In the 16th minute a fabulous shot from inside the area by Connor McCarthy put the Linnets ahead. In the 62nd minute Kendal Town substituted Aaron Fleming for Joseph Dickson. In the 62nd minute the Linnets substituted Connor McCarthy for Alex O'Neill. Alex Parr received a Yellow Card for Kendal Town in the 72nd minute. In the 75th minute Kendal Town substituted Seydou Bamba for Elliot Moore. In the 76th minute Kendal Town substituted Alex Parr for Elliot Moore. In the 86th minute Kendal Town substituted Chris Wraighte for Michael Hodgson.

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In the 46th minute the Linnets substituted Connor McCarthy for Peter Wylie. In the 49th minute the Linnets substituted Connor McCarthy for Lewis McKinney. Declan McGivern received a Yellow Card for The Linnets in the 54th minute. In the 64th minute the Linnets substituted Reece Gaskell for Peter Wylie. Leek Town scored in the 76th minute. In the 85th minute Leek Town substituted Aaron Bott for Tim Grice. In the 89th minute Leek Town substituted Jacob Twyford for Matt Bell.

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We have welcomed back into the fold Declan Gallagher, who was registered in time to go on to the bench for yesterday's win at Widnes.

The young central defender made two appearances for the Linnets, both as a sub, at either end of last season.

He spent most of 2018-19 on dual registration at Ashton Athletic and signed NPL forms for us again after 14 appearances (and one goal) for his NWCL club this time around.

Sam Heathcote received a Yellow Card for Widnes in the 15th minute. Paul Shanley put the Linnets ahead in the 18th minute following a great touch from inside the 6 yard box. Danny Shaw received a Yellow Card for Widnes in the 57th minute. In the 61st minute Widnes substituted Michael Grogan for James Steele. James Steele received a Yellow Card for Widnes in the 64th minute. Following an awesome free-kick from 20 yards out Louis Corrigan increased the Linnets' lead in the 65th minute. In the 72nd minute Widnes substituted Daniel Ventre for Sam Sheen. In the 75th minute Widnes substituted James Murray for Rhain Hellawell. In the 76th minute the Linnets substituted Lewis McKinney for Connor McCarthy. George Webster received a Yellow Card for Widnes in the 77th minute. In the 80th minute the Linnets substituted Liam Caddick for Zac Aley. Widnes closed the gap in the 89th minute with a goal from Ben Hodkinson.

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A charity collection  at Runcorn Linnets' Buildbase FA Trophy 3rd Round Qualifying tie against fellow fabs-owned club FC United of Manchester raised £547.45 in aid of the Darby Rimmer Motor Neurone Disease Foundation.

The charity has been set up by former Liverpool, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers footballer Stephen Darby and close friend, British Forces veteran Chris Rimmer.

Stephen, who is married to England women's captain Steph Houghton, and Chris both have Motor Neurone Disease and  created the Foundation to raise awareness of MND.

Collections at non-league clubs are being  organised by Craig Lindfield, who is a striker with our BetVictor NPL North West Division neighbours, Marine

Craig was a Northern Premier League title winner with FCUM, who he served in two spells.

He started his career with Liverpool as a youngster, being capped by England at Under 19s level.

Two players from Linnets' predecessor club, Runcorn AFC - Brian Pendlebury (a goalkeeper in the 1960s) and Steve Hipwell (midfield, 1970s) - died after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

Josh Christian, Trust Board member (Community)at Runcorn Linnets (pictured centre) said: "We are happy to have been able to play a small part in helping Stephen and Chris and thank both sets of fans for generously supporting the collection and also those who volunteered to help with it."

The Foundation's aims are:

To fund and assist research into the illness with the quest of finding a cure

To raise funds for those with MND

To create a network to help provide information and an emotional support network for those diagnosed with the disease.

Craig Lindfield said on Twitter: "The counting is done. What an amazing total! I can't thank everyone who contributed enough."