English Schools' Football Association

10 - 1 Victory to Bishop Thomas Grant in the First Round of the Premier League Schools' Cup for Girls!

Bishop Thomas Grant Schools' U16 Girls' Team 2016-17

21 September 2016

The Bishop Thomas Grant U16 Girls Football Team from Streatham have progressed through to the Second Round of the National Cup after an emphatic 10-1 win away at the Royal Docks Community School. Bishop Thomas Grant made a bright start to the game with an array of shots on the opponents goal. The deadlock was broken in the 9^th minute with a fabulous 25 yard strike from Rebecca. Bishop Thomas Grant continued to apply the pressure on their opponents with Rebecca tormenting the opponents left back with endless step overs before providing a pin-point cross to Jasmin, who chested the ball down and volleyed the ball into the goal. The two goal lead didn’t stop the girls as they were straight on the attack and had a succession of chances before adding a third and then a fourth after Amanda was put through one on one and tucked away the chance.

The half finished 4-1, with the Royal Docks Community School stringing together a fine move to score a goal in the shadow of the famous Olympic ExCel building.

The second half started in exactly the same vein as the first half ended, with the Royal Docks Community School continuing to dominate, however the Bishop Thomas Grant Defence remained strong with Kanisha putting in some tremendous tackles. Bishop Thomas Grant School once again got back to their attacking ways and countered from a corner where Jasmin emulated Gareth Bale by dribbling the ball from her own box round several players and putting the ball in the net off the post. This gave the girls added confidence with Jaida getting on the scoresheet when put through on goal. Matylda also felt the need to get in on the action and scored two goals in the space of two minutes.

The girls played some incredible football especially towards the end where Megan dominating the midfield. Hopefully the girls will take this confidence into the next round.

Goal Scorers:

Rebecca - 3
Jasmin – 3
Matylda – 2
Jaida – 1
Amanda - 1​

The ESFA would like to congratulate Bishop Thomas Grant School on their win in this first round of the Premier League Schools' Cup competition and also thank Royal Docks for their participation in the Girls' U16 competition this season - best of luck in your other competitions!

If you would like to see your match report on our website, send your report along with photographs to Sarah Kearney and we'll publish it online!

Match report supplied by Luke Croucher, Bishop Thomas Grant School