Liversedge FC celebrate double success after emphatic win in cup final
Liversdege FC crowned their brilliant season by making it a double success in the final of the JCP Construction NCE League Cup.
After clinching the Premier Division title by a huge 14-point margin Danny Forrest’s men added the cup to their trophy collection as they won the final in equally emphatic style.
In a game played in memory of James Hitchcock at Scunthorpe United’s Attis Arena Liversedge ran out 7-1 winners against Rossington Main.
Remarkbly it was Rossington, who finished down in 14th place in the NCE Premier, who scored first as they stunned Sedge with Ross Hannah netting the opening goal after just three minutes.
Perhaps Liversedge were rusty having not played for almost a month since they rounded off their league campaign, but if that was the case they soon shook it off and were level on 15 minutes when Kelan Swales finished well.
Ben Atkinson then put the champions ahead and within four minutes they had a firm grip on the game after Jack Stockdill made it 3-1.
They had to play 10 minutes without Swales after he was sin-binned for dissent, but survived this period and when back to their full number quickly re-established control.
With Atkinson adding his second on the stroke of half-time Sedge had one hand on the trophy with a 4-1 interval lead.
Rossington dug in to stem the flow in the early part of the second half as they held out for the first 22 minutes, but it was effectively all over after two goals within 60 seconds from Lewis Barlow and Swales, who was netting his second of the evening.
The icing on the cake was provided nine minutes from time when Sedge were awarded a penalty and Atkinson stepped up to put away the spot kick to complete his memorable night with a final hat-trick.
It was a fitting way to end a campaign in which Liversedge have been dominant.
They can now turn their attention towards building a squad to compete at the higher Northern Premier League level where they will ply their trade in the 2026-27 season.
They are likely to be in the NPL East Division where they will do battle with the likes of West Yorkshire clubs Ossett United, Bradford (Park Avenue), Pontefract Collieries and Garforth Town plus big non-league names Blyth Spartans and North Ferriby.