WESTWOOD COLTS UNDER 8's

DAN STRUDLEY

JACK PLANK

LOUIE PICH

MATTHEW NEWBROOK

ELLIOTT HOLDER

OWEN DUTTON

SAM JAMES

Aaron Clark

 

Match Report 2 15^th September 2007

Westwood Colts 5 vs. Woodley Wanderers 2

The 2^nd game of the season and the momentum of the first win of the season was carried over to this match.  We came up against Woodley Wanderers who narrowly lost 2-1 to Pangbourne last week.  The match started evenly and then in the 4^th minute a ball from Morgan at the back played through to Elliott in the centre who passed it through to Matthew who shot to his right forcing the keeper into a good save.  The breakthrough came in the 5^th minute when after a break down the right we won a corner.  Taken by Morgan the ball was crossed firmly into the centre to Elliot who knocked it out to Llwyd on the left who turned and planted the ball past the keeper into the net at the right hand post 1-0 Colts.  In the 6^th minute Woodley broke through down the right but the play ended with a shot going out for a goal-kick.  In the 8^th minute again Woodley came attacking, the Colts defence not in control and losing their positions. In the 12^th minute the Woodley keeper cleared the ball out only to Matthew whose shot went just over the bar.  The Colts came close again in the 14^th minute with a shot going just wide of the right post from Elliot.  Straight from the goal-kick Woodley attacked through the middle but good defending by Louie playing the ball out for a corner.  In the 16^th minute the Colts extended their lead, after an attack broke down with the ball going back to the Woodley keeper, the clearance going to Matthew whose passed to Llwyd who then played it out to Aaron on the right who shot went into the net at the near post 2-0 Colts.  17^th minute, straight from the kick-off the Colts won the ball back, Morgan played the ball to Aaron on the right whose cross out to left was received by Llwyd whose left foot shot went in at the far right hand post 3-0 Colts

H/T Westwood Wanderers Colts 3-0 Woodley Wanderers

The second half started well for the Colts and in the 2^nd minute a shot (or was it a clearance??) from Morgan who was in his own half ( a la Beckham) took a deflection from a defender on the right that gave the keeper no chance.  He admitted it was a clearance but hey who cares.  4-0 Colts.  5^th  minute ball played through from Louie to Matthew run through defence shot wide right.  In the 9^th minute all the concentration seemed to go from the Colts, whether through being 4-0 up who knows?  The ball came through the middle from Woodley the defence were at sixes and sevens and their forward tucked the ball in at the right hand post, 4-1.  In the19^th minute again we went to sleep, the ball came through the middle out to the right, shot came in from the right under the body of Aaron into the goal, 4-2.  Straight from the kick-off the ball went wide right to Matthew who played the ball into the centre where Llwyd controlled and shot across the keeper into the far corner for his hat-trick 5-2.

F/T Westwood Wanderers Colts 5-2 Woodley Wanderers

Llwyd received the performance of the day award for his effort and continued running during the game and capped off with his hat-trick.

Whilst the result was there, I felt that the performance wasn’t, our passing wasn’t as fluent as last week and our overall game seemed to be off the boil.  No pleasing some people eh?? ;-)  Plenty more work to be done in training boys.

Roll call for the day Daniel, Aaron, Sam, Elliott, Morgan, Louie, Matthew and Llwyd

Match report 8th September 2007
Westwood Colts 5 vs Woodley Saints Tigers 1

WOW what a start to the season!!
1^st half:-Woodley Saints Tigers started the game the stronger and were full of confidence and in the 6^th  minute took the lead with a shot that came through build up play from the middle 0-1. The Colts didn’t let that knock their confidence  and after a shot by Llwyd in the 10^th minute, saved well by the Woodley keeper, were deservedly back in the match in the 15^th minute, when after some pressure down the left won a corner, Morgan played the ball firmly into the centre where Matthew received it and planted it firmly into the net with his left foot. 1-1. Approaching half-time the ball came down the left  to Matthew who shot from outside the penalty box, the keeper again making a save but parried the ball across the goal where Morgan got the final touch ahead of Llwyd on the goal-line to make it 2-1
H/T  Woodley Saints Tigers 1-2 Westwood Wanderers Colts
Buoyed buy the late 1^st half goal the boys started the 2^nd half strongly and extended their lead in the 2^nd minute .  The ball was played from the back to Morgan who played the ball through to Elliott whose first touch was played excellently through to Matthew who didn’t hesitate and scored with a right foot shot into the net 3-1. Four minutes later in the 6^th minute again after some play from the back Morgan picked up the ball in midfield and egged on from the touchline went towards the Woodley defence and unleashed a strong shot from outside the box  given the keeper no chance 4-1.  In the 12^th minute Matthew scored his hat-trick to make it 5-1.
Praise to all the boys today, Jack when called upon in goal done well, but got bored with a quite mornings work. Daniel worked hard and performed well all over the pitch trying desperately to score on his special day, Louie who run himself into the ground,  Aaron well done and a good all round performance, Sam well played today, Elliot some good running and passing today, your chances will come in front of goal, Morgan a good all round solid performance capped off with two goals, more talking and encouragement next week, Llwyd a lot of running today and again your chance will come in front of goal, the keeper making some good saves today and last but not least Matthew, a good all round performance capped with a fine hat-trick. Daniel received the performance of the day award for his determined effort and continued running in the effort to try and score on his birthday, never mind better luck through the season.

 Well done to you all.
Roll call for the day Daniel, Aaron, Sam, Jack, Elliott, Morgan, Louie, Matthew and Llwyd