29/03/2026
A wet, windy and cold morning at Hightown for players, coaches and parents alike as our girls played new opposition in Silcox Villa!
Our girls got off to an excellent start, Emily causing problems in her new role down the left hand side and playing a brilliant ball across the box leaving Wren with a poachers tap in at the back post to open the scoring. Our lead was doubled not long afterwards, Sophia taking a kick in from deep that somehow ended up going through everybody and finding the corner of the goal.
Emily turned goalscorer then as a clearance from a corner found her with space on the edge of the box and her powerful effort took a slight deflection to beat the Villa keeper. Silcox Villa pulled one back almost immediately, a quick counter attack left Nina exposed and Emily could do nothing about the ball ending up in the back of the net. We restored our 3 goal lead just before half time though. Wren channelling her inner Joël Matip to run the length of the pitch before smashing the ball off the post, leaving Sophia with a tap in.
The second half brought more rain and more goals, Silcox Villa again executing a brilliant counter as their striker rounded both our defenders and smashed it past Nina. This was Sophia’s day though, she completed her hat trick with an excellent finish into the far corner. Wren doubled her tally after that, a superb team move starting with Nina and ending with Wren 3 passes later left her with just the keeper to beat, no problems for our striker. Teal got in on the act next, superb feet created her space inside the box and a tidy finish completed the move.
It was a captains performance from our player of the match, however, and a hat trick wasn’t enough for Sophia, she scored her fourth to close proceedings, finishing off the post from just outside the box in what had now become a glorified mud bath. Credit to everyone on both sides for playing a brilliant game in horrible conditions!
Parents Player of the Match: Emily
Coaches Player of the Match: Sophia
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