Stokes Cup - Round 4 (Quarter Finals)

Please find below the draw for the quarter finals of the Stokes Cup

Countesthorpe Athletic 2012 v Monsell WMC Reserves
FC Pochin v Wigston Rangers
Medz v Global Athletic
Leicester Klub Sportowy or CFA v Pukka Pies


These ties will be scheduled as and when possible!

Malc and blackie won't be happy

We knew we'd get pochin. Humbo then Pochin toughest draws imaginable.

Lks semi final?

It's gonna be incredibly tough to beat Pochin away from home. But if we somehow manage it I would expect lks in the semi's!

Looking forward to playing you boys even though I expect a beating lol

Yeah it should be a good game. Looks like we'll have to wait til February at the earliest.

In the snow lol

Malc you know what to do ....

I hope the winner of our game wins the cup
but there are 6 other sides I would have preferred to be drawn against

Don't write us pukka out of it just yet it's all about what happens on the day

We have to beat a very good CFA side first and formost then if we win that we will have to play a pukka side who gave us the hardest game we have had in the league this season so like pukka said dont write them or CFA off as anything can happen on the day , all the best to all sides who are still in the cup though  

wigston car breakers oh sorry i mean lks shouldnt worry about anybody with the quality of players they have but depends if the monsell lads all turn up (the superstars)!!! but good luck to all involved in the semi final!!!! its a funny old game   

Are the semi finals played on mutual grounds?

Yes intention is that all Alliance cup semi finals will be played on neutral grounds subject to the normal avaliablity issues

dan_mitchell_WRFC wrote:

It's gonna be incredibly tough to beat Pochin away from home. But if we somehow manage it I would expect lks in the semi's!

good prediction mr mitchell
you will deserve to win it if you get to the final

any idea where the semi finals are due to be played at all ??

LKS gaffer wrote:

any idea where the semi finals are due to be played at all ??

Scotland. If you boys head up now, we will meet you there Sunday morning.

But, no I was wondering the same.

i think a countesthorpe wigston final if im honest!!! dont think lks will get there superstars all there sunday for there semi final!!!! if they dont then goodbye lks , if they do then maybe will b a decent game depending how much superstars want it!!!!!! b nice to c them play against a good side tho, if they win then i eat my words                  !!!!!

Unfortunately I'm missing far too many players for this, absolutely gutted, especially the run we have had to get to here, I've lost a few players due to injury around Christmas time so I signed several players on to help us out because we were really struggling.

None of my new players can play due to not having 4 appearance to their name, absolutely livid because I'm not sure if I can even get 11 on the pitch, I am all for the rule so teams can't just sign players for this game but I've had players signed since Christmas and we have only had 3 games due to the weather etc.

Proper wounded, we have got to pray for a miracle in this one now, I can't even name myself and I'm manager. :-(

i no the feeling as were short this sunday also through suspensions and unavailability , we only have a small squad as it is and we were struggling last week v's pukka pies , im sure we will both put on a decent game though.

The poor weather has cost alot of teams with the rule for semi-finals which is a shame tbh.

Nice of you to rear you're ugly head again div 6 spy , i was hopin that the stone you crawl under had crushed you !! i would like to no who my super stars are ?? the lads that are with lks have been with us all season and most of the team finished 5th in div 6 last season !!

haha some excellent mind games from the 2 managers  

I wish they were mind games. We've lost the Staffords, Tom Hill and Dave Coleman. Gutted we won't be at full strength for our biggest game of the season.

I'm gutted you had them for the last game dan  

on paper it looks a great semi-final when in reality both sides seem to be struggling for one reason or another , i do hope you can get a side out though ,I'm sure it will still be a good game although i've had bad reports about the pitch :-( thought we might be playing on a senior pitch though for a semi !

In hindsight it was a good game. The only game I've ever taken part in without having at least one shot on goal. But yeah, it's gonna be tough without them. Tom plays every game and is a huge player for us. The Staffords are both quality players.

If we hadn't had such tough draws all the way through it could have been played on Holmes park in a months time with both teams at full strength. Shame really.

yeah massive shame mate , i'm sure the players coming in will want to prove there worthy of a shirt anyhow !! the run you have had you deserve to be in the final tbh with you dan

dan_mitchell_WRFC wrote:

I wish they were mind games. We've lost the Staffords, Tom Hill and Dave Coleman. Gutted we won't be at full strength for our biggest game of the season.

Add to that list Earl Murray, James Morris, Richard Peachey, Ryan Glover, Jay Heighton, Sam Askins and that team on paper is pure class.

No mind games, LKS have our list and none of them can play. Unfortunately this game has come one week too early.

FC POCHIN wrote:

haha some excellent mind games from the 2 managers  

They can count themselves very lucky what with the weather picking up, no way would the show boaters turn up in bad weather, the true colours would have been revealed, but the weathers done them a huge favour in that department this year.

dan_mitchell_WRFC wrote:

In hindsight it was a good game. The only game I've ever taken part in without having at least one shot on goal. But yeah, it's gonna be tough without them. Tom plays every game and is a huge player for us. The Staffords are both quality players.

In my pocket Dan!!  

Helly thought you were my mate lol.

THE MAGICIAN wrote:

Unfortunately I'm missing far too many players for this, absolutely gutted, especially the run we have had to get to here, I've lost a few players due to injury around Christmas time so I signed several players on to help us out because we were really struggling.

None of my new players can play due to not having 4 appearance to their name, absolutely livid because I'm not sure if I can even get 11 on the pitch, I am all for the rule so teams can't just sign players for this game but I've had players signed since Christmas and we have only had 3 games due to the weather etc.

Proper wounded,  we have got to pray for a miracle in this one now, I can't even name myself and I'm manager.  :-(

Same with us at global, waited six weeks (due to weather) to play a midfielder who has only played 3 games including the quarter final but now unavailable for the semi.

Had to call back two lads who played earlier in the season just to get 3 on the bench. I've named myself as sub about 12 times this season but only played once. Wish I'd done it differently now just for the numbers