MANNINGTREE youngsters have been showing off their football skills on the big stage of Colchester United’s Weston Homes Community Stadium.

Pupils from across Tendring and Colchester have been doing battle in a series of North-East Essex School Sport Association finals.

Manningtree High School were involved in a dramatic year 11 final before eventually being pipped 3-2 by Tiptree’s Thurstable School.