Hockey: Second string steal show as Deeside Ramblers’ 1sts frustrated by bad weather

Feb 25 2010 Chester Chronicle

SNOW forced the postponement of Deeside Ramblers’ North Conference match at the University of Durham on Sunday – but the club’s all-conquering 2nds were in top form again.

Ramblers’ second string, promoted last week with six games of the season remaining, triumphed 3-1 at Didsbury Northern.

Built around the rock-like presence of Stuart Symms, they have proved to be a force to be reckoned with.

The challenge now must be to achieve 100 league goals. They are currently on 91 with a positive goal difference that is twice their nearest rivals.

Hedley Pollard, Dave Cheshire and Mattie Allen netted against Didsbury.

Phil Johnson hit three goals as Ramblers’ free-scoring 3rd team triumphed 5-2 at Morecambe.

The highlight was Phil Winward’s goal, a contender for goal of the season.

It came from approach work by Johnson but the finish into the roof of the net saw the Morecambe keeper seemingly frozen in mid-air as the ball distended the net’s roof.

The other two goals came from Ed Lowe and Kieran Harris. Man-of-the- match was Ed Peel.

A good weekend for the Tiverton club was completed by Ramblers’ 7th team, who beat Chester 4-0.

Warwick Platt (3) and Ian Turley were on target.

Ramblers’ table-topping 1sts host Harborne this Sunday (2pm).