UNDER 16 GIRLS v ST. WILFRID'S- 15th December

Under-16 Girls Suffer Cup Exit

CHS’ under-16 girls were knocked out of English School’s Football Association (ESFA) Playstation School’s Cup by St. Wilfrid’s Catholic High School.

CHS were hoping to reach the quarter-finals of the national competition for the second successive year and there was also an added incentive of playing St. Bede’s in the next round, a team who denied CHS a place in the final last year.

However, Congleton faced a difficult task with the team from Wakefield scoring 44 goals in just four games to reach this stage of the competition. The first half was a close contest with St. Wilfrid’s having the slight advantage at half-time with them leading CHS 2-3 at the break.

St. Wilfrid’s had too much firepower for Congleton and added another four goals in the second half. CHS struggled to respond and could only add one goal. The match finished Congleton 3-7 St. Wilfrid’s.

Although they were unable to reach the last four this time around, the team can take great pride in how they have played throughout the tournament which has seen them reach the last 16 out of a total of 271 schools that entered.

In previous rounds, CHS have beaten Flixton Girls’ School 7-5, Astley Sports College 4-3, Anthony Gell 6-0 and they came from behind to beat Helsby 2-1 in the last round.

The girl’s are still in the Cheshire Cup and will travel to Helsby in the next round.

Written by Adam Bailey