KNOCKOUT action was the order of the day in the Stratford and District Alliance when, unlike the previous weekend, all ties were settled in normal time.

Welford and Stratford Spartak were the biggest winners with the former inflicting an 8-1 Alun Rees Trophy defeat on Badsey Rangers Reserves with Danny Valentino netting a treble.

Spartak, meanwhile, smacked in six without reply against the village club's senior side in the first division League Cup who found hat-trick ace Kevin Ward a handful up front.

Half-a-dozen matches in the Stratford Nursing Home Cup realised 44 goals with the ties at Badsey United and Quinton seeing the net bulge nine times as respective visitors Studley Nags Head and Southam United Reserves making progress.

Carl Crowley scored four times for Southam while Martin Schembri's hat-trick was all in vain for United.

Henley Forest A were the competition's top scorers with eight goals at Tysoe who replied with three of their own in an 11-goal thriller.

There were wins elsewhere for Cubbington Albion, Broa-dway United and Halfords Reserves, while the latter's first team picked up maximum points in Aquaid Division One thanks to a brace from Luke Poole.

Chris Rogers matched that total as Blockley pocketed three Cutler third division points at home to Badsey United who replied twice courtesy of Mark Wicks.

A couple of R M Smith Cup games were settled by a single goal with Matt Greenway's effort helping Alcester Lions overcome Shipston Excelsior and Ilmington progressing at the expense of Inkberrow thanks to Matt Petty's winner.

Results

Aquaid Division One: Halfords 2, Bidford 0. League Cup first round: Stratford Spartak 6, Badsey Rgrs 0; Henley Forest 2, Earlswood 1.

Herald Division Two League Cup first round: Littleton 1, Dog & Pheasant 3.

Cutler Division Three: Blockley 5, Badsey Utd Res 2. Nursing Home Cup preliminary round: Bidford Res 2, FISSC Res 5; Swan 2, Quinton Res 1. First round: Quinton 4, Southam 5; Tysoe 3, Henley A 8; Ilmington 1, Halfords Res 3; Badsey Utd 4, Studley NH 5; Broadway 3, Henley Res 1; Cubbington 5, Red Alert 2.

R M Smith Cup preliminary round: Alcester Lions 1, Shipston Excelsior 0. First round: Inkberrow 0, Ilmington Res 1.

Alun Rees Trophy preliminary round: Welford A 8, Badsey Rgrs Res 1.

Fixtures for Saturday

Aquaid Division One: Ilmington Rev v Broadway Utd.

Herald Division Two: Halfords Res v Studley Nags Head.

Cutler Division Three: Quinton Res v Bidford Res, Inkberrow v Henley A, Tysoe Utd v Ilmington Res.

Nursing Home Cup first round: Halfords v Shipston, Henley v Stratford Spartak, Alcester Lions v Badsey Rgrs, Badsey Rgrs Res v Earlswood, Bidford v Badsey Utd Res, Dog & Pheasant v FISSC.

R M Smith Cup first round: Blockley v Littleton, Badsey Utd v Welford B, Swan v FISSC Res, Henley Res v Cubbington, Welford A v Southam.