JA Kennedy Cup Draw

First Preliminary Round: 
Old Ashburnians v The Drum

Second Preliminary Round:
Inter Mancs v Celta 
Davyhulme Park v Halton Juniors 
Parkway Dynamos v Manchester CC 
Motown v Moss Side 
Mancunian Wave v Lass O’Gowrie Reserves
AFC Didsbury v West Point City
Fallowfield v Urmston Town
MUSC v St Johns
Lass O’Gowrie v Gorton Villa
Nello James v Withington Victoria
Broadway Rovers v Manchester Falcons
Stretford Victoria v Chorlton Irish

The following teams have byes:
Sierra Stars, Atletico Chorlton, Cheadle Hulme Albion, Levenshulme Boys, River Plate Reds, Turnpike Pirates, Urmston Meadowside Warriors, Woodsend Athletic, Fallowfield United, Man United Ability Counts, MUSC Reserves, MVFC, Old Ashburnians/The Drum, Recreativo Rusholme, Urmston Mens, Albert 1874, Chorlton Athletic, Davyhulme Park Reserves, GM Hurricanes, Greenpark United 

John Old Cup

Preliminary Round
Chorlton Athletic v Halton Juniors
Fallowfield United v Manchester Falcons
MVFC v West Point City
GM Hurricanes v Old Ashburnians
Sierra Stars v MUSC Reserves
MUSC v Mancunian Wave
River Plate Reds v Fallowfield
Motown v Inter Mancs
Davyhulme Park v St Johns
Gorton Villa v Davyhulme Park Reserves
Recreativo Rushholme v Turnpike Pirates
Withington Victoria v Urmston Meadowside Warriors

The following teams have byes:
AFC Didsbury, Celta, Lass O'Gowrie, Nello James, Stretford Victoria, Atletico Chorlton, Cheadle Hulme Albion, Levenshulme Boys, Parkway Dynamos, The Drum, Urmston Town, Woodsend Athletic, Broadway Rovers, Man United Ability Counts, Manchester CC, Urmston Mens, Albert 1874, Chorlton Irish, Greenpark United

Name: Oliver Quaye

AKA:  Ollie/Token/Great Man/Duane

Position: Forward/Winger

Number: Whatever is left

Wants to play like: Emile Heskey

Actually plays like: Emile Heskey - job done!

Previous Clubs: Maths FC, Bessingby Park Rangers

Best performance: Vs. Davyhulme (only so we can show that clip again) 2 assists and would have been more if Spraggs wasn’t the walking dead from the night before

Worst performance: vs MUSC in the cup: came off the bench, got booked and had a penalty saved

Career Highlight: Perfect hat trick against the team with the ginger goalkeeper in our first pre season tournament

Aims for the season: To have a WAG to bring to the xmas do so I’m not forced to try it on with any team mates’ WAG’s a la John Terry.

Trademark Skill: Kick the ball and sprint after it… push over anyone that gets in my way

Life Quote:
  "It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am." 
-Muhammad Ali

Football Quote:
  "The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It’s nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It’s about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."                                                                                            -Danny Blanchflower

Lifelong Ambition: We urgently need a team masseuse… and I am happy to oversee the recruitment

Sponsored by: Chicken King Fallowfield - http://chickenkingonline.co.uk/

Best Looking: The squad is not exactly blessed with good looks but the majority have ‘great personalities’ to compensate. I guess if I had to choose it would probably be Pavol, he’s got that international heir of mystery surrounding him. And it’s 2012 after all…

Hardest: Aside from myself I wouldn’t tangle with Pete Cowley… I've heard primary school teachers can be pretty handy in a fight

Most likely to: Get booked for dissent even though I don't tolerate it when I referee!

Most skilful teammate: Jaffers hands down- textbook trapping of a beautiful woman. Matty came a close second… I salute you both

Want to see on the team sheet: Tom Spraggs- you haven’t lived until you play up front with a man still stinking of 5th ave and vomit from the night before

Favourite Fixture: The two Maths derbies. One ending in defeat (that meant nothing) and the other in a glorious cup final victory. #respectyourelders

Undervalued/Overvalued: Can you put a value on humour?

What the manager thinks: “We need Ollie in the team to meet diversity targets. Also, if he is playing or training with us, our girlfriends are relatively safe.”

What Jimmy thinks: Jimmy thinks my name is Mike. That’s the nicest thing any coach has ever said about me…

Some dodgy fair play to a replayed game, another season played and the outcome the same,

One more season over and we're still in good health, we silenced Gold Cup and put another trophy on the shelf, 

From Cowley's single assist to Rogers' two wonders, there was Corbett's slick chip and Creasey’s 30 yard thunders,

Back to back titles with Battersby mug proof, Harrison reminded us of Zlatan and Stiff lost a tooth,

Musson stayed on his feet (!!!) and Robins (sober) was as quick as a horse, Jaffers didn't like to be named as an unlikely source,

MacHugh did Cruyff turns, Quaye had an injured knee, while Col Mac spent most of the season sat in A&E,

Mackie "was up", Hargreaves was a left - right flyer, Wallace ripped his training top while getting it out of the dryer,

Gaz went to London and developed arms like a baby, Rushton rocked up “Am from stoke aint eee”,

Trec held it up, Jonno used his experience like a journey man, one man spent the game combining handshakes with a Business card with the words..... "How ya doin Ciaran Bermingham”

So come along to Fosters for the end of season awards, drinks lots of beer and then spank the boards,

Votes are in and were all in agreement..... Division 1 winners....... WHAT..... an achievement!


WORDS BY COLIN MCDONALD