Youth Football Report

The Under 16s defeated Coulby Newham 10-1 with goals from B.Lowthian (2), C.Denton (2), JCameron (2), Kieran Mcwaters, M.Osbiston, A.Stoker and L.Crowe.
High praise for the lads and parents – we hope you get your just rewards with two games to go. Man of the match went to B.Lowthian.
Under 14s v Richmond Town. The boys played the better football throughout the whole game, even going a goal down. Heads never dropped and they kept going against the Champions Aycliffe. Goals from Bailey Howarth (2) ensured a 2-1 win. Man of the match went to Todd Steed
Grangetown YCC 3-5 Under 13s. Great way to finish our season, the players dug deep and soon found themselves 3-1. Grangetown never gave up and squared the match 3-3. Game finished 3-5 to the Under 13s. Goals from Josh Richardson (2), Chloe Ryan, Keiron Todd and Cameron Nicholson with one each.
Under 12 Eagles v Richmond Town. Another fantastic result for the Eagles who won 5-1. Goal scores were Adam Moffat (3), Lucas Baker (2). Man of the match went to Lucas Baker with a top class performance.
Under 11 Eagles 3-3 Billingham Juniors
The Eagles took the lead through Kian Cook. Joe Halford scored a long range effort to make it 2-0 Eagles. The opposition managed to get a goal back just before half. Billingham scored from a free for 2-2. With 10 minutes to go we conceded again, but Adam Hicks and the boys had other ideas as he cracked the ball into the Billingham net for 3-3. Man of the match with an outstanding performance in defence was Joey Howarth.
Under 10 Eagles were away to Bishop Auckland Kings. With a few changes some players played in different positions. This seemed to work as Brennan Fitzpatrick received a good pass off Kieran and weaved into the box to score. A Calum volley made it 0-2. Brennan showed great skill to make it 0-3. Alfie Backhouse and Leo Umudi came and carried on the hard work. Man of the match was Brennan Fitzpatrick. Well done all.
Under 10 Falcons v Spennymoor Knights. Bad start from the Falcons who went 2-0 down. As they battled to regain shape they then found themselves 4-0 down. Second half saw Finley make some great saves Then came the Falcons counter attacks but were unlucky not to finish. Great drives from Hayden, Leon and Declan. Some unlucky decisions on the day but Falcons got caught out and were 5-0 down but Falcons never gave up and upped the battle! Hard luck lads!
Under 8 Falcons were at home to Barnard Castle and missed chance after chance and a disallowed goal. Not to be their day but played some really good. The game finished 3-1 to Barnard Castle. Travis Dixon scored our goal and Man of the match went to Adam Shaw. Second game – a big well done to Oliver Bellwood (defender) for getting his 1st goal for the team. 2nd goal went to Alex Beattie 3rd goal to Tom Dearden with Alex Beattie adding his second. 4-0 Man of the match went to Oliver Bellwood.