Courtesy: This is Leicestershire/Leicester Mercury


National title for St Andrews

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A Leicestershire youth football team have been crowned national Futsal champions.

St Andrews under-16s were runners-up in the national championships two years ago, but they clinched the title at the FA Umbro national Youth Futsal Festival held at the International Futsal Arena in Birmingham.

Futsal is an indoor version of five-a-side football which originated from Brazil. It uses a smaller, heavier ball, which places the emphasis on technique.

More than 1,200 teams had entered the national competition and St Andrews played teams from all regions on the way to the final, beating the former champions Shenfield, from Essex, in the process.

St Andrews, led by Shaun Hickey and Andy Ward, then put in a superb, powerful attacking performance to demolish Franks Tanks, from Torquay, 9-1 in the final.




Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com