This match was abandoned at 0-0 shortly before half-time following a mass confrontation between the players after a corner.

Earlier Altrincham had lost two of their players (Jack Hinchy and his substitute Owen German) to injury on an uneven surface with which, it seems, the visitors had not been unhappy before kick-off.

SCORERS:

• None

REFEREE: TBC

ATTENDANCE: TBC

TEAM NEWS:

Altrincham's starting eleven showed five changes from those who had started the game last Saturday at Colwyn Bay. Into the side came Kosylo and Taylor, who replaced Barnes and Knowles. Kosylo captained the starting side.

Manager Neil Gibson had suggested he would start this game with the eleven which had started the second half at Colwyn Bay last Saturday. In the event Altrincham made four changes from the eleven which started at Colwyn Bay. Out went Banks, Jones, Bailey and Khan. In came Olson, Kosylo, Taylor and Kirk.

LINE-UP:

ALTRINCHAM (Yellow shirts with black band, black shorts and yellow socks) (First Half): 1. Owen Evans, 14. Matty Kosylo (c), 5. Jake Cooper, 6. Charlie Olson, 23. Charlie Kirk, 26.Anthony Forde, 8. Liam Humbles, 9. Kristian Dennis, 10. Aidan Barlow, 15. Sam Taylor, 17. Lucas Weaver

Projected Second Half Line-Up: 27. Louie Fallon, 2. Lewis Banks, 24. Sam Barnes, 25. Joel Bailey, 4. Jack Hinchy, 12. Kian Breckin, 22. Tom Crawford (c), 16. Remi Raymond, 18. Owen German 20. Kahrel Reddin, 11. Jimmy Knowles.

WYTHENSHAWE TOWN (All blue) 1. Brad Sullivan, 2. Sajjad el-Hassan, 3. Nathan Whalley, 5. Charlie Martin, 6. Alex TBC, Inacio Djalloa?, Alfie Carmichael, Smith, 10. Sami el-Hassan, 11. Yusuf TBC

BACKGROUND:

This was Altrincham's second game of the summer. They had last visited Erictan Park in summer 2023 when a hard pitch claimed a number of injuries for the Robins.

After the torrid summer weather, it was perhaps unsurprisng that the pitch was again an issue for this match

The match was competing with the World Cup semi-final between France and Spain on TV so a low crowd was the unsurprising outcome.

REPORT:

The hosts kicked off and inside three minutes had won the game's first corner.

Alty responded when Taylor and Barlow combined on the left to earn Alty their first corner (6 mins).

From this, Olson had a downward header cleared off the line.

Two more corners were won by the Robins by the 13th minute before Kirk fired off target from 22 yards (14 mins). At this point an injured Humbles had to be replaced by Owen German.

Three more Alty corners were accrued by the 25th minute.

German now went down injured at which point a hydration break was taken (27 mins). After the resumption Olson became the third Altrincham player to need treatment

With the game heading towards half-time, following a corner, a mass brawl broke out on the pitch after the home side had apparently reacted to an Olson challenge.

The players then left the pitch with the it being unclear whether an expedient early half-time break had been called by the referee but it transpired that the game had been abandoned, though the exact circumstances of that decision were unclear.