Coton Football Club

Coton FC U16 Boys are looking for players to join our team next season.

Players must be between 15 and 16 years old.

Contact [email protected]

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Coton FC U12 Red are looking for a goalkeeper for next season, when we will play U13 (year 8). We have a great team, with an enjoyable and competitive environment.

Join our team. Be part of something great! 👍⚽️

Great win for Coton U16 Girls as they head into cup final week. Against a very good Huntingdon side, the girls turned on the style today with 7 brilliant goals to only the single reply. Grace opened the scoring after Lexie had charged down the right and cut in to shoot. Her shot parried but Grace on hand to tuck away the rebound. Next a Lexie cross, and Amelie’s great first touch took her inside and she drilled her finish near post. Then a Tes-Amelie combo on the left, Amelie jinking inside and setting up Shannon to bend an effort in off the far post. A switch in positions and Lexie now burning up the left wing, cutting in and curling a rocket in the top bins. Second half now and Tes to Ilazki, on to Shannon who released Amelie for a quality twisting run, with those magnetic feet and a low finish for our 5th. Then a miscommunication between the Huntingdon keeper and defender and Grace pounced to run through and fire into an open net. Then an Ilazki slide-rule pass for Grace’s run and across the keeper for her hat-trick. A late consolation for Huntingdon after good work by their forwards forced us to concede the corner. Not dealt with well enough and a good drilled finish low into the corner to make it 7-1 at fulltime. A great game with quality throughout both teams. Next up, Newmarket in the cup final in Ely on Wednesday night. Please come along to cheer the girls on! 👍⚽️

A rare home game this morning for Coton U16 Girls, having not played at Coton since the start of October. And pressure was on in this cup semi-final, against opponents, Huntingdon, who currently sit third in the league but with games in hand on the teams above.

Huntingdon are a great side, with a good mix of quality, strength, pace, and it’s no surprise they’ve been doing so well this season, but today they came up against our girls in unbelievable form. We dominated this match from start to finish with neat quick short passing and dynamic through balls feeding the speed we now have all across the frontline. Whilst Huntingdon battled hard, it wasn’t long before Amelie picked the ball up high high on the left side and with so much skill, danced round the defenders along the line, skipped the challenges and fired in for 1-0. Seyma was first to everything in midfield, so quick and determined, and her touch brilliant today. Next to her, Tes was in top form, slowing it down and speeding it back up, the right pass every time. Clipped in behind, short for the one-two or recycling to maintain possession. Really good. Lexie in the pocket and playing against her school friends was out to make a point. And make it she did, with pace, skill and an eye for that killer ball. And Grace charging down that right wing at unbelievable speed, cutting in and causing chaos. Shannon up top had so much service today, it was only a matter of time before her goal would come. As we pressed the Huntingdon backline, Amelie nicked the ball high up, and a quick cross for Shannon to take a good first touch and fire in. 2-0. Alice and Elliyah on now. Huntingdon looked to get back in it and Cha was called upon to make one of her trademark blocks, but also her involvement today with our backline in great form, was a joy to watch. There is such a confidence in each other at the back now, and with Kate playing a cameo alongside AJ, we were just sliding that ball back and forth along the backline and back to Cha to lead the distribution. Always out of reach of the Huntingdon press, and always with skill and composure. Bam out wide, Lia out wide. The ball doing the work. And Huntingdon! Annie on now, and Lottie into the middle. Seyma clipped a ball into Amelie’s run and she tucked away it with her left for 3-0. On the bench we were really enjoying the football and didn’t want it to stop when the half time whilst blew.

Second half, and more of the same. Huntingdon were looking up for getting straight back in this game, but Shannon, receiving a difficult pass showed good strength to hold off the midfielder and thread a ball through to Lexie to run in with and coolly finish across the keeper for our 4th. Great work by Lottie on the left, recycled to Kate, interchange with Shannon and finally a Shannon shot from distance for 5-0. Too good. It surely couldn’t continue like this. Could this be our best all round performance ever? Then unfortunately for Tes, who had arguably been our player of the game today, made the right decision to play the ball back to Cha, but not with enough on her pass gave a gift for their striker 5-1. Nothing Cha could do. A good finish mind! Huntingdon heads back up, but not for long. Annie delivered a perfect ball to break the lines and Alice was on her bike, first to the ball, but with a tight angle, selected to chip, and what a goal, up and over the keeper for 6-1! Not long left now, but just enough for Shannon to help Tes feel better, by repeating that mistake, this time from further out, playing the pass back to Cha but so loose and another gift to their striker for 6-2. And that’s how it finished.

Didn’t want it to finish though! The football we are playing is awesome. Everyone looking to be involved, with a confidence on the ball, moving it quickly and with some cracking goals scattered throughout. The girls fully deserve their place in the final next month. Please come along to support them 👍⚽️

A third trip up in succession to Peterborough for Coton U16 Girls, after one failed visit due to a late match cancellation, the victory last weekend in the cup, and now this league game all against an every improving ICA team, albeit struggling with injuries.

With only AJ (who pulled up in the warmup) on the bench today, the formation picked itself. Shannon up top, with Amelie, Grace and Lexie marauding behind. Tes and Ilazki central, dictating play, and Cha between the sticks with Bam, Elliyah, Annie and Lottie ahead of her. ICA had some early joy, getting in behind with pace, but Cha was properly on it today and out quickly to avert the danger. Then from nowhere a Lexie Tes 1-2, on to Grace and across to Shannon to fire in under pressure from the defender. Disappointment for ICA after all their hard work, but a quality bit of play from our girls to open the scoring. We’d been struggling to get the ball properly under control on the bobbly pitch up until that point, but now we were cooking! Tes to Bam, up to Amelie to skin their right back and a cut back to Shannon again tightly marked and only option was a quick toe-poke into the far corner. Impressive! ICA came straight back though. Their efforts rewarded, although slightly unfortunately for us after a mix up let their attacker through. Cha again was quick and first to the ball to make the clearance, but this time a nasty bobble took it over her foot, leaving their striker running though to an open goal for a simple tap in. If ICA heads were up, they quickly went back down when Lexie’s quick and close control in the middle, worked an opening and she release a rocket from distance up and over the keeper into the top corner. Crazy goal! Well done Lex!! The half time whistle blew.

AJ led the team talk and injected some extra energy into the team before we went back out. Again ICA came out strong, but again the run of play was with us now. The passing was going well. All the girls were involved in the build up. From Cha playing neatly and calmly out to Bam or Tes (now at right back). Annie and Elliyah tackling strongly, and Lottie and Ilazki dominating the middle, even with a very impressive ICA centre-mid to contend with. Ilazki has such a calmness in possession, picking her passes and Lottie’s power driving past players or combining with Tes out on the right, meant the ball was doing the work and ICA were doing the running. Amelie’s mad control, always a joy to watch and with that super glue on her boots again today, dancing round defenders as if they weren’t there. A nice turn by Shannon in to Amelie and a quality ball slid through to Lexie’s run, checked, and a left foot finish under the keeper. So good. Then Lexie again, involved in everything today, with a ball through to meet Grace’s run, beat the defender and ball back across to Shannon who arrived before the keeper for her hattrick. A very impressive performance from Shannon, who missed last weeks game but was making up for it today! Grace was on fire, out for a long time through injury, but absolutely rampaging today. Burning down that left wing now after a switch with Amelie. Only thing that would stop her as she beared in on goal was a late tackle from their defender. Lexie handed Grace the ball for the pen and she duly dispatched it for 6. A nice gesture by Lexie who was on for her hattrick at the time of that penalty. But the game wasn’t quite over and Lexie wasn’t going to leave the field without her third. She collected it on the edge of the box, spotted a space and danced through at pace making the angle for a calm finish. AJ had been sensibly sitting this one out as we have a semi final next weekend that we hope she will be able to play in, but, watching the celebrations, she wanted to be out there on the pitch with her teammates now. A quick substitution and a final few minutes for her to chase around in the middle, and be a general nuisance before fulltime.

Make no mistake, ICA are a very good sides with very good players. But the play from us today, and every goal was of the highest quality. Even on a difficult pitch, the football you girls are playing now is so so good. Well done 👍⚽️

Coton FC U11 Girls are recruiting! School years 6 (and 5) welcome. Please get in touch to join this exciting and talented new team 👍⚽️

Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best for the New Year! 👍🎄⚽️