U14 Preston District Cup Final
A massive well done to the U14s who had immense success on Sunday, winning 7-2 against St Cecilias! We started strong in the first half and had the majority of the possession, playing the ball around nicely and showing the crowd our excellent standard of football. It wasn't long into the half that Olivia Rankin found the back of the net after cutting inside form the left wing and finding the bottom corner with a low driven shot to take us 1-0 up! We continued to push as a team and after winning a series of corners Matilda Macleod played it in beautifully to find Alex Latham the end of it in the box and straight into the back of the net to take us 2-0 up! Captain Evie Lee controlled the defence well, ensuring we were pushing our line up high and pressuring the St Cecilia's side which soon turned into another goal from Isabelle Harrop from a cross in from Matilda Macleod to take us to 3-0.
Our half time conversation was extremely positive and the girls were ready for a well-earned rest after pressing hard to keep pressuring St Cecilia's. We started the second half as we were meaning to go on and minutes after the whistle Olivia Rankin found the top left corner taking us to a 4-0 lead. St Cecilia's were determined to fight back and were strong in their attack, challenging our defence at times and putting pressure on Evie. Shortly after our goal, St Cecilia's managed to get on the scoreboard with a big shot that bounced unexpectedly over our keeper and line of defence taking the score to 4-1. St Cecilia's came back again, hungry for another goal and after making their way around our defence they shot on goal, low and driven towards the bottom left corner but they were denied by an outstanding diving save from Evie Lee! They pressed us again and managed to find the bottom corner, taking our score to 4-2. Our girls upped the intensity of their play and soon found the back of the net again with Faye Green striking into the top left corner to make it 5-2. A long range shot from Alex Latham, again, found the back of the net taking us to a 6-2 lead! Very quickly the girls were attacking strong again and this time Matilda Macleod was on the scoresheet. In the dying seconds of the game, May Ackley scored with an incredible long range low driven shot to end our game 7-2.
Evie Lee Alexandra Latham Faye Green Olivia Rankin Niya Soji
Isabelle Harrop Layla Frier Matilda Macleod May Ackley Tabitha Lamoury
Well done to the whole team! Mrs Lupton