Football: Laird fail to net in heated Vase tie; COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO/NON-LEAGUE NWC League.Byline: BY ANDREW MOFFAT FAILING to find the net for the first time this season proved costly for Cammell Laird For the football team see Cammell Laird FC. Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. when they lost their FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. Currently over 400 teams compete each season, with two qualifying rounds preceding the six proper rounds, semi-finals and final. semi-final first leg tie against Moore & Co Construction Solicitors League rivals Nantwich Town 1-0. With a final spot at stake passion and tempers ran high during the opening half which saw neither side create any clear-cut chances. After the break Jamie McGuire and Ronnie Morgan went close before Matt Blake broke the deadlock on 75 minutes. The defeat was softened for Lairds, who learnt their ground and facilities are acceptable for UniBond League Football, along with promotion rivals Alsager Town, Nantwich Town, Salford City and Skelmersdale United next season. It was very much a case of status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. in the league with Skelmersdale United maintaining an eight-point advantage after a 3-1 win over Maine Road. Mark Mitchell's 30th-minute opener was soon cancelled out by Paul Rogers before a brace from skipper Stuart Rudd secured the win. St Helens Town shared the points in a six-goal thriller at Glossop North End despite squandering the lead three times. Lee Madin, Lee Dixon and Joe Gibiliru all netted for The Saints. Ashton Town soon found themselves three goals in arrears at Flix-ton and although a spirited second-half fight-back saw Mike Bennett and Phil Howard reduce the deficit Town returned home pointless. |
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