OYSTER CATCHER recovered from two goals down to soar to a 4-2 success over Leasowe Yough in the Cheshire Cup second round.
Peter Navarro fired a treble and Sean Mooney a single in a great fightback.
Poulton Royal also went through to round three after beating Willaston White Star 3-0, thanks to goals from Lee Dermody, Tommy Carroll and Byron Roberts. The Primrose went out to a solitary goal at Brow FC and Big House came crashing down 4-1 to Heygarth.
Liscard Bronze took advantage of cup games to go second in the Premier Division as they tamed Lions FC 2-0 thanks to Jamie Conroy and Scott Ebb scored.
A two-goal salvo from Lee Clayton gave Cheshire Cheese a 2-1 success against Rose & Crown.
Saughall shared the points with Windsor in Division One while Nags Head eased past the winning post for the first time as they beat The Cheese 2-1, thanks to Carl Owen and Paul McWilliam.
Townfield eased their relegation worries with a 3-0 win at Irby FC courtesy of goals from Richard Aspey and Will Byrne (2).
Grange FC retained their unbeaten tag in Division Two by winning 4-1 at Irby Athletic (Tom Owen) as Steve Thompson netted two penalties and Carl Tunstall and John Williams added the extras.
Still second are Brighton Hotel as they scored a 5-1 victory over AFC Tima (Jamie Copeley) due to Harry Kwein (2), Stuart Speed, Craig Richmond and Mike Collymore netting.
Stanleys Cask moved into third place following their 3-2 win against Millhouse (Paul Kelly, Dave Walmsley) as Adam Cullen, Luke Banks and Dan Murphy scored the goals.
A goal apiece from George Brooks and Paul Wallace earned Mackenzies a 2-1 win over Phoenix (Mike Joyce).
FC Victoria took the spoils over Chester Nomads in the Capitol Cup first round with a 3-0 win, due to a Danny Holdsworth double and single from Graeme Plant.
In the Youth Division Neston Youth went level top after their 6-0 rout of Ellesmere Port, thanks to Joe Cooper- and Rob Liddell doubles, Dave Whittaker and Mike Thompson.
Cheshire County FA Cup 2nd Round: Willaston White Star 0 Poulton Royal 3; Brow FC 1 The Primrose 0; Leasowe Youth 2 Oyster Catcher 4; Heygarth 4 Big House 1. Premier Division: Cheshire Cheese 2 Rose & Crown 1; Liscard Bronze 2 Lions FC 0. Capitol Cup First Round: Chester Nomads 0 FC Victoria 3. Division One: Nags Head 2 The Cheese 1; The Saughall 1 Windsor 1; Irby FC 0 Townfield 3. Division Two: Millhouse 2 Stanleys Cask 3; Mackenzies 2 Phoenix 1; Irby Ath 1 Grange FC 4; Brighton Hotel 5 AFC Tima 1. Youth Division: Princes Youth 2 Cetco Europe 3; Upton Youth 0 Irby Youth 2; Northwood FC 5 Neston Nomads 3; New Brighton Youth 6 Oxton Villa 2; Neston Youth 6 Ellesmere Port 0; Shaftesbury Youth 2 Olympic Youth 5.
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