The Under 14 Girls were in Cup action at a rain soaked Oak Leaf – against Norton & Ancient. Matilda opened the scoring then Lottie then added a second before Norton pulled one back to reduce the arrears. Chloe added number three from a free-kick for a half-time lead of 3-1. The second half saw six goals added – Lottie (hat-trick) Lucy, Molly & Chloe (hat-trick) completed the scoring 9-1, full time.
The Under 13 Girls were away at St. Cuthberts on Saturday. Two evenly matched sides enjoyed a good battle. Chances were few and far between for both teams and two quick goals in the first half, saw the girls go in at half time 2-0 behind. Pushing forward in the second half, the girls tried hard to break down the defence, to no avail, and in the final few minutes, St. Cuthberts broke away and nicked a third goal. Well done girls and look forward to next week.
Final game of the season for the Under 10 Girls at a wet Newbottle v Durham Federation. The girls quickly took control of the game as a Brooke brace made it 2-0, then a Heidi hat-trick made it HT 5-0. Second half saw a new forward line and the goals kept coming. Chloe then netted her first goal for the team, Brooke then showed her pace and strength to grab another 2 goals. Georgie struck from outside the box for her first goal of the season. Durham had the final word with a consolation goal FT 9-1.
Under 9 Falcons played at home against Leven AFC. Dylan Stewart netted twice before Leven pulled one back just before half time. After the break Louis Parnaby made it 3-1. Cole Gaskarth finished the scoring with his strike. Full time 4-1. MOTM Jacob Bailey-Thompson. Second game tougher as the Falcons struggled to get anything going 0-2 at half time. Adam Shaw with a long range shot made it 1-2. Leven later got another goal to win 1-3. MOTM went to Tom Dearden.
Under 7 Eagles were in action against Plains Farm Green who played some great football giving them the edge over us the result being a loss 5-1. They did play different football to us, using a permanent, tall physical centre half who remained quite static defensively which did not allow our Eagles to attack in their usual way. Everyone in our team played fantastic. Will got on the score sheet, well done Eagles.
Newton Aycliffe Hawks travelled to 21st All Stars Delta. On a heavy but playable pitch the Hawks passed the ball around and were working hard off the ball to regain possession. The boys scored early on, but the whistle went for offside. Delta scored a good goal on the counter to take the lead. The Hawks kept their head and continued to pass the ball around. The lads were creating lots of chances but the Delta keeper was in great form, Ht 1-0. Second half was all Hawks pressure, chance after chance went begging but the boys didn’t lose their head and kept passing the ball really well. The crossbar, post and an inspired goalkeeper kept Hawks at bay, as it felt like it wasn’t going to fall for the boys today, James fired home to make it 1-1. Soon after all the pressure told and Ben smashed the ball home for 2-1. The whistle went a couple minutes later and the Hawks won there first competetive match. What a performance and very well deserved. The parents on the side line went through all emotions but at no stage did the boys feel any pressure and showed this by playing football for the whole game.
