MAY 2007: SCOTLAND CUP SUCCESS FOR U-16 SQUAD
Glenavon under 16's have been crowned Scotland Cup Winners 2007 after a
successful trip to the prestigious tournament which is held in Ayr over the bank
holiday weekend.
This year was the 30th anniversary of the tournament which in previous years has
seen Rangers, Chelsea, and Hearts crowned as champions but never have a local
club clinched the title at under 16 level.
A squad of 18 players left Mourneview Park along with coaches Davy Maguire, Alex
Denver and Brendan Grimes and the boys coasted through their opening group games
with wins against Steinhousmuir (4-0), Dundee (3-0) and Redheugh BC (1-0)
scoring eight times in the process and conceding none. This set up a semi-final
against Ayr who were pre tournament favourites. A hard fought game finally ended
2-2 and the Glenavon boys held their nerve to win 5-4 on penalties. The other
semi-final saw Redheugh overcome Cramlington Juniors 6-5 on penalties.
The final, which was played at Dam Park Stadium in Ayr, saw Glenavon raise their
game to new levels against Paul Gascoigne's first club and the final score of
2-1 was flattering to the opposition.
Report by Gordon Wylie.
Final:
Glenavon 2-1 Redheugh Boys
Thanks to goals from Thomas Maguire and Roray Grogan the Wee Blues returned to
Mourneview Park as Champions with the prestigious Scotland Cup following a 2-1
victory in the final.
Well done lads!
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| Thomas Maguire, Glenavon U16s
leading scorer for Season 2006-07, scored in the Scotland Cup final in
Ayr. Glenavon won the cup by beating Redhuith Boys 2-1 in the Final on
Bank Holiday Monday. |
Glenavon's Semi Final against Ayr finished 2-2 (goals by Grogan and
McPartland) with the young Lurgan Blues eventually triumphing 5-4 on penalties
to make it through to Monday's Final.
Having already qualified for the Semi Final, Glenavon completed a clean-sweep of
victories in its Group with a 1-0 win over Redheugh Boys on Sunday morning,
thanks to a goal from Forsythe.
Glenavon won the second group game of the Scotland Cup by defeating Dundee
Rovers 4-0 in the 4pm game. The goal scorers were Maguire, Mallon, McCorry and
Davidson.
Glenavon also beat Stenhousmuir 3-0 in the match
that kicked off at 1pm. The goal scorers for Glenavon were Grogan, Dalzell and
Forsythe.
A squad of 18 players left Mourneview Park
on Friday morning to represent the club at under 16 level in the prestigious
Scotland Cup competition which is being
held in Ayr over the bank holiday weekend.
Many Thanks to Gordon Wylie for the updates from Ayr.
Fixtures & Results
Sat 26 - Glenavon 3-0 Stenhousmuir
Sat 26 - Glenavon 4-0 Dundee Rovers
Sun 27 - Glenavon 1-0 Redheugh Boys
Sun 27 - Glenavon 2-2 Ayr (Glenavon win 5-4 on pens)
Mon 28 - Final: Glenavon 2-1 Redheugh Boys
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