Wolverhampton Schools u14 Girls faced a tough test on Sunday against a strong Wirral Schools side, who have a formidable reputation in schools football. Both teams started cautiously, and the first real opportunity fell to Wirral after 15 minutes, but Bella was able to deal confidently with the shot. The Wolverhampton girls gradually grew into the game and began to create some excellent opportunities of their own. We competed strongly across the pitch with Ava causing problem

Wolverhampton Schools FA u15 Girls continued their preparations for the ESFA National Cup game against Brighton with a friendly fixture against Kidderminster Harriers u16s on Thursday 29th October under the floodlights at Wolverhampton Community Sporting FC. Wolverhampton made a positive start and were awarded an early penalty when Leja was brought down by the Kidderminster goalkeeper. Leja stepped up to take the spot kick, but the Harriers keeper produced a good save to keep

The Wolverhampton Schools under 11s enjoyed an excellent morning of football despite their original fixture against Erdington Schools being cancelled. Phoenix stepped in at short notice to provide the opposition and whilst they were well organised and physically competitive, the pace, movement and quality of the Wolverhampton players ultimately proved too much for them to handle. The opening goal came through the persistence and determination of Xavier who had an earlier effo

Wolverhampton began the first of two matches this morning against a Sutton Coldfield side who are enjoying a good season. Both teams contributed to a fast-paced, competitive encounter before Sutton broke the deadlock midway through the game with a powerful, low hit shot that flew past Oliver before he was able to react. Wolverhampton looked to respond, with George just being closed down before he could get his shot away. At the other end, a speculative Sutton effort struck th

Wolverhampton Schools FA welcomed Leeds Schools FA to Our Lady and St Chad’s on Friday afternoon for friendly fixtures involving our Under 11 boys and girls representative teams. As part of their Autumn tour Leeds were also due to play Birmingham Schools FA on Saturday. Schools district football in Yorkshire is particularly competitive in Yorkshire with Leeds, York, Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham, all used to playing against quality opposition. There were two Girls games a

Wolverhampton Schools FA welcomed Leeds Schools FA to Our Lady and St Chad’s on Friday afternoon for friendly fixtures involving our Under 11 boys and girls representative teams. As part of their Autumn tour Leeds were also due to play Birmingham Schools FA on Saturday. Schools district football in Yorkshire is particularly competitive in Yorkshire with Leeds, York, Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham, all used to playing against quality opposition. Our boys discovered just how

Wolverhampton Schools FA moved away from our familiar venue this week in order to enter two teams for The Birmingham Primary Schools FA Inter-District 5-a-Side Tournament. This provided an opportunity for them to sample a different and exciting football experience but Power League football presents its own unique challenges and it is fair to say both teams struggled at times to adapt. With rebound boards and netting surrounding each playing area, the ball was constantly in pl

A Night to Remember at Bodymoor Heath but despite absolutely horrendous weather conditions, the 13 teams who were present produced a fantastic advertisement for girls’ football. The rain fell, the wind howled and the conditions were far from ideal, but the enthusiasm, determination and quality of football on display was quite remarkable. This was part one of The Autumn League with the final round taking place on Friday 27 November. At the conclusion of the competition, the wi

The Wolverhampton Schools U11 representative team produced an entertaining performance against Erdington in their latest inter-district fixture at Brookvale Academy on Saturday. Our lads grabbed the initiative from the kick off and made good use of the space available on the larger pitch and took the lead in a first half full of end-to-end football. Cobie’s free kick was initially saved by the Erdington goalkeeper, but Lucas was the first to react and confidently put away the

The Wolverhampton Schools u11 representative team experienced a difficult afternoon in their latest inter-district fixtures, suffering defeats against North Shropshire and Erdington. These two results were disappointing, but representative football is also about learning, developing and understanding what is required to compete against other district teams. After losing our opening game 7-1 to North Shropshire there was obviously plenty for the boys to reflect upon but the me

Two matches today and both games provided valuable opportunities for the players to develop their understanding of the game, work together as a team and enjoy representative football. The league game against Harborne opened at a fast pace with both sides showing plenty of enthusiasm and determination but it was Wolverhampton who gradually began to carve out the better opportunities, with the lively Jack Stenson causing lots of problems for our opponents defence through his f

The Wolverhampton Schools U15 girls travelled to Slough Schools for their second fixture in the ESFA Champions Cup, looking to build on their impressive start to the competition and played with confidence and attacking intent from the first whistle. They created a number of good opportunities and forced several corners to push the hosts back and Rosie Butler-Hollington came particularly close when her effort struck the post. Despite dominating much of the early play, Slough c

Wolverhampton Primary girls began their English Schools’ FA National Cup campaign with a visit to Stone Dominoes to play Stafford. The first half finished goalless, but the score-line certainly didn’t tell the whole story because Stafford certainly had the better of the early exchanges and created several excellent scoring opportunities. Jessica Roberts and Peyton Justin were particularly impressive at the back, communicating well, defending strongly and helping the team to b

Wolverhampton Schools u14 Girls began their ESFA National Champions Cup campaign with a long journey to Wales High School in Kiveton. It was always going to be a demanding opening fixture, but the Wolverhampton girls showed tremendous character and competed from the first whistle, never allowing the occasion or the strength of the opposition to dampen their enthusiasm. Rotherham are a strong, physical, well-organised side and our opponents grew in confidence once they had tak

Wolverhampton Schools’ u11 Boys welcomed Sefton Schools to Hamilton’s impressive football facility in Tettenhall for this English Schools Cup fixture and were given a real taste of what it is like to compete at National level. Sefton, representing the Liverpool area which is a hotbed of Soccer, arrived with a strong reputation as one of the country’s leading teams at this age group and we knew we would be facing a formidable challenge. The lads were instructed to stay compact

There was plenty of learning and experience for these nine young players in another demanding morning of inter-district league football. Two defeats and plenty of valuable lessons for the players to take into their next fixtures. Wolverhampton made a flying start in their opening game against Kings Norton, taking the lead inside the first 30 seconds but unfortunately this merely spurred our opponents into action and they responded by scoring two quick goals. Jack had showed e

Wolverhampton’s u11 girls took on three strong opponents in another exciting and highly encouraging Friday evening of football at Bodymoor Heath. This was a valuable opportunity to assess the squad ahead of the forthcoming season and we showed great attacking intent in our opening game against Rugby forcing their goalkeeper into a number of excellent saves in the opening ten minutes before Rugby grabbed the lead. Our girls had moved the ball well and showed real confidence in

The u11 Boys had a squad of 12 players this morning for their two 7x7 league fixtures which meant that Jazz had a real challenge ensuring that everyone had meaningful playing time. We all love to win games but the focus at this age is not simply on results. Boys need to be encouraged to play football, make decisions, try things, learn from mistakes and enjoy the experience of representing Wolverhampton Schools. Everything went perfectly to plan in our opening game against Nor

The u10’s played Aston this morning in a hugely entertaining game packed with quality, attacking football, plenty of goals and, importantly, lots of learning for the young players. We made a good start and Jack put us into an early lead shortly after his earlier effort had been saved. George did brilliantly to close down an Aston player and win possession before setting up Jack, who produced a superb left-foot finish. 1-0 to Wolverhampton. Aston responded with a corner, but W

The two friendlies our u11 Boys played this morning against Erdington and Aston, provided valuable opportunities for our players to experience representative football and to continue to develop as a team.We generally find that teams from Erdington tend to be very difficult to play against and so it proved. Wolverhampton showed some good passages of play, but our new look team struggled to test the opposition and ultimately were well beaten, although the 4-0 scoreline is perha