Saturdays game vrs Vale is now AWAY

All.
Due to the weather and state of the pitches , we have been advised to play our game away tomorrow,
so we are going to play at Vale.
Address
Buglawton Primary School,
Old Buxton Road,
Congelton.
cw12 2el.

Cheers
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Egerton Pumas U9’s 6 – 1 Sandbach United

Having picked up a hat-trick last week, Bradley Hargreaves was greedy more and scored another three in double quick time. The first came when he converted a penalty he won after being up-ended and the second shortly after when a long range effort evaded the keeper. A quick throw by Paolo Tabone to Freddie Sass who found Bradley Hargreaves and a neat one two with Liam Birney opened the opposition defence, as he skipped through to complete his hat-trick. Egerton were dominating possession with man of the match Paolo Tabone winning everything in the air and Ben Henthorn impossible to get past. Substitutions mid way through the first half paid off for manager Lee Hargreaves, when Olivia French released Jack Curbishley who powered into the penalty area to slip the ball into the net. Matthew Willis had to be at his best first saving with his feet and then diving full length to preserve the clean sheet at half time but took a blow to the head for his troubles.

The Pumas picked up a couple more in the second half as Freddie Sass showed great strength and determination to win the ball before despatching the ball low into the bottom corner of the goal. Stan Smith also got reward for his efforts bundling the ball home at the second attempt after a good run and cross from the right by Jack Curbishley. Sandbach picked up a deserved consolation just before the death as the Pumas rolled on.

Team: Ben Henthorn; Bradley Hargreaves; Freddie Sass; Liam Birney; Matt Willis; Olivia French; Paolo Tabone; Stan Smith;

Egerton Panthers U9’s 4 – 2 Sandbach United

Egerton found themselves behind when the opposition took full advantage of a slow start to take a deserved lead. The Panthers got their game together as Ed Franklin imposed himself in midfield. A good passing interchange on the edge of the box between Leo Buckley and Isaac Bennett gave Archie Phillips time and space to hit the roof of the net with a great equaliser. With their tails up a second nearly came straightaway when a floated cornered sat up nicely for Leo Buckley to hit a sweet half volley that was somehow blocked on the line and from the rebound Luke Granger forced a good save from the keeper. The Panthers did take the lead just before the break when Oliver Oldbury scored the first and arguably the best of a fine hat-trick when he flicked the ball over his head with his right foot to turn into space and lash the ball into the far corner of the net.

Having got Egerton back into the game, man of the match Archie Phillips was now in goals but could do nothing to stop Sandbach levelling when they broke and scored with a very well taken effort. The game swung from end to end with Adam Lee breaking down the flanks as Andy Price cleared the Panthers back lines. Oliver Oldbury restored the lead, losing his man with a neat turn on the edge of the area and pushing the ball past the advancing keeper. The opposition never gave up and looked certain to score on the break again until Ben Haselden appeared from nowhere to make a brilliant last ditch tackle. Oliver Oldbury wrapped up the win latching on to a well timed clearance from Mitchell Brown to poke the ball home and clinch his hat-trick.


Team: Adam Lee; Andy Price; Archie Phillips; Ben Haselden; Ed Franklin; Isaac Bennett; Leo Buckley; Luke Granger; Mitchell Brown; Oliver Oldbury

MANAGERS COMMENTS

SANDBACH UNITED HOME

Hargreaves said; it was a brilliant performance by the players today. i thought we didnt start well i thought sandbach were the better team in the opening period, but i think we grew into the game as we started to get control of the midfield and started to pass it around better, i thought as the games progressed we created alot of chances which we took well which allowed us to grow in confidence and play more freeley in the end i thought it was a well deserved victory.

MATCH DAY

SANDBACH UTD

This weekend we welcome sandbach utd to mereheath lane kick off 10-30a.m

Winsford Diamonds 1 – 7 Egerton Pumas U9’s

The goals rained in as the Pumas cruised to victory. The Pumas wasted no time from the kick off and scored in the first minute when Ben Henthorn crashed a half volley in off the post. Jack Curbishley added a second, curling a fine effort into the top corner from the edge of the box. Ben Henthorn nearly added another when he thundered the ball against the bar and was desperately unlucky to see it bounce down the wrong side of the goal line. Winsford had their chances keeping Tom Quenby and Freddie Sass busy in defence and forcing Matt Willis into a smart save just before the break. The second half started with Winsford scoring. Egerton quickly responded with Stan Smith going close to scoring twice with Bradley Hargreaves in the right place on both occasions to bundle the ball home. In between the two goals Bradley hit the bar, but made sure of his hat trick and the man of the match award when burst through the middle and hit an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net for the Pumas fifth. Egerton continued to create chances with Paolo Tabone and Liam Birnie combining well down the left. Jack Curbishley and Ben Henthorn completed their braces both of them slotting home from close range to wrap up a comprehensive win.


Team: Ben Henthorn; Bradley Hargreaves; Freddie Sass; Jack Curbishley; Liam Birney; Matt Willis; Paolo Tabone; Stan Smith; Tom Quenby

Winsford Diamonds 0 – 2 Egerton Panthers U9’s

The Panthers came through only their second game of the year with a well earned victory.  A close fought match saw chances at both ends with midfield dynamo Ed Franklin in the middle of everything.  Stand in keeper Mitchell Brown had his work cut out and showed his defensive qualities with some good clearances.  Egerton’s best chance of the first half started when defending a corner.  Leo Buckley picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area and ran the length of the pitch as the Diamonds backed off.  His low cross shot was saved and Luke Granger was unlucky to see his effort saved and the ball cleared.  After the break and with the advantage of the slope, Egerton opened the scoring after typical persistent play by Adam Lee closing down the Winsford defence.  The ball fell to Ollie Oldbury who finished clinically from a very tight angle to score on his debut.  The Panthers extended their lead, when a long ball from Archie Phillips found man of the match Isaac Bennett who made a strong run, exchanged passes with Adam Lee and was rewarded with a tap in.  To their credit, Winsford never gave up but could not break through the solid defending of Ben Haselden and Andy Price to pick up a consolation goal.

Team:   Adam Lee; Andy Price; Archie Phillips; Ben Haselden; Ed Franklin; Isaac Bennett; Leo Buckley; Luke Granger; Mitchell Brown; Oliver Oldbury

MANAGERS COMMENTS

WINSFORD DIAMONDS AWAY

Hargreaves said : After a long break due to the great or not so great british weather we got our league campain back off running. we started the game a bit slow but soon settled into our stride and this allowed us to get the ball down a play at a quick tempo made easy by our excellent movement. we played very well on the counter attack today attacking with pace and good movement with good one touch passing overall a great team performance. finally well done to ben hen on scoring our 100th goal of the season so far.

MATCH DAY

WINSFORD DIAMONDS

After weeks of cancelations this saturday we hope to get our league campain back on track as we travel to knights grange to take on winsford diamonds.

MEETING

There will be a meeting on monday night 8th feb at egerton 8 oclock start to discuss certain topics which have been brought up over the season. we would appreciatte it if you could attend

Thanks

TRAINING

After the mornings fixture being cancelled the players were called in for technical traning session. Hargreaves said; i was pleased with the players attiude towards the training we did. Everyone put the effort in to get the best out of the session. The things we worked on will build us up to the 11 aside game which we are all aiming towards over the next couple of seasons.

MATCH DAY

CUDDINGTON AWAY

After the nights heavy frost we await a 9 oclock pitch inspection to see if this mornings fixture will go ahead . The over night frost proved to be a killer as the game was called off

DEBUT

Tomorrow we welcome new signing ollie oldbury to the team Hargreaves said: Finally its over hes been a player we have been tracking for a couple of seasons and now we have finally signed him its great news for the team and the club.

TRAINING CANCELLED

Tonights "Training" is cancelled due to the "All weather pitch" being frozen !
It will now take place at,
Egerton
on thursday
6-7pm in the Gym.

Thankyou.
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