2pm 14 January 2023
Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur League, Premier Division
North Walkden 0 Moston Brook 5 (att 25)
In the few years since I last went to a North Walkden game they've switched from the Wigan League to the Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur League and moved to a new home ground.
On a day when I couldn't travel far, and the weather made grass pitches a lottery, the club's base at The Lowry Academy was an easy option to see a game.
The artificial pitch was one attraction, the other was a fixture which pitted second place North Walkden against third place Moston Brook. By the final whistle the visitors had gone top and the hosts dropped to fourth.
Moston Brook were fast out of the blocks. They went ahead after three minutes and made it 2-0 60 seconds later, before most of the crowd - most likely watching the Manchester derby on TV - had even arrived.
The home side got themselves into the game but never really threatened a comeback. A third goal just before half time put the visitors further out of reach.
Two second half goals, the first a penalty, sealed a comfortable Moston Brook win. In the final minutes an altercation resulted in a red card for each team.
North Walkden's ground is a typical caged artificial pitch. There's no specific spectator area, but at this level there's no problem standing inside the fence. Unusually the venue doesn't have floodlights.
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