Epsom & Ewell Colts 2 - 4 Brockham Badgers U16A

Brockham Badgers U16A provided a master class in possession and dominance in the first half of their Surrey Youth League match away to Epsom & Ewell Colts.  Their possession and control of the game was such that Epsom were limited to just two chances for the entire first period.  The second period was a lesson in complacency.

Jordan Martin got Brockham off the mark in the first three minutes when Oli Gout fed him a curved forward ball behind the Colts back line from an advanced left midfield position.  Martin ran at the keeper and finished well with a nick of a stretching defenders leg.

Epsom & Ewell were playing a very high line and yet from the evidence of the first fifteen minutes were unlikely to match Brockham’s forward line for pace.  This and the Badgers midfield dominance led the manager to take a luxurious risk and put pace into the left midfield position as well, at times playing a pacey forward line of three. 

James Rabbetts had little to do in the game to this point and decided to test the Colts back line for pace following the change by launching a goal kick.  It was route one, it was unsophisticated, but it worked.  Epsom allowed the ball to bounce and before they had time to turn Michael Cheeseman had beat the offside and his marker for pace and buried the ball beyond the advancing keeper for Brockham’s second, and Rabbetts was pleased with his assist.

It had worked once so why not twice.  Rabbetts launched another goal kick down the throats of the Colts centre backs ten minutes later.  Remarkably the ball was allowed to bounce again and this time captain Sam Lloyd was one on one with the keeper and finished well to give the black and whites a three goal lead going into half time.  Brockham’s goal keeper was now number one on the assist list.

The Badgers relaxed too much in the second half.  Their over confidence got the better of them twice with poor midfield pressure and resulting loss of defensive shape which gave Epsom & Ewell two really soft goals that threatened to ruin Brockham’s day.  If it had not been for a remarkable goal line clearance by Luke Brightman and some wasteful shooting from Epsom the match might have been thrown away.

Fortunately the Badgers woke up and their class came to the rescue.  Alex Bevis received the ball deep on Brockham’s right and played a wonderful pass into the channel for Martin to run onto.  Martin was never going to lose a race for the ball and drove into a dangerous advanced area, delivering a superb cross which Joe Silver finished expertly with an impressive stretched toe of the ball into the goal having advanced down the centre with incredible speed and timing.

Man of the Match:  Luc Jhugroo

Bookham Colts 1 - 4 Brockham Badgers U11A

Brockham Badgers U11A exacted revenge on Bookham Colts for the defeat they inflicted two weeks ago.  Brockham looked a totally different side, in control for most of the match despite going behind early on when a shot from distance slid under the Badgers keeper.

Brockham were back on level terms when Callum Holder scored his fourth of the league campaign, and then got themselves a deserved second when Ed Russ placed a powerful curling shot over the keeper from distance.

The Badgers were excellent in possession and equally organised without the ball.  The home team’s inability to break them down was frustrating them and committing players forward in an attempt to find a way through the Brockham lines.  This left them exposed at the back, so when the ball was won by the black and whites in midfield and fed wide quickly, the space was exploited by man of the match Sam Church lurking on the edge of the area, smashing Brockham’s third into the Colts net and giving the keeper no chance.

George Wryde could have scored twice, which would have been just rewards for his excellent work up front after replacing Holder.  Russ then added a fourth for the visiting Badgers of similar style and composure to that of his first to polish off a very satisfying performance.

Man of the Match: Sam Church

AFC Ewell 3 - 5 Brockham Badgers U11A

Brockham Badgers U11A notched their first win of the league campaign in a dominating display that belied the score.  Joseph Rabbetts scored the opener with a stunning left footed strike in the first few minutes.  Winning the ball in his own half he scampered down the wing, cut inside, and hit a pile driver from a tight angle which flew past the keeper and in off the angle of the far post and crossbar.

Callum Holder was next on the score sheet.  Playing the lone striker role he prowled on the shoulder of the AFC defenders all day waiting for a chance to beat the off-side trap.  Once or twice he had already come close but this time he timed his move to perfection.  Latching onto a great through ball from Louie Darlington in midfield he shrugged off some close attention from the Ewell defender and bore down on the keeper burying the ball with power and confidence.

Brockham were in total control and just had to keep their patience and composure.  However, as has often been the case in the last two games, moments of inexperience let the home side back in the game.  With the ball deep in the Brockham half but safely out to the side line, one too many touches and a dangerous move inside by Brockham’s defender allowed the Ewell striker to nick the ball from him.  He took two touches out of his feet on a run and hit the ball low and early with a strong right footed strike from distance that slid under the outstretched diving arm of William Timmons, who had courageously stood in for the Badgers absent keeper.

A two goal Badgers advantage was quickly re-established when Luke Page made a driving run from midfield and collected a square ball from the right.  He took on his defender, beat him, and drilled his shot past the diving AFC keeper.  There really was only one team in the match now and Brockham should have pushed on to take a comfortable margin victory. However, inexperience punished them again.  Ed Russ went on one of his trademark rampaging runs from central defence.  The ball was lost just outside the AFC penalty area, which normally should not have been a problem, but nobody had filled in for Russ in a defensive position and everyone bar Lilly Turner had joined him too far forward in an offensive onslaught.  Ewell quickly got the ball to their front men who were now three on one with Turner.  As she was drawn out to try and slow the ball, they passed inside and the Ewell striker ran unchallenged at an advancing Timmons.  He stood no chance.

Half time was an opportunity to gather themselves and rectify the over-enthusiasm that had given Ewell a fighting chance for the second time.  Ewell came out on the front foot and forced one or two excellent saves from Sam Church who had now swapped for Timmons in goal.  Brockham were losing their composure out of possession, all too often diving into challenges or getting sucked to the ball when all they had to do was slow play down.  AFC won a corner and Brockham failed to meet it with any meaningful challenge.  It fell to a Ewell player who slammed it into the roof of the net.  Somehow the game was level and AFC were in the ascendency.

Fortunately there was no repeat of the previous week.  To their credit Brockham decided they weren’t having any of it.  They shored up at the back and took two more goals when both Holder and Page completed a brace each.  There were some hairy moments which forced Church to make a couple more excellent goal keeping decisions, and a Ewell shot that flew off the crossbar.  But the Badgers nine men had managed without any subs and without a goalkeeper to battle the three points out of the second half.

Man of the Match:  Joseph Rabbetts

Brockham Badgers U16A 4 - 2 AFC Brooklands

Neither Brockham Badgers or AFC Brooklands had met each other before so this Surrey Youth League Invitation Cup draw was a bit of an unknown quantity for both sides.  Brockham started brightly and were comfortable in possession, moving the ball quickly with some good two touch football.  Their patient build up play was rewarded when Luke Brightman played a lovely through ball from the middle of the park between the AFC full back and centre half for Michael Cheeseman to latch onto.  Cheeseman started where he finished his stunning debut match last week scoring once again with a perfectly taken goal from 15 yards, struck hard and low off his left foot beyond an on-rushing goal keeper.

Sam Lloyd is a combative captain, always there to win a fifty fifty ball and lead his team by example.  When he ran onto another ball behind the Brooklands back line it seemed his first touch had invited the keeper to collect, but Lloyd was having none of it.  He stretched to toe the ball first and was taken down in the area by the momentum of the advancing AFC keeper on a wet sliding surface.  Cheeseman had been nominated for spot kicks but Lloyd picked up the ball and nobody was going to tell him otherwise.  He despatched the penalty confidently and Brockham were cruising.

Luc Jhugroo had put in another excellent performance but was crocked by a groin strain minutes before half time.  Brockham had to switch their defensive line-up to accommodate the injury and other missing players but everyone slotted in and performed superbly.  Had it not been for a comical goal ten minutes into the second half and a tired pass 10 minutes from time Brockham should and would have kept a clean sheet.  James Rabbetts advanced out of his area to nod a 10 yard bouncing ball to man of the match Oscar Cremmen in midfield.  The ball should have bounced up to meet his head but somehow just slid flat across the ground leaving Rabbetts stranded and gifting an easy tap in for the Brooklands striker.

Brockham remained patient though and stuck to their game plan and sure enough the maturity of their play enabled them to take a two goal lead again.  Lloyd received a pass to feet with his back to goal and under tight pressure from an AFC defender.  Lloyd rolled his body and with a nice turn of pace and deft footwork freed himself and ran into the space behind the Brookland left back.  Looking up he spotted Jack Coppin flying to the back post.  Lloyd delivered an inch perfect ball across the goal where Coppin tapped in from two yards out.

Brooklands nicked one more goal when Brightman sold Rabbetts short with a tired back pass from where their striker nipped in, rounded Rabbetts and slotted into an empty net.  Ten minutes from the final whistle Brockham won a free kick 30 yards from the Brooklands goal.  Jordan Martin played an intelligent ball to Cheeseman’s feet twenty yards out who was able to turn and shoot.  An outstretched Brooklands defensive leg changed the direction of the ball and gave the keeper no chance.  Brockham saw the game out confidently and can look forward to the next round of the cup.

 

Brockham Badgers U11A 4 - 6 Bookham Colts

This was a classic game of two halves.  30 minutes of Badgers domination followed by a second half in which they pressed the self-destruct button.  The first half was a disciplined performance.  Brockham enjoyed the majority of possession and converted two of their best chances into goals to take a comfortable lead.  The first came in the 15^th minute when Bookham conceded a free kick 20 yards from goal.  Joseph Rabbetts swung in a dangerous dead ball between the penalty spot and keeper which was met with a neat flick from the head of William Timmons burying the ball in the back of the Colts’ net.  The black and whites’ second was scored by Callum Holder in a magnificent solo effort cutting in from the right and passing the ball through the keeper’s legs.

Bookham got one back shortly before half-time but the Badgers still seemed in control of the outcome and destined to take the points.  And so it seemed when Brockham again took a two goal lead within minutes of the restart.  Rabbetts whipped in a corner from the right and man of the match Luke Page was there to deftly hook the ball in on the volley.  What happened next was inexplicable.  Bookham shot speculatively from distance and the ball looped over Huw Morgan in goal to close the deficit to one.  When an innocuous ball came in from the left two minutes later it was missed by Morgan and then fell to Rabbetts to clear under no pressure at the far post, but swinging his right it ballooned off his shin and in for an own goal to level the game.

The Badgers heads dropped when in fact they should have pushed on for the winner, whilst the Colts had their tails up.  A sustained period of Bookham pressure sent panic through the Brockham ranks as they tried to fathom how they were now fighting to stay in the match.  A combination of everything you shouldn’t do saw them ship three more goals in 5 minutes to take Bookham out of sight.  George Wryde made a rampaging run from deep in his own half all the way to the Colts penalty area where he was brought down and Rabbetts converted from the spot to snatch a consolation goal, but it was too little too late.

Brockham Badgers U11A 3 - 3 Stoneleigh Athletic

Brockham Badgers U11As secured what might be an important point in their first Epsom & Ewell League Premier Division league match of the season after a thrilling end to end match versus newly promoted Stoneleigh.

Early signs showed that the newcomers were going to be no push overs, with the visitors going ahead within the first minute before the Badgers had switched on.  A period of sustained pressure then followed, and Stoneleigh’s strong physical game threatened to overrun the black and whites, whose calm possession plan was going out of the window as Stoneleigh quickly dictated the tempo of the game.

Fortunately Brockham gradually wrestled control back and swiftly responded when Joseph Rabbetts cut in from the right and placed a left foot shot beyond the keeper from 10 yards to level the game within ten minutes.

To be fair it was against the run of play when Brockham went ahead.  George Wryde made a storming run down the left and fed Rabbetts who let fly.  The ball was parried by the Stoneleigh keeper but Wryde had followed play into the area and slammed home the loose ball clinically.

Stoneleigh continued to press and harry the ball, breaking up the Badgers’ tempo and causing some panic on occasions, but again Brockham scored against the run of play on a counter attack started by Louie Darlington, assisted by Wryde with an exceptional cross from the left, and finished equally impressively by Sam Church on the half volley after a charging run from midfield.

In the second half the Badgers attempted to control the game and see out the time for all the points but Stoneleigh were having none of it.  With ten minutes to play they pulled one back after catching a high line from Brockham onside.  With only four minutes remaining Brockham conceded possession in midfield, awkwardly attempted a defensive clearance but were outnumbered and out-paced when the ball fell to the Stoneleigh striker.  He advanced one on one with Huw Morgan in goal, rounded Morgan’s intelligent rush to close the angle, and tapped home from close range, earning Stoneleigh a deserved point.

Man of the Match:  Harrison Watts

 

Wraysbury Youth 0 - 4 Brockham Badgers U16A

Brockham Badgers U16A’s kicked off their league season promisingly with a convincing 4-0 victory away to Wrasbury Youth.  Things could not have started better when after a period of early pressure Michael Cheeseman delivered a wonderful corner that captain Sam Lloyd finished with his head at the front post after just five minutes.

The Badgers dominated possession, comfortable to stroke the ball around at the back and patiently wait for the opportunity to break forward.  Man of the match Lewis Wood was an influential figure at the heart of midfield, breaking up play, and conducting the tempo of the game.  It was two superb assists from Wood that helped Cheeseman cap an impressive league debut for the black and whites.  Both passes were telling through balls between full back and centre half, and both were pounced on and finished with a chip by the confident looking Cheeseman.

Jack Coppin rounded off a pleasing afternoon for the team with some neat footwork in the box, receiving a pass from Lloyd he dragged the ball one way then the other, avoiding three challenges before slotting the ball home from close range with his left.  A clean sheet, great shape, good possession and a disciplined performance can hopefully form the basis for a promising season to follow.

 

Surrey Youth League - Brockham Badgers U16A 5 Ashford Town U16 3

Brockham Badgers U16As played their last ever game for the club on Sunday, securing a win to sign off on a very successful 10 years with Badgers.

 

The win sees the team finish in third spot in the Surrey Youth League Premier Division, and was a fitting end for one of, if not the most, successful teams ever seen at Brockham Badgers.  Not only did the team become the first ever Brockham side to reach the final of the Surrey County Cup, losing narrowly at Under 14 level to AFC Wimbledon, but the side competed at many years in the top Surrey youth league against some of the finest teams in the county and beyond, batting well above their village club, non selective status to mix it with academy-level teams.

 

Coach Simon Coffey said at the end of the game that it had been a privilege to coach the team, many of whom had been with him from Under 7 level, and that the team could be extremely proud of their exploits.  Many of the team could now push on in to high level adult and Under 18 youth football as they enter the next chapter in their football development.

 

Needing a win to be sure of their third spot in the league, behind Farnborough Elite and Royals Elite, a club connected to Reading FC, Badgers went behind midway through the first half, but Brockham hit back within a minute through Mike Richardson to make it 1-1.  Alex Nicholson then headed home a Matt Higgins free kick, before further goals from George Coffey and Nicholson made it 4-1.  Ashford were always dangerous in attack, but even though they made it 4-2 with 15 minutes to go, Brockham were in control and a fifth goal from Richardson settled the game for good.  A consolation goal from Ashford rounded off the scoring

 

Squad:  Dennis Rapson, Connor Baker, Will Mahoney, Matt Higgins, Will Bletso, Alex Nicholson, Josh Brown, Ollie Winter , Mike Richardson, Gecco Navalta, Tom Ball, Harry Morland, George Coffey, Harry Ramsey

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Amy Ticehurst - SLT callout

Hi Nicola,

 

Please would you alert the on-call to the fact that Amy Ticehurst has registered this morning, but has not appeared for her ICT lesson in C21?

 

Thanks,

 

Frank.

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Surrey Youth League U16 Premier Diivision - Barnes Eagles 1 Brockham Badgers U16 1

Brockham Badgers U16As moved back to second place in the league with a comfortable 3-0 win at 3^rd placed Barnes Eagles on Sunday.

 

Badgers had gone into the game after last weekend’s good win at Mitcham in which keeper Dennis Rapson had produced a couple of good saves to provide the platform for Badgers to push on and win the match, and with recent form behind the away team, Brockham were in positive form.

 

Barnes had overcome a slow start to the season to move to the top areas of the division, but Brockham were comfortable throughout this game.  Influential midfielder Mike Richardson was on the score sheet twice, while striker George Coffey scored a third to give Brockham all three points.

 

Squad - Dennis Rapson, Will Mahoney, Connor Baker, Matt Higgins ©, Will Bletso, Tom Ball, Mike Richardson, Josh Brown, Alex Nicholson, Gecco Navalta, Frankie Routlef, Harry Ramsey, George Coffey

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