gU13 03-May-08: Hillgate Blues 9-0 Oswald Rd (HT 6-0)

This was Oswald's last match, and it was against Hillgate blues. We hadn't beaten Hillgate this season. But the long term members of our club will remember we used to beat them in 7 aside. All the girl's came in the two cars, and did a quick warm- up. After the warm-up we were assigned tour positions and trudged onto the field.

1^st half

The first half was hard, but we battled on. They were coming in from all sides. A few off sides were noticed for both teams too. We blocked, and saved as many balls as we could. Zoë even had a chance of scoring. The upper field of us worked to score, and the lower defended the ball. Yet despite our efforts they still scored. Overall the 1^st half score was 6-0.

2^nd half

The second half we found a lot easier. A lot more balls were blocked. The defenders almost always got the ball, or blocked it, then booted it up field to our strikers and midfield. We had a lot of throw-ins and a few corners. Chances to score, but sadly we missed. There was a clear massive improvement betweens the two halves.

The first half was 6-0 the second being a brill 2-0. Making an overall 8-0.

Oh well.

After the match we celebrated it being our last, and had a water fight. Using drinks brought and provided. Then all the girls went home.

Ruqayyah Hashmi

The girls tried hard and had some promising moves saved by their goalie and blocked by their defenders. Hillgate needed a lot of pressure before they scored some good goals.

Kamal

Goals: nowt
Opposition’s Player of the Match: Ruqayyah Hashmi
Managers’ Player of the Match: Katie
Team, 9 from (s): (fwd) Zoë, Roisin(s), Kenesha(s) (mid), Tara(s), Katie, Rudi(s), (def) Shaye(s), Ruqayyah, Sophie(c)(s), (gk) Rebecca/Katie