Pocklington 'v' Tad Albion U9s (5th Oct)

'A' Team Match Reports

1st Game report
Pocklington 0 - 10 Tadcaster Albion
Scorers: Ethan(5), James, Scott, Tom(3)
Team: Alfie, Charlie, Ethan, George, James, Scott, Tom.

Yes, that’s right. Its not a typo. 10-0 to Tadcaster!
On a splendidly sunny Sunday morning, Tadcaster Under 9’s first fixture with Pocklington proved to be a very fruitful one. The word on the football grapevine was that new boys Pocklington were not quite up to the pace of competitive football yet and this proved to be the case as Tadcaster produced a clinical performance to dispatch the home side in style.
Pocklington actually started quite well and throughout the match showed glimpses of potential; however they were no match for the speed, strength and skill of Tadcaster. James opened the scoring, but after that it was all about Ethan and those ‘lucky shorts’. Playing in an unfamiliar position up front, Ethan’s radar was slightly off early on as several shots went wide of the target. Once he did hit the target however, the ball hit the back of the net, he realized that scoring was easy and duly went on to complete his hat-trick before half time. Tom scored the other goal to give Tadcaster a 5-0 half time lead.
Team formation was switched around for the second half but the results were the same. Tom completed his hat-trick, Scott scored on his debut and Ethan scored two more to take his tally for the match to five. (There is even a rumor floating around that one of those was with his left foot! Video evidence will be studied as soon as it is available.)
Overall, this was a great performance. Excellent team work throughout and a thoroughly deserved win.
Man of the Match: Ethan – Finally found his shooting boots thanks to those lucky shorts. Long may it continue!

2nd Game report
Pocklington 0 - 2 Tadcaster Albion
Scorers: Alfie, James
Team: Adam, Alfie, Ethan, George, James, Scott, Tom.

Pocklington’s second team provided more stubborn resistance, and despite dominating the match, Tadcaster couldn’t find the break through as the first half ended goal-less.
The pressure eventually told however early in the second half as Alfie does what Alfie does best, finding the back of the net with a close range effort. The match was sealed when Ethan took a quick short corner to James who rifled the ball in to the top corner.
Man of the Match: Adam – played extremely effective simple football - great passing and movement.

Blues Overturn Wilberfoss!

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