Aldenham Jnrs 11-0 St. Albans City West
Bovingdon H-H Watford Ladies
BSFC 4-1 St. Albans City East
Comets Cougars H-H Wodson Park
Echoes 2-5 Barnet Azzuri
Evergreen Colts A-A London Macabbi Lions
Flamsted Youth A-A Garston Boys
Harpenden Colts Cobras 1-3 Cuffley Youth
Harpenden Colts Pirates 6-2 Chorleywood Lions
Hemel Aces Diamonds 3-5 Royston
Hemel Aces Yellows 11-2 Cassiobury Rangers
Hemel Panthers 1-6 Little Gaddesden
Hemel Town Youth 1-2 Ware Youth
John Warner Youth 4-7 Rickmansworth Rebels
King George FC 6-0 Comets Lions
Kings Langley 1-3 Baldock Town
Knebworth 2-7 Tring Albion
Leverstock Green Willows 2-1 Broxbourne
Panshanger FC 7-0 Leverstock Green Cedars
St. Albans City North 9-0 Evergreen Juniors
St. Albans City South H-H Harpenden Colts Panthers
Tring United 7-0 Herons
Monday, 25 October 2010
Division 2 results & league table 24/10
Comets Lions 3-7 Kings Langley
Hemel Town Youth 0-5 Hemel Aces Diamonds
Herons 4-5 Evergreen Juniors
Hemel Town Youth 0-5 Hemel Aces Diamonds
Herons 4-5 Evergreen Juniors
Sunday, 24 October 2010
League: Herons 4-5 Evergreen Juniors
Evergreen Juniors. Archie's old club. He's scored past them on a few occasions. He's scored for them too, last season. But, he's never won a game against them... and that unfortunately is a fact that remains. Both myself and Arch had been looking forward to this one as soon as we learned that EJ were going to be in the same league as us. A beautiful day for a game of football too. When we arrived at the Harebreaks and saw EJ warming up, we only recognised 4 or 5 of the players and also recognised a couple that have recently moved from Comets Lions to join EJ. They looked like a dangerous outfit who last weekend thumped Harpenden Colts Cobra 9-2!!
Archie started the game upfront alongside Kian. The match kicked off and the boys attacked the goal very early on and within 3 minutes we were 1-0 up. There was a goal mouth scramble and Archie managed to stroke the ball into the back of the net. A very soft goal to concede. Two minutes later and we had doubled our score. Archie battled for the ball and laid it off for Kian to slot home. 2-0. The EJ coaches were furious with the sleepy team. They responded with a really well taken finish to make it 2-1 and moments later had crafted an equalizer. 2-2. Both teams were fighting really hard in the middle of the field and the were called upon a couple of times too. Archie put us 3-2 up just before half time. A lovely ball was threaded through, Archie beat his man to the ball, opened his body up and placed the ball past the keeper. Great goal. Half time.
The second half was just as end to end as the first. The boys won a corner, and from that came our 4th goal. Riccardo whipped in a fantastic cross and the ball was headed in by an Evergreen player. 4-2. For some reason, the boys stepped off the gas and conceded 3 goals in quick succession. Archie was subbed and didn't return.
Today's match was very even, Evergreen had the edge but we look forward to going to South way to beat them on their ground. Next week we play 1st division side Tring United in the County Cup.
Archie started the game upfront alongside Kian. The match kicked off and the boys attacked the goal very early on and within 3 minutes we were 1-0 up. There was a goal mouth scramble and Archie managed to stroke the ball into the back of the net. A very soft goal to concede. Two minutes later and we had doubled our score. Archie battled for the ball and laid it off for Kian to slot home. 2-0. The EJ coaches were furious with the sleepy team. They responded with a really well taken finish to make it 2-1 and moments later had crafted an equalizer. 2-2. Both teams were fighting really hard in the middle of the field and the were called upon a couple of times too. Archie put us 3-2 up just before half time. A lovely ball was threaded through, Archie beat his man to the ball, opened his body up and placed the ball past the keeper. Great goal. Half time.
The second half was just as end to end as the first. The boys won a corner, and from that came our 4th goal. Riccardo whipped in a fantastic cross and the ball was headed in by an Evergreen player. 4-2. For some reason, the boys stepped off the gas and conceded 3 goals in quick succession. Archie was subbed and didn't return.
Today's match was very even, Evergreen had the edge but we look forward to going to South way to beat them on their ground. Next week we play 1st division side Tring United in the County Cup.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Division 2 results & league table 17/10
Evergreen Juniors 9-2 Harpenden Colts Cobras
Herons 4-3 Hemel Town Youth
Kings Langley 0-4 Hemel Aces Diamonds
Little Gaddesden 4-1 Comets Lions
Rickmansworth Rebels 5-5 Chorleywood Panthers
Herons 4-3 Hemel Town Youth
Kings Langley 0-4 Hemel Aces Diamonds
Little Gaddesden 4-1 Comets Lions
Rickmansworth Rebels 5-5 Chorleywood Panthers
Monday, 18 October 2010
League: Herons 4-3 Hemel Town Youth
Archie wasn't available for this game so missed out.
Herons went 2-0 up, then went down to 2-3 but bought it back and won the game 4-3.
Man of the match was awarded to CC.
Herons went 2-0 up, then went down to 2-3 but bought it back and won the game 4-3.
Man of the match was awarded to CC.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Division 2 results & league table 10/10
Chorleywood Panthers 4-1 Herons
Harpenden Colts Cobras 4-3 Kings Langley
Hemel Aces Diamonds 6-2 Evergreen Juniors
Rickmansworth Rebels 4-2 Comets Lions
Harpenden Colts Cobras 4-3 Kings Langley
Hemel Aces Diamonds 6-2 Evergreen Juniors
Rickmansworth Rebels 4-2 Comets Lions
League: Chorleywood Panthers 4-1 Herons
Another game against a team that has now firmly placed itself in mine and Archie little memory banks as the "bogey" team. The last time Archie has played and won against Chorleywood was way back in the Herons Under 9's team when he scored a fantastic hat-trick and won the game 3-1... Good times!
Great weather for today, no rain, and no injury worries for Archie (fully recovered from last week). The game was held back for 20 minutes because we had to wait for a replacement referee. Before the game, looking over at the Chorleywood Panthers team warming up, they looked a lot bigger than our boys. We knew it would be a physical challenge, something that we haven't been very good at... up until now that is!. The 4-1 scoreline really does flatter CP, a fairer result would have been either a marginal win or a draw.
Archie started the game as he did last week playing upfront alongside Kian and big Sam was back at Herons for his first game of the season to play in defence alongside captain Liam. From the start, our boys were giving it their all. We had a couple of go's at goal and had the opposition on the back foot. Then they turned on the pressure and had a crack at us. The boys were dealt a blow when, with 10 minutes gone, we went 1-0 down, a cruel result of a deflected save hitting Liam and bouncing into the goal. Lots of encouragement from Paul and the Herons' parents spurred the boys to keep their heads up and pile some more pressure on. We got our equalizer, and what a goal it was. Kian made a great run down the right wing, using his pace to beat the challenging defender and passed the ball to Archie. He controlled the ball beautifully but had it snatched away from him. He won the ball back, ran across the box beating 1 defender then turned another inside out and spanked the ball into the far right bottom corner. 1-1! We went in at half time in a buoyant mood.
The second half got off to a furious pace, both teams trying nick a goal... then it all went downhill thanks to some disgustingly rude CP parents/fans and what would appear to be a bad decision from the ref. It all boiled down to a goalmouth scramble and the ball being saved on the line (or was it over the line!) and someone shouting 'CHEATS' at our players. Paul was not please and ended up having a big disagreement with a handful of CP parents pointing out that our boys aren't cheats and that it was unfair to brand them as that. Our boys lost a bit of direction by that point and CP did manage to bag themselves a goal to go 2-1 up. We fought back and Archie was denied another cracking goal due to being marginally offside. The rest is pretty much down to 1 or 2 mistakes that we made, but it wasn't really surprising given what was going on around them.
Man of the match was awarded to Harry for his strong defensive tackles and none stop running. To be honest, a couple of the boys could have been given the the award, Archie included.
Archie is not available for next weeks game against Hemel Town Youth, so his next game is on the 24 October against the team he left, Evergreen Juniors, in order to join Herons. We are really looking forward to this one!
Great weather for today, no rain, and no injury worries for Archie (fully recovered from last week). The game was held back for 20 minutes because we had to wait for a replacement referee. Before the game, looking over at the Chorleywood Panthers team warming up, they looked a lot bigger than our boys. We knew it would be a physical challenge, something that we haven't been very good at... up until now that is!. The 4-1 scoreline really does flatter CP, a fairer result would have been either a marginal win or a draw.
Archie started the game as he did last week playing upfront alongside Kian and big Sam was back at Herons for his first game of the season to play in defence alongside captain Liam. From the start, our boys were giving it their all. We had a couple of go's at goal and had the opposition on the back foot. Then they turned on the pressure and had a crack at us. The boys were dealt a blow when, with 10 minutes gone, we went 1-0 down, a cruel result of a deflected save hitting Liam and bouncing into the goal. Lots of encouragement from Paul and the Herons' parents spurred the boys to keep their heads up and pile some more pressure on. We got our equalizer, and what a goal it was. Kian made a great run down the right wing, using his pace to beat the challenging defender and passed the ball to Archie. He controlled the ball beautifully but had it snatched away from him. He won the ball back, ran across the box beating 1 defender then turned another inside out and spanked the ball into the far right bottom corner. 1-1! We went in at half time in a buoyant mood.
The second half got off to a furious pace, both teams trying nick a goal... then it all went downhill thanks to some disgustingly rude CP parents/fans and what would appear to be a bad decision from the ref. It all boiled down to a goalmouth scramble and the ball being saved on the line (or was it over the line!) and someone shouting 'CHEATS' at our players. Paul was not please and ended up having a big disagreement with a handful of CP parents pointing out that our boys aren't cheats and that it was unfair to brand them as that. Our boys lost a bit of direction by that point and CP did manage to bag themselves a goal to go 2-1 up. We fought back and Archie was denied another cracking goal due to being marginally offside. The rest is pretty much down to 1 or 2 mistakes that we made, but it wasn't really surprising given what was going on around them.
Man of the match was awarded to Harry for his strong defensive tackles and none stop running. To be honest, a couple of the boys could have been given the the award, Archie included.
Archie is not available for next weeks game against Hemel Town Youth, so his next game is on the 24 October against the team he left, Evergreen Juniors, in order to join Herons. We are really looking forward to this one!
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
U11's Juniors League Cup Groups announced
The Juniors League Cup draw has been released onto the WHYL website.
This cup competition is played in a league and knock-out format involving teams the 6 teams from the 2nd division currently sitting in 5th, 6th, 7th (Herons), 8th, 9th & 10th and the whole of the 3rd division. The teams are split into four groups of four with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the knock out competition.
Last season, Archie and his old team, Evergreen Juniors, managed to reach the semi-finals of this competition but were beaten after a frustrating game against Chorleywood Pumas. The current holders of this cup are infact Archie's new(/old old) team, Herons.
The groups are as follows:
Group 1:
Harpenden Colts Cobras
Hemel Aces Diamonds
Herons
Kings Langley
Group 2:
Hemel Town Youth
Evergreen Juniors
Berkhamstead Raiders White
Tring Albion
Group 3:
Comets Cougars
St. Albans City West
Harpenden Colts Tigers
Echoes
Group 4:
Chorleywood Leopards
Leverstock Green Cedars
Harpenden Colts Panthers
Evergreen Colts
This cup competition is played in a league and knock-out format involving teams the 6 teams from the 2nd division currently sitting in 5th, 6th, 7th (Herons), 8th, 9th & 10th and the whole of the 3rd division. The teams are split into four groups of four with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the knock out competition.
Last season, Archie and his old team, Evergreen Juniors, managed to reach the semi-finals of this competition but were beaten after a frustrating game against Chorleywood Pumas. The current holders of this cup are infact Archie's new(/old old) team, Herons.
The groups are as follows:
Group 1:
Harpenden Colts Cobras
Hemel Aces Diamonds
Herons
Kings Langley
Group 2:
Hemel Town Youth
Evergreen Juniors
Berkhamstead Raiders White
Tring Albion
Group 3:
Comets Cougars
St. Albans City West
Harpenden Colts Tigers
Echoes
Group 4:
Chorleywood Leopards
Leverstock Green Cedars
Harpenden Colts Panthers
Evergreen Colts
Monday, 4 October 2010
Division 2 results & league table 03/10
Evergreen Juniors 4-6 Rickmansworth Rebels
Hemel Town Youth 2-8 Chorleywood Panthers
Herons 1-2 Harpenden Colts Cobras
Kings Langley 0-4 Little Gaddesden
Hemel Town Youth 2-8 Chorleywood Panthers
Herons 1-2 Harpenden Colts Cobras
Kings Langley 0-4 Little Gaddesden
League: Herons 1-2 Harpenden Colts Cobras
Today's game almost didn't happen for Archie. He suffered a terrible injury whilst at the park with his friends, falling 1.5 metres... or was it 2.5 metres, erm probably about 5 metres (the height slightly more exaggerated with everytime the story was told) off a swing and landed funny on his ankle. Admittedly, his ankle was a bit bruised but nothing a bit of 'deep heat' and support bandaging couldn't sort!. The weather didn't look too good either, but Archie advised me that "drizzly fine rain" was his favorite weather to play football in... 'Great' I thought, 'but Arch, its pouring with rain out there' I told him!
Paul set the team up in a 4-3-3 formation with Archie playing as the left sided striker, which he was happy with. The match got underway and within the first 3 minutes, Herons had gone 1 nil up. Kian (the right sided striker) had shot on goal which was parried by the keeper straight into the path of James S (the central striker) who stroked the ball home. The first half was very well contested by Herons. We were unlucky not to double our lead. Archie almost scored an absolute cracker, a shot from the edge of the area, but was denied by a great save from the keeper. Our goalkeeper, Andre, had very little to do in the first half.
The second half was a different story. The boys were shying away from challenges, not talking to each other on the field and also managed to conceded two very soft goals in the last 10 minutes of the game. In all, the game was very close, a little bit ruined by the linesman who was officiating on behalf of Harpenden. He was flagging absolutely every dash towards goal as offside for no reason. We almost equalised as a result of a desperate goal mouth scramble but the ball found an opposing defender rather than the net... about 4 or 5 times!
The boys got a proper talking too at the end of the game, they have to step their game up if they are going to start winning games. Next weeks game will be a tough one, we are due to play Chorleywood Panthers who are top of the league.
Paul set the team up in a 4-3-3 formation with Archie playing as the left sided striker, which he was happy with. The match got underway and within the first 3 minutes, Herons had gone 1 nil up. Kian (the right sided striker) had shot on goal which was parried by the keeper straight into the path of James S (the central striker) who stroked the ball home. The first half was very well contested by Herons. We were unlucky not to double our lead. Archie almost scored an absolute cracker, a shot from the edge of the area, but was denied by a great save from the keeper. Our goalkeeper, Andre, had very little to do in the first half.
The second half was a different story. The boys were shying away from challenges, not talking to each other on the field and also managed to conceded two very soft goals in the last 10 minutes of the game. In all, the game was very close, a little bit ruined by the linesman who was officiating on behalf of Harpenden. He was flagging absolutely every dash towards goal as offside for no reason. We almost equalised as a result of a desperate goal mouth scramble but the ball found an opposing defender rather than the net... about 4 or 5 times!
The boys got a proper talking too at the end of the game, they have to step their game up if they are going to start winning games. Next weeks game will be a tough one, we are due to play Chorleywood Panthers who are top of the league.
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