Cheetham Hill Girls football team hosted session with Lionesses star Georgia Stanway.
Cheetham Hill Girls Football team was set- up by Managers Mike Berger and Richard Elton around two years ago. Featuring children from a variety of schools, which include Bury and Whitefield Primary School, Broughton Jewish Primary School, and King David Primary School, the girls are hoping to become the next Lionesses.
Many of the girls last year enjoyed sessions with England and Bayern Munich Star Georgia Stanway, formerly of Manchester City who recently went onto to become one of the stars of the Euros. Georgia told the girls that if they “practiced and worked hard they could follow in her footsteps”.
The girls currently form two seven a side teams, play matches every Sunday and feature in numerous tournaments each year whereby they recently finished in the quarter and semi-finals respectively. Both teams will be changing to nine a side in September and are currently looking to add more lionesses to their teams.
Co-Manager Mike Berger whose daughter Talia plays as a defender/goalkeeper said: “With the growing excitement in women’s football, I thought it would be brilliant to get down to grassroots level and together with Richard Elton start our own girls team under the Cheetham Hill name, which is a brilliantly run football organization. The interest was so great that we were able to actually create two teams, the Blues and the Reds and we feel we have really developed not only the talent of the girls but also allowed them to build great friendships and most of all enjoy themselves. For us as coaches it is not about score lines but the fact that we know the girls have come off the pitch having done their very best and enjoyed the match.”
Co-Manager Richard Elton whose daughter Sophia plays in midfield, for the Blues Team echoed Mike’s words: “Managing these girls is an absolute pleasure and the support we get from the families at every match shows just how much the teams mean to everyone. We can’t wait to challenge ourselves further when we take that next step from seven a side to nine a side and we hope to welcome new arrivals that we can help to further improve and introduce to a great group of girls.”
Father of Lilly Ross who also plays with the Blues Team runs his own Recording Studio in Manchester and recently recorded the Pepsi Ad for the Champions League featuring the likes of Lionel Messi.
Andy said: “I hope to one day get the girls to record their own version of three Lions if they hit the big time. I just hope some of them can sing!”
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