Cup finalists emerge in Leamington and District Sunday Football League

Chadwick End will play JDS Sporting in the Division 4 Cup final after their 1-0 win over Southam United Reserves.

A really close game here, and it was decided by a solitary Oliver Senior strike after twenty minutes. Southam pushed hard to find the leveller, but Chadwick held on and progress into the Division 4 Cup final, which will be held at Kineton Sports and Social club, Park Piece Kineton on Sunday 22nd March 3pm Kick off, entry by ticket or CASH only on the gate, where they will face JDS Sporting FC. The bar will be open and a BBQ will be available.

We move on to the Semi-finals for the Division 3 Cup. We start out in the sticks at Ettington where home side Ettington Rovers FC entertained visitors Castle United FC.

Ettington Rovers FC 2 Castle United FC 2

These sides could not be separated at half time or after ninety minutes. With a goal apiece in each half we went to Penalty kicks. Glen Matthew had given Ettington the advantage after only nine minutes but Castle were level before the break. Castle got their second goal early in the second period and it was a last minute strike from Joel Rolfe that kept Ettington in the tie. So it went to penalty kicks. Ettington winning 3 – 2, to progress into the Division 3 Cup Final where they meet the winners of our third Semi-final of the day, Minds Matter FC at home to Real Barston FC

Minds Matter FC 5 Real Barston FC 1

No penalty kicks required here. Conor Smith on form, bagging four goals to take Minds into the Final. Jake McCarthy Phillips with the fifth for Minds. Amine Bouhali with the Real Barston consolation just before the break.

Minds Matter will play Ettington Rovers in the Division 3 Cup final on Sunday 29th March, 3pm kick off, at Stockton Sports and Social Club. Entry will be by ticket or Cash only on the gate. The bar will be open.

We continue with Cup matches and start with two ties from the Cancer Cup.

Long Itchington FC 2 Cubbington Albion FC 3

A game of two halves here as Long Itchington were two up by half time. The game turned on it’s head for the second half and Albion struck back with three of their own to take the tie. Billy Gatfield with a brace to pull Albion level either side of the hour mark, and Harry Hartin slotted home the winner with three minutes left on the clock. Albion progress into the next round.

Wellesbourne Wanderers FC 1 Leamington Hib’s FC 1

Hib’s scored first on the half hour mark through Reece Rawlings. Wanderers made it all square with twenty minutes to go with the equaliser coming from James Michael Pomeroy. So it went to penalty kicks. Wanderers won the spot kicks 3 – 2.

We have a thriller from the Cancer Supplementary Cup tie at Kineton.

Kineton United FC 4 Kenilworth and Cubbington Sporting FC 3

Sporting were up by a single goal to nil at half time, after a solitary Jack Keeling strike after twenty minutes. The second half saw Luke Swinnerton extend the Cubbington advantage six minutes after the re-start. Fifteen minutes later and cue the Kineton recovery. Liam Naven-Jones just past the hour mark put Kineton onto the scoreboard. Thomas Gardner then scored a second for Kineton six minutes later to make it all square again. Keeling then popped up for his second to restore the Cubbington advantage with just over ten minutes to go. Less than five minutes later and Rob Herdman replied for Kineton to make it three all. Then came the sting in the tail as Naven-Jones grabbed his second of the game with four minutes left on the clock and that’s how it finished. Kineton progress into the next round.

We move on to two matches from the Andy Campbell Cup.

Heathcote Athletic FC 3 HRI Harbury FC 3

Max Lambert and Sam Mitchell with the veg boys first half goals. Kieran Walsh with the third coming with less than ten minutes to go. Heathcote also scored three and so it went to penalty kicks. HRI Harbury won the spot kick competition 3 – 4 and therefore progress into the next round.

Kenilworth TownFC 0 Khalsa FC“B” 1

Another single goal tie. Sam Williamson with the winner here after half an hour. Khalsa progress into the next round.

We round off our Cup matches with one tie from the Division 2 Cup.

Hampton MagnaFC 1 Napton FC 0

A solitary David Jones goal with fifteen minutes to go was the best of the action here as Magna triumph.

We move on to League action now and we start with one game from Division 1

Bishops Itchington FC 1 Khalsa FC “A” 1

Manjinder Dhaliwal put Khalsa ahead after only ten minutes here. And that’s how it stayed and it appeared that the points were going home with the visitors. Then up popped Kyle Locklin to make it all square in the last minute and salvage a point for Bishops.

We move on to Division 4 for our last three matches.

Balsall and Berkswell FC 4 Midland Rovers FC 2

Fastest goal of the day here for Jonathan Ley in the first minute to set the Hornets on their way. Kyle Heath added two more before the break. Luke Sangha pulled one back for Rovers. Heath got his hat-trick goal just past the hour mark after William Antonio had grabbed a second for Rovers to give them hope. The Hornets held on to take the points.

Khalsa FC “C” 2 Stockton Reserves FC 1

Riley Sly gave Khalsa the lead after nineteen minutes. Ben Osborne made it all square just before the hour mark, but Harry Belcher struck back to restore the Khalsa advantage and that’s how it finished.

Warwick United FC 0 Wellesbourne Wanderers Dev’s FC 2

A goal in each half was enough for Wellesbourne here. James Lynch with the first half goal just before the break, and Caleb Clydesdale with the second half strike just before the hour mark.