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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.

We send our warmest congratulations to the officials, clubs and players from the Mid Lancs Colts Junior Football League who are the FA Grassroots League of the Year 2019.

Officials from the League were guests of the Football Association at the Community Shield Final at Wembley between Manchester City and Liverpool and the Award was presented to League Chairman Kevin Kealey and League Secretary Ian Christopher by the former Liverpool and England star Danny Murphy.

The Mid Lancashire Colts JFL is an inclusive and progressive league that now covers over 3,000 children across 42 clubs and 179 teams. But its excellence comes through the determination to create a positive environment in which the players can enjoy their football. That includes a partnership with Lancashire NHS to promote Smoke free Sidelines, and another with Kick It Out to promote early intervention and education on racism.

These initiatives matter in providing children with a wholesome playing environment and they create a healthy experience of football that shapes their love for the game and their behaviour outside of it.

The Mid Lancs Colts League plays a vitally important role in Preston and the surrounding areas. Their teams consist of youngsters in the U8 to U10 range where they are given a sound introduction to the game, how to play it and how to show respect. Players then move into the Central Lancashire Junior League which caters for U11 to U16 and then onto the youth section of the Lancashire Sunday League.

Many of the larger clubs in this area have teams in the Mid Lancs Colts League, the Central Lancs JFL, the Lancashire Sunday League, the Mid Lancs League (Saturdays) and the West Lancashire League. This means that if a youngster wishes, he can enjoy a lifetime of football playing for the same club but in a variety of leagues.

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.