English Schools' Football Association

U12 Danone Nations Cup Champions - Cardinal Heenan Sports College

Fulham Football Club played host to this season’s ESFA Danone Nations Under 12 Schools’ Cup for boys on Wednesday 11 May 2011. The FA Chairman, David Bernstein, was guest of honour along with 1966 World Cup winner, George Cohen.

The teams were led out in front of a large crowd, by Premier League referee, Dermot Gallagher.

Cardinal Heenan School (Liverpool SFA) were taking on last year’s champions, Whitgift School (Croydon SFA). It soon became clear that Whitgift may be in for a tougher time than the previous season as Cardinal Heenan went in to the interval 2-1 up thanks to goals from Kevin Cringle and Luke Carroll-Burgess.

The second half was a similar story, as the school from Merseyside continued to exert pressure on the Whitgift goal. Further goals from Callum Lucy and Tom Grivosti sealed a 4-1 victory to ensure that the trophy would be heading to the north-west, with Steven Gerrard’s old school.

The ESFA Chairman, Mike Coyne, was on hand to assist the guests of honour in the post match presentations.

Squads

Cardinal Heenan Sports College: Mark Fletcher (Goalkeeper), Kane Steel, Sean Wilson, Lewis Reilly (Captain), Steven Naisby, Kevin Cringle, Tom Grivosti , Callum Lucy, Joseph Wright, Luke Carroll-Burgess, Louis Gouthwaite-Schumacher, Jordan Laite, Shernick Grove, Peter Moore, Craig Wilson, Michael Hall. Team Management: Yacine Rachi (Manager), Michael Cooper (Assistant Manager)

Whitgift School: Nathan Baxter (Goalkeeper & Captain), Nathan Bambroffe, Ryan Hill, Reiss de Meza, Josh Anderson, Josh Grant, Joshua Francis-Cross, Luke Dreher, Tyler Meyer, Marcel Hedman, James Culff , Edward McCrea, Kobi Mintah, Max Gill, Louis Mack (Goalkeeper), Louis Beckford. Team Management: Manager: Colin Pates (Manager), Steve Kember (Assistant Manager), Sam Woodward & Sally Kibble (Physiotherapists)

Match Officials

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire FA); Assistant Referees: Mike Barnes (London FA) & Steve Moore (Essex FA); Fourth Official: Sean Smith (London FA).

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U12 Danone Nations Cup Results 2011