Year 7 football team who returned victorious from the Haringey Borough Football Cup last week. The team led by the tactical nous and astute acumen of Mr Tsannos and Mr Demirel went into the competition quietly confident of success but aware that they would have to overcome the Haringey sporting powerhouses of St Thomas More and Gladesmore Community School if they were to be successful.

Early on Fortismere, Highgate Wood and Park View Academy were put to the sword with NPCS running up a record amount of goals in the process. The final group game saw them pitted against the only team to have beaten them so far this season St Thomas More. A slow start saw St Thomas More take what would normally be an unassailable 3-0 lead, but through some inspirational words on the touchline and the boys’ ‘never say die’ attitude they managed to recover, scoring a dramatic late equaliser that saw them qualify for the final.

 

In the final, they met Gladesmore in what was expected to be a tight encounter. Buoyed from their comeback in the previous game the boys ran out comfortable winners 4-1. The whole day was a team effort, with all the players contributing to a success that NPCS has not experienced in the last decade.

Jayden Clifford Hamilton

Armani Waithe-Russell

David Luaka

Andrio Brandao (C)

David Iosif

Anthony Pereira

Jaigo Ford

Fernando Couto