Youngest Thames Valley Football Development teams battle for silverware at Arbour Park

Photo of the hand-shake between Explorers and Holyport before the Development Plate final

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The first day of finals was held at Slough Town's Arbour Park on Sunday, with the youngest youth teams in the Thames Valley Football Development League battling to get their hands on silverware.

At u7s level, the League Cup final pitted Delaford Colts against Langley FC Youth, with Delaford emerging 2-0 winners.

The Maidenhead United Braves also cruised to a 7-2 win over 4FuturePro in their League Trophy final, while in the u8s competition, Townmead Youth Blue were edged out 5-3 by Frontline Juniors in a thrilling League Trophy Final.

In the Plate Final, Hurricanes FC blew away their opponents Eto Wick Youth Orange 5-1 to lift the trophy while the closest of the u8s three finals saw Windsor Robins Reds sneak past S4K Langley Lynxes 3-2 to win the League Vase competition.

At u9s level, the League Trophy final was also a tight affair with West Drayton Youth Blacks defeated the Delaford Colts 3-2 while in the afternoon, two u11s finals were decided with Berks Elite lifting the Trophy after a 6-3 victory over Slough Town Juniors.

Slough had surged into an early two-goal lead, but it was quickly wiped out as Berks Elite responded with three unanswered goals before half-time. They went on to dominate the second half, scoring three more goals before Slough managed a late consolation strike.

The first half of the Development Plate Final between Explorers Blues and FC Holyport Heats was also a closely contested affair with Holyport creating some excellent chances on the break before the Explorers grew in confidence in the second half and went on to win 4-2.

Away from Arbour Park, one game was played in the u12s Division with Berks Elite drawing 3-3 with Sandgate Reds.

In the semi-final of the u9s League Plate competition, Maidenhead Warriors dominated from the start to defeat Sporttiers 7-1.

Fred Snoxell scored a double hat-trick while Riley Martin was also on the scoresheet for the Warriors. Sporttiers eventually found a way through the Warriors defence, but they couldn’t make it much of a contest as the Warriors cantered into the final.