Match Report U10 (6) v Burton (1) 16.03.14

a very good performance by the team on another lovely, sunny, spring morning. 

the team lined up with Oliver up front and that turned out to be a fantastic decision by me! ;-). within a few minutes we were seeing one touch passes and excellent movement which led to an early shot from the Captain. top corner : 1-0

after that we dominated the first half, with Oliver scoring again and Ed also.  Oliver nailed his hatrick shortly after. unbelievably, these were his first goals of the season! 

With such a commanding lead we could afford to change a few positions around and this did lead to us conceding one. However this did mean we could take a look at a few players in different slots with one eye on next season. Elliott had a good spell in the middle of the park which is not his usual place & Marcos and Joe both had time at the back and coped well. 

the second half didn't quite have the passing cutting edge of the first, but we did witness a lot of shots (one from Emre in particular must have really stung the keepers hands) which is something I asked of the team before kick off.

Their keeper was actually on good form and made some stunning stops. Once, Elliott tried a shot from the edge of the box and Oliver just got a tiny flick on it to divert it to the right. somehow, the keeper managed to throw out an arm for a fabulous reaction save. well done to him!

Late on, Marcos took a very long, speculative shot which somehow squirmed under the keeper to give us a 6-1 victory. 

I think I missed one of Oliver's goals off here but I can't recall the move that led to it!

overall, a good day at the office with players improving now all the time. the players are now looking way more organised and are paying attention to team shape and communication. 

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 16TH MARCH 2014

U10 v Burton (home) - 10am KO kings Park

0930 warm up

TRAINING FEES DUE

The last training fees (phase 4) are now due covering the next 7 weeks.

£24.50. Cash or cheques to Greenfields YFC please.

REMAINING FIXTURE DATES

The BYFL have released the fixtures for all teams up to the end of the season, including the rescheduled matches.

Some of these games are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon/evenings and some are to be played during the school Easter holiday.

If you have any problems with attending any of these fixtures please let me know ASAP so I can be prepared.

All KO times/venues TBC

Sunday 16/03/14  v Burton (Home)

Sunday 23/03/14 v Milford (Home)

Sunday 30/03/14 NO GAME (This is Mothers Day – how happy are you now!?)

Tuesday 01/04/14 v Poole Town Wessex (Away)

Sunday 06/04/14 v Rossgarth (Away)

Tuesday 08/04/14 v Poppies (Home) : I have issues with this fixture & have asked Poppies to play instead on Thursday 10/04/14. TBC

Sunday 13/04/14 v Sway (Home)

Tuesday 15/04/14 v Rossgarth (Home)

Match report v Everton (away) 9/3/13

a hard fought draw away at Everton on a beautiful sunny morning. 

the team started off ok although the fluid passing from recent weeks was not there. we forced a few corners and got a lucky break from a Hermione taken one. the ball went in off an Everton player to give us a one nil lead. 

after that it was fairly even and eventually a long range shot got lost in the bright sunshine and the unlucky Joe in goal saw the ball slip through his hands. he made up for it later though with a good few brilliant saves !

there were a fair few strong challenges going in from Everton players and Oliver got the worst of one as he caught a boot full straight in the face. He's a big lad is Oliver, so I have no idea what the other lads boot was doing that high. Whilst I was tending to a cut nose and cheek, we apparently let in a scrappy goal (I didn't see it!). 2-1 down at halftime

After the break, we survived another couple of scares until Oliver bravely came back on and finally we started to pass the ball much better. A lot of the lads were playing out of their regular postions today but the last third of the game saw us start to really put pressure on their goal. I lost count of the shots we had and Elliott swears he should have had a penalty. the lads just didn't have their shooting boots on today!

I didn't think it was going to be our day until yet another foul almost on the half way line gave us one final chance. I sent everyone forward and Captain Oliver launched a huge ball into the box. Elliott ducked out of the way and Zak (standing in front of the keeper) managed the slightest of headers to lift the ball into the roof of the net to give us a well earned, last second draw!

I guess that's football - you don't always play well but if you have guts, spirit and determination you can still get a result. 

on to the next game...

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 9TH MARCH 2014

AWAY Everton

1030 KO (arrive 1000)

Everton Rec

Greenmead Ave

Everton Hants

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Home Kit

If the weather is decent I will be taking a team photo so please make sure kit is nice & tidy and get haircuts if you want!

Match Report 2nd March 2014. Greenfields 2 v Kingswood 0

always a tough fixture this one and having suffered a frustrating 2-1 defeat in the away fixture, all were keen to turn that around. 

it was a pretty scrappy game, if truth be told, but we had the better of the chances. our first goal came from a punt upfield from goalkeeper Hermione which went over everyone's head. however, Ed was quick enough to outpace the defender and lob the Kingswood keeper with a deft touch. half time 1-0

the second half was pretty much the same until we got a free kick halfway into their half for a blatant handball. up stepped team captain Oliver to fire one towards goal. Marcos got a very clever little flick on to put us 2-0 ahead. 

we were never in danger after that and the reunited defensive partnership of Marco and Oliver were superb. never giving an inch. 

we were very organised throughout the whole pitch and I was very pleased to see the training ground work coming through again, especially the work we put in on covering for each other. 

special mention for Zak who played excellently on the wing, yet in a more defensive position. he found the ball at his feet and acres of space inside their half. he drove forward and unleashed a cracking shot which I was sure was in but hit the post. so unlucky, but I was really pleased with Zak's confidence and technique. 

a solid and pleasing performance from everyone.