YEAR 9 FUTSAL- 17th December

Year 9 Futsal Tournament

Tonight (Tuesday 17^th December) the year 9 forms competed in a whole year futsal tournament. It was hosted/organised by Sixth Form students and the well organised event was a real success.

Like any inter-tutor tournament the competition was fierce. The tournament consisted of flair, skills and the odd comedy moment or two!

GDS 0-0 AB- Neither team could break the deadlock with Bradley Oliver’s thunderbolt shot needing the safe hands from the GDS goalkeeper’s to keep the only real chance from going in.

FWJ 0-2 TP- Amy Rodgers fired TP in front from close range. Then James Reed doubled TP’s lead after a surging run down the left before finishing it with a cool shot between the FWJ goalkeeper and the near post.

LJF 1-0 GDS- LJF’s goalkeeper scored the only goal of the game, which reminded me of Begovic’s goal against Southampton, although there was no wind assistance his goal kick  beat the players from both sides before catching the GDS goalkeeper out. GDS’ Evan Corless then rattled the post from close range.

AB 2-0 FWJ- AB took the lead through Ramtin Musah. His initial shot was cleared off the line with the FWJ goalkeeper rooted to the spot. However, Ramtin showed off his ‘teckers’ with an Imbravoic style back-heel which put the ball into the back of the net. Ramtin then added his and AB’s second with a powerful strike.

TP 5-0 LJF- TP took an early lead after Morgan Harop’s looping header beat the LJF goalkeeper. James Reed then quickly doubled their lead after LJF goalkeeper’s sliding tackle was avoided by Reed who put the ball into the net. Amy Rodger’s ensured that LJW couldn’t get back into the game when the LJW goalkeeper could not get to her powerful shot for TP’s third. Morgan Harop then extended TP’s lead further before Hollie Massey completed the rout with TP’s fifth.

GDS 3–0 FWJ- Moments after missing a real chance GDS’ Evan Corless played in Ben Oakley who scored from close range. Oakley then claimed the ball off Max Hill’s goal kick and after a few-kick ups to keep the ball alive on the twist he volleyed the ball home. Evan Corless then made it 3 for GDS.

TP 1-0 AB- After Jake Rowley’s pass back to AB’s goalkeeper was not dealt with by Johnny Adderley, the goalkeeper, Morgan Harop fought with AB’s Bradley Oliver but it was Harop who managed to put the ball across the line, somehow!

LJF 2-0 FWJ- The LJF forward beat the FWJ defender to the ball before prodding it past the FWJ keeper. Lee French then doubled LJF’s lead.

TP 0-1 GDS- Evan Corless scored the only goal of the game which saw GDS win with his half-volley from close range. Max Hill was solid in net and didn’t allow any of TP’s shots to get past him.

AB 2-0 LJF- Jake Rowley, AB’s goalkeeper, then did the exact same that LJF did to GDS scoring from the goal kick with the LJF keeper knowing nothing about it, as I don’t think he expected it! James Holland then added another for AB with a close range rebound.

Tie Break- After the round robin matches, both GDS and AB finished on 7 points which meant a tie-break was played to decide who would meet TP in the final and what better way to decide then a sudden-death penalty shoot-out. The hearts were pounding. First up was Ben Oakley for GDS who smashed the ball into the top of the net, Bradley Oliver did the same for AB. Ramtin Musah then saved GDS’ second attempt which meant that Jake Rowley stepped up knowing that if he scored he would see his side through to the final and Rowley did successfully convert the penalty.

Grand Final- It was a close fought conclusion of the tournament with both teams having chances to take the lead but it was TP who clinched the winner in the dying minutes thanks to James Reed. His screamer was dropped into the net by AB’s goalkeeper, Ramtin Musah. The final score was TP 1-0 AB.

Team of the Tournament- I was impressed by all the teams competing and what was really pleasing was seeing so many girl’s taking part but if I had to choose a ‘Team of the Tournament’ it would have to be TP. Not only because they were winners but because they played the most attractive football throughout the competition. With the whole team linking up well in a pleasant passing style as well as nearly the whole team adding a goal or two.

Written by Adam Bailey