under 16s county cup winners

Just when we thought the season couldn’t get any better for Villa the Under 16s beat highly rated Salfords De La Selle to lift the Manchester FA County Cup at Manchester Citys Platt Lane training ground for the second time in three years.

They have become the most successfull squad in the history of Reddish Villa.

The game had been eagerly anticipated but the original fixture was cancelled at the last minute due to bad weather and with both sets of boys being in the middle of their exams the replay had proved difficult to arrange.

Surprisingly after such an exciting game with chances at both ends the game finished scoreless and it was Villa who held their nerve in the penalty shootout to finish the season in superb style.

Manager Mike Bridge was obviously delighted with the result and promptly went on holiday before filing the the match report which we will post on his return.