County Comps: Round 2

All now live guys, fill ya boots.

http://www.leicestershirefa.com/cups

tough draw for us!! Community Football Academy away.

Frolesworth V Stamford. Pick of the bunch for me.

Athletic Blaby get to see the fav's (IMHO) for the Intermediate up close and personal too, Wigston Ca......I mean Monsell Wasps

phil_brown wrote:

tough draw for us!! Community Football Academy away.

Very good side!

Are there any Leicester Sunday Premier teams actually in the Premier Cup or have they all been dropped to the Intermediate so our 3rd Tier sides are playing Prem Teams?

Bit of a farce this County Cup malarkey!

Hairy Hebrew! wrote:

Are there any Leicester Sunday Premier teams actually in the Premier Cup or have they all been dropped to the Intermediate so our 3rd Tier sides are playing Prem Teams?

Bit of a farce this County Cup malarkey!

I can only see 1 LSL Prem team in the intermediate

Brian_and_Peter wrote:

I can only see 1 LSL Prem team in the intermediate

Wasps (currently top with 100% record) and Caterpillar (4th) with LBharat and Office Update who both got knocked out in R1 so 4 in total.

Well spotted stato!

Only 1 left in Round 2.

Brian_and_Peter wrote:

Well spotted stato!

Only 1 left in Round 2.

Stato, love it...

...when you do as much cross league research for the County comps. as I have had to in the past, you get to spot one or two things straight off the bat.

Prem cup all alliance teams been separated

We have long long long whatton away ,
Any news anyone about them apart from Ive heard the have best pitch in around all leagues

mowmacre fc wrote:

We have long long long whatton away ,
Any news anyone about them apart from Ive heard the have best pitch in around all leagues

Excellent pitch, played a cup final there.

Thank god were at home.
Snarestone globe?

oily wrote:

Thank god were at home.
Snarestone globe?

Saw them at the start of last season when they were in Division 3 of the Tamworth Sunday League, and very impressed I was with them. They have had a double promotion to Division 1 and currently have a 100% record from their four league games.

mowmacre fc wrote:

We have long long long whatton away ,
Any news anyone about them apart from Ive heard the have best pitch in around all leagues

Saw Long Whatton at the end of last season and they were nothing special. I would be very surprised if you are not comfortable winners. Just had a look at the league table and they have lost all three league games so far.

Palmerston Athletic, we have them at home in Sunday Trophy, all I know is they were in the final last year

clarkeh wrote:

Palmerston Athletic, we have them at home in Sunday Trophy, all I know is they were in the final last year

Pretty average bottom division team, their Final was the Vase so nothing too dramatic for you to worry about on that score.

Played them a few times over the years and always smashed them pretty convincingly.

You should have way too much in the locker for them. The step up for them into the Trophy is a tad big IMHO. Comfy 4 - 0 HW.

oily wrote:

Thank god were at home.
Snarestone globe?

With allroads on this one.

Gonna be a toughie for you guys. They demolished OU in R1 and having seen them at the back end of last season was impressed and they appear to have got stronger.

Good luck though, anything can happen it is the Cup

Hamilton United anyone?

mowmacre fc wrote:

We have long long long whatton away ,
Any news anyone about them apart from Ive heard the have best pitch in around all leagues

Best pitch in Leicestershire, had a high player turnover most recently. New managers both play for Ingles so expect to see an improvement in results in the LEague. You lot should win anyway!

half the lsl prem sides were in the intermediate cup as they was originally in the lsl div 1 but due to a shortage off teams the 2 divs combined to make a bigger prem div county fa decided it was only fair to leave those teams in the relevent cups they should off been in

Does anybody know anything about Ashby Albion?

King_Emile_WRFC wrote:

Does anybody know anything about Ashby Albion?

Another side I saw last season and were not a bad side. Previously known as Albion All Stars and were promoted to division 2 of the Burton Sunday League in the Summer. Believe they currently sit mid-table and they play in a yellow and black kit.

Two photos sets of their games from last season:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rambler77/sets/72157638243704075/ (from 1st December v Red Lion Repton)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rambler77/sets/72157643160431104/ (from 30th March - @ Donisthorpe)

Will probably be watching Tomlin All Stars v Albion myself that day, and just found out that Tomlin's sec Karl Jackson lives on the same street as me.

Tomlin All Stars v Albion will be a great tie

phil_brown wrote:

Tomlin All Stars v Albion will be a great tie

probably the tie of the round in the Premier Cup

allroads1 wrote:

probably the tie of the round in the Premier Cup

Nah mate, IMHO the established forces of Frolesworth V Birstall Stamford is the stand out tie by an absolute MILE.

Shame I am busy elsewhere or I would be there like a shot.