Crosshall Win First Football Tournament of the Season

Today saw the first football tournament of the season at Crosshall.  We were up against teams from Hartford, Priory, Brampton and Huntingdon schools in the Large Schools ‘A’ Team Tournament. The team consisted of Robbie W, Jacob W, Ben H-P, Jakob G, Luke A, Junior H, Tom H, Bradley Y and Alex B in goal.

The first match saw Crosshall take on Hartford in a thrilling 2 – 0 win.  Hartford kicked off the first half and Junior opened the scoring.  Hartford earned a penalty which was expertly saved by Alex.  In the second half, Robbie scored the second goal giving Crosshall a comfortable win.

The second match saw the boys take on Huntingdon in which was probably the most exciting match of the afternoon.  The boys again came away with a 0-1 win. Both goal keepers were kept busy with numerous attempts on their goals.  The goal in this match came from Robbie. There was a pause in proceedings as Mr Henson had to go under the hedge to retrieve the ball!  Alex prevented this game from ending in a draw with a fantastic save right on the whistle of full time.

The third match was against Priory ending in a 0-0 draw. This was quite a quiet game and neither goal keeper was troubled much.

The final game was against Brampton and again finished in a 0-0 draw.  Although this match ended in a draw, most of the play took place in Brampton’s half.  Despite relentless attacking from Crosshall, the Brampton goal keeper stood firm.  Despite many near misses Crosshall could not break the deadlock.

Final league positions were:

1      Crosshall          8 points

2      Huntingdon       6 points (goal difference)

3      Brampton          6 points

4      Priory                5 points

5      Hartford            1 point

Crosshall now have to wait to hear who won the other Large Schools tournament.