THERE was added celebrations for William Hill as they completed a Workington Sunday League double in just over 48 hours.

After beating Bluebell 3-0 to win the League Cup they watched Northside fail to pip them for the Premier Division title.

Red Lion lost 5-2 but those two goals were enough to hand the crown to William Hill on goal difference. A clean sheet by Northside would have won them the title.

Mark Hine (2) and Will Heaney scored the goals which gave William Hill victory over Bluebell at Grasslot.

Then Mark Irwin and Kevin Farish earned the gratitude of the William Hill squad as they netted in the defeat against Northside.

Mike O’Leary (2), Kyle Galea (2) and Michael Pickering scored for Northside but to no avail as they had to settle for runners-up spot.

Northside had the best attack in the Division (46 goals) but William Hill had the strongest defence (19 conceded).

The final game in Division Two saw the champions Portland beat FC Red House 4-1 when two goals from the League’s leading scorer Kevin Connelly took his total for the season to 31.

David Dustin and Steven Graham were also on target with Brendan Wilkinson replied for FC Red House.

Leading scorers, League games only:-

PREMIER DIVISION: David Byers (Bluebell) 16; Mark Hine (William Hill) 15; Mike O’Leary (Northside) 13; Keith Anderson (William Hill) 9; Richard Hudson (Red Lion) 9; Kyle Galea (Northside) 9; Liam Dowes (Red House Athletic) 8; Stefan Scott (Senhouse) 8; Andrew Wilson (Senhouse) 8; Michael Pickering (Northside) 8; Nick Hopkins (Bluebell) 7; Gavin Martin (Red House Athletic) 7; Mark Irwin (Red Lion) 6; Gareth O’Leary (Northside) 5; Rob McDonald (Bluebell) 5; Stephen Stoddart (Bounty) 4; Nat Mitchell (Deer Orchard) 4; Will Heaney (William Hill) 4.

DIVISION ONE: Scott Pears (Last Orders) 11; Greg Quayle (Last Orders) 10; Danny Herald (Grasslot) 9; Martin Sewell (Grasslot) 9; Darren Wilson (Flimby) 8; Mark Brown (Borough) 7; Karl Davidson (Borough) 7; Lee Wood (Crosby) 6; Gary Barnes (Borough) 5; Gareth Young (Borough) 5; Chris Horsley (Crosby) 4; Scott Lister (Dearham) 4; Tony Robinson (Flimby) 4; Gary Morrison (Dearham) 3; Shaun Smith (Dearham) 3; Dan Swinburne (Last Orders) 3; Phil Dailey (Borough) 3; Kevin Lever (Borough) 3.

DIVISION TWO: Kevin Connolly (Portland) 31; Andrew Marshalsea (Miners) 21; David Knowles (Waverley) 18; Andrew Rowntree (Portland) 16; David Dustin (Portland) 16; Brendan Wilkinson (FC Red House) 12; Craig Lewthwaite (FC Red House) 11; Gary Blackwell (Barca32) 9; ; Kevin Holliday (Portland) 8; Wayne Smith (Miners) 8; Mark Grima (Barca32) 8; Ryan Parker (Barca32) 7; Craig Williams (Waverley) 7; Dan Ward (Seaton) 7; Mark Robertson (Waverley) 7; Kieran Johnston (FC Red House) 7; Stephen Penn (Miners) 6; Mark Donaughee (Miners) 6; Andrew Bromley (Seaton) 6; Liam Cooke (Portland) 6; Andre Bezuszko (Miners) 5; Peter Gorley (Broughton) 5; Lee Hodge (Miners) 5; Gary Hazlewood (Seaton) 5; Darren Studholme (Waverley) 5; Gary Hodgson (Portland) 5; Michael Broatch (Miners) 5; Peter O’Donnell (Portland) 5; Paul Caton (Seaton) 5; Martyn Buglass (Broughton) 4; Chris Wilson (Waverley) 4; Tom Curwen (FC Red House) 4.

 GEORGE REID took the pictures at the League Cup final and also took time to feature the four offiials who perform their thankless tasks week in and week out. Without them the games wouldn't go ahead.

Lining-up, left to right: Tommy Linford, Karl Sanderson, Adam Pattison and Stephen Donald.

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