South Birmingham 5-a-side heats

On Tuesday 7th November the Chilcote boys’ football team played in the heats of the South Birmingham 5-a-side competition. The winners of the heats would qualify for the final. Four teams entered and they had to play each other once.

Chilcote started with a game against St Ambrose Barlow. The match was a closely contested affair with Chilcote creating the better chances, three one on ones to be exact. Unfortunately, they did not take any of them. This meant the game finished 0v0. 

In their second game Chilcote played against Yarnfield, who had drawn their first game too. They played well and broke the deadlock halfway through the match. Again they were wasteful in front of goal though. They did manage to score a second to win the game 2v0.

Finally, they played Yardley Wood and only a victory would mean they could qualify for the finals night. Straight from the kick off Chilcote had a glorious chance but missed the target. They then had another really good chance but again missed it. Yardley Wood then had a chance of their own and scored. Then, Chilcote conceded again through an own goal which was very unlucky. They lost the game 2v0.

When all the results were in, the heat was very close between the teams. All the teams had won, drew and lost one game. Yarnfield finished last on -1 goal difference, Chilcote and St Ambrose finished joint second with a goal difference of 0 and Yardley Wood came first with a goal difference of +1. 

Well done to all of the boys. On another night they could have qualified!