A depleted Slazenger 3rds team travelled away to play top of the league Lincoln 3rd's and despite an incredibly well fought game, were unfortunate to come away with their first loss of the season. (note - it appears Lincoln's 2nds team have folded splitting between the 1's and 3's, So Slazenger were going to have a tough fight on their hands.) However, if it had not been for a great performance from Lincolns back line and keeper, the result would have been far different. The game was lively … [Read more...] about Report: 05-11-2011 – Mens 3rd’s (1) vs. (3) Lincoln 3rd’s
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Report: 05-11-2011 – Mens 2nd’s (5) vs. (6) Hull University 2nd’s
Slazenger Men’s 2nd Team lost at home to Hull University 6-5 in a thriller of a match. Hull opened the scoring with a goal within two minutes of push back, this made slaz wake up and were soon pilling the pressure on Hull and were soon on level term. Slaz captain Robin Whawell took a quick free hit just outside the Hull ‘D’ and passed the ball through to Matt Middleton who turned one player and passed the ball across the Goal for Simon Randall to slot home. Slaz continued to press Hull and … [Read more...] about Report: 05-11-2011 – Mens 2nd’s (5) vs. (6) Hull University 2nd’s
Report: 05-11-2011 – Mens 1st’s (1) vs. (3) Ramgarhia 1st’s
Slaz 1st travelled to Leeds to play Ramgarhia 1st team. Both teams set off with a clear intent to gain the upper hand, slaz swung the ball round the pitch meeting a packed out defence, whilst Ramgarhia locked their D tight with men and hit slaz on the break with few in numbers with aerial balls. Both teams looked dangerous, but Ramgarhia Short corner play making to gain short corners gave their routine the advantage by putting two goals in the first half to slaz’s zero. Man of the match … [Read more...] about Report: 05-11-2011 – Mens 1st’s (1) vs. (3) Ramgarhia 1st’s
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 Stacey and Aidan Hopkinson played well in midfield and Matthew Smith stuck to his man-marking task well. There were very few scoring chances for the home side despite Peter Gunning … [Read more...] about Report: 29-10-2011 – Mens 4th’s (0) vs. (0) Airedale 3rd’s
Report: 29-10-2011 – Mens 2nd’s (4) vs. (3) University of Leeds 6th’s
Slazenger men’s 2nd team managed to keep their unbeaten record at home this season with a 4-3 win over University of Leeds 6’s. The match was a close one with some great play created by both teams but was overshadowed by disapline issues, with the match having two yellow cards and a red card. Slaz started off the better team and scored two early goals. The first was a great team goal which was started by Ben Graham who ran the ball through to the top of the ‘D’ and passed to man of the match … [Read more...] about Report: 29-10-2011 – Mens 2nd’s (4) vs. (3) University of Leeds 6th’s
