The U13 girls of Stanley Park High School football squad have made it into the last eight of the country, proving themselves in a decent 5-0 win away to a school in Canvey Island, Essex. The girls have stormed through the rounds and are now going into the last stages, two games away from the final.
SPH started the game confidently. Tia had a fantastic game on the left wing, proving a huge threat to the Cornelius Vermuyden side. Lacey, Halley, Evie and Tilly were linking up very well upfront passing in triangles and switching play and finding the space out wide. Lacey opened up the score with a superb left footed shot from outside the penalty box.
Five minutes later Halley smashed the ball into the back of the net allowing SPH to lead 2-0. Evie worked tirelessly on the wing playing in some effective balls which lead onto a great goal putting SPH up 3-0 at half time. The confident SPH knew we could not let our heads slip going into the second half as the opposition were going to come out hard. Morgan and Poppy worked hard at the back, stopping any chances Cornelius had of breaking through our defence.
Lacey added to SPH’s score with another goal slotted past their keeper. Within the final minutes, Tilly gained a well-deserved goal after her fantastic efforts and commitment to the team. Stanley Park are now the only team in the whole competition to not concede a goal, a great achievement in itself.