St. Teilo's School football team put up a sterling performance representing Swansea City FC in the Southern Finals of the Football League Community Cup at Leyton Orient FC. The squad travelled up to London the night before, courtesy of the Football League, so that they were ready for the biggest competition of their lives. On arrival at Leyton Orient FC, they were drawn in Group One alongside Luton Town, Millwall, Swindon Town and Leyton Orient. Despite a good warm-up, the side were a little overawed in their first match against bigger and stronger boys from Luton Town. George Taylor almost opened the scoring after connecting with a corner from Holly Furlong. His header went like a rocket towards the goal, but unbelievably the Luton 'keeper got his finger tips to it. Luton broke away and slotted the ball away at the other end. This gave the bigger boys confidence and they scored twice more before the final whistle. The team had to play their second match against Millwall almost straight away. By now, they were getting used to playing on third generation Astroturf and the players put in a good performance. Billy Truman and Connor Ennis played well in defence, with captain Lloyd Hughes controlling the midfield. A Holly Furlong shot hit the crossbar and at the other end Tyler Wherrett made a good save. Swansea (St Teilo's) had more of the possession, but that vital goal eluded them. The final score was 0-0. Again, Swansea had to play back to back against Swindon Town. This was a very close game which could have gone either way, with some good football being played by both sides. Swindon went 1-0 up and Elliot Wherrett came on to help the defence. Despite a sterling display by Swansea, Swindon took the three points. In their final game against hosts, Leyton Orient, Swansea played their best football. They went close on several occasions, before Holly coolly slotted home a well deserved goal against a very tall Orient 'keeper. Holly, Lloyd and George also had several other chances and the defence held out well for Swansea to record their first win, 1-0. Swansea ended up with four points, just being pipped to the semi-final by Millwall on five points. Brighton were eventual winners of the competition, beating Southend with a golden goal in extra-time. This was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for the St. Teilo's team and they proudly stepped up for their medals for being South and West Wales Regional winners. This was a tremendous achievement for such a small local school. Thanks to Linden Jones (Swansea City Football in the Community) for travelling up to support the team and the dedicated band of parents who made the long journey to the finals. St. Teilo's squad: Tyler Wherrett, Lloyd Hughes (capt.), George Taylor, Billy Truman, Holly Furlong Connor Ennis, Elliot Wherrett, Safiya Rooney.