Speaking at the event, Wigan Athletic Community Trust’s Primary Schools Manager Greg Hardman said:

“The pitch we’re on today is being called the Ella Toone pitch. They (Orrell Newfold) have met Ella Toone and had some photos and autographs. It’s just been a really nice day.

“Orrell Newfold have been absolutely brilliant. The enthusiasm that you see here today, they just love to play. They’ve got a really good team connection, really good characters, really good personalities.

“We’re just so proud to have them representing Wigan Athletic at the final in a few weeks at Leeds United.”

His thoughts were echoed by Orrell Newfold’s PE Lead Miss Hart, who added:

“The girls are just so excited, firstly, to meet Ella Toone. It was a complete surprise for them to see her today and they were absolutely ecstatic to finally meet her.

“The way they’ve represented us as school, come together as a team, supported each other throughout has been fantastic. We can’t really ask much more of them.

“The message going forward is to just go out and enjoy it. Confidence has been a huge thing, certainly for a few of our players, now every one of them has put everything into these games and it’s taken a whole team effort to get to where we are.”

Having been drawn in group B, Latics will face Watford, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton and Plymouth Argyle in the group stages of the tournament. You can see the full tournament break down below.

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