Mid Cheshire District Cup – Update Statement

Following an investigation by the Mid Cheshire District FA into the recent Mid Cheshire Cup Semi Final between Barnton and Lostock Gralam Reserves, both clubs have been found guilty of fielding ineligible players, both clubs have been fined, and the match will be replayed on Thursday 16th of April, 6.15pm at Barnton FC.

Lostock Gralam Football Club would like to make it clear that no written complaint was originally put forward by the club and would like thank the Mid Cheshire District FA for looking into the matter. We are embarrassed to have fielded an ineligible player for the reserves in the fixture against Barnton, who had already appeared for the first team in an earlier round of the cup. We hope this draws the matter to a close and look forward to the opportunity to play Barnton again.

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Congratulations to Jack Bryning who picked up a double award taking the Crewe Premier League Golden Boot along with the Players Player of the Year award for this season.

Congratulations to Tom Shutt who took Managers Player of the Year 2007/08.

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LGFC Reserves Squad Photo Season 2007/08

Back row L to R - Craig Jones, Jack Bryning, Jim Kimber, Ray Beattie, Dom Johns, Mark Chung,

Paul Lightfoot, Tom Shutt.  

Front Row L to R - Chris Crawford, Aaron Speight, Mike Clarke, Stu Sharman, John O'Sullivan,

Daz Hayes.

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Winning the Crewe and District 1st Division on 31st March 2007!

Lostock Reserves 4 – 1 Sandbach Town

The young guns of Lostock Reserves brought the first piece of silverware to the club in a decade with a resounded win in their final game of the season.

Kimber settled the nerves in the 4th minute when he threw himself at a Johns cross to open the scoring. The Lambs created a lot of chances but had to wait until just before half time for Harrison to slot home from just outside the box.

Half Time 2 – 0

Sandbach gave their hosts a scare when Halloran scored with what proved to be a consolation goal early in the second half. O’Sullivan scored the goal of the game shortly afterwards when he caught the keeper in conversation with his defence to launch a 63 yard free kick over his head to make it 3 – 1. Bryning put the icing on the cake with the fourth late into the game to spark celebrations that went on long into the night!

Manager Niki Bugg –

 “It’s a great achievement for a team to win the league like this in their first season, particularly with the number of young players we’ve had moving up into adult leagues for the first time. We’ve played good football all year and we’re looking forward to next season”

Vice Chairman Chris Peers –

“They’ve been a great bunch of lads all season and we’re proud that they’ve brought some silverware to the club. We seem to have a good balance of some of the older players dropping down from the first team to bring the young lads on and we hope to repeat the feat next year!”