Tadcaster Albion JFC Under 11's had a fantastic Sunday morning at Poppleton on 15th March....; For various reasons (including an ongoing foot injury for Matty 'Tevez' Orr) - TAJFC had to field a team of 10 against a Poppleton squad of 13. Unfortunately, Joel had taken a nasty knock to the head and was sporting a lovely purple/blue welt on his forehead. Fortunately he is genetically preprogrammed to reject the word 'quitter' and played the full 66 minutes.
TAJFC had a hesitant start and took a while to find their shape - however the breakthrough came when Joel slotted one home on 19mins. Cracking goals followed from Josh Macca, and Joe 'Are You Looking At Me?' Simon. The standard of play became better and more fluid as the minutes ticked by. Exceptional midfield and defensive play coming from 'in form' Ollie Patrick, Sam 'Ironman' Cheetham, and Big Hazza Hardy. Adam 'Raw Meat' Brammar was (again) exceptional in the middle of the park in both halves.
Into the second half and the excellent linking play between Josh Macca and Joel 'Headrush' Brown resulted in further goals from Joel, Josh Macca, 2 from Paul 'Tattyhead' Hick and a final one from Joe Simon who nicked it off the toes of Our Georgie. For once, John Broadley had little to do (phew!) but, as ever, aquitted himself admirably. A really entertaining game - Poppleton (despite the scoreline) were a good side who made few mistakes. Great all-around team performance from the lads who turned out. Man Of The Match - Adam Brammar.
Poppleton 0 - TAJFC 8 It'll soon be Tournament Time!
HOUSEKEEPING - please bring your own drinks to the last 3 games of the season and please pass on the names and details of any players you think may be interested in joining TAJFC as we progress into 2009-2010. Also, the County FA have banned nicknames in match reports so we'll have to revert to less poetic style in future....... ;-)
