A very strong Scotton Scorchers U 11’s side beat Harrogate Railway 4 - 1 in a very entertaining game in the Harrogate friendly league. Goals from Josh Carter (2), Giovanni Passerello and William Jackson together with excellent performances from Dominic Tear, Oliver Hunter, Jake Jones and Ben Lockwood made the man of the match choice impossible. The following friendly match ended in a 3-0 win for Scotton with goals from Dominic Tear, William Jackson and Ben Lockwood.
Scotton Scorchers under 11's v Hampsthwhaite in the Village friendly league
First 10 mins the match was even both sides having chances. After 13 mins a Hampsthwaite winger on the left crossed the ball into the box and the ball was bundled into the net past Charlie Wetheral.
Soon after 16 min they scored again, this time from the right hand side. The ball was cut back and finished well into the top left corner.
After substitutes on both sides, Scotton came out with purpose, meeting every tackle with force and eventually broke with Charlie Phillips only to shoot wide. Scotton’s defence played well as a unit. Bill Webster in particular had a great game stopping several attacks. On the 25 min Hampsthwaite drove through the centre and had a shot saved by Charlie but was slotted home on the rebound by a Hampsthwaite forward.
Scotton were undeterred by the score line and came back with a well taken goal by Robbie Granger after a neat passing move from George Dooley and Charlie Phillips.
On the 36 mins Hampsthwaite wrapped up the match with a fierce shot past the on looking goal keeper.
Result Scotton Scorchers 1 Hampsthwaite 4
Man of the match Bill Webster
Referee Mike Baker
An exciting start to the season saw Scotton Scorchers Under 9's narrowly beaten
by Hampsthwaite in a tightly faught, end-to-end match. Scotton created the
better chances but couldn't capitalise on their dominance. An
excellent, individual goal from Hampsthwaite was sufficient to win the match in
the first half.
Scotton U7's also found things tough against a skillfull and strong H&B
team. Going behind early and never recovering, the Scorchers, despite
sharing the seond half, lost the first game 0-7. With a lot of changes
throughout the matches, the boys couldn't find a rythmn in the second
match either. One of the few chances they had was for Joseph Navier on
a break away, but it was smothered by the Hampsthwaite keeper. H&B went
straight back down the other end and with sustained pressure scored a
couple more, with the final second match score 0-4. There are things to
work on in training, but everyone enjoyed themselves in the sunshine,
and bright spots were the man-of-the-match performances from Jack
Armitage and Sam Arditto.
Scorchers U7's also sported their new kit this season, supplied by Nidd
Recruitment. Jim Sherwin, this year sharing U7s coaching duties, is
Managing Director of Nidd Recruitment, who have also have offices in
Northallerton and Leeds.
