The Jimmy Davis Memorial Cup 14th July 2007

Yet another beautiful sunny day for Jimmy’s memorial cup and what a fantastic turn out we had at the Bee Hive from Studley F C fans and an overwhelming amount of F C United of Manchester fans.  The day started with the juniors playing prior to kick off. Headless Cross, the visiting team won the game after some great football from both Studley Juniors and Headless Cross. The presentation was made to the junior teams by Joe Rossiter and Warren Dowler, life time friends of jimmy and the player of the match was Lucy from Studley . Well done Lucy!!

 

Lucy

 The fans were buzzing and there was a fabulous atmosphere  and the teams kicked off - there was some great play! It was F C United who domineered the game during the first half - the  whistle went with the score being 2 -0 to the visitors. During the second half Studley F C battled well and were awarded a penalty half way through the second half, which was duly converted, and the final score at full time was 2-1, a great game all round!

F C United of Manchester

The presentation was made by special guest Ray Lewington, former Manager of Watford F.C, where Jimmy was going on loan for 2003 but sadly died on the opening day of the season.

              

Josh Howard, Jenny and Ray Lewington    

The Man of the Match award went to Josh Howard of F C United of Manchester - well done Josh!

Studley Juniors Runners Up

The Jimmy Davis Junior Cup Winners, Headless Cross

 

Alex and Lucy our brilliant mascots were also presented a Medal by Jimmy’s mum Jenny.

Well the Raffle was drawn and with a minor Hiccup -the Microphone had broke, but we hope you all managed to get your raffle prizes!! All hampers were donated by Jimmy’s immediate family. Many thanks to Grandma, Nanny Linda and Sister Kate.

 

The Memorabilia Auction took place and what fantastic items we had up for Auction!

We would like to thank Manchester United Charity department and Geraldine, Josh Walker, Danny Webber, Joe Cole, Terry Byrne, Lee Baker, Jonathan Greening, Ronnie Wallwork , F C United of Manchester, Lindsey Robertson, and Russ Blake. 

Nick is our Auction guy - thanks Nick!

We would like to say as Jimmy’s family how much we really appreciate your support and what a fantastic day we had and we can’t thank you enough -special thanks go to Barry Cromwell, Joe and Jack Rossiter, Lee Moore, Warren Dowler, Martin Tindall, Mick and Carl Boddington  and Tina our website designer - we thank you all.

And here's looking forward to a great game next year!

for a great selection of pictures of the day please click here

http://www.fcutdphotos.co.uk/0708/studleya.html

picture kindly allowed by www.StudleyFC.co.uk

  

Reds clinch Jimmy Davis Memorial Cup


Two first half goals from FC United’s player of the 2006/07 season, Rory Patterson were enough to get the Reds’ pre-season campaign off to a winning 2-1 start against Studley FC and secure the Jimmy Davis Memorial Cup.

The match was played in a competitive but friendly manner as the main purpose of the day was to raise money for the memorial fund which helps young, up and coming footballers.

United had virtually two different teams in the first and second halves as manager Karl Marginson seems keen to give run outs to as many different players as possible before the start of the season.

Former Salford City midfielder Dale Whitehead and ex-Flixton striker and Bolton Wanderers trainee Anthony Hargreaves were both given debuts and a number of the club’s youngsters were given the chance to show what they can do in the first team.

Young forwards Lee Ellis and Gary Edwards both had opportunities to seal the game in the second half before Studley threatened to get back into things late on by converting a penalty. Young forwards Lee Ellis and Gary Edwards both had opportunities to seal the game in the second half before Studley threatened to get back into things late on by converting a penalty.

But it was too little, too late from the hosts as United saw out the match at 2-1 to lift the cup, rounding off a good work out for the players old and new and another good day out for United’s army of travelling supporters who enjoyed some rare July sunshine.
 

from the Football Club of Manchester Official Site