Jordan Porter received a Red Card for Brighouse Town in the 35th minute. In the 35th minute Linnets awarded a penalty and Brighouse keeper sent off. In the 37th minute Brighouse Town substituted Ousman Cham for Reece Kendall. With a well-placed penalty that was unstoppable Louis Corrigan put the Linnets ahead in the 38th minute. At half-time Brighouse Town substituted Luke Rawson for Tim Akinola. In the 67th minute Brighouse Town substituted Alhassane Keita for Luke Cranswick. Carl Stewart received a Yellow Card for Brighouse Town in the 77th minute. Ryan Gibson received a Red Card for The Linnets in the 78th minute. Thomas Haigh received a Yellow Card for Brighouse Town in the 1st minute of added time of the second half.

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Runcorn Linnets manager Michael Ellison has added some extra attacking firepower by wrapping up the signing of a player, who scored four goals against us last season.

Liam Caddick, who is a winger or striker, followed up his goal for Droylsden in our inaugural Northern Premier League fixture, a 4-2 defeat at The Butchers Arms by registering a hat-trick as The Bloods won the return clash at The Millbank 4-0.

Liam's pace, skill and scoring ability had made him a firm fans' favourite at Droylsden, who he joined after a second spell with Burscough.

In between his two stints in West Lancashire with "the other Linnets" he had a brief stay in the Welsh Premier League with Bangor City.

Early in his career, Liam also served Buckley Town and Formby.

Ello said: "Liam is a great signing for us - as soon as he became available, I didn't waste any time in trying to get the deal done.

"He's quick, strong, can play in a number of positions and knows where the net is.

"He will go straight into the squad against Brighouse and I'm delighted to have him on board."

Liam's arrival follows the departure of summer signing Janie Rainford to NPL North West rivals Mossley.

"Mossley put seven days in on Jamie," explained the Linnets boss.

"They did things the right way, I allowed Jamie to speak to them, they made him a really good offer and he decided to leave.

" Ultimately, it was his decision I'd like to thank him for his time at Linnets and wish him all the best in his new venture."

In a busy spell of transfer activity, Linnets have also signed two more young players on loans from EFL clubs in Reece Gaskell, a midfielder from Oldham Athletic and Accrington Stanley striker Alex O'Neill.

A warm welcome to all our new signings.

FC United of Manchester scored in the 2nd minute with a goal from Tunde Owolabi. Regan Linney received a Yellow Card for FC United of Manchester in the 27th minute. In the 47th minute FCUM had a penalty awarded. In the 47th minute Ritchie saved the penalty! In the 56th minute the Linnets substituted Warren Bellew for Lewis McKinney. In the 62nd minute FC United of Manchester substituted Alex Curran for Paul charlie Ennis. In the 62nd minute FC United of Manchester substituted Michael Donohue for Jack Lenehan. FC United of Manchester increased their lead in the 68th minute with a goal from Tunde Owolabi. In the 70th minute the Linnets substituted Kyle Hamid for Connor McCarthy. FC United of Manchester put us three goals down in the 82nd minute with a goal from Adam Dodd. In the 85th minute FC United of Manchester substituted Regan Linney for Jordon Buckley.

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Making their Runcorn Linnets bows in tonight's Cheshire Senior Cup tie against Crewe Alexandra were Lewis McKinney and Sean Mullan.

Lewis has joined on loan from Oldham Athletic, where he is a second year scholar.

He has made two EFL League Two appearances this season, both as a substitute. Welcome to Runcorn Linnets, Lewis.

The signing of former Northern Ireland youth and U19s striker Sean was announced earlier this week.

Crewe Alexandra FC put one past us in the 22nd minute. In the 58th minute the Linnets substituted Harry Cannon-Noren for Ally Brown. In the 60th minute Louis Corrigan pulled level after a fantastic corner that went straight in. In the 63rd minute the Linnets substituted Kyle Hamid for Ryan Gibson. In the 64th minute the Linnets substituted Sean Mullan for Peter Wylie. Crewe Alexandra FC went ahead in the 74th minute with a goal from Number 3. Crewe Alexandra FC got another in the 79th minute.

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