The Felsted U18 Cup side won the Essex County Championship competition by virtue of four outstanding performances in their round robin matches. All matches were tight against strong competition and some testing tournament conditions. Felsted's ability to control possession for long periods of the game and their patience and discipline at critical times saw them turn possession into goals and ultimately victories.
The first match of the tournament saw Felsted deal well with a rushed start to the game and a tough opponent. 3 corner conversions for James Seager marked an excellent start to the tournament for the Felsted centre half. The next match against Chigwell was another close affair with the pressured conditions experienced at such tournaments making it even closer. Coming into the game as a substitute and on 1st team debut, Ben Latham broke the deadlock with his first touch of the ball. Felsted remained calm to hold the one goal lead and eventually scored another 2 times through the excellence of inside forwards Brooks-Ward and Malins.
A tough and spirited Bancroft’s side were the next opponents. Josh Hunter-Jordan was rewarded for his excellent play throughout with an early goal. Felsted continued to mix possession with counter attack and Fillingham, Silcock and George Padfield opened their tournament accounts. The last game was played against a typically strong Coopers Coburn team. Patience was again required to win the game through the goals of Brooks-Ward and Latham.
The quality of play from the boys was quite superb. The team, missing three players, was excellent throughout and showed individual skill and collective discipline to win all games. Seager was controlled in the centre of midfield; Fillingham and James Padfield at the back were outstanding as was Pohle-Vasquez in goal; Edwards and Burns at wing-half were calm and assured throughout. In truth however all deserve credit for the way they played and conducted themselves on the day.
Forest: W 3-1 (Seager 3) MOTM: Seager
Chigwell: W 3-1 (Latham, Malins, W, Brooks-Ward) MOTM: Burns
Bancrofts: W 5-0 (Hunter-Jordan, Fillingham, Seager, Silcock, Padfield) MOTM: Fillingham
Coopers Coburn: W 3-0 (Brooks-Ward 2, Latham) MOTM: Brooks-Ward
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