 | 3 Sept 2005 - Results and brief reports
 | Semi 1 Bridgnorth 3-1 Telford
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| Semi 2 Shrewsbury 6-2 Whitchurch |
| 3rd/4th Telford 8-1 Whitchurch |
| Final Bridgnorth 5-2 Shrewsbury |
This season's competition was staged at the two of the
newest pitches in Telford, Madeley Court and Oakengates. The two semi-finals
were played simultaneously, as were the subsequent final and 3rd/4th
playoff. |
| In the Madeley-based semi-final, Whitchurch surprised
Shrewsbury with an early breakaway goal through Ross Gill. But Shrewsbury
came back with four goals, two from Matt Sillence, and one each from Mark
Siddorn and Jon Davis to go in at half time a comfortable 4-1 up. But in the
second half Whitchurch again scored first through Jamie Hunt to keep
Shrewsbury on their toes but they eventually ran out 6-2 winners with
further goals for Mark Siddorn and Matt Sillence. |
| Over at Oakengates, Telford, without their influential
South Africans and losing key playmaker and captain Simon Such to injury
after just 5 minutes, were always up against it. At half time
Bridgnorth were 2-1 up through Dave Tuckett-Good and Paul Merrick, with Alex
Johnson getting the Telford goal against his old club mates. In the second
half Bridgnorth consolidated their lead through Peter Evans and ran out 3-1
winners. |
| The 3rd/4th playoff went to Telford by the considerable
margin of 8-1 as players were dropping like flies with cramp. The final turned out to be almost as one sided
as Shrewsbury, with only a 12 man squad, tired more so than Bridgnorth and
by half time the game was virtually over with Bridgnorth 4-0 up. Their
scorers were Dave Tuckett-Good, Peter Evans with 2 and Dave Westhead. In the
second half the game was more evenly contested but Bridgnorth sealed the
result with their 5th goal from Dan Wright. Shrewsbury refused to let go of
the trophy that easily and scored a couple of
late consolations through Matt Sillence and, after a goal mouth scramble at
an over-time short corner, captain Steve Rivett to make the final score 5-2. |
