and yet again it was a 'mad five minutes' that cost Kevin Glendon's side dear.

Phillip Hodson bundled in a corner on 21 minutes for the visitors and Steve Watt tapped in a second just three minutes later. Ex-Congleton Town midfielder Pierro Brennan got a late consolation for Boro but it could have been a different tale had Paul Snape not missed an open goal just before half time. Cup joy for Collieries MIDDLEWICH 0 ATHERTON COLLS 2 ATHERTON Colls travelled to fellow NWCL Division Two side Middlewich in the League Challenge Cup first round and had as much trouble overcoming a poor playing surface as they did the opposition.

Ian Walsh, returning after suspension, got the first on the stroke of half time with a powerful far post header from Paul Cameron's corner. John Dobson got the second on 52 minutes when he got the vital last touch in a goalmouth scramble.

Colls' scheduled home fixture against Cheadle Town at Alder House tomorrow evening has been postponed due to ex-Atherton manager Alan Lord's side being involved in a cup replay. Hill let Cup chance slip DAISY HILL 1 BLACKPOOL MECHANICS 1 DAISY Hill failed to convert a mountain of chances that came their way in the first half of the League Challenge Cup first round tie at home to Blackpool Mechanics and it could cost the New Sirs outfit dear. Jimmy Hulton's side must now travel to Blackpool tomorrow evening for a reply.

Danny Mills got the only Daisy goal on 20 minutes of a first half that Daisy dominated. The second 45 was a different story with the visitors well on top and equalising through Lee on 70 minutes.

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