CROOKLANDS Casuals are the Barrow and District Junior Football League Under-eights Spring Cup champions.

After two weeks of exciting competition on the 3G pitch at Furness College, Cassies claimed the title by the narrowest of margins.

Both they and Vickerstown ended the six-match round-robin cup competition with 12 points, with the single goal Crooklands scored in their victory over Town in their final match sealing the title for them.

Each team had a goal-difference of plus-three, but Cassies had scored one more and victory in the head-to-head between the sides ensured it was they who went home with the trophy.

In the Shield competition, Ulverston Rangers triumphed, topping the table ahead of Millom Reds.

The Cup and Shield line-ups were decided by the Trophy group stage a week earlier, where Walney Island and Barrow Island topped their respective standings.

Crooklands ended that day in second place behind Barrow Island, but were to come out on top overall on finals day.

They had a record of three wins, two draws and a single defeat from their six Cup matches, having come through a tough start with a 1-1 draw against Holker Old Boys Hurricanes and a 1-0 defeat to Walney.

A 3-1 success against Furness Rovers and a 3-2 triumph over Millom Blacks set them on the right track, before a stalemate with Barrow Island and the decisive win over Vickerstown.

In the Shield, Ulverston started with a draw against Millom Reds and defeat to Barrow Celtic, but went on to win their remaining five matches – seeing off Holker Tornadoes, Dalton Juniors, Barrow Wanderers and Furness Cavaliers.

RESULTS

Barrow and District Junior Football League Under-eights Spring Cup: Walney Island 0 Barrow Island 0, Holker OB Hurricanes 1 Crooklands Casuals 1, Millom Juniors Blacks 3 Furness Rovers 0, Barrow Island 2 Vickerstown 0, Crooklands Casuals 0 Walney Island 1, Furness Rovers 1 Holker OB Hurricanes 1, Millom Juniors Blacks 0 Barrow Island 0, Holker OB Hurricanes 0 Vickerstown 1, Furness Rovers 1 Crooklands Casuals 3, Vickerstown 2 Walney Island 1, Barrow Island 2 Holker OB Hurricanes 2, Crooklands Casuals 3 Millom Juniors Blacks 2, Furness Rovers 0 Vickerstown 1, Millom Juniors Blacks 0 Walney Island 0, Crooklands Casuals 0 Barrow Island 0, Walney Island 2 Holker OB Hurricanes 0, Barrow Island 3 Furness Rovers 0, Vickerstown 3 Millom Juniors Blacks 0, Walney Island 4 Furness Rovers 1, Vickerstown 0 Crooklands Casuals 1, Holker OB Hurricanes 2 Millom Juniors Blacks 1.

Barrow and District Junior Football League Under-eights Spring Shield: Millom Juniors Reds 1 GSK Ulverston Rangers 1, Dalton Juniors 0 Barrow Wanderers 0, Holker OB Tornadoes 0 Furness Cavaliers 2, GSK Ulverston Rangers 0 Barrow Celtic 2, Barrow Wanderers 0 Millom Juniors Reds 1, Furness Cavaliers 2 Dalton Juniors 0, Holker OB Tornadoes 0 GSK Ulverston Rangers 2, Dalton Juniors 0 Barrow Celtic 2, Furness Cavaliers 1 Barrow Wanderers 2, Barrow Celtic 0 Millom Juniors Reds 0, GSK Ulverston Rangers 4 Dalton Juniors 0, Barrow Wanderers 0 Holker OB Tornadoes 0, Furness Cavaliers 0 Barrow Celtic 1, Holker OB Tornadoes 0 Millom Juniors Reds 1, Barrow Wanderers 0 GSK Ulverston Rangers 1, Millom Juniors Reds 3 Dalton Juniors 0, GSK Ulverston Rangers 1 Furness Cavaliers 0, Barrow Celtic 0 Holker OB Tornadoes 1, Millom Juniors Reds 0 Furness Cavaliers 0, Barrow Celtic 0 Barrow Wanderers 2, Dalton Juniors 0 Holker OB Tornadoes 3.