Warndon Villages Cobras U9's 3 V 1 Oldbury Park Tigers U9

This being our first ever competitive league game meant that we were all a little nervous before kick-off. The first task was to award Ben C. with the captain’s armband, which was met with a spontaneous cheer from the rest of the team.

Our nerves were quickly settled from the very first move of the game. From our kick-off The Cobra’s strung together 7 or 8 passes, which led to an early corner. Kurtis swung the ball into the near post where Seth, unmarked, steered a left foot volley into the goal.

Oldbury fought back straight away and it was only some very determined defending from Adam that kept their number 7 at bay. 1-0 to The Cobras at half-time.

 The start of the second half saw some lovely football from both sides and each goalkeeper made great saves. There was a great sense of relief when Sam doubled our lead, but it was short-lived as – to their great credit – Oldbury kept attacking and eventually forced a goal back.

With two minutes remaining Benn broke free from his marker and made it 3-1, which was the final score.

The whole of The Cobras squad should be congratulated for their efforts and great team spirit.

So, a thrilling opening encounter and, we’re sure, lots more exciting fixtures versus Oldbury to come.

MOTM: Kurtis