The 2008 Amsterdam Fives Final would be contested by Olympic Phil Babb and Stag & Co. Both teams had performed well to reach this stage in what was a very strong competition.

Olympic Phil Babb looked to have the edge having made less work of their route to the Final and easing to victories in the Quarters and Semis. Don't write off Stag & Co though who came into the final on the back of four successive victories.

The game started with Olympic Phil Babb taking the game to their opposition but it was not all one-way traffic though as, defensively, they had to clear one off the line. Stag & Co also had a series of corners as they put pressure on the Olympic Phil Babb goal. At one stage there were so many successive corners it looked like the game would go into extra time before the stalemate was broken.

Eventually it was though and it was Olympic Phil Babb who drew first blood through the familiar source of Alex W oolston notching up number 11 of the tournament for him. 1-0 became 2-0 through James Cooper and Olympic Phil Babb were on their way.

Stag & Co did not get to the final by giving up though and they dug deep. Their efforts were rewarded when Graeme Routledge's 5 th goal of the tournament reduced the deficit to 2-1.

Stag & Co could not sustain the comeback though and Olympic Phil Babb kicked on to secure the Amsterdam Fives title with further goals from Martin Hink and Alex W oolston (finishing on 12 for the competition).

The final scoreline of 4-1 resulted in Olympic Phil Babb claiming the first ever Amsterdam Fives title and a deserved victory for some fine performances. They became the first team in eurofootballfives.com history to finish second in their group and go on to claim the overall title.*

The winners of the 2008 Amsterdam Fives – Olympic Phil Babb.

 

* in a 16 team, four groups of four, tournament.

 
Results

Olympic Phil Babb (Eng)

4

v

2

Stag & Co (Eng)

 
 
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