U10s 'Crs' REPORTS
Heavitree
Youth 1-2 Cougars
Hendy
Honda Cup Semi-Final
Two very closely matched teams met to earn
the right to play in the cup final at
Playing in dry perfect conditions for
football it was the Brixington side who opened their account after only 15
seconds when Jack Thomas made a jinking run into the Heavitree penalty
area to eventually bundle the ball over the line.
The game then progressed into a stalemate
for long periods of the first half as both teams tried to settle into a pattern
of play. Stern defending by the Cougars defence of
John Purchall and Harry Nolan kept Heavitree at bay – However a lapse
in concentration by the young players allowed Heavitree a free header at a
corner to level the scores.
The cougars were determined not to let the
score affect their play and further runs by the likes of George Pannell, Aiden
Martin and Jonjo Hunt continued to pressure the opposition goal.
In the second half further stout defending
by Purchall and Jamie Sprake continued to frustrate the Heavitree attackers. It,
however it took a piece of shear individual brilliance from Jack Thomas who ran
half the length of the field with the ball to beat the keeper to put the cougars
in front.
The Brixington team then defended as a
team to keep Heavitree at bay to earn their place in the cup final!
Team : - Josh Adams, Harry
Nolan, John Purchall, Aiden Martin, George
Pannell, Jonjo Hunt, Jack Thomas, Jamie Sprake
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Alphington
0-4 Cougars
Cougars under 10’s
qualify through to the Semi Finals of the Cup
The Cougars set about this game attacking
right from the kick off and where denied by some excellent saves and defending
from the Alphington team.
The midfield of George Pannell, Aiden
Martin and Jonjo Hunt took full control of the main pitch area and produced some
excellent attacking moves and tackling when called upon. When Alphington did
attack this was stopped by the defensive partnership of John Purchall and Harry
Nolan with goalkeeper Josh Adams controlling his area very well. It was the
goalkeeper from Alphington who made a point blank save from Jack Thomas right on
half time, that meant the scores where level at 0 – 0.
A few tactical changes to the Cougars
attacking formation where quickly rewarded after 2 minutes when Thomas beat two
defenders and finished off to put the cougars ahead. He quickly followed this up
with 2 more goals in the next six minutes to secure his hat-trick and put the
game beyond Alphington. A mention here goes to Pannell who produced an excellent
display to win the ball and distribute to Thomas on both occasions. Sprake
scored his first goal of the season after a goal mouth scramble which saw him
put the ball in at the back post.
All of the players performed really well
and deserved to reach the next round of the cup where the team will be playing
Heavitree.
Player of the match George Pannell
Squad : - Josh Adam,
John Purchall, Harry Nolan, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden Martin, George Pannell, Jack
Thomas, Jamie Sprake.
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Cougars
2-1 Moors Rangers
Cup
Brixington took the lead in the first half
after a well worked corner involving George Pannell and Aiden Martin, the ball
was finally crossed for Jack Thomas to squeeze between 2 defenders and slot the
ball home.
The cougars defence of John Purchall and
Harry Nolan stood solid throughout but a Cougars attack that was broken down on
the edge of the Moors box resulted in them producing an equaliser.
Danny Sansom in goal produced 2 excellent
saves to deny Moors taking the lead. George Pannell and Jonjo Hunt both produced
excellent moves down the flanks being supported well by Aiden Martin who
produced another solid display in the centre of midfield.
The second goal for the Cougars
resulted after Pannell produced an excellent tackle on the left and
passed between two players for Thomas to run onto and he slotted the ball beyond
the diving keeper.
After this goal the Cougars had a couple
of other chances but where denied by the keeper.
All of the players performed really well
and deserved to reach the next round of the cup.
Squad:-: Danny Sansom, John Purchall, Harry Nolan, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden Martin, George Pannell, Jack Thomas, Aaron Conway, Josh Adam, Jamie Sprake.
Report
by Daryn Hunt
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Cougars
2-1 Pinhoe A
In a fixture that over the past 3 years
has only been won by the single goal, again proved to be the same but this time
it was the Cougars who came out on top. A goal from Jack Thomas got the Cougars
of to a great start. The pace and passing from George Pannell was causing the
Pinhoe defence a lot of problems. In the second half the Cougars where playing
up the slope and a long clearance from Josh Adam bounced over the defenders for
Jack Thomas to run onto and score with a well taken goal.
Pinhoe quickly replied and scored to make
it level from a well worked corner.
The Cougars quickly replied and a cross
from the left was volleyed home by George Pannell.
After this the Cougars tightened up the
defence and went on to win comfortably.
Cougars
6-0 Pinhoe Spitfires
Carrying on from the previous game a
tactical change was made with George Pannell moving up front and Jack Thomas
playing on the right side. This proved to work well with Pannell scoring a Hat
trick with 3 well taken goals, this was followed by Jack Thomas 2 and Jonjo Hunt
1. All the players in this game where played in different positions and it was
good to see that they adapted well.
Squad: - Josh Adam, John Purchall, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden Martin, George Pannell, Jack Thomas, Darren Everest, Jack Renton.
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Cougars
0-1 Crediton Arrows.
This
fixture was always going to be close with both teams having started the season
really well producing excellent results so far this season.
Brixington
were forced to defend for the first 5 minutes and produced an excellent display
against the strong attack. Jamie Sparke went close with a shot that clipped the
crossbar after good work from the midfield pair of George Panell and Aiden
Martin.
Crediton
went ahead after a quick break from a Brixington corner that was broken down.
The second half produced more chances to equalise, but for the Crediton defence
and goalkeeper who made some outstanding saves. Aiden Martin twice had shots
that bounced of the posts.
Player of the Match: Aiden Martin.
Cougars
2-1 Crediton Blades.
This
was an exceptional game with both teams adapting well to the wet conditions; the
first half produced end to end action with the both defences and keepers
breaking down every attacking move.
Credition
took the lead with a goal that was scored direct from the corner kick.
The
Cougars continued to attack and the goal to bring them level came from a long
kick from goalie Josh Adams, the ball was headed on by striker George Pannell
who flicked it over the defender and fell into the path of Jonjo Hunt coming in
on the right hand side, he played the ball away from the defender onto his right
side and drilled a shot across the keeper into the opposite corner of the goal.
The
second half continued on from the first and both George Pannell and Aiden Martin
had goalbound shots that were denied by the wood work. Another break saw Jack
Thomas shots excellently saved by the keeper; Finally the pressure told and the
second goal came in the last minute of the game when defender John Purchall
capped off an excellent performance with a superb strike that was played through
a crowd of players and beat the keeper. This was an excellent display by all the
players involved.
Player
of the Match : John Purchall.
Squad:
- Josh Adams, Harry Nolan, John Purchall, Jamie Sprake, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden
Martin, George Pannell, Jack Thomas.
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Having
not played a league fixture for a month the Cougars quickly set about St Martins
and were rewarded with three superb goals, two from Charlie Williams and one
from George Pannell, after some excellent midfield play by Aiden Martin, George
Pannell and Jonjo Hunt to create the goals. Every attack from St Martins was
quickly broken down by the defence of Aaron Conway, Jamie Sprake and Harry Nolan
and if the ball did get past it was saved by Josh Adam.
Going
into the second half at 3-0 up, the players took hold of the game and after
excellent play by Aiden Martin who again had an outstanding match in the centre
of midfield, the Cougars passed the ball to feet and moved it around the pitch
in full control.
More
attacks by George Pannell on the left side and Jack Thomas on the right side,
where soon rewarded with goals coming from Thomas and Martin, to finish it off
the sixth goal came from Jonjo Hunt whose shot was driven into the keeper it
then rebounded back and hit him full on in the face and the ball then went back
beyond the diving keeper and into the goal.
Player of the match: Aiden Martin.
Cougars
3-1 Exwick Youth
This
game started with the Cougars continually attacking the Exwick goal but being
denied by some good goalkeeping, the deadlock was finally broken after a break
by Jack Thomas which resulted in a penalty, after he was tackled from behind in
the penalty area, the kick was placed beyond the keeper by George Pannell.
Another
attack then produced a deserved goal for Thomas who produced an excellent
display on the right side of midfield. The midfield partnership of Martin and
Pannell continued to produce the passes for the strikers, but Williams was
denied twice by shots striking the crossbar. The third goal came after a shot
from Charlie Williams was deflected of an Exwick player and went the opposite
way from the diving keeper.
Player of the match: Jack Thomas.
Josh
Adam in goal produced the saves when called upon and had superb support from the
defence in front of him.
Overall
the Cougars squad produced an excellent performance in both fixtures.
Squad:
- Josh Adam, Aaron Conway, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden Martin, Harry Nolan, George
Pannell, Jamie Sprake, Charlie Williams, Jack Thomas
Report
by Daryn Hunt
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Central
0-7 Cougars
The
first fixture for this season saw the Cougars get off to a winning start. The
Cougars quickly set into this game and produced some excellent attacking
football making full use of the pitch.
It
wasn’t long before the first and subsequent goals arrived, after a lot of good
football being played by the Brixington team.
Charlie
Williams on his return to the club scored a hat trick with further goals from
Jack Thomas 2, Aiden Martin and George Pannell.
Overall
this was a good performance by all the squad players.
Player of the match: Charlie Williams.
This
game started with the Cougars continually attacking the Alphington goal but
being denied by some good goalkeeping and defensive play that resulted in a 0-0
score at half time.
The
pressure finally told after some positional changes and the deadlock was broken
by George Pannell, who scored after a goalmouth scramble. The Cougars continued
to attack and sealed the game when Jonjo Hunt scored with a shot that dipped
under the crossbar, leaving the keeper stranded, after some excellent play by
the team.
Player of the match: Jonjo Hunt.
Beacon
Knights 0-18 Cougars
The
Cougars followed on from the previous game and quickly set about the Beacon team
hungry for goals.
The first goal came after 23 seconds and
this set the pattern of the game to follow, the Cougars produced some good
passing and movement with the ball to break the Beacon team down. Goals where
scored by Pannell 6, Martin 4, Hunt 3, Williams 2, Nolan 2, Purchall.
Player
of the match: George Pannell.
Pinhoe
A 0-1 Cougars
The Cougars travelled away for this 1st
round cup tie against a strong
Pinhoe team that we had played against
many times before, so we new the game was going to be very close. The match
started with Brixington having a few chances but being denied by the keeper.
Josh Adam in goal produced an excellent save just before half time to keep the
score line at 0-0.
The second half carried on from the first
with both teams producing some excellent football with chances happening at both
ends. The strength of Brixingtons pressure finally told when a clearance from
Aiden Martin in central midfield had an
outstanding game and the defence of John Purchall, Harry Nolan and Aaron Conway
produced on of there best display of the last year to deny the Pinhoe strikers.
Player
of the match: Aiden Martin.
Squad:-
Josh Adam, John Purchall, Aaron Conway, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden Martin, Harry
Nolan, George Pannell, Jamie Sprake, Charlie Williams
Report
by Daryn Hunt
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Blues
Triumph in Colyton Tournament
Brixington
Blues under 9’s entered two football teams into the Colyton Youth 6 a side
tournament at the weekend.
Playing
in a league format the Cougars and Lynx teams where drawn against each other in
the first game, this resulted in a 1-0 win to the Cougars, winning from a George
Pannell penalty.
All
of the players involved produced some good passing football on very small
pitches.
The
Lynx team then picked themselves up and beat Exmouth B 3-0 and drew 0-0 with
Exmouth A. Against a very strong Colyton they produced a 1-1 score line and the
Sidmouth game ended 0-0.
The
Cougars team beat Exmouth B 2-0, Exmouth A 3-1, Sidmouth 1-0 and drew with both
Colyton teams 0-0 in very tight games.
Against
Heavitree the Lynx battled well and ended the game 0-0.
This
result then set up the game of the tournament which saw Heavitree against the
Cougars team. Heavitree undefeated with 16 pts and the Cougars with 14 pts, the
organisers could not have realised when the draw had been made it would produce
the deciding game of the day on who would be the winner and runners-up.
Having
many encounters against Heavitree in the
The
goal that broke the deadlock was produced by the Cougars, it resulted from
defender Jack Renton who delivered the ball from the left side of his half to
the right hand side of the midfield that fell perfectly for Jonjo Hunt to run
onto who knocked it forward and struck a perfect low shot across the diving
goalkeeper who had no chance of stopping it. This was the only goal that
Heavitree had conceded all day.
For
the Cougars George Pannell and Aiden Martin both produced excellent midfield
performances and the defence of Aaron Conway and Jack Renton never looked under
pressure, when called upon Josh Adam made some excellent saves for the Cougars
as did Sam Conway in goal for the Lynx.
This
was a fitting end to the season for the Cougars, playing their final game and
winning this tournament after providing some excellent football over the last 6
months, in this only their first full season together.
In
the Blues squad all the players performed well, but overall the Managers player
of the day goes to Lewis White who produced an excellent display in defence and
midfield for the Lynx team and was
rewarded by scoring the goal in the 1-0 win over Colyton.
The group games ended as follows :-
Cougars
Played 7 Won 5 Draw 2 Lost 0 Points
17
Lynx
Played 7 Won 2 Draw 4 Lost 1 Points
11
Goal
scorers :-
Cougars:- George Pannell 3,Jonjo
Hunt 1,Jack Thomas 3,Jack Renton 1
Lynx :-
Darren Everest 3, James England 1, Lewis White 1
Squad:
- Josh Adam, Aaron Conway, Jack Renton, Jonjo Hunt,
Aiden Martin, George Pannell, Jack Thomas,
Sam Conway, Lewis White, Sam Richards, James England,
Harry Nolan, Alex Lane and Darren Everest.
Report
by Daryn Hunt
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Twyford
Youth Football 6–a-side Tournament.
Brixington
Blues under 9’s entered a mixed team into the above tournament at the weekend
on a hot summers day and produced some outstanding football throughout their
group stage games.
The
group games ended with Played 6, Won 3, Drew 2 & Lost 1.
The
highlight of the group games was a 0-0 against a strong Twyford Lazio team and a
1-1 against Barnstaple FC, who scored with their last kick of the game. The draw
against Lazio showed how much the team have progressed over the second half of
the season.
Goal
scorers George Pannell 2, Jonjo Hunt 1, Aiden Martin 1, George Gibson-Smith 1
& John Purchall 1.
These
results took the team into the quarter final stage against a team called SAS A,
the Blues had already defeated the SAS B team in the group stages, so we knew
the game was going to be close.
By
the end of full time the score was 0-0, the period of extra time could still not
break the deadlock, so penalties would now decide the outcome. In the end the
Blues lost 5-4, but overall the team on the day played entertaining and
enjoyable football to watch.
Blues squad : - Josh Adam, John Purchall, Jack Renton, Jonjo Hunt, Aiden Martin, George Pannell, George Gibson-Smith,Darren Everest.
Report by Daryn Hunt
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