Brooklands U12 District Football Champions

After a phenomenal run in the National Cup, Brooklands also made it to the final of the district cup where the faced a tough Houstone team. A team that they earlier lost to in the group stages.

The game started slowly for Brooklands allowing Houstone to start quickly and dominate possession early on. Houstone broke the deadlock from a corner to make the game 1-0.

Brooklands pushed, they found themselves with their first corner of the match where they won a penalty which was converted calmly by Zach to bring the game to half time and 1-1.

The second half started much of the same, Houstone started strong and dominated the opening 16 minutes and hit Brooklands twice to make it 3-1.

Cue the dramatic comeback music.

A flurry of changes put Brooklands on the front foot. Brooklands were awarded a penalty when Eli was brought down in the area. He won it and then calmly stepped up and slotted it home to make it 3-2.

Brooklands had their heads up, the pushed and had a bit of belief behind them, Eli popped up again to follow up on a mistake between the defence and the keeper 3-3!!

The game looked like it was heading to penalties, until…. A long ball over the top was latched on to by Eli who completed his hatrick and to give the boys a 4-3 win. An excellent performance from a team who have shown all year that they do not give up.

A pleasure to coach, watch and enjoy the journey with this year.

Eli- 3 goals

Zach- 1 Goal

Man of the Match- Eli