With an improvement in the weather, it was back to a busy programme of league and cup fixtures. In the Rhodes Cup  Manchester Rose made it through to the semi-finals with a hard-earned 2-1 win at Grappenhall SC. The Wray Cup  saw a real thriller as Moston Brook Reserves pulled off a tense 5-4 win over South Manchester. In the Whitehead Cup , AFC Oldham A drew 3-3 with AFC Salford and won the dramatic penalty shoot-out 5-4. The other catch-up Whitehead Cup was also close as a