U11/U10 Girls – Berkshire Futsal – Morning Tournament
The U11s managed to run two teams in the Berkshire Football tournament. The morning team was made up by Millie, Sophie, Anna, Charlotte, Ellie and Amelie. Thanks alot to Vinny for coaching the team and the organisers for giving the girls such a great tournament!
Laurel Park 2-0
The girls started with a great game against Laurel Park. A corner from Sophie allowed Charlotte to score the first and the second soon followed with a great run and shot from Sophie. Laurel Park almost got one back, but it was kept out with an amazing save from Amelie.
Burnham Juniors 2-0
Maidenhead soon took control with Sophie scoring from a solid cross with a helpful deflection off the goalie. Ellie soon almost added another with a brilliant shot above the goalie – unfortunately disallowed as they hadn’t retreated far enough from the earlier goal kick. An excellent run and shot from Sophie brought a second. Anna and Millie both had a great game with some great skills in defence.
Wargrave 3-0
Sophie scored in the first minute to take the pressure off and finished the game with a hat trick! Another great shot from Ellie off the cross bar – she was getting so close to a goal! Charlotte took over in goal and kept the clean sheet.
Thatcham 1-4
A much harder game with Thatcham’s strikers passing brilliantly to get three very quickly. It was more even in the second half. Charlotte got one back with a well worked kick in from Sophie, but Thatcham followed up with a fourth.
Tilehurst 5-0
After the loss to Thatcham the girls were fired up and all played amazingly with goals galore. Sophie 1, Amelie 2, Ellie 1, Charlotte 1 with great support from Milie in midefield. It wasn’t all Maidenhead though – Anna had to make some great saves in goal.
Quarters Finals – Wokingham – 1-0
A much tighter game, but constant pressure from Maidenhead forced a 1-0 win with the goal from Sophie from a chip over the defence from Charlotte.
Semi Finals – Laurel Park – 1-1 and out on penalties
Another tight game with Laurel Park putting up a strong defence and making us work at the other end. Amelie managed to get a goal from a kick in from Sophie, but then Laurel Park attacked again. Anna had to clear from the line once, but It couldn’t be kept out a second time.
On to penalties and our luck came to an end. Great effort from the girls to get that far against some really good teams
Maidenhead U13 Girls -Runners up in Berkshire Futsal
Maidenhead U13 Girls were runners up in the Berkshire County Girls Annual 5 a side Futsal Tournament on Saturday 19 Jan.
Against extremely tough opposition the Maidenhead U13 girls didn’t concede a goal throughout the entire competition (8, 8 minute matches by the end) until the last 30 seconds of the final where they went 1-0 down to winners Thatcham Town.
Maidenhead U13 Girls topped their group by beating AFC Reading, Wargrave and Laurel Park and drawing 0-0 against Tilehurst and Thatcham Town. In the pool, goals were scored by Rebecca Hesketh, Georgina Evans, Daniela Yakubovich and Emily McMaster (2).
In the Quarter and Semi Final both games ended 0-0 and Maidenhead won both on penalty shootouts with calm heads from the 3 penalty takers of Lily Gibson, Sofia Lacey and Emily McMaster.
3 girls shared the Goalkeeping duties on the day and Lily May Shepherd was a star throughout!
The tournament was played in a great spirit overall and was an interesting and different football experience.
Wow Panthers! 4-1 win away
U12 Panthers – Won 4-1 away to Darby Green and Potley Dynamos (who we previously lost 1-4 to on first game of the season when we only had 8 players)
Match Report from Manager Roland McGill:
Wow Panthers – what a performance!! A 4-1 win away at Darby Green and it could easily have been 10-1 as we were so dominant.
It took until 25mins for Callum Neeson-Roberts to break the deadlock but before that we had umpteen chances, a couple of goals ruled out for offside and a missed penalty!! 1-0 at halftime.
Thankfully Callum added a second 3mins into the 2nd half. Then goals from Billy O’Brien and Harry James made it comfortable for us at 4-0. Darby Green pulled one back from a free kick but we still made a few more chances including another couple ruled out for offside!
Was good to see the boys keep their focus and discipline. Great performances all over the park with EVERYONE contributing to the win. Big thanks to Harry Willett, Christopher Farkas and Will Howarth for taking a turn in goal. Man of the Match to Billy O’Brien for his tireless efforts and, of course, finishing when the ball came back off the post from a rocket of a Callum Neeson-Roberts shot. A very encouraging start to the New Year indeed.
Well done boys and thanks to the parents and siblings for the great support and encouragement.
Its Christmas!
Happy Christmas to all at Maidenhead Boys and Girls Football Club. Thanks for a great start to the season and here’s looking forward to 2019!
Team Santa Run
Its not just football in the Foxes. Time for a bit of festive fun as the team enter the Marlow 5k Santa Run. A great morning to start the festvie period and all were amazing. Some great times were acheived especially for those that hadn’t completed the distance before.
Tough 3-3 Draw with Laurel Park
Maidenhead U13 Girls go into the Christmas break in 3rd place in Division 1 of the Berks County Girls Football League. On Saturday 8th Dec they battled for a 3-3 draw away from home at Laurel Park.
The Girls had been 3-1 down at one point only to fight back to level with a penalty scored by Lily Gibson in the last minute. Overall it was a scrappy match on a pitch that at best could be described as muddy! Laurel Park really took the match to Maidenhead Girls scoring 2 early goals and it was only the last 20 minutes of the game when Maidenhead started to dominate and level the score.
Lily Gibson scored two goals and Dani Yakubovich scored one. Player of the match for the third week in a row was Georgina Evans! A number of the girls will have bumps and bruises from the game as it was a physical match. In spite of this the girls did their best to keep playing good football.
Last training session of the year is Friday 14th Dec and Xmas jumpers and hats are encouraged….
4-0 win over Laurel Park
Maidenhead U13 Girls bounced back from being knocked out of the Berks County League Girls Cup the previous week with a convincing 4-0 win over Laurel Park at home in wet conditions. Georgina Evans was player of the match – she has shown huge improvement in recent weeks. Sofia Lacey scored one goal, poaching a shot from Lily Gibson that had come off the post and back into play. Emily McMaster got a hattrick including a penalty.
Many of the girls and the parents celebrated the last home game before Christmas with minced pies and mulled wine at Coach Andy’s house afterwards. Last match before the Christmas break is next Saturday, 8th Dec – away at Laurel Park!
4-0 win over Laurel Park