05/10/2026
U12D Boys League
Villa E 1–2 St. Joseph’s B 💙🤍
Some games are about more than just the result, and this was certainly one of them.
Over the past 12 months, we have got to know this Villa side very well, and every time these two teams meet, we know we are in for a proper game of football. It is genuinely a pleasure to watch these two teams play against each other. The games are competitive, exciting and always played in the right spirit, and we absolutely love these contests because that is what football is all about.
We started the game strongly against a very well organised Villa team who, just like us, have that never-give-up attitude. Villa were strong defensively and made it difficult for us to break them down, but we still managed to create plenty of chances in the opening half. Their goalkeeper was outstanding from the very start, making a number of excellent saves to keep Villa in the game.
Eventually, we found the breakthrough. Kasper created the opportunity and, after a scramble between the Villa goalkeeper and defender, the ball somehow found its way into the back of the net to give us the lead.
Villa responded exactly as we expected them to and continued to battle for every ball. They got their reward shortly afterwards with a superb free kick that sailed just past Jacob’s hands and into the top corner. A fantastic strike and one that Jacob had very little chance of stopping.
1–1 at half-time.
Both teams came back out for the second half and continued to fight for every ball on what is a lovely big pitch. The game really could have gone either way, with chances at both ends and both sides showing tremendous work rate.
Once again, it was Will Lonergan who produced a superb finish to put us back in front and make it 1–2.
From there, Villa put us under serious pressure as they looked for an equaliser, but our defence stood up to the challenge brilliantly. Every player worked incredibly hard to protect the lead, and when the final whistle went, we had managed to come away with another hard-fought victory.