Match Reports

May 2015

PLAYERS PRESERVED FOR PLAY-OFF Leek Town 0 - 2 Lincoln United By Steve Reynolds,

Blues completed their league programme with a 2-0 home defeat in a 'dead rubber' against Lincoln United.

VIKINGS ESCAPE WITH A POINT Leek Town 1 - 1 Goole AFC By Steve Reynolds,

Blues played out a 1-1 draw with Goole AFC in a low-key end of season game at Harrison Park on Wednesday night.

BLUES CONFIRM SECOND PLACE Chasetown 2 - 3 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

A 3-2 victory over Chasetown wrapped up a second place finish for Blues and with it guaranteed home advantage in the end of season play-offs.

PLAY-OFF PLACE SECURED Leek Town 1 - 0 Gresley FC By Steve Reynolds,

A 1-0 victory over Gresley secured Blues place in the promotion play-offs after a tense game at Harrison Park.

PLAY-OFF PLACE EDGES CLOSER Leek Town 1 - 1 Spalding United By Steve Reynolds,

Blues edged closer to securing a play-off place with a 1-1 draw against fellow promotion hopefuls Spalding United.

GRICE AT THE DOUBLE Leek Town 2 - 0 Chasetown By Steve Reynolds,

Blues recovered from their Easter disappointments with a fine victory over Chasetown in the replayed game after fog ended the original match early.

BLUES FIRE EASTER BLANKS Newcastle Town 1 - 0 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues slipped to their second defeat of the Easter weekend with a 1-0 defeat at promotion rivals Newcastle Town.

CURSE STRIKES AGAIN Leek Town 0 - 2 Romulus By Steve Reynolds,

After a fantastic March, Blues picked up the Club of the Month award prior to the game and once again the 'curse' struck as Romulus won 2-0.

IT'S A MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Leek Town 2 - 0 Coalville Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues magnificent month of March was completed with a seventh straight victory after beating Coalville Town 2-0.

BLUES MAKE IT SIX OUT OF SIX Sheffield FC 1 - 2 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues recorded their sixth straight win after securing a 2-1 victory over Sheffield FC on Tuesday night.

TOWN MAKE IT FIVE IN A ROW Rainworth Miners Welfare 0 - 1 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues terrific month of March continued with a fifth straight win coupled with a fifth successive clean sheet.

VICTORY KEEPS BLUES IN PROMOTION PICTURE Carlton Town 0 - 2 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

A professional second half performance saw Leek through to a 2-0 victory at Carlton Town and kept the promotion challenge firmly on track.

GRICE GOAL IS GOOD ENOUGH Norton United 0 - 1 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

A 90th minute goal from Tim Grice (pictured) gave Blues a deserved victory over Norton United at Newcastle Town on Tuesday night.

McGowan The Hero As Daniels Escape Stamford 3 - 2 Witton Albion By Richard Curtis,

Tom Mcgowan scored twice as the Daniels fought from 2-0 down at half time to win at the Zeeco stadium and escape relegation.

Own Goal Denies Daniels Win Stamford 1 - 1 Whitby Town By Richard Curtis,

An own goal by skipper Richard Jones denied Stamford their first league win at the Zeeco stadium.

Ashton Deal Blow To Daniels Stamford 0 - 2 Ashton United By Richard Curtis,

Stamford’s struggle at the wrong end of the table looks no easier after play-off chasing Ashton United won 2-0 at the Zeeco Stadium.

ZEBRAS HIT FOR SIX Leek Town 6 - 0 Brigg Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues moved up two places to fourth in the table with a 6-0 win over bottom of the table Brigg Town.

BLUES BACK TO WINNING WAYS Coalville Town 0 - 1 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Leek returned to winning ways on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over in form Coalville Town at Owen Street.

MOAT MISERY FOR BELOW-PAR BLUES Gresley FC 2 - 0 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues suffered back to back defeats for the first time this season when they went down 2-0 to Gresley at The Moat.

SHOCK DEFEAT DENTS PROMOTION HOPES Leek Town 2 - 3 Carlton Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues tossed away a two goal lead at half-time as they went down to a shock 3-2 home defeat against Carlton Town.

A SPECIAL FROM SAM SEALS THE POINTS Leek Town 1 - 0 Norton United By Steve Reynolds,

Blues picked up a valuable three points with a 1-0 victory over Norton United at Harrison Park.

Report: Farsley AFC 2-3 Kendal Town Farsley AFC 2 - 3 Kendal Town By Robert Winterbottom,

Farsley suffer defeat in last home game

Report: Bamber Bridge 3-1 Farsley AFC Bamber Bridge 3 - 1 Farsley AFC By Robert Winterbottom,

Farsley end league campaign with defeat

CHAPMAN KEEPS BLUES IN THE GAME Lincoln United 0 - 0 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Some draws are two points dropped but Saturday's goalless draw at Lincoln United was definitely a case of a point gained.

RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT RESULT Loughborough Dynamo 1 - 7 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

For once this season Blues found themselves in the right place at the right time as theirs was one of only three games to survive the weather.

CHAPMAN SAVES A POINT Leek Town 2 - 2 Sheffield FC By Steve Reynolds,

Blues played out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Sheffield but will be disappointed not to have won the game having led twice.

BELL RINGS THE CHANGES IN TITLE CHASE Sutton Coldfield Town 0 - 1 Leek Town By Steve Reynolds,

Blues completed a league double and a season treble over league leaders Sutton Coldfield Town with a 1-0 victory at Coles Lane.

BLUES INTO THE TITLE RECKONING Leek Town 4 - 1 Mickleover Sports By Steve Reynolds,

Leek fired themselves into the title reckoning with a 4-1 victory over second-placed Mickleover Sports.

April 2015

Search Goes On For Zeeco Victory Stamford 0 - 1 Curzon Ashton By Richard Curtis,

After a battling point against the league leaders, Stamford produced a disappointing performance against Curzon Ashton.

Daniels Grab Point Against League Leaders Stamford 1 - 1 FC United of Manchester By Richard Curtis,

Stamford proved they can mix it with the best as they grabbed a valuable point against FC United of Manchester at the Zeeco stadium.

Daniels Edged Out Against Relegation Rivals Stamford 0 - 1 Marine By Richard Curtis,

Stamford failed again on home soil as they were beaten by a single goal by Marine.

BRIGG TOWN 0-0 CARLTON TOWN - MATCH REPORT Brigg Town 0 - 0 Carlton Town By Alan Murphy,

In a game where neither side had anything to play for, you could have imagined a boring goalless draw.

Tulips Play-Off Challenge Dies At Romulus Romulus 3 - 0 Spalding United By Non-League Lenzmeister,

In spite of having everything to play for, a bemusingly jaded Tulips succumbed on the road...

Darlington 1883 3 New Mills 1 Darlington 1883 3 - 1 New Mills By Duncan Hibbert,

NPL Season Ends In Defeat

Match Report Frickley Athletic v Curzon Ashton FC (25-04-2015) Frickley Athletic 1 - 1 Curzon Ashton By Robert Hurst,

Both sides got what they wanted from this game, Curzon's first ever visit to Westfield Lane,

Reds end the season with a club record 27th victory Workington 1 - 0 FC United of Manchester By Paul Armstrong,

Reds completed the regular season in style disposing of a makeshift FC United side with comparative ease.

Clitheroe 2-1 Warrington Town Clitheroe 2 - 1 Warrington Town By Phil Ghayour,

Clitheroe’s season finished on a high as two goals from Louis Mayers capped of The Blues’ 2014/15 campaign with three points.

Buxton 1 Barwell 1 Buxton 1 - 1 Barwell By Murray Dworkin,

Barwell finish season in eighth place after honours even at Silverlands

Nailers bow out with a victory Belper Town 2 - 0 Trafford By David Laughlin,

The Nailers drew the curtains on their single-season stint in the Evo Stik NPL Premier Division with victory over fellow relegation club, Trafford.

Marine safe...let's get drunk!!! Blyth Spartans 1 - 2 Marine By Dave McMillan,

Blyth Spartans 1-2 Marine

Dynamo Produce Outstanding Team Display Loughborough Dynamo 4 - 0 Goole AFC By John Bryson,

In the final league game of this season Loughborough Dynamo produced one of their best performances of the 2014-15 campaign with a 4-0 home victory over Goole Town

Ossett Albion 0 – 2 Mossley Ossett Albion 0 - 2 Mossley By geoff pyke,

This was a typical end-of season match where neither side had much to gain. Mossley have missed out on a place in the play-offs and Albion are safe from relegation.

Salford Class, Could’ve Been 9-2… Salford City 5 - 0 Ossett Town By Neil Spofforth,

Ossett Town gave the champions elect a number of presents on party day

The Kids are alright! Kidsgrove Athletic 2 - 0 Chasetown By Paul Mullins,

With one eye on Monday’s Walsall Senior Cup Final, Marcus Law made nine changes to the side that lost to Gresley in midweek.

SUTTON BAG PLAY OFF PLACE Norton United 1 - 2 Sutton Coldfield Town By Kenneth Hawkings,

Sutton traveled away to Norton United

Bamber Bridge 3-1 Farsley Bamber Bridge 3 - 1 Farsley AFC By Paul Vause,

Today was only about one thing - win and try to get 3rd and home advantage in the playoffs.

Skelmersdale United 2 Stourbridge 1 Skelmersdale United 2 - 1 Stourbridge By Richard Clark,

The Glassboys could consider themselves perhaps a little unfortunate to round off their season with a fifth defeat in six games at Stormy Corner.

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