Kirdford Jumior v Brockham Badgers Black (South Surrey League Division 1)

Kirdford away is a tricky fixture and a potential banana skin for the first game of the season.  But Badgers went in with high hopes and tactically astute 4-3-1 formation.

 

Brockham absolutely dominated the first-half.  Lucas and Oliver combined brilliantly on the left. For the first ten minutes nobody else seemed to get a touch. Meanwhile their counterparts on the right Morgan and Toby were equally as effective.

 

Lucas found Ezra with a marvellous through ball.  Ezra smashed the ball cleanly but the keeper's position made it an easy save.  Badgers then piled on the pressure with their inspirational central midfielder Henry Lucas doing a fine impression of Patrick Vieira.

 

Eventually the ball broke from a corner for Ezra who neatly tucked it away from close range.

 

Kirdford had their breaks though as Brockham got sucked in looking for their second goal and our defence was caught out twice before half-time.  We went into the break 2-1 down which seemed very strange considering the amount of possession the team had enjoyed.  Joe and the debuting Zain had formed a great partnership an even though Kirdford were strong going forward the scoreline didn't reflect the game.

 

Half-time Kirdford United 2 Brockham Badgers 1

 

Kirdford had defended brilliantly in the first half and were just as good in the second half, foiling chance after chance.  The equaliser came after Ezra chased down and dispossessed a defender and threaded the ball through to Lucas who disguised his finish with real skill.  Lucas had been absolutely fantastic throughout the game both in his tackles, his runs and his passing.

 

Ezra continued to defend from the front.  The left axis of Oliver and Lucas was formidable.  But slowly Morgan and Toby came to take a bigger and bigger role in the game.  They put so much running in to the second half.  They have a formidable partnership.  Both boys are solid in the tackle and are consummate team players.

 

Oliver Quigley came on from the bench and made a good contribution in the middle.

 

Eventually a pass from Oliver to Ezra and then to Lucas set up another brilliant finish.  This time Lucas went for power and cracked the ball into the roof of the net.  Great football.

 

The things got a little scary…  The Badgers' football declined and too many times players were looking to beat one man too many in midfield when the through ball was on.  This left the team open at the back as weary legs could not track back.  It looked like Kirdford would sneak an equaliser.  All credit to Kirdford for still being in the game at this point.  Joe, Zain and George Lees had to be alert at the end as Brockham put the three points in jeopardy when they should really have controlled the game.

 

In the end they weren't punished for their exuberance and came out with a deserved win.

 

Full-time

 

Kirdford United 2 Brockham Badgers 3

 

Team: George Lees, Morgan Hamilton, Lucas Woolley, Joe Allen, Zain Khan, Toby Evans, Henry Lucas, Oliver Yeates, Ezra Charles, Oliver Quigley.

 

Man of the Match: Lucas Woolley – a driving force on the left (a better version of Gareth Bale).

 

Match Report: Jason Charles

 

Surrey Youth League Under 16 Premier Division - Carshalton Athletic U16 2 Brockham Badgers U16 5

Brockham Badgers U16As produced their best performance of the season to move into third place in the Premier Division with a comfortable win over Carshalton Athletic U16s.  After 3 years in the top Premier Elite division, Badgers have been slow starters this season following their relegation to the Premier Division last campaign, but the signs are that Brockham are returning to something approaching their best as back to back wins have suddenly pushed Brockham in amongst the league leaders.

 

Early goals for joint lads of the match Harry Ramsey and Mike Richardson had put Brockham 2-0 up on 20 minutes, but the home team put in their best spell in the last 15 minutes of the first half to first make it 1-2 with a goal from a set piece, then a debatable penalty just before the interval made it 2-2, something of a flattering score for Carshalton.  It could have got worse soon after half time when Carshalton almost made it 3-2,striking the post with a richochet from a Brockham clearance.  From that point on though it was all Brockham, keeper Dennis Rapson instilling real confidence in his defence with a commanding display, and a fine run through the centre of the Carshalton midfield and defence saw him slot the ball past the keeper to restore the Brockham lead 10 minutes into the second half..

 

Harry Ramsey then grabbed his second of the match as his pace was used to good effect to make it 4-2.  As Carshalton lost their discipline, it was all Brockham in the final 10 minutes and Brockham could have scored more than the one extra goal they scored in the last few minutes, George Coffey finishing well after another strong run from Ramsey had teed up his fellow striker to make the final score 5-2.

 

Team – Dennis Rapson, Connor Baker, Will Mahoney, Matt Higgins ©, Will Bletso, Josh Brown, Mike Richardson, Ali Nicholson, Frankie Routlef, George Coffey, Harry Ramsey, Harry Morland, Gecco Navalta, Oli Winter

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Corinthian Casuals 1 - 2 Brockham Badgers U15A

A sizzling performance saw Brockham Badgers U15A get their season off to a belated start with a 2-1 victory away to Corinthian Casuals.  Quick pass and move football was back and so was the boys confidence.  The Badgers could have been easily five or six to the good by half time.  Buoyed by the appearance of Alex Flint for the first time this season, the black and whites weathered some early threats to go on and dominate the game.

Despite travelling with only eleven fit players the make shift left flank of Jack Coppin in defence and Jordan Martin on the wing was working to good effect.  Both had the beating of their opposite numbers for pace and Martin was combining with Flint up front to such an extent that Martin could have had three by the twenty minute mark.  It was Flint who struck first however.  Shrugging off some close attention from his marker he poked the ball beyond the advancing keeper with just enough on it for the ball to roll over the line from 12 yards.

Joe Silver on the right wing had already declared his intentions to the Casuals No.3 facing him with some pacey runs, and with a neat one two worked between him and Luke Brightman he was once again in clear space on 25 minutes.  A well delivered cross was cleared by Corinthians for a corner, from which Martin’s in-singer was directed into the back of the net by a Corinthians player to give Brockham a two goal margin.

Despite a soft concession by Brockham taking the score to 2-1 mid-way through the second half, the positive tone of the match continued in much the same fashion as before to the end.  Justin Tarrant and Simon Vakeva-Baird dominated the defensive line and between them, George Gomes and Coppin, they snuffed out nearly every Corinthian threat.  Luc Jhugroo, Lewis Wood, and Brightman played some neat two touch football which usually led to an incisive pass into the path of either Flint, Martin, or Silver.  Martin had two more chances, Wood had a shot and a header cleared from point blank range, as did Vakeva-Baird, whilst Tarrant climbed well to meet a Martin free kick and buried it with his head at the far post only to see the goal ruled offside.  James Rabbetts in Brockham’s goal had little to do for once.

Sam Lloyd made a cameo appearance ten minutes from time following three weeks out with injury, and almost got himself on the score sheet.  Having been awarded a penalty in the dying seconds he thumped a thunderous spot kick just inside the upright only to see it bounce back out off the square post, across the goal line and out for safety.

The result was no less than the Badgers deserved.  The score was tight in the end but the game was comfortably theirs.

Man of the Match:  Jordan Martin and Simon Vakeva-Baird