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

A really useful morning of football for our Wolverhampton U10s with games against Erdington B and East Birmingham. The first game was difficult and we were slow to get going against an Erdington side who were bright and busy from the start, hitting both the post and crossbar in the early stages.Their tricky players caused us problems and Jack, Ethan and George were under pressure whenever they received the ball and we were unable to build any real momentum. Nevertheless, we

The u15 girls played their first English Schools’ Champions Cup fixture of the new season against Swansea at Lilleshall this evening and what an excellent exhibition of football it turned out to be. Swansea schools have a great tradition in this competition and their current u15 team are very experienced having played together for a number of years, with great success, including reaching the National Plate semi-final last season. Nevertheless, Wolverhampton entered the game w

The u11 Boys were in tournament action this morning and began with an excellent 2-1 victory over Sutton Coldfield.After falling behind, the team showed great character to respond and turn the game around. Theo scored both goals, with Malachi providing some excellent assists.The players worked hard for each other and showed some really good attacking football. The momentum was broken ,however, in our second game when we were beaten 3-1 by Kings Norton although the scoreline fa

Following a series of trials and training sessions, the u10 players were understandably excited and perhaps a little nervous as they arrived at the impressive Brookvale Arena, Aston Villa’s indoor football facility situated close to Villa Park and they were immediately thrown into some challenging games against strong opposition from across the Birmingham area but what a morning of football they produced! Our opening game was a tough encounter against Erdington & Saltley and

The u15 Girls' team defeated a strong Team Goal side from Chester 5-1 with an impressive display of attacking football. Our visitors, who play in the North West Super League, created some early opportunities but once Leja and Rosie had both found the net with well taken goals Wolverhampton were clearly in the ascendancy and we took our 2-0 lead into the interval. Rosie further extended the lead midway through the second half before the visitors managed to pull a goal back. Wo

The u15 Girls gave another outstanding performance to overcome a strong AFC Telford side at Sporting Khalsa Football Club. After a closely contested first half, with great saves from both goalkeepers, Wolverhampton finally took the lead through Captain Jess Pullan following a corner from Georgia. The goal created the impetus that the game needed to explode into life but unfortunately the match had to be abandoned 10 minutes from the end due to a thunderstorm. All of the girl

Wolverhampton Schools FA can look back on another hugely successful season of secondary school football across the city. There have been 12 divisions across Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and Post-16, with schools involved from across Wolverhampton competed in a comprehensive programme of inter-school football. These leagues provided opportunities for hundreds of young people to represent their schools, compete regularly and enjoy the unique experience of playing competitive football agai

Throughout the 2025-26 season, hundreds of children from across the city were given the opportunity to represent their school in competitive matches and by doing so they were able to enjoy the experience of playing football with their friends. Whatever their level of experience, every player had the opportunity to develop their skills, improve their understanding of the game and, most importantly, build up their confidence. The importance of primary school football extends fa

Well done to The Bridge Centre football team from Aldersley High School, Wolverhampton, who enjoyed a historic week of representative football and were eventually crowned Midlands SEMH Cup champions at St. George's Park after reaching the final with a spirited 3-2 semi final win over Queensway from Telford at the Wolves Training Ground in Compton Park. This game was a close end to end thriller played in blazing sunshine but it didn't start in the way in which we had hoped whe

Another fantastic evening of football saw 34 talented girls from Wolverhampton schools come together to develop their skills, improve fitness, strengthen friendships and continue their footballing journey within the Wolverhampton Schools Elite Programme.The evening featured a comprehensive training session led by coaches Rob and Pete, whilst Kyle delivered specialist goalkeeper coaching. Alongside the training programme, Leigh oversaw a pre-season Under-12 fixture against Wyr

Wolverhampton Schools u10 girls produced another excellent performance in this friendly 9v9 fixture against a strong Stafford District Schools side at Moreton School on Wednesday evening. The match was arranged in order to give a number of new players the opportunity to trial for the squad, and every player should be proud of their contribution. Our girls started brightly kicking down the slope and Harman gave us the lead when she was the first to react after Sienna J’s shot