The Brent Under-11 girls squad kicked off their season with a stunning 5-0 victory over Highgate at Regent’s Park.
Eabha Kennedy opened the scoring with a spectacular-long range effort. Captain Meg Ingham made it two, calmly slotting the ball home from inside the box after skilful play by Nancy Wales.
Highgate broke forward on the counter-attack but Tallulah Swaby showed good pace, intercepting the pass and slipped the ball to Evie Row who found Eabha Kennedy in midfield. Kennedy made an inch-perfect pass to Sophie Owen who blasted the ball home to make it three.
Owen got in on the act again collecting the ball from Willow Robinson and dribbling through from midfield to score a superb solo effort.
Brent rang the changes introducing Scarlett Hunn, Tashelle Redhead and Willow Corbett and all three were involved in the final goal, combining well to find Nancy Wales in midfield and the mercurial Wales skilfully jinked past two defenders and passed to Owen who completed her hat-trick with a thunderbolt into the roof of the net.
Brent coach Chris Ampofo commented: “What a great first game. This group have real spirit. It’s great to see so many talented players. They did the borough proud.”
Brent Squad: Eabha Kennedy, Tallulah Swaby, Sophie Owen, Evie Roe, Willow Corbett, Scarlett Hunn, Meg Ingham, Tashelle Redhead, Nancy Wales, Willow Robinson