Girls FC
12 total works
Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.
The twelfth book in the series comes round full circle as Megan Fawcett, whose brilliant idea it was to set up the team in the first place, takes up the story again.
Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.
In book 11, Amy's story, there is excitement as the girls plan an end of season party. Amy is delighted – finally something she is good at! She may not be a natural footballer but she was born to organize parties.
Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship.
Being the daughter of someone famous isn't easy, and as the kid of an ex-Premiership footballer, Gemma Hurst has had more than her fair share of the media spotlight. She worries constantly about inevitable fuss if he is recognized and so she tries to keep his identity a secret: she won't let him come to any of her football matches and he has never met her team-mates. But when Gemma's best friend Eve urgently needs a lift home after training one day, she is forced to overcome her fears and tell Eve the truth. Gemma can trust Eve of all people – can't she?
It’s almost the end of the first season and Holly Woolcock’s team are holding a special presentation evening to celebrate. Who will win the prizes, especially the coveted Player’s Player of the Season Award? Holly knows one thing – it won’t be her. Nobody’s going to choose the chubby girl, are they? But Holly doesn’t care what people think and she’ll eat what she wants. She's happy with how she looks … isn't she?
Nika Kozak is playing in a special tournament to celebrate the World Cup, and each team is to be given a country to represent. Nika is delighted when her team is selected as the Ukraine, the country where she was born and brought up. The rest of the team are all disappointed, though – they wanted to be England. Nika feels upset, until Uncle Bohdan tells her about a match in Kiev during the Second World War. As Nika listens, she becomes more and more proud of her country and is determined to rally her side.
Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship
In book 10, Eve's story, ten-year-old Eve Akboh is devastated when her friend Gemma drops out of the team. Playing isn't nearly as much fun without her. Plus, Eve’s widowed mum is run ragged trying to get her and her two brothers to and from fixtures every weekend. Maybe Eve should quit too – unless there's a way to persuade Gemma to come back...
Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship.
Ten-year-old Jenny-Jane Bayliss is fed up of everyone getting at her. If it’s not her horrible family, it’s her teacher or her football coach. All she wants to do is play football – why can’t they all just leave her alone?
Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship
With loads of girls wanting to join the team, nine-year-old Tabinda Shah is worried about losing her place, especially as she’s afraid of heading the ball. Her dad doesn’t help the situation by having a go at the coach: as team sponsor he believes his daughter should get special treatment. Can Tabinda overcome her fear and prove that she doesn’t need her dad’s help?
Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship
Twins Daisy and Dylan love playing football, but try as they might, they are always late for matches. Living in a converted windmill with a scatty mum, a disorganized dad, ballet-mad twin brothers and countless pets doesn't help. Unfortunately the twins’ laid-back attitude annoys some of their team-mates. Luckily their Scottish granny is on hand with some tactics of her own to get the twins to arrive on time!
Nine-year-old Megan Fawcett loves football and is desperate to be on her school team. She tries everything to get the coach to notice her, even wearing a tiara! But nothing works… Then she has a brainwave – she’ll set up her own team. An all-girls team! Now all she needs is a pitch, a coach … and ten other players.
It’s her team’s first football tournament and Petra Ward can’t wait to play. But her mum has some bad news: the match falls on the same weekend as her older sister Charlotte’s important riding event. As usual, Charlotte (and the ponies) come first. Petra’s compensation is a sleepover at her best friend Megan’s house, but even that doesn’t run smoothly as Megan invites team-mate Jenny-Jane along too. Petra wonders if anyone will ever put her first.
The under eleven girls’ league is well underway and Lucy Skidmore is her team’s best defender. Bright, sporty and happy-go-lucky, her parents’ divorce doesn’t seem to have affected her at all. The same is not true of her older brother, Harry. He is so badly behaved! Lucy overcompensates by trying to please both parents all the time. But with a dad living miles away, a mum stressed out and a sulky brother to contend with, Lucy is feeling the pressure.