National Cup Success for College Team

Doncaster College for the Deaf ended the 2008/09 season on a high by winning the English Deaf Cup Final, beating Everton Deaf 2-1 at Wrexham football club at the weekend. Doncaster took an early lead thanks to Sinclair, this was quickly followed by set piece taken from the training ground a disguised shot from Wood outfoxing the Everton defence allowing Denmead to slot home for 2-0.

Doncaster went in with a 2-0 lead at half time. The second half saw Doncaster take control of the game keeping possession and applying the pressure without any reward. 10 minutes from time Everton capitalised on some poor defending and slotted home making it 2-1.

Everton where awarded a dubious penalty on the stroke of half time. Kitchen saved from the spot low to his right. Doncaster put the ball in the back of the net again but had this ruled out for offside. Doncaster saw out the game and were comfortable winners.

The team is made up of current and of previous learners all of whom are deaf or hearing impaired. To get to the final the team beat Barnet, Birmingham, Leeds, Arsenal and Charlton before beating Fulham 2-0 in the semi final.

The College team has now won the competition 4 times in the last 5 years. Brian Green a support worker at the College and key player said ‘to be the best deaf football team in England is a wonderful achievement’.

The team also compete against there hearing counterparts in the Doncaster Premier Senior League, where they finished a respectful 8th place and made it to the semi final of the premier league cup. All in all another very successful season for College team.

Posted: Thu 04-Jun-2009 2:47PM