Tytherington U10's vs Egerton U10's

Tytherington 2-5 Egerton Pumas

Pumas stroll to easy away win

On a cold Saturday morning, with a pitch as hard and unforgiving as a Jim Brown email, the Pumas set about their business, producing some of their best football of the season.
Ben began the game in his new favored central midfield position and by using his strength began to dominate the game early on. Bradley was at his free flowing best and tested the Tytherington defence with a few of his trade mark runs.
The first chance of the game fell to Ben, a well taken corner was met with his head which just beat the upright, cue the sigh of relief from the goalkeeper. Tytherington then attempted to stamp their mark on the game with a testing long range shot, however Matt was equal to it and saved comfortably. The Pumas took the lead shortly after when a mistake by the Tytherington defence let in Stan "the fox in the box" Smith to fire his 11th goal of the season in off the post 1-0.
Shortly after, the Pumas were awarded a free kick on the edge of the Tytherington area, Bradley smashed it over the wall and off the crossbar, quicker reactions by the players in the box and the Pumas could have had their 2nd. The 2nd was long in coming however when Brad pick out Stan with a fine through ball, he slotted it under the on rushing keeper towards the open goal, Isaac was on hand to tap it home just to make sure 2-0.
The introduction from the bench of Jack seemed to push the Pumas on more, great play from Archie almost set the super sub in on goal. Tytherington were on the ropes, putting up less of a fight than Audley Harrison, when the Pumas made it 3. A great ball from the centre of the pitch from Ben released Bradley who calmly slotted home 3-0, screams of celebrate from the gaffer fell on deaf ears as the silky winger merely jogged back to halfway. The flood gates were now open and when a corner was whipped to the back post, Stan slotted home 4-0. HT
The second half started like the first had ended, Isaac was almost on the score sheet again when he glanced a header just wide of the far post. Heading seemed to be the theme of the day as Ben went just as close from the next corner.
Stan recorded his hat trick when he managed to deflect the ball past the keeper to make it 5-0. The Pumas then took their foot off the pedal and a Tytherington shot somehow managed to deflect off Tom and into the bottom corner 5-1.
They added a second late on but the Pumas had done enough to keep their 2011 100% win record intact. FT 5-2.

Tytherington 0-1 Egerton Panthers

Panthers leave it late to seal win

Like a trip down the East Lancs road for the red half of Manchester, or a trip to Salford for the blue half, this game had all the attributes of a derby; Passion, dodgy decisions, last minute winner and "fans" on the pitch!
A shake up in the team saw Oliver, Adam and Alex start with new Panthers goalkeeper Mitch starting in net.
Alex began well, holding the ball up and feeding the ball into the wingers, the midfield were having to battle hard to keep a strong Tytherington team at bay. Adam's pace was beginning to tell down the wing and he set up a chance for Alex to score only for his shot to be well saved.
The teams were beginning to cancel each other out so the introduction of 31 goal trio Ollie, Luke and Leo gave the team a much needed lift. This didn't stop Tytherington producing some good football and a strong shot was well dealt with by Mitch.
The first flash point of the game happened just before half time, when an innocuous challenge by Leo seemed to enrage the Tytherington defender who squared up to him, on another day Leo's shoved reaction would have seen him get his marching orders, he can think himself very lucky it didn't. HT 0-0
The 2nd half started brightly for the Panthers although they should think themselves lucky that the strike by Tytherington that hit the bar wasn't a couple of inches lower. In need of a goal, the gaffer left the ever dependable Ben in defence on his own and opted for two strikers, with Alex linking up with Ollie. Alex almost opened the scoring moments later but once again his effort was well saved. The second flashpoint happened from the resulting corner, when Oliver poked the ball a good two yards over the line only for the keeper to jump on it and throw it out. No Goal!! Even Roy Carroll would admit that one was over the line!
The volume from both sets of parents began to rise with the seconds ticking down. With literally half a minute left, Tytherington handled the ball in the box, the ref pointed to the spot and the result was all down to the last kick of the game. Ollie stepped up, showing more self confidence than Balotteli, to smash the ball past the keeper, 1-0. Cue the celebrations. A dogged display by the panthers whose grit and determination won through....eventually!