Slazengers wanted a strong response after their recent setback and didn't disappoint in the match at home against Sheffield Hallam. From the start Slazengers started with a good tempo and with a slightly altered team formation, played a more pressing game than in their recent performances. Time and again the home team managed to get behind the opposition defence, turn the defenders and create some great scoring opportunities. That said, Sheffield Hallam had a strategy of their own to try … [Read more...] about Report: 02-03-2013 – Men’s 3rds (10) vs. (1) Sheffield Hallam 7th’s
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Report: 02-03-2013 – Men’s 4ths (3) vs. (3) Wakefield 6th’s
Slaz 4th's went to Wakefield with a very young team and came away with a share of the points. The visitors got off to a good start and took the lead through Daz Buttery. Wakefield levelled through a keeper blunder, the ball deflecting off captain Giles Field's pads for an own-goal. Lee Secker put slaz back in front, and Buttery scored his 2nd to put the team well ahead. Wakefield kept battling and pulled 2 goals, leaving resulting in a 3-3 score at the close. Youngster Harry Gunning made … [Read more...] about Report: 02-03-2013 – Men’s 4ths (3) vs. (3) Wakefield 6th’s
Report – 05-03-2013 – Boys U16’s Qualify for the Playoffs
The U16 Boys team qualified for the playoffs with two wins on Sunday. Slazenger 6 - 0 Bridlington In Slazenger's first game of the day against Bridlington, a hatrick from Aidan Hopkinson and goals from Robert Cann, Peter Gunning and Luke Gueli (Pen) ensured a positive start. The team moved the ball around well, though sometimes tried to find the long 'killer pass' when short safe passes would have been a better option. Slazenger 2 - 0 Sheffield Against Sheffield, the team took time … [Read more...] about Report – 05-03-2013 – Boys U16’s Qualify for the Playoffs
Report: 23-02-2013 – Mens 1st’s (1) vs. (2) Doncaster 3rd’s
Slaz started the game off with mixed attention, several none forced errors in passing. Mark Swindon glided through the Doncaster midfield and defence to rocket the ball into the bottom left hand corner. But from that moment on slaz looked sluggish and vulnerable all over the pitch. Doncaster were not particularly any better but slaz failed to seal the game by half time with a few open chances missed. Doncaster pressed up in the second half and slaz imploded for the first time since … [Read more...] about Report: 23-02-2013 – Mens 1st’s (1) vs. (2) Doncaster 3rd’s
Report: 23-02-2013 – Mens 3rd’s (3) vs. (5) Garforth 1st’s
Slazenger 3's faced a top of the table clash away against Garforth in their latest division 6 south encounter and made the worst sort of starts when conceding an early goal to the hosts. Fortunately, Slazengers weren't behind for long when Dan Levitt managed to nudge the ball over the goal line after an earlier effort from skipper Andy Fisher hit the post and rebounded across the goal. However, the warning signs were there for Slazengers that this was going to be a long afternoon. Time and … [Read more...] about Report: 23-02-2013 – Mens 3rd’s (3) vs. (5) Garforth 1st’s
