MORE than 50 schools from Bolton and Chorley entered a competition run by the Football League to find the best school team in the country.

The Football League Kids Cup is one of those competitions, the other being the Football League Girls Cup with the finals being played in the build-up to some of the biggest matches of the domestic season.

The Kids Cup comprises of a six-a-side competition for U11 school children and culminates in three finals across the Football League Play-off weekends in May.

In the 2014/15 season, the championship winners were Blackburn Rovers (Salesbury CE Primary).

The road to the final started for Bolton Wanderers in November when they organised the local finals to find there representative school.

Despite the weather the competition took place on November 5 at Power League in Bolton.

The competition was run by Bolton Wanderers Community Trust along with partners Bolton School, Bolton Wanderers Free School and the School Games Organisers from St Josephs and Thornleigh.

In the previous two years of the competition the final has been competed by Bolton School Junior Boys Division and Eagley Juniors, but that wasn’t to be this year as the two schools competed in the quarter finals with Bolton School coming away the victors for the third consecutive year.

This year’s 2015/16 final was between Bolton School Junior Boys and Horwich Parish.

Horwich Parish got off to a strong start going 1-0 ahead very early on. Bolton School pulled one back through a fantastic individual effort before Horwich Parish pushed ahead eventually coming away with a 3-1 win, and becoming this year BWFC representative in the Kids Cup national competition which will take place in Bolton on March 7.

It means the school being one competition away from the home of football, Wembley Stadium.

Tournament organiser Katie Bent said: "It’s a fantastic competition that the schools take part in.

"To have the opportunity to process to a final at Wembley is a once in a lifetime experience.

"There are thousands of professional footballs that have never got to play at Wembley, so to be in with a chance of stepping onto the hollow turf is a spectacular opportunity.

"It’s great to see so many teams taking part in the competition with a mixture of boys and girls in the teams, all competing for the opportunity of a lifetime.

"To see so many young aspiring footballers all taking part in the competition is fantastic and is testament to the work of the primary school staff to encourage the youngsters to play the game.

"It was great to have a mixture of teams from across Bolton and even a few additions from Chorley.

"The competition is getting stronger each year and includes a number of teams that we see improve each and every year."