| From the left, Robyn Wilfort, Jade McEntaggart,
Yasmin Hickling, Stephanie White, Kelly Moss, Sian Hall, Jasmine
Hall, Georgia Day, Livi Robinson, Lauren Bruton. Nikki Baker
(Coach) and Sarah Gaitely (Manager) are standing behind. |
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This was in many ways our most successful
season so far, both on and off the field. For the second year
in a row we were voted as Sports Club Of The Year by The Luton
Sports Council. That is a tribute to everybody involved with
the club, and underlines all the work we have done in the
community, and our success on the field of play. We entered
teams in The Hertfordshire Girls League at Under 11, Under
13 and Under 14. We had teams at Under 12 and Under 14 in
The Bedfordshire League (CJS) and the ladies in The Southern
Region League. This season we won three League Championships,
plus three League Cup Competitions. Leading the way was the
Under 11`s, arguably our best ever team pound for pound. They
lost just one match in securing The Hertfordshire Girls League
Under 11 Championship. The standard of football in this league
was very high, which made their record all the more creditable.
They won the League Cup too with a 5-0 win over Tottenham
Hotspur in the final, and finished the season by winning The
Chairman's Cup, beating Stevenage Borough 1-0 in the final.
This remarkable team kept fourteen consecutive clean sheets
at the end of the season, a club record which may stand for
ever.
The Under 12`s also won a League and
Cup Double. Not only that they achieved this with a one hundred
per cent record. Although most of the opposition was not of
the highest quality, it was still quite an achievement. The
Under 13`s were a new team, most of which were playing an
age group up. They exceeded all expectations by finishing
fourth in the league and amassed over 100 goals in the process.
The Under 14`s (Bedfordshire League squad) got off to a terrible
start, losing three of their first four matches. However they
recovered well after that and eventually finished runners
up in the league, and also were beaten finalists in the League
Cup. The Under 14 (Hertfordshire League squad) went one better
than their position as runners up in 2001/02 by winning the
Championship this time around. This too was a very competitive
league which made it all the more creditable that the Championship
was clinched following a 4-1 win over Denham United with a
one hundred per cent record still in tact. However the season
ended with a little bit of an anti climax as two of the last
three matches were lost. But by then it did not matter too
much, it was only their pride that was hurt a little.
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