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NORFOLK
LEAGUE CUP FINAL:
Shawfield Reborn v Dutch Warriors,
Wednesday
28th January 2008, Kick off: 19:00 CET,
at the Xpert
Arena.
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The
two sides who have dominated the cup competitions meet in one of the most
high profile matches on the Norfolk league calender. Dutch Warriors and
Shawfield Reborn both made it to the final of the Norfolk Trophy earlier
this season (Dutch Warriors won 2-1) and no one has been able to get the
better of them in the league cup either.
For Shawfield this is
another chance to win their first major piece of silverware. The Trophy
final was they first appearance in a final and they will have gained a lot
of experience from it - this time they will be desperate to avenge their
defeat. The Division One title looks set to follow this weekend and a
league cup victory would cap a remarkable first season for Adhogan at his
new club.
Dutch Warriors will be looking to retain the trophy they
won last season and claim their 4th league cup success. They are the only
team to have successfully retained the trophy before. They also have the
chance to become the first side to win both cup competitions in the same
season. Their league form has been disappointing by their very high
standards but their cup form has been excellent. Car Fax Utd currently are
the only side to have knocked Dutch Warriors out of this competition since
September 2007!
ROAD TO THE
FINAL-------------------------------------------
Shawfield
Reborn:
R2 1st leg: Dinot Riders (A)....................W
3-2 Jose 21, Yole 71, Law 82.
R2 2nd leg: DINOT RIDERS
(H)...............W 2-1 Jose 13,90
QF 1st leg: HM Gunners
(A)....................L 2-3 Yole 39, Keith 69
QF 2nd leg: HM GUNNERS
(H).................W 2-1 Tole 8, Lindenkrantz 66
SF 1st leg: ROSS
COUNTY RESERVES (H)..W 5-0 Law 3,30 Jose 12, McDrain 21, Lindenkrantz 47
pen.
SF 2nd leg: Ross County Reserves (A)......D
0-0
Dutch Warriors:
R2 1st leg: toon
rejects (A).................L 0-1
R2 2nd leg: TOON REJECTS
(H)...........W 5-1 Tammer 11, Feitings 34 pen, Grim 51,70, Scenning
68
QF 1st leg: Ash Samba Boyz (A)..........L 1-2 Almen 62
QF 2nd
leg: ASH SAMBA BOYZ (H).......W 3-1 Burg 40, Feitings 49 pen, Grim
66.
SF 1st leg: chertseychoopers (A).........W 1-0 Feitings 29
pen
SF 2nd leg: CHERTSEYCHOPPERS (H)...W 3-0 Goosen 31, Totaki 32,
Tammer 48.
CURRENT FORM (league &
Cup)---------------------------------
Team---------------P-W--L-D--GF-GA-PTS
Shawfield
Reborn.....6..3...1..2...11....4...11
Dutch
Warriors........6..3...3..0.....7....8.....9
SEQUENCES---------------------------------------------------
Shawfield
Reborn:
- Have only lost 1 of their last 7 games.
- Have
kept 3 clean sheets in their last 4 matches.
- Haven't gone 3 games
without a win since October.
- Vicente Jose has scored 6 goals in his
last 7 matches.
- Viktor Lindekrantz has scored 7 goals in his last 8
matches.
Dutch Warriors:
- They haven't lost
back-to-back games since mid December.
- They haven't gone two games in
a row without scoring since August.
- Have won their last 3 league cup
ties
- Have only lost 1 of their previous 5 cup finals.
- Joos Burg
has scored 3 times in his last 3 games.
ITS A
FACT--------------------------------------------------
Shawfield
Reborn:
Since being knocked out of the Trophy by White Riot
last
July, the only sides to knock Shawfield out of the cups are Dutch
Warriors and Turnip Torsoes (Managed at the time by the current Shawfield
manager!)
Dutch Warriors:
Since September 2007
only Car Fax have knocked them out of the league cup! (Seasons 5 & 6 -
the Warriors won the league cup in season
7).
HEAD-TO-HEAD------------------------------------------------
Overall:
Played
7: 1 draw, 6 wins for Dutch Warriors.
In the
cup:
Played 3: 1 draw, 2 wins for Dutch
Warriors.
Adhogan v Braindead:
Played 1: 1 win
for Dutch Warriors.
TEAM
NEWS---------------------------------------------------
Reborn
have defensive concerns with Dimitri Breznjev ruled out through injury and
Kieran Meek in a race against time to be fit - he is expected to feature
though.
The Warriors have a whole squad to chose from after their 6
players who were 1 yellow card away from suspension all avoided collecting
another.
PLAYERS TO
WATCH--------------------------------------------
VICENTE JOSE
(Shawfield Reborn), Striker.
The striker has been in
tremendous form this season scoring 11 times and setting up another 6. He
has also been nominated for the xpert eleven team of the round 17
times.
DAVE FEITINGS (Dutch Warriors),
Defender.
The veteran defenders set pieces have won the
Warriors so many games in the fast. Already this season he has scored 7
goals and set up another
5.
PREDICTION--------------------------------------------------
The
Warriors have the experience and the history on their side as well as a
long undefeated cup record. They have also never been beaten by Shawfield.
Shawfield will be desperate to clinch their first ever trophy. It should
be a close game.
PREDICTION: 2-1 Dutch
Warriors.
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