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Peter
Brown Craven Minor League
RESULTS Week Ending March 19
Under 16 - Division 1
Skelmersdale United 2-4 Kirkys
Formby JSC 5-0 Hale Juniors
Southport FC Juniors 0-4 Town Green
Under 16 - Division 2
Redgate Rovers 3-2 Ormskirk West End
West Lancs Colts 3-1 Southport Trinity
Hesketh Colts 2-4 Ainsdale
Under 15 - Division 1
Cave Canem 1-5 Southport FC Juniors
Town Green 4-2 Burscough FC Juniors
Under 15 - Division 2
West Lancs Colts 0-0 Formby JSC
Under 14
Town Green 8-0 Southport Trinity
Southport FC Juniors 1-1 Barlows Juniors
Great Crosby United 6-4 Formby JSC
Redgate Rovers 4-0 Burscough FC Juniors
Under 13 - Tesco Cup
Town Green A 4-2 Eagle Sports
Under 13
Birkdale United 4-0 Hesketh Colts
Ainsdale 1-1 Burscough FC Juniors
Southport Trinity 4-6 Redgate Rovers
Town Green B 4-4 Formby JSC
Southport FC Juniors 1-5 Town Green A
Under 12 - Division 2
Ormskirk West End 0-7 Ainsdale
Halsall B 1-0 Hesketh Colts
Southport FC Juniors 0-7 Formby JSC B
Under 11 - Division 1
Redgate Rovers A 1-4 Southport Trinity
Formby JSC A 3-5 Town Green
Burscough FC Juniors A 1-0 Ainsdale A
Pilkington 3-2 Churchtown Jaguars
Under 11 - Division 2
Rainford Rangers 6-5 Burscough FC Juniors B
Ainsdale B 0-1 Southport FC Juniors
Under 10 - Eagles
Formby JSC A 3-0 Burscough FC Juniors A
Hesketh Colts A 0-1 Rainford Rangers
Bickerstaffe 0-2 Town Green A
Southport Trinity A 0-2 Town Green B
Under 10 - Hawks
Formby JSC B 4-0 Burscough FC Juniors B
Hesketh Colts B 0-3 Halsall
Hesketh Bank 2-2 Southport FC Juniors A
Southport Trinity 2-2 Southport FC Juniors B
Redgate Rovers B 0-5 Birkdale United
Under 9 - Leopards
Redgate Rovers A 0-2 Burscough FC Juniors
Birkdale United B 0-2 Formby JSC A
Southport Trinity A 3-1 Formby JSC B
Town Green 2-2 Southport FC Juniors A
Under 9 - Panthers
Hesketh Bank 1-1 Redgate Rovers B
Birkdale United A 3-1 Kingsford
Redgate Rovers C 0-1 Southport Trinity B
Southport FC Juniors B 0-2 Rainford Rangers
Under 8
Birkdale United 5-0 Formby JSC
Town Green C 1-6 Town Green A
Southport Trinity A 2-2 Southport FC Juniors
Southport Trinity B 0-5 Redgate Rovers B
Rainford Rangers 0-5 Town Green B
Match Reports for Week Ending 19 March
Under 13
Tesco Cup: Town Green 4-2 Eagle Sports
Town Green squeezed through this tough but very entertaining
semi-final. An outstanding display from Town Green goalkeeper Ben
McLoughlin kept Eagle Sports at bay throughout but Town Green went
1-0 down to an early goal. Before half time Town Green’s centre back
Alex Howard levelled. 5 minutes into the 2nd half Eagle Sports again
took the lead but Town Green continued to play good football and got
their reward with a good finish from Robbie Metcalf. Both teams went
on to miss many chances but Town Green were finishing the strongest
and created the better chances. Going into the last 10 minutes Town
Green edged ahead with 2 more goals from Robbie Metcalf. A great
team performance.
Under 11
Formby 3-5 Town Green
The previous 2 meetings between these teams had produced draws and
Formby were beginning to look like Town Green's bogey team,
especially when they were 2-0 up after 15 minutes courtesy of two
very well taken goals from Declan Blackwell. 3 first class saves
from Jake Brown in the Formby goal kept the away side at bay but a
headed goal from Tom Peterson set the game up for an exciting 2nd
half. Having been slightly out of sorts in the 1st half James
McGregor suddenly kicked into gear and fired in a fantastic to put
the game out of Formby's sight. M.O.M. Jay Francis also found the
net. Formby's M.O.M. Blackwell completed his hatrick as well. |
Under 10
Southport Trinity 0-2 Town Green 'B'
This was the 3rd meeting this season between the bitter rivals of
Southport and Town Green. The game got off to a positive start for
Town Green as Adam Townson and Charlie Stoker both had efforts
cleared by Trinty keeper Jacques Verite. Constant pressure from Town
Green resulted in a succession of corners, one of which was met by a
powerful header from defender Dean Smith which almost tipped the
goal over as it hit the back of the net.
Town Green expected
Trinity to come out all guns blazing in the second half and they
didn't disappoint. Trinity striker Jack Goulding went close but
generally was held at bay by a sound performance from TG's Shay
Banner. Townson came close with 5 minutes to go when he connected
with a Stoker flick only to see his header glance the outside of the
post.
With just 2 minutes
left, Town Green gained a throw in by the Trinity corner flag. A
long throw by captain Will Mckee was flicked on by Stoker who found
Townson at the far post who calmly stabbed the ball into the back of
the net. Another 3 points gained by Town Green 'B' keeps them clear
at the top of the table.
Under 9
Town Green A 2-2 Southport FC Juniors A
This top of the table match between the Division’s top 2 teams lived
up to all expectations, both teams created chances in the early
stages but it was SFCJ who took the lead. A throw-in by Anthony
Brown into the Town Green box was met by James Smith to loft the
ball over the defence and into the far side of the net from a
difficult angle, from then on SFCJ dominated the rest of the half
and Robson Baldwin and Jack Bainbridge in outstanding form. SFCJ
forced many corners before half time and from one of them the SFCJ
leading goal scorer James Smith rose above everyone to power a
header into the net to add to his total, from their next corner
Anthony Brown smashed a header against the post with the keeper
beaten and would have put the game beyond Town Green.
The 2nd half started as
the first and both teams playing some superb football, Town Green
pushed forward to get back into the game and a goal mouth scramble
saw the ball hammered into the SFCJ net. This inspired Town Green
into action again and after a great move down the left the ball was
met by a Town Green forward to slide the ball past Callum Jones in
the SFCJ goal. The game was there to be won by both teams and after
a shaky start to the half Jack Bainbridge and Oliver Cunningham kept
it tight at the back for SFCJ. The game ended a draw and after a
tremendous first half SFCJ can look back at what might have been and
might have nicked a win but credit to Town Green for their come
back. Jack Bainbridge was man of the match for SFCJ for a truly
outstanding performance and with only 2 games left SFCJ are coming
back to their early season form.
Redgate Rovers 'A' 0-2 Burscough FC Juniors
A very competitive game that Redgate were unlucky to come away from
without at least a point. Both teams were well organised and made it
hard for either side to create chances. Redgate powered by Craig
Lowe, their midfield dynamo, created numerous flowing attacks using
both Michael Panes and Matthew Croughan, who worked tirelessly, down
the flanks, only to see shots charged down. Burscough held firm and
were able to build their own attacks to give Redgate a number of
scares but their defence with Ciaran McCarthy, giving an excellent
performance, held firm.
Redgate's man of the
match Freddie Russell then came into his own on the left creating
some excellent play as well as defending when required. This all
boded well for the second half which saw Redgate getting more of the
play with Dan Abdous leading the charge on the Burscough goal.
Burscough through their centre midfield and centre half proved hard
to crack, both these players giving towering performances.
10 minutes from time
Redgate made a couple of substitutions with Burscough capitalising
on the changes before the players settled in and scored their first.
Redgate then had to chase the game with Sam Bennett who produced a
number of great runs from the back being the instigator of many
attacks. One such attack saw the ball cleared from the Burscough
goal area only to be fired back by Sam with the Burscough goalkeeper
making an excellent save. Ben Heap who took every opportunity to get
forward for Redgate was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet.
Redgate continued to push forward only to be caught on the break by
Burscough who scored their second, this capped a good performance by
their number 9. Despite conceding these goals, none of which
he could do anything about, Ryan Walker was again commanding in goal
for Redgate. An excellent game that gave Burscough their first
win of the year.
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