Under 13s Fixtures/Results
Match reports -
Weds 30th April 2009
Westexe 4 v 0 Spitfires
35 points was the difference between West Exe at
the top of Division 2 and the Spitfires in 9th place before the start of this
game and Central knew it would be difficult to match the league leaders. Still
missing 2 key players the Spitfires battled really hard in the first half before
West Exe opened the scoring after 15 minutes. A string of excellent saves from
Joe Tucker in goal and 2 goal line clearances from Matthew Heggadon kept the
league leaders at bay until half time.
Excited that they were still in the game Central made 3 changes at the start of
the second half. West Exe who were perhaps a little shocked at the Spitfires
resistance began to apply more pressure with some lovely football being played
down their left wing. 3 further goals were scored through open play with one
coming from an excellent piece of individual skill and a shot from an acute
angle. Despite the defeat the Spitfires went home feeling that they had matched
West Exe for much of the game and that they were now beginning to earn some
respect from the teams above them. Some wonderful performances from the whole
team but none better than the Captain, David Orchard who was outstanding.
Saturday 25th Apr 2009
Bradninch 0 Central Spitfires 5
The Spitfires went into this game knowing that a win would put them above
Bradninch in the league table. Central started slowly and let the home team
control the opening period of the game. Aled Rosser shoot the Spitfires into the
lead after 10 minutes with an excellent finish into the roof of the home teams
net. George Kiloh scored his 17th of the season scrambling home an opportunity 5
minutes later.
The second half saw Central playing with the strong wind and Ollie Hutching
added to the Spitfire's tally scoring his first goal for the club, 5 minutes
later he added his second. The Spitfires looked reasonably comfortable at this
stage and Brendon Head lobbed the Bradninch keeper to cap off a very good
performance.
Weds 22nd April 2009
Central Spitfires 1 St Martins 6
St Martins proved too strong for the home team who didn't make the most of
their chances. At half time St Martins were 1 - 3 up with most of their threat
coming from one player. Sam Woods got the Central goal, his first of the season
with a volley from close range following a corner.
The second half saw more squandered chances from Central and some clinical
finishing from St Martins. Joe Tucker was again outstanding in goal from the
Central team, so much so the St Martins coach tried to get his registration
after the game, cheeky ****** .
Saturday 18th Apr 2009
Phoenix Club 6 Central Spitfires 1
A 10 man Spitfires team were well beaten by an inform Phoenix team. The
visitors from Central knew they would have to play at their very best if they
were going to get anything from this encounter and to only have 10 players
available didn't help the cause. Playing with 3 at the back the Spitfires put up
reasonable resistance in the first half and found themselves 3-0 down at half
time.
The second half performance was much improved and the Spits could have scored on
several occasions but it wasn't until 5 minutes from time until Brendon Head
burst through the mid field and shoot from the edge of the area to register the
Central team only goal.
Joe Tucker the Spitfires goalie kept the scoreline respectable for the visitors
by putting in an outstanding performance.
Saturday 18th Mar 2009
Central Spitfires 1 v 3 Central Scorpions
This derby between the two Central teams was closer than the
final score suggests. The Scorpions started the stronger team and opened the
scoring with their first attack though with a Robbie Knightley goal. The
Spitfires then had an effort by James Parsons disallowed for offside. Jack Hayes
increased the Scorpions lead after 15 minutes shortly before a wonderful goal by
Sarabjeet Singh gave the Scorpions a three goal lead. The Spitfires still had
their chances putting two shots just over the bar and also hitting the post just
before half time. The second half was the complete reverse of the first half
with the Spitfires dominating the match and getting a goal from George Kiloh
however, with the majority of possession the Spitfires couldn't break down the
Scorpion defence.
Saturday 21st Mar 2009
Central Spitfires 6 v 0 Hemyock
The Spitfires knocked 6 past a spirited Hemyock side
with 6 different players scoring for the home team. Central had a goal
disallowed early in the match before George Kiloh opened the Spitfires
account after 10 minutes giving the home side a slim lead at half time.
After the break Central looked more composed and added to their lead
with goals from Gareth Davies, James Parsons, Will Haigh, Aled Rosser
and Matthew Heggadon. An excellent overall performance by everyone
wearing the black and red of Central.
Saturday 28th Feb 2009
Central Spitfires 2 v 1 Sidmouth Vikings
Central celebrated their second win of the season with a 2-1 win
over visiting Sidmouth. Both teams cancelled each other out until Sidmouth took
the lead 5 minutes after the break through a wonderful lob shot on the edge of
the Central area.
The Spitfires hit back 5 minutes later through a goal from Kai Little who was
celebrating his birthday, George Kiloh scrambled a second for the home team 15
minutes from the end. Sidmouth kept battling until the final whistle but the
home side hung on for the win.
Saturday 24th Jan 2009
Central Spitfires 0 Pinhoe Spartans 3
A massive game for the Central side as second bottom hosted second
top in this under 13's division 2 clash. 23 points and 47 goals was the
difference between them prior to the kick off, and when the two teams
met earlier in the season Pinhoe ran out 8-1 winners. The game was the
first in a difficult run for the Spitfires between now and the end of
February. The Spitfires took the field in an unfamiliar 4-1-3-2
formation and the tactic almost paid off.
The first half saw the best chances going to the home team who had a
penalty saved after the opening 10 minutes and appeared to have their
opposition rattled until the break, however 3 goals in the second half
from Ashley Hilliard was enough to see the visitors secure the victory.
The Spitfires coach was hugely impressed with his team after the game
saying "to worry a team like Pinhoe was great, we were first to the
ball, closed them down when ever we could and worked our socks off, its
a massive improvement and dispite the loss I'm very proud of my teams
efforts".
Saturday 20th December 2008
Hemyock 0-10
Central Spitfires
One point was all that separated these two teams at the foot of
the division 2 table. Hemyock the hosts were bottom and Central one place above
with only an opening day draw to their names. Historically Hemyock have had the
better of things when these two evenly matched sides have met, however for the
first time in 34 games and 20 months the Spitfires recorded a well deserved win.
The visiting side went 1 up on 6 minutes and an own goal by the home side soon
afterwards gave Central some momentum. The Spitfires who have been on the end of
some severe beatings this season started to looked full of confidence and
continued to apply pressure ending the first half 0 - 6 up.
This wonderful first half for Central was added too with 4 further goals in the
second half and a comprehensive win for the Spitfires finally saw the Central
side victorious.
The goal scorers were James Parsons 1, George Kiloh 4, Kieran Statton 2, Josh
Glenn 1 and Kai Little 1.
Saturday 27th September 2008
Central Scorpions 7 - 3 Sidmouth Vikings
The third match of the season saw the Scorpions get a
much needed win after two tough games. The first half was evenly matched
with some good end to end play. The speed of the Sidmouth front players
saw them score first, Scorpions responded in the best possible way with
an immediate equaliser.
Some good goalkeeping decisions from Elliot Watts and some clever
football from Chris Bayliss in midfield kept Sidmouth at bay and after
several attempts from our front line Robbie Knightley controlled a
midfield pass beautifully and scored Scorpions second with an excellent
shot.
The Scorpions got the second half off to a flying start with two quick
goals after some great link up play and running from Joseph McShane, T.J,
Jack Hayes and Robbie Knightley. Jack Hayes must be the unluckiest
player of the game having hit the bar and narrowly missing after
cheekily chipping the keeper from near the halfway line! Keep trying
Jack you will score!
Despite the best efforts of the defenders Sidmouth’s speed resulted in
two more goals, however they were no match for Scorpions who went on to
score three more goals. Tom Mitchell decided it was time to get in on
the action coming up from defence to score from a corner, and judging by
his grin T.J was rightly pleased to get his first goal for Scorpions.
It was great to see the training moves being put into practice and
resulting in a well deserved win as the whole squad have been working so
hard.
Goal scorers: Robbie Knightley 4, Joseph McShane 1, Tom Mitchell
1, T.J. 1
Man of the Match: Robbie Knightley
Saturday 20th
September 2008
Central Spitfires 1 Phoenix Club 6
The Spitfires first home match of the season saw them entertain the
Phoenix Club in what turned out to be a competition in front of goal.
The keenly fought first half saw a very even battle between the two
teams with both sides missing a number of chances before the visitors
scored just before half time.
The second half was again fairly even however Phoenix were much more
composed in front of goal and added a further 5 goals to their tally.
Central squandered numourus chances with several being in open goal or
one-on-one situations and it didn't seem as if they were going to score
until George Kiloh showed a little class to pinch a consluation.
Coach's Summary: I was resonable pleased with the overall performance
dispite the scoreline. Our defensive unit is looking better every week
and we battled well in midfield using the channels and creating lots of
chances. If things had gone our way in front of goal we may of had a
chance of winning this match and some players could of got 3 or 4 goals
but it wasn't to be. This score line doesn't really reflect how well we
played so we need to take lots of positives from the game but we also
need to recognise where we came unstuck and put it right for next week.
Saturday 13th September 2008
Sidmouth Vikings 4
Central Spitfires 4
The Spitfires faced a tricky away match against the
Vikings but came away with their first league point in over 18 months.
This was an evenly fought match from the start but Sidmouth found the
net twice before the Spitfires could reply with George Kiloh's first
goal of the new campaign and the half ended with the home team 2-1 up.
Central made a couple of changes during the break both
enforced, Oliver Hutchings came on for Brendon Head who was struggling
with a muscle injury and James Parsons came on to play up front whilst
Will Haigh moved into midfeild and Gareth Davies went into defence to
replace an injured Harry Howard.
The second half saw the Spitfires start the better team
and George Kiloh got his second goal within 5 minutes of the restart to
level the scores. Central continued to battle and managed to take the
lead through a goal from James Parsons who last season played in goal
for the Spitfires. At this point the match really could have gone either
way with both teams having a succession of chances but it was Sidmouth
who got through the Central defence making the score 3-3. Debut goal
keeper Joe Tucker made a succession of excellent saves to keep the
Central team in the game, and with 10 minutes from time James Parsons
hit his second and the Spitfires fourth of the game to take a one goal
advantage. Shortly afterwards the Spitfires conceded a penalty and
despite an a valiant effort from the Spitfires goalie Sidmouth levelled
the score to 4-4.
Coaches Summary: This was an excellent performance from
the Spitfires with every player contributing to a very welcome away
draw. Its difficult to pick out a man-of-the-match as this really was an
all round team effort however, I would like to mention the following:
There were three players who made their debuts during this game, Joe
Tucker was truly excellent in goal, Gareth Davies proved that he can not
only play in several positions but that he can play really well in
several positions and Oliver Hutchings worked really hard on the left
hand side and produced several good balls into the box and may have got
a goal himself. David Orchard who was originally on the bench was asked
to start at right back and did a fantastic job, Matthew Heggadon and
Harry Howard were as strong as ever at the back and James McClay was
wonderful at supporting the front men. George Kiloh, last years leading
goal scorer got off the mark with a brace and James Parsons who also
scored twice is going to make it hard not to play him up front every
week. Kieran Wrigh-Brown is getting better and better with each match he
plays, Brendon Head and George Strawbridge had solid games and provided
some width, and Will Haigh, who was last years player of the season,
battled for every ball and performed to his normal very high standard.
Well Done Everyone!
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