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Barking Abbey Girls Football Academy Season Review
04 Jun 2026

Barking Abbey Girls' Football Academy enjoyed a historic season, finishing as unbeaten league champions and securing the National Football Youth League South Women’s Premier 1 title. The girls played 22 league matches, winning an impressive 20 and finishing the campaign unbeaten. Along the way, they scored an outstanding 85 goals while conceding just 18. The team came within the finest of margins of adding further silverware, suffering their only defeat of the season across all competitions in the National Football Youth League Cup Final.
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U19 Jeff Saxton Essex Schools & Colleges Cup
01 Jun 2026

Barking Abbey Boys Football Academy added another trophy to their growing collection after being crowned winners of the U19 Jeff Saxton Essex Schools & Colleges Cup. Abbey progressed through the competition in impressive fashion, receiving a walkover in the opening round against Beauchamps School before securing a convincing 3-0 victory over Chelmsford College. A dominant 8-0 win against FitzWimarc in the semi-final then booked their place in the final. The showpiece event, hosted at Dagenham & Redbridge Stadium, saw Barking Abbey face a physical Sigma College side.
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Barking Abbey Girls Secure Fantastic Scholarship Opportunities
13 Mar 2026

We are proud to announce that the following Football Academy girls have earned scholarships through their hard work and dedication. Upon graduation, they will continue their student-athlete journey in America.
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Barking Abbey Girls Football Academy Stay Unbeaten
05 Mar 2026

Barking Abbey Girls Football Academy march on unbeaten in their U21 National Football Youth South Premier Division League campaign. Following an 11-0 win against Norwich in early March, BA have won 12 and drawn just 1 of their 13 league games this season. BA have been extremely prolific in front of goal this season scoring an amazing 64 goals so far in the league, averaging almost 5 a game. BA also have a Premier Women’s Cup semi-final to look forward to, as they look to complete a prestigious double.
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Double Triumph at the Disney Showcase for Barking Abbey Football Academy
02 Mar 2026

Barking Abbey Football Academy celebrated an unforgettable achievement at the prestigious Disney Showcase, as both the Boys and Girls teams were crowned U19 tournament champions in a remarkable display of talent, determination, and teamwork. The Boys team delivered a composed and resilient performance in the final, securing a hard-fought 2–1 victory over Atlantic City FC. Goals from Luca and Andrei proved decisive, with both players stepping up on the big stage to ensure Barking Abbey lifted the trophy. The team showed exceptional discipline, work ethic, and unity throughout the tournament, culminating in a well-earned championship win.
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Barking Abbey Football Academy Florida, USA - Tour 2026
01 Mar 2026

In February half term, our student-athletes embarked on an exciting two-week tour of Florida, combining elite competition, university engagement, and international scholarship exploration as part of our Alan Turing Funding Initiative. This unique programme was carefully designed to provide genuine exposure to American college athletics while opening academic and career pathways for our students from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. University Visits & Scholarship Pathways During the tour, we visited six leading colleges and universities across Florida, including Florida Southern College, Eckerd College (NCAA DIV 2) Southeastern University, Webber International University (NAIA) Eastern Florida Junior college and Polk State Junior college (NJCAA Div 1) Each visit included: Engagement with athletic departments and coaching staff Tours of elite training and performance facilities Scholarship pathways and eligibility routes Discussions around internship and work placement opportunities Explore potential internship and work placement opportunities Our students gained first-hand insight into the US collegiate system, experiencing world-class campuses and athletic environments while building relationships that could shape their academic and sporting futures. The Alan Turing initiative continues to support every ambitious student seeking international scholarships, global study opportunities, and long-term career development.
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Girls Treble Success
03 Jun 2025

Barking Abbey Girl's Football Academy completed a hugely successful season which has seen the team win an amazing treble! After 10 months and a massive 44 games played, the girls hard work and determination was rewarded in the last 3 games of the season. First was a huge game against Peterborough who Abbey knew they had to beat to secure the National Football Youth League South Premier Women title, Abbey had to do it the hard way and went a goal behind after a 40-yard strike hit the back of the net. Abbey’s belief never faltered though, and an outstanding 2nd half saw the girls score 4 goals, including a 30-yard volley from Nell Doe and header from Ronnie Richards to win 4-1 and complete the 1st part of their treble.
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Barking Abbey Girls Football Academy continue to push for incredible treble
02 Apr 2025

The Barking Abbey Girls Academy have been demonstrating their strength as a squad as they continue to be tested by competing in two National cup competitions alongside competing in the National Youth League. The squad were truly put to test recently where the squad had the unfortunate event of both of their National cup Semi-finals from different leagues finals had to be played on the same Wednesday. This meant that our 26-player squad had to be split in half with 13 players only travelling to York College and the other 13 had to travel to Chatham Town. Our York College semi-final squad travelled over 5 hours and prepared well by staying overnight in a hotel, their excellent preparation was critical in their brilliant performance as they took an early lead through a Megan Gerrish header.
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Alan Turing Funding Florida Tour
24 Mar 2025

Barking Abbey Football Academy are delighted to report that we secured Alan Turing funding for a second year in a row. The Alan Turing funding is aimed at inclusion for all. This funding made it affordable, so that all our Football & Basketball Academy students were able to experience workplace opportunities and scholarship placements from outside of the UK. As part of the initiative Barking Abbey Football Academy have also continued their international football partnership with Keiser University who are based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Barking Abbey Girls Football Academy on course for quadruple in 2025
20 Jan 2025

BA Women’s Football Academy had a great 1st half of the season and are currently top of the National Football Youth League having won 8 of their 10 games so far. The girls have also progressed through the group stage and into the last 16 of the ESFA Super Cup and into the latter rounds of the NFYL Trophy and ECFA National Cup. We have also had some great individual success with 9 of our Year 13 students agreeing US College scholarships, as well as Bessie Simpson earning a place in the (ECFA) England Colleges representative side this season. The girls are gearing up for a big 2nd half of the season with plenty of big performances needed to finish the season with silverware.
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