Middlewich Town 4 Maine Road reserves 0

MIDDLEWICH were on course for their biggest league win of the season by the break after scoring four first-half goals on Saturday.

Steve Rowlands hit the net twice for the Witches, while further strikes from Chris Lunn and Carl Wade extended an unbeaten sequence in all competitions to three matches.

John O’Sullivan’s men, who host fourth-placed Grappenhall this weekend, rise to eighth in the League One table as a reward.

A shutout for former Witton Albion goalkeeper Stuart Plant was Town’s first of the campaign