davieG Posted 16 July 2012 Share Posted 16 July 2012 OS A Leicester City XI will travel to Loughborough Dynamo on Monday 6 August to contest the Westerby Cup Winners' Cup Final. In the annual fixture against the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA's Westerby Challenge Cup holders, a Foxes team combining senior and young professionals, as well as some academy prospects, will be hoping to retain the trophy. They will face a Loughborough Dynamo side from the Northern Premier League Division One South, who lifted the Westerby Challenge Cup back in May after overcoming Hinckley United at King Power Stadium. City beat Quorn FC on penalties to win last season's Cup Winners' Cup in November, following a 1-1 draw at Quorn's Farley Way Stadium. This year's tie will take place at Loughborough Dynamos' Nanpantan Sports Ground on Monday 6 August and kicks off at 7.30pm. Admission, payable on the night, is priced £7 for Adults and £3 for Concessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 18 July 2012 Author Share Posted 18 July 2012 Bump Merc Meanwhile, City have announced a City XI will travel to Loughborough Dynamo on August 6 for the Westerby Cup Winners' Cup Final. City will be looking to retain the Trophy after beating Quorn FC on penalties in last year's game. Prices for the final at Nanpantan Sports Ground are £7 for adults and £3 for concessions. Kick off is 7.30pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 4 August 2012 Author Share Posted 4 August 2012 This could now take on more importance with respect to giving 1st team squad players a game rather than the development guys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueharmie Posted 4 August 2012 Share Posted 4 August 2012 Will be called off. Highriskarmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo86 Posted 4 August 2012 Share Posted 4 August 2012 Take the 1st team. Any silverware breeds a winning mentality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpjfox Posted 4 August 2012 Share Posted 4 August 2012 Whitbread needs a game, i would imagne the new french winger may take part to (if not this game then Tuesdays) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpjfox Posted 5 August 2012 Share Posted 5 August 2012 depends who played in Lincoln game. Certainly Whitbread needs game time and i suspect Knockaer too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 5 August 2012 Share Posted 5 August 2012 Anyone know what sort of squad we will take to this fixture? Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 5 August 2012 Share Posted 5 August 2012 Development side mostly kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FantasticMrFuchs Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 City squad v Loughborough Dynamo: Jacob Blyth, Conor Brennan, Michael Cain, Joe Dodoo, Tom Hopper, Joey Jones, Pierre Larrauri, Alex Lovett, Jide Maduako, Josh Robinson, Alie Sesay, Adam Smith, Steven Smith, George Taft. http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2851029,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpjfox Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 i thought Whitbread might get some match action, maybe just thrown into it v Sunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 Lost 1-0 says the official Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 Pearson out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramadaone Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 Think you'll find it was the trialist that gave away the pen but either way I have to agree Taft is way overrated.his 50 yard hoofs from the back remind me of a certain Mr MIlls Very poor performance with far too much long ball Blyth was very poor and should have scored at least twice Defence all over the place first half but a couple of players were forced to play out of position Pierre and Hopper showed glimpses of promise but apart from that the others are a million miles away from first team action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramadaone Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 lol lol I was being sarcastic. But Pierre Larrauri obviously didn't play to his football manager potential. He was our best player but that didnt mean a lot tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousefox4 Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 We're you watching the same game as me , Taft looks a different class to the rest of the team out there tonight , be a good player in a good team , some of the Leicester players looked very poor tho . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucalion Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 Season over. Get Redknapp in before it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 Ramadaone spot on, we were absolute gash. It's about as meaningless as a game can get but it doesn't mask the fact we hardly intended once to get it on the floor and play, doesn't mask the fact we looked shocking, not bothered about the opposition I was just disappointed with our philosophy in general. 90 minutes of total hoofball. Larrauri the best of a bad bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 6 August 2012 Author Share Posted 6 August 2012 OS already - Whoo! LOUGHBOROUGH DYNAMO 1 LEICESTER CITY XI 0 A youthful Leicester City XI were narrowly edged out by Loughborough Dynamo on Monday night, as the Moes lifted the Westerby Cup Winners' Cup at Nanpantan Sports Ground. In the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA's annual challenge match, the Foxes travelled to the home of the Westerby Cup holders for what proved to be a closely-fought contest, settled early in the first half by a Matt Langham penalty. Fielding a team made up entirely of young professionals and academy prospects, City came back strongly from that early setback and thought they had levelled through captain George Taft's towering header from a Michael Cain corner. But Taft's effort was disallowed as Cain's delivery had swung behind before being converted and Loughborough held on to claim the trophy. With first team manager Nigel Pearson in attendance, City had entered the game aiming to retain the trophy they won at Quorn FC last season and started brightly as Jacob Blyth volleyed Joe Dodoo's cross over from close range. But they were dealt a blow just after the quarter-hour when Loughborough's Louis Hamilton charged into the box and saw his progress checked by young City trialist Josh Robinson. The penalty was duly awarded and Langham showed a cool head from 12 yards. City responded well and would have been level on 25 minutes had it not been for some fantastic goalkeeping from Dynamo's Kahil Mann-Kler. Stranded in the centre of his goalmouth as Tom Hopper powered onto the end of a brilliant cross from Cain, the Moes 'keeper stuck out a right hand and made a brilliant reaction save. Loughborough, with centre-half Alvin Jarvis outstanding, had some joy in the build-up to the break as full-back Jake Dale-Brown and wide-man Hamilton went close. But City were again on the attack on the stroke of half-time - Pierre Larrauri crossing from the left, Blyth mistiming his volley and Dodoo flashing past the far post. The Foxes came out quickly in the second half and had Taft's booming header not been chalked off, the momentum of the game could have swung considerably. But, despite the industry of Cain and Joey Jones in midfield and the hard work of Blyth and Tom Hopper in attack, City's growing advances were continually broken up by their determined hosts. Tuesday's trip to Nuneaton should find some more established faces in the fray, but the experience of a cup final for these youngsters will have done them no harm. City (4-4-2): A. Smith; Maduako, Robinson, Taft ©, S. Smith; Dodoo (Lovett 61), Cain, Jones, Larrauri; Hopper, Blyth (Tambini 70). Unused subs: Brennan, Sesay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 Think you'll find it was the trialist that gave away the pen but either way I have to agree Taft is way overrated.his 50 yard hoofs from the back remind me of a certain Mr MIlls Very poor performance with far too much long ball Blyth was very poor and should have scored at least twice Defence all over the place first half but a couple of players were forced to play out of position Pierre and Hopper showed glimpses of promise but apart from that the others are a million miles away from first team action This. And before anyone accuses me of over-reacting I'm hardly acting like it was catastrophic, simply saying what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucalion Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 The fact is, most development squad players don't make it to the first team anyway so they're not going to look that good. Does it average about one a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 I'll say this though, if one of them's going to make it it'll be Larrauri, he fizzled out towards the end but thought he was the only one who looked comfortable on the ball, best at retaining the ball and wasn't afraid to take people on. He was far stronger than I thought he'd be too, strikes me as a pretty good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 7 August 2012 Share Posted 7 August 2012 It doesn't matter. It's only pre-season. We'll be brilliant when the real matches start and you can't count a local cup final as a real match. If we get beaten a few times it'll help fans keep things in perspective and make sure they don't get over-excited. The big positive is that the game went ahead at all. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 7 August 2012 Share Posted 7 August 2012 It doesn't matter. It's only pre-season. . Yeah that's right. Losing is a perfect way to be fully prepared for the upcoming season . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo86 Posted 7 August 2012 Share Posted 7 August 2012 . Yeah that's right. Losing is a perfect way to be fully prepared for the upcoming season . Think you've missed the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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