Lymm travelled to an Alderley Edge side who were 2^nd bottom of the league, only above Northop Hall who had been beaten the previous week. However, Alderley would provide a much sterner test, having scored in every game they had played this season.  Playing at the new “Edge” pitch, Lymm were quickly into their stride with some fluent passing, albeit almost entirely down the right flank.  To their credit, Alderley had a defensive plan, to crowd the centre of the park, and Lymm’s only chances were half ones from early balls in from the flanks, and a couple of shots from acute angles. Shortly after the introduction of Fox and Shallcross, they combined down the left to win a short corner for a foot. This was clinically dispatched by Shallcross after the initial strike had rebounded off the keeper. Lymm kept up the pressure until the break and were unlucky not to add to their tally, with the final ball often lacking.

Immediately after the restart, Alderley Edge surged forward, clearly buoyed by their half time team talk, as they set about putting the Lymm defence under pressure. One of these attacks brought their equaliser, although in rather comical fashion. The Alderley Edge right winger ran onto a ball into the box and squared it to no one in particular, only for miscommunication at the back resulting in Brackenridge somehow knocking it backwards off the bottom of his stick into the corner, now the clubs lowest scorer this season, and also DoD. Lymm weren’t to be denied though, and within 5 minutes they were back ahead, a fantastic run from the excellent Ben Ashford down the right, beating two cynical tackles including one that put him on the floor, and pulled the ball across goal for a simple finish for Hopkinson from a yard. The game slowly degenerated into a midfield battle, with neither side really in control, and long balls starting to become more and more regular. Alderley Edge then won a succession of penalty corners, however this was to prove disastrous on their part as they failed to put any away. The final one of 4 was deflected wide on the line by Armishaw for a long corner, and from the long corner a wayward pass was chased by Fox and Hopkinson. Fox knocked it past one man and fed Jones on the edge of the D, who with Hoppy charging in square of him with an open goal, elected to shoot from a ludicrous angle. Thankfully, he spared himself a potential DoD by finding the roof of the net via the keepers stick, a fantastic finish. It stayed that way to the end, but Lymm will know that they can do better with a big game against Bowdon next week.

Scorers: Shallcross PC, Alderley Edge OP, Hopkinson OP, Jones OP

Mom: 7 - Armishaw, 6 - Ashford

DoD – Brackenridge