Slazenger Boys U12's started their 2012/13 campaign with 4 good performances in their first games together, a number of new faces have started this year and everyone who played could be proud of their achievements. Slazenger 1 - 2 York The first game was against a strong city of York side Slazenger’s took the lead through the efforts of Owen Bland, but then a quick break for York saw the sides at 1-1, with about a minute to go York’s pressure paid off as they managed to sneak a goal into the … [Read more...] about Report: 07-10-2012 – Boys U12’s Tournament
Rotherham
Report: 29-09-2012 – Mens 1st’s (2) vs. (4) Rotherham 1st’s
Slaz were under pressure from the start with Rotherham closing down the slaz defence. With the use of the new rule slaz were able to release the slaz attackers with the ball fired over the top of the Rotherham high press. Slaz settled in and created some good passing and counter attacks. Slaz opened the scoring with Isaac Fisher picking the first goal on the far post from a drilled in ball by Simon Chamberlain. Man of the Match Matt Middleton had a good game in midfield. Rotherham came … [Read more...] about Report: 29-09-2012 – Mens 1st’s (2) vs. (4) Rotherham 1st’s
Report: 15-09-2012 – Mens 5th’s (Dev) (4) vs. (2) Rotherham 5th’s
A Cracking Start for the Development Team The Men’s Development team started the season with a fresh line up and a 4 – 2 win over Rotherham. The back line was led by Harry Buttery, possibly the shortest goal keeper in this league, with Andy Fisher, Mayank Gupta, Danny Croxall and PJ. In midfield a positive start from Harry Gunning, George Fernly Matthew Smith and Elliot Goulding. Up front came Peter Gunning and Darren Buttery. Last season saw a defeat by a single goal from Rotherham in a … [Read more...] about Report: 15-09-2012 – Mens 5th’s (Dev) (4) vs. (2) Rotherham 5th’s
Report: 17-03-2012 – Mens 4th’s (Dev) (0) vs. (1) Rotherham 5th’s
Slazengers final game of the season felt like a training match for the first 15 minutes with lots of time on the ball and no real pressure from the opposition. Consequently Slazengers started brightly and created lots of chances without ever looking likely to score.Time and again possession was either squandered in the final quarter of the pitch or the Rotherham keeper managed to save smartly by smothering the ball on the ground. As time progressed Rotherham slowly increased the tempo and … [Read more...] about Report: 17-03-2012 – Mens 4th’s (Dev) (0) vs. (1) Rotherham 5th’s
Report: 11-02-2012 – Ladies 1st’s (0) vs. (7) Rotherham 1st’s
Slazenger had been monitoring the snow situation on the Rotherham pitch on the Friday and it looked like the game was going to be cancelled. Despite the Rotherham website confirming the cancellation on the Saturday the match went ahead. Slazenger unfortunately had several of their key players missing due to injury (Smithy and Rudgey), availability (Hayles) and unforseen circumstances (Hobbsie) - this seemed to upset the team dynamics and Rotherham were allowed to start quite strongly and settle … [Read more...] about Report: 11-02-2012 – Ladies 1st’s (0) vs. (7) Rotherham 1st’s
