15th May 2006

Olympic Trophies Challenge Cup Final

Saughall Colts 0 Christleton New Scene 2

The squad met at 8:00 a.m. at The Greyhound pub, to get ready for their ride to Chester in a fantastic "Hummer" limo. Pat, Justine and Emma had the job of looking after the players inside the limo, but didn't complain too loudly! On arrival at the Saunders Honda Stadium, the players went to the changing room and had a pre-match team talk.

After a delayed kick-off, the Colts got under way. From the starting whistle, New Scene flew at the Colts at full throttle and Saughall had to do a lot of defending. After ten minutes of this one-way traffic, the Colts started to get into the game but were still letting CNS have too much time on the ball! Then inevitably, CNS scored, despite a valiant effort by Thomas, who very nearly saved it. This put more pressure on the Colts players, who had already been feeling nervous. Just before the break, the Colts nearly got level with a shot on the CNS goal.

In the second half, the Colts were quicker to close down their opposition and started to hassle them. However, Saughall were now chasing the game. CNS then scored a well-taken second goal and this killed the game. Saughall continued to battle and put a lot more pressure on CNS but it was too late. CNS started to run down the clock, by continually rolling on and rolling off their substitutes. With defeat inevitable, the Saughall coaches tried to get all the Colts substitutes on the pitch to experience some play at Chester City's stadium.

On the whole, it was an enjoyable day out for all and the players will learn from this experience. The parents were all proud of the way the players conducted themselves throughout the day. A big well done to all the squad for getting to the final.