SOUTH LONDON SPECIAL LEAGUE
U12 – Wednesday 9th February
Our Under 12 football team continue to be a huge credit to themselves, and the school. With their boots and equipment loaded onto the minibus, primary and year 7 pupils headed to London for another round of South London Special League football action, donning the Muntham badge. They started strong and tested the opposition keepers with JB setting up MB, CM and LS for multiple shots on goal. CK showed nimble quick reactions in goal, managing to pick out JB with a long ball, which he slotted in the back of the net with a great finish. JR and JH-F were a dominant force at the back, making life difficult for the opposition and demonstrated some solid teamwork.
Despite a sterling effort from all players, we didn’t bring home the silverware this time with a few unlucky moments including the referee missing a penalty from JB crossing the line (giving Muntham managers flashbacks to Frank Lampard's disallowed penalty against Germany: “Come on ref!”). However, as always pupils represented themselves and the school community incredibly well. JB received the SLSL award for sportsmanship for the second time this season and JR secured 'player of the tournament' for his hard work and unwavering encouragement of his teammates.
In true Muntham style, pupils organised themselves a post-match friendly with other schools after lunch to round up their day. Fabulous!
MHS Player of the Fixture: – JR
South London Special League Sportsmanship Award – JB
Next term pupils will have the additional opportunity to be selected and play further fixtures as part of the Albion Cup 2022.
