Lancashire Cup

[SKIPPER]

Might have missed it somewhere on here but for anyone remotely interested we have been drawn away to Burnley in the first round of the above.

[Richard Ingham]

https://www.lancashirefa.com/cups-and-c ... p/fixtures

Same draw as last season for us.

[Steeley]

Is this something that will end up played on a training pitch on a Tuesday morning?

[boyliegladbach]

Is this something that will end up played on a training pitch on a Tuesday morning?

Probably,
Waste of time.

[Ace]

Is this something that will end up played on a training pitch on a Tuesday morning?

Hopefully, a good training session on a grass pitch isn’t something we should turn our nose up at.

[Fazered]

Scrap it. Meaningless waste of time these days

[PRR]

Maybe we could challenge them to a gym off. Most Burpees in 5 minutes wins. 5 Burpees off for leering at the female hot yoga class.

[McMark]

We might have to prioritise this Cup in order to get some grass under our feet more than once a week!

[ant]

Remember this competition back in the day, was a treat to see top First division ( prem now) players coming back from injury playing at HS.

[ant]

Hello mike Barrow

[Falstaff]

I've always thought that County Cups would make a good pre season competition. An added edge to what otherwise are relatively meaningless friendlies.

[Richard Ingham]

Anyone heard when this is going to be?

First Round ties are supposed to be played by next Tuesday looking at the LFA website.

[Pedro]

Remember this competition back in the day, was a treat to see top First division ( prem now) players coming back from injury playing at HS.

Yep we beat Man United who had a few good first teamers playing not sure if Willie Morgan and Alan Gowling, Jimmy Rimmer played

[Sea Dog Sam]

Pretty sure Jimmy Rimmer was in goal for one of their visits.

I had the flu and couldn't attend one of the fixtures between the clubs. I remember it being a really foggy evening. A rumour going round school was that Bobby Charlton would be playing! Can't remember whether he did - as I was laying in bed

During the 1970s we also played MUFC at Old Trafford in the Lancs Cup Semi-Final. I remember reading the match report in the EMail which stated that The Stretford End was singing: 'Mulvaney For England'
Jimmy Mulvaney was one of our strikers.

[pjdaly]

A rumour going round school was that Bobby Charlton would be playing! Can't remember whether he did -

Interesting thought, Sea Dog, but it seems that Bobby's one and only appearance playing in Barrow came when he was only a youngster, probably in 1953 or 1954. The article from the EM below is from just 10 years ago when Bobby visited Furness College in 2011 as an ambassador for a landmines charity. I can only assume that the match was played on Holker Street and that the great man graced our turf just that once - - - when nobody would have given the kid a second thought. As suggested in the article, he remembered very little about the day but at least he did remember coming to play here.