Competition News
U16 Girls Trophy: Essex 1-4 Hampshire
Hampshire Girls were joint winners
with Merseyside at Saltergate last season
At Ford's Sports & Social Club, Ilford, Essex on Tuesday 28 March
Hampshire travelled to Essex on Tuesday (28 March) in the semi-final of the ESFA N.U.T. U16 Inter County Trophy for Girls with the hope of reaching the Final for the second year running.
Hampshire kicked off against the strong wind and started the stronger. After 8 minutes Cherelle Khassal (Cowes) crossed the ball from the right, Isobel Kent (Cantell) spun on the ball to lose her defender and passed to Molly Clarke (St Luke's) who finished well to put Hampshire ahead.
Shortly afterwards, Molly Clarke had a powerful shot pushed around the far post by the Essex keeper Lacey Amato (Brittons). On 13 minutes, Hampshire went further ahead when Alice Wheeler (Hamble) sent over a perfect corner for Jo Morris (Cranbourne) to head home. This was soon followed by another fine corner that evaded the keeper and was firmly headed on to the cross bar but was then cleared.
In the 21st minute, Molly Clarke picked up a weak clearance to drive the ball over the keepers outstretched hands to put Hampshire three up. A minute later, Cherelle Khassal collected the ball, ran at the defence and although her clever lob beat the advancing Essex keeper it lacked the pace to beat a retreating defender who did well to keep it out of the net.
Essex came out in the second half, determined to make a battle of it and even as early as the first minute, Alice Wheeler clear off the Hampshire line following a free kick and goalie Stacey Parkinson (Bitterne Park) made a good diving save to turn the ball round her right post.
Essex were rewarded for their efforts in the 51th minute when Toni Smith (Grays Convent) converted a free kick over the outstretched hands of Stacey Parkinson. However, Hampshire were to have the final say when Alice Wheeler passed the ball to Sophie Jackson (Sandown) who laid it off for Cherelle Khassal to run in and complete the scoring.
It was a good team performance and bodes well for Hampshire who now await the outcome of the other semi-final between Leicestershire and Shropshire on 6th April.
N.U.T. U16 Inter County Trophy for Girls Results
March 2006 News
27th :: U16 FAPL Trophy: Lancs 3-1 Leics
Lancashire boys dug deep to retrieve a 1-0 deficit going into the last 15 minutes to secure their place in the ESFA Premier League U16 Inter County Trophy Final.
27th :: Centenary Shield: England 2-0 Scotland
A crowd of over 3000 saw England Schoolboys continue their excellent start to this season's Centenary Shield with a 2-0 win against Scotland on Friday night (24 March) at Home Park Plymouth Argyle FC.
24th :: Centenary Shield: England v Scotland
England will look to continue their good start in this season's Centenary Shield when they entertain Scotland at Plymouth Argyle FC tonight (24 March), kick-off 7.00 pm.
24th :: U16 FAPL Trophy: Hampshire 0-3 Devon
Devon reached their first ever U16 Inter County Trophy Final with a 3-0 victory over Hampshire at BAT Sports Ground in Southampton yesterday (23 March).
23rd :: U18 FAPL Trophy: Shrops 1-2 Merseyside
Monday evening (20 March) saw Merseyside progress to their seventh U18 Inter County Trophy final since the competition began in 1978 as they overcame a resilient Shropshire team at AFC Telford.
22nd :: Boodle & Dunthorne Cup Final
Millfield School 1 Kings' School 2
The Independent Schools' FA Boodle & Dunthorne Cup Final took place on Monday evening (20 March) at Leicester City Football Club.
21st :: Goalpost Safety Scheme
In a little over four months, The Football Foundation Goalpost Safety Scheme has proved one of the most popular initiatives to be introduced.
20th :: Training Match: England 2-1 Cambridge
England Schoolboys prepared for forthcoming Centenary Shield matches against Scotland and Republic of Ireland with a confidence boosting 2-1 win against Cambridge University on Sunday (19 March) at St Catherine?s College.
17th :: Training Match: England v Cambridge Uni
England Schoolboys will take on Cambridge University on Sunday 19 March as a warm-up for the forthcoming Centenary Shield matches against Scotland and Republic of Ireland.
16th :: RAF Cup for Girls: Semi-Final Round-Up
Meadowhead 4-1 Church Stretton
Meadowhead School (South Yorkshire) took on Church Stretton School (Shropshire) in this lunchtime kick-off to compete for a place in the final of the Royal Air Force Schools Cup for Girls.
15th :: RAF Cup for Boys: Semi-Final Round-Up
(Hants CSFA) at Selhurst Park Impington 3-1 Goffs
The first semi-final in the Royal Air Force U16 Schools' Cup for Boys kicked-off at 12 noon today at RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton.
14th :: RAF Cup: Semis to be played this week
The Semi-Finals of the Royal Air Force Cup for U16 Boys and Girls Schools' teams will be played this week at RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton.
06th :: U15 Trophy QF: Swansea 3-0 South'ton
Swansea secured a place in the Semi-Final of the ESFA U15 Inter Association Trophy, sponsored by the National Union of Teachers, with a convincing 3-0 win over Southampton on Saturday (04 March) at the St Helens Stadium in Swansea.
01st :: U15 Trophy QF: Plymouth 2-3 Cambridge
Cambridge grabbed a dramatic late winner against Plymouth last night at Tavistock Football Club, to secure a place in the Semi-Finals of the ESFA U15 Inter Association Trophy, sponsored by the National Union of Teachers.
