All Hale Stanton! Halewood take points: SPRINGFIELD.

THE Springfield League matches once again brought about some brilliant team and individual displays.

Craig Coventry hit a hat-trick for Harlequin (Ormesher) as they edged past Belfry (Aaron Starkey, Sam McIntyre, Bradley Willis) 4-3 in the under-12s, while Farmers were held to a goalless draw by Phoenix Oasis.

Fur & Feather (Ryan Barber 2, Shaun O'Reilly 2, Adam Seddon, Joe Holland, Alex Felton) hit seven past Ashbury Ath (Darren Moran, Jack Murray), as AFC Liverpool (Lewis Bocking 2, Ryan Hughes 2, James Burke, Bradley Lewis, Michael Cummins, Tom Stephens, Curtis Thorpe) struck nine without reply against Fur & Feather Whites.

Leighbridge (Michael Barrow 2, Elliot Nevitt) had a narrow 3-2 win over Priory Villa (Louie Styles, Sam Williams) in the Under-13s League, while Mags (Luke Brennan, Ian Meadows) edged out Fisher Ath (Dan Barlow) and Mere Villa (Wilson 2, Cline) had too much for Hayes winning 3-0. Oliver Broadhurst hit four as Northfield put 11 past Dovecot Juniors, with Dylan Scott (2), Jamie Kirk, Mike Nolan, Lewis Garside, Connor Holland and Liam Wilson also scoring.

In the U-14s, a Kieron Campbell strike gave Wilko the points against Walton Wanderers, Fur & Feather (Kevin Albertina, Jack Hayes, Alex White, Joe Beadon) beat Mags (Sean Brown, Alex Birmingham) 4-2, and The Celts (Liam Parkinson, Mike Moore, Jack Rowe, Kurtis Sankor) saw off Paramount 4-0. There were hat-tricks for Jacob Barker and Ian Vicars as Marshalls strolled past Leighbridge 10-0 with Jamie Irvine (2), Ben Sharples and Oliver Avery also on target, while Connect (Kyle Bretherton) drew with BM Town (Adam Kirk) and Custys (Jobe Wallace, Joseph Lamb, Anthony Tynan) had a 3-1 win over Kadra (Mark Burns).

The under-15s saw Arena (Ben Cross 2, Liam McHugh) come out on top against Huyton Villa (Shaun Stewart, Bradley Parry) 3-2, and Fur & Feather (White, Riley, Doherty) beat Swanside (Jonathan Bell, James Jeffries) by the same scoreline.

Greenbank (Daniel King 2, Declan Stewart) lost out in a seven-goal thriller against Halewood for who Paddy Stanton hit a treble and Brandon Ashton registered, while Recs Roby hit eight without reply past Pantheon. John Byrne (2), Joe McCann (2), Joe Moore, Dominic Crawley, Aaron O'Neill, and Francis Smith were all on target.

The Under-16s League saw Marshalls beat FC Olympia 2-0, with Fur & Feather winning by the same score against Berrybridge. Mayfield Rovers and Cantril Farm played out a goalless draw, Connect got past Derby Saints 3-0, and there were eight goals between Fusion (Tom Ventre 2, Antony Gornall, Danny Strong, Luke Brennan) and Derby Saints Athletic (Andrew Whitehead, Jake Donnelly, Joseph Dubber), with the former winning 5-3.

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SKILFUL MOVE: A Burford Boundary player prepares to play the ball pursued by two Ash Celtic opponents in Sunday morning's clash in the Belle Vale League. See pages 4-5 for full match report and more pictures Photo: GEOFF DAVIES Code zy221109Junior X-11.jpg