English Schools' Football Association

Action from Isle of Wight v Mid Somerset

Results from Monday 18 April

East Cornwall 2 Vale of White Horse (Oxfordshire) 7
West Cornwall 0 Tameside Blues 3
Coventry 1 Hartlepool 3
South Tyneside 3 Nuneaton 1
Bridgwater 0 Tameside Whites 3
Yeovil 0 Bishop Auckland 2
Cambridge 0 East Riding 5
Mid-Somerset 4 Isle of Wight 2
Luton 0 Dorset 2

Day One Report

There were goals galore on the first day of the English Schools' FA Under 14 Festival in which 16 teams are in residence at the PGL Activity Centre at Wootton on the Isle of Wight. This is the 24th successive Festival to be held on the Island and the 28th in total.

Nine games produced 38 goals with the outstanding performance being that from the Vale of White Horse, the Oxfordshire side who recovered from a two goal deficit to win 7-2. Their victory included hat-tricks from Jared Jones and George Reid although it was marred by a suspected broken wrist suffered by Sam Barber.

Both the Tameside teams had convincing wins, both scoring three goals without reply from West Cornwall and Bridgwater respectively. Hartlepool fell behind against Coventry but recovered well for their 3-1 win. There was a very convincing win for the powerful East Riding side who thrashed Cambridge 5-0 but in contrast, there was a very even contest between Mid-Somerset and the local Isle of Wight side. Albert Egboh put the Island ahead but Mid-Somerset were soon level after a defender deflected a corner into the net and then a shot from Josh Lewis form 25 yards curled into the net assisted by a cross wind. Lewis scored again just after half-time but Harry Wade made it 3-2 with a good turn and shot.

The Island side piled on the pressure but could not get in the vital strike and a breakaway form Mid-Somerset saw Johnny Barnes score under the keeper after a good lay-off from Joe Freeman with only 9 minutes remaining.

The Isle of Wight side could consider themselves unfortunate as even after falling two goals behind, they had three great chances. Brad Taylor hit the outside of the post after a fine run down the left and then a great shot was brilliantly saved by keeper Billy Standon. From the resulting corner, a mishit shot from Egboh looked to be creeping into the corner before Standon made another fine save to push the ball round the post.

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