Tuesday 20th March 2007 Ashton Athletic 1 Hindley Town 0

Ashton progressed to the 2nd round of the Atherton Charity Cup competition with a late Paul McVeigh winner in stoppage time, to prevent the dreaded penalty shoot out.
To be fair Hindley produced a battling performance throughout and although Ashton dominated possession for virtually the whole match, and squadered many excellent goalscoring opportunities, Hindley did have a few chances of their own on the break as Ashton's defensive concentration occassionally lapsed, leaving McVeigh to seal the win with a close range finish in the 92nd minute.

In the next round Ashton will face the winners of the Leigh RMI v Highfield first round match, dates to be announced in due course.