Cup double for Premiair, but Holbeach beaten by champions
The first team beat Peterborough League Division Two champions Stilton United 4-2 on penalties in the PFSDF Junior Cup Final after a thrilling 3-3 draw.
Premiair led 2-0 and trailled 3-2 before a cracking strike from a free kick from Jonathan Sturgeon took the final into penalties.
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Hide AdThat was Sturgeon’s second goal of the game with Lee Deane also on target, while Kyial West (2) and Keaton Smith netted for Stilton.
It was a fiesty affair which saw red cards for Stuart Eason of Stilton and Ricky Brown for Premiair. The city side were runners-up in Division Two, but finished 13 points behind Stilton.
Premiair Reserves play a division higher than Stanground Sports, but the Division 5A champions probably started the PFSDF Minor Cup Final as favourites.
But Sam Eaton and Michasel Fasulo fired Premiair into a 2-0 lead and although Rikki Goodale pulled a goal back for Stanground before the break there were no further goals in the second-half.
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Hide AdHolbeach lost the United Counties League Cup final 3-1 to Daventry Town at Raunds. Daventry, who were awarded a final place after Deeping Rangers were thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player in the final seconds of a 6-2 semi-final win, were completing a Premier Division and League Cup double.
Josh Ford equalised for a Holbeach side missing three key players from the penalty spot in the first half.
RESULTS
UCL CUP FINAL
Daventry Town 3, Holbeach United 1 (Ford)
PFSDF Junior Cup Final
Premiair FC 3 (Sturgeon 2, Deane), Stilton United 3 (West 2, Smith).
PFSDF Minor Cup Final
Premiair Reserves 2 (Eaton, Fasulo), Stanground Sports 1 (Goodale),