Another busy weekend of local football produced standout performances across the Tizer and Whitchurch Herald patches, with goals, saves and important victories providing plenty of competition for this week’s Fantastic Five.
Whitchurch Alport continued their impressive Midland League run with a 3-1 victory at Stone Old Alleynians, while Prees United came through a seven-goal encounter against FC Nations Development.
St Martins were also among the goals in a 5-1 success at Randlay Colts.
There was also a significant result for Chirk AAA, who collected their first league points of the season with a 4-1 victory at Holywell United.
Their afternoon produced two members of this week’s Fantastic Five.
Ollie Holden – Whitchurch Alport
Ollie Holden led the way as Whitchurch Alport made it four successive Midland League victories with a 3-1 win at Stone Old Alleynians.
Holden was involved in the opening goal, combining with Matty Lay before Lay crossed for Cole Griffin to score.
Holden then converted a penalty to double Alport’s advantage.
He struck again after the break, finding the top-left corner from a free-kick for his second of the afternoon and taking his season’s tally into double figures.
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Harry Clayton – Prees United
Harry Clayton delivered a hat-trick as Prees United came out on top in a seven-goal game against FC Nations Development.
Clayton supplied three of Prees’ four goals, with Billy Newman completing their scoring in a 4-3 victory.
The visitors also had Liam Wright dismissed but held on to secure the win, with Clayton’s treble making him an automatic contender for this week’s five.
Tom Freeman – Chirk AAA
Tom Freeman struck twice as Chirk AAA secured their first league points of the season with a 4-1 victory away to Holywell United.
Freeman opened the scoring after 22 minutes following good work from Callum Taylor, before captain Tristan Lloyd doubled Chirk’s advantage six minutes later.
Freeman added his second shortly before half-time to send Chirk into the interval 3-0 ahead.
His afternoon ended with a red card for violent conduct after Jack Pennington had pulled one back for the hosts.
Fin Gunn – Chirk AAA
Chirk goalkeeper Fin Gunn also earns a place after making important saves during his side’s 4-1 victory at Holywell United.
The home side threatened during the opening half, but Gunn produced two saves as Chirk established a 3-0 advantage before the interval.
His biggest intervention came late in the game when Holywell United were awarded an 85th-minute penalty.
Gunn saved the spot-kick to preserve Chirk’s three-goal advantage.
Dan Harrington – St Martins
Dan Harrington was among the weekend’s leading local scorers after hitting a double for St Martins.
His two goals helped the Colliers record a 5-1 victory away to Randlay Colts.
Kai Hurdman, Luke Riley and Morgan Roberts were also on target as St Martins maintained their push for honours.
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