Bradford's Albion Sport made it a year to remember by winning the UK National Asian Football Championships held in Glasgow.

After finishing runners-up in the FA Carlsberg Cup in April this time there were no mistakes.

Lancashire however will have to wait another year as both Paak United and Canaries stumbled at the first hurdle.

No side from the county has managed to get to the final of the National Asian Football Championsips.

Although Prestons Canaries got off to the perfect start a host of missed opportunities put paid to their chances.

In their first game Canaries completed a shock win over hosts SEMSA. Imran Akuji was the first to react after a goal mouth scramble to put them ahead and Illyas Mal doubled the lead after good work by Mohammed Ali.

But their second game against Smethwick proved to be a nightmare.

Farook Khan whose penalty won the North West play-offs was the culprit as he missed a crucial spot-kick that could have changed the match for the Canaries.

Smethwick started the stronger and could have gone ahead early on if it wasnt for good keeping by Bharucha. Indipal Singh remained a thorn in the Canaries side and he turned both Ajkuji and Sohail to put Smethwick ahead.

Canaries eventually lost that game 2-0 and needed to beat Hounslow by 4 clear goals to progress.

But it proved too much for the Preston side who promised so much yet delivered so little. They attacked well and defended resolutely but for periods they ran out of ideas.

And it was a case of too little too late for Paak United who lost their first two games but did win their final match 4-1. Their group however did include former winners Albion, of Bradford, Sporting Bengal and GSA, of London.

Paak looked a shadow of the team that had gone so close to reaching the final in years gone by.

They did look tidy early on but then went on to lose their first game 5-1.

In their second it was another heavy defeat for the Nelson side who defensively looked very suspect.

The final was contested between Albion and Hounslow and refereed by very own Mohammed Matadar.

In excellent game of football Albion seemed to have it sewn up in normal time until a deserved late Hounslow equaliser in the 87th minute. There was no extra-time so the game went straight to penalties.

Experience goes a long way and it seems as Albion coolly slotted their penalties home to clinch the cup.

BY Ashif Patel in Glasgow