What a fantastic end to the season. The boys were pitched in Group 4 against teams from Liverpool, Warrington and Winsford.
Undeterred we started with a 0-0 draw against Mags Dynamos from Huyton and then went on a run of 5 victories, scoring 10 goals and conceding none!
Results and goal scorers as follows:
Rockets 0 - 0 Mags Dynamos
Rockets 2 - 0 Appleton (Bailey, Zac)
Rockets 2 - 0 Tytherington (Bailey, Xander)
Rockets 1 - 0 Frodsham Park (Bailey)
Rockets 1 - 0 Grappenhall (Xander)
Rockets 4 - 0 Buckley Town (Will B, Xander, William, George)
Rockets 2 - 2 Winsford (George, Bailey)
Our final game was a cup final as Winsford had not been beaten but had drawn one more game so needed to beat the Rockets to top the group. Anything other than a defeat would mean the day belonged to the Rockets.
Winsford were extremely physical and had a very vocal backing from their parents but in the early stages we stood up to their tactics and then began to play our football.
Rockets then scored a goal which is one of the best we've scored and is a contender for goal of the season. Charlie picked the ball up on the right, played in Bailey who switched the ball left, through Zac and onto to Xander who beat a player and crossed to George for a tap-in to complete a 5 player move!
Winsford rallied as the Rockets sat back a little and their no.11 took a blatant dive in the box from a William tackle (along with 3 high pitch squeals and couple of rolls) and unbelievably the referee pointed to the spot. There was nothing Hugo could do as they found the top corner. Game on.
With 5 minutes to go it was end to end and Winsford stunned the Rockets with a break away goal which was nicely finished. 1-2 down!
With a couple of minutes left the Rockets piled on the pressure and Winsford resorted to WWF tackling to try and keep us out. However, the pressure finally told as from a penalty area scramble Bailey scored to break Winsford hearts and ensure the Rockets won the group.
5 wins and 2 draws. 12 goals scored and only 2 conceded with 6 clean sheets. So a tremendous end to the season! This was an even better performance than at Prees, so well done to the boys.
Have a fantastic summer break. Our official first training session will be Friday 2 September at County Offices 17:45 (so same as last year).
All the best
Rob & Paul
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