Sunday League football has suffered recently through falling numbers, common to a number of other team sports.
But the Workington and District Sunday League secretary has been encouraged by what he saw this week – albeit the games were on Wednesday.
He was at Curwen Park in Workington to watch the two mid-week games and was suitably impressed.
“Some peoples are saying to me that Sunday League football is dying. I know it was a Wednesday night but both Man City and Liverpool were on television and there must have been over 200 people watching both games.
“Apart from that it was nice to meet some old faces who I had played with, and against, and also refereed a few as well,” he said.
The big game in the Premier Division saw Northside take a big step towards retaining their title with a big win over rivals Deer Orchard who have games in hand.
It was an impressive performance from Northside as they won 5-0 with goals from Jaden Scott (2), Callum Doyle, Chad Grisdale and Jamie Glover.
That results leaves the Premier Division looking like this: Northside played 8, pts 19; Salterbeck, 9, 12; Blue Bell 8, 10; Deer Orchard 5, 9; Dearham 7, 7; Sun Inn 5, 4.
The Division One game saw Maryport Athletic go joint top with a hard-fought 2-0 win at JJ’s with the help of an own goal and a strike from Dean Scholey.Division One now looks like this: Senhouse Street 11, 22; Maryport Athletic 9, 22; Sun Inn Athletic 8, 19; Flimby Social 11, 15; JJ’s 8, 15; Highfield 10, 6; Junction 11, 1,
