Girls under 16

The West Midlands u16 Girls travelled to The Dom Arnott Arena in Mickleover hoping to gain  revenge for their narrow 1-0 defeat at Castle Vale back in December, but found themselves outplayed on the evening by the run- away league leaders. Derbyshire’s 3-0 victory was their eighth successive victory and they now end their title winning campaign with an impressive 100%  record.

With the u16 title long since destined for Derbyshire there was only pride to play for at Castle Vale but both teams gave their all this evening in a tight end to end contest which produced five goals. The West Midlands’ Girls would obviously have wanted to mark their final home game at this level with a victory but it was not to be and Warwickshire just held to win 3-2 despite Neeve Willington Bates and Jaida Gilling Campbell both finding the target.

The 16 girls travelled to Stafford and emerged victorious from a tightly contested encounter between two well-matched sides. Chances were at premium throughout, with neither keeper really threatened, until Lexi Moss gave the West Midlands the lead with a powerful header midway through the second half. The breakthrough came as a result of a superb corner delivered by Evie Fisher and from that point onwards our girls worked tirelessly to protect their lead. Our defensive organi

West Midlands u16 Girls hit top form to claim a thrilling 6-1 victory over Shropshire. Lukeema Robinson scored a fantastic hat trick but this was a great all round performance which really shows the true potential of this team. A brace of goals from Vakare Rubeziute and a lovely finish from Alice Branson also ensured that we cut the gap to Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Hopefully this can be the turning point of our season.

West Midlands u16 Girls entertained Derbyshire hoping to build on the point which they had taken from their last outing against Shropshire but they found it very difficult to break down a fine side who were sitting at the top of the Midland Federation League with a hundred per cent record. Nevertheless our girls ran them extremely close, despite falling to a 1-0 defeat, and surely our first win can't be very far away.

West Midlands under 16 girls got their first Midland Counties Federation point of the season after their 1-1 draw away to Shropshire. This was another battling performance, which could have gone either way, but for long periods we looked capable of snatching our first victory once Sophie Rees had found the target. Many thanks to Shropshire for their generous hospitality.

West Midlands’ u16 girls entertained old rivals Staffordshire in their opening Midland Federation League game of the new season. This was a very tense and close encounter with the result in doubt until the very last kick of the match but unfortunately we just came out on the wrong side of a 2-1 score- line despite a fine finish from Olivia Lockley for our goal.

West Midlands u16 Girls new look side entertained Greater Manchester in the opening round of this years ESFA Inter County Cup and fell at the first hurdle.Co nsidering our excellent record in recent seasons this was a disappointing result but it is no disgrace to lose to such impressive opponents and we wish them every success in future rounds.