2008 history

AFC Liverpool 2-1 Crosby Stuart
The newly crowned u11s Champions of Liverpool are AFC Liverpool who weathered the second half storm to lift the 2009 trophy, sponsored by Liverpool Mutual Homes. A superb match, with Crosby Stuart fighting back to within a whisker of drawing level late on, saw Jay Bradford clinch his 12th goal of the tournament, two ahead of Crosby striker Carl Dale, and with it the coveted Golden Boot Award. Both boys are now attempting to prise their way into the Everton FC ranks and are currently trialling at the Finch Farm Academy!
AFC Liverpool will also be presented with a brand new kit from LMH!
Sunday 5th July (1st Group Match)
AFC Liverpool              4-2 Ash Celtic
Great Crosby Tigers    3-4 Custys
Marshalls                       2-6 Crosby Stuart
Ellfour                            1-3 Birkdale Utd
Saturday 11th July
Crosby Stuart               5-0 Ellfour
Marshalls                      3-3  Birkdale Utd
Custys                          0-4  Ash Celtic
Great Crosby Tigers   1-2  AFC Liverpool
Saturday 18th JULY
AFC Liverpool              3-0 Custys
Great Crosby Tigers    0-3 Ash Celtic
Ellfour                            3-2 Marshalls
Crosby Stuart               9-0 Birkdale Utd

SUNDAY 19th JULY SEMI-FINALS
AFC Liverpool      6-0   Birkdale Utd
Crosby Stuart       3-0   Ash Celtic

All clubs have now completed their first group fixture and the tournament is well underway with this weekend proving to be the bowing out for 8 teams 4x u12s, 4x u14s. The successful teams in these age groups will progress to the following weekend 18/19th to play their Semi-final fixtures

The two late entrants faired pretty well with Swanside winning impressively by 5-1 against Town Green, whilst Ormskirk West End managed a share the spoils (1-1) with Diesel Boys in the only mid-week fixture. Last year's winners Waddicar hit Wilko for six, while Belle Vale lost out by 1-3 against new boys Burford (Edge Hill's first ever entrant), familiar names appeared on the scoresheets with former golden boot winners Ellison (St Annes Rovers), Peers (Swanside), Cox (Allerton), all finding the back of the net. It's still early days yet, and plenty to play for as the second of the group fixtures take place on Saturday/Sunday at Ormskirk Sports College!

NAC TIGERS 6-4 MAGS YOUTH
It what turned out to be probably the most entertaining final in the tournaments history (10 goals in 60mins)
the Bootle, Litherland & Netherton flag was flying high once more over the Champions League pitches as NAC Tigers captured the trophy and with it the title of Champion of Champions....proving to be just too strong for the Belle Vale outfit, Mags Youth.
NAC Tigers will be proudly wearing their new ARENA HOMES kit for the commencement of the 2009-10 campaign in September!

Saturday 4th July (1st Group Match)

Fisher Athletic 3-0 Mags Youth

Rainhill United 2-2 Mossley Hill

St Annes Rovers 3-0 Netherley WLL

Eagle Cons 1-1 NAC Tigers

Saturday 11th July (2nd Group Match)

Netherley WLL 1-1 NAC Tigers

St Annes Rovers 1-0 Eagle Cons

Mossley Hill 1-3 Mags Youth

Rainhill United 1-4 Fisher Athletic

Sunday 12th JULY(3rd Group Match)

Fisher Athletic 3-2 Mossley Hill

Rainhill United 1-3 Mags Youth

Eagle Cons 0-2 Netherley WLL

St Annes Rovers 2-3 NAC Tigers

SATURDAY 18th JULY SEMI-FINALS

Fisher Athletic 2-4 NAC Tigers

St Annes Rovers 2A2 Mags Youth

SUNDAY 26th JULY

NAC Tigers 6-4 Mags Youth

Netherley Wood Lane Legion's captain, George McCaldron, lifted the Liverpool Champions League "George Howard Memorial Trophy" sponsored by Merseytravel receiving the cup from Clr Mark Dowd (Merseytravel Chair), Sandra Howard, and Clr Chris Blakeley with Adam Pepper (Liverpool FC) and Ryan Fraughan (Tranmere Rovers) also on hand to award the Player of the Tournament trophy to Ian Vickers & Top Goalscorer to Lee Keegan (both NWLL).
Netherley Wood Lane Legion will proudly wear their newly sponsored MERSEYTRAVEL adidas kit for the commencement of the new 2009-10 season and attempt to retain their title in 12months!

Sunday 5th July (1st Group Match)

Belvedere                   2-2 Netherley WLL
Town Green                1-1 S M T
Waddicar                     6-0 Wilko

Croxteth Park 3-3 Mossley Hill

Sunday 12th July (2nd Group Match)

Netherley WLL 2-2 S M T

Belvedere 1-3 Town Green

Mossley Hill 0-0 Wilko

Croxteth Park 1-3 Waddicar

Saturday 18th JULY(3rd Group Match)

Waddicar 2-1 Mossley Hill

Croxteth Park 1-1 Wilko

Town Green 2-6 Netherley WLL

Belvedere 0-3 S M T

SUNDAY 19th JULY SEMI-FINALS

Waddicar 1-2 S M T

Netherley WLL 4-2 Mossley Hill

SUNDAY 26th JULY FINAL

Netherley WLL 1-0 S M T

Results
Saturday 4th July (1st Group Match)Swanside                5-1 Town Green
Burford                    3-1 Belle Vale
Allerton                   1-2 Fur & Feather
Wednesday 8th July (1st Group Match)
Ormskirk W End     1-1 Diesel Boys
Saturday 11th July (2nd Group Match)
Town Green            2-1   Belle Vale
Swanside                 1-1 Burford
Diesel Boys            0-1  Fur & Feather
Ormskirk W End     1-2  Allerton
Sunday 12th JULY(3rd Group Match)
Allerton                5-1 Diesel Boys
Ormskirk W End  0-2 Fur & Feather
Burford                 0-4 Town Green
Swanside             3-1 Belle Vale
SUNDAY 19th JULY SEMI-FINALS
Fur & Feather       4-1      Town Green
Swanside              1-2 aet Allerton

SUNDAY 26th JULY FINAL
Fur & Feather      1-3    Allerton

u11s Champions League Final (26th July 2008)

Millers 2-1 Mossley Hill

JO-EL HEFFEY & JO-EL WOODS SEND THEIR RAFA OFF TO SPAIN PRETTY JOEL-Y !

Having suffered an embarrasing scoreline in the group match against todays opponents, Mossley Hill came out onto the awesome Ormskirk pitch with a determined look on their faces to put the record straight.

The Millers side weren't allowed to settle and get into any sort of rythmn at all and it was Mossley Hill who looked the more threatening and no surprise when James's superbly struck shot on the 10min mark hit the back of the net giving the keeper no chance and silencing the Miller supporters.

The red shirts of Millers seemed a little shocked that they hadn't drawn first blood but within 10mins a Joel Woods free-kick brought the sides level and it was his turn to silence the Mossley Hill line.

Although there was mutual respect between the players of the two sides, both obviously having won their respective domestic leagues, there was still a lot of tough tackling and desire to be crowned the Kings of Liverpool in a full-blooded affair which went right to the final whistle.

The deciding goal came from Joel Heffey, who slotted home the winner just before the break to send his Miller managers off to their four-day Spanish search for more stars of the future with the title of Champions of Liverpool !.

The tournament's Golden Boot award was lifted by Miller's striker Ryan Ellison with his 5 goals in 4 matches proving enough to receive the accolade alongside Luke Brennan's award for the Jimmy Aspinall Player of the Tournament.

Date

Group Fixture

Kick-off Time

Pitch No

Sunday

6th July 2008

Mossley Hill 3-0 Kingsley United

The Reds 3-1 St Annes Rovers

Millers 8-3 MacMillan

Ormskirk WE 1-1 Northfield

10.00am

11.15am

12.30pm

Saturday

12th July 2008

Ormskirk WE 3-3 St Annes Rovers

Millers 2-0 Kingsley United

Northfield 0-3 The Reds

MacMillan 1-5 Mossley Hill

10.00am

11.15am

12.30pm

13.45pm

Sunday

13th July 2008

The Reds 4-2 Ormskirk WE

St Annes Rovers 1-1 Northfield

Mossley Hill 1-7 Millers

Kingsley United 0-2 MacMillan

10.00am

11.15pm

Saturday

19th July 2008

The Reds 2-3 Mossley Hill

Millers 5-3 Ormskirk WE

10.00am

11.30am

Sat 26th July

(ko 11.00am)

Champions

League

FINAL

Mossley Hill 1

(James)

Millers 2

(Woods, Heffey)

u11s Semi-Finals (19th July)

Mossley Hill 3-2 The Reds, Millers 5-3 Ormskirk WE

REDS FAIL TO CLIMB OVER THE HILL AS MUSCAT SHOWS WEST END THE DOOR!

Another brilliant performance from Millers helps take them to the final of the Champions League and possibly establish themselves as the best in the city. In a tight affair, Ormskirk West End threw everything at the tournament favourites with Peterson, Tabern, and Charnock all finding the back of the Millers net but another fine display from Muscat-Vaughan (2) set the scene for a 5-3 victory and a place in the 2008 final with others on target L Smith, Yates and top goalscorer Ellison hitting his fifth in three matches.

Millers will meet Mossley Hill for the second time in this years competition, after they overturned a 0-1 deficit to win an exciting battle over Group winners and Belle Vale champions The Reds to reach the final. A well disciplined performance helped Mossley Hill to take a 3-1 lead after goals come from Martin, Cusack and Forrester despite Rankin's opener and Owen's late strike unable to save the day for The Reds.

u11s Group A (13th July)

Mossley Hill 1-7 Millers, MacMillan 2-0 Kingsley Utd (walkover)

MILLERS ARE MORE THAN JOLLY WITH A DOUBLE ELL!

A superb Ellison brace helped Millers 100% record continue to impress the watching crowds and scouts, with five more players adding to their tallies - Muscat, Yates, Brennan (MoM), Smith and Jennings completing the demolition over Mossley Hill who also qualify through the group stages and will face The Reds, while Ormskirk WE will host Millers in the other semi-final.

u11s Group B (13th July)

The Reds 4-2 Ormskirk WE. Northfield 1-1 St Annes Rovers

INTERNATIONAL REDS RANK-IN WITH THE BEST, WHILE IT'S ALL ROVER FOR ANNES and NORTHFIELD!

A nail biting end to group B saw The Reds head the group thanks to a treble from Rankin and Barnes hitting the trail again, with Ormskirk's Peterson & Hilton hitting the two decisive strikes that helped put them through as group runners-up over St Annes Rovers who narrowly miss out in qualification due to the "number of goals scored" rule -the goal difference identical between the clubs. Northfield (Scott) & Rovers (White) hammered out a 1-1 draw scoring within a minute of each other in the first period and both bow out of the competition with heads held high as Champions of their own leagues in Anfield and St Helens.

u11s Group A (12th July)

Mossley Hill 5-1 MacMillan, Millers 2-0 Kingsley Utd

JACK ATTACK HELPS PUT MacMILLAN OUT AS MILLERS GET A 'WALK OVER'

Two more goals from Mossley Hill forward Bryant taking his total to four in two matches gave his side the edge over a hardworking Scottie Road side that lacked the finishing touch.

Other players on the scorecard were James, Baxter & Forrester which takes the Mossley Hill side into the semi-finals along with Millers who received a 2-0 win over Kingsley Utd.

u11s Group B (12th July)

The Reds 3-0 Northfield, St Annes Rovers 3-3 Ormskirk WE

REDS GO THROUGH TO SEMI'S AS GROUP WINNERS, WHILE A PRITCHARD TREBLE STILL CAN'T GET 3pts FOR SAINTS!

With a second successive victory The Reds head group B and are certain to still be there with one more match to play v Ormskirk WE.

A goal from Barnes on the stroke of half-time gave the Reds the lead and with two further efforts within a two minute spell midway through the second period from Owen & Forrester hitting the back of the Northfield net, it proved too much of a hill to climb for the Anfield champions despite a valiant effort and a great display from keeper Gallagher.

The runner-up position is wide open in this group, with treble winners St Annes seemingly having made themselves favourites taking a 2-0 half-time lead and enjoying the majority of possession. But Ormskirk fought back with goals from Hilton, Alben and McHoughen taking the lead with 10mins remaining. Annes re-ignited themselves with 5mins on the clock when Pritchard brought the scores level and notched his third of the game! A terrific Champions League match with a superb attitude from all players on the pitch, Rovers' McWaters receiving the MoM with a number of stars on both sides in contention for the award.

u11s Group A (6th July)

Mossley Hill 3-0 Kingsley Utd, Millers 8-3 MacMillan

BRYANT BRACE SINKS KINGSLEY, WHILE THREE DOUBLES DO THE TRICK FOR MILLERS!

Two early goals (Cusack & Bryant) got the Mossley Hill machine in motion as an understrength Kingsley side struggled to get any sort of rythmn to their game. A second from Bryant wrapped up the points in the opening Group A fixture.

Millers, in the Liverpool strip, fought back from a two goal deficit to eventually run out easy winners recording an 8-3 victory over Scotland Road champions MacMillan playing in the blue of Everton. The Miller boys hitting the target today were Brennan, Ellison & S Smith all with doubles, while J Woods (sounds like a cracking player!) and Muscat the other two on the goal trail. The MacMillan scorers were Murphy (2) and Keith.

u11s Group B (6th July)

The Reds 3-1 St Annes Rovers, Ormskirk West End 1-1 Northfield

BARNES & OWEN ON TARGET FOR REDS IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (where have I read that one before?) WHILE NORTHFIELD & ORMSKIRK CAN'T BE SPLIT!

The Reds were the first out of the starting blocks with two goals in the opening 10mins from Owen & Barnes, giving them a great platform to build on. St Annes had more than their fair share of possession but failed to hit the killer strike until the Reds had hit a third from Taylor. It was left for White to claim a deserved consolation goal with both him and Reds Robinson claiming the MoMs.

Ormskirk West End & Anfield Champions, Northfield battled out a 1-1 draw to share the points which could well be the point which takes either of them through to the semi-finals in two weeks.

u12s Champions League Final (26th July 2008)

Netherley WLL 0-1 Waddicar

IF ANYONE CAN, CALLA-GHAN !

Just the toss of a coin, 30mins prior to kick-off, gave Waddicar the sign that it was going to be their day as the win determined which side should be playing in their desired colours of sky/blue and white.

On a glorious day, the sun shone down on the two victorious finalists who'd battled their way through the mountain of matches, which had started way back on the road in September 2007 in their own league programmes (Bootle & Netherton and Belle Vale) to eventually come down to 60mins of blood, sweat and tears to discover which side would be crowned the Champions of Liverpool, sponsored by KitKing and Trophies for All.

An end to end battle wth great personal contests across the whole of the pitch. Both keepers were in magnificent form keeping their opponents at bay until a scrambled goal with 15mins remaining gave the Bootle side the edge with O'Callaghan claiming the last touch of the ball before it crossed the Legion line.

Netherley pushed for the equaliser, hitting the woodwork, off the line clearance, missed chances, it was always going to be a Waddicar day when the toss was won before the kick-off!

Liam Evans received the Golden Boot for his 4 goals in the tournament and captain of the winning side Dominic McGiveron picked up the Jimmy Aspinall Player of the Tournament - well done, as all three officials were by the end of a pulsating match!.

Both sets of players, supporters and the Managers were a credit to the game of football, as have all the other matches been at Edge Hill Sports complex, supressing the recent bad press on junior football in the Merseyside area. (The newspapers publish the bad bits - but very rarely the good are heard about! Well done to you all.)

Date

Group Fixture

Kick-off Time

Pitch No

Saturday

5th July 2008

Belvedere FC 1-3 Townsend Boys

S M T 5-4 Merton Villa

Woolton Warriors 1-1 Fur & Feather

Netherley WLL 2-0 Waddicar

10.00am

11.15am

Saturday

12th July 2008

Netherley WLL 1-2 Fur & Feather

Waddicar 2-2 Woolton Warriors

S M T 0-1 Townsend Boys

Merton Villa 3-4 Belvedere FC

10.00am

11.15am

Sunday

13th July 2008

Woolton Warriors 0-3 Netherley WLL

Fur & Feather 0-5 Waddicar

Belvedere FC 4-2 S M T

Townsend Boys 3-0 Merton Villa

12.30pm

13.45pm

Saturday

19th July 2008

Netherley WLL 2-0 Belvedere FC

Townsend Boys 0-4 Waddicar

12.45pm

14.00pm

Sat 26th July

(ko 1.00pm)

Champions

League

FINAL

Netherley WLL 0

Waddicar 1

(O'Callaghan)

u12s Semi-Finals (19th July)

Belvedere 0-2 Netherley WLL, Townsend Boys 0-4 Waddicar

HOLDERS OUT, WHILE WADDICAR PUT AN END TO THE BOYS IN TOWN!

Belvedere lost their grip on the trophy as they were overcome by a strong Netherley side. Although a determined effort to retain their title was thwarted by the two strikes from the duo of Aitkin & Irvine who were left to do the damage for the Legion. Another impeccable display from both sides emulating the tournament's good behaviour policy from the players - a credit to the clubs.

Waddicar put on a superb show for their watching supporters as they took care of group winners Townsend in a formidable display to storm into the final with four strikes coming from McGiveron, Sankoh and another brace from Evans without reply. Townsend have given the tournament a great deal of excitement and hopefully they can return in 2009 to try once more.

u12s Group A (13th July)

SMT 2-4 Belvedere, Townsend Boys 3-0 Merton Villa

TOWNS-END VILLA DREAMS AS BELVEDERE STILL HOPE TO BE CROWNED "KINGS OF THE NORTH" AGAIN!

2007 winners, Belvedere gained their second victory in the space of two days to see them join Townsend from Group A into the semi-finals next weekend with a hardworking performance over SMT who only required a point for qualification. Goal from Swords (2), Connor and Smith helped by MoM Callaghan earned the 3pts to leapfrog their opponents who had Stokes & Speed on target.

Townsend who'd made certain of their semi-final place yesterday, enjoyed a "no pressure" match with a 3-0 victory over Scotland Road champions MacMillan, who despite gaining no points had given all three of their group rivals difficult matches and excellent competitors. Glegg hitting the hatrick trail to claim the matchball for Townsend.

u12s Group B (13th July)

Netherley WLL 3-0 Woolton W, 1-2 Fur & Feather 0-5 Waddicar

WADDICAR LOOK TO THE EVANS FOR INSPIRATION AND NETHERLEY'S GOLD SHOW TAKES THEM TOP.

NWLL left their best performance to date for their final group match to finish as group winners with a Keegan brace and a single from Irving making them look once again like an awesome team and possible favourites to lift the trophy. Woolton fought well and were unlucky not to convert at least a couple of chances with the NWLL keeper Wilson having a great game.

Waddicar having been at the foot of the table needed a two goal victory over Furs to go through to the next round and gave a five-star performance with Evans & Dixon claiming two each and McGowan the other striker hitting the mark to help his side jump into runners-up spot. Furs looked to be in a strong position prior to kick-off but fell away as Waddicar gained momentum the longer the match went on.

u12s Group A (12th July)

SMT 0-1 Townsend Boys, Merton Villa 3-4 Belvedere

A THRILLER WITH THE VILLA MAKES ISTANBUL LOOK LIKE KIDS STUFF, AS TOWNSEND GO CLEAR AT THE SUMMIT!

Merton Villa seemed to be coasting to victory with an impressive display for the first 40mins against holders Belvedere, taking a 3-0 lead, but last years winners fought back with Fitzpatrick, Hudson and a brace from Connor sealing the fighback in the dying minutes of a pulsating match which emptomises the competition and desire to win from both clubs.

A lone strike from Clegg gave his side three more points against joint leaders SMT and a guaranteed spot in the semi-finals next week for Townsend Boys. SMT only need a least a draw to hold onto second spot against holders Belvedere in a nail-biting end to this group.

u12s Group B (12th July)

Netherley WLL 1-2 Fur & Feather, Waddicar 2-2 Woolton W

FURS GO TOP AS WADDICAR AND WOOLTON SHARE THE POINTS.

Another extremely tight group with all four sides still in with a chance of finishing top with a victory for any of the four sides in their final group matches giving them a guaranteed spot into the semi. Pole position sits Fur & Feather having defeated NWLL with a splendid performance from keeper Lynch and goals from Davies & Kelly lifting them over NWLL despite a late Keegan strike.

Two goals from Willis was not enough for Warriors to claim all 3pts as Waddicar kept in themselves in the race with goals from Moore & McGiveron and another tight 2-2 draw!

u13s Champions League Final (26th July 2008)

Belle Vale w/over Allerton

VALE ARE CHAMPIONS OF LIVERPOOL!

An unfortunate end to a great u13s competition, with Allerton having decided to continue with their successful tour in Holland despite winning their group in this year's Champions League and taking care of Ormskirk WE in the semi-final.

Belle Vale, who accounted for Finn Harps (2-1) in the semi-final, kicked the game off and were crowned as Champions of Liverpool adding to their other titles of South Liverpool League and North West Champions League with the Knowsley International their next objective next weekend in an all-inspiring Capital of Culture 2008 year.

The Player of the Tournament was picked up by Kieron Owens of Belle Vale with the Top Goalscorer (because it's not a Golden Boot !) was a three way split with Nathan Dykstra (Belle Vale) and the Allerton duo of Ryan Cox and Jamie Downing all scoring 5 goals, with each receiving an award.

Date

Group Fixture

Kick-off Time

Pitch No

Sunday

6th July 2008

Marine 0-3 Ormskirk WE

Finn Harps 2-0 Millennium

Swanside 5-1 Phythian

Allerton 5-1 Belle Vale

10.00am

11.15am

Saturday

12th July 2008

Allerton 10-0 Phythian

Belle Vale 3-0 Swanside

Finn Harps 1-0 Ormskirk WE

Millennium 3-2 Marine

12.30pm

13.45pm

Saturday

19th July 2008

Swanside 2-0 Allerton

Phythian 0-9 Belle Vale

Marine 2-1 Finn Harps

Ormskirk WE 1-1 Millennium

10.00am

11.15am

Sunday

20th July 2008

Allerton 2-1(aet) Ormskirk WE

Finn Harps 1-2 Belle Vale

12.00pm

Sat 26th July

Allerton

Belle Vale

2.00pm

u13s Semi-Finals (20th July)

Ormskirk WE 1-2 (aet) Allerton, Belle Vale 2-1 Finn Harps

ALLERTON DO JUST ENOUGH AS HARPS ARE HUNTER-D DOWN IN VALE COMEBACK!

The teams who drew first blood in today's u13s semi-finals, both failed to retain their advantages and were left to think of what might have been. The ormskirk side fought bravely to take a much deserved but unexpected lead through Fowell, but Allerton's spirit brought them back into a game which seemed to have been lost until McCarthy got them level and send the tie into extra-time. With just 3mins on the clock, up popped Marland's 25yrd screamer to send Allerton into the final. Dismay for Ormskirk but a lovely gesture from the Allerton lads giving their beaten adversaries three cheers at the end of play.

Belle Vale did a similar account, but in normal time, as Finn Harps took the lead early in the second half. Impressive personal displays from Hunter & Owens helped the South Liverpool champions back into the match with goals from Dykstra & Donnahey giving them the edge over the Merseyside & Halewood title holders.

u13s Group A (12th July)

Finn Harps 1-0 Ormskirk WE, Millennium 3-2 Marine

JOYCE STRIKE TAKE THE POINTS, WHILE MARINE THROW AWAY A TWO GOAL LEAD

Finn Harps cemented their lead at the top of the group with another military precision performance, a solitary strike from Joyce enough to take the 3pts and head the group and a guaranteed spot into the semi-finals next weekend.

Marine threw away a 2-0 lead after Lewis & Doyle had done a professional job in the first half over Millennium. But the Tuebrook fighting spirit returned to the Millennium ranks after the interval and a great fightback resulted with a superb 3-2 victory.

u13s Group B (12th July)

Swanside Boys 0-3 Belle Vale, Phythian 0-10 Allerton

PHYTHIAN GIVEN TEN OF THE BEST AS VALE TURN THE GROUP UPSIDE DOWN

Allerton romped home against an understrength Phythian side giving an outstanding goalscorer display with hat-trick heroes Cox & Downing while a Brown brace was helped with singles from McCartney and Billy Smart.

An understrength Swanside suffered an unusual and unaccustomed defeat when a hardworking Belle Vale team gained three strikes Owens, Marlow & Dykstra all hitting the mark without reply.

u13s Group A (6th July)

Finn Harps 2-0 Millennium, Marine 0-3 Ormskirk West End

HARPS & WEST END TAKE ALL 3pts WITH BOTH MILLENNIUM & MARINE UNABLE TO HIT THE SCORESHEET!

Finn Harps gained a terrific victory over Tuebrook champions Millennium to top the group in their opening encounter on the Ormskirk pitches despite a superb display at the rearguard from Millennium's Riley. Ormskirk West End turned over much fancied Walton & Kirkdale champions Marine with a class display with goals coming from Rowlands, Williams and Smith. Marine meet Finn Harps in their next match and need something out of that to stay in the tournament!

u13s Group B (6th July)

Swanside Boys 5-1 Phythian, Belle Vale 1-5 Allerton

THE BELL TOLLS FOR PHYTHIAN WITH ALLERTON RINGING VALE'S BELLE TOO!

Two great performances from two in form sides, Swanside having been beaten in the last two finals of this competition are looking to take home the trophy with Bell hitting the hat-trick trail along with single strikes by Bradshaw & Jones. Phythian, winners of the 2006 tournament battled well and will be keen to get something in their next match against Allerton. Two goals apiece from Cox & Downing paved the way for a great team performance with Brown finishing off the scoring and Donnehey the sole replier from Belle Vale, who'd won the North West Champions League tournament the previous day!

u14s Champions League Final (26th July 2008)

Houldings 3-4 Warner Boys

HOWARD HAS THE WINNING WAY FOR WARNER !

Another superb first half display from the only unbeaten u14s side laid the foundation for the Merseyside & Halewood champions to raise the roof and tell the rest of the city they're the best team around.

Yet another strike, his 9th of the five matches, gave Matty Howard, the tournament Golden Boot winner, the opening goal on the 10min mark after great work from Parry left the inform marksman with a simple tap in from close range.

The Houldings side, short of a few first team regulars, looked short of idea's and with two further blows on the stroke of half-time from Parry & Fitzpatrick (pen), there seemed no way back at 0-3 for the Anfield champions.

With 15mins remaining, Houdlings reduced the deficit in what appeared to be just a late consolation from Atherton, which was quickly restored back to a three goal margin when Hardy rounded off a splendid performance with a Georgie Best type goal.

Just 5mins left on the clock, Houldings astonishingly served up two goals from Caldwell & Atherton again and had Warner swaying on the ropes. Too little too late, as the whistle blew for the end of a pulsating last quarter of the match, which had both sets of supporters on the edge of their seats.

The Jimmy Aspinall, Player of the Tournament, also came from the Warner ranks, with Andy Hardy claiming the trophy with the final performance of this years 2008 Champions League competition.

Date

Group Fixture

Kick-off Time

Pitch No

Saturday

5th July 2008

Thornton Boys 4-2 Mayfield

Skem Rangers 2-1 Crosby Stuart

St Annes Rovers 0-1 Houldings

Warner Boys 5-1 New Brighton

10.00am

11.15am

12.30pm

Sunday

13th July 2008

Warner Boys 2-0 Houldings

New Brighton 1-2 St Annes Rovers

Skem Rangers 2-3 Mayfield

Crosby Stuart 1-0 Thornton Boys

10.00am

11.15am

12.30pm

13.45pm

Saturday

19th July 2008

St Annes Rovers 1-1 Warner Boys

Houldings 3-1 New Brighton

Thornton Boys 3-0 Skem Rangers

Mayfield 1-4 Crosby Stuart

12.30pm

13.45pm

Sunday

20th July 2008

Warner Boys 2-1 Crosby Stuart

Thornton Boys 1-2 Houldings

2.00pm

Sat 26th July

(ko 3.00pm)

Champions

League

FINAL

Warner Boys 4

(Howard, Parry, Fitzpatrick, Hardy)

Houldings 3

(Atherton 2, Caldwell)

u14s Semi-Finals (20th July)

Houldings 2-1 Thornton Boys, Warner Boys 2-1 Crosby Stuart

BOTH BOOTLE BOYS BOW OUT, AS HOULDINGS HIT FINAL AT THIRD ATTEMPT & HOWARD'S WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY!

Two first half strikes from tournament top goalscorer Howard gave Warner the perfect start to reach their first champions league final at the first time of asking. Crosby Stuart fought bravely in the second period reducing the deficit with 15mins remaining and then were unluckly when Menagh slammed the ball which was brilliantly turned onto the woodwork by Mills.

Billy Wilson's Houldings side battled bravely against two time winners Thornton (2005 & 2006) giving them no time to settle on the ball. It was Leahy who hit the opener with a thunderous drive and with a second adding to their advantage Thornton found it just too much of a mountain to climb dispite a last minute strike proving to be just a consolation. A nice touch from Thornton's Matty Devine was appreciated by the Houldings defence when after a brilliantly saved tip onto the bar by the Houldings stand-in keeper then had the re-bound seemingly saved again by a Houldings defender - referee's decision was a corner which was quickly opposed by the Thornton attacker and a goal-kick was then awarded. Devine intervention persuading the referee to review his decision. Well done Matty, a nice gesture at 0-1 down with only 15mins remaining!

How many other players would have done the same thing?

u14s Group A (5th July)

Thornton Boys 4-2 Mayfield, Skem Rangers 2-1 Crosby Stuart

A DEVINE START FOR THORNTON, AS SUB SIMPSON LEAVES IT LATE!

Thornton Boys got their fourth consecutive Champions League campaign off to a winning start with an impressive performance against last years semi-finalists Mayfield, a two goal strike from Devine and one from Lee Dailey helped them race to a 3-0 lead and with the points seemingly in the bag before the break. But Mayfield subs White & Moran conspired to lift their side back into a match that appeared beyond rescue at 3-2, but Thornton grabbed a late goal from sub Pruden securing all 3pts and top spot in the group.

Skem Rangers came from behind against Crosby Stuart (Harvey) with firstly a Quine header to bring the sides level and then a last gasp winner from off the bench Simpson giving the new boys a great start in their opening match.

u14s Group B (5th July)

Warner Boys 5-1 New Brighton, St Annes Rvrs 0-1 Houldings

BRIGHTON ARE SHOWN THE HOWARD'S WAY, AS ST ANNE'S FAIL TO HOULD-ON FOR A POINT!

A great start for Warner Boys as both forwards claimed all five goals against a stunned New Brighton side with an excellent display from the Donnelly (2) and match ball winner Howard (3). A superb final goal from Anglesey giving the Wirral side a late consolation.

A very much tighter affair in the other Grp B match saw Houldings eventually break the deadlock through man-of-the-match Leahy to give his side all 3pts.

Date	u11s Results	Kick-off Time
Saturday 7th July 2007 at SIMONSWOOD	Custys 2-6 NWLL	13.00hrs
Monday 9th July 2007 (3rd and final Group matches) at SIMONSWOOD	SMT 2-6 Pear Tree Progress 4-1 Prescot C Townsend 0-2 Custys NWLL 1-1 St Annes	18.15hrs 18.15hrs 19.15hrs 19.15hrs
Thursday 12th July 2007 at SIMONSWOOD (2nd Group matches)	Pear Tree 2-2 Progress R Prescot 8-1 S.M.T. Custys 2-1 St Annes NWLL 0-3 Townsend	19.15hrs 19.15hrs 18.15hrs 18.15hrs
Saturday 14th July 2007 (1st Group matches) at SIMONSWOOD	Pear Tree 1-3 Prescot C Progress R 2-0 S.M.T. St Annes 0-1 Townsend	18.30hrs (Mon) wo 12.00hrs
Tuesday 17th July 2007 (Semi-final Stages)	Progress Rovers 3-1 Custys Townsend 2-4 Prescot Cables	18.15hrs 19.30hrs
Saturday 21st July 2007 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL	Progress Rovers v Prescot Cables	2 0

u11 Champions League Final 2007

A Rea of Sunshine proves its all Rover for Cables

Progress Rovers 2-0 Prescot Cables

The teams had already met in their first champions league group game with Rovers dominating that one by 4-1.

But this one proved a lot tighter dispite Rea converting in the first 5mins of the match. The game flowed from end to end on a massive pitch for the u11s, with every player giving their all to try and capture the Champions League winners medal, but with both keepers in stupendous form there was little chance of this being a high scoring game. The nail-biting Roverites had to wait til the last five 5mins before Jones unearthed his wonder goal to ease the tension and eventually claim their rewards giving Progress Rovers their new club name of Belvedere FC an even more meaningful "Kings of the North" Pear Tree's Connor Cavanagh received his award for the Player of theTournament at the end of the match.

Date	u12s Results	Kick-off Time
Tuesday 26th June 2007 (1st Group matches)	Swanside 3-2 T.M.S. Whiston 3-2 Wilko Crosby Stuart 5-0 Millennium Mossley Hill 5-1 Phythian	18.15hrs 18.15hrs 19.30hrs 19.30hrs
Tuesday 10th July 2007 at SIMONSWOOD (3rd and final Group matches)	Wilko 1-3 Swanside Whiston 1-6 T.M.S. Phythian 3-0 Crosby Stuart Millennium 0-3 Mossley Hill	18.15hrs 19.30hrs 19.30hrs 19.30hrs
Thursday 12th July 2007 (2nd Group matches) at SIMONSWOOD	Swanside 4-1 Whiston T.M.S. 5-1 Wilko Crosby Stuart 0-4 Mossley Hill Phythian 2-0 Millennium	18.15hrs 18.15hrs 19.30hrs 19.30hrs
Monday 16th July 2007 (Semi-final Stages)	*Mossley Hill* 4-0 *T.M.S. Swanside* 4-1 Phythian Central	19.30hrs 18.15hrs
Saturday 21st July CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL	*Mossley Hill* v *Swanside* Boys	1 0

u12 Champions League Final 2007

Its an upHILL task for Swanside

Mossley Hill 1-0 Swanside Boys

Both sides had 100% records going into the final having both won their group with relative ease. There was very little to separate the teams in this one with Mossley Hill having strength in dept just edging it over arch-rivals Swanside. A single strike from Dogshon earned his side the title of Champions of Champions with Steve Jones' side left to pick up a runners-up medal for the second year in succession - hoping and wishing its 3rd time lucky in 2008? Man-of-the-Match and capturing the player of the tournament was Swanside's Callum Hill

Date	u13s Results	Kick-off Time
Friday 29th June 2007 (1st Group matches)	Mags Tigers 2-1 Mayfield St Annes 3-3 Thornton Country Park 7-1 Crosby Stuart Dalewood 9-1 Grovenor	18.15hrs 17.45hrs 19.30hrs 19.30hrs
Tuesday 10th July 2007 (2nd Group matches) at SIMONSWOOD	St Annes 1-2 Mags Tigers Thornton 1-1 Mayfield Dalewood 4-1 Country Park Grovenor 2-3 Crosby Stuart	18.15hrs 19.30hrs 18.15hrs 18.15hrs
Friday 13th July 2007 at SIMONSWOOD (3rd and final Group matches)	Thornton 1-0 Mags Tigers Mayfield 0-1 St Annes R Grovenor 0-3 Country Park Crosby Stuart 0-5 Dalewood	18.45hrs 18.15hrs 19.30hrs 20.00hrs
Tuesday 17th July 2007 (Semi-final Stages)	Mags Tigers 1-3 Country Park Dalewood 3-1 Thornton Boys	18.15hrs 18.15hrs
Saturday 21st July 2007 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL	Country Park v Dalewood	3 1

u13 Champions League Final 2007

Lock STOCK and two smoking barrels given to Dalewood

Country Park 3-1 Dalewood

Hot favourites Dalewood, having beaten Country Park in their goup match by 4-1 earlier in the competition, were brought back down to earth with a bump after conceeding a first half mix-up converted by Stockton. Golden Boot winner Cleary pulled the scores level with his ninth of the tornament and was unlucky not to hit double figures and put his side in front before the interval when his clever lob re-bounding off the Park post. The ever menacing Stockton claimed his second of the game after good work out on the left-hand side and when Player of the Tournament Charlie Kelly unleashed a free-kick special it was party time for Country Park.

Date	u14s Results	Kick-off Time
Saturday 7th July 2007 at SIMONSWOOD (1st Group matches)	Leighbridge 2-1 Broadgreen Jackymundos 5-1 Northfield Millers 1-1 Millenium Real Santos 4-1 Whiston	14.00hrs 14.00hrs 15.15hrs 15.15hrs
Monday 9th July 2007 at SIMONSWOOD (1st Group matches)	Broadgreen 0-4 Jackymundos Leighbridge 2-3 Northfield Whiston 3-5 Millennium Millers 3-3 Real Santos	18.15hrs 18.15hrs 19.30hrs 19.30hrs
Saturday 14th July 2007 (3rd and final Group matches)	Jackymundos 3-1 Leighbridge Northfield 0-6 Broadgreen Millers 5-1 Whiston Real Santos 0-3 Millennium	14.00hrs 14.00hrs 15.15hrs 15.15hrs
Tuesday 17th July 2007 (Semi-final Stages)	Jackymundos 6-1 Millers Millennium 2-1 Broadgreen	19.30hrs 19.30hrs
Saturday 21st July 2007 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL	Jackymundos v Millennium Boys	2 0