BLUES KINGS AGAIN; TESCO UNDER-13 CUP FINAL.

LINFIELD 3 ARDS Ards

District (pop., 2001: 73,244), Northern Ireland. Formerly part of County Down, Ards was established as a district in 1973. Much of its land is devoted to crops and pasture. Newtownards, settled c. 1608 by Scots, is its administrative seat and manufacturing centre. YOUTH 1

LINFIELD kept a firm grip on the Tesco Under-13 Cup when they beat Ards Youth 3-1 in the final at Stangmore Park Stangmore Park is a football stadium in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is currently the home ground of Dungannon Swifts F.C.. The stadium holds 3,000 spectators. External links

IFCP photos from Stangmore Park

, Dungannon.

The young Blues now hope to emulate last year's representatives from Windsor Park This article refers to the home ground of the Northern Irish Football Club. For other uses of Windsor Park, see Windsor Park (disambiguation).

Windsor Park is the home ground of the Northern Irish football club, Linfield FC, in Belfast. and win the Tesco UK final at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium next month when the winners from England, Scotland and Wales line up.

Jack Uprichard opened the scoring against the North Down lads and

Jackson Touhey added a second.

Ards gave themselves hope when Ruairi Croskery pulled a goal back but Eoghan McCawl produced a third for the young Blues to ensure they retained the trophy.

It's the third time in the four-year history of the Tesco Cup that Linfield have lifted the trophy.

LINFIELD: Samuel Johnston

This article is about Samuel Johnston, North Carolina governor. For the British lexicographer, see Samuel Johnson.

For other people named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation).

, Matthew Robinson, George Douglas, Nicholas Lendrum, Jordan Taylor, Eoghan McCawl, Jack Uprichard, Christian Stewart, Joel Cooper, Ryan McAreavey, Jordan Caldwell. Subs. Dean Spence, Jackson Touhey, Drew Coffey, Bobbie Crowe, Martin Bradley, Matthew Teggart, Ryan Morrell.

ARDS YOUTH: Aaron Carberry, Nathan Thompson, Conor Miley, George Gray, Neil Ennis, Ryan Andrews, Aaron Taylor, Stephen Duke, Ruairi Croskery, Patrick Quinn, Josh Doherty.

Subs. Michael Mulholland, Levi Fletcher, Thomas Cafolla, Blaine Kirk, Stephen Anderson.

CAPTION(S):

TACKLE Neil Ennis of Ards Youth slides in on Linfield's Joel Cooper in the final STOPPER Ards' Aaron Carberry receives the top goalkeeper award from the IFA's Raymond Kennedy HONOUR Eoghan McCawl picks up the best defender award from Raymond Kennedy CAPTAIN Stephen Magill of Tesco presents Christian Stewart with the trophy

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	The Mirror (London, England)
Geographic Code:	4EUUK
Date:	Apr 28, 2009
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