Our Under 7 Youth team manager Chris Knight led the team to their cup final and described their journey as near fairytale cup story!

Chris said “Our U7’s team have loved their first season of “proper” football and as you’d expect from a team of mixed abilities, we’ve had mixed results. What we do consistently, is have a group who love football and want to get better. 

In the run up to the League cup competition, the team were trying their hardest and worked their socks off. Then came the semi-finals day….

We played two teams in one morning and the hard work paid off.  We won our first game and our second game. Through to our first ever final AND two clean sheets (both were a first for us). 

Come the Finals Day, there was real excitement among the team and their families. We were losing and with 60 seconds to go, we equalised! This meant we go to the best of 5 penalty shoot-out. Our goalie made two saves but unfortunately so did the opposition goalie. It went to a sudden death shoot out. 

Unfortunately, we finished runners up, but I cannot put into words the indescribable joy and proudness all the coaches and parents felt for our team. They’ve all come on so much in their first year and now have a thirst for cup finals. 

Watch out for us next year in the U8’s competitions!”

In our Under 8 groups, we had two teams competing in the Blues and Colts.

Under 8 Blues Manager Dan Parks said “Barming Blues U8’s won their first ever challenge cup, at their first attempt. A narrow victory in the semis ensured a big finals day at Chatham FC’s ground. We won against a spirited team in the final. Goals by Lucas Parks, Sammy Eades and Teddy Pattenden, as well as a man of the match performance from goalkeeper Ollie Leader was greeted with jubilant scenes on the pitch and sidelines at the final whistle. A great team performance by all.”