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ST JOSEPH'S BOYS AND GIRLS MAKE FOOTBALLING HISTORY!!

Over the last couple of days I have been lucky enough to watch both our boys and girls football teams compete in the ESFA County Finals.

To even reach this this stage of the competition is difficult enough, but what happened  next over the course of those two days will rest in my memory for a very long time!

First up were the boys. With 12 school competing in the finals, the event was split into two pool stages, with the first two teams in each group progressing to a semi-final and then possibly a final!

The boys were just brilliant in the group stage matches winning 4 of their games and drawing just the one (they didn't concede a single goal). Having won their group they then went on to play a semi-final against the runners up in the other group! This game finished 1-1 and then nervously went to penalties................we won!!

The final was a hard fought affair but I'm happy to say that the boys came out victorious with a 1-0 win and in the process making history for our school. We have never reached the County Final in the school's history, let along win it!! It was a great effort from all the boys but most impressive was their team spirit!!

 

Next up were the girls. The set up of teams was exactly the same as the boys and once again the girls did not disappoint. Their work rate in every game was just phenomenal. They battled hard and played some brilliant football!

Finishing the group stage unbeaten with 3 draws and 2 wins (and only conceding the 1 goal against Portishead in the first game) the girls finished second in their group and went on the play the winners of the other group in the semi-final.

A tightly contested game saw a 0-0 draw at full time (against a team that had won every one of their Group Stage matches). They went to penalties which is unfortunately where their journey ended!

Again there was more history for the school. In my 28 years as a teacher here, the girls have only ever once made the semi-finals where we lost in full time! Taking the game to penalties makes this team of extraordinary girls record breakers and will surely earn them a place (along with the boys)  in the archives of the school's history books.

YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND I COULD NOT BE A PROUDER TEACHER!!! WELL DONE TEAM ST JOSEPH'S!!!!!

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