Just got back from watching my youngest daughter’s football team (Phoenix City under-14s) play their first league match of a new season. It was a home game against Activate and, after the upset of going a goal down eraly on (and an own goal too), Phoenix took control of the game scoring 3 in the first half and 1 more in the second half to run out 4-1 winners. She played in centre-midfield, marking Activate’s best player and providing much of the distribution that helped to unlock the Activate defence. They all played really well (tired a bit towards the end as would be expected for a first game) but it was great to get this one out of the way, some points on the board and some positivity into the goal difference column.
Tim O'Hare 