The Young Seasiders: Wickham Market Tournament 11th July 2009

We have a superb record at this tournament, having won it for the last two years. this time we were going for a hat trick.

We had two strong teams entered this year. We were confident of both teams performing strongly.

The squads were-

A team-

Ollie S, Connor, Curtis, Ollie M, Damien, Matty H & Charlie B

B Team-

Keiran, Matty G, Jack, Cammy, Dash & Charlie W. Unfortunately Alex had to withdraw at the last minute. The B's also lost Charlie W early in the day due to an injured foot. This left them with no subs and no recognised goalkeeper.

As there were so many games I will only give an overview of how the day panned out-

A team

v F&W B team

Damien opened the scoring 1-0

Dash equalised to make the half time score 1-1.

Damien score two more to complete his hat-trick 3-1.

v Wickham A

0-0 at half time

Charlie B scored to make the final score 1-0.

v Somersham A

Charlie score the first two 2-0

Damien got another to make it 3-0 at half-time.

Curtis scored to make it 4-0

Charlie got his hat-trick to make it 5-0.

v Somersham B

Charlie made the half-time score 1-0

Damien scored two and Charlie another to make it 4-0

v Wickham B

Matty H and Connor got on the scoresheet to make it 2-0 at half-time.

Matty got another along with Ollie Mac and Curtis to make it 5-0.

The boys have cruised into the final with style and a hatfull of goals.

B Team

v F&W A Team

1-3 see above

v Somersham B

Dash opened the scoring to make it 1-0 at half-time

Dash added a second before Somersham pulled one back to make it 2-1 the final score.

v Wickham A

0-0 at half-time

Jack scored two and Keiran got one to make it 3-0

v Somersham A

Jack scored to make it 1-0 at half-time

Jack got his second to make it 2-0

v Wickham B

Jack opened the scoring 1-0

Dash added another 2-0

Jack got his second 3-0

Cammy got on the scoresheet 4-0 the half-time score

Matty G got on the scoresheet to make the final score 5-0.

The B team had also made it comfortably to the final.

The Final

A v B

This was a very close game with good football and commitment being shown by both sides. It could have gone either way as both teams created chances.

The B's were awarded a penalty in the first half. Matty G bravely stepped forward to take it. Ollie made a great save to keep the half-time score at 0-0.

Damien broke the deadlock soon after half-time 1-0.

Soon after Curtis made it 2-0.

The B's kept going and threw everything forward to try to get back in the game. this left gaps at the back and Damien finished of the game 3-0.

Overall another fantastic performance from both teams. It is a great acheivement to get two teams in the final. Unfortunately one team had to lose.

The stats again make impressive reading.

The A's won every game and only conceded 1 goal all day!!! Dash gets the honour as the only player to score against them.

The B team won all their games apart from the two against our own A team.

Every outfield player got on the scoresheet!!! The scorers were as follows-

Damien - 8

Charlie B - 6

Jack - 6

Dash - 4