Thursday 20th September: YEAR 8/9 GIRLS FOOTBALL

ETC 11 SEAFORD 0
OMAR 4, BLUNDELL 2, ROBINSON 2, TRAINER 1, OLUSANYA 1, FRENCH 1.

Despite a fairly rocky start ETC soon found their feet and eased their way into the game. Having had 1 trial earlier in the week, lost some players of last season, and gained new squad members. ETCs key players pulled the team together for a strong start to the season.During the 1st 5-10 minutes Seaford put a lot of pressure on our defence, we soaked it up well and broke 3 times for Shantelle Omar, Immy Robinson and Kez trainer to score some well taken goals.Having now found our feet ETC started to play the ball around comfortably and with confidence. Sam McDonnell and Rachel Gunn looked promising in their new roles in the centre of defence, with great debuts from Becky French (right back) and Sophie Boast (left back). Hannah Blundell and Lauren Hughes started picking out their passes to the wings, which allowed us to take full advantage of Lolas pace a crossing ability down the right. ETC came in at half time 5-0 up with goals another 2 goals from Omar and Robinson. ETC came out fast in the 2nd half, it didn’t take Hannah Blundell long to get on the score sheet, which was well deserved having worked so hard in the first half, followed by a goal from French having over lapped down the left to finish well from a pass from Lauren Hughes.The girls were in full flow now, with subs Kerrie McEwan, Tanya Gregory, and Vicky Davies coming on and working hard for the team. Another 2 goals for Shantelle from Hannah and Lolas passes. A deserved goal for Lola who had an outstanding game, followed by a 2nd goal for Hannah finishing a deep cross from Lauren Hughes. A special mention must be for Charleigh Crotty, who managed to maintain concentration in goal for the full 60 minutes.Good performance all round, but we will face stronger teams!

MOM- HANNAH BLUNDELL “Drove the team forward with clinical passes from the centre” and LOLA OLUSANYA “powerful runs down the wings, resulting in crosses”