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Thursday, 24 November 2011
Southern Youth League - League Cup - Dorking U18s 3 Balham U18s 2
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Leatherhead Colts 2 - 3 Brockham Badgers U15A
Brockham Badgers U15A came through a real test of character by winning an enthralling game against local rivals Leatherhead 2-3, continuing a little run that sees them four games unbeaten. While Leatherhead took an early lead it was Brockham that set the tone for the game, epitomised by the performance of vice captain Sam Lloyd who pestered the Colts from start to finish with determined challenges, constant pressing, and good link up play in midfield.
It was game on from the start. Both teams were pressing play and it was clear the midfield battleground was where the game would be won. When the Badgers conceded following a parried shot and follow-up tap-in after five minutes no panic set in as they seemed to be playing with no fear and a passion to win for each other.
It was important to respond and boy they did just that. Jordan Martin received the ball wide on the left by-line and ten yards into the greens’ half with his back to goal. A quick turn inside onto his favoured right and without hesitating he punched a lofted shot toward the Leatherhead goal having spotted the keeper off his line. If the BBC were filming it would definitely have made goal of the month. It dropped into the Leatherhead goal and the audacious nature of the goal gave Brockham a shot in the arm and put the Colts into a ten minute period of shock.
For the next phase Brockham flew into fair but strong challenges, winning nearly every 50/50 ball, getting the ball into space and running at the Colts defence. Before too long the Badgers took the lead. A chip from right to left from Martin dropped over Oscar Cremmen’s shoulder onto his natural left and he instinctively buried it with power on the half volley from 15 yards. Stunner.
Shortly after, Joe Silver’s commitment on the left flank was rewarded as he made the score sheet with his head. Leatherhead had conceded a free kick 25 yards from the right of goal. Jack Coppin, who was having a belter of a game at left back, zipped the ball in, an aerial contest saw the ball flicked on, and Silver finished into the roof of the Leatherhead net at the far post.
Half time gave Brockham the opportunity to gather themselves for the war of attrition to follow. The Colts came out to play and commanded a good percentage of possession in the second half. Numerous probing balls were testing the Brockham defence from wide and central positions but the Justin Tarrant and Simon Vakeva-Baird pairing at the centre of the black and whites defence was soaking it up, and Oli Gout was matching Coppin’s performance at left back with an equally impressive match of his own at right back.
Leatherhead did score a deserved second but the relentless work rate of Lloyd, Luke Brightman, Lewis Wood, and latterly George Gomes in midfield was both frustrating the Colts and posing a threat on the counter for them to contend with at times also. Luc Jhugroo made a cameo appearance at centre forward, on for Cremmen, and his natural defensive instincts and energy levels pressed and harried the green’s back line until the final whistle blew.
Man of the Match: Sam Lloyd
Ashstead Colts U10B 2 - 0 Brockham Badgers U10 Barbarians (Epsom and Ewell Cup Div 3)
The game opened with a midfield battle and chances at each end. On seven minutes Brockham's goalkeeper, Josh Snow, denied Ashstead by making a stretching save steering the ball over the top of the goal. The corner was well defended by Thomas Ambrose and cleared down the wing but a long range strike saw the ball come back with real pace straight into Brockham's goal and Ashstead were 1-0 ahead.
The second half started with the same open play as the first with open play and chamges at both ends. Ben MacKenzie was now making trademark probing runs down the left wing placing Ashstead under increased pressure. Unfortunately as Brockham started to push forward looking for the equaliser they became stretched at the back and a quick counter attack by Ashstead saw Brockham's defence outnumbered. A simple pass allowed Ashstead to get one on one with Brockham's keeper and after a brave save, the loose ball was an easy tap resulting in Ashtead going 2-0 in front.
Brockham countered quickly with Callum Holder now running at the Ashstead defence. The pressure on Ashstead continued to build but Brockham were unable to get a goal (despite three corners in quick succession). A last late strike by Badgers winger Ben Austin fizzed wide summing up a disappointing morning for the Badgers.
Man of the Match: Josh Snow
Brockham Badgers: Thomas Ambrose, Ben Austin, William Glenn, Callum Holder, Bailey Osborne (Capt.), Josh Snow, Ben MacKenzie, Lily Turner, Arun Watkins,
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Southern Youth League - Lewisham U18s 2 Dorking U18s 4
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Brockham Badgers Black U11s v Milford Pumas U11s (South Surrey League)
First home game of the season was going to be a big challenge. Milford Pumas were top of the league.
It was a bright start by both teams. Milford clearly had real talent among their ranks, with a never-say-die centre half and an ultimate-predator up front.
Brockham's defence struggled early on with their marking and coming to terms with the offside law. But it was Brockham who drew first blood. Oliver and Ezra played a one-two. Ezra headed it neatly down for Oliver to beat a couple of players and return the ball for Ezra to slot home.
Milford soon fought back. Their striker turned at the halfway line and ran directly for goal. Joe Allen did his best to put in the tackle but a delightful chip gave Freddy in goal no chance. One-one.
Henry, Toby and Morgan really gave Brockham some legs and some bite. They began to overwhelm Milford for a period. Then when Henry won a free-kick he lofted it perfectly into the box for Oliver to pop it home and restore Brockham's lead. The quality of dead ball deliveries from Henry and Lucas throughout the game was exceptional. Both boys' free-kicks and corners were fantastic.
Milford soon pulled it back to level pegging with another breakaway from halfway.
Half-Time: Brockham Badgers Black 2 Milford Pumas 2
The second half started all Badgers. Morgan was driving the side on the right and was unlucky when a header hit the bar. There was strong running throughout the game from Morgan who stamped his authority on the game. Lucas went close and made some fine runs down the left as well as some fantastic crosses.
It was a Lucas cross that eventually landed perfectly for Toby to smash in from close range. Toby, as ever, was the ultimate team player: running, tackling, making the right pass; Toby can do it all.
Before Milford tried to get back into the game but then Ezra wriggled past two defenders and beat the keeper with accuracy to give badgers a two goal cushion.
Then Milford really came at them.
Freddy was inspired in goal making saves he had no right to make. Joe and jack were a solid unit in the centre of defence. Morgan threw himself at every shot. Toby and Henry shielded the defence and blocked everything they could reach. Lucas ran down attackers and Adam made some outstanding clearances. It was a real team effort.
At times it seemed impossible that the Milford team hadn't scored, as wave after wave of attacks produced chance after chance. Then with Brockham totally under the cosh they managed a breakaway that saw Toby snathc his second and Brockham's fifth.
It was a flattering score-line, but the right team won.
Final Score: Brockham Badgers Black 5 Milford Pumas 2
Team: Freddy Gil, Morgan Hamilton, Lucas Woolley, Jack Duncan, Joe Allen, Toby Evans, Henry Lucas, Oliver Yeates, Ezra Charles, Adam Bower
Man of the Match: Morgan Hamilton (Defence won the day and Morgan was super committed and released the ball early)
Report: Jason Charles
Monday, 14 November 2011
RE: Brockham Badgers U10A 3 - 1 Elm Grove Colts U10A (Epsom & Ewell Premier Division)
Brockham continued their excellent run with another victory at the Big Field, keeping them in 4th position with games in hand. The home team started brightly, pressuring Elm Grove and pinning them back in their own half. Harrison Watts and Conan Torpey both hit the woodwork and it looked like it was going to be a frustrating day for Brockham. Watts worked hard down the right hand side and game the Elm Grove left back tough job. Just before half time a well weighted cross by Watts was met by Ed Russ whose shot was parried by the keeper but Joe Rabbetts followed up, as per the managers instructions, gaving the home team a 1-0 lead.
Elm Grove came out in the second half far more aggressively and started to pass the ball around The Badgers. Within 10 minutes Elm Grove got the equaliser that they were after and if it were not for some fine stops by Huw Morgan The Badgers would have found themselves trailing. Brockham regained their shape and with his weaker foot Russ restored the lead. With a minute left The Badgers won a corner in the same place as the previous week and Russ and Rabbetts decided to execute the same plan. Russ delivered the corner to the back post where Rabbetts ran on to finish with his head and put the game beyond Elm Grove’s reach.
Man of the match – Harrison Watts
Report by Rick Russ
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Brockham Badgers U15A 4 - 4 Epsom & Ewell Colts
Four shots, four goals. That was the bad news. Yet again, Brockham dominated possession but were unable to convert enough chances to take all three points. This was another good performance though. Having gone two behind, the Badgers battled back to take a well deserved point.
All the signs were good from the start. The black and whites were seeing the lion’s share of the ball and were looking menacing going forward. In the early part of the first half Jordan Martin and Jack Coppin went close with a brace of shots each, with two hitting the woodwork. The Epsom and Ewell number 4 was having a magnificent game in defence and the Colts keeper was making some smart saves. His counterpart on the other hand, James Rabbetts, was more of a spectator.
Then it all went wrong. A decent through ball, a cracking shot, and the boys in blue and white hoops had bagged one from one after thirty minutes. Disappointment turned to dismay when an opportunity to clear was dithered on. Too many touches and indecision let the Epsom striker nick the ball and Brockham were pinching themselves going into half time two goals down.
Some tactical changes at half time saw Oscar Cremmen take up the striker’s position and Justin Tarrant move into midfield. Martin and Coppin were to hit the Colts full backs with their pace whilst the stronger midfield presence was asked to impose itself on the space between the two teams’ defensive lines. Luck or tactical genius? Who cares – within 5 minutes Brockham were level. Coppin provided a peach of a cross for Martin to convert with his head at the far post for the first, whilst Coppin tapped in from short range for the leveller.
Equilibrium had returned and there seemed there would only be one winner as Brockham pushed forward and saw half or dozen or more good chances go begging in the following fifteen minutes. They were punished for their profligacy. Losing a little discipline and shape in midfield the Badgers allowed the Colts to switch play and run at an exposed defence. Another good through ball, an excellent finish, and the blues from Epsom were ahead again with their third shot on goal.
The Brockham boys were not to be defeated though. Immediately seizing the initiative they made their possession advantage count. Another good cross from Coppin was this time met by the head of Cremmen to make it 3-3, then moments later the Badgers took the lead with a surging run and finish from Martin. With only minutes to go it was time to lock up shop. Unfortunately the Epsom & Ewell lads found the key. Another dithering moment between two Brockham defenders in an otherwise safe position allowed the Colts striker through one on one with Rabbetts. Rabbetts was off his line quickly to narrow the angle, and the Colts centre forward still had much to do, but do he did, and sweetly too, instinctively lofting the ball over the advancing Rabbetts for a measured drop into the net.
In terms of shots and possession it should have been Brockham’s day, but in terms of discipline and shape the Colts could argue a draw and nobody would begrudge them. One loss in five games and plenty of possession feels like a foundation from which the Badgers can push on. Cremmen may even be the answer for the absent Flint.
Man of the Match: Luke Brightman
Surrey Youth Cup U16 - Brockham Badgers U16A 11 Claygate Royals 0
Brockham Badgers U16As swept into the third round of the Surrey Cup with a comfortable win over a battling Claygate Royals team.
Brockham are getting stronger with each game, as shown last week when the team could so easily have beaten Premier Elite side Sandgate only to lose narrowly 2-1, and sitting handily placed in 4th spot in the Premier Division, a good season beckons for the team.
Claygate came to the Big Field as underdogs, two divisions below Brockham, and a goal after just 2 minutes from Harry Ramsey set the tone for the game. It was soon 2-0 as Mike Richardson swept the ball home, but Claygate to their credit did not give up, and although Brockham scored three more before half time, it was not all one way, Brockham keeper Dennis RApson pulling off a great save midway through the half that spoke volumes for his concentration.
Claygate fought hard in the second period, Brockham adding one more just after half time, but it was only in the last 15 minutes that Brockham really made their superior status tell, running in 5 goals in quick succession, including a brace from new player Liam Steere, whose pace and determination bodes well for the rest of the season.
Brockham scorers for the record were George Coffey 2, Harry Ramsey 2, Liam Steere 2, Mike Richardson 2, Frankie Routlef 2, Josh Brown 2
Team – Dennis Rapson, Connor Baker, Will Mahoney, Matt Higgins ©, Will Bletso, Ollie Winter, Harry Morland, Josh Brown, Gecco Navalta, Ali Nicholson, Frankie Routlef, Liam Steer, George Corfield, Mike Richardson, Josh Brown
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Monday, 7 November 2011
RE: Brockham Badgers U10A 2 - 1 Bookham Colts U10B (Epsom & Ewell League Cup, Premier and First Division)
Brockham secured their place in the second round of The Epsom and Ewell League Cup with a hard fought win against a spirited Bookham side. Brockham never looked like they were going to lose this game but Bookham frustrated the home team, not allowing them to convert possession and opportunities into goals. From the start Brockham applied pressure, forcing numerous corners and having numerous shots on goal. The first Brockham goal came from a pass by Sam Church to Joe Rabbetts on the left who went around the keeper and finished confidently. Bookham managed to get themselves back in the game through a well weighted shot from distance that found Huw Morgan off his line. The second half was full of attacking moves by Brockham but at the end of normal time it was still all square, primarily as a result of some great work by the Bookham Keeper. Brockham maintained the pressure in extra time and a corner from Ed Russ picked out Joe Rabbetts at the back post who headed the goal to spare the team and the crowd the pressure of penalties.
Man of the match – Joe Rabbetts
Report by Rick Russ
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Epsom & Ewell Colts 1 - 1 Brockham Badgers U15A (2-4 pens)
A dominant performance saw Brockham Badgers U15A through to the third round of the Surrey FA County Youth Cup but not without a nail-biting match full of promise and frustration. If Opta had been there it was 85% possession for the Badgers but despite this the Colts put up dogged opposition and in particular their goalkeeper’s man of the match performance kept them in the game throughout.
Epsom & Ewell went ahead early on. A complacent start by the Badgers saw a lack of pressure on the ball allow a cross in from the Colts right. It was met sweetly in the six yard box by their striker but parried by James Rabbetts in goal. The second ball fell to a player in the blue and white hoops and crashed back into the Brockham net.
This shook the Brockham boys into life and for much of the match it was one way traffic. The Badgers defence was occasionally breached but on each occasion Rabbetts was able to collect or match the shot. With the ball camped in the middle and final thirds of the pitch and very much flowing in the Colts direction the black and whites attempts kept coming but nothing seemed to convert.
Some spectacular saves from the Colts keeper were matched by equally unspectacular finishing by Brockham. There were shots at the keeper, shots wide, shots high, the woodwork, two goal line clearances and a decent penalty shout. Finally Jack Coppin rifled a great ball into the Epsom net from an acute angle following one of many Brockham corners and levelled the game shortly before half time.
The second half followed much the same pattern as that of the first. Badgers dominated possession and with the exception of one or two opportunistic scares Rabbetts was very much a spectator. Sam Lloyd, Jordan Martin, Joe Silver, and Simon Vakeva-Baird all went close but nothing would break for Brockham. The siege continued and the Epsom & Ewell defences held strong right through to extra time and beyond to penalties.
The Badgers had already gone out on penalties to Epsom & Ewell in a League Cup 4-4 thriller three weeks before and were determined not to make the same mistake again. This time the tables were reversed. Justin Tarrant, Sam Lloyd, Oscar Cremmen, and Martin all finished confidently, whilst the hoops missed the target twice.
Brockham’s performances are improving and the team is getting back to full strength and fitness. Confidence is key, and there’s a glimmer of that returning too. It looks like the odd smile is coming back as well.
Man of the Match: Luke Brightman