WATERLOGGED pitches caused the postponement of 42 matches in the Warrington Soccer League programme.

Only two matches survived including the relegation battle in Division One between Winwick Utd and Runcorn Villa.

Winwick must have thought Christmas had come early when they were gifted an own goal from Villa's John Davies and they went further ahead through their 16-year-old starlet Simon Davies and Carl Deakin to lead 3-0 after 30 minutes.

Villa then found cracks in Winwick's leaky defence to pull the scoreline back to 3-2 by half-time as Michael Hunter and David Blyth both blasted home.

The second half saw Winwick increase their lead to 4-2, again wonderboy Davies doing the damage as he calmly slotted home.

For the second time in the game Winwick's defence collapsed like a pack of cards as Neil Darracot pulled one back and then David Blyth notched his second to earn his team a 4-4 draw.

Dave Barrow's men have now conceded 51 goals in 13 games and only Huntsman and Monk Sports Reserves have a worse defensive record in all seven divisions of the league.

A slight shock came in the only other game played as third-placed Daten Reserves went down 2-0 at home to Eagle Sports in a Reserve Division One fixture.

Eagle's Dave Mushet set the scene with a first-half 30-yard screamer. Paul Rigby doubled the advantage in the second half with a penalty.

Eagle goalkeeper Stephen Ward had kept his side in the game with a series of fine saves.

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