Monday, 10 November 2008

Mixed fortunes for some vs The Saints but convincing against Collingham.

Scotton played host to Beckwithshaw last Saturday in their latest Nidderdale League fixtures.

At U11s Red squad put in a strong performance to hit their stride and secure a convincing league win, with many of the squad putting in star performances, including a stunning hatrick from George Dooley. This was followed by an equally impressive performance in the following friendly match.

It was a different story for for Scotton's under 9's. The boys seemed still half asleep and against a very strong Beckwithshaw team were also second best. Lorcan Gallagher did score a terrific consolation goal. In the second game the boys finally woke up and played much better, but Beckwithshaw had the momentum and won the second game too.

Scotton under 7's played Beckwithshaw and with a high turnout split into two squads this weekend to give everyone a chance to play two full games. On the nearside, Scotton took a little while to get into their stride, with Beckwithshaw running out easy winners in game 1. Game 2 saw Scotton finally start to play and tackle, a brilliant goals from Lewis Francis and Jack Sherwin (his first for the club) saw the team only just fall short.

On the far pitch, a similar story in Game 1 saw Scotton play some good football but just fail to compose themselves enough to score. Game 2 however showed all the training was worth while, and after falling one behind early on, two great finishes from Jack Armitage saw Scotton hold on to secure a well deserved 2-1 win.

Scotton U11 Black squad, completed a very impressive win against Collingham, in a very entertaining game, finishing 2 - 1 winners, with goals from Jake Hargraves and Giovanni Passerello and a match winning goal keeper performance from Jake Jones. In the return Friendly game, Scotton again ran out 4 - 3 winners and completed a fantastic display.