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Season 2001-2: promoted for second successive season

Midland Combination Division One: 2nd place
Midland Combination President's Cup: Finalists
Midland Combination Team of the Month: October 2001
Ron Cooper Memorial Trophy : Winners
Jack Mould Trophy : Winners

A season in which Brakes were the Division's top scorers and were only just pipped
for the championship. Josh Blake top-scored for the second successive season, two more items of silverware were
secured and Brakes were promoted. Good times!

Results

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
RCT 18 Jul 2001 Coventry Sphinx A 1-0 Timms  
MC1 18 Aug Thimblemill REC H 2-2 Blake, Agar 464
MC1 25 Aug Handsaker H 5-0 Blake(3), Shearsby, Dhesi 450
MC1 27 Aug Holly Lane H 1-0 Thompson 517
MC1 1 Sep Loughborough Athletic H 2-2 Shearsby, Miyoba 457
MC1 5 Sep Wilmcote Sports & Social A 4-1 Miyoba, Wickson, Thompson, Mort  
MC1 8 Sep Polesworth North Warwicks A 2-1 Burgess, Webb  
MC1 15 Sep Northfield Town H 1-1 Miyoba 501
MC1 22 Sep Dudley Sports A 5-3 Blake (2), Miyoba (2), Mort  
MC1 29 Sep Mile Oak Rovers H 3-1 Eden (3, 1 pen) 506
MC1 6 Oct Old Hill Town A 2-1 Blake (2) 123
JMT 9 Oct Rugby Town A 2-0 Blake, Thompson 413
PRC 13 Oct Knowle H 2-1 Mort, Dhesi 492
LIT 17 Oct Nuneaton Borough A 2-1 Timms, Dhesi  
MC1 20 Oct Fairfield Villa H 7-1 Agar (2), Blake (2), Thompson, Burgess, Eden 424
CET 1 27 Oct Bedworth United Reserves H 7-2 Blake, Timms, Eden (4), Agar 414
ECC 2 3 Nov Pershore Town H 1-0 Agar 451
MC1 10 Nov Kenilworth Town A 3-1 Mort, Ariss, Thompson 328
BCV 2 17 Nov Polesworth North Warwicks A 3-2 Timms, Burgess, Blake 120
CET 2 24 Nov Brooklands Jaguar A 2-3 Agar, Timms 220
MC1 1 Dec Holly Lane A 8-1 Ariss (2), Perry (3), Webb, Shearsby (2)  
PRC 3 8 Dec Thimblemill REC H 5-3 Perry, Thompson, Sidwell, Care (2) 402
BCV 3 15 Dec Ounsdale H 2-3 Timms, Agar 345
MC1 29 Dec Burntwood Town A 3-0 Dhesi, Blake, Shearby 103
ECC 3 5 Jan 2002 Feckenham H 2-0 Dhesi, Shearsby 313
MC1 12 Jan Mile Oak Rovers A 1-2 Timms 160
MC1 19 Jan Dudley Sports H 2-1 Agar, Sidwell 432
PRC SF1 9 Feb Handsaker A 0-0    
MC1 16 Feb Blackheath Invensys H 3-0 Webb, Mort (2) 417
ECC 4 19 Feb Coventry Sphinx A 2-3 Care, Blake  
MC1 23 Feb Wilmcote Sports & Social H 2-3 Timms, McGovern 350
MC1 26 Feb Rugby Town A 5-0 Blake (2), Miyoba, Mort (2) 560
PRC SF2 2 Mar Handsaker H 3-2 Timms, Mort, Thompson 382
MC1 9 Mar Burntwood Town H 2-1 Blake, Timms 314
MC1 23 Mar Old Hill Town H 3-1 Blake, Nicholls, Thompson 416
MC1 30 Mar Knowle A 1-1 Blake 203
MC1 1 Apr Rugby Town H 2-2 Webb, Blake 1,204
MC1 3 Apr Kenilworth Town H 2-0 Blake, Timms 414
MC1 6 Apr Northfield Town A 4-1 Nicholls (3), Blake 160
MC1 10 Apr Fairfield Villa A 5-0 Timms (2), Blake, Thompson, Nicholls 150
MC1 13 Apr Loughborough Athletic A 1-0 Nicholls 222
MC1 17 Apr Handsaker A 2-0 Nicholls, Blake 70
MC1 20 Apr Brownhills Town H 2-0 Timms (2) 512
MC1 22 Apr Thimblemill REC A 5-0 Thompson, Nicholls (4) 80
MC1 24 Apr Cadbury Athletic A 2-1 Sidwell, Mort 135
MC1 27 Apr Blackheath Invensys A 4-0 Blake, Mort (3) 125
PRC F 29 Apr Rugby Town Solihull 0-1   563
MC1 2 May Brownhills Town A 2-0 Timms, Dhesi 80
MC1 4 May Cadbury Athletic H 4-0 Barr, Thompson, Blake, Mort 507
MC1 6 May Polesworth North Warwicks H 4-1 Timms, Eden (3) 472
MC1 8 May Knowle H 1-1 Timms 352
Key: MC1; Midland Combination Division One; RCT: Ron Cooper Trophy; JMT: Jack Mould Trophy;
PRC: Presidents Cup; LIT: Leamington Invitational Trophy; CET: Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup;
ECC: Endsleigh Challenge Cup; BCV: Birmingham County FA Vase

Average home league attendance 484; with cup matches 460.

Pre-season

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
FRND Sat 21 Jul 2001 Woodford United A 1-0 Miyoba  
FRND Wed 25 Jul Solihull Borough A 1-7 Billington  
FRND Fri 27 Jul Daventry Town A 1-2 Perry  
FRND Tue 31 Jul Stratford Town A 0-3    
FRND Sat 4 Aug Rugby United A 0-2    
FRND Thu 9 Aug Atherstone United A 0-4    
FRND Sat 11 Aug Redditch United A 0-2    

All pre-season friendly matches were played away as the re-seeded NWG pitch was not yet established

Final league table

Pos P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Rugby Town 36 30 3 3 100 25 75 93
2 Leamington 36 28 6 2 107 30 77 90
3 Knowle 36 23 8 5 91 41 50 77
4 Loughborough Athletic 36 18 8 10 77 45 32 62
5 Fairfield Villa 36 15 6 15 70 87 -17 51
6 Thimblemill REC 36 15 5 16 72 69 3 50
7 Brownhills Town 36 15 5 16 70 70 0 50
8 Dudley Sports 36 14 7 15 66 55 11 49
9 Polesworth North Warwick 36 13 9 14 72 57 15 48
10 Wilmcote Sports & Social 36 13 7 16 64 68 -4 46
11 Mile Oak Rovers 36 14 2 20 59 67 -8 44
12 Handsaker 36 11 10 15 39 66 -27 43
13 Old Hill Town 36 13 3 20 51 70 -19 42
14 Blackheath Invensys 36 11 6 19 43 77 -34 39
15 Northfield Town 36 9 11 16 44 64 -20 38
16 Burntwood Town 36 11 4 21 45 85 -40 37
17 Cadbury Athletic 36 11 3 22 47 77 -30 36
18 Holly Lane* 36 10 8 18 52 76 -24 35
19 Kenilworth Town 36 10 5 21 56 96 -40 35

* 3 points deducted

Leamington playing squad 2001-2

We have no photo of the Leamington FC squad at the start of 2001-2 season

  Appearances Goals scored
Player Starts Sub Total MC1 RCT JMT PRC CET ECC BCV LIT Total
Brian Agar 26 6 32 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 8
Kevin Ariss 13 5 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Louis Atkinson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Ball 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Barr 7 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ian Billington 6 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Blake 37 4 41 23 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 27
Jonny Burgess 26 7 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
David Care 8 4 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
Harj Dhesi 21 5 26 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Andrew Dix 9 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Eden 9 3 12 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 11
James Edwards 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Gregory 16 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stuart Hepburn 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liam McGovern 34 3 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Benson Miyoba 17 7 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Richard Morris (Goalkeeper) 40 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Mort 37 4 41 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14
Paul Nicholls 13 2 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Paul O'Keeffe 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Payne 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Pearcey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neale Perry 7 13 20 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Guy Rippon 10 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Scott 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Shearsby 26 9 35 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Umbi Sidhu (Goalkeeper) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Sidwell 29 5 34 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Mark Simmonds 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Stacey 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Thompson 47 1 48 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 11
Darren Timms 38 5 43 11 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 18
Fabrizio Tosti (Goalkeeper) 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simon Walker 11 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Webb 19 8 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Simon Wickson 9 5 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 
Own Goals       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals  37 players used Max apps=56 107 1 2 10 9 5 5 2 141
Player Starts Sub Total MC1 RCT JMT PRC CET ECC BCV LIT Total

Details of Leamington's 2001-2 Youth team will be added at a later date

 

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