Zack Parker runs away, pursued by team-mates Arty Benjamin and Joel Street, after putting Linnets 2-1 up in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash. Runcorn Linnets U21s 4 Warrington Town U21s 3 Report by Dave Bettley with match pictures by Neil Thornton. Linnets survived sustained late pressure to end the 100% record of the North West Under 21s Development League's Premier Division leaders in this second-versus-top clash of Cheshire neighbours. A superb first-half display had se

Joe Ferguson strikes the first of his brace to put Runcorn 2-0 up in the first half. Picture by NEIL THORNTON Runcorn Linnets 4 Darlaston Town 1 Report by Dave Bettley Runcorn backed up their midweek victory at second-from-top Avro by defeating next-to-bottom Darlaston, their first-time visitors from the West Midlands. As victories go, this was very comfortable and it would have been even more convincing had Linnets taken full advantage of their chances. Joe Fergus

We are very saddened to learn of the death of former Runcorn AFC player Phil Crilly. Local lad Phil, who was 66, played a few first-team games for the Linnets in the late 1970s and also for the reserve team. He was later secretary at Mond Rangers, continuing in the role when they became Runcorn Town and was always very popular on the town's sporting scene. Phil, a big fan of Everton FC, had also played snooker for Pavilions. He passed away yesterday in Portugal, where he had