New names for Fed team

1:00pm Thursday 17th April 2008

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GARY Cookson has called on a clutch of new faces ahead of Mid-Cheshire's Federation opener next week.

The team manager has drafted in homesters Dave Stanley and Alan Thompson to take on Preston in the Section Three clash at Rudheath Sports and Social Club.

Their mission is start the season in style.

"I hope we win every game," Cookson told the Guardian. The away leg, at Leyland, features a more familiar line up with no fewer than seven players from Winsford giants Wharton Cons in the starting line up.

Only Cons' Dan Nixon will be on duty in Northwich, with Castle Private's Jason Cornes and Paul Mackie the notable absentees.

The two teams have history after Mid-Cheshire bagged maximum points when the pair clashed in Section Four last summer before Preston pinched the second promotion spot.

Ormskirk, Middleton and South Lancashire make up the group.

Mid-Cheshire face Preston at Rudheath Sports and Social Club on Sunday, April 27, from 2pm.

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Home team: Andy Hamman, Richard Binnersley, Nick Hamman, Matt Hamman (all Castle Private); Graham Donnelly, Mark Winnington (both Frodsham Red Lion); Kevin Duncalf (Beech Tree); Pete Illidge (Slow and Easy); Dave Stanley (Rudheath); Glynn Walton (Spinner); Colin Peters (Comberbach). Reserves from: Craig Shaw, Thomas Clare, Mike Yearsley (all Castle Private); Alan Thompson (Rudheath). Away team: Shaun Yearsley, Jimmy Harrop, Tom Vickers, Simon Cookson, Ivan Wilkinson, Dave Hamlett jnr, Mark Vernon (all Wharton Cons); Rob Winnington, Fred Worrall (Frodsham Red Lion); Matt Thurwell (Comberbach); Paul Drinkwater (Meadow Bank); Adam Cornes (Castle Private). Reserves from: Dave Thurwell (Comberbach); Ian Davies (Winnington Park Rec); Ashley Blackburn (Wharton Cons); John Hazeldine (Shavington).