Students from Joseph Whitaker School had their dreams of playing at Wembley Stadium broken today [10th January] as representing Mansfield Town Football in the Community, the year eight girls were knocked out of the EFL Utilita Energy Girls Cup. Joseph Whitaker were representing the Stags for the second successive year after winning our club final in November last year, but couldn’t quite match their performance from the previous season – being knocked out at the group stages of the Area three final. Playing at Doncaster’s excellent Keepmoat Stadium, The Rainworth based students endured a tough start to the day, as despite scoring seconds into the match, fell to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Rotherham in the opening game. Game two saw the Stags…
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Reining Club Champions Defend Their Crown
Mansfield Town Football in the Community have found the school who will represent them in the newly named EFL Utilita Energy Girls Cup for the 2019-20 season, with last season’s club champion Joseph Whitaker successfully defending their title. Consisting of the same side who competed at last year’s competition, the now year eight aged girls, showed no mercy in seeing off competition from five other teams – securing the right to represent the Stags for a second successive season with four victories from five matches. The girls, who are competing in the competition for the final time due to their age, narrowly lost out on reaching the Regional Final last season, beaten 2-0 by Derby County in the final match of the Area Final –…
EFL NEWS | UTILITA BECOME SPONSOR OF KIDS AND GIRLS CUP
The EFL and Utilita have today announced a new four-year deal that will see the energy supplier become the Official Title Sponsor of the Kids and Girls Cup competitions. The new partnership, which will be in place until at least the conclusion of the 2022/23 season, will see the community competitions renamed as the ‘Utilita Kids Cup’ and ‘Utilita Girls Cup’ respectively. Over 22,000 schoolchildren take part in the competitions each year, with the aim of representing their local EFL Club, as they battle for the opportunity to play at Wembley Stadium. The Girls Cup Final takes place before the Leasing.com Trophy Final and the Kids Cup Finals during the Sky Bet Play-Off Finals weekend. In the run up to these Finals, EFL Clubs and their Club…
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Joseph Whitaker Progress to EFL Girls Cup Regional Finals
Year seven and eight girls from Rainworth’s Joseph Whitaker School have progressed to the regional finals of the EFL Girls Cup, following Mansfield Town Football in the Community’s tournament for local schools at the One Call Stadium yesterday. Nine teams from six of the areas schools competed in the competition on a sunny autumn afternoon, where Joseph Whitaker A triumphed following a tense penalty shootout against Ashfield B. The teams were split into two groups playing each other once in matches of eight minutes each, Joseph Whitaker A were clear winners of Group A with two wins and a draw, whilst in Group B goal difference separated winners Ashfield B from second placed reigning champions Sutton Community Academy and Ashfield A. The two group winners…
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