Under 9’s String Good Results to go 2nd

Posted in U9s News ... March 7th, 2010

First report back after the bad weather!

V Burghfield Reds  on the 6th Feb we drew 0-0

v Woodley Town Kestrels Colts on the 13th Feb Brandon and an Own Goal were our scorers in a game we deservedly won 2-0.

So on to this week and back in action with the fixture pile up with 2 games, this was going to be a stretch for us with our squad of 9 and with Harry picking up a knock on Wednesday and aggravating it the night before we had a tough situation to overcome.

So against Barton Rovers Red who have come on miles this season we dominated possession but they were always dangerous breaking out. Their Goalkeeper was outstanding making a particularly fine save from the patched up Harry in the first few minutes. Our powerful midfield of Brandon, Ben and Callum pushed forward hard and pressed the game hard when we didn’t have the ball, we created a few opportunities before the break but neither Kyle or Harry could find the back of the net.

Half time and an encouraging team talk from the managers saw the team go out and continue where they left off in the first half but steadily Barton got a foothold in the game and from a free kick were pretty unlucky not to score hitting the post. The game was seemingly heading for a draw when we got a last minute corner. One from the training ground as Nathan whipped in the corner and Harry climbed majestically at the far post to head the winner (ok so he shut his eyes and scored with his ear!). The game could have gone either way in truth in the last 5 mins;  Taylor picked up the effort ward for his all round display and organization of his defence, he was the only player you could hear at times!

So onto Streatley Strikers !

Quite an even beginning Jake and Leon were more prominent in this game having more work to do. We took the lead after a couple of good moves when Brandon did his Rory Delap impression delivering a great long throw which Harry controlled and turned and laid off to Nathan who struck it goal-wards, the keeper almost saved it but we were relieved to see the ref give the goal, the ball was over the line but we have seen them not given! The game got physical at times with Ben and Leon picking up quite nasty cuts. Second half continued in much the same way before Harry controlled the ball outside the box and dispatched the ball into the bottom corner. With 10 mins remaining we dug in with Brandon, Jake and Taylor making vital contributions in defence. Nigel decided to put Brandon at the back and he wore the armband with pride holding firm for a 2-0 win and the effort award.

Well done Lads