News & Results Sunday 10th February 2008
February 10, 2008
Results
Under 18
Essex County Cup Quarter Final
Grays Athletic 4 Bowers & Pitsea 1
Under 16
Eatern Junior Alliance Southern
Bowers & Pitsea 1 Grays Athletic 0
Under 15
Easter Junior Alliance, Presidents Cup
Stotfold 2 Grays Athletic 1
Goalscorer: Bonner
Grays Athletic played well today apart from the final 10 minutes
Chelmsford League
Barn Sports 0 Grays Athletic 2
Goalscorers: Horgan, Fenn
Grays made hard work of the game today, with some weak finishes in front of goal and several missed chances it looked like it was going to be one of those days, Grays should have been at least 5 infront at half time rather than 0-0
Grays dominated the game and played some great football, thankfuly both Horgan and Fenn found the back of the net to give the team their second win in the league, hopefuly this will inspire some confidence in the team and we can progress from here.
Under 14
Eastern Junior Alliance Southern Central
Maldon Town 1 Grays Athletic 4
Goalscorers: Olufemi(2), Adesshoetan, Goldstone
Under 12
Echo League Premier Division
Ridgeway Rovers 3 Grays Athletic 0
The 3 - 0 scoreline would suggest a one sided match, but this was far from the case.
Ridgeway started brightly, and were more up for it than Grays. Maybe being knocked out of the cup by Grays spurred them on.
All three goals were conceded from set pieces, and apart from these, neither keeper was tested from open play.
The referee played a big part in today‘s match, maybe seeing him laughing and joking with the home team before the match showed they were familiar with each other, but who can say for sure?.
However, for the first twenty minutes or so he was top notch, even waving away ridiculous offside flags from the home teams linesman who had decided anyone in front of the ball was offside even if they were on the opposite side of the pitch to where the ball was played.
This all changed with one minute of the first half left. A clear cut goal kick was awarded to the home team as a corner, only the ref knows why. From the resulting corner an unmarked Ridgeway player had a free header on goal, result, one nil up to Ridgeway.
Grays heads were understandably down.
Half time Ridgeway 1 - 0 Grays Athletic
The second half was much the same, curious decisions, including a corner awarded to Grays by the opposition linesman being given as a goal kick by the ref!, scrappy play, and no clear cut chances for either team.
Another Ridgeway corner resulted in another goal, scrappy defending being the culprit.
A free kick to Ridgeway near the corner flag resulted in goal number three for Ridgeway.
This was never a dirty match, but James was booked for what the ref deemed to be repetitive fouling, to be honest it was competitive and no worse than anyone else on the pitch for either side.
Grays performance today didn‘t deserve a victory, but it also didn't deserve a three nil defeat.
Defending is a team responsibility, from front to back, nobody can be blamed for today‘s conceded goals but lessons can, and hopefully will, be learned.
Under 10
Echo League Trent Division
Grays Athletic 4 Pegasus “A” 0
Goalscorers: Edmunds (2), Klessa-Smith, M.Pumfrett (pen)
A good performance today against a dogged Pegasus Team who were strong in the tackle and certainly made the boys work for the win.
Grays had a number of chances in the first half but failed to capitalise on them and it wasn't until 3 minutes before half-time that they took the lead. A Price free-kick was launched into the area and a flick on by Klessa-Smith saw the ball land at Edmunds‘ feet on the goal line and he tapped the ball into the net unchallenged. In the second half Grays quickly doubled the lead when a Price corner was header in by Klessa-Smith. Two minutes later and the lead was 3-0 when a Price throw in was knocked on by Klessa-Smith and Edmunds was on hand at the far post to meet the ball amongst several Pegasus defenders. The final goal came from the penalty spot after Edmunds was taken down in the area after a superb run. M.Pumfrett was asked to take it and “Little Legs” opened his account for the season by blasting the spot kick past the keeper.
Next Game is at Home to Cowley Boys
Man-of-the-Match: Edmunds
Under 8
Grays Athletic Lions Under 8 (sponsored by Frankie and Benny‘s Lakeside)
Grays Athletic Lions 4 Basildon Boys North 1
Goalscorers: Samuel(2), Ben.W, Ben.O
Grays pulled through what was a dodgy start and played a great game of football. Basildon Boys being strong and started off the scoring with a goal 2 minutes in and went on to win by scoring 4 good goals.
Samuel opened the scoring for Grays with a great header off a brilliant corner.
Grays came out fighting in the second half. The boys put together some excellent passes which led to Samuel tapping in his second and Ben.W getting the 3rd. Ben.O went out wide and crossed in the 4th which went straight in the back of the net.
Another 3 points that were well deserved.
Well played boys, keep up the hard work.
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