15 August - Marine 4 - Upton 1 - Upton tail off after first twenty minutes and go 4 - 0 down. Chris Thompson, the goalie, goes off with a suspected broken arm and is replaced by veteran Kevin Clutton before substitute Carl Bishop gets a late consolation goal.
19 August - Upton 2 - Blacon Youth Club 1 - A typical close fought local derby with Upton coming out on top with goals from James Bignall and Nathan Freeman. Blacon scored from the penalty spot to give a nail biting finish. The officials for this game were excellent.
21 August - Ellesmere Port 1 Upton 2 - Upton go 2 up as Club Captain Andy Lloyd celebrates the birth of his first baby, a boy born on Wednesday morning (Owen), with 2 goals. Despite a lot of pressure during the second half in which we conceded a goal we managed to hang on for the three points.
26 August - Christleton 3 Upton 1 - How did we lose this one? I'll tell you why - missed chances, poor decisions by the officials, no truthfully we didn't deserve to win, we should have but did not deserve to. Consolation goal scored by Danny Andrews.
29 August -Upton 2 Castrol Social 0 - Both teams missed chances in the first half but Upton went ahead when Tom Fellows scored. Castrol upped the pace of the game but a late second goal by Nathan Freeman ensured an Upton victory.
2 September - Upton 1 Helsby 4 - Both teams played good football but on the night Helsby's first touch was better than ours. We missed two very good early chances that should have put us in front but two great saves by their keeper stopped us. We should have had two penalties in the first half but at the end of the day Helsby were worthy winners, our consolation coming from the penalty spot with a goal from Reggie Smart.
5 September - Upton 1 Cammel Laird 5 - A very poor Upton performance where too many players did not play to their ability. Could have been 2 goals up at the start of the game but got no more than we deserved. Our consolation goal was scored late on by Simon Andrews.
12 September - Maghull1 Upton 1 - Upton won the game in the first half but Maghull fought back in the second and scored the equaliser after about 60 minutes. Reggie Smart scored Upton's goal.
19 September - Spurley Hey 2 Upton 2 - after extra time - Cheshire County Amateur Challenge Cup. We went one goal down in the first half with J Kane scoring an equaliser 20 minutes from the end. Nathan Freeman hit the woodwork so the game went into extra time. Simon Andrews scored in the first period of extra time but Spurley Hey managed to equalise. The replay is at Upton next Saturday.
26 September - Upton 4 Spurley Hey 1 - Cup replay from last week - Should have scored more goals - too many missed chances including a penalty but with two goals from James Bignall and one apiece for Jonathan Bygroves and Simon Andrews
3 October - Heswall 3 Upton 1 - We should have got a point from this game but again did not take our chances. Heswall were 1-0 up at the start of the second half and added a second within a few minutes. Upton fought back with a great 25 yard shot which went in off the post scored by Simon Andrews and we were right back in the game. Then we squandered chances to draw level and could even have taken the lead before Heswall scored a late 3rd goal.
10 October - Willaston 3 Upton 2 - Upton throw it away in the second half!! Playing some really good football and taking a 2 - 0 lead by half time with goals from John Paul Kane and Simon Andrews Upton then threw it away with a very poor second half performance and conceded 3 goals to lose 3 - 2. Certainly need to get back to winning ways to stay clear of the drop zone.
17 October - Upton 3 Vauxhall Motors 3 - Upton had to settle for a draw with goals from Simon Andrews and 2 from Paul Broster. Need to get back to winning ways.
24 October - Upton 5 Ashville 6 - how can you score 5 goals at home and still lose the game? We were quite simply awful - Ashville thoroughly deserved their victory with a spirited performance that showed they wanted to win - and they did. Upton should take a leaf out of their book. A hat trick from stalwart Simon Morris and 2 from Reggie Smart were just not enough to stop 4 goal hero Adam Johnson and a goal apiece from Matt Singleton and Jamie Garry.
31 October - Upton 0 - Runcorn Town 7 - well - what can you say - we played well for the first 40 mins or so but then we missed a penalty and Runcorn scored three in the last 15 mins of the first half. We collapsed in the second half letting in a further four goals.
7 November - Upton 1 - Newton 6 - Another very poor game for Upton with Paul Broster scoring the consolation goal as they get hit for six! Richard Smart was Upton's man of the match.
14 November - Willaston 3 Upton 4 Upton AAFC had 2 players sent off after 10 minutes and had to play for 80 minutes with 9 men against 11. A great performance in the circumstances and particularly after our last visit to Willaston where we threw away a 2 goal lead, this time we get the right result. In form Simon Andrews led the charge with another goal ably assisted by Pat Walsh, Derek Rodgers and Tom Fellows.
21 November - Blacon Yth Club 1 Upton 5 - On a wet and windy afternoon this local derby was never going to be a showcase. In form Simon Andrews again led the charge with a superb hat trick. Upton went in 2 - 1 up at the interval after Simon Andrews fired into the lead , this was followed by a goal from Pat Walsh, (2 in 2 games since moving up from the reserves). Upton increased their lead early in the second half when Simon Andrews scored his second, Captain Andy Lloyd scored the next before Simon popped in his third of the game. Great result in poor conditions.
5 December - City Bar 1 Upton 2 - In a game that should have been won by half time with at least 6 clear chances going begging ( 4 of which fell to Simon Andrews) Upton made hard work of it going in only 1 - 0 up at the break with a fine shot from Pat Walsh. Soon after the break City Bar equalised and Upton continued to squander their chances, in fact City Bar could have taken the lead at one time before the Diutchman, Arjon Wolfsharr arrived at the far post with a bullet header to put Upton into the next round.
2 Jan 2010 - Upton 3 Maghull 5 - After storming into a 2 goal lead after twenty minutes with goals from Simon Andrews (pen) and Will Kelly Upton let the game slip away allowing Maghull tp pull back to 2 - 2 by half time, Maghull should have lead 3 - 2 but for a missed penalty. Carl Bishop came on for Upton replacing Tom Fellows at half time and it was Carl who got Upton back into the game with a fine finish to level the scores at 3 - 3. Poor defending cost Upton dear as Maghull slotted in two late goals to win 5 - 3.
16 Jan - Helsby 7 Upton 2 - We were 2 up, missed a penalty and went in 2-2 at half time - the scorers were Simon Andrews and Derek Rogers. Then it all went wrong. - after 60 minutes, our keeper, Chris Thompson had to leave the field injured and - well you can see the final score.....
23 Jan - Newton 2 Upton 1 - Newton controlled the first 20 minutes and then Upton settled down. Upton gave away a penalty to go 1-0 down. Then Upton were awarded a penalty after Simon Andrews was brought down by the keeper. Simon Andrews scored from the spot. Simon "scored" again with a great header but the goal was disallowed for a foul on the centre half. 1 - 1 at half time. Upton started the second half much stronger and dominated the game until Newton broke away and scored with a deflected goal. Upton had many chances to win the game but lost 2 - 1. A much better performance.
30 Jan - Upton 1 - Halton 2 - This was a very good close game. We went ahead with a Simon Andrews penalty but Halton equalised and then early in the second half Halton scored what proved to be the winner.
6 Feb - Castrol Social 0 - Upton 1 - It was 0-0 at half time after Upton had Ben McKean sent off for his second yellow card, Upton battled on with 10 men and midway through the second half Simon Andrews let loose from just inside the box to score and secure three points and a very valuable win.
13 Feb - Upton 3 Ellesmere Port 1 - Despite taking the lead after about 15 minutes Ellesmere Port were not strong enough to hold onto a slender lead and ten minutes before half time the in form Simon Andrews ran onto a superb through ball to beat the keeper with a well placed shot. 1 - 1 at the interval. A long Stuart Denham throw in was back headed by Reggie Smart and looped in over the keepers outstretched arms. Upton continued to take the game to EP and Simon Andrews rounded off a fine performance with his second of the game after 80 minutes to give the ever improving side a deserved 3 - 1 win.
20 Feb - Pyke Cup - Helsby 3 Upton 4 - On an awful pitch this was never going to be easy. Helsby went 2-0 up with a quickly taken free kick and a quickly taken corner, Upton were caught asleep. but rallied in the last five minutes of the half with 2 great shots from Will Kelly, half time 2 - 2.The second half became very scrappy and Upton went ahead through Nathan Freeman who tapped in a cross from close range. Helsby then had two players sent off before Upton were awarded a penalty, the goalkeeper was extremely lucky to only get a yellow card! Will Kelly stepped up to take the penalty for his hat-trick but a weak shot allowed the keeper to dive to his left low down and save. Reggie Smart popped up to score for Upton to make the game safe at 4 - 2 before Helsby were awarded a very late penalty from which they scored. final result 4- 3 to Upton. They now meet the winners of Runcorn v West Kirby tie.
27 Feb- Upton 1 Willaston 4 - Willaston bossed Upton out of the game in the first half an hour going 2 - 0 up before Upton's captain, Andy Lloyd pulled one back with a drilled shot from 12yards, half time 2 - 1 to Willaston. Upton performed slightly better early in the second half, twice the referee should have played the advantage rule but didn't. Willaston sealed the game with a third goal which was undoubtedly offside, even Willaston said so!! Another late goal gave them a 4 - 1 victory which flattered but they deserved to win.
6 March - Upton 2 Marine Res 0 - Stuart Denham fired Upton ahead after 35 minutes from a great cross from Simon Andrews. It was always going to be a tough game but Upton clinched it with a well taken flighted free kick by Paul Broster, which beat the Marine keeper and drifted into the far top corner of the net. A good win to relieve some of the pressure at the wrong end of the table.