Girls in national cup final

The Under-16 girls’ football team have reached the final of the ESFA National Cup

Having reached the semi-finals a year ago in the under-15 competition, they have gone one better and booked a final place yesterday with a 5-0 victory over Cardinal Hume School, from Gateshead They will now play either The FitzWinmarc School from Rayleigh, Essex, or South Londoners from Kingsdale Foundation School at Stoke City’s ground on May 5th

The team have had a fantastic tournament so far, battling through seven rounds after a first-round bye to reach the final and have scored an incredible 51 goals, the latest five coming courtesy of a Maddie (11E) hat-trick and two from Gwen (11T)

Team manager Abbey Cotton said: ““The team have worked incredibly hard to get to the final and have shown excellent commitment in their training and preparation This has clearly paid off With strong performances from our back line, we provided a constant wall against their attack “The midfield worked equally hard, providing repeated opportunities to attack Our forwards really fought for each goal and put their bodies on the line to come out with five goals between them An excellent performance with a strong crowd of family and friends ”

CVC opened the campaign with a 15-1