Merseyside Challenge Cup
and Plate 2008/2009
Fixtures below
| 28 teams have entered the 2008/2009 season's competition. The first stage is drawn in 7 groups of four, playing each other in October, November and December. At the end of the group stage the competition becomes knock-out with the top two in the group entering the Challenge Cup and the bottom two going through to the Plate. |
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Old
Dog (Ormskirk 1) winners of the MQL Challenge Cup 2008
Pictured left to right - Pat Gibson, Ray Oakes, Malc McKinder and John Wilson |
Rainhill
Victoria (Liverpool 1) runners-up MQL Challenge Cup 2008
Pictured left to right - Graham Barker, Mark Kerr, Michele Walker and Geoff Walker |
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Triangle
(Liverpool 1) winners of the MQL Plate 2008
Pictured left to right - Pauline Bennett, Ray Wesley, Jack Bennett, Daniel Wright, Paul Williams and Dave Wright |
Usual
Suspects (Liverppol 2) with the Plate runners-up trophies
Frank Smith, Richard ?, Peter ? and Peter Harris |
MQL Challenge Cup 2008-9
Group
Stage
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | |
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1 |
Rainhill
Victoria Phoenix St Laurence's Wandering Star |
Old
Dog Culcheth RBL Triangle St Benet's |
Gladly
Stoned NBCC Extras Baltic Fleet Usual Suspects |
Scarisbrick
Hotel Oxton Cons St Charles Old Swan Cons |
Unison Collywobblers Swan Inn Around Wallaseyans |
Wings SMOB Greyhound Tramway |
Wheatsheaf Ten Singers Bishop Eton Exiles |
First
Group Match - Wednesday 8th
October (1 v 3 and 2 v 4)
| Group | |||
| 1 | Phoenix | 40-41 | Wandering Star |
| 1 | Rainhill Victoria | 50-35 | St Laurence's |
| 2 | Culcheth RBL | 47-33 | St Benet's |
| 2 | Old Dog | 58-30 | Triangle |
| 3 | Gladly Stoned | 52-41 | Baltic Fleet |
| 3 | NBCC Extras | 41-41 | Usual Suspects |
| 4 | Oxton Cons | beat (w/o) | Old Swan Cons |
| 4 | Scarisbrick Hotel | 53-37 | St Charles |
| 5 | Collywobblers | v | Wallaseyans |
| 5 | Unison | v | Swan Inn Around |
| 6 | St Mary's Old Boys | 40-41 | Tramway |
| 6 | Wings | 57-46 | Greyhound |
| 7 | Ten Singers | 47-36 | Exiles |
| 7 | Wheatsheaf | 43-41 | Bishop Eton |
Second Group Match - Wednesday 5th November (4 v 1 and 3 v 2)
| Group | |||
| 1 | St Laurence's | v | Phoenix |
| 1 | Wandering Star | v | Rainhill Victoria |
| 2 | St Benet's | v | Old Dog |
| 2 | Triangle | v | Culcheth RBL |
| 3 | Baltic Fleet | v | NBCC Extras |
| 3 | Usual Suspects | v | Gladly Stoned |
| 4 | Old Swan Cons | v | Scarisbrick Hotel |
| 4 | St Charles | v | Oxton Cons |
| 5 | Swan Inn Around | v | Collywobblers |
| 5 | Wallaseyans | v | Unison |
| 6 | Greyhound | v | St Mary's Old Boys |
| 6 | Tramway | v | Wings |
| 7 | Bishop Eton | v | Ten Singers |
| 7 | Exiles | v | Wheatsheaf |
Third
Group Match - Wednesday 3rd December (2 v 1 and 4 v 3)
| Group | |||
| 1 | Phoenix | v | Rainhill Victoria |
| 1 | Wandering Star | v | St Laurence's |
| 2 | Culcheth RBL | v | Old Dog |
| 2 | St Benet's | v | Triangle |
| 3 | NBCC Extras | v | Gladly Stoned |
| 3 | Usual Suspects | v | Baltic Fleet |
| 4 | Old Swan Cons | v | St Charles |
| 4 | Oxton Cons | v | Scarisbrick Hotel |
| 5 | Collywobblers | v | Unison |
| 5 | Wallaseyans | v | Swan Inn Around |
| 6 | St Mary's Old Boys | v | Wings |
| 6 | Tramway | v | Greyhound |
| 7 | Exiles | v | Bishop Eton |
| 7 | Ten Singers | v | Wheatsheaf |
