On Sunday 11 July, around a thousand females battled it out for first place in the largest women’s and girls’ five-a-side football tournament in the UK.

The Victoria Trophy, sponsored by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, kicked off in Nottingham at Clifton Playing Fields to celebrate its 28^th anniversary.

Leicester City Ladies Under 16’s team lifted the Victoria Trophy after a nail biting final against Chesterfield Ladies which was won in extra time. Well done to all the girls for playing some great football.

Squad: Morgan, Emily, Stacey, Sarah, Megan, Charlotte, Jade, Abbie, Lauren, Alice, Emily, Ellie and Isabelle.

This game was played with great enthusiasm and good spirit from both sides with hardly a foul in the game. With a bobbly pitch and very windy conditions it was very difficult to play football.
Leicester City Ladies put in a solid display in the defence and perseverance from the midfield and forwards enabled a 2-0 half time lead with goals from Charlotte and Brenna.
The second half was evenly contested with a goal from each side, Charlotte being the scorer for Leicester City Ladies.
Another solid performance from the girls as the weather conditions didnt let us play the free flowing football that we would have liked.
Well done girls.

Despite difficult playing conditions Leicester City Ladies U15’s ran out 7-2 winners over Countesthorpe Athletic.
The first goal came from Becky, followed shortly before half time with a well taken free kick from Siobhan.
After half time Countesthorpe Athletic pulled one back before Charlotte,Brenna and Rosie Rushin bagged a goal each, Countesthorpe Athletic then scored their second.

Leicester City Ladies 12 Fleckney Athletic 1

Solid performance from Leicester City Ladies today but all credit must go to Fleckney Athletic only having 10 girls and being 5-0 down in the first eight minutes, to keep going was a credit to them and they fully deserved their goal late on in the game.
The goal scorers were Brenna(4), Charlotte(3), Rosie(2), Katie(1), Megan(1) and Jasmine (1). Well done girls.

Hinckley United 2 Leicester City Ladies 5
This was a very polished performance by all thirteen of the girls.
After a slow start and both teams evenly matched, Leicester City Ladies gradually took control, with first half goals from Charlotte and Brenna. Both goals were set up with fine performances in midfield by Megan, Lauren, Abbie, Rosie and Katie.
Paris along with Emily,Stacey, Jasmine and Becky had very solid performances in defence to keep the home team in check.
After the restart although Hinckley United pulled a goal back in the first two minutes, Leicester City Ladies were always in control and with added further goals from Charlotte, Brenna and Abbie to cap a fine display.
Leicester City Ladies football was crisp and precise with excellent interchanging passing, and Morgan was safe and secure in goal, well Done to all the girls.
To their credit Hinckley United never gave up and got a consolation goal towards the end which they deserved for their battling performance.

After last weeks disappointment losing out in extra time in the league cup Leicester City Ladies U15’s carried on their good form with an impressive 10-2 win over Countesthorpe Athletic.
Goals from Rosie Rushin (4) Charlotte Toone (3) and Abbey Raynor (3). There was some excellent performances from Lauren Holt and Katie Bryant controlling the midfield, Paris Watson marshalling the defence and the overall football from the whole team was a joy to watch.
The progression of this team goes from strength to strength. If they continue to progress at the rate they are going the sky is the limit and the team can acheive whatever they want.
Countesthorpe Athletic got two consolation goals and never gave in, they are a credit to themselves and we would like to wish them the best of luck for the rest of the season.

This was a very high quality match played in the right spirit of the game with both teams giving everything.
Barwell & Burbage went into an early lead with Megan equalising for Leicester City Ladies midway through the first half.
The score at half time was 1-1 in an evenly contested first half.
Barwell & Burbage started the second half very strongly going 4-1 up within the first 15 minutes.
Leicester City Ladies responded as they always do and drew level with further goals from Megan, Brenna and Charlotte and pushed hard for a winner towards the end.
The game then went into extra time and Barwell & Burbage scored with a spectacular shot to settle this encounter.
It was tough for the team to lose as there was nothing to choose between the sides. Congratulations to Barwell & Burbage and a bigger congratulations to Leicester City Ladies for their efforts and they will get their rewards in due time. Well done.

Leicester City Ladies under 15s put in another excellent team performance but were unlucky to lose 2-1 to Barwell and Burbage in the County Cup Quarter finals.
Barwell and Burbage are unbeaten in the league and Leicester City Ladies knew that they would be in for a tough match, but through hard work they kept in the game and Barwell and Burbage were relieved to hear the final whistle.
If the girls keep progressing at the current rate and stay together they are going to be a very strong team. Keep the good work up girls, you can be as good as you want to be with hard work and dedication.

Despite difficult playing conditions Leicester City Ladies U15’s enjoyed a 7-2 victory over Counteshorpe Athletic.
The first goal came from Becky, followed shortly before half time with a well taken free kick from Siobhan.
Countesthorpe Athletic then pulled one back after half time. Leicester City Ladies Charlotte, Brenna and Rosie then bagged a goal each before Countesthorpe Athlietic scored again.
An own goal and another from Charlotte made the final score 7-2.
Another good team display with some good defending by Stacey, Paris, and Emily.

Have lost 6-0 to the defending league champions, and undefeated this season, Stretton Swifts earlier this season a 2-0 defeat shown the progress made by the girls so far this season.

Solid defence by Leicester City Ladies in the first half was only broken when Stretton Swifts scored with a dubious penalty.

The second half carried on in the same way and with a better run of the ball Leicester City Ladies could have pulled a goal back but were denied by the excellent Stretton Swifts goalkeeper, who picked up player of match award. Stretton Swifts headed a second from a corner to secure all the points.

Well done girls.