Year 11 Boys South Ribble Cup Progress!

On Monday 3rd February, our Year 11 boys’ football team played against Worden Academy in the South Ribble Schools Cup.

The team found themselves 3-0 down within the opening 20 minutes. However, two quickfire goals for Alfie S and Kai F pulled the game back to 3-2 at half time.

Once again, just after half time Balshaw’s conceded another goal and at 4-2, it looked like Worden would be progressing to the next round and our Year 11 football team would be playing their final game together. However, all was not lost, a great strike from Reuben M fired us back into the game before Harry M (who had previously been off with an injury) limped back onto the field to play through his injury for the team. One of his first actions was to deliver a fantastic freekick which George W picked up to score a powerful header to make it 4-4, then with just 3 minutes left Balshaw’s found themselves in the ascendancy. 

Next to step-up was Alfie S, who scored the winner with just a couple of minutes to go to win the game 5-4. The crowd went wild and Balshaw’s went through to the semi-finals of the cup!

A fantastic effort from a brilliant group of players who haven't had much to shout about this season. They will play Walton-Le-Dale in their next game and can hopefully get through to the final.

Mr Himsworth and Mr O’Neill