ST JAMES' CE Primary School's football team has been celebrating after retaining the Small Schools Football Trophy.

The West Malvern team defended last year's title against 12 other teams from the Malvern area, beating Leigh & Bransford 1 - 0 in the final.

Man of the match was Callum Campbell, who was also the goalscorer.

But teacher and coach Martin Speakman said all the boys deserved congratulating.

"They played superbly," he said.

"We didn't concede a goal, so we're very pleased."

The competition has been around since 1976 and pits smaller local teams against each other.

Mr Speakman said it was a very useful competition, as smaller schools could not compete with the larger ones that had so many more players to choose from.