Source: M.E.N.
FC UNITED continued their stunning start to the season with a 7-0 win over Atherton LR.
The rebel Reds have won five on the bounce, scoring 21 goals to leave them on top of the NW Counties Division One.
Striker Stuart Rudd bagged a hat-trick in the Reds’ fifth straight victory in front of a crowd of 1,325 at Chorley with Rob Nugent, Simon Carden, Josh Howard and Alex Mortimer also scoring.
Manager Karl Marginson said: “I am pleased for Rudd because he’s been a bit unlucky of late.”