A DARLINGTON school struck gold in a football competition.

Dodmire Junior School team beat off all other competition in the Football in the Community tournament but then narrowly lost 2-1 to the Leeds Academy in the semi-finals.

Their skills caught the eye of Kevin Stonehouse, from the competition organisers. He was so impressed he bought the team a gold trophy.

The full team was: Jamie Liddle, Ashley Whiteway-Wilkinson, Nathan Wilson, Owen Raper, Nicky Watson, Ayden Carnick, Kieran Aldus and Dale McPherson.