The tournament took place at Maypole FC's ground.
A total of seven teams entered the tournament: Chilcote, Colmore, Hollywood, Yardley Wood, Peterbrook, Dickens Heath and Broadmeadow. The tournament was played as a round-robin meaning all the schools played each other once, then there was a final between the top two schools.
Chilcote started against Dickens Heath and got a 1v0 win courtesy of an early goal and a great defensive display. Next, they played Hollywood and again won 1v0 in a very even game of few chances. After that, the boys played against broadmeadow and took the lead after a lovely team move. They then conceded their first goal of the night before snatching a late winner to beat Broadmeadow 2v1. Then, Chilcote played against Peterbrook, who had got some good early results, and beat them 1v0 in a very good game. So after four wins in a row the boys were in pole position to qualify for the final and needed a point from their remaining two games to guarantee a place in the final which they got in their next game against Colmore with a 1v1 draw in another very even game. Finally, Chilcote played against Yardley Wood and conceded an early penalty, which Yardley Wood duly scored. Despite having a couple of very good chances, and hitting the bar, Chilcote went on to lose 1v0, but it didn't matter as they had already qualified for the final.
In the final Chilcote had to play against Peterbrook. The game was very close and both teams had a few half chances. The game looked destined for penalties as both teams were tired after their excursions in the round-robin, but with about three minutes remaining Chilcote got a corner and Dawud, up from the back, smashed the ball home to make it 1v0 to Chilcote. This is how it stayed despite late pressure from Peterbrook who just couldn't find a way past Chilcote's awesome defence.
Well done to all of the boys, a massive achievement and something they should all be very proud of!!!
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