Nantwich Town suffered another disappointing league defeat just days after the high of beating York City in the FA Trophy.
It could have been different after just two minutes when Mo Ali almost deflected a corner in for the opener for the Dabbers.
Sandbach Town and Cooper Buckley drew 2-2 in the latest round of Crewe Regional Sunday League Premier Division matches.
The home side took an early lead through Tom Cotton, but were second best for much of the game as Cooper Buckley went into a 1-2 lead with goals from Blake Robinson and Harry Griffiths.
In the Crewe FA Vase, Leighton FC lost out to White Horse in their first round game.
They were in the lead twice, but it was White Horse who eventually won 2-3, with goals from Dan Walford, Florian Gijici and Jake Harding.
Sandbach Town advanced to the next round of the Presidents Cup with a 3-0 win against NHB in which all three goals were scored before the half.
The goalscorers were Frazer Swale, Connor Sutherland and Connor Taylor.
Crewe and Nantwich produced a fine display to beat Kirkby Lonsdale 46-12 in the opening fixture of the league season.
Both sides made a bright start in the warm and dry conditions before Crewe took the lead with a penalty by Logan Lynch.
Nantwich CC’s first team enjoyed a welcome return to form climbing up the Cheshire County Premier League and earning a place in the semi-finals of the Cheshire Cup.
Phi Stockton was the star with the ball on Saturday, claiming four wickets after skipper Ray Doyle put Toft into bat at Whitehouse Lane.
George & Dragon had another successful week with a thumping win at Audlem in the league and then scooping the Knock Out Cup against The Lions.
Yesterday’s final at the Cumberland Arena saw George & Dragon have the better of the early stages, but did not score.
Nantwich Pirates bounced back from their Crewe FA Sunday Vase 1-0 defeat to C & N UTD by registering a thumping league win over Cheshire Cat.
The Pirates won 6-1 at Cheshire Cat to maintain a challenge to the Division One leaders Faddiley.
George & Dragon continue to close the gap at the top of the Crewe Regional League Premier Division with a 4-1 win away at League leaders Betley FC.
Danny Boden scored twice for the visitors with other goals from Sean Tierney and Ben Brown.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Town Ladies continued their winning run in the Premier Division of the Cheshire Women’s & Youth Football League with a 3-2 victory against Runcorn Sports.
The Nantwich goals were scored by L. Bulkeley, M. Rowley and D. Fisher-Sherratt.
Broadhurst FC fielded several of their new signings and beat Audlem 2-1 in the Crewe Regional Sunday League Premier Division.
Their goals from Dom Coates and Tom Allen, with Nick Gregory scoring for an under strength Audlem, who also missed a penalty.
The freezing winter weather has wiped out today’s Crewe Regional Sunday league fixtures.
All matches in Premier Division and Division One were postponed after several days of below zero temperatures with pitches frozen hard.
Betley FC increased their lead at the top of the Crewe Regional Sunday League Premier Division with a 4-0 win over Winsford Over 3.
Chris Worrall ended a two-year scoring drought with a hat-trick and Dan Lomas also scored following several weeks out with injury.
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