Friendly Match Report 17/9/11

Pre season friendly at Hellesdon.

What a superb start to the season!

The game started with the squad watching Firside and Hellesdon play. It was a very entertaining game to watch with a couple of players obviously very talented and the boys took notes on what they saw especially how easy a big shot at goal from distance could be worth a go! I ref'd and nearly missed the flurry of goals at the end. Final score: Firside 5 Hellesdon 4

We had a squad of 9 players and quickly found out who wanted to play in goal, making sure any goalies also had the opportunity to play out field as well each game, partly as a reward for stepping up to the plate!

We decided to let all players play one half for each game which would ensure everyone played equal time.

We played Hellesdon first who took an early lead despite Ted's acrobats in goal. We did seem to be a bit muddled to start with and needed a better passing game. The second half Aiden and Ted came to our rescue with 2 fine goals. Result: Hellesdon 1 HPR 2

Firside followed and Aiden seemed to sniff the possibility of easy goals. He was quickly to the fore and made a hatrick in the first half. Felix, in goal, let one through but also made a fine save. Half time 3-1.

The second half saw Archie up to his old tricks up front with a well timed shot and goal. Ted followed and then in a supreme act of teamwork (when he could have scored himself) Archie passed to Ted, who scored after the goalie dramatically fumbled the ball and it went over the line! Result: HPR 6 Firside 1

The shape of play was one up front, 1 defender and 2 midfield. It was nice to see, as the match progressed, midfielders starting to play on the LEFT and RIGHT. (That's with a little encouragement from adults).

Well done Luke and Frankie who are starting to keep their positions and show really plucky tackles! Frankie also went close at times in scoring. Max and Evie are to be congratulated for their excellent defensive presence and timing.

Evie was the unanimous stand out player from the managing team and PLAYER OF THE MATCH! Thanks for the good turn out from parents and support.