Saturday 26th September saw a trip to the Washington Hub Central Venue for our Under 7 Wildcats. This was the long awaited league debut for the newest girls team at Newton Aycliffe Youth FC.
Another team developed from the hugely successful Wildcats FA Initiative, to increase the number of girls participating in football.
As the opposition, Boldon Girls, were wearing a blue strip, the girls changed from the club’s traditional royal blue strip, to their away yellow strip. Team consisted of Erin, Esme, Brooke, Penny, Georgia and Macy travelling for the 8.45am kick off.
All the girls played their part in a number of different positions and game time was shared evenly between the girls.
First half they started really well and created some early chances, but the Boldon goal keeper was tough to beat, making three great saves but the girls kept pressing and opened the scoring when Brooke scored our first ever league goal.
We defended well with Penny and Georgia clearing any Boldon pressure and Erin picking up some long through balls to keep our clean sheet intact. Macy was causing problems with her skills and dribbling and managed to grab herself two goals before half time.
Second half the girls worked extremely hard and Penny, who was having a great game in defence, pushed up field, won the ball and had a cool finish across the keeper to score our 4th. This now allowed Boldon to bring on an extra player, forcing the girls to work even harder. Brooke made a good stop in goal and Esme and Erin were working hard in defence. More changes and Macy came back on to score her third, to complete a superb hat trick.
All the girls did amazingly and the coach was so proud of the effort.
MoM was a tough call, as all the girls were superb, but MoM went to Penny. Probably the best she has played, winning tackles, driving forward and getting back into position quickly.
The FA Wildcats development programme at Newton Aycliffe Youth FC is for girls aged 4-8 years old who want to try football in a fun and engaging environment.
Contact Berni for more information 07939 045242.
