The Killer Bee’s held Carlton Town’s Academy to ensure they went into the last 8 of the Carlton Cup. Goals from Dom and Adam proved key. A 2-2 draw meant a 3^rd place finish for the Bee’s which also meant Trousers FC went though. They beat Nott’s Metropolis 5-2 for whom Tom and Will got on the score sheet. Carlton’s Academy finished 5^th despite a late flourish failed to quality. MSR finished top while the Love Machine wrapped up 2^nd place courtesy of a 5-1 win over Starting Gate Oakey 2, Ross 2, and Pap 1 the goalscorers.

It was a packed week of Carlton Cup football including some fixtures on the Sunday and NBN 2 and Oakdale both pulled off shocks.

NBN 2 beat Brian Shepherds Kings 6-3 with Martin and Shaun hitting a brace a piece, further goals for Jimmy and Nico helped NBN 2 to victory. Banno with 2 and Spud with 1 replied for Kings.

Oakdale put in their best performance so far beating the Mod Squad, Josh, Dan, Simon and Steve were their scorers in a 4-2 win. Kirky and Macca replied for the Mod Squad whose manager Flowers admitted “We had been beaten by the better team on the day.”

MSR Secured top spot in Group A with a hard fought 6-1 win over the impressive Love Machine. John Hickling put in his best performance in an MSR 7 a side shirt to ensure this top of the table clash went MSR’s way. 4 goals and 2 assists was the mark he made on this game. Martin Ball was equally impressive and hit a brace in this fine win.

Carlton Town Tournament Chief Mark Steggles has revealed the fixtures and times for the Sunday fixtures to be played on Sunday 22^nd June.  They are as follows:-  

11:15am            NBN 2                           V          KINGS UNITED  

12:00pm            OAKDALE                     V          MOD SQUAD  

12:45pm            BROOKLAND BOYS      V          BARCELONA RES  

He has also revealed that final group games will be played on Tuesday 1^st and Wednesday 2^nd July. All Quarter Finals will be held on Wednesday 9^th July and finals night will be on Wednesday 16^th July, where the Semi Finals and Final will be played on one night.  

There will also be a penalty shootout between the losing Semi Finalists for a gallon of ale.   

In a statement to the Carlton Town Website Steggles said  

“I have obviously had to work the event around the existing bookings at the club within the time frame of the competition which will finish before the main holiday season starts which would then have made it harder for teams to put out a full squad.” 

“The finals night on 16^th July will involve both Semi Finals, a penalty shoot out for 3^rd place before the Final and a full presentation in the clubhouse – sportsbar.” 

1.      Teams can use up to a maximum of twelve players in any one game.

2.      The cost is £35 per team per game which must be paid in at the clubhouse bar.

3.      The tournament will consist of teams split up in to 2 groups. Each team will play the other teams in their group once. The top four teams in the group will go in to the knockout stage, with the winner of group A playing the fourth placed team in  group B and the winner of group B playing the forth placed team in group A. The second placed team in group A will play the third placed team in group B and vice versa. The semi finals and final will be then be played on another night, this will be finals night.

4.      Games are scheduled to last 40 minutes (20 minutes each way). Stoppage time is at the referee’s discretion. The referee may shorten the playing time if circumstances dictate.

5.      If any number of teams are level on points, goal difference and then goals scored will determine the higher position and how they have performed against each other if all other things are equal.

6.      To start the game, the referee will toss a coin to determine who kicks off, the game will restart from the centre circle after a goal is scored.

7.      Once handled, the goal keeper must roll the ball out underarm. If the goal keeper kicks the ball out or throws it out overarm a penalty kick will be awarded.

8.      A player receiving the ball from the goal keeper is not allowed to pass the ball straight back. This will result in a penalty. (Also if the ball comes to rest in the area following such a pass, the referee will award a penalty)

9.      There must be no slide tackling.

10,     Rubber molded boots or trainers are appropriate footwear, screw in studs and blades of any description will not be allowed and shin pads must be worn at all times.

11.     All penalty takers are allowed two steps before striking the ball. 

12.     If a player enters into his own goal keeper’s area, he will automatically concede a penalty. If an opposition player enters the goal keepers area the game will be restarted from the goal keeper.

13.     If the goal keeper comes out of his area it will be a penalty except in the case of momentum where no contact is made with the ball outside the area (referee’s discretion)

14.     If the ball comes back off the keeper following a save and is above head height, play shall continue providing that the ball is then played below head height.

15.     The ball must be kept below Goal height or a direct free kick will be awarded against the offending player.

16.     The ball must not be headed on any occasion, even below head height.

17.     All free kicks are direct  -  players must retreat five yards.

18.     There are no off sides.

19.     Any player receiving two yellow cards, will receive a one game ban.

20.     Any player receiving a yellow card will be sin binned for 5 minutes, no substitute can be brought on to replace a sin binned player.

21.     Any player receiving a red card, or two yellow cards within the same game will receive a ban, the length of which will be determined by the Senior Referee.

22.     The referee reserves the right to ban any player from the tournament deemed to have committed an act of violence or serious bad sportsmanship i.e: spitting/racial abuse etc.

23.     In the event of any dispute, the senior referee’s decision will be final.

24.     Games can only be cancelled in exceptional circumstances with the agreement of the senior referee.

25.     Any team failing to turn up for any fixture will forfeit the fixture 5-0.

26.     Any team failing to turn up with at least five players will forfeit the fixture 5-0.

27.     Players can only play for one team during the course of the tournament unless given specific permission by the senior referee.

28.     Any team found to have fielded a player who has already played for another team without permission from the senior referee will be deducted three points for each game the player took part in.

29.     Any player found to have played for more than one team throughout the duration of the tournament without the permission of the senior referee will be banned from any further participation in the tournament.

30.     If the ball goes over the fence, it will be returned by way of a underarm roll in from where it went out or from the keepers hand if going behind the goals, corners do not apply

31.     Substitutions must be brought to the attention of the referee and only made with his permission during a break in play. Players can be brought on and off on a rolling basis.

32.     Please be aware that the competition is Notts FA affiliated and any incidents could be further dealt with by punishments as deemed appropriate by the Notts FA.

33.     Any player in the opinion of the referee thought to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be able to take part in the tournament.

34.     A presentation will take place in the Carlton Town clubhouse following the cup final and trophies will be awarded to the winners and runners up of the competition.