Here are the weekend's football results.
FA Cup second qualifying round:
Ashton United 0-4 South Shields
Stalybridge Celtic 2-3 Longridge Town
Hyde United 2-4 AFC Fylde
Mossley 1-1 Tadcaster Albion (Albion won on penalties)
Curzon Ashton 1-2 FC Utd
NPL South East:
Glossop North End 1-2 Belper Town
United View: A night of drama at Old Trafford
Somehow in a week where Manchester United were involved in a chaotic 4-4 draw with Bournemouth, the result wasn’t the biggest stir to emerge from Old Trafford, but instead about two incidents involving Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo.
City Watch: Blues make it five wins in a row
This week’s column is one I’ve been looking forward to writing following Manchester City’s two recent results.
Active Tameside Festival of Sport returns
The Active Tameside Festival of Sport & Wellbeing is back for 2026, and is set to take place at Active Copley on Saturday, January 31.
Oldham back to winning ways
After a lacklustre performance against local rivals Ashton in last week’s fixture, Oldham RUFC were eager to return to winning ways against high-flying Orrell.
