Crewe & Nantwich 1sts battled hard against Stratford-upon-Avon but could not prevent slipping to another defeat.
Despite missing key players due to injuries and unavailability, Crewe headed south full of confidence on a beautiful Autumn day.
A young Crewe & Nantwich 1st team scored four tries in a spirited performance against a strong Old Halesonians team before eventually succumbing to a 24 -45 defeat.
In an entertaining match, Old Halesonians opened the scoring after 10 ten minutes with an unconverted try.
Nantwich Town’s poor run of form continued with another home defeat, this time losing 1-0 to fellow strugglers Liversedge.
A Jack Carr goal in the 38th minute was enough to seal the points for the visitors in front of 300 fans at the Swansway Stadium.
Nantwich could not end their recent run of no win in four games as they slumped to another defeat at Bamber Bridge.
Dabbers boss Ritchie Sutton started with new signing Tom Booth in goal, who has joined on loan from Crewe.
Nantwich Town’s struggles continued as they crashed out of the FA Trophy with a 2-0 defeat at home to Warrington Rylands.
Two first-half goals for the visitors were enough to ease through against a toothless Dabbers.
Crewe and Nantwich RUFC gave unbeaten league leaders Ludlow a run for their money at the Vagrants before falling to a 13-33 defeat.
In a much-changed team from the previous week’s heavy defeat at Hereford, Crewe were confident of an upset in front of a home crowd boosted by many of the 1997 Cheshire Plate finalists who had played at Twickenham.
By Jack Beresford
Nantwich Town head coach Gary Taylor-Fletcher felt his side were “by far the better team” despite losing 1-0 at table-toppers Hyde United.
Hyde had won their last five games so it was never going to be easy, but Taylor-Fletcher had high praise for his side’s performance.
Crewe and Nantwich 1sts were brought back down to earth with a bump with a heavy 62-9 defeat away at Hereford.
Last time the two sides met, it ended in a 23-23 all draw and Crewe hoped to upset the home side’s good start to the season.
Nantwich Town’s new managers did not enjoy their first outing as the Dabbers slumped to a 2-0 defeat at home to fellow strugglers Whitby Town.
The visitors had lost six and drawn of their opening seven matches so it looked a home banker for the Dabbers at the Swansway Stadium.
By Liam Price
South Shields came away with the win at the Swansway Stadium as they defeated Nantwich Town 1-0.
Joel Stair was back in the defence after missing Tuesday’s game at FC United, while Jack Sherratt and AJ Leitch-Smith also came into the starting XI.
By Dan Jackson
Nantwich Town succumbed to a late sucker punch as Guiseley claimed a 1-0 win on Saturday at the Swansway Stadium.
The starting line-up saw manager Dave Cooke make two changes to the team that started the previous two matches.
Nantwich Town ended their pre-season campaign with a 2-0 defeat away at Leek Town.
Dave Cooke picked a strong side to start this game, with AJ Leitch-Smith missing out due to injury.
By Jack Beresford
Nantwich Town suffered more home woes after being beaten 3-1 by Buxton at The Optimum Pay Stadium on Saturday.
Two defeats in a week now leaves the Dabbers firmly in a relegation battle third from bottom on just 27 points.
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