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Heaton Stannington and Sheffield FC battled out an entertaining goal-less draw at Grounsell Park, in an end-to-end contest that saw neither side able to grind out the vital goal to take all three points.

The rest of the half was a cagey affair, with debutant Josh Ayres going close for the visitors, whilst Edd Hall was largely untroubled at the other end.

As Stan got back into the game, Sheffield had to be thankful to skipper Reece Fielding for two vital blocks, the first from striker Joe Thompson at close range, followed by a headed block from a Konner Lamb volley.

With 15 minutes to go Club should have broken the deadlock, as keeper De Jesus made an amazing save from Jack Watson, only to see the rebound from Josh Ayres smash off the crossbar.

Joe West was the next to be denied by the hosts' man of the match, with De Jesus blocking a low drive from distance, summing up what was a promising, but fruitless, display from Sheffield.

Heaton Stannington: 1 Neil De Jesus, 2 Andrew Burn, 3 Jay Hornsby, 4 Marc Ellison, 5 Daniel Capewell, 6 Joe Shepherd, 7 Shay Richardson, 8 Richard Slaughter ©, 9 Joseph Thompson, 10 Daniel Stephenson, 11 Konner Lamb. 

Subs: 12 Louis Anderson, 13 Lewis Brass, 14 Mark Turnbull, 15 Kailem Beattie, 16 Alfie Marriott.

Sheffield FC: 1 Edd Hall, 2 Sam Greenhouse, 3 Rory Coleman, 4 Ben Whelan, 5 Reece Fielding ©, 6 Bradley Beatson, 7 Joe West, 8 Connor Cutts, 9 Josh Ayres, 10 Tom Hinton, 11 Jack Watson. 

Subs: 12 AJ Greaves, 14 Nathan Modest, 15 Jack Hardacre, 16 Jamie Tomlinson, 17 Carter Tingle.

Attendance: 249

Referee: Liam Smith