U10 Spartans come Runners Up in Stewkley U11 Tournament

It was a cloudy but humid morning as the U10 Spartans played up a year against a number of U11 teams in the Stewkley Festival of Football.

Only 8 players were allowed for this tournament & the Spartans had 3 changes from the previous week. The squad were; Oliver, Adam, Joe, Lochlan, Charlie, Tomas, Thomas H & Jake. Again without our regular goalkeeper Theo, it was Adam & Oliver who stepped in to share the goalkeeping duties.

The Spartans played some great football topping the league stage after gaining a fantastic 16 points; won 5, drew 1, lost 0. They scored 12 goals and conceded 2.

With some good passing moves & great team play they could really have scored many more.

The scores were:
Wing Raiders Spartans 2 - 1 Winslow Pumas (Oliver, Joe)
Wing Raiders Spartans 2 - 0 Stony Stratford Sharks (Thomas H, Jake)
Wing Raiders Spartans 1 - 1 Eaton Bray Lions (Tomas)
Wing Raiders Spartans 1 - 0 Stewkley Tigers (Tomas)
Wing Raiders Spartans 2 - 0 Winslow Tigers (Joe 2)
Wing Raiders Spartans 4 - 0 Stewkley Lions (Lochlan, Thomas H, Joe 2)

So as winners of the league the Spartans were in the Final This was to be played against Stewkley Lions, who had come second.

Whether it was the rain which started to pour down as the Final kicked off or whether it was having just won against the same team 4-0 & being over confident its not clear but the Spartans suddenly weren't playing the same football they had done all morning.

Stewkley got an early goal & despite the efforts of the Spartans they were unable to make any of the chances count.
Final score: Wing Raiders Spartans 0 - 1 Stewkley Lions

Obviously the Spartans were disappointed at not winning the Final, but should be very proud of the football they played & the great achievement of coming Runners Up in an U11 tournament. Well done boys.