The year seven football team from Laurence Jackson Sports College in Guisborough narrowly missed out on international glory last weekend.
The team beat off 42 other schools in the Northern final of the Fox Kids six-a-side competition in February at Gateshead and travelled to Manchester for the UK final last Sunday.
Competing against the other nine regional winners the team won through their group in second place.
In the semi-finals they faced Great Barr School from Birmingham, but lost 4-1. Great Barr went on to win the competition and will represent the UK in the Fox Kids World finals in Amsterdam in June.
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