A girls' under-14 football team have become champions of their division in a boys' grassroots league.
Concord Rangers Girls U14 have achieved scorelines such as 13-0 while playing in only their second ever season against the boys in the Southend Junior League.
The Canvey Island team have won division D in the under-13s league – playing boys' teams a year younger.
A 1-0 win over FC Redwing on Sunday means they end the season unbeaten.
After the match, team captain Jasmine said: "It went well, we won 1-0."
Her mum Nikki said: "They used to play girls and then they moved over to a boys' league and they've played boys their own age and boys a year younger.
"It is good to see the determination in the girls altogether; I think that is the big thing – they have developed more as a team together being in a boys' league.
"There weren't that many girls' teams, when we were in the girls' league, that were competitive…. so the manager decided, to develop them and to make sure everything was a bit more competitive, we would switch to the boys' [league]."
She said Concord Rangers Girls had been invited to the Aces Nationals tournament in Nottingham in June, where they would spend two days competing against teams from across the country.
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