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Liverpool Champions League 2011 Finals
(Saturday 23rd July 2011)
The competition reached its climax in glorious sunshine which kept with the crowds until the final whistle
was blown on the 10th year of the tournament.
It was a delight to see the players congratulating each other at the
end of such a superb event, supervised excellently this year by the influx of firefighters, volunteering their
time throughout the four weekends.
A special thanks must go to our four sponsors, Liverpool Mutual Homes, Arena Homes,
Merseytravel and Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service who again, even in this time of hardship, chose to support the
competition for the kids of Liverpool.
u11s LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL sponsored by LMH
Whiston Juniors 2-1 Mossley Hill
Whiston took an early
lead through RYAN McCALL within 5mins of the start of the game, this was quickly doubled a minute
or two later thanks to JAMES HULME strike. This gave the Rainhill champions an unassailable lead, and
despite Mossley Hill pressure were just too strong on the day for the Merseyside&Halewood Champions. Whiston's
JOHNNY FOY collected the Player of the Tournament while ETHAN DWYER was unable to add to
his tally of five before the final, received the Golden Boot.
Whiston were actually playing in their
50th final under their manager Mark Burke, so celebrations were in abundance come the trophy collection time!
u12s LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
sponsored by ARENA HOMES
Woolton Wanderers 2-0 AFC Liverpool
u13s LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
sponsored by MERSEYTRAVEL
Ash Celtic
1-0 South Liverpool
The Green & White hoops brigade were triumphant again for the second successive season beating arch rivals
South Liverpool (formerly Burford) by an identical scoreline as last year.
This time it was TOLANI
who was the toast of the Ash as he scored the only goal of the game, enabling his club to retain the coveted title of "Champions
of Liverpool"
u14s LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
sponsored
by
MERSEYSIDE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICES
The Farmers 2-1 Quarry Green
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service took centre stage in this years event as they helped not just this age group but
the entire 32 clubs for the four weekends feeding them with bottled water and distributing fruit to each of the players.
Tuebrook Champions, The Farmers were playing in their first ever Champions League final, having defeated the group winners
Leighbridge on pens at the semi-final stage last week, had to come from behind in today's final to eventually lift the
trophy which had eluded their club for so long. Quarry Green were slight favourites for this one having defeated
holders and Belle Vale Champions Netherley WLL in their semi-final. They edged in front in this one through an
excellent strike from Captain DARREN INSTONE, but were unable to increase their advantage and pressure
from Farmers eventually took its toll when they first levelled the tie from a BRANDON GOUDIE strike
with less than six minutes remaining, and then a free-kick on the far side of the pitch was floated into
the danger area at the far post and DANIEL WHITE headed the winner passed the Quarry keeper for
the Tuebrook side to go ecstatic at the final whistle seconds later.
The semi-final stages were reached last weekend in the tournament for Champions with all 16 teams eager
to progress to next weeks finals, meeting each other head on for the bragging rights across the city. As the competition
reached its penultimate week the heavens opened but the football played on the pitch more than made up for the dismal conditions
with some outstanding team performances.
WHISTON & MOSSLEY BOUNCE THEIR WAY TO FINALS
u11s semi-finals
The u11's highly contested section saw both
group winners triumph in their semi-finals by identical scorelines. Mossley Hill accounted for Woolton FC helped by
strikes from TOMMY HANNAH, PHILLIP DEVENEY and ANDY JACKSON and look forward to meeting Rainhill Champions
Whiston Juniors who can thank KYLE BLACKHURST, JOHNNY FOY and JOSH NUGENT for their triumphant performance
against Walton & Kirkdale Champions Metcalf Kitchens.
u11s semi-finals
MOSSLEY
HILL 3-0 WOOLTON DIAMONDS
WHISTON JUNIORS 3-0
METCALF KITCHENS
AFC GET IT WRIGHT TWICE, WHILE IT'S DEJA VUE FOR WOOLTON
u12s semi-finals
Beaten Finalists in 2010
TMS were favourites to avenge their defeat against Woolton Wanderers but AFC Liverpool had other idea's. Another
great match saw AFC power into the final with just 10mins remaining JOE WRIGHT slid the ball into the corner
of the TMS net, the lead was doubled in the dying moments when JOE WRIGHT again hit the back of the TMS net
and secured his side's progress into this years final.
The earlier semi-final saw a glut of goals with
Woolton Wanderers taking an early two goal lead thanks to JAMES GALLOWAY and ALEX SCHULZ, Westpool halved
the deficit before HARRY BLACKBURN restored Wooltons advantage before the break. Wooltons MATTY
GILL appeared to put the tie beyond the Westpool reach but the "never say die" spirit was evident
again in the Anfield Champions ranks as they brought the tie back to 4-3. A cracking game for the football fanatic,
but not one for the Manager!
u12s Semi-finals
WOOLTON Wanderers 4-3
WESTPOOL
TMS
0-2 AFC LIVERPOOL
RICHARD THE THIRD RULES WOOLTON, AS CELTIC LOOK TO KEEP THE CUP
u13s Semi-finals
Saturday saw South Liverpool u13s (formerly Burford), having won their group in style, take control of their semi-final
tie against close neighbours Woolton Diamonds, who just couldn't get going on the day. A great individual display
from South's centre forward, JOE RICHARDS, claiming the match ball with three splendid strikes help to
catapult his side into their second consecutive Champions league final.
Holders Ash Celtic found the going a little bit more tough against Bootle FC, they had to come from 0-1 to eventually overcome
their opponents in probably the match of the day. Bootle's CONNOR WOODS broke the deadlock with only
10mins remaining but, this seemed to rally the Ash troops into another gear who quickly replied from CALLYM MOORE
& TOLANI OMOTALA, the result was confirmed in the dying minutes when ELLIOT HUGHES lobbed the
keeper from all of 35yards. A repeat of last years final sees the Belle Vale league yet again provide both finalists
in next weekends mouth watering encounter.
u13s semi-finals
SOUTH LIVERPOOL 3-0 WOOLTON DIAMONDS
ASH CELTIC 3-1
BOOTLE FC
A ROCKY ROCKET
UPSETS HOLDERS, AS BURKE SAVES THE DAY
u14s
semi-finals
Sundays rainsoaked and windswept matches saw some hard fought displays battle their way through
to this years finals. In a fantastic u14s section, both matches saw the group runners-up overcome the group winners
when firstly holders Netherley Wood Lane Legion were outfought by former Champions League winners Quarry Green (NAC Tigers).
BRANDON GROVES scored his second in as many days as he helped secure firstly qualification from the group in a solid
1-0 victory over Mossley Hill, then the opener against favourites NWWL. STEPHEN ROCKCLIFFE made the
finals a certainty when he unleashed a 25yrd bullet to the delight of the watching supporters.
The second semi-final
saw another tough match with Farmers just edging it over Springfield Champions Leighbridge. Even at the full-time whistle
with the score at 1-1, plus 20mins extra time the teams could not be split, goals from Leighbridge's DAVID MEE
and Farmers equaliser coming from SHAUN SMITH. So it was left to the keepers to become the heros of
the day and it turned out to be the Farmers keeper MICHAEL BURKE's MoM display with the Farmers winning
in a 3-2 penalty success which gave the Farmers their first ever appearance in a Champions League final. It was a delight
to see each of the players from both teams shaking each others hands and wishing the victors success in next weeks final.
u14s semi-finals
NETHERLEY
WLL 0-2 QUARRY GREEN
LEIGHBRIDGE 1-1 THE FARMERS
(Farmers
win 3-2 on pens)
All the sponsors have been
excellent this year with volunteers from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service becoming a great asset to this years competition.
All teams have been supplied with an ambundance of free bottled water and fruit on each day of the event with the complements
of the MF&RS
Next weeks finals are to be held at De La Salle College schedule:
u11s sponsored by LMH
WHISTON
JUNIORS v MOSSLEY
HILL ko 11am
u13s sponsored by MERSEYTRAVEL
SOUTH LIVERPOOL
v ASH CELTIC ko
12pm
u12s sponsored by ARENA HOMES
WOOLTON WANDERERS v AFC
LIVERPOOL ko1pm
u14s sponsored by MERSEYSIDE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE
THE FARMERS v
QUARRY GREEN ko 2pm
The
10th year of the Liverpool Champions League kicked off on a glorious Summers day on the former schoolboy fields of Wayne Rooney
at De La Salle College. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service were on hand with the distribution of free bottled water
and fruit, re-inforcing their campaign for Healthy Eating, the pitches were ready and the supporters were keen for the
tournament to get underway to discover which club is possibly the Best team in the area!
Group
11A
Mossley draw a blank in the Kitchen, whilst Formby
get the Real thing
Metcalf Kitchens 0-0
Mossley Hill
Formby JSC 2-4 Real Vikings
The
first u11s match produced an end to end classic goaless encounter, neither club able to break the deadlock due to some excellent
custodial work and defending on both sides the match ended in a 0-0 scoreline despite some hair raising moments from the two
title winning team of the Walton & Kirkdale and the Merseyside & Halewood junior leagues. MoMs Andy
Jackson (Mossley Hill) & Ben Hamlet (Metcalf Kitchens).
The second match in the group
saw Real Vikings fire themselves to the league summit with a splendid 4-2 victory over Formby JSC. A double each for
Jack Dennigan and substitute James West was too much for the Craven Minor Champions
who despite some excellent football could only reply through Luke Warden & Joe
Maybury.
Group
11B
Smith Double is two
too many for Tricorn as Whiston & Crosby prove a point!
Tricorn Hotel 0-2 Woolton
Crosby Stuart
2-2 Whiston Jnrs
Ben Smith came off the bench to help his side claim three
invaluable points with two strikes either side of the break. Halton Champions Tricorn Hotel will be looking to better
that result in their next champions league encounter with the support of their MoM Jack Ward.
Kieron Moran also impressing in the Woolton ranks.
A fiesty affair in the other group B match
saw another end-to-end game with both teams settling for a point a piece, Rainhill Champions Whiston Juniors
took the lead via a 25yrd Kyle Blackhurst screamer. Crosby fought back well to draw level from Peter
Fletcher strike and then putting their noses in front when Tom Cain was first to re-act from a re-bounded
shot. Whiston's late late equaliser was another close range tap in when Arron Murphy pounced to
help his side gain a share of the spoils.
Group
13A
Birkdale point feels like defeat, while early
South strikes hit Haydockers hard.
Bootle
2-2 Birkdale Utd
Haydock 1-6 South Liverpool
Birkdale's Kieran Sheen opened up the scoring with a fabulous 30yrd direct free-kick special
to give the underdogs a more than deserved lead, two years previous in the same competition, Bootle had smashed the Craven
Minor champions by 9-0, totally different story today! James Howell eventually got the Bootle boys
back level pegging but Gelling quickly restored the Birkdale advantage 2-1 with a well worked goal.
Despite having a good amount of possession at 2-1, Birkdale were unable to convert a third goal and it was left to Karl
Dale to get his boots in gear and slam the equaliser home before the final whistle.
South Liverpool
fired in two in as many minutes against top Warrington side Haydock who found the going a little tough in their opening Champions
League encounter against a really strong looking ex-Burford outfit and Champions from the Belle Vale league. Doubles
for Lee Jones & Joe Richards were added to by O'Reilly and Charlie Mock
- Haydock's consolation strike coming from James Newton.
Group 13B
Ash cloud lifts over Widnes while Roberts treble gives Diamonds the edge!
Waterloo Park 0-4 Woolton Diamonds
Ash Celtic
2-0 Widnes Dragons
Holders of the Liverpool Champions League
trophy had a dodgy looking start to this years campaign when newboys Widnes Dragons almost caught 2010 winners Ash
Celtic cold, Widnes raced out of the blocks and pressured the Belle Vale outfit for vitually the opening 20mins.
Ash's luck held firm and a goal each from Tom Stevens & Tolani Omotola gave all three
points on offer to the green & white crew.
Max Pye gave an impressive display in the Dragons
ranks.
A superb hat-trick and MoM award for Liam Roberts helped his Woolton side to a great start
over Hightown champions Waterloo Park, who failed to find their goalscoring boots on the hottest day on the year. Dominic
Burke completed the Diamonds scoring while Park's Rob Johnson picked up his teams
MoM accolade.
RESULTS (from 3rd July)
Group 11A Metcalf Kitchens 0-0
Mossley Hill
Group 11A Formby JSC 2-4
Real Vikings
Group 11B Tricorn Hotel 0-2
Woolton
Group 11B Crosby Stuart 2-2
Whiston Jnrs
Group 13A Bootle 2-2 Birkdale Utd
Group
13A Haydock 1-6 South Liverpool
Group 13B Waterloo 0-4 Woolton Diamonds
Group
13B Ash Celtic 2-0 Widnes Dragons
Saturday 9th July
Group 11A Metcalf
Kitchens 2-1 Formby JSC
Group
11A Real Vikings 2-4 Mossley
Hill
Group 11B Tricorn Hotel
1-1 Crosby Stuart
Group 11B Whiston Jnrs
4-2 Woolton
Group 12A TMS 4-1
Ash Celtic
Group 12A Kirkby Woodpecker 0-2 Westpool
Group 12B Woolton W
3-1 Knowsley Sth
Group 12B Netherley WLL
0-3 AFC Liverpool
Group 13A Sth Liverpool
4-1 Birkdale
Group 13A Bootle
3-0 Haydock
Group 13B Ash Celtic
8-0 Waterloo Park
Group 13B Woolton Diamonds 1-0 Widnes Dragons
Group 14A The Farmers 3-1
Halewood Jnrs
Group 14A Formby JSC
0-2 Netherley WLL
Group 14B Leighbridge
4-1 Mossley Hill
Group 14B Quarry Green
0-1 Northfield
Sunday 10th July
Group 11A Mossley Hill 5-2 Formby JSC
Group 11A Real Vikings 1-1 Metcalf Kitchens
Group 11B Woolton
3-0 Crosby Stuart
Group 11B Whiston Jnrs 3-0 Tricorn
Hotel
Group 12A TMS 3-2
Kirkby Woodpecker
Group 12A Westpool
4-2 Ash Celtic
Group 12B Woolton
W 2-0 Netherley WLL
Group 12B AFC Lpool 2-1 Knowsley Sth
Group 13A South Liverpool 2-0 Bootle
Group 13A Birkdale Utd
6-5 Haydock
Group 13B Woolton Dmonds 1-1 Ash
Celtic
Group 13B Widnes Dragons 6-1 Waterloo
Group 14A The Farmers 4-1
Formby JSC
Group 14A Netherley WLL
2-1 Halewood
Group 14B Leighbridge
2-3 Quarry Green
Group 14B Northfield
0-2 Mossley Hill
Saturday 16th July (Semi-final
Match)
Semi-Final 1 u11s Mossley Hill
3-0 Woolton
Group 14A
Netherley WLL 1-0 Farmers
Group 14A Halewood Jnrs
2-2 Formby JSC
Semi-Final 2 u11s Whiston Juniors 3-0
Metcalf Kitchens
Group 14B
Northfield 0-4 Leighbridge
Group 14B Mossley
Hill 0-1 Quarry Green
Group
12A Westpool 2-2
TMS
Group 12A
Ash Celtic 0-3 Woodpecker
Semi-Final 1 u13s Sth
Liverpool 3-0 Woolton Diamonds
Group
12B AFC Liverpool 0-2 Woolton
Wanderers
Group 12B
Knowsley Sth 1-1 Netherley WLL
Semi-Final 2 u13s Ash
Celtic 3-1 Bootle FC
Sunday 17th July (Semi-final Match)
Netherley WLL 0-2 Quarry
Green
Leighbridge 1-1aet
Farmers (Win 3-2pens)
Woolton 4-3
Westpool
TMS
0-2 AFC Liverpool
Saturday 23rd July
(u11s Liverpool Champions League Final)
ko
11.00am MOSSLEY HILL V WHISTON JUNIORS (pitch 1)
(u12s Liverpool Champions League Final)
ko 13.00pm WOOLTON WANDERERS v AFC LIVERPOOL (pitch
1)
(u13s Liverpool Champions League Final)
ko 12.00pm SOUTH LIVERPOOL
v ASH CELTIC (pitch 2)
(u14s
Liverpool Champions League Final)
ko 14.00pm QUARRY GREEN v
THE FARMERS (pitch 2)
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