English School’s FA Girls Trails This Weekend

The English Schools’ FA (ESFA) will end their search for this season’s most talented Girls’ Schools’ Footballers, with a view to presenting them with the opportunity to earn honours caps by representing their country in the 2018-2019 Schools’ Football season.

Final trials for the ESFA U15 England girls’ squad take place this weekend, where the four regional squads will be reduced to one national team. Girls from the following areas in the north are taking part in this event –

• Cheshire
• Cleveland
• Durham
• Lancashire
• Northumberland

The ESFA will end their search for this season’s most talented Schools’ Footballers to represent their country in the 2018-2019 Schools’ Football season this weekend in Stafford.

Trials for the ESFA U15 England Schoolgirls’ squad will conclude this weekend when trialists from the North, Midlands, South East and South West of England come together at Stafford Town FC’s Evans Park for their final opportunity to earn a place in the 2018-19 England squad. Daisy Boardman is due to take part as part of the North squad in this weekend’s upcoming event.

Participating girls, who were first nominated for trials by their own counties, have been whittled down to four regional squads and will now play against each other in their last remaining chance to show why they should be selected for international honours.

The international squads are made up of the best players in Schools’ Football in England. They are chosen based upon their talent, following making it through a strict nomination process. Those who are successful in the trials process will go on to represent their country playing in 2019’s Rod Houston Cup, held in Salou, Spain in April.

Click here to view this season’s regional squads, ahead of Sunday’s final trials.

Since 1904 English Schools’ Football Association has been the governing body for schools’ football inEngland. The ESFA are proud of their remit as an educational organisation, and have deeply rooted values and beliefs in the importance of schools’ football for children in England. The Association is proud to be able to run an international programme for girls and hopes to grow the provision available to these players over coming years.