Shrops U17 Boys Win
Posted by on 15 March 2022
After a couple of withdrawals through illness and club call ups, we were left with a squad of 15 (with two keepers).
Our draw saw us face Staffordshire first, who only had 9 players, although you wouldn’t have known it. Result 0-0.
Derbyshire next and the boys had all woken up. Ollie (2), Ben and Zak made it a 4-1 win for Shropshire.
Nottinghamshire next and another good show. George (2) and Zak, 3-0 win.
Leicestershire was a harder match. Ollie opened the scoring, before Leicester pulled one back. Zak made it 2-1 in the last few mins to keep up the unbeaten record.
Worcestershire. Ollie scored for us, but the drama wasn’t over cards were shown and for a minute or so there were only 9 players hung on and the match finished a 1-1 draw.
Northamptonshire saw George get a hat-trick of drag flicks and all but sealed the title for Shropshire. 3-0.
Last up were Warwickshire knowing a win would give Shropshire the title. A nervous start was eased when Ollie bagged another two goals and Brad pulled off the save of the day.
Unbeaten Shropshire were crowned U17 Boys Midlands Champions 2022.
Little rural Shropshire top of the tree against the big counties is something to be very proud of.
A big thankyou from me to all the boys. I have really enjoyed being part of the team for the 5 years I’ve been involved as manager. To sign off with a tournament win is amazing.
Thanks to you the parents for the support and the hours you’ve put in driving to matches/training and watching in the wet & cold.
Thanks to Matt for this year and Tom, Simon and Sandra for the previous years, and of course John and Jules for organizing everything.
