U10's Tigers Match Reports

It’s been a great start to the season for Scotton Scorchers U10/11 boys, with both teams showings some great individual and collective team performances.

After a successful pre-season friendly where the U10 boys took on 2 teams at Knaresborough Celtic’s Thistle Hill ground and enjoyed 4 hard fought victories against some of their school friends, all looked good going into the league campaign.  RESULTS 4-0 & 2-0 on one pitch and 2-1 and 6-2 on the other pitch, thanks to some of the U9 boys for making the numbers up. A really enjoyable day on a lovely pitch.

MATCH 1 Kirby Malzeard away

The tigers first game of the season was away at Kirby Malzeard.  The boys seemed to start the game quite slowly and after the first 5 minutes we were 2-0 down, I must admit I started to worry. However, I believe the turning point in the match was when Callum saved a penalty which would have meant Kirby would have gone 3-0 up. I was delighted that this acted as catalyst for all the boys and they all started working together as a team. The moment Lewis got a goal back mid-way through the first half, the boys all seemed to gain confidence and Jake added a further goal before Lewis added 2 more clinical finishes before half time. The second half was tough for the Tigers as Kirby came back in to the game, however the boys remained determined Max, Elliot and Tom all contributed well and were all resolute in defence and Joe, Lucas & Jake showed how fit they were at getting up and down the pitch, they all defended with the rest of the boys when required. Although we did concede a goal in the second half to make it 4-3 it was good to see all the boys congratulating each other at the final whistle, which will put them in good stead for the rest of the season. STAR PLAYER on the day was Callum who produced some amazing saves as well as the penalty save ‘well done Callum!’.

MATCH 2 Burton Leonard Home

The second match of the season was at home to Burton Leonard and the match started at a good high tempo. The match ended the same as the previous match 4-3 with Lewis getting all 4 goals for the Tigers(the 2 he got directly from corners were extremely impressive). I felt we were the better team on the day and if we’d have taken all our chances we would have won the game quite easily. However saying that Callum produced some high quality saves, which shows he is really maturing now as a keeper. All the boys played well, Jake and Joe worked really hard down the wings and are both getting stronger when running with the ball. All the boys at the back played well and put in a lot of effort on the day, of note Max seemed to be everywhere in the last 5 minutes of the game. (clearly his Rugby is helping with some strong tackles) STAR PLAYER on the day was Lewis who produced some great goals but also worked really hard for the team and tracked back when required.