Under-15s bring home silverware

Match Report

The Under-15s ended their season with a deserved trophy as they lifted the EJA Peter Peters Cup on Wednesday night.

The Leverstock side earned the trophy with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Welwyn Garden City U15 in Wednesday night’s final played at Ware F.C.

There were early chances for the Green side, with Joe Sadler’s free kick bringing a great save out of the WGC keeper on 12 minutes, and Shay Kelly heading over the bar from the resulting corner. In the 16th minute Lucas Georgiou set up a chance for Josh Weidner, but he shot wide.

The goal came in the 30th minute, as Georgiou got on the end of a free kick with a looping header that came down off the bar. A defender tried to clear off the line but the linesman flagged to indicate that the ball had crossed the line.

There was almost a second goal five minutes into the second half when Sadler hit a fierce shot from distance which the keeper did well to tip over the bar. However, over the last half-hour of the game the long season started to take its toll on the Leverstock side, as they looked out on their feet. The side had to dig very deep under constant pressure from the Welwyn side, who had a couple of agonising near-misses. Green keeper Freddie Burroughs was very impressive, often having to come off his line to thwart breakaways from the Welwyn side.

A long period of stoppage time saw several Leverstock players go down suffering with cramp, but they held out until the end to claim a well-deserved trophy at the end of a season where they were just pipped by Berkhamsted to the U15 Brown Division title.