Driffield Warriors U7
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Charlie, Matthew, Jules and Jacob unfortunately didn’t get the finish deserving of such a quality move.
Millie was making her presence felt wading through tackle after tackle but it was Jules who squared the game with a fine solo effort beating numerous Hessle players and finishing superbly from a narrow angle.
Another Driffield victory looked likely, Matthew showed his silky skills, Jacob unsettled the Hessle midfield and Ollie and Millie piled on the pressure but the Hessle defence held out for a well deserved draw.
Players of the week were goalscorers Millie and Jules.
Thanks to Danny for refereeing and TA Roofing for their sponsorship.
This saw the Warriors first season come to a close and with only one defeat in 2013 and a long unbeaten run in 2012, the players and parents can look back with pride on a fine first season.
Driffield Jaguars U10
Driffield Jaguars entered their final two matches of the season knowing they had everything to play for.
A good result from them and a slip up from the current leaders Hessle would put them in the running for top spot in League One, and a set of poor results would drop the team to third place in this elite league.
Driffield Jaguars U10 2
Hessle Rangers Rockets 0
Game One
Driffield stated at a breath-taking pace and were soon ripping through the Hedon defence; with a minute on the clock after super passing from Harry Webster, Olly Green and Harvey Wilkes a hard running Harry Foulds latched onto a ball and drove it into the net – what a start for a team chasing goals.
This was nearly followed moments later with another when Harry narrowly failed to connect cleanly with the ball and scuffed it wide.
Driffield were playing some wonderful passing football and kept the pressure on, again this was rewarded almost immediately when from another inch perfect pass Harry Foulds tucked a second goal away. Less than five minutes in and two goals to the good, Driffield were on fire!
Hedon though had been league leaders for the early part of the season and to their credit fought back from this nightmare start and gamefully brought counterattacks back at Driffield wherever possible.These though were well contained by Jay Coleman, Liam Ward and Dan Aconley, anything dribbling through being readily collected by a top form Matt Pinder in goal.
However these attacks often left Hedon fatally exposed and this was ruthlessly exploited by Driffield with Harvey Wilkes, Ben Evans and Olly Green all having shots on goal. A brilliant first half of play.
The second half saw Hedon charge forward but a great save and quick kick by Matt Pinder put Olly Green on goal and he shot inches wide. Hedon again showed some spirit but good defending including some solid tackles from Olly Shaw saw Driffield weather the storm and then really crank up the pressure on the opposition. Shots were soon peppering the Hedon goal area and Driffield were just plain unlucky not to add to their tally with another three shots going wide, two hitting the post, one being headed over and two being saved.
It was a relieved Hedon team which heard the final whistle.
Driffield Jaguars U10 5
Hessle Rangers Rockets 1
Game Two
Driffield started the match strongly again winning an immediate corner which Harvey Wilkes narrowly missed converting, heading slightly over.
Hedon though counterattacked well forcing Matt Pinder to charge out and clear his lines with confidence. All the team showed great running with Harry Webster dominating the left wing and putting forward some lovely passes to Harry Foulds and Harvey Wilkes.
All this hard work again bore fruit and saw Olly Green twist and turn his way through the Hedon defence and nutmeg the keeper to give Driffield the lead.
This was swiftly followed by a free kick at the edge of the Hedon box which was just blasted wide.
Again the ebb and flow of football came into play with Hedon raising their game, however Jay Coleman made some crucial tackles and both Liam Ward and Olly Shaw made some good clearances up field.
And it was upfield where most of the action was, and with half time approaching Olly Green jinked through the Hedon defence again for his and Driffield’s second goal.
The second half started well for Driffield when in a melee in front of the Hedon net a ricocheted shot glanced off at least two Hedon players to go in to give Driffield a third goal.
The lead was soon extended when interlinking play from Harvey Wilkes, Ben Evans and Harry Webster saw Olly Green go one-on-one with the Hedon keeper and calmly slot the ball away for his hat-trick.
Hedon though continued to fight back and it needed some battling from Dan Aconley as left back to keep them from breaking though.
Driffield had their tails up, and after some sharp passing from Ben Evans and Olly Green midfielder Harvey Wilkes broke through to put in Driffield’s fifth. Again Hedon were down but not out and a last minute attack saw them snatch a consolation goal – well deserved for all their tireless work.
So two good wins, however Driffield Jaguars were sadly pipped to top spot as Hessle too claimed a pair of wins to secure the under 10s League One title.
Heartbreaking though this was, this was still a fantastic performance from this great young Driffield team and further success surely beckons – the results tell it all - played 20, won 16, drew 2, and lost 2, scored 46 and conceded only 16.
Lads you have played your hearts out all season and the manager, coaches, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and brothers and sisters who follow you think you are all the best.
Driffield Jaguars now face the move to nine-a-side football and therefore need at least two or three more players to strengthen the team.
Any current Year 5 lads or girls who would like to play top class football are asked to ring the manager Dave Pinder on 07979501413 for more details.