Leicestershire Challenge Cup

Westerby Challenge Cup 2015/16

Leicester Nirvana win the Westerby Cup.

First Round > Quarter Finals > Semi Finals > Final

Entries – 16 Teams

Northern Premier League (3 teams)

Barwell , Coalville Town and Loughborough Dynamo.

Midland Football League (4 teams)

Bardon Hill, Loughborough University, Quorn and Shepshed Dynamo.

United Counties League (5 teams)

Harborough Town, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Nirvana , Lutterworth Athletic and Oadby Town.

East Midlands Counties League (4 teams)

Ashby Ivanhoe, Blaby & Whetstone Athletic, Ellistown & Ibstock United and St. Andrews.

First Round

17th November 2015
Barwell3 – 0Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Coalville Town2 – 0Bardon Hill
Kirby Muxloe0 – 2Shepshed Dynamo
Loughborough Dynamo2 – 3
(aet)
Ashby Ivanhoe
24th November 2015
Ellistown & Ibstock United0 – 1
(void)
Oadby Town
Loughborough University2 – 3St. Andrews
8th December 2015
Leicester Nirvana4 – 0Lutterworth Athletic
Quorn1 – 0
(aet)
Harborough Town
Ellistown & Ibstock United lost 0 – 1 to Oadby Town but the result was subsequently declared void. I don’t know the reason for this decision but Ellistown & Ibstock United went through to the next round.

Quarter Finals

26th January 2016
Coalville Town4 – 3
(aet)
Shepshed Dynamo
Ellistown & Ibstock United0 – 4St. Andrews
Leicester Nirvana2 – 1Ashby Ivanhoe
2nd February 2016
Quorn0 – 3Barwell

Semi Finals

16th February 2016
Coalville Town
(Northern Premier League – Div 1 South)
0 – 3Barwell
(Northern Premier League – Prem)
at Homes Park, Whetstone
2nd March 2016
St. Andrews
(East Midlands Counties League)
2 – 4Leicester Nirvana
(United Counties League – Prem)
at Holmes Park, Whetstone

Final

17th May 2016
Barwell
(Northern Premier League – Prem)
0 – 3Leicester Nirvana
(United Counties League – Prem)
at King Power Stadium, Leicester