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Season 2003-4

Midland Combination Premier Division : Runners up
Willie Knibb Memorial Cup: Fourth Round
Middland Combination Team of the Month: August 2003
FA Vase: Fourth Round

pipped in the Mid Com race for promotion

A fine run in the FA vase and pipped for promotion

Results

Comp
Date
 Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
RCT
5 Aug 2003
Coventry Sphinx A 1-4 Blake 200
MCP
16 Aug
 Brocton H 3-0 Timms (2), Shearsby 402
MCP
19 Aug
 Pershore Town A 1-0 Burgess 144
MCP
23 Aug
 Meir KA H 2-0 Care, Sleem 364
MCP
25 Aug
 Southam United H 3-0 Timms, Nicholls, Dhesi 436
MCP
30 Aug
 Nuneaton Griff H 5-1 Nicholls (3), Hanrahan (2) 485
MCP
2 Sep
 Rugby Town H 3-0 Wickson, Nicholls, Care 701
MCP
6 Sep
 Feckenham A 1-2 Blake 172
MCP
13 Sep
 Dudley Sports A 2-0 Care, M Thompson 150
WKM 1
16 Sep
 Pershore Town A 3-0 Nicholls, S Thompson, M Thompson 137
FAV Q2
20 Sep
 Highfield Rangers H 4-1 M Thompson, Nicholls, Blake, McFarlane 452
MCP
23 Sep
 Castle Vale KH H 1-3 Nicholls 338
MCP
27 Sep
 Highgate United H 2-2 Nicholls (2) 395
WKM 2
4 Oct
 Polesworth North Warwick A 2-2
3P-2P		 Sidwell, Sleem
Penalties: Timms, Hanrahan, Parisi		 184
MCP
7 Oct
 Continental Star A 5-3 Blake, Nicholls, Sleem, Hanrahan, Harri 75
MCP
11 Oct
 West Midland Police A 5-1 Nicholls (3), Blake, Hanrahan 110
FAV 1
18 Oct
 Barrow Town H 2-2 Dhesi, S Thompson 458
FAV 1R
21 Oct
 Barrow Town A 1-0 Sleem 158
MCP
25 Oct
 Continental Star H 6-1 Blake (2), Nicholls (4) 353
BMC 1
28 Oct
 Massey Ferguson A 2-1 Nicholls, own goal 100
WKM 3
1 Nov
 Coventry Sphinx H 5-0 Nicholls (3), Blake, Sleem 342
MCP
4 Nov
 Coventry Marconi Abandoned due to floodlight failure. 
Leamington were losing 0-1 at time
MCP
8 Nov
 Romulus A 3-1 Burgess, Nicholls, Sleem 320
MCP
18 Nov
 Massey Ferguson H 4-2 Episcopo, Nicholls, Blake (2) 341
FAV 2
22 Nov
 Alsager Town A 2-1 Sleem, Shearsby 320
BMC 2
25 Nov
 Dudley Sports H 2-0 Blake, Sleem 202
MCP
29 Nov
 Dudley Sports H 0-1   270
WKM 4
6 Dec
 Romulus H 1-2 Blake 326
MCP
9 Dec
 West Midlands Police H 3-0 Shearby, own goal, Parisi 202
FAV 3
13 Dec
 Durham City H 2-1 Blake, Care 712
MCP
16 Dec
 Coventry Sphinx A 1-1 Timms 120
MCP
27 Dec
 Southam United A 6-0 Simmonds, Burgess, Nicholls, Morris, Blake, Sleem 230
MCP
3 Jan 2004
Feckenham H 1-2 S Thompson 372
MCP
7 Jan
 Coventry Marconi A 2-1 Sleem, Blake 238
MCP
10 Jan
 Coleshill Town H 2-0 Shearsby, Herlihy 343
FAV 4
17 Jan
 Studley A 1-2 M Thompson 755
MCP
24 Jan
 Meir KA A 2-1 Blake, M Thompson 150
BMC 3
27 Jan
 Romulus H 0-4   196
MCP
4 Feb
 Bolehall Swifts H 2-2 Sleem, Blake 411
MCP
11 Feb
 Nuneaton Griff A 1-1 S Thompson 240
MCP
14 Feb
 Shifnal Town A 3-2 S Thompson, Simmonds, Timms 143
MCP
17 Feb
 Coventry Sphinx H 3-0 S Thompson, M Thompson, Blake 355
MCP
21 Feb
 Massey Ferguson A 4-0 S Thompson, Timmes, Blake, Herlihy 130
MCP
24 Feb
 Castle Vale KH A 3-1 Gregory (2), Sleem 104
MCP
28 Feb
 Alveston A 2-0 Sleem, Simmonds 283
MCP
6 Mar
 Shifnal Town H 1-0 Blake 379
MCP
9 Mar
 Highgate United A 1-0 M Thompson 127
MCP
16 Mar
 Coventry Marconi H 2-3 Nicholls (2) 360
MCP
20 Mar
 Bolehall Swifts A 1-0 Nicholls 120
MCP
27 Mar
 Coleshill Town A 2-1 S Thompson, Nicholls 208
MCP
3 Apr
 Pershore Town H 2-1 Blake, M Thompson 304
MCP
10 Apr
 Rugby Town A 2-0 Gregory, Nicholls 350
MCP
17 Apr
 Brocton A 1-2 Nicholls 174
MCP
24 Apr
 Romulus H 3-1 Own goal, Burgess, M Thompson 813
MCP
1 May
 Alveston H 5-0 Nicholls, Blake (2), M Thompson (2) 572
Key: MCP: Midland Combination Premier Division; WKM: Willie Knibb Memorial Cup;
BMC: Birmingham County FA Midweek Cup; FAV: FA Vase (Q Qualifying)

Average home league attendance 410; with cup matches 403.

Pre-season: all friendlies

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
FRND Sat 19 Jul 2003 Stratford Town A 1-4 Thompson  
FRND Tue 22 Jul Willenhall Town H 1-3 Nicholls 226
FRND Sat 26 Jul Racing Club Warwick H 2-1 Blake, Burgess 304
FRND Tue 29 Jul Daventry Town A 1-1 Thompson  
FRND Sat 9 Aug Bedworth United H 2-1 Sleem, Frost 201

Match photos

Final league table

Pos Name Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 Romulus (P) 40 31 2 7 128 44 84 95
2 Leamington 40 30 4 6 101 36 65 94
3 Rugby Town 40 25 5 10 80 55 25 80
4 Coventry Sphinx 40 23 8 9 74 55 19 77
5 Feckenham 40 21 8 11 79 63 16 71
6 Coventry Marconi 40 22 4 14 84 53 31 70
7 Meir KA 40 18 11 11 89 68 21 65
8 Nuneaton Griff 40 15 15 10 74 62 12 60
9 Castle Vale KH 40 17 8 15 76 72 4 59
10 Dudley Sports 40 16 9 15 84 64 20 57
11 West Midlands Police 40 16 9 15 67 78 -11 57
12 Highgate United 40 15 11 14 62 52 10 56
13 Bolehall Swifts 40 16 8 16 67 78 -11 56
14 Brocton 40 15 10 15 53 59 -6 55
15 Pershore Town 40 10 15 15 65 83 -18 45
16 Shifnal Town 40 11 10 19 44 53 -9 43
17 Massey Ferguson 40 12 5 23 65 93 -28 41
18 Coleshill Town 40 11 5 24 50 82 -32 38
19 Continental Star 40 6 9 25 53 88 -35 27
20 Southam United 40 3 6 31 33 115 -82 15
21 Alveston 40 2 8 30 28 103 -75 14

Leamington playing squad 2003-4

Squad 2003-4

Leamington FC squad at the start of 2003-4 season,
taken at the New Windmill Ground.

Back row: Matt Papworth (physio), James Harri*, Darren Timms, Vernor Sleem, Josh Blake, James Gettings, Richard Morris, Tom Sidwell, Barry Shearsby, Paul Holland*, Simon Walker.
Front row: Harj Dhesi, Scott Easterlow*, Chris Hanrahan, Steve Thompson (captain/coach), Jason Cadden (manager), Jonny Burgess, David Care, Simon Wickson.

*left during the season

  Appearances Goals scored  
Player Starts Sub Total MCP RCT FAV BMC WKM Total Sponsor
Andy Biffin (Goalkeeper) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abacus Database Devt Ltd
Josh Blake 53 1 54 17 1 2 1 2 23 Vic Shepherd
Jonny Burgess 23 16 36 4 0 0 0 0 4 Mick Brady
David Care 22 8 30 3 0 1 0 0 4 Linleigh
Harj Dhesi 36 7 43 1 0 1 0 0 2 Sheepsiders
Scott Easterlow 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joined Rugby Town
Anthony Episcopo 4 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 Francesco Hairdressers
Paul Frost 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joined Whitnash
James Gettings (Goalkeeper) 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Vincent
Andy Gregory 42 1 43 3 0 0 0 0 3 Ian & Tracy Avery
Chris Hanrahan 21 9 30 4 0 0 0 0 4 Andy Hicks
James Harri 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Joined Kidderminster Harriers
Stuart Herlihy 17 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 2 Vic Shepherd
Paul Holland 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joined Central Ajax
Niels Kristensen 12 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abacus Database Devt Ltd
Nick McFarlane 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 David Hucker
Andrew McKinley 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sponsored as Youth
Richard Morris (Goalkeeper) 36 1 37 1 0 0 0 0 1 Changes Hair Design
Paul Nicholls 34 3 37 26 0 1 1 4 32 Maggie & Wyn Grant
Ryan Parisi 6 13 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 Nigel Hodgkins
Seb Rockcliff 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Vincent
Barry Shearsby 24 5 29 3 0 1 0 0 4 North Bank
Tom Sidwell 46 1 47 0 0 0 0 1 1 Roger Wickson
Mark Simmonds 15 6 21 3 0 0 0 0 3 Francesco Hairdressers
Vernor Sleem 37 16 53 8 0 2 1 2 13 Roger Vincent
Martin Thompson 19 9 28 8 0 2 0 1 11 Brian Knibb
Steve Thompson 39 6 45 6 0 1 0 1 8 Keith Culpit
Darren Timms 46 5 51 6 0 0 0 0 6 David Hucker
Simon Walker 22 2 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Knibb
Glen Webb 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Knibb
Simon Wickson 10 2 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 Peter Holden
 
Own Goals       2 0 0 1 0 3  
Totals  31 players used Max apps=55 101 1 12 4 11 129  
Player Starts Sub Total MCP RCT FAV BMC WKM Total Sponsor
Jason Cadden (Manager) William John Hairdressers
Matt Papworth (Physiotherapist) Friend of Leamington FC

Details of Leamington's 2003-4 Youth team will be added at a later date

 

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