Lancashire Football Association Sunday Trophy 2018/19

2017/18 Sunday Trophy Winners: Blackhurst Budd FC Semi-Final Tie Ribbleton FC v Eleven Sports Media 20 March 2019 Kick off 7:30pm A message from the Chairman...

Good evening everyone, and welcome to “ tonight’s FA Sunday Trophy Semi-Final tie between Ribbleton FC and Eleven Sports Media On behalf of the Lancashire Football Association, I’d like to welcome all of you to tonight’s match and to the Sir Tom Finney Stadium - the home of Bamber Bridge FC. I’d like to thank Bamber Bridge for hosting us this evening as well as thank and welcome our partners for this historic competition, Poppy Signs.

Tonight’s match is the first of the Sunday Trophy semi finals, after the other tie, Acregate Lane v Crown Paints, was called off due to the recent poor weather across the region. Details of the revised tie will be announced in due course.

This is another chance for one of our grassroots clubs to get to a prestigious final and potentially write their name in the history books. Its night’s like tonight that players live for and I am confident we will see two side’s who push and dig deep to reach the final on 2 May.

The very best of luck to both sides this evening and to our brilliant officials.

Enjoy the game and we hope to see you at Lancashire FA soon for some of our 20 County Cup finals!

Roger Haydock Chairman” Competitions Comittee Path to tonight’s Semi-Final...

First Round - 9 September 2018 Ribbleton FC 20-1 AFC Longridge Eleven Sports Media 3-2 Gregson Lane

Second Round - 23 September 2018 Ribbleton FC - Bye Eleven Sports 3-3 AFC Additions (won 3-2 on pens)

Third Round - 14 October 2018 Avenue 0-9 Ribbleton FC Hunters & Rangers 2-2 Eleven Sports (won 5-6 on pens)

Fourth Round - 18 November 2018 Ribbleton FC 1-0 New Albert Eleven Sports Media 1-1 The Hares(won 7-6 on pens)

Quarter Final - 6 January 2018 Ribbleton FC 8-0 Bamber Bridge United Eleven Sports Media 9-0 Wigan Wanderers A Brief History of Ribbleton FC

Ribbleton Football Club began life as Denville Devils in 2000 with seven players that resided on Denville Road in Ribbleton and played on the 5 a side pitches adjacent to North End. This soon expanded to 14 players, representing Ribbleton in two competitive teams on a weekly basis.

During the summer of 2001, five parents formed a committee and the club became Ribbleton Juniors FC. They became affiliated to the Lancashire FA and joined the Mid Lancs Colts Junior Football League, entering an Under 9’s team.

Since that first year they have developed teams every year providing football for players from Ribbleton, Callon, Brookfield and beyond from six years of age through to seniors.

They now have almost 400 players representing 29 teams from Under six to Seniors in the Mid Lancs Colts, Central Lancs, Lancashire Sunday League and Lancashire FA leagues. They also have five girls teams representing the club in the Poulton & District and North Valley & Burnley Unity Youth Leagues. Our sponsors...

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For more information on Poppy Sings, visit www.PoppySigns.co.uk Sunday Trophy Winners A Brief History of Eleven Sports Media

Eleven Sports Media FC were previously known as The Saddle and Northern Care FC. The club have been going for over 25 years in the Blackpool Sunday Alliance and this is the furthest the club has ever reached in the Lancashire FA Sunday Trophy.

They are managed by Matthew Livingstone and he is assisted by Des Taylor and Jez Wals. The club is based at the Saddle Pub in Blackpool and is run by Steve Brogi and Wayne Howsley. Eleven Sports Media are the club sponsors and have sponsored the club this season. Ribbleton FC Eleven Sports Media

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Referee: Richard Braithwaite Asisstant Referee: Daniel Slater Asisstant Referee: Martin Winters Fourth Official: Shahid Iqbal 90 MINUTES TO BE PLAYED – 45 MINUTES EACH HALF IF THE SCORE IS LEVEL AT FULL TIME, THE TIE WILL GO TO KICKS FROM THE PENALTY MARK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION BOARD