June 2026. A great win for The Bridge Centre.

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 when Queensway took an early 1–0 lead.Undeterred, the side rallied strongly and turned the game on its head once Jack Swatman had levelled as a result of Elvis Onweazu's dogged persistence in wining the ball and creating the opportunity. Jack then gave us the lead after our high pressing football finally began to pay off and he certainly deserved his man of the match award, alongside Reece Blick, who was an awesome captain! The match remained highly competitive and physical throughout but once Reece Blick had scored that crucial third goal in the last quarter Wolverhampton saw out the game safely despite the Telford team pulling a goal back late on.

Three days later The Bridge Centre team returned to action once gain and this time they faced a side representing The City of Birmingham Schools on The David Beckham Pitch at St. George's Park. This was a daunting task because COBS had beaten them 6–1 earlier in the season, resulting in their only loss, as they finished second in SEMH league, division one.Against the backdrop of bright sunshine, the Wolverhampton team delivered a magnificent performance however, and one can only sit back and admire the relentless effort, skill, resilience and tenacity which they exhibited to acheve an incredible 4-0 victory.

Jack Swatman gave another man of the match performance in running the midfield but this was only made possible because Alfie Swatman and Kian Kimberley were excellent in defence and our wingers Dakari Harvey and Teo McIntosh were so effective in creating chances. Indeed on the day the whole team played so well that it was almost impossible to single anyone out.Elvis Onweazu again produced a range of assists, creating the most assists across 2 games but inevitably it is generally the forwards who tend to grab the headlines. Arinze Obika was a real handful showing himself to be a tough, dependable and aggressive forward who was always keen to initiate the press and chances flowed freely throughout the high-tempo contest. The breakthrough came in style with Jack Swatman striking twice before Dylan Watkins scored a 20 yard screamer that hit the stantion right in the top corner and Aaron Usunobun put the icing on the cake with a calm composed finish.

The squad represented the city of Wolverhamptons SEMH schools in the right spirit and it gave everyone a sense of immense pride when our captain Reece Blick  lifted the Midlands SEMH Cup for the second year running! Thanks again to Sam Wilde for organising the competition and to both Queensway and City of Birmingham for contributing to two highly competitive games!