WHITNASH TOWN 3-0 THE BELL\AEI RUGBY
Whitnash; Neil Stacey, Jack Taylor, Craig Watkin, Lee Scott, John Blunsom, Henry Leaver, Luke.Cole (Paul Wilkinson 60), Mike Ellis (Howard Forinton 65) Josh Cole, Ross Briscoe (Glenn Webb 76), Ryan Billington. Subs: James Urquhart, Andy McKinley.
The Bell: Lubomir Sabol. Mitchell Boe (Lee Vince 70), Darren Wood, Matt Izzard, Sean Castleton, Jim Farrow ( David Brough 67), Atal Hinds, Dan O'Toole (Dale Linton 62), Rob Crinigan, Jim Smith, Liam Charlton. Subs: Bromwich, Steve Hillyard.
HT WTFC 1-0 BELL FT WTFC 3-0 BELL
Goals Henry Leaver 21 & 57, Josh Cole 61
Referee Danny.Hayes. Asst John McCabe & Ian Croston. Fourth Official Alan Cox.
Booked J.Cole, Luke Cole
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The Coventry Charity Football Cup, which first started in 1907, has a new winner and that is Whitnash Town after a 3-0 victory over The Bell\AEI Rugby in the final.
Both teams in this all Coventry Alliance Premier Division final at the Ricoh Arena started positively having early shots from free kicks.
Whitnash had Luke Cole testing Sabol with an eleventh minute twenty yard shot which dipped over and five minutes later, Cole was clean through but Sabol used his body to block.
In the 20th minute, Town took the lead when a corner was cleared off the line and the ball fell for Henry Leaver to drive low past Sabol's left hand from the edge of the area.
Luke Cole had the ball in the net four minutes later but the flag had long been up as Cole slotted home at the far post
Briscoe attacked on his own in the 28th minute and got through only to stroke Sabol's right hand post.
After Jack Taylor fired wide in the 42nd minute, Mike Eliis drove wide and although The Bell forced three corners, Whitnash led at the break.
In front of a crowd of over six hundred, Ross Briscoe got through for Whitnash, seven minutes in to the second half, to send a right footed shot wide and three minutes later, Josh Cole won the first of two corners. Sobol punched the second away. But the ball only went as far as Henry Leaver who was thirty yards out. Leaver, who was presented with the Man Of The Match award by Coventry City defender Jordan Clarke, he sent an audacious lob which took a deflection and flew in the net.
Whitnash were far from finished and in their third game against The Bell this season, they made it three in the 61st minute thanks to Josh Cole who was proving a right handful for the Rugby defence, scoring with a low drive.
Briscoe had a goal disallowed, fired wide and then hit the post before both managers made changed with all six substitutes coming on to the Ricoh Arena turf. One of the substitutes in Paul Wilkinson got in a great header which Sobol dived to his left to push away in the 85th minute as Whitnash, who also had another goal chalked off, ran out worthy winners.
Picture copyright of Coventry Charity Cup. Credit Covsupport News Service/KM