CUP FINAL DATES ANNOUNCED
Posted by The Office (office) on Mar 21 2008 at 3:35 PM
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The club have received confirmation of the two cup final dates which are as follows: -

The Manchester Senior Cup Final v Conference North side Hyde United will take place on Monday 28^th April at Boundary Park home of Oldham Athletic FC

The Presidents Cup Final v FC United will take place on Thursday 17^th April at The Tameside Stadium home of Curzon Ashton FC.

The remaining fixtures for the ‘Boro’ are as follows: -

Saturday 22^nd March – FC United (A)

Monday 24^th March – Newcastle Blue Star (H)

Wednesday 26^th March – Harrogate Railway (A)

Saturday 29^th March – Clitheroe (A)

Tuesday 1^st April – Curzon Ashton (H)

Saturday 5^th April – Woodley Sports (H)

Tuesday 8^th April – Rossendale United (A)

Saturday 12^th April – Skelmersdale United (A)

Tuesday 15^th April – FC United (H)

Thursday 17^th April – FC United (N)

Saturday 19^th April – Chorley (H)

Tuesday 22^nd April – Bridlington (A)

Saturday 26^th April – Ossett Albion (A)

Monday 28^th April – Hyde United (N)

The above schedule leaves the ‘Boro’ playing 14 games in just 37 days – a game to be played just over every two days – which is an horrendous end to the season, Director of Football Peter Coyne said, “At this level of football and with players having full time jobs it really is asking a lot, on two occasions the players are being asked to play 4 games in 8 days which is unfair to the players and indeed the supporters, if you cannot carry a big squad it is obviously a problem, against FC on Tuesday we only had one substitute with injuries and players being cup tied and playing that number of games in such a short space of time will  provide further instances of that nature which can’t be right, but we just have to get on with it and hopefully the players can make it happen.”