A very young Reds team crashed out of the Lancashire League Cup in wet and windy conditions at the Giant Axe. They were taken out of their comfort zone of U18 football and thrown into the lion’s den against a more experienced City line-up. But for twenty-nine minutes, Reds kept City at arm’s length and played some decent football without seriously testing the home ‘keeper, Harry Pemberton. The floodgates opened after Ben Jackson’s goal, though, with the Dolly Blues scoring th

The Young Reds registered an eleventh consecutive win in the JPL North West Division, a victory that has clinched the title…….with three games to go!

Workington arguably had the toughest task, with their game at Nethermoor, but extended the unbeaten run to six games with a battling performance.

Workington’s great start to the calendar year continued with a third successive, hard-fought home win leaving them unbeaten in six, with just one loss in ten.

Credit to the Wigan based Warriors for fulfilling the fixture on a Monday evening and doing so without several regulars. They made a bright start and were technically very good throughout but, ultimately, were swept aside by a physically stronger Reds outfit.

Saturday morning’s trip to Manchester proved beneficial with the Young Reds coming out on top in a ten-goal thriller, completing a league double in the process.

Borough Park has staged so much late drama this season, so no great surprise that we had to wait until the eighty-eighth minute for a goal.

Reds’ bewildering season took another dramatic twist in Lincolnshire. They avoided the late, late drama that has plagued their season, which has seen fourteen points dropped from the eighty-fifth minute onwards.

A spectacular Ryan Handford goal in the dying seconds maintained the young Reds winning sequence but they were stretched all the way by a good Witton Albion outfit.

At the thirteenth attempt, Workington returned to winning ways and whilst they couldn’t replicate the fluent, attacking football they produced on recent away days this display of courage, commitment and character epitomised the sort of qualities needed for a relegation scrap.

Another first for the young Reds with their ‘home’ fixture against the Shropshire based academy taking place at Darwen FC, a half-way venue to ease journey time.

Workington have never lost in sixteen league meetings against Cables but it felt like a defeat when they conceded another late goal and had to settle for just the one point when, undoubtedly, they deserved all three.

The young Reds were on the road by 6am and on the pitch three and half hours later for an early start at the Marine Travel Arena.

1 / 2 Workington 0 Hebburn Town 1 Workington’s mini-unbeaten run came to a stuttering halt when a below-par showing resulted in league defeat number fourteen.

Reds extended their winning run in the Lancashire League to nine matches and increased the lead at the top of the table to nine points.

The young Reds returned to JPL action for the first time since mid-December and maintained their 100% winning record in the league. Having beaten Burscough’s younger age group earlier in the season, this was more of a test but one Reds met with the right mind set. It was a cagey opening to the game with neither side creating too much in the early stages. Harrison Rogers was unlucky not to open the scoring, having one effort cleared off the line and then thwarted by a double s

Workington were seconds away from a morale boosting victory after another gallant display at Broadhurst Park.

The Towbar Express Stadium emerged as a green oasis in snow covered North Yorkshire after a challenging cross-country journey.

They say winning football matches becomes a habit but not winning games is also habitual and, no matter what they do, Workington cannot buy a victory at the moment.

It was a case of too little, too late as Reds came to life late in the day in their first ever meeting against Cleethorpes Town, a young club on the up.