EDITOR'S CHOICE TOP STORIES LEWISHAM: Soccer coach had 54 kilos of heroin in his car Kingston College pupil stabbed to death CROYDON: Officer attacked by mob says he feared for his life FEATURES Taking fear-guard action Helping get kids off the street MAYOR NEWS Mayor backs booze ban plan for Croydon's under-21s TRAVEL Foreign vehicle drivers not paying parking fines COMPETITIONS Win Disney/Pixar WALL•E game for Wii VOTE Do you think people caught carrying knives should automatically be jailed? Yes, it’s the only way to stop knife crime. No, it’s too simplistic a solution. Don’t know. GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register

Most read Comments 1 LEWISHAM: Soccer coach had 54 kilos of heroin in his car 2 CROYDON: Officer attacked by mob says he feared for his life 3 Win tickets for Dirty Dancing 4 Kingston College pupil stabbed to death 5 BROMLEY: Sheep sex suspect barred from farmyards 6 CROYDON: Police appeal after attempted abduction 7 Killer's sentence won't stop knives: mum 8 WANDSWORTH: Teen murder suspect 'was also stabbed' 9 Police appeal after attempted abduction 10 Chesham swoop for international Today | 7 Days 1 Update: Boy murdered in gang attack 2 'UFOs' spotted in Cheam 3 London's most dangerous streets revealed 4 CROYDON: Officer attacked by mob says he feared for his life 5 Johnson calls for ‘common sense’ to improve quality of life for Londoners 6 Expert warns of baby deaths linked to incinerators 7 Killer ladybirds in the capital 8 SUTTON: 85 OAP villagers to be evicted 9 WANDSWORTH: Huntington's disease leads to restaurant ban 10 Replica guns seized from collector

Comment | Read Comments (1)

Belstone 3 Broadfields United 1 . . .

Harrow Sunday Challenge League Champions Cup final . . .

Belstone produced a fine performance to lift the Champions Cup on Sunday.

Manager Joe Sheridan, true to his word, started all the substitutes from the recent Premier Cup victory and made five changes, but the hosts still proved too strong for Broadfields.

With the final being played on the beautifully-prepared Belstone pitch, in front of great local support, Sheridan asked not only for a victory, but to put on a performance that has recently been lacking. He was not let down.

Belstone took the game to Broadfields from the kick-off. Kevin Yule, playing in the midfield holding role, broke up play impressively and played some delightful balls to start attacks.

Mark Blackburne on the right side of midfield terrorised his full-back and was a major threat.

It was no surprise when he set up the first goal after 10 minutes, with a pin-point free-kick, which captain Chris Ingham got on the end of with a near-perfect header into the top left corner from 18 yards.

Broadfields struggled to get into the game and Blackburne then made it 2-0. He received the ball inside his own half, ran from the right past five defenders, before eventually cutting in and smashing the ball just under the bar from outside the area.

Number three soon followed. Jamie Arthur got on the end of a Nick Turner clearance, before beating his defender and rounding the keeper.

With a three-goal advantage, Belstone sat back in the second half and soaked up the pressure.

Broadfields twice came close in the early part of the half, but goalkeeper Rob Blackburne was in fine form.

Giles and Jamie Arthur both came close to wrapping the game up but were denied, as was Turner.

Broadfields pulled one back with 20 minutes to go, but it proved to be a mere consolation.

10:20am Tuesday 13th May 2008

Print

Email this

Comment

Add your comment

Name:
Email: *
Location:
**
	e.g. 123-123
Comment: Please note: All HTML tags will be ignored. Format Text:
By posting a comment, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of use. Comments are not moderated but we will react if anything that breaks the rules comes to our attention and we may delete inappropriate postings. Please treat other people with respect. You must not post anything that is abusive, indecent, unlawful or defamatory. Remember, you are personally liable for what you post on this site. If you wish to complain about a comment, contact us here.
* Your email address will not be displayed ** To avoid register now or login