Archive - Wednesday, 7 December 2005


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Chipping Norton Tn 1,

Moreton Rgrs U-13 5

SUNDAY'S Witney and District League Knockout Cup clash had all the makings of an epic contest with the hosts running away with the B League and Rangers second in section A.

Moreton were slow out of the blocks and their local rivals took full advantage as they encamped in the visiting half and it was no great surprise when they took the lead after ten minutes.

Rangers finally woke up and started to pass the ball around in their customary manner and levelled following a corner from Harry Bates that fell for Tim Firth to smash the ball into the net.

Moreton now took control and made it 2-1 when Gary Luker's corner fell to Matty Magee who poked the ball past the goalkeeper .

A third goal arrived when Josh Keyte fed Luker whose pinpoint pass was collected by Magee before slipping the ball into the corner of the net.

Rangers managed another goal just before the interval when Bates picked the ball up from Paul Whitehouse on the edge of the area to swivel and hit a great shot into the bottom corner.

Chippy threw everything at their opponents after the restart but had reckoned without central defenders James Hicks and David Evans who were in dominant mood.

Their efforts deflated the hosts who gradually lost control but only conceded a fifth goal five minutes from time.

Tom McCauley won the ball in the centre of the field where he fed the ball to Luker. Great inter-play with Magee left the striker with the chance to slot the ball into the net and round off a fine team display.

Under-13 A League

P W D L F A Pts

Carterton 7 5 2 0 23 15 17

Moreton Rgrs 7 4 0 3 24 12 12

Easington Spts 6 3 1 2 26 19 10

Witney Viks 6 3 0 3 24 23 9

Combe 7 2 2 3 17 21 8

Eynsham Yth 5 2 2 1 10 9 8

SA & Barton 7 0 4 3 23 31 4

Banbury Tn 5 0 1 4 16 33 1

B League

P W D L F A Pts

CN Tn Swifts 6 6 0 0 31 11 18

Bloxham 6 4 1 1 44 19 13

Launton Boys 6 4 0 2 25 10 12

Chesterton 5 3 1 1 29 14 10

Chasewell Pk 6 3 0 3 43 31 9

Grendon Rgrs 5 3 0 2 22 16 9

Garden City 5 1 0 4 14 19 3

Brou & NN 4 0 0 4 3 30 0

Evesham Utd Robins U-12 0,

Evesham Utd B 1

SUNDAY'S clash was closely fought and settled by a solitary strike.

Dan Wilcox almost gave United an early lead but only superb defensive play at the opposite end denied Sam Penfold.

United goalkeeper Tom Bennett produced a fine save and that proved even more crucial when player of the match Joe Iorns popped up in the opposite penalty area to snatch the winner before half-time.

Iorns went on to produce some excellent skills on the right in the second half but there were no further goals with James Hitchman's late left-footer coming closest to increasing the margin of victory.

Evesham Utd U-13 B 6,

Vale Wanderers 0

JAMES Bearcroft converted dir-ectly from a corner to open the scoring in Saturday's Ambassador League Cup tie.

Elliot Grady extended the lead when he ran in and fired home from the edge of the area before making it 3-0 after a cross from Tom Evans.

The latter was again provider as Henry Woods volleyed in a fourth.

While Vale's inspired goalkeeper was doing well to keep the score down, United defenders Wes Bur-den, James Coldrick, Colin Philpot and Owen Jones restricted Vale opportunities with a series of well timed tackles, leaving Leon Ballard will little to do.

The busy Harrison Cother created the fifth when his shot was pushed out to Grady who fired home for his hat-trick. Evans then set up Ivan Masica to find the net from 25 yards to complete the scoring.

Evesham Utd Robins U-9 3,

Welland Jnrs 1

THE Robins emerged worthy winners from Saturday's clash betw-een two unbeaten sides.

Matthew Abbott opened the scoring but the visitors were swiftly back on level terms.

The second half saw Evesham regain the lead when player of the match Abbott netted an excellent second and the completion of his hat-trick ensured the winners stay on top of their division in the Mercian League.

Blockley U-12 2,

Drakes Broughton Rgrs 3

JOE Morrall fired in a spectacular winner with extra-time looming in last weekend's cup tie.

Blockley took the lead but a superb solo effort from Calum Tidy left the sides all-square at half-time.

The Cotswold side again took the lead but Rangers battled back and Daniel Wilcox made it 2-2 with a header from Morrall's corner.

And, it was player of the match Morrall who snatched victory in the closing moments with an 18-yard screamer that flew into the net.