Is it just me, or does anyone else think there's something not quite right about an under-10s girls team being affiliated to a Premier League club and winning 16-1?
I would never allow a school game to finish like that. In the past when the result is beyond doubt, I've made substitutions, made my star striker play at centre-back, allowed the opposition to play 8 v 7 and, when refereeing, blown up early. Anything to avoid one set of children - and regardless of the kit they happen to be sporting, that's what they are - being humiliated and possibly putting them off taking part in sport in general, and football in particular, for life.
Not true. I have a lad who plays for Aston Villa Under 9s and still plays for me. Plus the girl who plays for the U-10s.
I think you might be talking at cross purposes here. I have had children - boys and girls - play for academy sides and they and their parents have been told in no uncertain terms that the only other team they can play for is their school.