Hello, I have been watching quite a bit of Westmorland League football this past week,with there being quite a few midweek matches taking place.

Last weekend I saw a bit of The Austin Wren cup semi final between Burneside and Milnthorpe which Milnthorpe won 3-2. The weather was horrible and the pitch was cutting up quite bad, On Monday night I went to watch a bit of Kendal Celtics draw with Dent and on Wednesday I watched the whole 90 minutes of Kendal Counties reserves 4-0 win over Ibis reserves which was pretty one sided.

What is it about Ibis? They really have struggled and what was most surprising this week was how close the Ibis first team ran Kendal County despite losing 3-2 in the end. But The Ibis reserves had a mixture of youth and experience, there were a few players who were between 16 and 18 years of age whom I suspect have played youth football for Ibis. Kendal Counties reserves on the other hand looked pretty sharp, playing good football, and showed lots of promise.

It will be interesting to see what the future holds for Ibis, they surely can’t keep struggling in the future can they?

Also I hope that you like the photographs I have done of some of The Westmorland League matches. I will be doing some more next Tuesday when Kendal County play Sedbergh Wanderers so look out for those:

Here are my choices of whats going on at Grass Roots level this weekend:

Westmorland League:

Division 1:

League Leaders Kendal County are away to Keswick looking to extend their lead at the top. Also I reckon Windermere SCS home match with Ambleside Utd is worth watching. Incidentally Ambleside Utd lost 4 players in one match last weekend due to Injury, and all those injuries were bad enough to keep those players out for the rest of the season. I don’t think I have come across a game where 4 players picked up major injuries in one match before?

Division 2:

Dent vs Kirkoswald looks a good match to check out as does Penrith Rangers at home to Kendal Counties reserves. Both matches have a lot of quality about them.



Division 3:

Ullswater Utd vs Kendal United is the stand out tie in this division, there’s also a semi final match of the Peter Dawes Memorial Shield taking place between Appleby’s reserves and Shap’s reserves which is being played at Carvetti Utd’s ground.

Division 4:

Langwathaby will be looking to continue their impressive run of form when they are away to Coniston’s reserves whilst Endmoor KGR reserves vs Braithwaite is also worth looking at.


I will be doing an extra grass roots blog on Monday looking at the youth football at Grass Roots Level in Cumbria.

Hope you have a good weekend.

Richard