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Welcome to LanghoFC.com the web site of Langho Football, Sports & Country Club. Here you can find the latest news, reports and results for all of Langho’s teams. We have posted details of forthcoming events in our Social Club which is also available to hire for private functions.
For the first time in the clubs history Langho FC triumphed 2-0 against Preston Wanderers (Preston and Distict Football Combination) who had themselves won the competition in 2008-09.
The preparation for the final was unorthodox to say the least with 9 of the squad embarking on Tommy Sharples epic stag trip to Prague for four days only returning on Thursday evening before Fridays final!
Team: Danny Woodhead, Johnny Welch, Mark Tomlinson (capt), Tom Fowler, Adam Welch, Jimmy Tyldesley, Liam Lishman, Ian Simpson, Chris Bailey, Jamie Stoddart, Paul Coote, Subs; Dan Blackburn, Martin Grindrod, Tommy Sharples, Dominic Lester, Shaun Mansfield, Matt Grimes. Manager Liam Lishman, Asst Manager Lee Boyer.
The first half started with Langho having the first chance to open the scoring when Jamie Stoddart created an opening for himself which brought a diving save from the Wanderers keeper which he couldn’t hold, Ian Simpson following up blazed over.
Langho stuggled to develop any rhythm in their play as the wanderers midfield and forwards adpoted a high energy pressing game which Langho struggled to match, as the half wore on Wanderers began to apply concerted pressure on Langho’s back four who appeared to be still suffering the after effects of their escapades earlier in the week in the bars of Prague! Langho had a scare when their opponents hit the crossbar and Wanderers lively forwards brought two excellent saves from Danny Woodhead in the Langho goal.
Some desperate and dogged defending meant that the half time approached with the scoreline still blank until Jamie Stoddart threaded a pass between Wanderers central defenders for Paul Coote to run on and smash an unstoppable shot from 18 yards out into the top corner of the net with virtually the last kick of the half!
Despite leading 1-0 strong words would be required by the teams management as Langho faced playing up the slope in the second half, Asst Manager Lee Boyer didn’t dissapoint and Langho started the second half in a more forceful manner and began to impose their usual fluent approach play on their opponents making use of the full width of the pitch. With Ian Simpson prominent in his distribution of the ball to these areas thus allowing Chris Bailey, Adam Welch, Jimmy Tyldesley and Johnny Welch to make in roads down both flanks which stretched wanderers back four and chances began to be created. However Wanderers showed they still carried a threat when a shot from 12 yards rattled the Langho crossbar, this proved to be the last real threat to Langho conceding a goal.
Increasingly as the game reached its conclusion chances for Langho increased as Wanderers appeared to tire, Jamie Stoddart, Jimmy Tyldesley and Liam Lishman, were replaced by Dan Blackburn, Tommy Sharples and Martin Grindrod to bring added energy to Langho’s quest for a match clinching goal. The energetic Blackburn chased a ball into the penalty area only to be tripped and awarded a penalty by the excellent match referee. Their then appeared to be an interminable delay as Wanderers attempted to ‘play mind games’ by delaying the kick by introducing a couple of substitutes. At last Paul Coote showed his usual composure and deadliness from the penalty spot to secure the 2-0 victory and bring great joy to Langho’s considerable following.
The presentation of the cup first competed for in 1893/94 and insured for £20+k was made to captain Mark Tomlinson amid much jubilation from players and supporters alike, as can be imagined the atmosphere back at the clubhouse was ebullient as players and supporters toasted the teams success.
However the season is far from over as Langho also pursue an East Lancs League Championship for the first time in the clubs history, with six games remaining and a top of the table clash away at Rimington on Tuesday 24/4 their is ‘all to play for’ and we wish the team every success in achieving their ambitions.
After a tense semi final held at Bamber Bridge FC against Winstanley St Aidans FC from the Wigan and District League Langho progressed to the final after a 0-0 full time score was resolved by a penalty shoot out which Langho won 3-1.
Langho were quickly into their stride, with Johnny Welch and Jimmy Tyldesley particularly prominent down Langhos right wing, and camped in the Winstanley half for the first 15 minutes of the game and only their oppositions defenders flinging their bodies in the way of goal bound shots preventing Langho taking an early lead. It was 20mins into the game before Langho keeper Danny Woodhead touched the ball, as the half progressed the game settled down with both defenses keeping each others attackers at distance, as half time approached however he made an excellent save from a free kick awarded to Winstanley on the edge of the penalty area.
The second half continued in the same vein with both defenses maintaining their discipline and organisation which kept clear cut chances for both teams to an absolute minimum. As the game entered the final quater Langho’s passing game began to exert cotinuous pressure on the Winstanley penalty area without being able to create that all important goal opportunity which saw the result after 90 mins end 0-0.
Winstanley’s first penalty was wide, Paul Coote smashed Langho’s into the top corner. Before Winstanley could take their second penalty Danny Woodhead had to receive treatment for cramp which left both his teammates and supporters facing an anxious wait to see if he would continue. Their worries were needless as he then pulled off an excellent save denying Winstanleys second penalty taker, Matt Bagot then showed great ‘bottle’, he’d missed a penalty in the previous game, to coolly nestle the ball in the bottom corner.
Winstanley then scored their 3rd penalty but unfortunately Tommy Sharples kick was saved!
With the score now 2-1 some pressure was now back onto Tom Fowler Langho’s next taker, he promptly despatched the ball without any ceremony into the back of the net which put the pressure back onto Winstanleys captain who now had to score to keep them in the game. Langho’s joy was unbridled as the ball dissapered over the crossbar!!
Congratulations to the team on a well deserved victory.
It was pleasing to see so much support for the team on the night and hopefully their will be even greater numbers there for the final against Preston Wanderers at LFA County Ground, Leyland on Friday 20th April. Hopefully the lads will return from Tommy Sharples ‘stag do’ with clear heads?
This is the first time the club has reached the final of this competition and is a great effort by all involved and a credit to Langho FC.
Team: Danny Woodhead, Johnny Welch, Adam Welch, Mark Tomlinson, Tom Fowler, Liam Lishman, Jimmy Tyldesley, Ian Simpson, Matt Bagot, Paul Coote, Chris Bailey, Subs Tommy Sharples, Jamie Stoddart, Martin Grindrod, Dan Blackburn, Sean Mansfield
The seniors first team have qualified for the semi-final of the LFA Amateur Cup competition to play Winstanley St Aidans FC from Wigan at Bamber Bridge FC kick off 7.00pm on Wednesday 14th March 2012.
This is the furthest the club have progressed in this competition and it would be great to see as many as possible at the game to support the team in their endeavours to reach the cup final.
Regretably all home games scheduled for Rydings and Northcote this weekend have been postponed.
The under 14′s have arranged to play their LFA cup quarter final against Heysham Blue Star FC at Accrington and Rossendale College’s ( Broad Oak Rd, Accrington BB5 4BA) 3G all weather pitch in order to ensure the tie goes ahead ko 11.00 am.
Good luck lets get another Langho team through to their cup semi-finals.
 After 18 months of development football, it came as a welcome surprise when the league decided that we would have a cup competition.
It would have been nice if we had more than 10 minutes notice to sort out the 20 boys into 3 teams! so Langho Blues, maroons & Greens were quickly put together.Sadly the Greens struggled in their first week of “competitive” football but have enjoyed a big improvement in the weeks that have followed.
The Maroons got off to a great start with a 5-3 win over Rishton, then a 5-0 win over crown black that would see them move on to the next round as group winners. In the next round of games they would face other group winners crown gold and crown blue. After a 4-1 winning start against crown blue, they sadly could not get past the crown gold team and a 3-1 loss would see the Langho Maroons finish the competition in a very respectable 6th place out of the 27 teams.
The Blue team & their parents were very excited at the news that we would be playing “competitive” football. With 6 out of the 7 players in the blue team having been with the club for 3 years they had waited a long time to test their skills against the other teams in a real game.
The Blues first game was against Mill Hill Boys and you could see from the start that the blues would not let the pressure of competition put them off their normal passing game. A 9-0 win was the perfect start. The next game against globe reds was going along the same lines, as the blues raced into a 3-0 lead, when the frantic waving and pointing from the Langho parents brought to my attention that the 6 Langho players were playing 7 globe players! The game finished 5-1 and the blues had topped their group.
The next group of games would see us up against Mellor and Fullage colts, both games would follow the same pattern with Langho falling a goal behind before going on to win the games 4-1. These two tough wins would see us move into the final against Globe first team and the team that had knocked out the Maroons, Crown Gold.
The final group games would start with the Blues against Crown Gold. A very good crown team gave us a real test but the Langho boys proved too strong for them in the end and came away with a 5-2 win and a lot of praise from the watching Man City scouts. Crown v Globe was the next game and with Globe winning a tight game5-3, it meant that the last game would be between the only 2 teams with a 100% records and because of our superior goal difference a draw with Globe in the final game would give us the title.
The next 18 minutes were a bit of a blur but i think we went into an early 2 nil lead only to be pegged back to 2-2 inside the first 10 mins by some great goals from a very good passing team. The boys could have cracked under the pressure of losing that early lead but they are made of stronger stuff than that. They just moved into top gear and cruised to a 5-2 lead, the final whistle went with the score at 5-3 and the blues were crowned as champions!!!
A very proud coach
Antony
After agreeing with opponents Leyland Utd the LFA Amateur Cup quater final tie was played at Burnley Colleges 3G pitch on Saturday in order to ensure that the tie be completed before the christmas break.
Leyland Utd hadn’t been beaten for 18 games and are top of the Preston and District Combination Premier League and had success in reaching the latter stages of this competition in previous seasons so we expected a fiercely contested cup tie.
In a hard fought and at times physical encounter Langho ran out deserved winners 4-2, goals from Martin Grindrod, Tommy Sharples and two Leyland own goals ensured progression to the semi-final stage of the competition.
A great all round team performance, disciplined in defence when the opposition had possession and always threatening in attack. Perhaps somewhat unfair to name a M.O.M. but Leyland had no answer at all to Johnny Welch’s marauding runs from right back and posed a constant threat throughout the game.
The semi-final will now be played on a neutral ground against Winstanley St Aidans at a date to be announced in the new year. This is the furthest the club have reached in this competition so congratulations are deserved for all involved but we haven’t reached the end of the road yet!
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On Sunday our recently formed Vets team, some of whom are not exactly what you would describe as being perfectly formed, under the management of Paul Isherwood and Mel Grime played the second pool game of the Umbro over 40′s Cup. Despite having the majority of possession, in a fiercly contested game they succumbed to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Burnley Miners who have been established for a number of years. However if the atmosphere in the club house is anything to judge by the lads were far from dispirited and remain positive as they look forward to welcoming Harrogate Town Vets, early in January at the Rydings, who have several well known ex premier league players in their ranks.
Thanks to Lucy Isherwood and friends who provided after match refreshments, spud pie and hot dogs for the kids, to both players and supporters which were well received and rounded of another great afternoon for Langho FC.
On Saturday the Reserves lost to Burnley Grammar School Old Boys 4-1, after going conceding 4 early goals the lads didn’t buckle and fought hard to get back into the game, however despite their efforts they could only manage 1 goal in reply.
1st Dawn Hindle,
2nd S.D.Catlow
3rd Scott Farquar
4th Martin Connelly
No begging letters please to our winners but to stand a chance of winning yourself, ‘you need to be in it to win it’, £5 per month by DD registration details on the web site. Thanks to Lynne for administering this amongst the other plethora of things she does on behalf of Langho FC.
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