I suspect that lots of you had plenty of long lie in's over half term, and it showed today! Thornhill and Urdd both started slowly but Urdd woke up Quicker and managed to get three shots on target before half time.
We then started to play some good football and challenge. Well done to James D for his two goals. One a tap in from a lovely strike by Jake, and the other a great shot from a rebound. These take our total to 23 for the season, not bad. Chris also had some near misses hitting the bar twice. The defence tackled well as always and it is for constantly getting stuck in and being the muddiest outfield player on the pitch from all the slide tackles that man of the match this week goes to Harry.
Next game let's make sure that we get going a bit quicker and show them the football we are really capable of.
Saturday 31 October 2009
Saturday 24 October 2009
St Albans v Thornhill B 24/10/09
What a performance today from 12 lads who really showed spirit. We need to remember that St Albans are top of the league and last season played in the A league. Despite this we put Four goals past them, by playing some great football. Chris first with his 11th of the season. Then Andrew from a corner followed by James D with a great shot and finally James M with a Header. James G nearly made it five when he hit the post. The few minutes in the second half when the score was was 4-4 was just fantastic for us spectators. Unfortunatly we tired late in the second half, and a lack of subs meant that we just couldnt do any more, despite valiant efforts.
Well done to Harry for bravery in goals and thanks to the defence for protecting him so well. No one today let us down, so well done all of you. Man of the match for seeming to be everywhere and so much effort is Andrew well done.
Well done to Harry for bravery in goals and thanks to the defence for protecting him so well. No one today let us down, so well done all of you. Man of the match for seeming to be everywhere and so much effort is Andrew well done.
Monday 19 October 2009
Thornhill B v St Albans 17/10/09
Today Thornhill went out against the football team that are joint top of the league, and showed them that ( for 65mins at least ) we can play some great football.
The game started well with good play from both teams but St Albans did get the better of Thornhill with a scrambled goal after about 15mins. Dave kept his head up and made some superb saves to keep us in it, eventually though St Albans got a second. In the meantime long passes over the top from James D and Jake were giving Chris chances eventually leading to a goal for Thornhill. At half time the score was 2-1 and the St Albans coach was not happy with his team.
Unfortunately we were short of subs and the second half although starting well went downhill after about 25 minutes. Tired legs meant that St Albans started to get the better of us with pace.
Nothing to be upset about here though, we played good football and challenged throughout the game. Next week hopefully a full bench will help to relieve some of the pace issues in the second half and we will improve.
The man of the match this week goes Dave for stepping in at the last minute and some great saves.
The game started well with good play from both teams but St Albans did get the better of Thornhill with a scrambled goal after about 15mins. Dave kept his head up and made some superb saves to keep us in it, eventually though St Albans got a second. In the meantime long passes over the top from James D and Jake were giving Chris chances eventually leading to a goal for Thornhill. At half time the score was 2-1 and the St Albans coach was not happy with his team.
Unfortunately we were short of subs and the second half although starting well went downhill after about 25 minutes. Tired legs meant that St Albans started to get the better of us with pace.
Nothing to be upset about here though, we played good football and challenged throughout the game. Next week hopefully a full bench will help to relieve some of the pace issues in the second half and we will improve.
The man of the match this week goes Dave for stepping in at the last minute and some great saves.
Saturday 10 October 2009
Marlborough Black v Thornhill B 10/10/09
Thornhill 4 - 3 Marlborough
This one was a real hard fought close football match. The game started tentatively for both teams. But soon Thornhill started to challenge and it became an end to end thrilller. Marlborough were the first to strike with a goal that just evaded a great dive from by Jack. Next Chris equalised with a neet chip over the keeper, the defence were working hard with Dave in his usual vocal form and Evan clearing well, but Marlborough then scored just before half time.
The second half started, and soon Thornhill equalised with a nice strike from James D ( A great birthday present for him). This was followed by a corner from Marlborough leading to an unlucky own goal by Thornhill. In the dying seconds of the 2nd half Jake got a free kick and the whole team lined up in the box. A superb strike by Jake led to an equaliser from Chris.
Extra time then saw some tired lads still giving 100% and this eventually led to the 3rd from Chris stopping it going to penalties
Well done lads a hard fought win over a very good opposition who played superb football.
The man of the match as always is a tough one with so many great performances but today it goes to Andrew for his dedication in Defence well done.
This one was a real hard fought close football match. The game started tentatively for both teams. But soon Thornhill started to challenge and it became an end to end thrilller. Marlborough were the first to strike with a goal that just evaded a great dive from by Jack. Next Chris equalised with a neet chip over the keeper, the defence were working hard with Dave in his usual vocal form and Evan clearing well, but Marlborough then scored just before half time.
The second half started, and soon Thornhill equalised with a nice strike from James D ( A great birthday present for him). This was followed by a corner from Marlborough leading to an unlucky own goal by Thornhill. In the dying seconds of the 2nd half Jake got a free kick and the whole team lined up in the box. A superb strike by Jake led to an equaliser from Chris.
Extra time then saw some tired lads still giving 100% and this eventually led to the 3rd from Chris stopping it going to penalties
Well done lads a hard fought win over a very good opposition who played superb football.
The man of the match as always is a tough one with so many great performances but today it goes to Andrew for his dedication in Defence well done.
Saturday 3 October 2009
Radyr v Thornhill B 3/10/09
Todays match was always going to be tough as Radyr are a strong football team, with some very big powerfull players.
Thornhill started well and showed our potential with plenty of skilled play all over the pitch. at half time we were 2-0 down but competing well. Unfortunatly the second half didn't go so well with some strange descisions unsettling the thornhill team, and our energy starting to sap.
The final score didnt reflect our performance. We must also remember that we are playing better each week and that this seasons stats are already up on last year.
This weeks man of the match goes to James Doyle for his speed of attack and strength in defence. However all of you deserve praise for keeping going today.
Thornhill started well and showed our potential with plenty of skilled play all over the pitch. at half time we were 2-0 down but competing well. Unfortunatly the second half didn't go so well with some strange descisions unsettling the thornhill team, and our energy starting to sap.
The final score didnt reflect our performance. We must also remember that we are playing better each week and that this seasons stats are already up on last year.
This weeks man of the match goes to James Doyle for his speed of attack and strength in defence. However all of you deserve praise for keeping going today.
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