Football

The 2022/23 Academic Year has been another excellent one for football at John Lyon in which pupil development has been at the forefront of our most successful season to date, with nearly 60% of our fixtures recording positive results (wins/draws). Following on from an impressive Autumn Term, the Senior Football Programme has continued to provide 100+ pupils with the opportunity to hone their skills and participate in weekly training and competitive fixtures throughout the Spring Term. The results have been excellent – most notably those of the 1st XI, who are still unbeaten for over four months, scoring 26 goals across 11 matches played since November. Led by Captain Toby (L6RSK), the team have also had the chance to examine their matches using video analysis to re-watch and analyse their performances – as have pupils playing all sports throughout the School.

Following a superb 8-0 victory against Whitefriars School, the U16A team made it through to the Harrow Borough semi-final, where hat-tricks from Tio (11MRF) and Loizos (11KS) were enough to ensure safe passage into the next round, where the pupils face Salvatorian College for a place in the final, to be held at Rayners Lane FC after the Easter Break. n