Wednesfield Celtic will face either Perton Village or Nacro F.C in the final of the Lester Charity Cup.The date set for the other semi-final is the 26th March 2005.DOF Shaun Pritchard commented "we will have a great day out whoever we play. we are going to be underdogs regardless of the opposition, we are a second division side and they are both in higher leagues than us, so they would be expected to win.we have though got there on merit and will go all out for the win".

 

PRITCHARD HAILS CUP HERO'S ! ! ! ! ! ! !

 

Shaun Pritchard hailed the squad for battling through to the clubs first cup final."The performance was patchy but you couldn't fault the commitment or effort the lads put in to the game.It was very nervous in that shootout but we did it and nobody deserves it more than our lads,I'm so proud to lead them out every week,and it will be a real proud day leading them out in that final."

 

DONT GET COMPLACENT WARNS BOSS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

 

After all the hype and excitement of Sunday Celtic boss Andy Rutter has warned his side to keep focused "We have got 6 league games to go before our cup final and we need to make sure we win all 6 to be certain of Promotion.That is still our number 1 aim.As far as i'm concerned we have got 7 cup finals to go, and we need to win all 7 !

 

SMETHWICK NEXT IN TOWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !  !

 

Smethwick F.C are next up at Queen Street (Bilston Town) on the 27th March 2005. Andy Rutter talked about the sides last home game " It's important we apply ourselves as we did in the Semi-Final, we really can't afford any more slip ups."

 

MAUTER'S INJURY NIGHTMARE ! ! ! !! !! !

 

Star striker Nick Mauter broke his ankle last week in the 7 - 1 victory over ECC Athletic. It has been a hammer blow to the inform striker and will now miss the remainder of the season. Manager Andy Rutter commented " It has been a huge blow to us to lose Nick, he has been a real find this year and has been a key player for us and played a massive part in the success we have had so far,hopefully we can secure promotion and a Cup final date to ease his frustration".

 

SUPER SKIDMORE'S MAGIC TOUCH ! ! !!!

 

Defensive Diamond Josh Skidmore produced a magical performance last week against ECC Athletic scoring a great Hat-Trick. DOF Shaun Pritchard said" Skida has been a massive boost for us, the lad is just superb. I would even say that if we would have had him all year we would be the team that would have remained unbeaten, he really has become that big for us". 

 

 

RUTTER IN TRIBUTE TO CELTIC STRIKE LEGEND ! ! !!

 

Manager Andy Rutter was quick to heap praise on Celtic hero Paul Battison who was forced into retirement due to injury. " How can you replace a player like Batto? you simply can't. He was clinical and we have had to adjust our whole season game plan because of his loss. If we get to the final of the cup, it might be nice if we could get him on to the pitch before the game or even a 5 minute appearance if the result is going the right way." Battison still leads the league goalscoring charts dispite not playing since November.

 

CELTIC LAUNCH ON-LINE CLUB SHOP ! ! ! ! !

 

Wednesfield Celtic will lauch a new On-Line Club Shop shortly giving supporters the opportunity to buy Celtic Scarfs,Replica Tops, Polo Tops and oher Celtic merchandise. Club Secretary Andy Mitchell said "it's just another way of trying to boost our club funds and also to encourage some more support for us on a Sunday afternoon, especially with some of the big games coming up".

 

CLUB SECRETARY SEARCH FOR SPONSORS ! ! ! !!

 

Club Secretary Andy Mitchell is now on the look out for any potential sponsors for the coming 2005/06 season. "we are looking for anyone who is interested in Shirt, Tracksuits or Training top sponsorship for next season. Spar have been really supportive and we will be looking to negotiate with them next season but we are open to offers".Anyone interested in Sponsorship please contact one of the club members.