PRESTON 2004
England Team:
Chris Thomas, Dave Pawsey, Chris Short,
Phil Redman, Shorab Jadunandan.
UK & Ireland Individual Champion:
Shorab Jadunandan
Dave Pawsey (Eng) v Darren Territt (ROI)
National Football Museum
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ENGLAND
TEAM CHAMPIONS!
National Football
Museum, Preston,
12th/13th June 2004
England are the official champions of UK
& Ireland. They took the title with ease,
beating Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland & Wales to top the four-nation group,
before defeating group runners-up, Republic of
Ireland, in the grand final. England were always
favourites to win but there was an exciting
battle for 2nd place, with the other three
nations all feeling that they had a chance. Both
Irish nations beat Wales, so it came down to a
'battle of Ireland' in the last group match. The
Republic narrowly defeated their Northern
counterparts 3-2 to march on to the final.
SHORAB INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
Shorab Jadunandan showed his class
to become the Individual Champion. He dominated
the final against Chris Short and came out a
worthy 3-1 winner. Beaten semi-finalists were
Chris Thomas & Phil Redman, making it an
all-English top 4.
Full Results
The hopes of the
other nations ended in the
quarter-finals, with Northern Ireland's
Kenny Beggs losing to Shorab and Republic
of Ireland's Gary Moore & John Moore
losing to Thomas & Redman. Best Welsh
player was John Lauder, who lost to a
golden goal by Gary Moore in the barrage
round. Robert Ramsay, the only Scottish
entrant, did not qualify from his group. |
Individual
Final: Chris Short 1 Shorab Jadunandan 3 |
Northern Ireland (green) v Republic of Ireland
(white)
Individual:
There were 21 players divided into 1 group of 5
& 4 groups of 4, arranged so that no group
contained more than one player of the same
nationality. Group winners qualified directly for
Quarter-Finals. Group runners-up, plus 3rd placed
player in group of 5, played a barrage round to
determine the other 3 Q/F places.
Team:
The 4 teams played each other once in league
format. Top 2 teams contested the final. Results
The National Football Museum in Deepdale, home of
Preston North End FC proved to be an ideal venue
& the event was covered by Sky TV, Granada
& local Lancashire Radio station.
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