English Schools' Football Association

Cardinal Heenan Sports College win at St George's Park

Sunday 9th June 2013 saw the Danone Nations Cup England Finals which were held at St George’s Park. The winners of our Under 11 competitions and the Under 12 Schools’ Cup for Boys which are all under the sponsorship of Danone qualified for a chance to represent England at Wembley Stadium in September 2013.

All teams arrived at St George’s Park to play in the Indoor 3G facility and were welcomed by John Scales (Ex-England International), Ellen White and Karen Carney (both currently play for England).

Each team was a mix of boys from the winning team and the runners up from our event at The Hive due to the International age groupings meaning that all of the boys from the day had to have been born in 2001 or 2002.

The games kicked off which saw a feast of great football of the highest standard. The games were played on a single pitch with plenty of space for parents to sit and watch the games.

The first 2 games saw Edmund Waller take on Hull PSFA and Rickling played Cardinal Heenan.

The next 2 games saw Hull PSFA play Rickling and Edmund Waller took on Cardinal Heenan.

The final games saw Edmund Waller play Rickling and Hull PSFA played Cardinal Heenan. This saw the tournaments goal of the day from Rickling as a free kick was hit from their own half and straight into the back of the Edmund Waller goal.

It was Cardinal Heenan Sports College who won all of their games and qualified to represent England in the Danone Nations Cup World Final.

All teams were presented with a participation certificate by John Scales and Cardinal Heenan Sports College took away the trophy and they can look forward to their event in September.

Team Line-ups:

Cardinal Heenan Sports College (winners of the Under 12 Schools’ Cup)

Ethan Sansbury, Ellis Jones, Thomas Williams, Jack Heard, Sam Clark, Sonny Hilton, Luca Connell, Bobby Duncan, Patrick Haskell, Ajibola Alese (Emerson Park Academy), Charlie Munns (Emerson Park Academy), Tom Troubridge (Emerson Park Academy)

Hull Primary Schools’ FA (winners of the Under 11 Inter Association Trophy)

Tom Baxter, Alex McCoid, Ben Anson, Harrison Santon, Quinn Thompson, Kieron Walker, Harry Peacock, Jack Tanser, Luke Smith, Craig Winstanley, Luke Robinson (Wirral PSFA), Jack Bickerstaff (Wirral PSFA)

Edmund Waller Primary School (winners of the Under 11 Schools’ Cup for School Teams)

Jaani Gayle, Louis Bradbury, Dellani Udi, Nathan Reid, T’Wan McClean, Nye Blatherwick, Jahim Whyte, Tate Richards, Jack Kirby, Myles Sohna (Elmbridge Junior School), Harrison Sohna (Elmbridge Junior School), Kyle Gibbs (Elmbridge Junior School)

Rickling C of E Primary School (winners of the Under 11 Small Schools’ Cup)

Daniel Joannou, Joshua Monk, Oliver Bontoft, Ben Leahy, Ben Turnbull, Olly Miles, Peter Page, Daniel Pringle (Esh CE Primary School), Alfie Phillips (Esh CE Primary School), Sam Snowdon (Esh CE Primary School), Ben Medland (Esh CE Primary School), Kieran Ellis (Esh CE Primary School)

Follow the events in September by visiting the Danone Nations website www.danonenationscup.com