U7s
Blues
Barca: Game of two halves as despite a Charlie Dodd hat trick in
the first half, the long haired whizz kid Olly, the u7 currently at 3
academies , completely destroyed blues barca in the second half. An
important learning curve as a group from a team defensive standpoint,
as it was a very disappointing result particularly following a very
strong first half. Daniel Farish added an excellent consolation goal,
and Captain Joe Forrester led by example with an outstanding
performance, but a failure to defend as a team was very costly on the
day.
A
great team effort from Blues Madrid in difficult playing
conditions, A flying start with a goal from Ramin Khazaeli in under 7
seconds from the kick off. Adam Burns and Ben Slassor showing great
skills in the middle of the park (watch out Messi!). Lewis Newsome
(coaches MOTM) showing great skill on the wing beating the defender
and putting a great cross in for Corey Swift (parents MOTM) who
finished the move off with a great finish. Captain Harry Compton
putting great tackles in and passes. Emma aka "the rock"
playing great in defence and pulling off brilliant saves in the 2nd
half. A close run game with great football from both sides.
Another
great performance from Golds Madrid against Washington
Wildcats. It is really pleasing as a coach to see these guys start to
come together as a team. Special mention to the Madrid parents: great
encouragement from them, with everyone cheering on each other's kid.
Sunday
saw Gold Madrid on the road again, with development friendlies at
Leam Rangers. Again, some great foorball on display as the lads
continue to grow together as a team.
Juniors
Madrid fixture was an el Classico against Golds Barca. A
great game played with a great attitude by both teams with Golds
Barca just edging a 12 goal thriller. A great display from all the
juniors with goals from Alex, Flynn and Daniel, some excellent
football from Josh, Ethan and Liam, and great goalkeeping from Leon
and Toby. Alex Thompson picking up parents player of the match and
Daniel Mills the coaches player award.
Juniors
Barca had a fab game at the weekend what can only be described as
a game of 2 halves. The game really did have a bit of everything from
goal keepers dribbling past 3 players to scoring great free kicks,
last ditch clearances on the goal line to closing down and making
great tackles. Great to watch in shocking conditions
U8s
Blues
Barca faced top of the Table Farringdon in the RF League Division
1. Farringdon had lost only one game this season. Although the team
were depleted again they fought on bravely. Farringdon forced their
way into the game and pinched a 3-1 win with better finishing than us
on the day. It was an excellent game of football to watch and the
lads worked hard throughout. Marc Forster scored our only goal but we
could have had more on a different day.
Golds
Barca played Shotton Colts in a definite 'game of two halves'. In
awful conditions Shotton took a 2-0 lead into half time. Golds Barca
showed great spirit and fast flowing football in the second half to
take a 3-2 lead only for Shotton to get an equaliser with minutes to
spare. Great game of football.
Gold
Madrid played out a hard fought game in windy conditions against
a strong Hetton side, finding it difficult to play against the wind
Madrid found themselves behind, second half Madrid fought hard to get
back in to the game which they did only for all their hard work to be
faltered by what can only be described as baffling decision by the
referee, which seen Hetton awarded a penalty. Madrid played well and
walked off the pitch with their heads held high.
Junior
Barca suffered the same as Madrid with the extreme windy
conditions that saw the goals blow over several times, which broke up
the rhythm of the game, Barca tried hard to stay in the game but to
no avail against an improved Whiteleas, conditioned hampered their
game, but as Madrid they came of the pitch with their heads held high
after a great effort in extreme windy conditions.
Despite
only having the bare minimum due to illness and holidays Juniors
Madrid managed to register a 6-0 victory against Hetton Juniors
Roma in very blustery conditions. A solid defensive display gave a
foundation for both Findlay and Jamie to score hat-tricks. A
well-deserved clean sheet for goalkeepers Taylor and Josh and a great
all round performance from Jacob.
U9s
Russell
Foster Premier Division - Blues
vs Hetton Lazio. Unlike last week we started extremely fast and took
an early lead. Throughout the game we pushed hard and the goals kept
coming, winning 6-1. Good passing and pressing was what won us the
game.
Russell
Foster Division One - Golds
vs Chester-Le-Street Blues. In an incredibly entertaining game both
teams shared the points in a 4-4 draw. We took an early two goal lead
and went in to half time 3-1 up. Chester-Le-Street never gave up and
battled back into the game to grab a last minute equaliser.
The
Juniors
only just lost out 3-2 in a very close game with North East Sport
Vipers. We took a 2-0 lead into half time with great goals from Finn
Elder and Callum Pounder. Unfortunately in the second half they
snatched it with a late winner. The past two meetings we've lost
heavily so making progress.
U14s
In
the Durham FA Premier the Blues had a hard faught game away to
Trimdon Juniors on an awful pitch in awful conditions. The lads went
down to a 3-1 defeat.
In
Division 1 the Golds went down 4-2 to Easington in an end to
end game. The Golds squandered lots of opportunites and should have
gotten something from the game.
The
RF Premier division saw third placed Hornets play top of the
table Leam Rangers in a great game of football. Despite playing some
great football the Hornets finished the first half 4-0 down. The lads
dominated the second half and managed to pull a goal back. With a
little bit of luck the score would not have been 4-1.
U15s
The
Juniors were out fought by a strong Redby side unable to get
into the game they battled but lost 7 - 0 in awful conditions.
The
Hebburn derby saw the Greens
play the Golds
in an excellent
end to end game played in great spirit with both teams giving their
all. The game was pipped with a last minute goal from the Golds
giving them a 4 - 3 win.
The Blues
played
top of the table Boldon Colts in
a strong game with passion and determination the Blues came away with
a well deserved 3 - 2 win.
The
Wasps
played Away at Houghton on Sunday with the bare 11 including no
keeper on a pretty terrible grass pitch. Heavily beaten in the end
using 3 separate lads to play Keeper and finishing the game with 9
players due to injuries. A fixture to forget. Onto the next.
U17s
The lads continued a good
season so far with an impressive 5-2 win over Lambton Street.
U18s
Unfortunately the lads
were on the wrong end of a hiding as they went down 13-3 to top of
the table Fulwell Academicals.
Girls Teams:
U10s won 7-2 against
Deerness Valley.
Great performance as it
their first game of the year. Four goals for Olivia, excellent
teamwork and passing. GOTG – Demi
U14s won 4-0 away to
Norton.
First league game since
December and this showed in slow start and wasn't helped by heavy
pitch. Despite this the girls still managed to pass ball well and
play some attractive football. Hat trick from Katie and 1 from Erin.
Coaches GOTG-Erin, Parents GOTG-Katie, Players GOTG-Chloe