Today we travelled to Orrell in Wigan, to compete in the Highfield Grange 'Festival of Friendship' Football Tournament. We met a few friends from our league fixtures here, such as Billinge Juniors, and spirits were high amongst the hundreds of kids ready to take part. Read below for details on our matches.

  1. St Helens Town Villa (2-3-1) VS Boothstown:

Daniel Cottington; Ryan Cottington, Callum King; Kyle Smith, Joseph Dixon, Sam Jones; Lewis Vaughton

Substitutes:

Reece Rockish

Score: 0 - 2

Goalscorers: N/A

Man of the Match: Ryan Cottington - not just solid at the back, but so composed on the ball too.

     2. St Helens Town Villa (2-3-1) VS Hindley Town:

Callum King; Ryan Cottington, Daniel Cottington; Reece Corkish, Kyle Smith, Sam Jones; Lewis Vaughton

Substitutes:

Joseph Dixon

Score: 0 - 2

Goalscorers: N/A

Man of the Match: Daniel Cottington - slotting in defence alongside his cousin Ryan, and never looked out of place.

   3.  St Helens Town Villa (2-3-1) VS Leigh Genesis:

Sam Jones; Ryan Cottington, Callum King ; Reece Rockish, Kyle Smith, Daniel Cottington; Joseph Dixon

Substitutes:

Lewis Vaughton

Score: 0 - 0

Goalscorers: N/A

Man of the Match: Sam Jones - first game in goal, but he dealt with everything well and kept a clean sheet.

 4.  St Helens Town Villa (1-3-2) VS Standish Panthers:

Callum King; Ryan Cottington; Reece Rockish, Sam Jones, Joseph Dixon; Daniel Cottington, Lewis Vaughton

Substitutes:

 Kyle Smith

Score: 1 - 2

Goalscorers: Lewis Vaughton

Man of the Match: Lewis Vaughton - worked his socks off for his goal. He can't help but score!

 5.  St Helens Town Villa (2-3-1) VS Billinge Rangers:

Daniel Cottington; Ryan Cottington, Sam Jones; Joseph Dixon, Kyle Smith, Lewis Vaughton; Callum King

Substitutes:

Reece Corkish

Score: 0 - 2

Goalscorers: N/A

Man of the Match: Kyle Smith - did his best to drive the team forward. Great effort.

Player of the Tournament: Ryan Cottington - one word... OUTSTANDING! Didn't put a foot wrong all day. Fantastic performances.

A good day's worth of football for the boys. We didn't quite get the results that some of our performances deserved, but it's just another learning curve and we'll come back stronger. We did, however, pick up a trophy for our efforts. The competition organisers selected our boys as the 'Sporting Team of the Day' - an award that made the boys' day. The look on their faces when they read our name out was priceless!

Well done to everyone, you deserved your award. Now let's take this on into the next season!