Athersley Recreation 1 (David Hoyle)
Hollinsend Amateurs 0
Athersley Recreation were playing their second game in 24 hours at Oakwell when they overcame their opponents from south Sheffield thanks to a solitary strike from target man David Hoyle after he followed up his own penalty that had been saved by the Hollinsend keeper to give them the trophy which was one of the only trophies in the area that they had previously not won. It was a tight affair with both sides having lots of huff and puff but no real end product to their endeavours until a tactical substitution on the hour mark brought on the pacey winger Shane Kelsey and suddenly the Hollinsend defence were troubled time after time bringing a succession of fouls against him. On 70 minutes Kelsey once again broke and cut into the left hand side of the penalty area and was upended to give the referee no option but to point to the penalty mark. The keeper had obviously been listening to his dug out who had told him to stand up for the kick as he saved the shot but Hoyle followed up with the rebound to send the local fans home happy.
Secretary Peter 'Pork' Goodlad was quoted after as saying ' I thought we dominated from start to finish and looked the better side having most of the clear chances in the game, however we couldn't fininsh and Hollinsend kept on trying to catch us on the break. It was a typical Rec performance, Full of endeavour and true graft and after most of the lads played in the final on Monday evening on the same big pitch it was a good performance and a credit to the lads'