On the 7th of February 2014, 8 eager footballers travelled to Isca College to participate in an annual football tournament held in honour of Matt Hammond , a former P.E teacher at Isca who unfortunately past away at a young age.
After a comfortable group stage, knocking off some easy opponents, Exminster excelled into the major finals.
During the semi finals, Exminster faced a challenging opposition, Exeter School. After some slick Barcelona style football, we raced into a comfortable 2-0 lead. As a result off Exeter’s continuous hard work, the score-line had now moved into a 2-2 draw. Fortunately, after a close match, Jack V settled the tie with a beautiful top-corner strike.
The final separated Exminster from first and second place. Unfortunately for Exminster, a harsh penalty shoot-out saw them exit the competition, proudly, as runners-up. A cruel way to lose, however, Topsham played extremely well. Despite the narrow loss, Exminster should be very proud of themselves for the effort they put in.
Jack V, Exminster’s centre midfielder, quoted “Overall, we were a very good side and were very unlucky to lose on penalties, as we didn’t deserve to.”