Last day excitement as Divisions Two and Four Sunday League titles go to the wire
The Tracey Thomas Leamington and District Sunday Football League season ended with final day excitement as Divisions Two and Four were won with last match action.
Pick of the bunch were Hampton Magna, who triumphed over a gallant Kenilworth Wardens and as a result lifted the Division Two crown, to go with the Divisional Cup and the Cancer Supplementary Cup - three pots into the trophy cabinet for a famous triple season.
Chadwick End’s final game of the season, also saw them beat JDS Sporting to take all three points and leapfrog the two teams above them to take top spot in Division Four.
That gave Chadwick a fine league and cup double, having won the cup back in March.
Hampton Magna knew they had to win take the Division Two title and eventually produced a 4-1 success at Kenilworth.
But didn’t quite go to plan to start with.
A well worked corner after 11 minutes took Magna by surprise and Chris Groves struck it sweetly to put Wardens ahead.
Magna thought they were level 10 minutes later but the goal was disallowed for offside.
Several chances went begging for Magna and a swift passing move down the left was whipped into the box and the defender managed to get a shin to it and the ball crashed back off the crossbar and was cleared.
A similar move resulted in the equaliser; the ball being bundled into the net by Rhys Pugh.
Wardens tried to prevent the Magna wave of pressure, but it was relentless.
Two more goals swiftly followed and Magna had a two-goal advantage by half time, Matt Garbett and Aaron Dickens the marksmen.
The second half pace slowed as the heat of the day drained the players.
Drinks breaks helped, but plenty of long balls went unchased.
Garbett wrapped it up with five minutes to go, but it was already done.
Also in Division Two, Kenilworth and Cubbington Sporting lost 2-0 at home to Massey Ferguson Sports and Social Club.
A goal in each half was enough for the Tractor Boys here. Edward Aveyard struck the first just before the break and Harry Green got the second 10 minutes after the restart and sealed the points.
Napton needed the three points at HRI Harbury if they were going to give themselves a chance at the Divisional title, if Magna slipped up.
The plan wasn’t working by half-time as Vitor Machado had struck after only five minutes to put the Veg Boys ahead, and that’s how it stayed until the half-time break.
The rejuvenated Napton players then cruised through the second half and struck five of their own without reply to seal the vital three points with a 5-1 win.
Bradley Allibone got the first two inside 15 minutes of the restart. Rico Fernandez then added a third six minutes later, and Aaron Murray popped up with a brace in 13minutes to wrap it all up.
Napton did their bit, but Magna took the title with their win and Napton finished as runners-up.
Chadwick End won 5-0 against JDS Sporting to clinch the Division Four title.
Chadwick were third before the game, but knew three points would see them leap above Stockton Reserves and Southam United Reserves, who had finished their seasons, to take the title and complete a league and cup double.
This one did go to plan as Chadwick were four goals to the good by the half-hour mark.
George Curry struck a brace, Aaron Rowley and Oliver Senior also on target.
The second half slowed down as the heat took its toll and a solitary strike from Oliver Manoochehri on the hour mark made it five and sealed the points.
Warwick United eventually beat Midland Rovers 4-0.
But Rovers put up a fight here and it was a solitary goal from Sean McFadden that separated the two teams giving United the advantage at half-time, Jamie Johnson-Rawlings adding a second five minutes after the break.
William Johnston-Smith netted another with 20 minutes to go and Donnie Bernard finished it off with nine minutes left on the clock.
So the final Tracey Thomas Leamington and District Sunday Football League honours board reads: Division One champions - Khalsa FC A, Division One Cup winners - Leamington Hibs, Division Two champions - Hampton Magna, Division Two Cup winners - Hampton Magna, Division Three champions - Minds Matter United, Division Three Cup winners - Minds Matter United, Division Four champions - Chadwick End, Division Four Cup winners - Chadwick End, Tracey Thomas Challenge Cup winners - Napton, Cancer Cup Winners - Wellesbourne Wanderers, Cancer Supplementary Cup winners - Hampton Magna, Maurice Billington Cup winners - Stockton, Sean Horgan Cup winners - Kenilworth and Cubbington Sporting, George Dutton Cup winners - Khalsa FC A, Andy Campbell Cup winners - Bishops Itchington.