Corinthians extended their lead at the top of the Canada Life Premier League thanks to an impressive victory at Rushen United on Saturday afternoon.

The Whites claimed a 2-0 victory at Croit Lowey courtesy of goals from in-form Dan Simpson and Darren Cain to go six points clear of St George’s.

The latter’s Friends Provident FA Cup quarter-finals at the Bowl against Braddan was not played and the tie was awarded to Geordies as the Swans were unable to field a team.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Ramsey suffered yet another defeat to remain firmly rooted to the foot of the table after suffering a narrow 2-1 defeat at Laxey thanks to goals from Joe Walters and Sean Gavin for the Miners.

There were plenty of goals at Springfield Road where Douglas Athletic recorded a thrilling 4-3 victory over relegation-threatened Colby.

Goals from Daniel Sherry, Martin Cowan, Danny Pennington and Darren Shields secured Craig Purvis’s first win as manager of the Pinks, while Daniel Lane grabbed a brace and Carl Hickey scored for the Moonlighters.

The westerns derby between St John’s and Peel was postponed, although the rivals of due to go head-to-head again in the FA Cup next weekend.

In the GH Corlett Woods Cup quarter-finals, there were unfortunate scenes at the Memorial Playing Fields where Foxdale’s Tommy Corlett suffered a serious injury in the opening seconds of the match.

After a lengthy delay before he was taken to hospital, the match eventually resumed and Marown continued their find form with a 4-0 win to progress to the next round.

There were also wins for Castletown and Pulrose United in the quarter-finals as they saw off the challenges of Union Mills and Michael United 3-2 and 5-0 respectively.

In one of only two JCK Division Two games played, Onchan closed to within a single point of leaders Castletown thanks to a narrow 1-0 win at home to Ayre United, while in the other match Malew recorded a 3-0 win at Douglas and District.

Saturday, March 17:

Friends Provident FA Cup Quarter-finals

Braddan A-W St George’s - Braddan unable to field a team

GH Corlett Woods Cup Quarter-finals

Foxdale 0-4 Marown

Michael United 0-5 Pulrose United

Union Mills 2-3 Castletown

Canada Life Premier League

Laxey 2-1 Ramsey

Douglas Athletic 4-3 Colby

Rushen United 0-2 Corinthians

St John’s P-P Peel

JCK Division Two

Onchan 1-0 Ayre United

Douglas and District 0-3 Malew

Canada Life Combination One

Ramsey 1-12 Laxey

Colby 1-9 Douglas Athletic

Corinthians 0-6 Rushen Utd

Peel 2-4 St John’s

St George’s 3-1 DHSOB

JCK Combination Two

Governor’s Athletic 2-3 Union Mills

Marown P-P Gymns

Castletown 0-3 Douglas and District

Pulrose Utd P-P Michael Utd

Ayre Utd 1-1 Onchan

Foxdale 0-9 RYCOB