Success is the goal as soccer girls shine

Success is the goal as soccer girls shine

Birkenhead School (primary) and Chesterfield High (secondary) have today been crowned girls’ football champions of Merseyside after an unforgettable day of sporting drama at Halton Stadium in Widnes.

Held as part of the Merseyside School Games Winter Festival, teams faced each other in a round-robin style format with the top two teams in each competition facing each other to determine the regional winners.

Birkenhead School beat fellow Wirral school Somerville Primary 3-1 in a brilliant final after both sides had topped their groups.

Sefton’s Chesterfield High came out on top during the afternoon tournament for secondary schools after narrowly defeating The Heath School from Halton in the final match of the day.

Sandwiched between the two competitions was an hour-long press conference entitled ‘Women in Football’ where a distinguished panel including ex England player MO Marley MBE and current Everton Ladies player Claudia Walker fielded questions from the young footballers.

Organiser Karen Drake hailed the young footballers saying their “behaviour was exemplary” and the quality of football was “of the very highest order”.

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