SWARTHMOOR Under-14s ended a title-winning season with more league success but cup disappointment.

Moor ended their Kent Valley JFL campaign with a 9-1 thrashing of Milnthorpe Town, but could not add a second piece of silverware to their cabinet in the Dallam Tower Trophy final, as they fell to defeat against Kendal Rockets.

The final league match of the season saw the Whites comfortably see off their plucky opponents.

Swarthmoor were dealt a blow early into the match, when speedy winger Max Crewdson had to be taken off with what was later discovered to be a shoulder fracture.

A strong wind blowing across Park Road gave both teams some challenges, and it took time before they settled into their rhythm.

A free-kick from Ross Lancaster broke through the wall to deceive Town's keeper and was quickly followed up by a tap-in from Arran Pender.

Lancaster netted with another edge-of-the-box strike, before Milnthorpe scored when a long free-kick was not cleared and Tully knocked the ball past Kyle Winder.

The second half was all Swarthmoor, with sub Freddie Burrow entering the fray with a brace.

Pender popped up to head in this second before Lancaster's corner was met by defender Joshua Grieve, who thundered a stunning bicycle kick into the roof of the net.

Minutes later, Grieve met another Lancaster corner with a bullet shot.

Jackson Donnan missed a penalty for the Whites before redeeming himself by coolly slotting past the advancing keeper after some a passing movement across the edge of the box.

It was an impressive end to a fine season for Swarthmoor, with 13 victories and only one defeat, scoring 125 goals and conceding a miserly 15.

There was to be a further reversal in the Dallam Tower Trophy final, however, as they went down 2-0 to league runners-up Kendal Rockets at Kendal Town.

A few days before the final, Moor were dealt a blow when star defender Grieve was deemed ineligible due to a paperwork delay in February.

It was end-to-end stuff from start to finish, with both teams putting in a tremendous effort over 70 minutes, and with some heavy legs at the end of the game – especially for the three Moor players who had completed the Coniston to Barrow a day before.

Kendal opened the scoring when Ryan Heddle took advantage of a poor clearance which Winder could only push upwards into the roof of the net.

Moor's Mitchell Baldwin then danced through the Kendal defence before striking a post, followed by a wondrous save from Matthew Hartley, who somehow pushed away a Jack Milburn shot heading for the bottom corner.

Burrow and Alfie Thorpe went close as Swarthmoor piled on the pressure, but just minutes before half-time a long free-kick from Joe Luisi went towards the back post and Heddle knocked it in despite appeals for an elbow on Winder.

The second half saw Moor push relentlessly, and Adam Kirby, Lancaster and Milburn all had efforts whiz past the upright, while Hartley pulled off some outstanding saves.

It was end-to-end as George Dearden made a goal-line clearance, racing back to kick a goal-bound shot away, while full-back Donel Byju-Francis worked tirelessly thwarting the speedy Kendal attacks, supported by solid performances from Toby Cody and Euan Turner.

The midfield of Lancaster, Thorpe, Kirby and McKendry, who recovered from a dreadful challenge in the first half, put in a tireless performance , with Milburn, Baldwin and Burrow working hard up front.

On another day, the result could have gone the other way, but despite Swarthmoor's efforts they could not find a way past man-of-the-match Hartley.