Over the
last two weeks, CHS’ footballers have been battling 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.
Year 10 are
through to round 4 of the cup after a penalty shootout victory against Madley
High School 5-4 after it finishing 2-2 after extra time. Going into the last
penalty, Madley knew that if they scored it then they would put CHS into sudden
death, who had already successfully converted all their penalties, but the
Madley penalty taker was looking up to the sky as he saw his penalty float over
the cross-bar, much to CHS’ delight. Year 10 now travel to Charlton School with
the prize a place in the final 32 in the country.
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! CHS now travel to Wade Deacon High School
in the last 32 in the country.
Year 11
narrowly lost to Canon Slade in the 3rd round when they travelled to
Bolton last Friday. CHS led 2-0 at half-time thanks to a goal from Max Berekley
and a stunning strike from Captain Lewis Dunn, which Mr Cross described as a “worldee”
and it certainly was from an acute angle from outside the box he curled it
behind the Canon Slade goalkeeper. Whether it was a shot or a cross is another
question! CHS had a number of chances to put the game beyond Canon Slade but
couldn’t capitalise on a pitch which was awful to play on. Brian Barton missed
a sitter when 1 on 1 with the keeper, when he put the ball wide of an open net.
The game finished 3-2 which saw Mr Cross’ side bow out of the cup.
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 Finnley 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 7 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.
Written by Adam Bailey
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