Under 8's. Away v Droylsden Juniors

   1st Game Result - Reddish North End 1 Droylsden Juniors 1

   2nd Game Result - Reddish North End 1 Droylsden Juniors 2

1st Game
This was our NEW under 8's 1st competitive match and what a game this was, it was an end to end game with Droylsden starting the brighter and some of our team finding their feet. Droylsden went 1 nil up with a good shot.
I must admit the referee was a bit biased towards the home team and he gave them a penalty when Max pushed their forward in the back but up stepped Alex in goal to save the pen.... but wait, the referee said he wasn't ready so he told Droylsden to take it again, and again Alex saved the penalty. He had a great game and was Given the Man Of The Match.

We also had good performances from Max (even though he gave away a pen) I thought he was outstanding in defence.
Cameron had a decent game in an unfamiliar position in Midfield, Josh, Sean, Will and Terri had good games but much to improve on at training.
Well the game was still end to end then up stepped Luca to score on his debut, a great effort and what the team deserved.
Result 1 - 1.

2nd Game
This was much the same, end to end with both Keepers pulling off good saves. This time Terri was in goal for us and she made a great save when a Droylsden player shot from outside the Box.

It was after a Droylsden attack that we scored our goal, the ball found it's way to Luca on the right, he turned the Droylsden left sided player inside out and made the best pass of the match to Alex Who, controlled the ball magnificently, his debut goal was a high shot into the net. Halftime 1 - 0 to RNE.

The 2nd half kickoff and we were on the back foot, Droylsden played some good football, they scored 2 goals when we were trying to create chances up the field and Max was on his own in defence, Terri had no chance in goal.
We should have had a penalty but the referee didn't give it us when Alex was brought down in the area, but I do wear rose tinted glasses!

Sean should have scored with the last chance of the game but his shot went over the bar. Final score 2 - 1 to Droylsden.
Man of the match went to Terri. We had a penalty shoot out for fun after the game which we won 6 - 5.

Scorers : 1st Game : Luca

Scorers : 2nd Game : Alex

Man of the match : 1st Game : Alex

Man of the match : 2nd Game : Terri