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Match result

TeamGirls U14 -
OppositionPoppleton Tigers
Kick off10:30am 04/09/2010
Score0-6

Match report   So the Foxes were up and running, playing the bigger 9-a-side format with offside rules against the Poppleton Tigers, who this time at least were in no mood to be tamed!

Certainly this was a really tough introduction for the girls after their long Summer break and perhaps it cam a little too soon for the girls as maybe we were all still dreaming of being on our hols in some sunny clim! It was a game of 3 halves of 15 minutes. In the 1st half Beth Weeks was extremely unlucky to take a nasty fall and end up breaking her arm in a challenge. The best wishes of the whole squad go to Beth for a speedy recovery and she will be very much missed by us all on and off the pitch while she’s mending.

I won’t go into all the detail of the game, but we conceded 2 in the 1st half, 3 in the 2nd half and 1 in the final half. It was very encouraging to see the girls at the back getting used to playing offside and I thought by the 2nd and 3rd halves they were definitely getting to grips with it catching Pop offside on 4 or 5 occasions. So well done Sophie G, Beth R, Sandy and Elle.

The midfield seemed rather swamped and Emily and Amy were crowded out when we did manage to get the ball up to them. I think the difference between the teams was the fact that Poppy both defended as a team in numbers and attacked in numbers, so there’s something to work on in training. Physically also they were much stronger than us, so that’s another area we’re going to have to concentrate on in training.

Girl of the game, was Laura. I thought she actually matched the Pop girls physically, putting their defenders under lots of pressure when they had the ball on our left and forcing mistakes out of them. She also had a few great runs down the left and possibly our only shot on target. So well done Laura, you had a great game!

Manager

Trevor Mole
CaptainEmily W
Player of the matchLaura E


Team stats

PlayerPositionContributionGoalsClean sheetsBookings
Sandy (Alexandra) ADefencePlayed part match   
Elle BDefencePlayed part match   
Sophie GDefencePlayed full match   
Beth RDefencePlayed part match   
Danielle CMidfieldPlayed part match   
Laura EMidfieldPlayed part match   
Sophie MMidfieldPlayed full match   
Bethan WMidfieldPlayed part match   
Emily W   ©Played full match   
Amy HForwardPlayed full match   


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