FC HODNET hit the Shropshire Premier League Cup trail to Church Stretton tomorrow having ended a frustrating run of results with an excellent 1-0 victory over highly rated Morda.
SOME Newport runners prefer the tarmac to running off road and three of them travelled to Helsby on the other side of Chester to take part in the four villages half marathon.
ANDY Cooke, whose distinguished career as Market Drayton’s prominent player in the professional game, is poised to start again where it began – Greenfields – tomorrow afternoon.
Market Drayton Town hope to have Nicky Porter back to join Stuart Ellis in their attack of the flying flankers at Goole tomorrow.
Played five, won three, drawn two, goals for 11, against six; points: 11 from a possible 15. Comparison: played 16, won one, drawn five, goals for 20, goals against 48; points: eight from a possible 48.
Come and give us a go – we’ll promise you 110 per cent in return. That was the pledge to Market Drayton football followers yesterday from Andy Cooke and Jimmy Mullen as they prepared for their management debut against Belper Town at home tomorrow.
For a guy whose supposed to be a part-time caretaker manager, Jimmy Mullen packed a awful lot into his first four-and-a-bit days since returning to the hot seat at Market Drayton Town.
A talented Market Drayton teenager is hoping to follow in her mother’s footsteps by playing hockey for England.
Market Drayton’s madcap charge to the Shropshire Cricket League’s second division championship finished in style with a champagne celebration as they galloped over the finishing line in their last game of the season.
Market Drayton Town were poised to sign Stoke City teenager Sam Whitehurst on loan last night to boost their injury-hit side for the Evo-Stik League South trip to Grantham.