Last updated 19:42, Thursday, 05 June 2008

Cumberland County LeagueTESCO have agreed to sponsor the Cumberland County League for a second successive season.

The supermarket giants took over as League backers for the current campaign and have quickly agreed to continue their sponsorship.

Neil Skitt, Tesco’s North West regional current affairs manager, welcomed the extension.

He said: “We were delighted with our inaugural season’s sponsorship of the Cumberland County Football League and we are pleased to extend it into the 2008-09 campaign. It proved a real winner last season and we are sure it will continue to flourish.

“The link up with the league fits in well with our goal of supporting grassroots football in Cumbria. Besides being well received by players, officials and supporters, it also proved a good match for Tesco as the league covers an area that includes Workington and Whitehaven, where we have stores, as well as Carlisle.

League secretary Steve McMahon was delighted that Tesco had renewed its sponsorship.

The top three teams in the Tesco County League Division One all won to set up a grand slam finish to the 2007/2008 season on Tuesday.

With one game remaining all three could have finished on 35 points as Whitehaven Miners topped the table on goal difference from Cleator Moor Celtic with Frizington White Star, close behind in third.

In a perfect example of fixture planning Whitehaven Miners hosted Celtic in the final game with the title at stake. In fact all the goals came in the first half as Celtic established a 3-1 lead.

Try as they could Whitehaven just couldn’t make any inroads in the second half as Celtic held on to be crowned champions.

Whitehaven, in fact, slipped to third as Frizington beat St Bees 5-1 to clinch runners-up spot.

Last Wednesday night had seen Whitehaven Miners do their title aspirations no harm as they hit eight past Bransty Rangers and then they inflicted a 2-0 reversal on Carlisle Spartans who played their last game in the County League.

Warren Thompson has run the side for around seven years and he has had enough so the club is to fold.

Celtic had a 6-1 victory over St Bees, while Frizington will hope they can do the same as they stayed in contention with a 3-1 victory over Parton United.