FA Vase 1st Round
Daisy Hill 0 Atherton Collieries 8
Gate £5
Atten 250 (estimate)
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The FA Vase is one of my favourite cup competitions and i always try to attend each round of the competition including the final at Wembley. So how could i resist a trip to this game. A local derby, goals were guaranteed after they battled out an eight goal thriller just a few weeks ago. Plus also it was a new ground for me.
The game started at 3pm in glorious sunshine and by 3.06pm the high flying Colls were already 3-0 up. The Daisies were shell shocked and things got even worse on the half hour when they went down to ten men and 0-4. They battled bravely but the Colls were just too good, too impressive in everything.
The final score was 0-8 but it could have been many more subject to a less than very good performance by the home custodian. For he had made at least 6 great saves , a fantastic double-save and a 90th minute penalty save.
Daisy
Hill were established in 1894. in the 1896–97 season they were
Wigan & District League champions and also won the Westhoughton
Cup, achieving both honours without losing a game all season. By the
time of World War I the club were playing at their present ground,
New Sirs and competing in the Leigh & District Senior Sunday
School League. They then joined the Westhoughton League winning a
number of honours in the 1920s and 1930s and during this time,
Lancashire County Cricket Club cricketers played in the team.
The
club folded some time before World War II and were re-formed in 1951,
playing again in the Westhoughton League, but having moved to play on
St. James Street Recreation and Cricket Ground before moving back to
their current home in 1957. Having acquired the lease or the ground, The Daisies then started playing in the Bolton Combination
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After
the 1988–89 season the club changed name to Westhoughton
Town,playing under the new name for five seasons from 1989–90 to
1993–94 before reverting to Daisy Hill for the 1994–95
season. They remained in Division Two for the next 14 seasons before
the league was rebranded and Division Two was renamed the First
Division in the 2008–09 season.
In
the 2005–06 season, FC United of Manchester competed in the North
West Counties League Second Division, and with their large support,
the home match against them was moved to Victory Park, and a crowd of
1,682 was recorded. The
club finished the 2013–14 season in one of the two relegation
places, but avoided relegation following the resignations from the
league of Leek CSOB and Formby.
The
average league-game attendance at New Sirs for last season was 40,
thankfully this was an increase from the previous season. Todays
crowd was around the 250 mark with a large away following from all of
2 miles away !
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| Large Colls following ... |
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| Colls players celebrate going 3-0 up ! |
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Northern Premier League
Really
enjoyed my visit to the spa town of Harrogate. Railway's number 9
Nathan Cartmen is claimed to be the most prolific striker in Europe in
all the league games. His strike rate is most impressive. Today he
scored again with a typical 'sniffers' goal to equalise in first half
stoppage time. High flying Northwich Victoria probably deserved to go in
leading as they had the better of things. But Railway never gave up and
scored what was to be the winner early in the second half. It was a
most entertaining end to end game which never relented with both teams
having plenty of chances. 
