Regional Finals

I have the great pleasure of announcing that Slough Schools FA U11 District Team have made it through to the English Schools' FA Danone Nations Cup - National Finals.

On Saturday 30th March Slough Schools' FA represented Berkshire as County winners (see link below) at the Southwest of England Regional Finals. The team progressed through the finals to make history once again and become the first Slough District to reach the National Finals.

They will join another SW England District and two other Districts from each region, SE England, Midlands and the North compromising 8 Districts in total to compete in the National Finals.

The National Finals will be held at a Premiership or Championship Football Stadium in May or June which will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for the team.

The National Finals Winners will go onto represent England in Barcelona in the Nations Cup which is the stuff as dreams are made on .

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The SSFA team compromising of Leo Murrell (Trevelyan), Luca Isernia (Lynch Hill), Archie McHugh (St Peter's), Archie Seeburg (Trevelyan), Tyler Haruvisi (Dedworth), Royus Buterlevicius (Parlaunt Park), Thomas Roberts (Trevelyan), Sam Yabani (Dedworth), Dane Bailey (Parlaunt Park), Alex Szymczyk (Dedworth) were all absolutely outstanding in each and every match. Words cannot describe how proud we are of this group of boys whose unparalleled achievements and accomplishments have made this epic football journey.

Match results in order of play are as follows;

Berkshire (Slough) 2 v Cornwall (St Austell) 0

Berkshire (Slough) 3 v Dorset (Poole) 0

Berkshire (Slough) 3 v Gloucestershire (Gloucester) 0

Berkshire (Slough) 0 v Devon (Plymouth) 1

Berkshire (Slough) 0 v Hampshire (Gosport) 0

Berkshire (Slough) 2 v Somerset (Bath) 0

A special thanks to all teachers and schools for nominating the boys to trial at Holy Family School last November. Without your nominations this opportunity may have never happened so truly thank you on behalf of all of us involved with SSFA District Team. Many thanks to parents for their tireless efforts in transporting children to and from training and matches. Thank you to Slough Borough Council Get Active group for the amazing kit, equipment and training facilities. Thanks to Dedworth school for the use of their 3G pitch to play our friendly matches. Thanks to the organisers of the County and Regional rounds for providing the opportunity for schools district football. Finally a special thanks to the volunteer teachers who have given their time and energy so that this opportunity to experience elite representative U11 football is possible.

Please congratulate the boys and do celebrate their unprecedented success within your Slough & Windsor schools, with your families, colleagues and the children's peers.