Shropshire League Champions Shrewsbury Up & Comers Narrowly Miss Out on the Double

Shropshire League Champions Shrewsbury Up  Comers Narrowly Miss Out on the Double
Photo Shrewsbury Up and Comers Womens Team

Shrewsbury Up & Comers won the Shropshire League but lost to Ellesmere Rangers in a seven-goal thriller Cup Final.

The triumph comes after the Up & Comers had finished third in the previous two campaigns, last season falling just a couple of points short of the champions.

Shrewsbury were unbeaten in their 22-game league campaign, finishing comfortably clear of Shawbury United, who will be pipped to the runners-up spot if Worthen avoid defeat at eighth-placed Bridgnorth Spartans on Sunday, 24 May.

Broseley harbors hopes of taking third spot as they host the next-to-bottom Shropshire Lions, but they need Worthen to slip up and a swing of seven in goal difference.

Katie White scored twice and Amanda Reeve once for the Up & Comers in the League Cup Final at Croud Meadow on 10 May, but Felicity Townsend netted a hat-trick for Ellesmere and Sophie Bayliss also scored in their extra-time victory.

Ellesmere Rangers Ladies with the Shropshire League Cup
Photo Ellesmere Rangers Ladies Football Club

Shrewsbury got revenge 10 days later in an away league fixture, blowing away fifth-placed Rangers with five first-half goals.

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