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PEAFIELD LANE WIN
JOHN RADFORD TROPHY
Peafield Lane Primary School have
won the inaugural John Radford
Trophy, organised by Football in
the Community.
Monday 31 January saw the John
Radford Trophy finals take place
at RH Academy, the club’s training
ground. After two qualifying rounds,
Primary School, Peafield Lane
Academy, Berry Hill Primary School
and Croft Primary School made it to
the finals of the competition. All four
schools were very deserving of their
place, after delivering some fantastic
performances in the previous
qualifying rounds.
Each team played each other twice in
a round-robin format, the team with
the most points at the end took home
the trophy.
After the first three rounds of fixtures,
Peafield and Croft were tied at the
top with six points each, Berry Hill
had four and Abbey were in fourth
place with one. Peafield began the
finals with a strong 4-0 victory against
Abbey but became stuck against
Berry Hill in a highly-competitive
game, Berry Hill won the clash 2-1.
Croft started strong with two victories
WHO’S WHO
out of three, maintaining their record
as the only unbeaten side in the
tournament.
In the end, Peafield Lane were
crowned as champions and winners
of the John Radford Trophy, as they
marched on to another two wins and
a draw, defeating Croft in the final
game. Peafield topped the table with
13 points, Berry Hill finished closely
behind on 11 points. Croft took third
place with nine points and Abbey
came fourth with one.
Community manager Gary Shaw
shared his thoughts on the Finals.
“This was the most competitive this
tournament has ever been since we
started it eight years ago, that is a
huge credit to all teams involved,”
he said.
“It really could have gone either way
and it was an exciting watch, Peafield,
Berry Hill and Croft all could have
won it in the last fixture, which you
love to see.
“My congratulations go to Peafield,
who get to take our trophy home this
year.”
Peafield Lane class teacher Corey
Nightingale stated how much it
meant for the players, after the
tournament had been called off for
the past few years due to Covid-19.
“They have been looking forward to
it,” said Mr. Nightingale.
“They’ve been getting ready and
talking about it all day, so they’ve
been absolutely buzzing and are
really pleased to win it.”
Head of CCO: Mark Hemingray
mark.hemingray@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Community manager: Gary Shaw
gary.shaw@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Media and communications officer: Stephen Clayton
stephen.clayton@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Education officer: Benjamin Cocker
ben.cocker@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Safeguarding and welfare officer: Joeanne Shuttleworth
joeanne.shuttleworth@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Admin and accounts manager: Julie Hemingray
julie.hemingray@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Lead coach (Post-16 education/PL Primary stars): Mark Lynk
mark.lynk@mansfieldtownfitc.net
Community coach: Ruth Oldham
Community coach: Michal Kasinowicz
Community coach: Remi Luke
Community coach: Dain Sismey
Community coach: Anthony Dwyer
Community coach: Chris Hall-Barnett
www.mansfieldtownfitc.net | 01623 656 920 | community@mansfieldtownfitc.net
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