SPRINGBOURNE HOMES

Aidey Burr - Lutterworth Road, Nuneaton

BRIAN DOWSETT MEMORIAL CUP FINAL

Stockingford Sports FC  1 - 0 Sporting Lloyds FC

MEET THE TEAMS.

Stockingford Sports FC

Martin Moreno-Nelgard, Dean Elkerton, Simon Campbell, Ryan Scoffham, Jamie Benn, Martin Morris, Danny Sockett, Paul Harrison, Paul Elkerton, Andrew Dagnall, David Merry, Wayne Beaumont,
Declan Moreno-Nelgard, Jon Waters, Ben Brown, Gaz Holmes Steve Wonfor & Arandip Chohan

Sporting Lloyds FC

Neil Badge, Chris Storer, Robert Ratcliffe, Andrew York, Mathew Atkins, Andrew Betteridge,
Mark Greenfield, Steve McCarthy, Kevin Lamb, Chris Lamb, Carl Hutchins, Mathew Brayne,
Dale Wooding, Bret Ward, Carl Richards & Scott Wale.

The final was played in an excellent spirit on a very warm spring day at the Pavilion.  Both defences were well on top.  With both side familiar with each style of play, they cancelled out each other.  After 90 minutes the teams were level at 0 - 0.

Again in extra time it was going to require something special to prevent penalties deciding the winners, and this came in the 118 minute.  The ball was played from the back to Gaz Holmes, who broke clear, he was well marshalled out to the left hand touchline by the Lloyds defence, when he shot from 35 yards, deceiving the keeper, who could only palm it onto the post and watch it trickle over the line for the Sports winner.