Five days after their defeat to AC Sportsman in the Reserve Cup Final, the Sunday Reserves returned to Barton Rovers to take on Division 3 Champions and County Cup Winners St.John's in the Challenge Cup Final.

The league meetings between the two teams had been close affairs, with both sides winning their away fixture 2-1. The final was to be more one-sided, however, as St.John's produced some good football on a difficult pitch. They scored a magnificent first goal with a strike after 20 minutes screaming into the top corner and then raced into a 3-0 half-time lead.

Despite our fears that St.John's might race away with it in the second half, the Reserves came out fighting and pulled a goal back through Tom Newland before eventually going down 4-1.

 

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