First Round Draw

First round draw

Games to be played on 18 October at 2.00pm kick off.
 
Hardwick Social v Northallerton Police

Hartlepool Lion Hillcarter v Burradon & New Fordley

Newton Aycliffe WMC v Seaton Carew

Dawdon Colliery Welfare v South Bank

Windmill Kestrels v Seymour

Chapeltown Fforde Grene v AFC Blackburn Leisure

West Bowling v Poulton Royale

Bolton Woods v Fantail

Allerton v Pineapple

Thornton United v Alder

Oyster Martyrs v BRNESC

Queens Park v HT Sports

Lobster v Garston

Home & Bargain v LIV Supplies

Millhouse v Kirkdale

Dengo United v Canada

Frolesworth United v Oaks

Albion v Attenborough Cavaliers

Creation Builders v Mowmacre & Hoskins

RHP Sports & Social v Trentside

Quorn Royals 2008 v Halfway

Birstall Stamford v Punchbowl

Riverside Rovers v Priory Sports

Falcons v Gym United

FC Bengals v Victoria Millers

Club Lewsey v Two Touch

Queens Heads v FC Houghton

North Wembley v Bushey Sports

Belstone v Berkhamsted Athletic

Hammer v AC Sportsman

British Airways HEW v Brache Nation

St Josephs (South Oxhey) v Comets Sports Club

St Josephs v Aylesbury New Zealand

FC Morden v Lambeth All Stars

Barnes Albion v Market Hotel

Polonia Reading v Lebeqs Tavern Courage

Victoria Cross v Emmer Green

Round dates

The round dates are as follows:

First Round - 18th October

Second Round - 15th November

Third Round - 13th December

Fourth Round - 17th January

Fifth Round - 14th February

Semi-Final - 13th March

Final - 17th April (provisional)

Campfield 2 OJM 0

Congratulations to Campfield who beat OJM 2-0 in today's final at Ewood Park. It's the fourteenth time the Sunday Cup has been won by a team from Merseyside (this includes Avenue from the Wirral) but Campfield are only the second winner to hail from the Business Houses league, after two time Champions Nicosia.

Both of their goals were scored by Steven Jones, which is quite appropriate, as Campfield were once called Lee Jones! They've also competed in the Sunday Cup as Thirly.

Final details confirmed...

This season's final between Campfield and OJM will be played on Sunday 26th April at Blackburn Rovers FC. 2.00pm kick off.

Semi-final results

OJM 4 v New Salamis 2 AET (2-2 after 90 mins)

Campfield 2 v Chapeltown Fforde Grene 1

Congratulations to all four teams on reaching this stage. Well done to OJM and Campfield for making it through to the final. Commiserations to New Salamis and to Fforde Grene, both of whom acquitted themselves well today.

Final to be played on 26th April. As the finalists are from Liverpool and Warley (West Midlands) the FA may look to somewhere like Stoke City's Britannia Stadium as an appropriate venue.

Semi final venues confirmed

Campfield v Chapeltown Fforde Grene - at Marine

OJM v New Salamis - at Hednesford Town

Both games to be played on Sunday 15th March, 2.00pm kick off

£4 admission or £1 for U16s and over 65s

Semi Final Draw

Games to be played in 15th March - 2.00pm kick off

Campfield v Chapeltown Fforde Grene
OJM v New Salamis

Venues to be announced. The Campfield game is almost certainly to be played at Marine.

Quarter final results

Home & Bargain 1 v Campfield 2      
Allerton 1 v Chapeltown Fforde Grene 2 
Crawley Green 0 v O.J.M. 1   
N.L.O. 4 v New Salamis 4 AET - New Salamis won 4-3 on penalties

Sunday 15th February

Quarter-final day has arrived and I'm looking forward to watching Allerton v Chapeltown Fforde Grene at the Liverpool County FA ground.

I hope to avoid extra time, as I have to make it back home asap, for tea at my in laws! I won't be updating the blog until after 7.00pm tonight.

Those of you looking for today's results can always try the excellent FA Sunday Cup twitter feed https://twitter.com/FASunday_Cup for live score updates and results.

I can also be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FASCBlogger

Good luck to all teams playing today, in what must be the most open Sunday Cup in years.

Fourth Round Review

Hetton Lyons 4 Chapletown Fforde Grene 7 AET
Four time champions Hetton Lyons suffered the heaviest defeat in their 12 seasons in the Sunday Cup, as they surrendered a 3-0 lead to their Leeds based opponents, Chapeltown Fforde Grene.

Hetton were coasting with a little over 30 minutes remaining and on course to reach their seventh quarter-final. From somewhere, Fforde Grene managed to turn the tie completely on its head and amazingly, they scored seven unanswered goals (three to force extra time) in what must rank as one of the greatest come backs in Sunday Cup history, to secure their third appearance in the last eight.

I saw Fforde Grene in the previous round at Alder and they were missing key players, Dempsey Smith (ex Bradford Park Avenue and Garforth Town) and Joel Hughes, who has scored 19 times for Northern Counties East side Yorkshire Amateur this season. Both strikers bagged a brace in this game. Fforde Grene’s other goals were scored by Daniel Freeman, Dan Sheriffe and Chris Hitchings.

Connor Winter, Ellison and Price were on target for Hetton.

Crawley Green 4 The Windmill 1

The Windmill were hoping for a repeat of their third round heroics, when their long trip to the Home Counties was rewarded with a convincing win at former champs, St Josephs (Luton). The Devon side got off to a great start, as they pressurised Crawley Green’s defence straight from the kick off and Levi Landricombe latched onto Jimmy Alexander's through ball to give them a deserved lead.

This was clearly the wake-up call that Crawley Green needed and from the resultant kick off the Bedfordshire side immediately responded with a goal from James Potter.

The score remained at 1-1until midway through the second half, when Crawley Green’s manager, Craig Freeman, introduced Liam Toomey into the game. Within a few minutes Toomey had created two chances for his team. Crawley’s midfield then came into its own on a very heavy pitch.

Mark Bunker came close with a header from a Toomey pass. In the 75^th minute Danny Watson sprung The Windmill’s off-side trap and from a pin point chip over the defence from Mark Bunker, Watson beat two chasing defenders to slot the ball between the keepers’ legs.

Bunker then succeeded in chipping a ball over the defence with James Potter level with the last defender, about 40 yards from goal. Potter then only had the keeper to beat which he did, to extend Crawley’s lead.

With The Windmill pressing to reduce the arrears, a magical run from Liam Toomey down the left wing saw his cross from the goal line tapped in by Danny Watson to secure the victory.

Black Bull 1 Allerton 4

Connor McCarthy was the main difference between the two sides in this all Liverpool & District league encounter. Black Bull could not contain a rampant McCarthy, who scored all four Allerton goals.

The teenage striker plays for Skelmersdale on a Saturday and Allerton, the 2003 runners up, will be hoping that his sparkling form continues in the quarter-final, where they play host to Chapeltown Fforde Grene, who have never lost a Sunday Cup tie on Merseyside.

New Salamis 2 Barnes Albion 1 AET

Another former finalist bit the dust, as 2013 runners up, Barnes Albion of the West Middlesex league lost to KOPA league team New Salamis. Nick Muir was the Salamis hero, as his goal in extra time booked their first appearance in the quarter-final. Their other goal came from Richard Georgiou.