Arthur's double football success

Arthur (Year 2) was absolutely delighted to have participated in a football tournament at Shrewsbury Town - Arthur will explain in his own words: 

"At the weekend I played for Barnhurst Lane Lions Football Club in a tournament at Shrewsbury Town Football Club.  There were 14 teams competing for the Croud Meadow Cup.  My team played 6 qualifying matches, winning 4 and losing 2, resulting in us finishing 3rd in our league and qualifying for the knockout stages. 

"Our first knockout match was in the quarter finals, which we drew 2-2, which went to penalties and we won the shootout 3-1.  The next round was in the semi-finals, which finished 0-0 and again we went to penalties, where I saved the 'winning' penalty to send our team to the final. 

"In a very competitive and nervous final, our team played fantastic drawing 0-0!  We went to penalties for a third time in a row, but having won the previous two penalty shootouts, we felt confident.

"The whole final came down to one penalty, which I saved! winning the Meadow Cup for our team for the very first time!

"I was so happy to have won the trophy and got awarded Player of the Tournament!

"The BEST DAY EVER!"