U12s 'Bls' REPORTS

Newton St Cyres  0-9 Blues

A wonderful playing surface was complimented by beautiful weather at Newton St Cyres, Brixington were clearly the stronger of the two sides having nearly all the possession in this first half, shots reined in on the Newton goal which either went just wide or high, on one occasion each post was hit in quick succession. Then towards the end of thefirst half Jordan Vine got Blues on the score sheet with a well taken goal.  Half time and Blues lead by a single goal to nil.

Manager David Cockayne’s team talk certainly did the job as Brixington Blues got their sights trained in on Newton’s goal, Ollie Hughes-Hollomby made it 2 - 0 after beingpushed up front, Jordan Vine made it 3 - 0 and then 4 - 0 with a great strike to achievea well-deserved hat-trick.  Ollie then got his second after some persistent work in holdingoff Newton ’s defence.   Brixington’s keeper Callum McPhee had very little to do all game but the centre halves in front of him enjoyed having a spell in midfield, Alex Szypillo & Josh Whiller shining in their 10 minutes.   At 5 - 0 Blues were cruising, Joel Rendall, Harry Trick, Josh Richards and William Flinn all putting in pinpoint passes which David Cockayne capitalised on with accuracy twice.   Jordan smashed home his fourth. Skipper Mike White rounded it off with a perfect side strike into the top right hand corner.

Team:  Callum McPhee, Harry Trick, Josh Whiller, Callum McClure, Alex Szypillo, Josh Richards, William Flinn, Mike White, Joel Rendall, Jordan Vine, David Cockayne, Ollie Hughes-Hollamby

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West Exe Athletic 2-2  

Brixington Blues’ skipper Mike White led from the front as Blues fought back from 2-0 down  to claim a 2-2 draw with West Exe .

On a bright but blustery morning West Exe took advantage of having the wind at their backs by netting twice and causing Blues defence a number of problems, Blues though could have opened the scoring first as Joel Rendall swept in a low cross from the left to Jordan Vine who put the ball just wide.  Then it was Joel Rendall's turn to be unlucky as his 20-yard shot into the wind that was dipping under the bar was well held by the West Exe keeper.  Right back Harry Trick cleared Brixington’s lines on a number of occasions to keep Blues in the hunt.  

The second half of this match was for the most part a scrappy, tough challenging affair until Brixington’s captain marvel Mike White screamed for the ball to be left to him on the edge of the West Exe box and justified his shout by burying the ball into West Exe 's net.

Now with the wind in their favour Brixington looked dangerous and duly delivered the equaliser in style, Jordan Vine received the ball on the half way line, ran 20 yards, nicked it passed the on-rushing keeper and showed great composure to fire home.   2 - 2.

The final minutes were all Brixingtons as the pressure was applied, but West Exe's defence were coping until Will Flinn beat the keeper only to see his shot come off the post in what was virtually the last kick of the game. 

TEAM: Callum McPhee, Josh Whiller, Harry Trick, Will Flinn, Callum McClure, Ben Knight, Ben Rowland, David Cockayne, Joel Rendall, Ollie Hughes- Hollomby, Mike White, Arnold Godbeer , Jordan Vine.

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CUP MATCH

Saturday 14 February  

BEACON KNIGHTS 2 – BRIXINGTON BLUES 1   (AET)  

Brixington blues under 12's go out of the cup after extra time to Beacon Knights ,this should have been an emphatic victory for Blues who put their opponents under constant pressure but it was not to be. Ben Rowlands opened the scoring for Blues but Beacon equalised midway through the second half, Joel Rendall looked to have scored the winner with two minutes to go but was denied by the referee's whistle. Beacon scored late in extra time with a great free kick to win the match 2-1. Josh Whiller was outstanding in defense cutting out almost everything, Jordan Vine and Arnold Godbeer had many chances in attack but luck was just not going Brixington's way.    Beacon Knights 2 Brixington Blues 1.   

 Report by Jason Rendall

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CUP MATCH

Saturday 24 January  

SIDMOUTH 0 – BRIXINGTON 7

Another win for Brixington Blues in this intriguing cup tie.

This time Blues smashed home 7 with no reply from Sidmouth who battled hard but to no avail.

Goals came from Josh Whiller, a brace for Mike White and a superb hat trick for Joel Rendall.

An all round solid performance from Brixington.  7 - 0.   

Report by Jason Rendall

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Saturday 17 January   

CENTRAL FALCONS 2 – BRIXINGTON 10  

This was a game that both sides needed, due to the lack of games attributed to the weather.

After scoring first Central seemed in control of the game until the equaliser came from Brixington.

This was shortly followed by a well-worked goal by Central to make it 2-1 to the home side.

Then Brixington applied pressure, lots of it, resulting in a further 9 goals, including a  hat trick from Arnold Godbeer, then goals from Joel Rendall, two from Mike White, Jordan Vine, Josh Whiller, (sorry if I missed anyone).  

Report by Jason Rendall

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