MIDDLEWICH Town FC kept their Mid Cheshire League Division One title ambitions alive on Saturday with a 3-1 away win at title rivals Knutsford.

Town are now unbeaten in the seven league games played so far this season and have dropped only four points in the process.

They are now just one point behind the early pace setters Linotype/Cheadle who maintained their own excellent start to the season with a 1-0 win over Styal.

Meanwhile things have gone from bad to worse for defending champions Barnton who lost 5-0 away at Crosfields.

This weekend, in a reverse to last week's fixture, Middlewich play host to Knutsford and will be looking for another three points.