Tom Potter

The final of the Wirral District FA Senior Cup on Wednesday evening, saw Cammell Laird 1907 FC easily overcome the challenge of Capenhurst Villa, despite being reduced to ten players within the opening 20 minutes due to a retaliation following a really bad foul that only received a yellow card. Even so, Lairds displayed a fantastic team ethic to reduce their opponents to only two efforts on goal in the entire 90 minutes, as captain Ryan Smith galvanised his team with a superb display of leadership. Following the early dismissal the first half was controlled well and saw the teams level at the beak at 0-0.

The final of the Capitol Cup took place at the home of Cammell Laird 1907 FC and resulted in a victory for One O’Clock Gun as they saw off the challenge of Wallasey Wanderers in a fixture that was even for most of the game, but the finishing power of the Gun proved the difference late in the second half. A good save by Liam Parry and a shot that hit the goalpost prevented Wanderers from taking the lead, but the Gun also missed chances in a very even first half.

Cammell Laird 1907 FC Reserves moved closer to the West Cheshire League 3rd division title with an emphatic 6-0 defeat of Capenhurst Villa reserves, with this following their 3-1 success over FC Kirkby in the 3rd division Shield competition last week.

The final of the Dutchman Cup saw Shore Villa take the trophy after a very hard-fought encounter versus the gallant New Brighton Town team who were playing in their first ever final, as the game went to a penalty shoot-out, with Villa keeping their nerves to win 3-2. This after Town had opened the scoring in the first half through Greg Williams, but Sonny Croft replied before the break. Williams then restored Town’s lead in the second half but a goalmouth scramble with ten minutes remaining saw Sam Range level the scores which took the final into the dreaded penalty syndrome. Both teams selected a player of the match from the opposition and saw Michael McCullough get Villa’s and Ellis Lamb got the award for Town.

Cammell Laird 1907 FC entertained Alsager Town in their last league fixture of a turbulent season, but claimed the points in a battling performance that had a dramatic ending to the game.

Following on from their midweek encounter away to Ashville, where they could have easily won due to having the majority of possession and missing some golden chances, with Aiden Cooper and Nathan Johnston playing exceptionally well, but had to settle for a 0-0 draw with again having a stand-in keeper with Dom Hoppe only being troubled twice in the fixture that ended goalless.

Midweek saw Lairds fall heavily against an average Droylsden team due to slack defending and missed opportunities that could have made a massive a difference, instead of being on the end of a 4-0 defeat.

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An entertaining and full blooded Wirral District FA Senior Cup semi final between Cammell Laird 1907 FC and Vauxhall Motors reserves took place at the KRCT Stadium on Tuesday 5th March and was eventually decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Yet again the council closed all grass facilities on a Thursday which resulted many games to be postponed and causing a backlog of league fixtures and cup competitions to be delayed.