Girls' Football County Finals

Freya, Grace, Jessica, Olivia, Aimee, Scarlet, Tia, Rhianna, Isabelle and Molly took part in the County Round of the Danone ESFA Girls Cup.

Group A Baston (Stamford District) Long Bennington (Sleaford District) Butterwick (Boston District Birchwood (Lincoln District)

Group B St Botolph’s (Grantham District) Market Rasen (Market Rasen District) Parish Church (Gainsborough District) Richmond (East Coast)

We began with a 0 - 0 draw against a strong St Botolphs' who had beaten us in the final last year and were trying to win the competition for a third time in succession.

Next up, we played Parish Church. This was a very end to end game and we were a little unlucky to lose 2 - 1. 

Our final group game was against Market Rasen. As this was the last game in the group stages, we knew a victory by 2 goals would see us into the semi-finals. We began strongly and gained confidence from an early goal. By halftime we were leading 3-0 and went on to win by 4 goals to 0.

Group A	Group B
Birchwood 1 v 1 Baston	St Botolph’s 0 v 0 Richmond
Butterwick 0 v 1 Long Bennington	Market Rasen 0 v 0 Parish Church
Birchwood 1 v 0 Butterwick	Richmond 1 v 2 Parish Church
Baston 1 v 1 Long Bennington	Market Rasen 0 v 0 St Botolph’s
Birchwood 0 v 0 Long Bennington	Parish Church 0 v 1 St Botolph’s
Baston 2 v 0 Butterwick	Richmond 4 v 0 Market Rasen

Baston 5 points (GD+2) Long Bennington 5 points (GD +1)* Birchwood 5 points (GD +1) Butterwick 0 points (GD -4) *Long Bennington beat Birchwood in a play-off.

St Botolph’s 5 points (GD +1) Richmond 4 points (GD+3) Parish Church 4 points (GD0) Market Rasen 2 points (GD-4)

As runners up in our group we had to play the winners of of the other group, Baston, in the semi-final. In a very exciting and entertaining game in which both teams hit the post we were able to score the only goal to book our place in the final.

In the other semi-final Long Bennington defeated St Botolph's by a goal to nil.

In the final both teams defended extremely well and kept chances to a minimum. At the end of normal time it was still 0-0 and so we went into extra time but still neither team was able to get a goal and so the match went to a penalty shoot out. It then took until the 6th pair of penalties to finally divide the teams with Long Bennington winning 3-2.