The Under 10’s boy’s squad hosted Wetherby JFC at Percy Fields for the latest round of Harrogate & District Development League fixtures on Saturday. Despite half term we still had a good turnout of players to select from.
The first game kicked off with Liam in goal, Harry and Max in defence; Elliot and Jack in central midfield with Tom operating just behind the front two of Cameron and George. Scotton started brightly and it wasn’t long before George created the first chance of the game, shooting just wide of the Wetherby goal. George then created an excellent opening from the left hand side, firing in a dangerous cross which eluded everyone.
It was all Scotton in the early exchanges and they went 1-0 ahead when Tom ghosted past 2 defenders and fired into the net. Scotton continued to take the game to the visitors, Tom found Cameron with an excellent ball, and Cameron then played it to George who lashed in Scotton’s second, 2-0 to the hosts. Again Scotton kept up the pressure, Cameron hitting the post from 15 yards out, Cameron and George then exchanged passes and found Tom whose shot was saved.
After another period of pressure which saw Tom shoot wide from a corner; Tom then found George on the right wing and with great anticipation George saw an opening by the right hand post and lashed the shot in to make it 3-0 to Scotton. Still Scotton continued to create chances as the visitors found it difficult to get out of their own half, and when they did Max and Harry swept up efficiently and linked up play with the forwards and midfield.
Jack then found himself in a good position; his shot was blocked and cleared by the visiting goalie. Tom then saw a shot saved and go for a corner; which was fired in by Harry to George; again his shot was on target but was well saved. As half time approached Max and Elliot were alert to a rare Wetherby break which was cleared and the ref blew for half time with the score 3-0 to Scotton.
Scotton started the second half as they finished the first forcing three early corners as they looked to put the game beyond Wetherby. Tom and Cameron then exchanged passes as Tom’s shot went just wide. Tom then saw a shot cleared off the line only for it to fall to Harry who blasted it in the net to make it 4-0.
George continued to lead the line well and found himself with a chance down the left, cutting in and firing in a cracking goal to make it 5-0 and a hat trick for George! Max continued to sweep up at the back as Scotton controlled the game, he found Tom in space down the right and Tom’s shot was well saved. From the corner the ball found its way to Elliot who shot from the edge of the box only for the goalie to save well.
With time running out, Harry and Jack had further chances to extend the lead only to see their shots blocked by Wetherby defenders and George rounded off an excellent display picking up the ball from Tom and firing home to make it 6-0 to Scotton at full time. An excellent all round performance for all eight players in particular George who bagged four goals!
Game 2 started with the coaches making a few changes, Cameron started in goal, Elliot and Ben in defence, Max and Owen in midfield with Harry operating just in front of them with Jack and Liam up front.
Scotton started the game on the front foot, creating an early chance for Harry whose shot went just wide. The visitors however were seeing more of the ball in the second game and Max had to be alert to block a shot which was heading for goal. Soon after however the visitors went 1-0 in front as their pressure started to show.
Max and Harry were in great form defending the Scotton goal as Wetherby got up a head of steam in the Scotton half, Max stopping a three onto one attack and then further attacks from both flanks. Cameron was then called into action saving well from another Wetherby attack as Scotton continued to be pushed back into their own half.
Further pressure from Wetherby came soon after and they scored twice in quick succession to make it 3-0 as Scotton continued to be put under pressure from the Wetherby attack which was in full flow; half time came with Wetherby 3-0 ahead and the coaches made a change bringing Cameron out of goal, replacing him with Ben.
The second half started the same as the first ended with Wetherby taking the game to the hosts and it was not long before they made it 4-0 as Scotton struggled to control the game. Up field Harry and Liam exchanged passes as they tried to create an opening and after some further pressure Scotton finally got their reward as Cameron fired home to make it 4-1.
Scotton then started to dominate play, Liam, Harry and Cameron all saw shots blocked and then Max fired one just over the bar as Scotton pushed for a second. Liam then tried his luck from distance; his shot was well saved as Scotton continued to take the game to Wetherby.
With the clock ticking down Wetherby then hit Scotton on the break with an incisive counter attack to make it 5-1 and with time almost up Liam went on an excellent run through the Wetherby defence only for his shot to be well saved. The ref then blew for full time, 5-1 to Wetherby, the visitors picked themselves up well from the first game but all the Scotton players worked hard and were a little unfortunate that their pressure in the second half was not rewarded with further goals.
