Fylde coast amateur football: Goals galore in Sunday Alliance with Hepple hat-trick for Blackpool South

In the premier league, goals by Dax Hoogerwerf and James Hughes weren’t enough for Bloomfield Brewhouse as they lost 4-2 to Blackpool South. Lee Grundy opened the scoring for South but it was a hat-trick by Nicholas Hepple which ensured they bounced back from the previous weekend’s defeat.

AFC Hardwick looked set the take the points against Clarence as they led 3-1 with 10 minutes left. But after a lengthy stoppage for a serious injury to Luke Rolly, Clarence scored twice to grab a well-earned point. Elsewhere, Highfield Social run out 7-1 winners over FC Albion.

Division one leaders Marton FC made it three wins in a row, Ash Casey scoring a hat-trick in the 7-1 victory over Unity Rangers. Jordan Casey, Andy Barlow and Dab Ball (2) were also on target.

No.3 and Little Black Pug played out a Sunday league classic, which No.3 won 7-6, while Foxhall ran out 3-1 winners over Attend a Lock.

Division two saw West Coast Sports stage one of the great Alliance comebacks, sealing a 7-6 win over Highlands in stoppage time after trailing 5-1 at half-time.

Goals aplenty elsewhere too as FC Rangers and 21st Century Windows played out a 4-4 draw. The eight goals in the Ciao Ciao v Freckleton match were not so evenly spread, Ciao Ciao scoring seven of them. Fleetwood Gym went one better, beating H&A Club 8-2, while New Philly edged out youthful Clifton Rangers 4-3 and Marshall Court beat Marton Athletic 3-2.

n Poulton lost a seven-goal thriller in a weather and virus-affected weekend in the West Lancashire League.

The premier division outfit went down 4-3 at Burscough Richmond to leave them in 10th place in the table. Other Fylde coast clubs saw their fixtures postponed.

n Youth League tomorrow