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Season 2004-5 : promotion year

Midland Combination Premier Division : Champions
Willie Knibb Memorial Cup: Third Round
Middland Combination Team of the Month: December 2004, March 2005, April 2005
Midland Combination Manager of the Year: Jason Cadden
FA Vase: Third Round

the Mid Com championship year

A 4-0 win at Highgate United in April sunshine

Results

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
MCP 21 Aug 2004 Meir KA A 0-5   123
MCP 24 Aug Nuneaton Griff H 6-1 Blake (2), Webb, Herlihy, R Adams (2) 239
MCP 28 Aug Feckenham A 4-1 Herlihy, R Adams (2), Blake 130
MCP 30 Aug Southam United H 3-0 Own goal, Blake (2) 401
MCP 4 Sep Pershore Town H 6-1 Care, R Adams, Blake (4) 358
MCP 7 Sep Bolehall Swifts H 2-0 Blake, R Adams 318
MCP 11 Sep Pilkington XXX A 1-0 R Adams 180
WKM2 18 Sep Alveston A 3-1 Sleem, Howell (2) 178
MCP 21 Sep Massey Ferguson A 5-1 R Adams (2), Smith, Blake, Daly 127
MCP 25 Sep Brocton H 3-2 R Adams, L Morgan, Hanrahan 340
MCP 2 Oct Coventry Sphinx H 5-1 L Morgan (3), Hanrahan, Morris 454
MCP 5 Oct Continental Star A 2-0 Tank, Blake 100
MCP 9 Oct Barnt Green Spartak A 0-2   165
MCP 12 Oct Dudley Sports H 4-3 Sleem, Blake, L Morgan, R Adams 222
MCP 16 Oct Coleshill Town A 2-3 Herlihy, Blake 175
MCP 19 Oct Castle Vale A 2-1 Blake, R Adams 125
MCP 23 Oct Coventry Marconi H 6-1 Blake, R Adams (2), Nicholls, Smith, S Thompson 371
MCP 26 Oct Feckenham H 6-0 Nicholls (2), Blake (2), R Adams, Hanrahan 341
MCP 30 Oct Bloxwich Town A 1-0 Nicholls 239
TAM 2 Nov Romulus N 0-1   120
MCP 6 Nov Highgate United H 1-0 Gregory 386
MCP 13 Nov Castle Vale H 2-1 L Morgan, Gregory 401
BMC2 17 Nov Massey Ferguson A 1-2 J Adams 90
FAV2 20 Nov Loughborough Dynamo A 1-1 Blake 495
FAV2R 23 Nov Loughborough Dynamo H 3-0 Blake (2), L Morgan 524
WKM3 27 Nov Meir KA A 2-2
2P-3P		 J Adams, Howell (AET, FT 1-1)
 		 113
MCP 4 Dec West Midlands Police H 5-1 R Adams, Blake, M Thompson, L Morgan, Gregory 318
FAV3 11 Dec Bedlington Terriers H 2-3 Blake, R Adams 813
MCP 18 Dec Massey Ferguson H 4-1 R Adams (2), Gregory, Blake 275
MCP 28 Dec Southam United A 1-0 Blake 420
MCP 3 Jan 2005 Continental Star H 5-2 Blake, Gregory, R Adams, J Adams, Nicholls 429
MCP 8 Jan Coventry Marconi A 3-2 J Adams, L Morgan, R Adams 350
MCP 15 Jan Bolehall Swifts A 2-1 J Adams, L Morgan 120
MCP 18 Jan Coventry Sphinx A 2-2 Howell (2) 340
MCP 22 Jan Barnt Green Spartak H 4-0 L Morgan (2), R Adams, B Adams 423
MCP 29 Jan Meir KA H 5-0 L Morgan, R Adams (4) 413
MCP 5 Feb Pilkington XXX H 0-0   404
MCP 12 Feb Bloxwich Town H 4-0 R Adams (2), Blake, Nicholls 516
MCP 19 Feb Pershore Town A 3-1 Gregory, B Adams, Timms 204
MCP 26 Feb Coleshill Town H 4-2 Hanrahan, Nicholls (2), Gregory 416
MCP 12 Mar Dudley Sports A 2-2 Herlihy, Nicholls 120
MCP 19 Mar Shifnal Town H 2-0 Blake (2) 434
MCP 26 Mar West Midlands Police A 1-0 R Adams 200
MCP 28 Mar Alveston A 2-1 L Morgan, R Adams 372
MCP 2 Apr Highgate United A 4-0 Morris (pen), Howell, R Adams, Eden 170
MCP 9 Apr Brocton A 2-2 R Adams, Morris (pen) 245
MCP 16 Apr Alveston H 7-0 R Adams (2), Nicholls, L Morgan (2), Sidwell, Herlihy 859
MCP 23 Apr Shifnal Town A 6-0 R Adams (3), J Adams, Nicholls, S Thompson 151
MCP 30 Apr Nuneaton Griff A 3-0 J Adams (2), R Adams 242
Key: MCP: Midland Combination Premier Division; WKM: Willie Knibb Memorial Cup;
BMC: Birmingham County FA Midweek Cup; FAV: FA Vase (Q Qualifying); TAM: Tony Allden Memorial Cup

Average home league attendance 396; with cup matches 420.

Pre-season: all friendlies

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
FRND Sun 11 Jul 2004 Coventry City (1987) H 1-1 M Thompson 776
FRND Sat 17 Jul Stratford Town A 0-3   180
FRND Wed 28 Jul Bedworth United H 1-0 Friend 195
FRND Sat 31 Jul Alveston A 2-1 Bradley, Timms 110
FRND Sat 7 Aug Studley A 1-4 Herlihy 140
FRND Sat 14 Aug Wilmcote S&S H 2-0 R Adams, Howell 185
FRND Mon 2 May 2005 Coventry City Select XI H 4-1 Howell, Herlihy, Blake, R Adams 224

Match photos

Final league table

Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 LEAMINGTON 42 35 4 3 132 40 92 109
2 Coventry Sphinx 42 28 6 8 137 73 64 90
3 Coventry Marconi 42 28 4 10 111 55 56 88
4 Bloxwich Town 42 26 7 9 91 55 36 85
5 Barnt Green Spartak 42 22 11 9 93 60 33 77
6 Southam United 42 23 5 14 84 68 16 74
7 Feckenham 42 19 10 13 85 78 7 67
8 Brocton 42 18 11 13 90 62 28 65
9 Coleshill Town 49 19 4 19 80 78 2 61
10 Castle Vale 41 19 4 19 79 77 2 61
11 Bolehall Swifts 42 16 9 17 67 75 -8 57
12 Nuneaton Griff 42 17 4 21 75 79 -4 55
13 Dudley Sports 42 15 10 17 64 71 -7 55
14 Meir KA 42 15 6 21 88 91 -3 51
15 Pilkington XXX 42 12 11 19 75 89 -14 47
16 Pershore Town 42 13 6 23 75 95 -20 45
17 Shifnal Town 42 12 9 21 55 82 -27 45
18 Highgate United 42 12 8 22 50 94 -44 44
19 Massey Ferguson* 42 13 2 27 57 88 -31 38
20 Continental Star 42 10 6 26 56 108 -52 36
21 Alveston 42 9 5 28 59 122 -63 32
22 West Midlands Police 42 8 4 30 47 110 -63 28

* Three points deducted

Leamington playing squad 2004-5

Squad 2004-05

Leamington FC squad at the start of 2004-05 season,
taken at the Chesterton windmill, within sight of the New Windmill Ground.

Back row: Ryan Howell, Darran Tank, Vernor Sleem, Leon Morgan, Glen Webb, Richard Morris, Tom Friend*,
Steve Smith, Chris Hanrahan, Martin Thompson.
Middle: Andy Bradley, Simon Wickson, Darren Timms, Barry Shearsby*, Jason Cadden (manager),
Steve Thompson (Club Captain/Coach), Keith Orme (Assistant Manager), Stuart Herlihy,
Simon Walker, Phil Daly*, Andy McKinley.
Front row: Lee Lavery, Ryan Parisi, Lee McBain*, Mark Anderson*, Richard Adams, Johnny Burgess,
Mark Delaney, David Care, Harjinder Dhesi, Ben Adams.
Not in picture: Josh Blake, Jonathan Adams, Richard Morgan, Paul Eden, Andy Gregory.

*left during the season

  Appearances Goals scored  
Player Starts Sub Total MCP FAV BMC WKM TAM Total Sponsor
Ben Adams 41 4 45 2 0 0 0 0 2 Rex Payne
Jon Adams 25 10 35 6 0 1 1 0 8 Louise Jones
Richard Adams 41 5 46 37 1 0 0 0 38 Jim Scott
Mark Anderson 4 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joined Southam United
Josh Blake 35 2 37 25 4 0 0 0 29 Vic Shepherd
Jonny Burgess 5 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mick Brady
David Care 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 Linleigh
Phil Daly 3 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Joined Alveston
Harj Dhesi 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheepsiders
Paul Eden (Player/Coach) 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 Roger Vincent
Tom Friend 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joined Whitnash
Andy Gregory 25 3 28 7 0 0 0 0 7 North Bank
Chris Hanrahan 30 6 36 4 0 0 0 0 4 BrakesWeb.co.uk
Andy Harper (Goalkeeper) 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clintplan
Stuart Herlihy 30 4 34 5 0 0 0 0 5 Ian & Tracy Avery
Ryan Howell 11 16 27 3 0 0 3 0 6 Clintplan
Lee McBain 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Released
Andy McKinley 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keith Culpit
Leon Morgan 37 0 37 15 1 0 0 0 16 PhilsBBS(UK) Ltd
Richard Morgan (Goalkeeper) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sponsored as Youth
Richard Morris (Goalkeeper) 41 0 41 3 0 0 0 0 3 Changes Hair Design
Paul Nicholls 20 7 27 11 0 0 0 0 11 Windmill Wonderland
Ryan Parisi 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigel Hodgkins
Barry Shearsby 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joined Alveston
Tom Sidwell 12 3 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 Abacus Database Dev Ltd
Vernor Sleem 4 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 2 Roger Vincent
Steve Smith 30 0 30 2 0 0 0 0 2 jamiepoole.com
Darran Tank 35 2 37 1 0 0 0 0 1 Maggie & Wyn Grant
Martin Thompson 2 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sheepsiders
Steve Thompson (Player/Coach) 38 2 40 2 0 0 0 0 2 Patrick Murphy
Darren Timms 11 13 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jas Bal
Simon Walker 28 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Knibb
Glen Webb 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Stan & Betty Hodgkins
 
Own Goals       1 0 0 0 0 1  
Totals  33 players used Max apps=49 132 6 1 5 0 144  
Player Starts Sub Total MCP FAV BMC WKM TAM Total Sponsor
Jason Cadden (Manager) William John Hairdressers
Keith Orme (Assistant Manager) Brian Knibb
Malcolm Hyland (Goalkeeping coach) Sponsored as Youth

Details of Leamington's 2004-5 Youth team will be added at a later date

 

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