U14 BLUES


 
Long Melford U14 Blues Manager: Mike Spurway

OLLIE GREEN
GOALKEEPER
JOSH BOLTON
CAPTAIN / DEFENDER
LIAM ANDREWS
DEFENDER
ROSS MARSH
DEFENDER
ADAM CLARK
DEFENDER
JAMIE SKEGGS
DEFENDER
JORDAN WHITEHEAD
DEFENDER
CAMERON DOLAN-ROBERTS
MIDFIELDER
JAMES SPURWAY
MIDFIELDER
BRETT SAVAGE
MIDFIELDER
HARVEY CAWTHERAY
MIDFIELDER
OLLIE HUCKLE
MIDFIELDER
ALEX FULLER
FORWARD
JOEL CHALLIS
FORWARD
TOM MILLER
FORWARD

2009/10 FIXTURES

Long Melford U14s Blues 1 – 2 Stanway Villa U14s (March 7th 2010)

For the third time this season the Colts matched up with last year’s league winners Villa in another high octane match. With the Colts side decimated by injuries, absence players and no substitutes to call upon, today’s game was always going to be an uphill battle.

Villa started very well and raced in to a 1 – 0 lead early in the first half, in fairness it was a well hit shot from outside the box which left keeper Ollie Green no chance. However, despite this terrible start the Colts battled back superbly, a make shift back four were outstanding and praise should go to Ross Marsh and Ollie Huckle for excellent full back performances, Liam Andrews and Adam Clark were also magnificent at the centre of defence. Despite the early set back, Melford started to raid the Villa goal themselves, James and Harvey worked tirelessly in midfield and created a good few chances for the front four of Alex, Joel, Cameron and Brett. 

After some neat passes through the midfield, the ball fell to Brett Savage who from just inside the box turned the Villa full back inside out and fired a beautifully crafted shot in to the bottom corner of the net. Shortly after Cameron Dolan-Roberts was denied by an outstanding save by the Villa keeper and Joel Challis went close too. The first half ended honours even.

In the second half, the game was still being played at high tempo and both teams had chances to move ahead, but it was Villa though who struck again rather fortuitously, after a lucky rebound came off a Colts defender, it fell straight to Villa striker who had an open goal to tap in to.

Despite this second set back against the run of play, again it was Melford who seemed the more positive of the two teams despite being down for the second time in the match, more confident goalkeeping from the Villa keeper, somehow kept the score the same. Cameron Dolan-Roberts came nearest to scoring, with a powerful shot that smashed the cross bar and appeared to have crossed the line but the referee and Villa linesman disagreed and amazingly play went on, Savage also went close with a long range effort from a direct free kick but it just wasn’t to be.

The Colts man of the match was awarded Adam Clark.



Long Melford Blues U14s  4 – 0  Stanway Rovers U14s Blues (February 21st 2010)

In the second round of the Open Cup, the Colts were drawn against A league rivals Stanway Rovers. The match was played in wet and difficult conditions of which the Colts coped with far better than their opponents.

Melford were dominant in the early exchanges of the game and Rovers rarely got out of their own half. The first goal of the game was scored by Alex Fulller, after a delivery from the wing, Alex tapped home from inside the six yard box. Defensively the back four were solid, on one rare attack on the Melford goal, Liam Andrews made a quite brilliant tackle in the box leaving the Rovers attacker bemused about his missed opportunity.

The second goal of the game came midway through the first half, and after another dangerous ball in their box and a bit of a goal mouth scramble, it was Joel Challis who capitalised on Rovers shaky defending and smashed the ball home from close range.  In the second half, Colts started at an electric pace, James Spurway, Ross Marsh and Ollie Huckle battled fiercely in the midfield and gave Rovers no time on the ball at all.

Melfords’s third goal came from a long range direct free kick, it was Cameron Dolan-Roberts who stepped up to the kick and with a sweet strike, he rifled the ball into the bottom corner of the net giving the static keeper absolutely no chance.

High on confidence and with not much of the game remaining, the Colts even had the time for some crowd pleasing showboating, all topped off with Melfords man of the match Brett Savage, beautifully striking the fourth goal of the game past a bewildered Rovers keeper.

An emphatic cup victory against the noisy visitors from Stanway.

PREVIOUS MATCH REPORTS HERE