U14 Colts who won 4-0 for their first clean sheet of the season
SAT 04JAN – EBFA DIV 7
CAMBERLEY TOWN YOUTH RANGERS 0 – MAIDENHEAD COLTS 4
For this first game back after the Christmas break, so 3 weeks after our last match on 14Dec, we had only 12 players available from our large squad. The boys hadn’t had any training sessions since Mon 09Dec.
Players: Charlie Townsend, Dayo Akinjobi, Spencer Rigg-Hersom, Noah Sturrock, Lucas Taylor, Ben Thompson, Jack Newton, Thomas Crane, Kai Enser, Christopher Farkas, Freddie Nash. Zac Murray was sub but he wasn’t feeling fit enough to play so didn’t end up making an appearance. Zac’s cousin Kaine Murray ran the team. Kaine appointed Spencer as Captain.
1st half 10.36 kick off. Ben tackle. Freddie ball forward. Thomas to Freddie. Jack N good pressure on defender and goalie and nearly won the ball. Thomas cross into box. Ben tackle. Noah challenge on their player and clearance. Goal kick. Freddie and Kai one-twos. Spencer won ball and pass to Jack N. Lucas T tackle and Noah cleared forward. Ben and Kai well battled together in midfield. Thomas took our corner from left. Spencer clearance. Jack N great pass. Kai to Jack N to Kai again. Thomas and Chris great ball skills. Their goalie had to make diving save. Noah goal kick. Kai throw from right at half way. Thomas played the ball off their player for our corner from right. Kai took corner and Noah came racing in to crash the ball home 1-0 10.47.
Thomas ball through their defence for Jack N to run on to. Kai great throw to Ben. Thomas to Chris. Ben to Jack N. Chris great battling and skills. Lucas T great ball forward. Lucas T great play. Lucas T to Kai. Dayo great challenge. Kai throws. Chris back heeled ball forward. Jack N won ball and played it to Thomas. Thomas won their goal kick and played it to Jack N. Lucas T to Chris to Kai. Ben run and ball to Freddie. Dayo interception. Thomas header from their throw. Ben ball into box. Noah throw. Noah interception and ball to Freddie. Chris to Thomas to Kai. Dayo good defending. Noah throw. Noah great tackle in box and won ball. Noah and Lucas T good defending. 11.00 Kai well played. Freddie hassle up front and won ball. Dayo good defending. Noah header. Ben nutmegged their player to pass to Kai. Thomas tackle. Ben run and ball to Freddie. Chris to Ben.
Kai won ball and played through their defence for Freddie. Kai switched ball to Jack N. Lucas T won ball and played to Ben. Lucas T good play. Noah ball forward. Thomas and Chris one-twos. Spencer to Jack N. Thomas header from their throw. Thomas well played. Jack N cross into box. Ben interception. Lucas T ball forward. Chris to Kai to Freddie great shot which drew diving save. Spencer header and Noah cleared. Thomas ball forward. Charlie big kick upfield for Freddie to run on to. Lucas T to Freddie. Dayo ball forward down the line. Dayo header to Ben. Half time 11.10am.
2nd half same positions as first. Ben run into box. Thomas great challenge. Spencer to Jack N. Noah strong in defence and cleared for throw. Kai cleared. Ben won ball and played to Chris. Spencer to Chris. Dayo to Jack N to Kai ball through defence to Freddie won went on a good run. Spencer good defending. Kai to Thomas. Ben throw in their half from right. Noah throw on right. 11.24. Thomas superb persistent battling in box and ball to Jack N who shot and ball back to Jack N who scored this time 2-0. They temporarily went down to 10 players as another player went off injured. Thomas clearance off our goal line. Ben to Freddie to Jack N. Spencer ball forward. 11.29 Kai throw to Ben. Noah throw to Ben in box. Charlie T gathered the ball. Dayo to Lucas T. Noah cleared their cross just in front of our goal post. Ben cleared for corner. Kai cleared for throw. Noah throw to Kai. Jack to Kai who played ball forward for Freddie. Ben run and shot went just over the bar. Lucas T to Noah who cleared. Charlie T collected the ball and big kick forward. 11.37 Lucas T to Freddie who shot but goalie parried for our corner from right. Ben to Kai. Kai challenge and won ball.
Spencer to Thomas. Chris to Thomas. Thomas to Kai. Kai throw. Dayo run to defend and won the ball and played it forward. Thomas good battling. Kai to Chris. Goal kick. Lucas to Kai. 11.43 Ben scored 3-0. Spencer cleared for corner under pressure. Kai tackle. Chris back heel to Kai. Freddie good battling. Freddie in on goalie and nearly got the ball. Goal kick. Thomas ball through their defence. Noah throw. Freddie shot went well over. Thomas won ball. 11.51 Kai scored 4-0. Thomas hassle. Foul on Thomas, Noah took free kick.
Kaine awarded Noah Sturrock Man of the Match.
Everybody was elated with the performance from our 11 players who played well for the whole game with no substitutions for fresh legs. We lost 7-1 to this team previously this season so it was a massive turnaround to beat them 4-0 this time. This was also the team’s first clean sheet of the season. This win also took them up to 7 points and off the bottom spot for the first time this season in bottom division.