It must have been the early start that was the reason for Slazenger’s starting sluggishly against York in their latest development league fixture. Despite dominating possession the team never converted this dominance into goals. York were a young, well organised team with a pair of good central defenders who Slazengers struggled to get past. That […]
Report: 12-11-2011 – Mens 4th’s Dev. (2) vs (2) Rotherham 5th’s
Slazenger’s 4’s endured a tough, gruelling encounter with Rotherham 5’s in their latest development league fixture. Both sides were evenly matched and despite playing some good passing hockey in the first 10 minutes it was the away side who dominated most of the first half. Slazengers battled well and were resolute in defence without really […]
Report: 29-10-2011 – Mens 4th’s (0) vs. (0) Airedale 3rd’s
Slazenger 4’s played well against Airedale 3’s in short spells but appeared anxious during the rest of the game. The team managed to play the occasional good passage of play but it was too often interspersed with sloppy play that allowed the opposition to defend deeply and hit the home side on the break. Matthew […]
Report: 15-10-2011 – Mens 4th’s (1) vs. (0) Barnsley 2nd’s
Slazengers continued in the same good form that they showed in their previous game, against this week’s opponents Barnsley. Again making good use of the flanks the Horbury side enjoyed the majority of the possession and created 5 good goal scoring chances within the first 25 minutes. Rowan Tejura and Robert Cann linked well on […]
Report: 08-10-2011 – Mens 4th’s (5) vs. (1) Huddersfield 7th’s
On a miserable afternoon Slazenger 4th’s played some excellent, flowing hockey and won away from home 5-1 against local rivals Huddersfield. Making excellent use of the wings and keeping possession well Slazenger’s got quickly into their stride and created several early chances without finding the back of the net. Aidan Hopkinson had lots of success […]
Report: 01-10-2011 – Mens 4th’s (1) vs (2) Doncaster Dev.
Slazenger 4’s gave a decent team performance against a good Doncaster side. In baking hot conditions. Slazenger held their own in the early part of the game, keeping possession quite well and trying to use the full width of the pitch without really troubling the opposition goalkeeper despite Matthew Smith working tirelessly up front. Doncaster […]
Report: 24-09-2011 – Mens 4th’s Dev. (2) vs (0) City of York 10
Slazenger 4ths started their league programme sluggishly and were somewhat wasteful in possession, giving the ball away too often to build up any meaningful attacks. There was the odd isolated movement in the oppositions penalty area but Slazenger’s failed to have a meaningful strike on goal. Keeper Giles Field kept the side in the game […]
Report: 17-09-2011 – Mens 4th’s Dev. (2) vs (2) Bradford Dev.
Slazenger 4’s Development team played a spirited game against their Bradford opponents for their first fixture of the new season. Retaining possession well and working hard to regain possession when defending, the team carved out several good opportunities to score. Unfortinately, failure to convert was punished when they conceeded 2 quick goals. However, Aidan Hopkinson […]
Report: 02-04-2011 – Mens 4th’s (5) vs. (1) Barnsley 2nd’s
Slazenger’s Development team finished off the season in style with an impressive performance against local rivals Barnsley. Playing flowing hockey from the start, they quickly went on the offensive and created several goalscoring opportunities, through good link up play in midfield, with captain of the day Luke Gueli, orchestrating several penetrating attacks. Barnsley had their […]
Report: 19-03-2011 – Mens 4th’s – Dev. (3) vs (3) Bradford Dev
Slazengers started brightly playing away against a youthful Bradford development side. All the team played with confidence and were looking to pass the ball early and making good use of the wings. Captain Tim Hunter continually linked up well with Matthew Feather on the wing and helped create a couple of goal scoring opportunities that […]
