Sunday 25 January 2009

League Report 24th Jan 09

This weeks top game was at Norton Subcourse where the leagues top two were due to meet however for the second time this season the game was abandoned due to a nasty injury to Norton’s Tom Hudson which required an ambulance. Only 7 minutes were played with Norton winning 1-0 at the time.

Pot Black took advantage of the abandonment to move into second place as they netted a late winner through debutant Vinny Terry to win 2-1 at Kirkley & Pakefield A.

FC Hearts go above Norton on goal difference following their fine 5-2 win at Spexhall and with games against Hearts of Oak and Norton in the next two weeks their destiny will become much clearer.

Wrentham bounced back from lasts weeks defeat to beat Oxford Arms 3-1 whilst the final fixture in the division saw Waveney Res. collect the 3 points by beating bottom side Sole Bay United Res. 6-0.

The final match in the division was the local derby at Beccles were a strengthed Caxton Res. side went down 3-1 to Barsham.

The second division sees White Horse Seltic move 6 points clear of Ole Frank as they beat Pakfield Re-United 4-1.

Hopton White Hart are now sitting in 4th place following their 4-1 win against Tudor. Crusaders move up the table after their 2-0 win against Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res.

There was a 7 goal thriller at Corton where Corton A defeated Bungay Town A 4-3 whilst Waveney Gunners emphatic 9-1 win at Ellingham sees them leapfrog over their opponents.

LIFC eased to the 3 points against Oxford Arms Res. where they won 6-1 whilst in the Norfolk Primary Cup, Norton Athletic Res. involvement ended as they slumped to a 4-2 reverse at GY Albion despite holding a 2-1 lead early in the second half.

The top 3 in the third division have opened up a 14 point gap between 3rd and 4th as they all won again. Leaders Town Hall narrowly defeat Kirkley & Pakefield B 2-1 whilst Suffolk Punch saw off an in form Waveney A 3-0 to preserve their maximum points record.

Harleston Town Res. went nap at Marquis of Lorne winning 5-0. Lake Lothing are now 4th following their fine 3-2 success against Spexhall Res.

The remaining games in the division both ended in stalemates as White Horse Seltic Res. and Earsham drew 1-1 and Factory Arms and Westhall ended 2-2.

Results 24th January:

Division 1:
Beccles Caxton Res. 1 v 3 Barsham
Kirkley & Pakefield A 1 v 2 Pot Black
Norton Athletic A v A Hearts of Oak
Sole Bay United Res. 0 v 6 Waveney Res.
Spexhall 2 v 5 FC Hearts
Wrentham 3 v 1 Oxford Arms


Division 2:
Crusaders 2 v 0 Oulton Broad & Notleys Res.
Corton A 4 v 3 Bungay Town A
Ellingham 1 v 9 Waveney Gunners
Hopton White Hart 4 v 1 Tudor FC
Lowestoft International 6 v 1 Oxford Arms Res.
Pakefield Re-United 1 v 4 Corton White Horse Seltic

Division 3:
Corton White Horse Seltic Res. 1 v 1 Earsham
Factory Arms 2 v 2 Westhall
Gt Yarmouth Town Hall 2 v 1 Kirkley & Pakefield B
Lake Lothing 3 v 2 Spexhall Res.
Marquis of Lorne 0 v 5 Harleston Town Res.
Waveney A 0 v 3 Suffolk Punch

Norfolk Primary Cup ¼ Final:
GY Albion 4 v 2 Norton Athleic Res.

Tuesday 20 January 2009

Town Hall Match Report 17th Jan.

Got back to winning ways with a 4-2 win over Blundeston Magpies Res.at Normanston Park.Hall got into their stride early and for the first 40 minutes played arguably their best football of the season so far.With good use of the ball and some neat one touch passing with the movement to match, Hall had their opponents on the back foot and soon raced into a three goal lead.All three goals came courtesy of Matty Anderson,his second being the pick of the bunch, with a deft calm touch deceiving the
keeper.However five minutes before the break Magpies pulled one back with a strike from long range,and two minutes later reduced the deficit further when skipper Karl Coulson lost his balance allowing the striker to pick his spot.HT 3-2.

Second half saw Hall in control but as the game drew towards its conclusion a one goal margin is never enough, and with both sides hitting the woodwork Hall should have put the game beyond their opponents much earlier in the contest.That finally came 10 minutes from time from James Grant, hitting a crisp low drive into the corner of the net to confirm all three points for Hall.Final score 4-2.In a game that was physical at times, Hall lost both Shane Kingdom and Richard Donavan to injuries,the latter being so unnecessary, and it looks as these lads will be missing for a number of weeks.On a brighter note the manager blooded two youngsters, Jason Smith and Damien Wise from the "Academy" both giving encouraging performances.Good performances on the day also from an assured Rob Leggett at the back,Adam Yaxley pulling the strings in the middle,ably assisted by Rob Ripkey also playing in midfield giving his usual industrious display.However MOM must be hat trick hero Matty Anderson who has started his Hall career with 6 goals in his first 4 appearances.

Team:Marshall,Locke,Coulson,Leggett,Grant,Donovan(Smith,D),Yaxley,Ripkey,Kingdon(Wise),Anderson,Gallant(Smith,J).

Sunday 18 January 2009

Notley's League Report 17th Jan 2009.

After last week’s big freeze service was resumed to normal this week and Hearts of Oak showed that they mean business as they defeated nearest title rival’s Wrentham 8-4.

It was the visitors that thought they had the upper hand as they raced into a 2-0 lead but Hearts had other ideas as they clawed back to 2-2 at the break. They ran out easy winners in the second half adding 6 more goals in a game that was marred by a red card for each side.

Hearts stay 7 points clear of Norton following the villagers 5-1 victory against Sole Bay Res. setting up nicely the match between the two sides this coming weekend.

Kirkley & Pakfield A have been blown out of the race the last couple of weeks as this time they surprisingly lost 5-2 at Blundeston Magpies who leapfrog them into 5th place.

Pot Black are in touch following their 5-0 win against Caxton Res. with 4 goals coming in the last ten minutes, and they now have the meanest defence in the division.

FC Hearts are also in touch following their fine 4-0 win at Waveney Res. who are having a stuttering season.

Another team failing to live up to their usual standards are Spexhall as they drew for the 4th time this term as Barsham held them to a 1-1 scoreline.

The second division remains as tight as ever with the top 4 all winning.

White Horse Seltic remain in pole position as they returned from Bungay with a 2-0 win. Ole Frank enjoyed an 8-3 success at Tudor FC. Tudor’s Neil Fox broke his collar bone in the game and we wish him a speedy recovery.

Norton Athletic Res. made it ten games unbeaten as they defeated Crusaders 4-1 to stay 3rd just ahead of Pakefield Re-United whom beat Waveney Gunners by the same scoreline.

Oxford Arms Res. finally gained that elusive win with Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res being the victims 4-2 whilst LIFC enjoyed a comfortable 5-0 win against Corton A whose slump continues.

The title in the third division is a 3 horse race with all 3 sides winning.

Leaders Town Hall beat Blundeston Magpies Res. 4-2, whilst favourites Suffolk Punch eased to a 9-0 rout against Factory Arms. Harleston Town Res. managed a 2-0 success at White Horse Seltic Res.

Westhall had a fine 2-1 win against Marquis of Lorne to jump a place whilst Lake Lothing won a 5 goal affair at Earsham to move into mid-division.

Finally Waveney A go 4th following their 3-2 win at Kirkley & Pakefield B.


Results 17th January:

Division 1:
Blundeston Magpies 5 v 2 Kirkley & Pakefield A
Hearts of Oak 8 v 4 Wrentham
Norton Athletic 5 v 1 Sole bay United Res.
Pot Black 5 v 0 Beccles Caxton Res.
Spexhall 1 v 1 Barsham
Waveney Res. 0 v 4 FC Hearts


Division 2:
Bungay Town A 0 v 2 Corton White Horse Seltic
Crusaders 1 v 4 Norton Athletic Res.
Ellingham P v P Hopton White Hart
Lowestoft International 5 v 0 Corton A
Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res. 2 v 4 Oxford Arms Res.
Tudor FC 3 v 8 Ole Frank
Waveney Gunners 1 v 4 Pakefield Re-United

Division 3:
Blundeston Magpies Res. 2 v 4 Gt Yarmouth Town Hall
Earsham 2 v 3 Lake Lothing
Corton White Horse Seltic Res. 0 v 2 Harleston Town Res.
Kirkley & Pakefield B 2 v 3 Waveney A
Suffolk Punch 9 v Factory Arms
Westhall 2 v 1 Marquis of Lorne

Sunday 11 January 2009

League Report 10th January.

Jack Frost put paid to any hopes the league had of completing the 2nd round of the Brighty Driving Tuition KO Cup as all bar two of the scheduled fixtures were postponed because of frozen pitches. This included all scheduled league games.

The two games to beat the freeze were at Hopton where second division Hopton White Hart took first division Waveney Res. to extra time following a 2-2 scoreline at 90 minutes. But following an incredible 6 goals in extra time it was the visitors who progressed into the last 8.

They will be joined by Spexhall whom defeated second division Tudor 4-2 at Benjamin Britten High School.

All the remaining cup games will now be rescheduled for February.

Results 10th January:

Brighty Driving Tuition KO Cup 2nd Round:
Barsham P v P Bungay Town A
Blundeston Magpies P v P White Horse Seltic
Hearts of Oak P v P LIFC
Hopton White Hart 4 v 6 Waveney Res. (AET)
Norton Athletic P v P Beccles Caxton Res.
Oxford Arms P v P Norton Athletic Res.
Pot Black P v P Pakefield Re-United
Tudor FC 2 v 4 Spexhall

Division 1:
Wrentham P v P Kirkley & Pakefield A

Division 2:
Corton A P v P Crusaders
Oxford Arms Res. P v P Ole Frank
Waveney Gunners P v P Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res.

Division 3:
Blundeston Magpies Res. P v P Factory Arms
Corton White Horse Seltic Res. P v P Lake Lothing
Earsham P v P Harleston Town Res.
Gt Yarmouth Town Hall P v P Westhall
Kirkley & Pakefield B P v P Marquis of Lorne
Spexhall Res. P v P Suffolk Punch

Monday 5 January 2009

Clubs Comments from 3rd Jan 09.

GT Yarmouth Town Hall on their defeat in the Primary Cup:

Lost 3-1...a game they should have clearly won.
Squandered numerous first half chances...should have been 4 up at the break.
Instead 0-0 and did not turn up playing wise for the second period.
An opportunity clearly missed, as with respect, the opposition was clearly
average.
Hall scorer substitute Matty Anderson.

Oulton Broad & Notleys Res on their win against Corton A.:

Broad Res started lively by having most of the early procession and it didn't take long for them to open the scoring with a fine low shot from I Olly. Corton soon made it 1-1 and it was all to play for. D flowers came close but the post was the only thing preventing doubling there lead. Broad started the 2nd half on top with the midfield pair of S Rigby and L Soloman linking up well, broad soon went 2-1 up after S Rigby's effort beat the Corton keeper, Corton again bounced back this time after S Hutt fouled in the area, 2-2. Broad's 2nd half sub C Richardson was causing problems on the left hand side and put though a killer ball to S Rigby who just doesn't miss in those situations, Corton again come back minutes later after there attacker ran though the broad defense, 3-3 in the dying moments of the game S Rigby was again put though after some great hold up play from C Richardson and scored with the final kick of the game. Notley's Man of the match: S Rigby for a superb hat-trick.

Oulton Broad Res:

J Stammers, D Wicks, S Hutt, D Kennady, B Veral,l L Gowing, S Rigby, L Soloman, E Gooding, I Olly, D Flowers

Subs (Used) K Soanes C Richardson N Stone

Saturday 3 January 2009

League Report 3rd Jan.

The New Year started with 4 of the top 6 in the first division all picking up wins.

Leaders Hearts of Oak beat Kirkley & Pakefield A 3-1 to remain 7 points clear, a defeat that sees Kirkley slip two places to 5th.

Norton Athletic remain in second after narrowly beating Spexhall 2-1 whilst Pot Black are up to 3rd following their 4-1 victory at Blundeston Magpies who seem to have lost their way after a promising start to the season.

FC Hearts are now fourth after comfortably beating Caxton Res 7-2 whilst the biggest winners of the day were Wrentham who thumped Oxford Arms 7-0 to move into 6th place.

The second division saw the top three in Primary cup action and as such the congestion in 3rd place mounted up as Bungay Town A, Pakefield Re-United and Hopton White Hart all join third place Norton on 22 points following their wins.

Bungay defeated LIFC 3-0 Pakefield Re-United beat Waveney Gunners 2-0 and Hopton White Hart came back from Oxford Arms Res. with a 4-1. Crusaders also won 4-1 at Ellingham and sit 7th just a further point back.

The final match in the division saw a thriller as Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res. beat Corton A 4-3 which included a hat-trick for Steve Rigby and as such they are 8th.

The third division saw Suffolk Punch move to within a point of the leaders as they beat Earsham 4-1 whilst Harleston Town Res. move to within 3 points following their 5-1 victory against Blundeston Magpies Res.

Kirkley & Pakefield B lost a 7 goal thriller to White Horse Seltic Res. whilst Marquis of Lorne and Lake Lothing shared the points following their 1-1 draw. They sit 8th & 9th respectively.

Spexhall Res. won their local derby with Westhall 4-1 and as such climb to 4th place whilst Waveney A beat Factory Arms 7-2 and climb to 6th place.

In the Norfolk Primary Cup there was disappointment for Gt Yarmouth Town Hall who lost 3-1 to Docking Rangers. By all accounts Town Hall missed many chances and were beaten by an average side.

Norton Athletic Res. to keep the Leagues flag flying though as they needed extra time to beat previously unbeaten Barney United, eventually winning through 3-2.

In the Suffolk Primary Cup only one of the four sides progressed and that was Ole Frank who beat Clare Town 4-3. Waveney Res. wee surprisingly heavily beaten 8-2 at Albion Mills, White Horse Seltic slipped out 2-1 against Stanton and the Salvation Army were 3-0 winners at Tudor.

This week the KO Cup will take precedent with all ties being played to a finish.

Results 03rd January:

Division 1:
Barsham P v P Sole Bay United Res.
Blundeston Magpies 1 v 4 Pot Black
FC Hearts 7 v 2 Beccles Caxton Res.
Hearts of Oak 3 v 1 Kirkley & Pakefield A
Norton Athletic 2 v 1 Spexhall
Oxford Arms 0 v 7 Wrentham


Division 2:
Bungay Town A 3 v 0 LIFC
Ellingham 1 v 4 Crusaders
Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res. 4 v 3 Corton A
Oxford Arms Res. 1 v 4 Hopton White Hart
Pakefield Re-United 2 v 0 Waveney Gunners

Division 3:
Earsham 1 v 4 Suffolk Punch
Harleston Town Res. 5 v 1 Blundeston Magpies Res.
Kirkley & Pakefield A 3 v 4 White Horse Seltic Res.
Marquis of Lorne 1 v 1 Lake Lothing
Spexhall Res. 4 v 1 Westhall
Waveney A 7 v 2 Factory Arms

Norfolk Primary Cup 4th Round
Barney United 2 v 3 Norton Athletic Res. (AET)
Gt Yarmouth Town Hall 1 v 3 Docking Rangers

Suffolk Primary Cup 4th Round
Albion Mills 8 v 2 Waveney Res.
Clare Town 3 v 4 Ole Frank
Corton White Horse Seltic 1 v 2 Stanton
Tudor FC 0 v 3 Salvation Army