Beautiful Virgin Islands

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

Chalwell, Forbes Making Their Mark In England's Youth Cup

Chalwell, Forbes Making Their Mark In England's Youth Cup

Former BVIFA / BDO School League players, Luca Chalwell and Jake Forbes are not only pushing for regular spots in the Men’s National Team but are also keeping interest in England’s FA Youth Cup alive for the club Poole Town FC.
Poole kicked off their FA Youth Cup, England’s most prestigious Youth tournament, campaign away at Bermerton Heath Harlequins, last week, with a comfortable 3-0 win.

According to the BVI Football Association, there was a healthy crowd at Moon Park for this Preliminary Round tie, as the Dolphins named a strong squad that included Will Butler in goal and Luka Challwell in midfield, both players who have full senior caps for the British Virgin Islands, and Jake Forbes.

Chalwell thought he must have opened the scores when he cleanly volleyed from a corner, and whilst the Bemerton keeper was nowhere near it, a cleverly deployed striker on the line managed to deflect it onto the post.

The British Virgin Islands international would open the scores minutes later though rounding off a lovely passing move that included all of Dolphins’ attackers.

Picking up a loose ball, Chalwell scooped it across to Stephenson, who quickly switched the play to Coleman and all Coleman had to do was tee up Chalwell, who calmly slotted home the opener.

Again, Chalwell showed his quality on 16 minutes, punishing a poor goal-kick.

Receiving the ball just past the halfway line, Chalwell went on a slaloming run that ended with the midfielder placing the ball into the bottom corner.

Referee, Lucas Bomela awarded Poole a penalty, which gave Chalwell an opportunity to notch his hat-trick, but he miscued his spot-kick, firing it into the trees behind the goal.

Poole would get their third from another set-piece – this time a free-kick on the edge of the area, a goal that seemed to fire the hosts into life as shortly after conceding the third a long-range effort sailed into the hands of Butler, launching a spree of Bemerton chances.

Butler was called into action to tip another pot-shot from range, and then did well to save from close range at the resultant corner.
The second half started off evenly contested, with both sides maintaining their levels of intensity and Bemerton were gifted a way back into the game from a set-piece on fifty minutes.

Substitute Forbes quickly restored Poole’s three goal cushion, rushing through the open Bemerton defense to place the ball home on the hour mark.
From then on it was all Poole, with

Chalwell again given the chance for a hat-trick from the spot which he duly converted despite the goalkeeper getting a glove on it.

In the next round Forbes was again on the scoresheet as Poole Town beat Dorchester 2-1 to progress to the second round of qualifying and a tie away to Gosport Borough
Newsletter

Related Articles

Beautiful Virgin Islands
0:00
0:00
Close
UK and Vietnam Sign Landmark Migration Deal to Fast-Track Returns of Irregular Arrivals
UK Drug-Pricing Overhaul Essential for Life-Sciences Ambition, Says GSK Chief
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie Temporarily Leave the UK Amid Their Parents’ Royal Fallout
UK Weighs Early End to Oil and Gas Windfall Tax as Reeves Seeks Investment Commitments
UK Retail Inflation Slows as Shop Prices Fall for First Time Since Spring
Next Raises Full-Year Profit Guidance After Strong Third-Quarter Performance
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson Admits to 'Gaming' Benefits System While Advocating Crackdown
United States and South Korea Conclude Major Trade Accord Worth $350 Billion
Hurricane Melissa Strikes Cuba After Devastating Jamaica With Record Winds
Vice President Vance to Headline Turning Point USA Campus Event at Ole Miss
U.S. Targets Maritime Narco-Routes While Border Pressure to Mexico Remains Limited
Bill Gates at 70: “I Have a Real Fear of Artificial Intelligence – and Also Regret”
Elon Musk Unveils Grokipedia: An AI-Driven Alternative to Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia Unveils Vision for First-Ever "Sky Stadium" Suspended Over Desert Floor
Amazon Announces 14 000 Corporate Job Cuts as AI Investment Accelerates
UK Shop Prices Fall for First Time Since March, Food Leads the Decline
London Stock Exchange Group ADR (LNSTY) Earns Zacks Rank #1 Upgrade on Rising Earnings Outlook
Soap legend Tony Adams, long-time star of Crossroads, dies at 84
Rachel Reeves Signals Tax Increases Ahead of November Budget Amid £20-50 Billion Fiscal Gap
NatWest Past Gains of 314% Spotlight Opportunity — But Some Key Risks Remain
UK Launches ‘Golden Age’ of Nuclear with £38 Billion Sizewell C Approval
UK Announces £1.08 Billion Budget for Offshore Wind Auction to Boost 2030 Capacity
UK Seeks Steel Alliance with EU and US to Counter China’s Over-Capacity
UK Struggles to Balance China as Both Strategic Threat and Valued Trading Partner
Argentina’s Markets Surge as Milei’s Party Secures Major Win
British Journalist Sami Hamdi Detained by U.S. Authorities After Visa Revocation Amid Israel-Gaza Commentary
King Charles Unveils UK’s First LGBT+ Armed Forces Memorial at National Memorial Arboretum
At ninety-two and re-elected: Paul Biya secures eighth term in Cameroon amid unrest
Racist Incidents Against UK Nurses Surge by 55%
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves Cites Shared Concerns With Trump Administration as Foundation for Early US-UK Trade Deal
Essentra plc: A Closer Look at a UK ‘Penny Stock’ Opportunity Amid Market Weakness
U.S. and China Near Deal to Avert Rare-Earth Export Controls Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
Justin time: Justin Herbert Shields Madison Beer with Impressive Reflex at Lakers Game
Russia’s President Putin Declares Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile Ready for Deployment
Giuffre’s Memoir Alleges Maxwell Claimed Sexual Act with Clooney
House Republicans Move to Strip NYC Mayoral Front-Runner Zohran Mamdani of U.S. Citizenship
Record-High Spoiled Ballots Signal Voter Discontent in Ireland’s 2025 Presidential Election
Philippines’ Taal Volcano Erupts Overnight with 2.4 km Ash Plume
Albania’s Virtual AI 'Minister' Diella Set to 'Birth' Eighty-Three Digital Assistants for MPs
Tesla Unveils Vision for Optimus V3 as ‘Biggest Product of All Time’, Including Surgical Capabilities
Francis Ford Coppola Auctions Luxury Watches After Self-Financed Film Flop
Convicted Sex Offender Mistakenly Freed by UK Prison Service Arrested in London
United States and China Begin Constructive Trade Negotiations Ahead of Trump–Xi Summit
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro over Drug-Trafficking Allegations
Miss USA Crowns Nebraska’s Audrey Eckert Amid Leadership Overhaul
‘I Am Not Done’: Kamala Harris Signals Possible 2028 White House Run
NBA Faces Integrity Crisis After Mass Arrests in Gambling Scandal
Swift Heist at the Louvre Sees Eight French Crown Jewels Stolen in Under Seven Minutes
U.S. Halts Trade Talks with Canada After Ontario Ad Using Reagan Voice Triggers Diplomatic Fallout
Microsoft AI CEO: ‘We’re making an AI that you can trust your kids to use’ — but can Microsoft rebuild its own trust before fixing the industry’s?
×