Year 2 Foxes v Sefton Park Scorpions

A sunny day and a perfect pitch greeted the Foxes as they returned from their well earned Easter break. 22 hooped heroes were up for action, Scorpions brought 14 so it was four games of seven a side on The Downs.

Foxes gave a debut to Sophie who didn't disappoint. The first games kicked off and the goals immediately followed. Dave B's team had Josh at his best and a solid defence. Hatrick! On the other pitch Pete's team couldn't stop scoring, Matt hitting four to add to doubles from Cos and Eden. Andrew hammered in another. Goal of the game was a Cos chip. Sublime.

The second set of games saw the underemployed Foxes keepers given a run out. Omar had been waiting for a long time for a touch of the ball! He was bright and threatening throughout as the Foxes found it harder going against better organised Scorpion sides. The Foxes rear guards were finally breached but there was plenty of action at the other end too with Josh adding to his tally, Charlie showing his quality, Jacob H finding the net for the first time since the reverse fixture in the Autumn and all this was topped off by first Foxes goal for Toby!

Pete's team were also on fire, Eden adding to his two from the first game, and although they were pegged back during a disorganised mass substituion, Matt blasted another quickly followed by a cool finish by the dangerous Own Goal. Tremendous defending kept Foxes at bay in the second half with Matt sending across corner after corner. Finally, at the fourth attempt, super sharp Cos applied the super finish that Matt's deadly delivery deserved.

Players of the day: Josh and Matt. Razor sharp.