Saturday 18th September 2010
Away at Oldbury Park Tigers
Oldbury Park Tigers
2 Westbury Celtic Youth 2
The first ever league
game for the Under 9 Youth team was away
to Oldbury Park Tigers (who won their
first match last week 5-0!). The
boys started well with some good passing
in midfield and seemed to dominate play
with confidence and had some early
chances. Oldbury Park broke from defence with a
good goal clearance which caught us by
surprise and gave Oldbury Park a 1-0
lead. The team didn’t let the goal get
them down and battled hard with Francesco
and Harry Stokes defending well under some
pressure from the opposition.
Half time saw a team
talk from Mick and Gez which boosted the
confidence of the boys to keep play simple
and pass and move just like training.
Midfield worked hard to break down Oldbury
Park’s defence and a simple ball from
Alistair found the feet of Benjamin who
had an easy tap in to draw level.
With the opposition
goalkeeper being able to clear the ball
deep into our end the defence stopped
talking to each other which led to a mix
up and a second goal.
Westbury dug deep and
showed real guts, determination and a
hunger to win. They didn’t let the goal
get them down and battled for every ball
and started to play the ball through the
gaps and with a fantastic cross from
Charlie W, Benjamin took a volley on the
rise hitting it hard and high! The keeper
made a sensational save to push the ball
onto the crossbar to deny Westbury the
equaliser!
Still, the midfield
and defence battled hard against a very
good side with Francesco making some key
challenges to stop Oldbury Park. With
time ticking on Francesco picked the ball
up on half way, played the ball to Ben K
who moved the ball forward and passed into
the box for Charlie W to put in the back
of the net. Levelling the game to 2-2!
Both teams battled hard in the closing
minutes to try to win the game with Harry
Staley making some crucial saves and Harry
Stokes stopping crosses coming into our
penalty area! It was tense with Westbury
getting chances to win the game in the
dying minutes but the referee blew his
whistle to give Westbury their first
league point and a very well battled for
2-2 draw. A very fair result. Well done
boys!! And well done Francesco who was
named Player of the Game by the referee.
Next week we’re home to Wardon Village
Jaguars.
