A busy start to 2012 has seen two of our county teams make further progress in the ESFA national competitions. Drawn away to Hampshire, both the Under 14’s and the Under 16’s returned from Southampton with victories. A goal behind at half-time, the Under 14’s came back strongly in the second half with goals from Joseph Nougbele and Alex Mulrooney-Skinner, whilst the Under 16’s won 4-1, the scorers being Edwin Armah, Sam Adetiba, Sean Rowson and Jack Jeffrey.
The Kent Under 14’s are now looking forward to their semi-final away to Merseyside, which will be played on Saturday 28 th January at the Liverpool Soccer Centre, whilst on the same day the Under 16’s will face Nottinghamshire at home in the quarter-finals – kick-off 2.00 pm at Corinthians Sports Club.
Also in ESFA national competitions:
- Bromley Under 15’s beat Chelmsford & Mid-Essex 5-3 in the ESFA Inter-Association Trophy. The goals came from Kent players Harry Jackubait and Charlie Munnery, with further strikes from Greg Cundle (2), and Kieran Owusu. Bromley now face Barnet in the quarter-finals on Saturday 28 th January at East Barnet Old Grammarians FC.
- Kemnal Technology travelled to Middlesex to play Finchley Catholic School in Round 6 of the ESFA Under 13 Cup and returned home with a 3-2 victory to reach the last 16 of a competition that had an initial entry of 774 schools.
- Across the country, 807 schools entered the ESFA Under 14 competition, and Dane Court GS have reached the last 16 – they now have a home game against Brentwood School
