Coppull United FC

Road to the LFA Shield Final

Coppull United faced Walshaw Sports, Charnock Richard, Hindsford, Vickerstown

and Slyne with Hest on their way to the final.

Round 1: Coppull United 3-1 Walshaw Sports

Coppull United hosted Walshaw Sports in the first round of the LFA shield. Walshaw had the better start, hitting both the post and the bar in the first 10 minutes. Mitch Leece opened the scoring and on the 12th minute, scored a fantastic header to put Coppull 1-0 up. Half-time 1-0. On the 59th minute, Walshaw went down to 10 men as their captain blatantly handled the ball in the penalty box, with the referee awarding a penalty, in which Mitch Leece scored to double the lead. Lewis Grimshaw, on his debut from joining from local rivals Charnock, Richard, managed to grab a well deserved goal after a very good finish. As Walshaw pushed to get back in the game, Gavin King brought down the striker in the box and Walshaw scored, gaining them a late constellation goal.12’ Mitch Leece Goal

49’ Chris Robinson Yellow Card53’ Mitch Leece Penalty Scored74’ Lewis Grimshaw Goal 83’ Gavin King Yellow Card84’ Walshaw Sports Goal MOTM: Mitch Leece

1 Gavin King2 Ike Williams3 Tony Hartley4 Andrew Derbyshire5 David Taylor6 Steven Lynch7 Daniel Fishwick8 Chris Robinson9 Nathan Fairhurst10 Mitchell Leece11 Lewis Grimshaw

12 Alex Green14 Daniel Simm15 Luke Massie

Round 2: Charnock Richard 1-3 Coppull United

12’ Mitch Leece Goal49’ Chris Robinson Yellow Card53’ Mitch Leece Penalty Scored74’ Lewis Grimshaw Goal 83’ Gavin King Yellow Card84’ Walshaw Sports Goal MOTM: Mitch Leece

Andy Roberts (Charnock) Goal

Coppull United travelled to Charnock Richard in the 2nd round of the LFA shield. After a fantastic win in the previous round, Coppull were hoping to beat local rivals and proceed in the competition. It didn't take long for Coppull to get onto the score sheet as Mitch Leech opened the scoring on the 2nd minute. After a few chances both ways, a fantastic Gavin King goal kick set up Mitch Leece to bag his second. HT 2-0Charnock came out strong in the second half and missed a few great chances. Finally one came on the 71st minute as the captain headed in and pulled Charnock back into the game. After a very nervous last 20 minutes, Mitch Leece managed to put the game to bed on the 91st minute with a great goal to secure his hat trick..

1 Gavin King2 Ike Williams3 Daniel Fishwick4 David Taylor5 Peter Dunkley6 Lewis Grimshaw7 Steven Lynch8 Andrew Maitland9 Nathan Fairhurst10 Chris Robinson11 Mitchell Leece

12 Shaun Nightingale14 Daniel Simm15 Luke Massie16 Andrew Almond

Round 3: Coppull United 2-2 Hindsford FC(Coppull win 5-3 on penalties)

Andy Roberts (Charnock) Goal

21’ Hindsford 1-044’ Hindsford 2-050’ David Taylor Goal62’ Mitch Leece Goal 69’ Tony Hartley Yellow CardMOTM: Gavin King

In the 3rd round of the LFA Shield, Coppull came up against another tough opponent. The game started and Coppull were playing against the wind. Hindsford opened the scoring in the 21st minute. An injury to Chris Robinson saw him brought off the pitch and replaced by Danny Simm. Just before second half, Hindsford doubled their lead. In the second half Coppull had the wind on their side and Dave Taylor put Coppull back into the game on the 50th minute with a fantastic header. 7 minutes later Mitch Leece equalised with a fantastic shot to get Coppull back in the game. After a few chances both ways and some great saves from Gavin King, neither side could get a winner so the match went straight to penalties. Gavin King managed to pull off a great save to stop Hindsford's first penalty hitting the back of the net. The match went to penalties: 1. Mitch Leece SCORED2. Nathan Fairhurst SCORED3. Tony Hartley SCORED4. Lewis Grimshaw SCORED5. Ike Williams SCORED

1 Gavin King2 Ike Williams3 Tony Hartley4 Peter Dunkley5 David Taylor6 Daniel Fishwick7 Lewis Grimshaw8 Nathan Fairhurst9 Andrew Maitland10 Chris Robinson11 Mitchell Leece

12 Daniel Simm14 Shaun Nightingale15 Luke Massie

Qtr Final: Coppull United 2-2 Vickerstown FC

(Coppull win 3-2 on penalties)

12’ Vickerstown Goal13’ Gavin King Yellow Card50’ Lewis Grimshaw Goal66’ Mitch Leece Goal 78’ Vickerstown Penalty Scored90’ Mitch Leece Yellow CardMOTM: Nathan Fairhurst

Coppull United faced Vickerstown in the LFA Shield Quarter Final. It didn't take long for Vickerstown to open the scoring and a minute later, Gavin King was booked for claiming the Vickerstown player handled the ball in the lead up to the goal. In the first half the game was stopped for up to 5 minutes so defender Tony Hartley could receive treatment after being knocked out from a shoulder to the head. In the second half, academy player Danny Simm came on for Tony and it took 5 minutes for Coppull to find their deserved equaliser. Lewis Grimshaw past a couple of players and lashed the ball into the top corner. 15 minutes later, Mitch Leece carried on his goal scoring form and put Coppull in front for the first time in the game. Vickerstown got back into the game with a penalty after Danny Grimshaw handled the ball in the box. The final whistle went and for the second round in a row, the game went to penalties. A fantastic performance from Gavin King saw Coppull win the shootout 3-21. Mitch Leece MISSED2. Nathan Fairhurst SCORED 3. Jordan Wilson SCORED4. Pete Dunkley SAVED 5. Ryan Salmon SCORED

1 Gavin King2 Ike Williams3 Tony Hartley4 Peter Dunkley5 David Taylor6 Daniel Fishwick7 Lewis Grimshaw8 Andrew Maitland9 Nathan Fairhurst10 Mitchell Leece11 Ryan Salmon

12 Daniel Simm14 Shaun Nightingale15 Jordan Wilson16 Daniel Grimshaw17 Alex Green

Semi-Final: Coppull United 2-0 Slyne with Hest

12’ Vickerstown Goal13’ Gavin King Yellow Card50’ Lewis Grimshaw Goal66’ Mitch Leece Goal 78’ Vickerstown Penalty Scored90’ Mitch Leece Yellow CardMOTM: Nathan Fairhurst

15’ Mitch Leece Goal 30’ Ryan Salmon GoalMOTM: Nathan Fairhurst/Ryan Salmon/Mitch Leece/Peter Dunkley

Coppull started very strong and Mitch Leece opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a fantastic goal. 15 minutes later, Mitch got his second when Tony Hartley played a fantastic ball through to Ryan Salmon who set Mitch Up for the finish. Coppull saw out the first half without conceding and had the 2 goal lead going into the second half.Coppull defended fantastically in the second half and Slyne had very few chances to get back into the game. All 11 men and 3 subs worked as hard as they could until the final minutes to secure their place in the final. Ryan Salmon and Jordan Wilson both had chances to finish the game, but the Slyne goalkeeper prevented them.  Not one Coppull player had a bad game and if 11 men could win the man of the match award, they would all have it.

1 Gavin King2 Ike Williams3 Tony Hartley4 Peter Dunkley5 David Taylor6 Daniel Simm7 Lewis Grimshaw8 Nathan Fairhurst9 Daniel Fishwick10 Mitchell Leece11 Ryan Salmon

12 Daniel Grimshaw14 Jordan Wilson15 Steven Lynch16 Alex Green17 Andrew Almond