Under 8's Match Report 9/12/2007 (Bishopthorpe) by Stephen King

U8’s Tadcaster Riverside Albion ‘v’ Bishopthorpe

9th December 2007.

Yellow Team Match Report

1st Game
Tadcaster Albion 2 – 0 Bishopthorpe
Goal Scorers: James, Louis

2nd Game
Tadcaster Albion 6 – 3 Bishopthorpe
Alfie (4), James (2)

1st Game report
Tadcaster lined up for the first game with Alfie in goal; Daniel and Emily in defence; Harry, Joseph and Louis in midfield; James up front.
Once again Tadcaster got off to a flying start with an early goal from James, but despite being well on top for most of the first half, the team didn’t really click. There were some good individual performances; particularly from Louis who did all of the hard work in midfield, but some of the good passing we’ve seen in previous weeks just wasn’t there. Half Time: score Tadcaster 1, Bishopthorpe 0.
Megan replaced Emily for the second half, with Joseph dropping back into defence and Harry being pushed up front. Harry looked much happier playing as a striker and he started to cause the Bishopthorpe defence a lot of problems with his pace and ability to beat players. Bishopthorpe came close to equalising, but a great save from Alfie kept Tadcaster’s in front. Finally with almost the last play of the match, Harry broke up field, beat the defenders and passed the ball to Louis for a simple tap in. Final score: Tadcaster 2, Bishopthorpe 0.

2nd Game report
The line up for the second game was Megan in goal, Emily and Joseph in defence; James, Louis and harry in midfield; Alfie up front.
What a game! End to end play saw Tadcaster score first – Alfie tapping in following great work from Harry. Bishopthorpe equalised with a screamer and were then awarded a penalty! Megan pulled off a great save only to see the penalty taker react first and put in the rebound. James got the home side level just before half time with another great strike. Half Time score: Tadcaster 2, Bishopthorpe 2.
Daniel replaced Joseph for the second half and the goal kept coming. First an unlucky Tadcaster own goal put the away side in front, before goals two goals from Alfie one from James and finally another for Alfie capped a great fight back. Final score: Tadcaster 6, Woodthorpe 3.

Man of the Match: Alfie – A clean sheet in goal for the first game; four goals up front in the second – and all on his birthday. Well done Alfie !