More teams, more rounds, but still Sky Lounge triumphant.

The first 8 team tournament since November 2021, saw some very strong teams on display.

Surprise was Newcastle City not gaining a semi final berth, along with Sporting Redhouse, who ended finishing rock bottom of their group, despite an opening win over newcomers, Boldon CA - who themselves were very unfortunate not to be in the last four.

Group stage

In Group B, Sky Lounge defeated Carpets Centre Elite, Sporting and then Boldon CA, all 1-0, to top the group. After that, it was all the other three - all who were very similar in a strong standard and a tough group. Ironically, after losing both their openers, Carpets were sweating on the last encounter as Boldon playing Sky just needed a draw to scrape Boldon into the semi's. Boldon, already having already defeated Carpets, but succumbing to a 2-1 defeat v Sporting in their opener. For Carpets, their 3-1 win over rivals, Sporting, helped them in a group where most teams only managed single goal victories. As mentioned, Sporting lost to Sky, but everyone else seemed to beat each other.

Group A would be considered the weaker group and two new teams, Museum Vaults and Athletic Sports United kicked off with Museum securing a resounding 2-0 win. Newcastle and Sassco then failed to break each other down in a 0-0 draw. Sassco then followed with a 4-0 win over ASU, before Museum scored late in a 1-0 win over Newcastle to all-but eliminate them. Newcastle were then 1-0 down for a long stretch against ASU, before finally turning on the style in a 4-1 win to improve their goal difference.

The final match saw Newcastle waiting on the side-lines, hopeful of a heavy Museum win against Sassco. But an early, excellent, long range strike from Craig Richardson secured a 1-0 win to send both Sassco and Museum through.

Semi finals

The Semi-finals saw Sky Lounge secure an expected 2-1 win over Museum, while Carpets left it late to fire in the only goal against Sassco.

Final

The final, inevitably saw Sky Lounge improve over their group result v Carpets, by scoring two late goals. A tempered match almost saw Parkin sin binned when they were 2-0 up. Lucky for him, he saw sense, as Carpets fired in a late reply to set up a frantic finish. Sky Lounge held on, and once more have the opportunity to fill up the fruit bowl.

The next tournament is scheduled for November 1st.

6th September 2022
06-09-2022 19:05
Athletic Sports United
Athletic Sports United
Museum Vaults
Museum Vaults
06-09-2022 19:19
Newcastle City FC
Newcastle City FC
Sassco.co.uk
Sassco.co.uk
06-09-2022 19:33
Athletic Sports United
Athletic Sports United
Sassco.co.uk
Sassco.co.uk
06-09-2022 19:47
Museum Vaults
Museum Vaults
Newcastle City FC
Newcastle City FC
06-09-2022 20:01
Athletic Sports United
Athletic Sports United
Newcastle City FC
Newcastle City FC
06-09-2022 20:15
Sassco.co.uk
Sassco.co.uk
Museum Vaults
Museum Vaults

Group A

Rank Teams Played Won Drawn Lost Goal difference Points For Against
1 Sassco.co.uk 3 2 1 0 5 7 5 0
2 Museum Vaults 3 2 0 1 2 6 3 1
3 Newcastle City FC 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 2
4 Athletic Sports United 3 0 0 3 -9 0 1 10

Museum 2 Athletic 0

Museum 1 Newcastle 0

Sassco 0 Newcastle 0

Newcastle 4 Athletic 1

Sassco 4 Athletic 0

Sassco 1 Museum 0

6th September 2022
06-09-2022 19:05
Boldon CA Select
Boldon CA Select
Sporting Redhouse
Sporting Redhouse
06-09-2022 19:19
Carpet Centres Elite
Carpet Centres Elite
Sky Lounge FC
Sky Lounge FC
06-09-2022 19:33
Boldon CA Select
Boldon CA Select
Carpet Centres Elite
Carpet Centres Elite
06-09-2022 19:47
Sky Lounge FC
Sky Lounge FC
Sporting Redhouse
Sporting Redhouse
06-09-2022 20:01
Sporting Redhouse
Sporting Redhouse
Carpet Centres Elite
Carpet Centres Elite
06-09-2022 20:15
Boldon CA Select
Boldon CA Select
Sky Lounge FC
Sky Lounge FC

Group B

Rank Teams Played Won Drawn Lost Goal difference Points For Against
1 Sky Lounge FC 3 3 0 0 3 9 3 0
2 Carpet Centres Elite 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 3
3 Boldon CA Select 3 1 0 2 -1 3 2 3
4 Sporting Redhouse 3 1 0 2 -2 3 3 5

Sporting 2 Boldon 1

Boldon 1 Carpet Elite 0

Sky Lounge 1 Carpet Elite 0

Carpet Elite 3 Sporting 1

Sky Lounge 1 Sporting 0

Sky Lounge 1 Boldon 0

Semi Finals

06-09-2022 20:30
Carpet Centres Elite
Carpet Centres Elite
Sassco.co.uk
Sassco.co.uk
06-09-2022 20:30
Sky Lounge FC
Sky Lounge FC
Museum Vaults
Museum Vaults

Final

06-09-2022 20:45
Sky Lounge FC
Sky Lounge FC
Carpet Centres Elite
Carpet Centres Elite

 

Carpet Elite 1 Sassco 0 - SF

Sky Lounge 2 Museum 1 - SF

Sky 2 Elite 1 - FINAL