The year 5 boys returned triumphant from the Frampton Cotterell tournament as they saw off some tough opposition to win the cup.
The B squad, ably led by Eddie, despite five great performances were just unable to progress to the semi-finals. But there was some excellent play from Jack and Lukha up front, Eddie and James H in midfield, Sam and Adam in defence and some outstanding play from Oliver D in goal.
The A squad were unlucky in their first match against Bitton going down 1-0 despite creating lots of chances. But the team remained confident despite that and were unbeaten in the remainder of their group matches to qualify for another semi-final. Their opponents were Warmley who had held the team to a 2-2 draw earlier in the day. But this time the Foxes stepped up a gear and raced into a 3-1 half-time lead with brilliant goals from Ben (2) and Gabe. As Sally arrived to see how the team was getting on, Ben coolly converted a one-on-one to claim a hat-trick and in the final moments Gabe volleyed home a brilliant move into the top corner. An emphatic 5-1 victory meant the Foxes were confident of winning the final against none other than Bitton, the team which had beaten us in our first match.
The whole squad was determined to save their best performance for this final and win the Foxes' first trophy. With great support from the touchline, Ben was able to capitalise on some loose defending swooping in to race past the goalie and finish into an empty net. And just before half-time the Foxes cleared their lines fast with a fantastic throughball by Jamie to find Ben in space. Ben was so fast he found little support but undeterred he coolly raced past the final defender and chipped the goalie to make it 2-0 to the Foxes at half-time.
The half time team talk focused on doing exactly the same in the second half - always pressing in attack with an awareness of Bitton's strength on the counter. The second half was tight but with three minutes to go Oliver W delivered a perfect corner which Gabe met with an unstoppable header for 3-0. Tom W came on to replace Kris at the back and although Bitton scored a late consolation goal this was to be the Foxes day. Final score 3-1 to the Foxes and our first tournament win. The team scored 15 goals in 7 tough matches (Ben (8), Gabe (5), Hugo and Jamie getting on the scoresheet) conceding just 6. A great performance!
Well done to the team (Hugo, Ben, Gabe, Tom, Kris, Oliver W, Jamie) and to everyone in the year 5 Foxes set-up. It was the perfect end to a great season.
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