Y6 Girls v Thornbury Falcons, Nov 5th on The Downs.
3-2 and 5-1
It was bonfire night, and our fab foxes certainly set fire to Thornbury Falcons today. They came out like pocket rockets, spun like catherine wheels and by the time they were done, there was nothing but red and black cinders left of the opposition.
Ok, enough with the corny puns.
Thornbury are the league leaders in the Bristol Girls League, the team to beat. They came in strength, with two teams to battle our brave Y6 foxes. Naturally we outnumbered them, 17-12, and both of our squads played some of the best footie of the season to record historic victories.
Well done girls, you should all stand proud.
The white team featured Marielle and Erin taking turns in goal, Ella T, Ella C, Tia, Sophie C, Sophie HR, Megan. Both goalies made some game changing saves, and the defence was rock solid. Several times Ella T, Sophie HR and Megan faced a breakaway pack of three bearing down on them. No problem. Tackles were well timed and solid; occasionally a shot was fired off, and our keepers were more than a match for them.
Up front, Tia had the game of her life, running like someone really had put a firecracker somewhere they shouldn’t have. She scored a well deserved goal, as did her strike force partner Sophie C, who actually put two away. Sophie HR and Erin showed new strength as mega throw-in merchants, Sophie nearly scoring from a throw on one occasion, and Erin setting up one of Sophie C’s two goals.
When she came out of goal, Marielle showed her speed and skill, winning a lovely little goal that made it 4-1
But the final word should go to the fox with the final kick, Ella Clarke. She ran her socks off this week, and won tackle after tackle. The only thing she lacked was a little belief, and when her final kick found the back of the net, hopefully that has been put right. You’re good girl!
The Green Team was frankly scary. Emily B in goal, Emily C, Anna R, Bryony, Sophie M, Emily T, Phoebe, Paige and Anna D.
On their day, this is one of the finest teams in the district.
And today, it seems, was their day.
Passing was fluent and intelligent, tackles hard but fair, and they ran non stop. Emily B made some terrific saves, Thornbury had to find real class to score. In defence, Emily C had a cracker, making some game-changing tackles; Anna R, always a wonderfully reliable tackler, has added clever passing, picking out our midfielders and building counter attacks. Bryony seems to be everywhere, turning and twisting like one of those spiralling corkscrew fireworks and confounding the opposition!
Up front, Phoebe, Paige and Anna D ran as fast as ever, but the passes are quicker and earlier. Thornbury’s defence is solid, and it took waves of foxy attacks to break it down.
But you know those games when one team just always seems to have more players on the pitch? This was one - and that team was in green and white.
Anna and Sophie M scored early in the first half, but then Thornbury came back to make it level until 40 minutes were on the clock and injury time was ticking. You could feel the desire.. and when the foxes found the net after a lovely series of passes from Emily T, Sophie, Anna and Phoebe, well, the Downs erupted.
A great morning’s footie. The Foxes really played as a team, encouraging each other even when goals went the wrong way, and running to the last whistle.
They may have cancelled the bonfire on Saturday night, but there were fireworks on the Downs in the morning, oh yes.
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