Wymondham Town United Youth Football Club

Sprowston -v- Wymondham

Result: 1-2 Win
1-0 Halftime

Goalscorers: Joseph Bush (2).

Wymondham Player of the Match: Daniel Brindle

So when we told the lads before their game that they should wake themselves up and play to win from the moment the referee blew the whistle, we meant it.

And this week, that’s exactly what they did! Pressure from the off on what was for our boys a very large pitch. Dan Brindle and Alex Maran causing Sprowston problems up front supported ably by Jack Morris, James Gayton, Joseph Bush and Nick Parker in midfield who were in turn supported by and supporting the back four of Zack Harvey, Luke Chalcraft, Josh Mellor and Louis Hyett. Despite my hope that ‘keeper Craig Woolrich would have a deadly dull match, the Sprowston team were a class act and gave Craig some work to do when they managed to breach our defensive line on a few occasions.

One mistake was quickly punished and Sprowston took full advantage to net a goal.

The Wymondham team fought back though and to my mind dominated the first half.

At half-time, Alex and I decided to leave the players as they were but to swap Dan and Joseph around. This soon paid dividends with Dan playing an active part in midfield supported by James and laying off passes up the middle to the strikers and to the wings where Jack and Nick were eager to run at the Sprowston defence.

It was on these breaks that Joseph twice found the back of the net following some sustained pressure from the team. Having equalised and then taken the lead, it was vitally important that the boys didn’t just sit back and rest on their laurels to thow the lead away. So I was pleased that they kept up their guard and didn’t slow down. Alex and I subbed-in Lyle Probert up front to rest one of his teammates and he was straight in to help maintain our command of the game.

Last week, I asked the boys to make us proud … and that’s what they did, as confirmed by the applause they received from proud parents. As Alex later told me, “I think the boys had one of the most determined games I have seen from them. Excellent team effort.” Amen to that.

It was difficult choosing our man of the match with so many good efforts from the team. But in the end, Alex and I chose to reward Dan for his excellent work.

Thanks to Roy Parker for running the line for us.

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Training

Training this Saturday is from 9.30am until 11.00am at Ketts Park as normal.

Fixtures

Sprowston, 30 September 2007

This is another away fixture, kicking off at 2.00pm at Sprowston Recreation Ground which is just off the Wroxham Road on the way out of Norwich from the main inner ring road (just past the police station on the left - turn into Recreation Ground Road).

The lads will need to wear their green and white away kits and be there no later than 1.30pm for warm-up.

We will be leaving in convoy from Kett’s Park at around 1.00pm if you do not want to travel directly there by yourselves.

If anyone cannot attend, please make sure I am informed well in advance: you have my numbers, etc.

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Wymondham -v- Hellesdon

Result: 0-4 Loss
0-2 Halftime

Goalscorers: None.

Wymondham Player of the Match: Craig Woolrich

So when we told the lads before their game that they should wake themselves up and play to win from the moment I blew the whistle, we meant it.

Why then would they completely ignore what we had said and go to sleep after 10 minutes’ play … yet again!

Yes, we decided to hand the game to Hellesdon on a plate because we couldn’t be bothered to play. Moments of excellence when we had a number of shots towards target followed by periods of complete mediocrity when the boys sat back and stopped trying.

A failure to win any balls from place kicks because we let Hellesdon do it instead or we let the ball bounce over our heads. It was embarrassing. Most embarrassing was watching a cross/shot from Nick Parker end up the other side of the goalmouth where the ball lay unattended whilst our players - who had simply assumed the ball would be going out of play - turned to walk back towards our half. I stood shaking my head…

There was a failure up front to make any decent tackles due to a lack of commitment to them. There was a large hole in the midfield where one or more players should have been. And there was a failure at the back to clear their lines and catch Hellesdon offside.

Fortunately, new goalkeeper Craig Woolrich was switched on and ready to play and he managed to save us from being on the receiving end of a drubbing.

So. Rules for the future: get to bed early on a Saturday - Match of the Day is repeated on Sunday mornings when they can be eating their breakfasts. And come to matches ready to play and wide awake.

Make us proud…

Thanks again to Michael Elvin for running the line for us.

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Poringland -v- Wymondham

Result: 3-4 Loss
1-3 Halftime

Goalscorers: Brindle, Brindle, Elvin.

Wymondham Player of the Match: Alex Maran

The game started with such promise, Dan Brindle - who’d travelled for a couple of hours back from his Dad’s just for the game - netting an early goal after plenty of positive play. After around 10 minutes, however, the side seemed to switch off and start cruising which Poringland took full advantage of to net three goals whilst we slept.

After a stern half-time talk seemed to do the trick, the lads pressed on playing hard but fair football and Dan Brindle scored a nice goal with Matt Elvin following up shortly afterwards with a goal from a scrappy scrum in the Poringland goalmouth following a corner.

Some good effort from all the team during that second half meant that Wymondham were in command and looking like ending up winners as the score had been levelled. However another mistake found us being punished with Poringland scoring against the run of play and depriving us of any points.

In defence, Alex Maran had played very well with some nice clearances and some good tackles and it was that plus his never say die attitude that won him the player of the match medal today.

Thanks again to Michael Elvin for running the line for us and for the great turnout of parents to support us.

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Training

Training this Saturday is from 9.30am until 11.00am as normal.

Fixtures

Poringland, 16 September 2007

This is our first away fixture of the season, kicking off at 2.00pm at Framingham Earl High School which is on the way into Poringland on the left just next to the speed camera. The lads will need to wear their green and white away kits and be there no later than 1.30pm for warm-up.

We will be leaving in convoy from Kett’s Park at around 1.00pm if you do not want to travel directly there by yourselves.

If anyone cannot attend, please make sure I am informed well in advance: you have my numbers, etc.

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Wymondham -v- Firside

Result: 10-1 Win
4-0 Halftime

Goalscorers: Bush, Parker, Elvin, Morris, Bush, Morris, Bush, Harvey, Bush, Brindle (Pen).

Wymondham Player of the Match: Joseph Bush

What can I say?

One of the best performances I have seen in a long, long time from the team and that’s part of the key to our success today: we played as a team. Completely dominating the opposition who were by no means a weak team, we managed to keep fighting on with the desire to succeed and score goals and we were rewarded for our efforts.

Individual performances were enough to have qualified for player of the match last season which made choosing today’s very difficult indeed. Great performances from the entire team  and a contender for Goal of the Season from Zack Harvey: a short corner from Dan Brindle to Zack who had time to move towards into the penalty box before firing high into the corner of the net. It was also an excellent club debut for new signings Alex Maran and Lyle Probert.

Well done everyone! You’ve set a standard that we need to keep to for the rest of the season.

Maybe our brand new goals and nets helped lift the spirits? Who knows? It’s games like these that make me proud to be coaching the lads!

Thanks again to Michael Elvin for running the line for us.

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Training

Training this Saturday, 8th September has been cancelled as we are going to be taking out the bases for the existing goalposts and digging out and concreting in the bases for the new goalposts from 9.30am onwards.

As requested in the local papers, if any family of friends are available to help out, that would be very gratefully received: bring your spades and wheelbarrows!

Fixtures

Firside, 9 September 2007

This is our first home fixture of the season, kicking off at 11.30am at Kett’s Park once more. Please ensure that players are at Kett’s Park by 11.00am for briefing and warm-up.

If anyone cannot attend, please make sure I am informed well in advance: you have my numbers, etc.

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