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The new season started with three postponements due unfit pitches which we hope is not a portent for the rest of the season. One of the games to fall by the wayside was the top premier division clash between the champions Acregate Lane LC and runners up Southport & Ainsdale Amateurs.

Tanterton & Springfields gave their new manager Warren Beattie the perfect start with a 5-1 win against a youthful Ribbleton side at the UCLan Arena. Ezzy Rennock (2), Jack Phoenix (2) and Connor Jackson got the Tanterton goals with Kieran Campbell on target for Ribbleton. A Lewis Pilgrim hat trick and a brace from Adan Stammers saw Hunters & Ingol Rangers start their season with a 5-1 win at home to Ashton on Ribble, Chris Ward got the Ashton goal. Premier new boys Earnshaw Bridge started their campaign with a 2-1 home win against Theatre Boys and Bamber Bridge United enjoyed an excellent 1-0 home win against AFC Ingol.

Round up & photos by Eamonn McNamara.

No less than 19 of our teams are involved in the first round of the prestigious LFA Sunday Trophy and the draw produced two all Lancashire Sunday League ties. Bamber Bridge Town (division 3) have a home tie against premier division outfit Hunters & Ingol Rangers whilst Walton-le-Dale United (division 1) face Bamber Bridge United from the premier division

LFA Sunday Trophy – First Round

Acregate Lane LC	v	Farnworth Royal Vets
AFC Ingol	v	Wigan Wolves
Bamber Bridge Town	v	Hunters & Ingol Rangers
Dog Inn	v	Warton
Fleetwood Cons	v	Ribbleton
Leyland	v	Springfield (Wigan)
Ma Kellys Showboat	v	Blackpool Town
Middleton	v	Sporting Preston
Mill Hill	v	Gregson Lane Wanderers
Moor Park United	v	Highfield Social
Rufford Park Rangers	v	Lord Raglan
Southport & Ainsdale A	v	AFC New Street
Spotland Social	v	Wyresdale Rangers
Tarleton Corinthians	v	Blackpool Elite
Theatre Boys	v	Freckleton
Walton-le-Dale United	v	Bamber Bridge United
Wilbraham North End	v	Tottington United Vets

Ties to be played on Sunday 8 September 2019

Eamonn McNamara.

Sports Massage Therapist Courtney Hughes has relocated to Vintage Barber Shop in Lostock Hall at 14 Watkin Lane, Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5 5RD.

Courtney completed her level 3 sports massage course in Manchester, followed by a stone therapy course in Preston and she also offers cupping therapy and hot stone massage. She offers different rates for different sessions, as well as doing block sessions over the season to help players, referees, team officials etc.

An FA qualified referee who officiates on this league, Courtney understands what strains we put our bodies through by playing football or exercising in general. Massage maintenance over the season can help your body recover quicker and prevent any injuries that may reoccur. She also offers a mobile service and is happy to travel.

The Vintage Barber Shop is owned by Dixie Dawson, manager of Hunters & Ingol Rangers FC so visitors there can now kill two birds with one stone.

Courtney can be contacted on 07791 484260 or via e-mail her here. She is also on Facebook; Courtney Hughes Sports Massage and Instagram; ch_sportsmassage.

Eamonn McNamara.

Well sort of......

New Longton Rovers kindly donated one of their youth team kits to our Kits for Uganda Appeal and the clubs distinctive black & white colours, club badge and logo of their sponsor CW BERRY are now being proudly worn by this team of lads in a remote area of East Central Africa.

To date, clubs from this League have donated no less than 122 kits to our Uganda Appeal. Local Football League referee Michael Salisbury delivers the kits to the headquarters of Teams4U a charity set up by Dave Cooke and based in Wrexham. The kits are subsequently taken out to Uganda and distributed to the schools and clubs where they are gratefully received.

Dave Cooke said, “I am eternally gratefully to the Lancashire Sunday Football League and its clubs for their support. We get most of our kits from your league and they go to kids and lads who have nothing and who cannot thank you enough so I’m thanking you on their behalf�.

If you have an old kit that you can donate, please get in touch with Eamonn McNamara here.

Eamonn McNamara.

Physical Training: The Society provides physical training for its members at UCLan Sports Arena Training every Monday evening between 6.30-7.30pm except on Society Monthly Meeting nights when it will be brought forward to 6.00-7.00pm.

For further details about the physical training sessions please contact Paul Marsden here.

Lancashire Sunday Football League is always happy to accept new referees to its list of officials. If you have any enquiries about refereeing on the League or would like to be added to the list of officials, please contact the League’s Referee Manager Mark Moore here.

Mid Lancashire Football League operates on Saturday afternoons for Open Age clubs and they are also happy to accept new referees to its list of officials. If you have any enquiries about refereeing on the League or would like to be added to the list of officials, please contact the League’s Referee Secretary Tony Hawkes here.