Squads Staking their claims for glory on the field
STAKEFORD Juniors Football Club has celebrated a trio of trophy successes at the end of a memorable season.
The Northumbrland club’s undereight and under-nine teams finished top of their respective Northumberland Football League tables.
The under-nines squad also won the Northumberland Youth Football League Cup.
The under-eights - who consisted of Travis Burt, Foster Ehala, Frankie Gilroy, Elliott Hale, Caleb Hogg, Cruz Kelly and William Wright won 20 games throughout the season, losing only one game since September.
The under-nines - made up of Connor Angus, Mattias Bernard, Harrison Craig, Louis Fish, Matthew Lycett, William Mann, Jack Riches, Luca Teasdale and Lucas Thompson - also won 20 times and lost only once in their league.
The under-nines defeated six other teams to lift the League Cup.
In addition, under-eights’ winger Caleb Hogg won the club’s outstanding league player of the year.
Louie Fish was named the undernines’ outstanding league player of the year.
Doug Thoburn, chairman of Stakeford Juniors, said: “Huge congratulations to our under-eights and under-nines.
”They worked incredibly hard all season and played some fantastic football.
“Grassroots football is all about providing a nurturing and inclusive environment for players at all different stages and levels of development.
“At Stakeford we are proud to be a community club.
“We are here to provide a club where boys and girls can have fun, make friends and play football.
“We bridge the gap between grass root coaching and centre of excellence training, enhancing and developing local children.
“We celebrate every team success are now looking forward to a summer of tournaments before the new season starts.”
For more details about the club, e-mail dougthoburn@aol.com.