Maidenhead U13 Girls were runners up in the Berkshire County Girls Annual 5 a side Futsal Tournament on Saturday 19 Jan.

Against extremely tough opposition the Maidenhead U13 girls didn’t concede a goal throughout the entire competition (8, 8 minute matches by the end) until the last 30 seconds of the final where they went 1-0 down to winners Thatcham Town.

Maidenhead U13 Girls topped their group by beating AFC Reading, Wargrave and Laurel Park and drawing 0-0 against Tilehurst and Thatcham Town. In the pool, goals were scored by Rebecca Hesketh, Georgina Evans, Daniela Yakubovich and Emily McMaster (2).

In the Quarter and Semi Final both games ended 0-0 and Maidenhead won both on penalty shootouts with calm heads from the 3 penalty takers of Lily Gibson, Sofia Lacey and Emily McMaster.

3 girls shared the Goalkeeping duties on the day and Lily May Shepherd was a star throughout!

The tournament was played in a great spirit overall and was an interesting and different football experience.

Maidenhead U13 Girls bounced back from being knocked out of the Berks County League Girls Cup the previous week with a convincing 4-0 win over Laurel Park at home in wet conditions. Georgina Evans was player of the match – she has shown huge improvement in recent weeks. Sofia Lacey scored one goal, poaching a shot from Lily Gibson that had come off the post and back into play. Emily McMaster got a hattrick including a penalty.

Many of the girls and the parents celebrated the last home game before Christmas with minced pies and mulled wine at Coach Andy’s house afterwards. Last match before the Christmas break is next Saturday, 8th Dec – away at Laurel Park!

4-0 win over Laurel Park

Maidenhead Girls U13s lost 3-2 against Wargrave in a very tight Berkshire County Girls Football League Cup cup clash. Wargrave scored first and Sofia Lacey equalised for Maidenhead. Wargrave are a very strong local side who played some excellent football and scored 2 more to make it 3-1 at Half Time. Maidenhead fought back with a goal from Emily McMaster but they couldn’t quite make the equaliser happen. Girl of the Game was Laila Knowles who also captained the side on the day.

It’s the group stage of the Cup, with one more match next Saturday against Tilehurst and then we are back to league matches.

Official Team Mascot!

Maidenhead U13 Girls got their League Cup for the Berkshire County Girls League off to a flier with a 4-0 win over Laurel Park on Saturday 10th November.

On a pitch that had as much mud as it had grass, the first half was explosive with 2 goals each for Charlie Potter and Lily Gibson. The second half was much more even and with no goals conceded the Maidenhead Girls will get a bag of sweets to share at training on Friday night!

Whilst it was a great all round team performance again, Dani Yakubovich won the girl of the game accolade. Next up in the cup are Wargrave…..