TORQUAY pub side Dolphin Inn are the new Torbay Sunday League Supplementary Cup holders following the weekend's 2-1 victory over Division Two rivals Kingsteignton Athletic 3rds in the final at Ipplepen.
And they did it despite: A pre-match threat to boycott the game; falling behind after five minutes; losing defender Casey Roberts with a broken ankle; and having their goalkeeper red-carded.
The threatened boycott had dominated the pre-match build-up inasmuch as Dolphin argued they couldn't raise a team with four of the squad committed to playing for their Saturday club, a catalogue of injuries, one or more at a christening and a number ineligible for the final because they'd made insufficient appearances for the club.
In the event, they were able to name five substitutes in addition to a starting line-up that included strikers Craig Duff and Shane Shobbrook, both of whom went on to play for Galmpton United Gents the same day in the South West Peninsula League.
The game itself was never short of incident, with Dolphin falling behind to a Tom Reeves goal in the fifth minute and then losing Roberts 20 minutes later when he was transported by ambulance to hospital with two broken bones in an ankle and a fracture at the base of the same leg.
And they did it despite: A pre-match threat to boycott the game; falling behind after five minutes; losing defender Casey Roberts with a broken ankle; and having their goalkeeper red-carded.
The threatened boycott had dominated the pre-match build-up inasmuch as Dolphin argued they couldn't raise a team with four of the squad committed to playing for their Saturday club, a catalogue of injuries, one or more at a christening and a number ineligible for the final because they'd made insufficient appearances for the club.
In the event, they were able to name five substitutes in addition to a starting line-up that included strikers Craig Duff and Shane Shobbrook, both of whom went on to play for Galmpton United Gents the same day in the South West Peninsula League.
The game itself was never short of incident, with Dolphin falling behind to a Tom Reeves goal in the fifth minute and then losing Roberts 20 minutes later when he was transported by ambulance to hospital with two broken bones in an ankle and a fracture at the base of the same leg.
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