ADLIB Audio’s combined talents once again proved that they are as gifted and skilled at “The Beautiful Game” as they are at sound design and engineering, by winning the Industry’s annual Football Challenge Cup. This year the trophy was named the ‘SSE Audio Group Cup’ by its Birmingham based hosts.
It’s the third successive year that cheeky scousers ? FC ADLIB - have walked away with the trophy. In absolutely tip-top form ? and unbeaten throughout the competition - they thrashed SSE 5:2 in the semi’s before going on to give finalists Freight Flyers a convincing 4:2 trouncing.
ADLIB founded the Football Challenge Cup in 2003, with the idea of promoting on and off pitch interaction and cross fertilisation between industry professionals - in a non-gig environment!
Such is the growing popularity of this now annual sports fixture that the original four teams swelled to 8 for the 2005 event ? FC ADLIB, PRG, SSE Rovers, Show Support, Freight Flyers, SCDL4, Wigwam and MCL.
The teams were divided into two groups. The top two from each group qualified for the semi finals: ADLIB beat SSE 5.2 and Freight Flyers beat PRG 2.1
ADLIB’s player manager Mark Roberts comments on the match, “It was a very tough competition and everyone played well. We were well prepared for all the challenges, despite some blatant bullying tactics in the semi’s by SSE” he says, referring to an incident involving himself and SSE’s Operations Director. The competition also saw fisticuffs erupt between the PRG and SCDL4 teams, as passions ran high.
Playing for FC ADLIB were Mark Roberts, Dave Jones, Ian Greenwood, Young Robbie, Peter Abraham, Paul Dakin, Carl Billington and Rizzo. The final goals were scored by Jones, Greenwood, Dakin and Young Robbie.
Competitive spirits were left behind on the pitch for the evening, when all 8 teams hit downtown Birmingham to engage in their second favourite sport ? partying. An exceptionally large but trouble free evening was reported…
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Date of issue: 16th November 2005.
For more press info. on ADLIB Audio, please contact Louise Stickland on 01865 202679 or 07831 329888 , or Email ‘louise@loosplat.com’, Contact ADLIB direct on 0151 486 2214 or check www.adlibaudio.co.uk.
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The winning ADLIB team, L ? R : Mark Roberts, Paul Dakin, Ian Greenwood, Dave Jones, Carl Billington and Young Robbie