NCP MANCHESTER FC NEWS

NCP Manchester 0-3 Real Reform
Luke Warburton and Danny Mather took NCP apart last night with some lovely football and clinical finishing. Player/Manager Gary Kerrigan was left tearing out what little hair he has left as his side were inept, tired and beaten by a side who were better in every department.
It was a humid environment in Hazel Grove and NCP were sluggish from the start and were under the kosh from the get-go, Warburton was dictating the pace, running the midfield and feeding the pacey Danny Mathers who scored the first after five minutes. Warburton tied Kerrigan and Pugh up in knots and teed up Mathers whose toe-poke found the bottom right-hand corner of the NCP net. It was two-nil on the stroke of half-time, Mathers raced onto a defence splitting throughball from Warburton and steered the ball under the onrushing 'keeper to double Unreal's advantage.

Things did not get better in the second half for the Bee's; their passing was poor, there was no energy or cohesion, Polhill had, arguably, his worst game for the club and Warburton and co. took the game to them and spread the ball around well, Davis had to make several good saves and Kerrigan, Simpson and Pugh had to be quick intercepting throughballs and making last-ditch blocks. It was all for nothing as the second half resistance was broken down when Warburton played Hughes in one-on-one against Davis and he duely chipped the 'keeper and saw it bounce in off the far post, it was a wonder goal with the last touch of the game. 3-0. Real have now only lost once in their last eight games however are still sixth and NCP have not moved in over a month as they are still seventh.

1:Davis 2:Kerrigan 24:Pugh 4:Niyongabo 3:Simpson 6:Polhill

NCP Manchester 0-0 Uneal Madrid (Friendly)NCP looked good in this friendly, Copplestone was strong and inteligent on the ball and Hayes never stopped running. Kerrigan saw this as an excercise to find a decent partner to Polhill, as Moriarty looks to be out of contract at the end of the season, 26 year-old Lee Copplestone looks to be favourite as he saw the 'keeper stop several good efforts from him however he spurned the best effort of the game as he blazed over near the end. Noble had one valiant effort as he took a touch and set himself up with a fierce drive only to see the 'keeper smother it.

1:Davis 3:Simpson(sub:2:Kerrigan) 27:Hayes 15:Noble 23:Copplestone(sub:3:Simpson)

NEXT FIXTURE: vs Mavericks FC at Hazel Grove Rec. 7:30PM sunday 8th june.

Fiveways 2-0 PSV Hangover: Defending champions Fiveways put a bit of distance between themselves and the rest at the top following a comfortable 2-0 win over PSV, Darren Dicken and Ray Brookes scored one in each half respectively to take both points. The defeat see's PSV drop to ninth place.

Reform Club 2-2 Jolly Sailors:A thrilling encounter between second and third ended in a draw as the teams shared four goals, Sailors and Reform are, both, now two points behind Fiveways but remain in the same position in the league.

Gala FC 0-0 Six Amigo's:A drabfest at the rec. saw Gala's fading title hopes diminish further as they just could not finnish off a well organized Amigo's side, Dan Wheeler was the main culprit as he failed time and time again to hit the target for Gala who are a disappointing fourth place, three points behind Fiveways. Six Amigo's solid defensive display means that they remain eleventh.

Swollen Goolies 0-2 Mavericks:Mavericks helped themselves to push well clear of the danger zone and they have a five-point cushion from relegation thanks to a Tom Wallace two-goal brace in the second half. Sadly for Swollen they prop-up th table as they are bottom.