ESFA PLAYSTATION SCHOOLS' CUP

ESFA Playstation Schools’ Cup

Last week and this week has seen CHS’ footballers battle it out in the ESFA Playstation Schools’ Cup. The teams were hoping that the hard work on the training ground in Malta would help them progress to the next round.

The year 8’s travelled to Chorlton High School but Mr de Souza unfortunately saw his team lose 6-0 although the score line definitely didn’t reflect the game as CHS played well. However, Chorlton had some outstanding players at academy level who made a huge difference. Mr de Souza praised Finley Jackson who was “superb in centre midfield”, but CHS could not match the strength Chorlton had all over the pitch. 

After a great start to high school football year 8 suffered their first major stumble last week when they lost 5-1 to Bishop Heber High School, which saw CHS knocked out of the cup.

However, CHS’ under 15 girls continued to show why they were crowned Premier League Champions in May when they performed outstandingly against Urmston Grammar in a remarkable 10-0 win away from home. An Amy Rodger’s brace and an Emma Nisbit goal plus an own goal saw CHS go into the break 4-0 up and even Jose Mourinho wouldn’t have been able to turn that deficit around. CHS cantered forward after the break which saw Paige Tingle score four plus a goal from Lucy Wright and another from Emma Nisbit. They just keep scoring for fun!

Year 10 are still to play Madeley High School, after beating Lymm High School 6-3 in the last round whilst year 11 will go head to head with Canon Slade on Friday, thanks to a penalty shootout win over St Monica’s in Bury. So good luck to those two teams and there will be match reports plus reaction from the games later this week.

Written by Adam Bailey