There were five fixtures in the U8C mini league including long standing rivals Sprowston and Taverham.
HPR v Worstead Coyotes
After a long wait for the first game we were off against a team we knew nothing about. They looked very fetching in their silver/grey kit, but offered little resistance to the HPR formation with Aidan soon finding the back of the net. Felix was excellent down the left wing expertly crossing many balls into the penalty area. Luke hooked one of these up and HPR were 2 - 0 up at half time. Ted and Sol came on and Aidan had another from a nice cross in from Ted on the right. Ted finished off the scoring with a tap in from a corner. Max kept the Coyotes at bay in defence and Frankie dealt with a couple of shots in goal.
Final score HPR won 4 - 0 (3 points)
HPR v Horsford Lads
A side with more promise here and the plucky HPR side couldn't steer the ball home during the first half, probably down to some out of position play by the team. Horsford didn't either and it was 0 - 0 at half time. A quick chat and change of players and Felix had soon put one away. HPR fell foul of the back pass rule and Horsford had a free kick from close range which Ted got his fingers to, but was unable to keep out. Felix was unlucky to hit the bar and three exciting goal mouth scrambles in the Horsford area were unsuccessful.
Final score - score draw 1 - 1 (2 points)
HPR v Drayton Dragons
We have to assume that this team haven't been playing long as the HPR side were all over them. Sol was in goal and only had a couple of touches all match. The goals flowed with Ted and Max getting hatricks with Frankie and Luke also netting one each.
Final score HPR won 8 - 0 (3 points)
HPR v Taverham Whirlwinds
This was going to be the difficult game, and that's how it turned out. HPR were unlucky early on to not be 2 - 0 up - more work on finishing required! HPR were putting the Taverham side under a lot of pressure and soon had a penalty from a blatant handball in the Taverham goal area. Aidan hammered it into the back of the net - no chance for the goalie. Taverham responded with two goals - one from a poached goal kick. Ted made a fantastic save before half time and Luke managed to slide one away for HPR to level the score at 2 - 2. The second half was evenly matched with Aidan hitting the post, but Taverham were awarded a corner, against Ted's judgement who maintained at the end that it should have been a goal kick - referee's decision is final though. The crafty forward steered the ball past the HPR defence and the game was finished.
Final score HPR lost 2 - 3 (0 points)
HPR v Sprowston Spartans
A team we really wanted to beat for various reasons. Sprowston had first blood with meaty strike high in the HPR goal past Aidan. Sol was very effective down the right hand side and was unlucky with an early shot. Ted leveled the score with what might have been a Sprowston OG, or deflection - it was hard to see from where your correspondent was standing. Ted continued in that vein with two more before half time. Another from Sprowston and it was 3 - 2 to HPR at half time. Sol continued his dominance on the right but was soon brought down quite badly by a frustrated Spowston player. A quick magic sponge moment and Sol banged the free kick home with such force that it was probably good the goalie didn't touch it. Aidan felt it right to get a couple more just to make sure and one more Sprowston goal finished the game.
Final score HPR won 6 - 3 (3 points)
All in all a great day apart from the weather. The local pub was convenient for some of the adults to hide in too. The goalscorers are the ones that get mentioned the most in the match report, but we must remember the team can only operated because all the team members performed brilliantly. A total of 11 points from a possible 15 isn't a bad score!
We will be beating Taverham for sure.
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