EFC Girls Football
8.12.23
Our girls football team took part in their first tournament of the year. We travelled to Vauxhall Football Club to take part in the EFC Girls Premier League Tournament. The conditions weren't the best; it was very wet and windy but the girls were all set to play. We were placed in a group with 5 other schools. We lost our first game but played really well and went into our next game feeling confident. The confidence was certainly there with a great team performance winning 10-0. The girls were very respectful at the end of the game and shook all of the opposition’s hands and said well done. In the next game, we won 2-0. Again, another great team performance. During this game, Evie made a superb save in goal from a penalty. The next two games we drew 0-0 and then, in our final game, we unfortunately got beat 2-0. With that defeat, we missed out on a space in the semi-final. We are all so proud of the girls for playing in their first tournament.
Girls Football
1.12.23
Mr Johnson took his after-school girls football club to play in their first match on Friday night against Raeburn Primary School. This was the first time they had played together and, for some of them, the first time they had ever played a proper football match. The girls played really well in tough and icy conditions. Unfortunately, we didn't get the result we wanted but we look forward to playing more games and seeing the girls develop.
Corgi Cup
29.11.23
The Year 5 football team started their Corgi Cup campaign on Wednesday against Riverside Primary School. Due to the bad weather, the game was played indoors at Activity 4 All. The boys were fired up and scored within the first minute of the game. The boys played some brilliant football in the first half and didn't really give Riverside a chance to start playing. The half time whistle blew and we went into the break 9-0 up. The second half started the same with another early goal for us. The team continued to play on the front foot in the second half with attack after attack and more goals coming. The game finished 19-0! The team showed a lot of respect to the opposition throughout the game and especially at the end of the game too. We look forward to finding out who we will face next.
Tranmere Rovers Futsal Football Competition
29.11.23
This tournament was designed for children that have not represented the school before or do not play for a football team outside of school. Futsal is a bit different to regular football - the ball is smaller and a bit heavier and the goals aren't as wide. The ball also moves along the floor faster so players have to be ready to receive the ball. Our team got to grips with the game fairly quickly, winning and drawing our first two games. Our 3rd was really tough and, unfortunately, we lost that game. Throughout the tournament, our team showed some great resilience against some really good schools. We played 6 games - winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 2. Well done to everyone involved.
5+6 Football Competition
22.11.23
Another tournament at Activity 4 All. This time it was for Years 5 and 6 with some of the boys representing the school for the very first time. We played three games in the first round of group matches; winning 1 and drawing 2. The boys played some really good football at times during the first round and fully deserved their place in the final. In the final round of games, we came across some really good schools but the boys gave it their all. We ended up losing 2 games and drawing 1 in a very exciting 2-2 game to finish the tournament off. We can't wait to take part in more tournaments in the next few months.
15.11.23
Mr Johnson took 10 Year 3/4 children to Activity 4 All to take part in a morning of dodgeball. The children showed some great team work during the morning and resilience to play against some tough teams. The team demonstrated some great catching and throwing skills and, with that, went on to win 3 out of 6 games. Well done to all involved.
Everton Football Club Premier League Primary Stars Competition
10.11.23
Our Year 6 football team travelled to Vauxhall Football Club to take part in the EFC Premier League Primary Stars tournament. We were all set for a busy day of football against some really good school teams. Our first game of the group was against Bidston Avenue. In a really close and tough battle, we managed to score in the last few minutes to win the game 1-0. Our second game was against New Brighton and, again, was a very tough game. We scored really early on in the game but, unfortunately, we gave away a penalty near the end of the game. Finn, in goal, made an outstanding save! Straight from his save, he cleared the ball down the field to Alf and he placed the ball in the bottom corner to win the game 2-0. Our last two games of the group finished with two 1-0 wins, taking us through as group winners and on to the semi-finals. We met Castleway in the semi-finals. This was by far our best performance of the tournament so far. We controlled the game and went on to win 2-0. The team advanced through to the final! We met Willaston in an end-to-end game with lots of shots coming from our team. We were able to stop Willaston from really creating any chances. The game was nearing the end and it looked like we were heading into extra time until a ball was played over the top which bounced in front of Poppy, which she hit on the volley and it flew into the top corner of the goal! That was the last kick of the game and we were the winners of the tournament! The team now advances to the regional finals at Everton's training ground Finch Farm.
Tranmere Rovers Finals Night
7.11.23
After coming out on top in the first round of the TRFC, our Year 6 football team took part in the TRFC Cup finals. We had a tough group with 4 really strong schools and it started off with a tricky game but we came out on top with a 2-0 win against Christ Church. The boys followed on from this with 3 more wins 3-0, 2-0, 2-0 against West Kirby, St Peter's and Great Meols respectively. We then played the final game against a school team we know well, Raeburn. Raeburn came out the blocks flying and went 3-0 up really quickly, which caught our team by surprise. In the second half, we battled on and managed to get one goal back but, unfortunately, it was not enough on the day. We are immensely proud of the boys for getting this far in the competition.