St Nicholas Catholic Primary School became champions of the Exeter Primary Football League 2016/17 season, after winning their 3 knockout matches in the finals held at St Peter’s C of E Aided School yesterday.
St Nicholas qualified for the finals after winning Group A of the regular league season. The other teams who qualified for the final were; Clyst St Mary (2nd Group A), Exwick Heights (3rd Group A), Whipton Barton (2nd Group B), Wynstream (3rd Group B), Alphington (1st Group C), Bowhill (2nd Group C) & Clyst Heath (3rd Group C). The winners of Group B, Woodwater Academy, were unfortunately unable to attend the finals.
The EPFL finals consisted of three rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals & the finals. Each team was seeded by their league position in their respective groups, and opponents for the first round were then drawn from a hat. The results of the finals were:-
Quarter-Final
Alphington 0-0 Exwick Heights (
Exwick won 2-1 on pens)
Clyst Heath 1-1 Whipton Barton (Whipton won 2-1 on pens)
Wynstream 1-3 Clyst St Mary
St Nicholas 2-0 Bowhill
Semi-Final
Exwick Heights 2-1 Whipton Barton
St Nicholas 2-1 Clyst St Mary
3rd/4th playoff
Whipton Barton 2-2* Clyst St Mary * shared 3rd place
Final
St Nicholas 1-0 Exwick Heights
(AET)
After a close match, which had to be decided by 2 mins of Extra Time, St Nicholas were able to finally breakdown the Exwick defence, and were crowned as the overall winners of the EPFL 2016/17 season. They join previous winners Stoke Hill Junior School (2014/15) & Wynstream Primary School (2015/16) as champions of the EPFL and get to keep the coveted trophy for 1 year, when they will aim to be the first team to successfully defend their title.
Congratulations to all schools which took part in the finals, and a huge thank you to all players, staff, parents and schools that participated in the 2016/17 season. We will be back next season with the new campaign in what will certainly be a well contested competition.
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