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@WestmorlandFA
grassroots league of the year 21/22 & 22/23
And today’s story of the day…
Brilliant scenes down in Carnforth today as Richard Downham played 50 minutes for
@kirkbylonsfc
Reserves vs
@CarnforthRanger
A at the grand age of 68.
Sixty-eight.
Absolutely wonderful - grassroots footy at its finest.
Fair play, Richard. 👏👏
COST OF LIVING
As we approach the season end, we are conscious of the difficult situation most individuals & clubs are facing regarding the cost of living.
That’s why we will be crediting all clubs on their end of season invoice with a £50, per team, cost of living allowance.
CHAMPIONS
TREBLE WINNERS
Congratulations to
@ApplebyAFC
who have clinched the division one title this evening.
Adding this to the High sheriff’s Cup and Senior Cup
Well done to Steve and the team
🏆🏆🏆
PROMOTED!
Following last night’s win,
@kirkbystephenfc
will be playing division one football again next season as their promotion is now confirmed!
A quick return for the club from Parrot Park.
Congratulations to Mark, Chaz and the team.
🎉🎉🎉
TOMMY HUCK
The Westmorland league are deeply saddened to announce the death of committee member, Tommy Huck.
Tommy has been part of the Westmorland league committee since 1997 & involved in grassroots football in the area since at least 1953 when he became chairman of Appleby
DENNIS BLAIR
The Westmorland League is saddened to announce the death of long-time committee member & ex-chairman, Dennis Blair, after a short illness.
Dennis was an absolute stalwart in the league & only stepped down as chairman in the summer after years in the role.
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DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE
We can confirm that the Westmorland League is increasing to 4 divisions from the start of the 2022/2023 season due to the increased number of teams.
See below for the constitution of these divisions and a change in the format of the division 3 & 4 cups!
REFEREES
ABI GREENWOOD
We are delighted to welcome 16-year old Abi Greenwood to the Westmorland League - after 2 great seasons in the local youth leagues.
Abi refs her first adult game this weekend when she takes charge of
@burtonthistlefc
v
@PenrithRoyalFC
Good luck, Abi!
CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations to
@KirkoswaldFC
Reserves who have tonight been crowned division two champions for a second successive season.
A fantastic achievement.
Well done to Bobby and the team
🏆
This is a support package worth £2,100 in total to our clubs.
Our aim is to keep costs as low as we can for our clubs and to ensure football in our area is as affordable and sustainable as possible.
Without our clubs and volunteers, there is simply no Westmorland League
RESULT;
@CumberlandFA
Cup, round 1;
@officialcufc
7-0
@LangwathbyUtd
An heroic, valiant effort from Langwathby who deserve immense credit in a tie that was always going to be tricky.
Battled fantastically for 90 minutes.
Great effort, lads, well done. 👊
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Congratulations to
@UllswaterUtd
who have today been crowned champions of division 3!
Well done to
@Andy27434479
and his team on a fantastic season
🏆🎉🏆🎉🏆🎉
Division 1 Champions,
@WetheriggsUtdFC
, were presented with the trophy this evening following their final game of the season.
Congratulations to them on a great season.
🏆🏆🏆🏆
ANNOUNCEMENT;
GAMES OFF
After discussing with multiple parties and taking advice, the league has cancelled ALL fixtures today on safety grounds.
Stay safe everyone.
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DIVISION 4
Presenting your
@jmpfoodservice
division 4 champions,
@CarnforthRanger
A.
Congratulations on a great first season in the Westmorland League.
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THANK YOU
A note of thanks to all clubs, players and officials for your overwhelming understanding of our decision to postpone all games today.
The safety of all participants is our priority and that was at the forefront of our minds when making that decision.
Thank you.
Welcome to the new, OFFICIAL, Westmorland League Twitter account.
With huge thanks to the previous owner of this page who ran it as a supporter run, unofficial, page. Thank you for all your hard work.
Going forward, this is now the official account for the Westmorland League
REFEREES
Good luck to
@BCroskell92
who starts his open age refereeing career today in the league as he takes charge of
@LunesdaleF
vs
@KendalCounty
Res
Brett will be well-known to most in the league following his involvement with
@BurnesideFC
down the years.
Welcome, Brett!
REFS
Huge congratulations to our ref appointment secretary & league referee, John Higgins, who has won refereeing volunteer of the year at the inaugural
@FA
National Referee Recognition Awards.
John was presented with his trophy at the awards ceremony at Wembley last night.
👏
PROMOTED!
Congratulations to
@bank_hest
who have today secured promotion from division three following their win at Windermere.
Well done to Paul and the team.
👏👏👏
LEAGUE STATEMENT
Disciplinary issues
The league is extremely disappointed to have received numerous reports over the last few weeks of unsavoury incidents involving players and team officials during several of our games
We pride ourselves on being a safe league.
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AND THAT’S A WRAP!
283 days after the season kicked-off, we finished our final fixtures last night and brought the curtain down on the first full season since 2018/2019.
A year which saw us affected by storms, Covid and the withdrawal of three teams mid-season.
@Dansykes24
Hi Dan - thanks for the ‘constructive’ feedback.
We look forward to you joining the next referee course and taking on the role yourself as you clearly think it’s very easy.
Or perhaps we just don’t send any referee to your games? See how things go then?
Big up, Abi Greenwood. 👏👏
We’re proud to be a league who not only encourage junior referees to begin their journey into senior football but are a league in which junior referees actively want to ref in.
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Special mention to the 18 year old female ref who was great today and kept control of the game from start to finish! Credit to the
@WestmorlandFL
league.
REFEREES
Congratulations to 16 year-old, Alex Wilson, who officiated his first ever game in senior football today when he took charge of
@IbisFC_
v
@edenvalleyfc
Reserves.
Well done, Alex, and welcome to the Westmorland League.
#LoveTheWhistle
CHAMPIONS!
Today we presented
@KirkoswaldFC
Reserves with their medals and trophy.
A second successive title.
Huge congratulations to Bobby and the team.
🏆🏆
AND THAT’S A WRAP!
280 days after the season kicked-off, we finished our final fixtures today and brought the curtain down on the 2023/2024 season.
A year which saw the league continue to excel with fantastic football played along the way
PROMOTED!
Congratulations to
@PenrithRoyalFC
who have today secured promotion into division three.
Well done to Alan (Chels) and the team.
Enjoy the night!
⚽️⚽️🍺🍺
DIVISION 2
💥 FINAL DAY SHOWDOWN! 💥
What. A. Game.
The division 2 title tussle comes down to the very last game of the season as
@KirkoswaldFC
Res take on
@KUJFC
Res at The Old Showfield.
A win or draw for KO sees them champions. A Kendal win sees them triumph.
Scenes!
THANK YOU
Our thanks are extended to Dan Ferg and the team at
@KendalCounty
and Beck Naylor and the team at
@SUFC2016
for hosting two of our cup semi-finals last night.
We know how much work went into preparing the playing surfaces - thank you very much to you all.
2 years on the bounce!
Absolutely unreal - we couldn’t be happier.
Huge thanks to all who nominated us and to our committee who work tirelessly to keep things running.
We will keep working hard to ensure we improve and grow year-on-year.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
#LestWeForget
𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞
The league takes a break now until early January.
On behalf of the league, the committee and referees, we wish all clubs and their officials, players and supporters a restful and enjoyable Christmas period.
Merry Christmas and see you in 2022.
SENIOR CUP
Huge congratulations to Westmorland League sides,
@ApplebyAFC
and
@KirkoswaldFC
who have triumphed today to make it into the
@WestmorlandFA
Senior Cup final.
All the makings of a fantastic final.
👏👏
RESULT;
@WestmorlandFA
Senior Cup;
@kendaltownfc
3-0
@BurnesideFC
What a sensational effort from Burneside who pushed Kendal Town all the way. Goalless at half-time, the home sides superiority showed late on but Burneside can be immensely proud of their efforts.
👏👏👏👏👏
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚…
Are we going to get a full schedule of fixtures this weekend?
If we do, it will be the first time since 11th November
How bad has it been? Well, we’ve had 107 games postponed this season so far.
In 22/23, we had 99 for the entire season…
AND THAT’S A WRAP!
280 days after the season kicked-off, we finished our final fixtures today and brought the curtain down on the 2022/2023 season.
A year which saw the league grow to 4 divisions and produced some stunning football along the way.
LEAGUE PHOTOGRAPHER
We are delighted to announce a collaboration with Bethany Beck Photography.
Bethany is a local self-employed photographer looking to build her portfolio.
Bethany will be out and about each week at one of our games snapping the action.
📸📸
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FIXTURE RELEASE DAY!
So, who fancies some fixtures?
Keep your eyes peeled later on today as those all important August fixtures go live!
We’ll announce the opening week’s games on here and the whole month will be shown on our website.
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We get the impression, again, that
@ApplebyAFC
Res manager, Jock Nugent, wasn’t overly thrilled with who their first team drew in the High Sheriffs Cup last night…
CUP FINAL FRENZY
A huge thank you to Billy and all the team at
@penrith_afc
for hosting all our divisional cup finals.
Superb facilities, warm welcome and a brilliant team of staff.
We had a total of 919 people in attendance across the four games.
Four games to remember!
🏆
We focus our attention to this Saturday now as we look to secure our place in the Final of the Morgan & Freeman Cup.
Tie to be played at the home of
@KUJFC
@NLCumbria
@WestmorlandFL
Delighted that, since the tweet below, we’ve now placed three brand new players to the league with three different clubs. All of whom got in touch with us in response to the below.
Contact us if you’re looking for a club and we will get you sorted!
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𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙀𝙍𝙎
Are you over 16 & looking to get into
#grassroots
footy? New to the area? Coming back to the game after an absence?
We have 40 teams from 31 different clubs, spread over the area.
DM us if you’re looking to play & we can put you in touch with clubs local to you!
PLAYER TO WATCH -
@samwilson582
- Aged 23
The correlation between Sam’s increase in goal scoring & his recent acquisition of a girlfriend has benefited the team positively. When he isn’t missing training for spa days, he is a huge plus in the team, with deadly set piece delivery
In light of the predicted heat this weekend, your Saturday games can kick-off at any time you feel suitable.
We have no issues with these being moved but it MUST be by mutual agreement between both teams & the referee.
If your KO does change, please let us know ASAP
Thank you
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Ahead of all league games this weekend, we ask that a minute's silence is observed as a mark of respect for those who gave so much for their countries.
All referee's and club officials have been informed and we thank you for your anticipated co-operation.
CUP FINAL DAY!
Our last final takes place this evening and it should be a fantastic game to wrap up our finals.
🏆 Mason & Freeman Cup
🆚
@KirkoswaldFC
Res v
@shap_fc
📍 Frenchfield Park
📅 Tuesday 7th May, 7.30pm
🎟️ £3/£1
⚽️🏆⚽️🏆⚽️🏆⚽️🏆⚽️
𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙀𝙍𝙎
Are you over 16 & looking to get into
#grassroots
footy? New to the area? Coming back to the game after an absence?
We have 40 teams from 31 different clubs, spread over the area.
DM us if you’re looking to play & we can put you in touch with clubs local to you!
REFEREES
Congratulations to 16 year old, Jack Pearman, who officiated in his first ever senior game today when he took charge of
@scortonsaintsfc
v
@CartmelAFC
Reserves.
Well done, Jack, and welcome to the Westmorland League. 👊
#LoveTheWhistle
Delighted this evening that we’ve ticked on to 1,000 followers (thanks
@Dmontzz
!)
We had less than 300 when we took on this account 8 months ago so thank you all so much for your support.
We hope you continue to enjoy everything we do and here’s to all involved with grassroots
WESTMORLAND GAZETTE
This week’s article
👉
@KirkoswaldFC
Res battle for victory to go top
👉 Baker pleased with result and performance
👉
@Braithwaite_FC
go eight unbeaten
👉 Penalty joy for
@Milnthorpefc
👉 Smith the match winner for
@AUFC1896
Res
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🅻🅴🅰🅶🆄🅴 🆃🅰🅱🅻🅴🆂
Here are the current tables following yesterday’s games;
@windermerefc
sitting pretty at the top of division 1
@CartmelAFC
Reserves moving to the top of division 2 for the first time this season
@KirkoswaldFC
Reserves, unbeaten, on top on Div 3
Speedy recovery from all at the Westmorland league.
Huge thank you to all at Ambleside for their assistance & to the match referee who has donated his fee to the injured player to contribute towards new boots, which were cut apart by paramedics to treat the injury.
#Grassroots
@AcademyPenrith
2 - 0
@AUFC1896
after 35 min, match abandoned after a serious injury too our young player rio Howard, massive respect to the opposition players and management for helping out and the way they handled the situation, Respect, get well soon rio 💙💙💙💙