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31Mar/22

Match Report – U13 Jaguars vs AFC Reading Red Arrows – 26th March

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Match Report – U13 Jaguars vs AFC Reading Red Arrows – 26th March

Maidenhead Boys & Girls U13’s Jaguars roared to victory at home versus AFC Reading Red Arrows, with an incredible all-round performance from the team.

The Jaguars took control of the game early on, with two quick fire goals from forward Andrew Lee providing the perfect start. Maidenhead continued to dominate the first half, with Harrison Gilmour adding two more goals before the break. Jaguars continued to threaten throughout the second half, with further goals added from David Yakubovich, Oliver Unger and one more from Harrison to complete his hattrick, and ultimately securing a magnificent 7-0 victory for the home side.

Speaking after the match captain Krish Patel acclaimed the team performance, stating “I was really happy with our performance today. It was definitely our best game of the season. Everyone played very well, and we scored amazing goals and I was really happy we kept a clean sheet”.

Harry Brown was celebrated as player of the game for a high effort performance in the wing back position, working incredibly hard in defence and attack and carrying out coach Motti’s game plan perfectly.

31Mar/22

Match Report – U15 Vipers vs Winnersh Rangers Avengers – 26th March

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Match Report – U15 Vipers vs Winnersh Rangers Avengers – 26th March

U15 Vipers EBFA Div 8 of 8 – Lost 1-3 away to Winnersh Rangers Avengers – played with 7 Maidenhead players v 10. David Carrillo Chavarria scored.

For this game Maidenhead were down to 7 players out of a squad of 10 and 7 is the minimum number of players to go ahead with an 11aside game in EBFA. Ordinarily we would have conceded the game under these circumstances but the Vipers played this team 2 weeks earlier with 9 players v 11 and won 4-1. We arranged with the opposition the night before that if he had 11 players he would play 10 against us and if he had 10 players he would play 9 against us. Unluckily for us he had 11 so it was 7 v 10.

The team was Thomas Crane in goal, David Carrillo Chavarria left back, Dayo Akinjobi central defender, Cameron Tahir-Khaliq right back with Lucas Pieltain on the left, Slavko Bozhinov on the right and Sebi Lievano in the middle/up front.

Kick off 12.32. Tom save. Tom to Sebi who went on run and shot. Sebi corner from left which nearly went in. Dayo won ball and played it to Sebi. Dayo good defending and backheel in box to David who played the ball forward. Their shot went just over the crossbar. Tom goal kick up towards David. Conceded 0-1 12.39. Lucas to Dayo to David to Lucas nice passing move. David played ball over their defence. Dayo to Tom to David. David cleared by corner flag for a throw. Tom down on one knee to make save. David cleared for throw. Lucas ball forward. Slavko pass to Sebi. Cameron good defending. Tom save. Sebi throw to David. Cameron ball forward. David run on left. 12.49 David corner from left. David shot and then scored from rebound 1-1 to equalize.

Dayo to Lucas. Lucas lovely chip from right that so nearly went in. Tom collected ball and big kick forward. David cleared for throw. Lucas skipped challenge and pass to Dayo as both running out from defence. Dayo chipped ball over opposition player to Lucas. Dayo good defending with 2 players on him. Tom save on one knee again. David shot. Dayo throw on right. Dayo won ball and went on run down line on right. Slavko well played. David nice ball to Lucas on left wing in their half. Sebi throw on left in their half. Dayo to David. Tom save after the ball spun up and out of his hand from shot. Slavko cleared for throw. David good defending and cleared. Dayo cleared. Slavko ball forward. Tom save. Tom came out to edge of box to clear. Sebi throw for Dayo. Lucas good cover in defence. Half time 1-1.

2nd half. 13.13. David great run from half way. Sebi throw to David. David run to box from left. Dayo good defending. Dayo cleared forward. David ball forward. Dayo to Tom who played the ball forward. Dayo great defending and ball to Lucas. Tom cleared under pressure. Cameron good defending. Their corner. Lucas ball forward for David run. Sebi good pressure. Sebi throw. Their shot went wide. 13.26 Sebi went into goal so Tom could play on pitch. Dayo great ball to wing but Lucas couldn’t keep it on. Sebi collected ball and big kick. Dayo cleared forward over his shoulder. Sebi save from header. Tom’s shot went just over bar. David interception. Dayo throw to Tom, Dayo run but ball went out. Sebi down on one knee to save. Slavko volley to wing. Conceded 1-2 13.34.

Cameron throw to Tom. Tom great run at goal and shot. They scored but rulled out for handball in lead up. Sebi took free kick. Our free kick in their half for another handball which David took. Spectacular save by their goalie to tip our shot over, unluckily for us. Tom’s corner didn’t go on the pitch. Sebi took our free kick. Sebi diving save. 13.47 Conceded 1-3 when their player kicked ball from beween Sebi’s hands, injuring Sebi’s hand in the process. Sebi cleared.

I chose Man of the Match to be Dayo Akinjobi for the 2nd week running from the 2 games I have attended as he is absolutely brilliant in defence. I was very proud though of all the players for turning up to this game and playing their hearts out when so severely outnumbered and it turned out to be a hot day too which really worked against us. We had some very good chances to score and were unlucky that their last goal in particular was allowed. Well done to our Magnificent Seven for drawing the first half.

31Mar/22

Match Report – U14 Panthers vs Woodley United Mohawks – 26th March

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Match Report – U14 Panthers vs Woodley United Mohawks – 26th March

U14 Panthers EBFA Div 5 of 8 – Won 6-3 away to Woodley United Mohawks

Report from Manager Roland McGill:

A well deserved 6-3 win against a decent Woodley side. A solid debut from Harvey Goldsworthy in central midfield and two debut goals from Ollie Webb – both from outside the box. Well done both. Other scorers were Rowan Sellman, Harry James and two from Senna Anagho. Assists from Harry James, Harvey Goldsworthy and Harry McGill (sorry if I missed anyone off).

Second half performance was particularly pleasing with lots of good football played. We kept the ball on the ground against the wind and created a hatful of chances. Heads didn’t go down even when Woodley got back to 3-3 against the run of play.

Lots of good performances out there but man of the match was Alex Antonas who had his best game for us at right back. Thanks to Harry Willett and Eesa Sharif for stepping up and playing in goal. Well done boys.

15Mar/22

Match Report – U13 Jaguars and U13 Dragons – 12th March

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Match Report – U13 Jaguars and U13 Dragons – 12th March

A great weekend for the U13’s boys teams with both Dragons and Jaguars securing excellent home wins at Altwood.

U13’s Dragons faced Darby Green and Potley Youth at home. It was a quiet start to the game until a good passage of play created an opportunity for Gabe Nicholson to curl home the opener from the left wing. An injury to one of our defenders meant Darby Green responded with two well worked goals and led 2-1 at half time, and continued to apply pressure after the break. The Dragons switched from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2 to limit Darby’s midfield control, which swung the momentum back to the Dragons, who now launched multiple attacks. With three more goals from Gabe Nicholson and an excellent header by Malachai Randolph from a perfect Stanley Wilcockson corner.

A few words from man of the match Brett, who responded well and kept our deference strong following the early substitution of Jay Harvey.

“We started the game off strong with a few early chances our first goal come from a beautiful pass from Noah into Gab who smartly knew the keeper was off his line. Gabe chipped the keeper to make it 1-0 to the dragons.
From this we got a bit carried away and let the opposition get more possession of the ball and before we knew it we were 2-1 down with the half time approaching.
With a brilliant team talk at half time from our coaches we all got pumped up and realised we were still in this game we just had to put a few things right and to dig deep and give 100% which is exactly what the dragons did!!!”

Final score 5-2 to the dragons, who maintain their 100% record!

The wins continued as the 13’s Jaguars took to the field against Caversham AFC Dragons. The match started well with early pressure from Maidenhead, but the visitors scored first with a well worked goal. Jaguars responded immediately thanks to a brilliant passing move started in midfield by David Yakubovich and finished neatly by Harrison Gilmour.

The match was competitive throughout, but Jaguars continued to apply pressure through fast attacking play, and a robust defence limiting Caversham’s shooting opportunities.

Jaguars went on to secure a 4-1 home victory, Harrison netting twice, a well-deserved goal from man of the match Andrew Lee, and a coolly finished fourth from Dexter Mitchell in the final moments.

10Feb/22

Match Report – U16 Colts vs Camberley Town Youth Rangers – 5th February

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Match Report – U16 Colts vs Camberley Town Youth Rangers – 5th February

U16 Colts EBFA Div 6 of 6 – Won 2-1 away to Camberley Town Youth Rangers

We won 6-0 in our home fixture against Camberley but were in for a much tighter game away.

We had 15 of our 16 man squad present with only Lucas Taylor unavailable. Team was therefore Freddie Nash in goal, Jack Clews left back, Spencer Rigg-Hersom and Noah Sturrock central defence with Thomas Watson right back. Ben Thompson left wing, Declan Pinto right wing with Owen Smyth, Jake Stanley and Hisham Nadeem central midfield and Rhyce O’Connor up front. Starting subs Charlie Townsend, Josh Ewers, Kai Enser and Tejas Chahal.

Kick off 10.36am. Thomas nice touch. Owen to Thomas. Jake played back to Owen who played the ball forward. Declan to Thomas to Owen. Jake superb ball up to Declan who took it down well. Thomas throw to Declan. Jake great ball over their defence for Ben. Hisham to Ben. Jack backheeled the ball forward. Jack throw at half way. Owen shielded ball off at speed. Jake to Freddie in crowded box to clear forward. Freddie diving save. Hisham hooked the ball forward. Freddie save with his feet. Jake ball forward to Ben who took it down well. Jack won ball in defence and played it to Ben. Owen great interception at full stretch. Noah played to Declan. Freddie got kneed in the neck in a tackle and was down for a while but recovered to continue. Freddie to Thomas. Owen corner to Ben. 10.58 Subs: Tejas on for Hisham, Josh on for Rhyce. Their shot went wide. Lovely move from Maidenhead playing the ball out from defence.

11.02 Ben went on run on left. Sub: Kai on for Declan who was injured. Noah won ball. Kai ball into box with Josh running in. 11.05 conceded 0-1. Tejas to Josh to Jack who played the ball forward. Tejas powerful ball forward. Josh to Kai up front. Tejas header forward but it went off. Noah to Owen to Jake. Jack good marking/defending. Kai good battling. Thomas good tackle. 11.10 Sub: Ben off, Charlie on. 11.12. Sub: Kai off with injured ankle, Hisham on. Jack cleared for their corner. Noah to Thomas to Hisham. Thomas played the ball off their player for our goal kick. Josh great skill but got injured in the process. Sub: Josh off, Declan on. Freddie save. Hisham great run dodging tackles and played ball into box for Declan. Jake run. Half time.

2nd half. Freddie in goal, Jack left back, Spencer and Noah central defence, Thomas right back, Declan left wing, Ben right wing with Owen, Jake and Tejas in central midfield with Hisham up front. Subs: Josh, Charlie, Kai and Rhyce.

2nd half 11.24. Declan great run and shot but goalie managed to save it sitting down. Jack to Declan, Declan header. Jack ball forward. Owen to Thomas. Ben throw. Ben hassle and Tejas ball forward, Ben run. Noah great tackle. 11.31 Sub: Hisham off, Rhyce on up front. Rhyce battling in the box and shot. Tejas to Jake who shot. 11.37 Sub: Kai on, Tejas off. 11.39 Owen scored to equalize 1-1. Goalmouth scramble. Kai good work and pass. Ben good hassle. 11.43 Sub: Thomas off, Hisham on at full back. Owen ball forward. Owen corner. Hisham to Ben. 11.46 Sub: Ben off, Charlie on. Rhyce shot. Spencer ball forward.

Sub: Josh on, Rhyce off. Our free kick which Owen took. Owen to Kai. Jack good defensive battling at full back. Freddie acrobatic save from their corner. Their corner again. 11.57 Kai scored to put us in front 2-1. Sub: Ben on, Declan off. Spencer spectacular headed clearance from their shot that was on target. Hisham to Charlie. Ben run and cross. Josh good pressure up front. Owen tackle. Noah cleared. Ben good hassle.

Boys voted Spencer Rigg-Hersom Man of the Match.

It was good to get the win, especially from a losing position, to maintain our 5th place in the table but we really should have done it more convincingly. However, it was only our 2nd match since 18Dec so boys not as match fit as they had been prior to Christmas.

10Feb/22

Match Report – U14 Panthers vs AFC Whitchurch – 5th February

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Match Report – U14 Panthers vs AFC Whitchurch – 5th February

U14 Panthers EBFA Div 5 of 8 – Drew 2-2 away to AFC Whitchurch

Match Report from Manager Roland McGill:

2-2 today. A great 2nd half fightback from 2-0 down. Goals from Rowan Sellman and Harry McGill, assists from Senna Anagho and Harry James respectively. Ollie Myall was solid in defence but when Harry McGill pushed up, Ollie didn’t put a foot wrong and superbly controlled the back line – a well earned man of the match. Well done Ollie.

Really positive from today boys. Great to see that comeback and we sooo nearly sneaked it. I’m still having visions of Harry Willett’s shot dipping in – so close. Next time Harry.

06Feb/22

Match Report – U14 Panthers vs Hearts of Teddlothian Falcons – 29th January

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Match Report – U14 Panthers vs Hearts of Teddlothian Falcons – 29th January

U14 Panthers EBFA Div 5 of 8 – Lost 2-5 at home to Hearts of Teddlothian Falcons

Match Report from Manager Roland McGill:

We lost 5-2 in the end but we were right in the match until they scored 3 quick goals mid way through the second half. The wind made it hard on top of playing with 10 men for most of the game. We did score a couple of fine goals, Harry James (an overhead kick!!) and a cool finish from Senna Anagho. We had more chances but our keepers, Harry McGill and Rowan Sellman, made a load of really good saves to keep us in the match – hence joint man of the match to them.

06Feb/22

Match Report – U16 Colts vs Arborfield Aces – 29th January

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Match Report – U16 Colts vs Arborfield Aces – 29th January

EBFA U16 BOYS DIV 6 OF 6

ARBORFIELD ACES 2 – MAIDENHEAD COLTS 0

Fifth placed Maidenhead came up against 6th placed Arborfield in this away match.

We had 4 of the squad unavailable so only 1 sub on the day and a couple of defenders out. Team was therefore Freddie Nash in goal, Kai Enser left back, Jake Stanley and Noah Sturrock in central defence and Thomas Watson right back. Ben Thompson left wing, Declan Pinto right wing and in central midfield Charlie Townsend, Tejas Chahal and Owen Smyth with Rhyce O’Connor up front. Josh Ewers started as sub.

Kick off 11.18am. Freddie collected ball. Jake won ball. Owen to Rhyce. Ben to Rhyce. Charlie good touch to play ball to wing. Their shot went just wide. We played the ball out from the back from Noah to Thomas. They were through on goal but pulled their shot just wide. Freddie save. Jake block. Noah huge clearance. Thomas throw at half way to Owen. They were ruled offside. Noah free kick to Owen. Kai won ball and went on run on left. Freddie save. Charlie’s shot was blocked. Kai to Ben. Noah great tackle which was praised as such by the opposition. Their shot went wide. Noah to Owen. Thomas header forward. Jake headed clearance.

Charlie good work. Stop in play while opposition sourced a replacement match ball. 11.32am Thomas throw to Tejas. Jake to Tejas to Owen. Freddie to Kai. Kai challenge at half way, their throw. Kai throw to Tejas and again. Thomas to Noah. Freddie save. Thomas throw to Declan. Jake and Kai good defending. Ben crossfield ball to Owen. Freddie to Declan to Owen. Thomas header forward. Kai ball forward along ground. Tejas to Declan. Tejas ball forward. Declan throw up front to Charlie. Declan throw to Tejas. Declan and Tejas one-twos. Declan to Noah. Declan won ball. Kai interception. 11.38 Sub: Rhyce off, Josh on up front. Freddie save. Kai header off.

Declan run on right. Ben shot but saved easily. Freddie save under pressure. Jake won ball. Kai throw. 11.42 Kai throw again. Noah to Declan. Ben to Owen. 11.43 conceded 0-1. Tejas won ball. Noah to Thomas. Noah put out for throw. Kai defensive header. Freddie great diving save. Josh to Tejas who played the ball forward. Kai brilliant battling and won the ball. Freddie saved. Noah to Thomas. Owen to Jake. Owen won ball and played it forward. Ben header to goalie. 11.50 Sub: Charlie off, Rhyce on. Josh won their throw in defence. Thomas first time ball up to Rhyce who took a good touch.

Drop ball to us. Freddie save. Their corner. Kai brilliant defending by corner flag for our goal kick. Ben and Declan swapped wings. Josh to Ben on right. Kai to Declan on left. Kai put out for throw. Owen long ball forward from defence. Ben to Owen. Jake header from defence. Tejas great run down right. Ben to Declan who put in a cross but goalie got. Kai to Thomas. Thomas ball forward. Rhyce won ball from goalie. Conceded 0-2 although unlucky as Freddie managed to get a hand to it.

2nd half goalie Freddie was sub as injured shoulder in warm-up but managed to get through to half time. Team therefore was Josh in goal, Charlie left back, Thomas and Noah central defence and Kai right back. Ben left wing, Declan right wing and central midfield Jake, Tejas and Owen with Rhyce up front.

2nd half 12.07pm. Owen free kick. Jake good work, our free kick. Owen took free kick. Declan foul throw. Jake great work and ball through their defence.

Charlie took corner from left. Noah to Declan. Kai won ball and played ball forward. Josh save. Kai nipped in and won ball. Owen took free kick. Thomas great header. Josh cleared. Josh to Kai. Kai battling. Jake to Kai. Owen played ball along line to Declan. Josh saved with his feet twice. 12.18. Noah cleared for corner. Kai to Declan. Jake tackle. Charlie corner from left and 12.20 Charlie corner from left again. Kai great battling. Jake won ball. Josh came out of goal to clear danger. Noah clearance. 12.24. Freddie on up front and Rhyce off. Ben corner to Declan.

Kai great turn and ball forward through their defence to Declan. Noah to Declan. Josh collected ball. Tejas to Declan. 12.28 Owen corner from right. Ben and Charlie swapped position but we swapped them back as didn’t want to waste Ben’s attacking pace in defence when we were 0-2 down. Tejas to Declan. Josh save with his feet. Josh save to turn shot wide. Thomas ball forward.

The 0-0 in the 2nd half was more indicative of the similar levels of both teams and really we were the victims of having to play quite a few players out of position today. We had had to put good midfielders in defence and then a striker in goal.

Man of the Match was Kai Enser. Special mention to Josh Ewers though who was a reluctant goalie in 2nd half but kept a clean sheet pulling off several saves with his feet!

The result put Arborfield within 1 point of us in the table with a game in hand. Both teams have 6 wins and 5 defeats but we also have had a draw. Incidentally the top 2 teams are currently tied on 33 points and 3rd and 4th teams are tied on 30 points.

01Dec/21

Match Report – U14 Panthers vs FC Holyport – 27th November

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Match Report – U14 Panthers vs FC Holyport – 27th November

U14 Panthers EBFA Div 6 of 8 – Won 7-2 at home to FC Holyport

Match report from Manager Roland McGill:

A good 7-2 win today against Holyport. We continued our fine form from last week and I think the first half today was the best we’ve played all season. With a great first half hat-trick from Harry James, one from Rowan Sellman and Harry Willett’s first of the season (from way outside the box) we went into half-time comfortably in the lead 5-1. Holyport upped their game in the second half and quickly pulled one back but a flying header from Callum Neeson-Roberts and a sharp turn and shot from Senna Anagho rounded the game off nicely. 7-2 in the end. Defence was solid and Eesa Sharif didn’t put a foot or hand wrong in goal.

Well done boys. Man of the Match was easy today Harry James was on fire. I lost count of how many players he beat for that cracking goal.

01Dec/21

Match Report – U16 Colts vs Wokingham & Emmbrook Wolverines – 27th November

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Match Report – U16 Colts vs Wokingham & Emmbrook Wolverines – 27th November

U16 Colts EBFA Div 6 of 6 – Lost 3-5 at home to Wokingham & Emmbrook Wolverines despite going 3-0 up.

Goals from Declan Pinto, Tejas Chahal and Declan Pinto.

Team was Freddie Nash in goal, Jack Clews left back, Spencer Rigg-Hersom and Noah Sturrock central defence with Thomas Watson right back, Declan Pinto left wing, Owen Smyth right wing with Jake Stanley, Tejas Chahal and Ben Thompson centre midfield and Josh Ewers up front. Starting subs Hisham Nadeem, Rhyce O’Connor and Lucas Taylor.

Kick off 12.19pm 27Nov2021. Noah to Jake, Declan shot. Jake won ball, Ben run on right. Jake run through defence and played ball to Josh. Freddie collected ball. Tejas to Owen. Declan to Ben whose shot was saved. Spencer ball forward. Josh to Jake. Owen free kick just inside half. Noah throw on right. Noah great ball to Declan. Tejas to Thomas to Spencer who played ball forward. Noah sliding clearance. Freddie save and big kick. Freddie to Jake to Declan who scored 1-0 12.28. Ben and Owen great pressure up front. Owen corner and Tejas flicked the ball in for 2-0 12.32. Freddie diving save. Declan run into box. Jack ball forward. Declan run into box from left. Tejas laid ball back to Noah.

12.37 Sub: Spencer off feeling sick and Lucas on in defence. Freddie diving save, Thomas cleared. Sub: Hisham on for Jake. Jack handball and resulting penalty saved by Freddie. Ben flicked ball on for himself. Josh won ball in box and Tejas shot. Declan scored by nutmegging goalie 3-0 12.40. Freddie saved shot. Sub: Josh off, Rhyce on up front. Freddie save, Lucas cleared forward to wing. Owen run. We conceded another penalty 3-1. Sub: Tejas off, Jake on. Owen backheeled ball off their player for throw. Declan to Jake one-twos up front. Owen corner from left. Half time 3-1.

2nd half 13.05. Freddie in goal, Thomas left back, Jack and Noah central defence, Lucas right back, Owen left wing, Hisham right wing, Tejas, Jake and Declan central midfield with Josh up front. Subs: Ben, Spencer and Rhyce.

Hisham won ball up front. Freddie save from free kick. Maidenhead much better football going forward. Thomas interception in defence and played ball to Declan. Their shot went only just over the crossbar. Freddie throw. Jack won ball, Thomas ball forward. Freddie diving save. Their corners. Our good football going forward again. Conceded 3-2 – Freddie save onto post but they then scored. Jack fouled. Jack took free kick. Declan shot was saved. Sub: Josh off, Rhyce on. 13.25 3-3 they equalized. 13.26 Their shot went just over. 13.27 Their shot nearly went into the top corner. Tejas good battling. Rhyce to Declan. 13:30 Sub: Hisham off, Ben on (Ben’s boot had split so had had to go home to get different boots!) Thomas header. Ben to Rhyce to Declan. Jack tackle.

Thomas cleared for corner. Tejas header in defence. Thomas to Rhyce. Rhyce drive forwards. Tejas header. Jake to Owen. 13.36 conceded 3-4. Declan shot. Jack great ball to Declan whose shot went wide as he was losing his balance. Freddie save. Jake to Owen to Ben. Our corner from the right. Freddie save. Noah to Ben. Sub: Owen off, Hisham on. Noah ball forward to Declan who ran in but goalie got. Freddie diving save from their free kick on the edge of the box. Conceded 3-5. Ben good battling.

My Man of the Match was Freddie Nash for a series of good saves and for saving a penalty.

I’ve been at many games where the tide has turned but not sure I’ve ever been at a game where we have been 3-0 up and then lost 3-5. All the boys played some good stuff but we just didn’t seem to be able to string enough passes together and kept giving possession away too cheaply.