Slazenger's development team played on Saturday after two weeks away from the field. This was the second, home leg against Rotherham which ended 3-3 in their last encounter. Unfortunately, the second game ended with a draw even after a great performance from a young team, growing in confidence. The first half started brightly, with a strong surge of activity down the right hand side. Link up play from Robin Brearton, Josh Petty and Issac Fisher split the defence and gave the opposition's … [Read more...] about Report: 06-11-2010 – Mens 4th’s (1) vs (1) Rotherham Dev.
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Report: 06-11-2010 – Mens 1st’s (0) vs. (3) Lincoln Roses 2nd’s
Slazengers mens first team travelled to Lincoln Roses on Saturday with both teams defending unbeaten records in the league, it was Slazengers who lost that record though going down 3-0 to a strong Lincoln side.Things could have been very different however with Slazengers controlling the first 20 minutes and creating a number of chances only for the final pass to miss its target or the home keeper to pull off a good save. After Lincoln opened the scoring following a defensive mix up, Slazengers … [Read more...] about Report: 06-11-2010 – Mens 1st’s (0) vs. (3) Lincoln Roses 2nd’s
Report: 23-10-2010 – Mens 1st’s (4) vs. (1) Thirsk 1st’s
Slazengers mens first team travelled to Thirks mens first team looking to cement their unbeaten start to the season and came away with a well deserved 4-1 win. Slazengers were on top straight from the start and took a deserved lead when Ben Graham turned his defender and finished well from the top of the 'D'. Slazengers continued to press and soon doubled their lead with Paul Wiper finishing off an excellent move down the right, Dan Perry had the initial run and laid it off for Jez Whawell who … [Read more...] about Report: 23-10-2010 – Mens 1st’s (4) vs. (1) Thirsk 1st’s
Report: 17-10-2010 – Mens 1st’s (4) vs. (2) Chapeltown 2nd’s (CUP)
Slazengers mens first team hosted Chapeltown 2's in the cup on Sunday and came away with a deserved 4-2 win. Due to injury, Chapeltown only had 10 players and Slazengers played a sensible passing game utilising the extra space available. Chapeltown did manage to take the lead off a short corner but this was short lived when soon after Ben Graham picked up a great ball from Phil Midgley and squared for John Sykes to finish easily.Into the second half, Slazengers continued to play a good passing … [Read more...] about Report: 17-10-2010 – Mens 1st’s (4) vs. (2) Chapeltown 2nd’s (CUP)
Report: 16-10-2010 – Mens 4th’s (3) vs. (2) Barnsley 2nd’s
Slazenger Development squad travelled to Barnsley on Saturday. After two matches against far stronger opponents, they were looking for a win to rebuild from, achieving this with a 3-2 victory over Barnsley 2nds.Slazenger started the match aggressively, controlling the play with quick passes and darting movement. However, Barnsley mustered a strong back line to deny a way through to goal. With such effort from the young front line, a break eventually came. A fast play from James Bennett and … [Read more...] about Report: 16-10-2010 – Mens 4th’s (3) vs. (2) Barnsley 2nd’s
