POINTS SHARED IN OPENER
Eagles under 14's shared the points with Faversham Strike Force in their opening Molten East Kent Youth League division one fixture on Sunday after a hard earned 2-2
draw.
Although the Canterbury side had the better of the opening 15/20 minutes they found the Strike Force keeper in good form saving on three seperate occasions from striker Tom Olson and it was the Faversham side who somewhat against the run of play took the lead when a defensive clearence landed at the feet of one of their forwards who had no hesitation in finding the corner of the net. Eagles continued to battle hard and were rewarded with an equaliser shortly after the break when Tyler Collard fought hard to win a ball in the middle of the park before laying the ball into the path of Ted Johnson who's shot from fully 20yards left the the home keeper a mere spectator as the ball hit the back of the net.
No sooner had the Eagles side scored their equaliser another lapse of concentration in defence let in Strike Force to score their second and thats how it remained until roughly 5 minutes before the final whistle, when an excellant one two between George Darby and Tom Olson split the Strike Force defence which left Darby one on one with the keeper and he calmly slotted home to rescue a well deserved point.
Eagles Man of the Match went to Michael Williams
TEAM: William Young, Michael Williams, Daniel Stevens, Jake Carver, Liam Dodd, Brandon Kerr, Callum Reynolds, Tyler Collard, Luke Small, Daniel Hussey, Tom Olson, George Darby, Shaun Lafferty, Ted Johnson.
EAGLES COMPLETE PRE-SEASON ON A HIGH
EAGLES UNDER 14'S COMPLETED THEIR PRE-SEASON RUN OF MATCHES WITH ANOTHER WIN, BEATING ASHFORD BOROUGH 5 - 1 AT VICTORIA RECREATION GROUND ON SUNDAY.
THE EAGLES SIDE LOOKED SHARP FROM THE START AND ALMOST TOOK THE LEAD WITHIN SECONDS OF THE KICK OFF WHEN TOM OLSON HASSLED THE ASHFORD DEFENCE INTO MAKING A MISTAKE AND AFTER HE ROUNDED THE VISTING KEEPER FOUND THAT HIS SHOT WASN'T QUITE STRONG ENOUGH TO CROSS THE LINE BEFORE A DEFENDER CLEARED TO SAFETY.
HE DID HOWEVER GET ON THE SCORESHEET SHORTLY AFTER WITH AN ALMOST CARBON COPY OF HIS NEAR MISS BUT THIS TIME MADE SURE THE BALL FOUND THE NET, AND THE EAGLES SIDE ADDED A SECOND WHEN TYLER COLLARD TAPPED IN FROM CLOSE RANGE AFTER THE BORO' KEEPER HAD SPILLED A SHOT FROM SHAUN LAFFERTY.
A THIRD GOAL WAS ADDED BY TED JOHNSON AFTER HE LINKED WELL WITH FELLOW STRIKER GEORGE DARBY AND OLSON COMPLETED HIS HAT-TRICK WITH THE HOME SIDES 4TH AND 5TH GOALS OF THE GAME WHICH WERE SANDWICHED BY A CONSOLATION GOAL FOR THE VISITORS.
THE SEASON STARTS PROPER FOR THE EAGLES SIDE NEXT SUNDAY WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO FAVERSHAM TO TAKE ON LOCAL SIDE STRIKE FORCE AND THEY WILL BE LOOKING TO COME AWAY WITH ALL THREE POINTS TO GET THEIR ASSAULT OF THE MOLTEN EAST KENT YOUTH LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TITLE OFF TO A WINNING START.
TEAM: WILLIAM YOUNG, BRANDON KERR, CALLUM REYNOLDS, JAKE CARVER, LIAM DODD, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, MARK ANDERSON, TYLER COLLARD, DANIEL HUSSEY, LUKE SMALL, SHAUN LAFFERTY, TED JOHNSON, TOM OLSON, GEORGE DARBY, MATT STEWART.
CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S CONTINUED THEIR IMPRESSIVE PRE-SEASON FORM WINNING TWO FRIENDLIES OVER THE WEEKEND.
A SECOND FRIENDLY ON SUNDAY SAW THE EAGLES SIDE TRAVEL TO SITTINGBOURNE TO TAKE ON LOCAL SIDE FULSTON ZEBRA'S WHO PLAY IN THE MEDWAY NEWS YOUTH LEAGUE AND AGAIN THEY CAME AWAY TRIUMPHANT WINNING THE MATCH BY AN IMPRESSIVE 8 - 3 SCORELINE.
THE EAGLES SIDE GOT AWAY TO A DREAM START WITH STRIKER TOM 'TANK' OLSON SCORING AFTER ONLY 20 SECONDS WHEN HE CHASED DOWN A LONG BALL PLAYED BY FULL BACK CALLUM REYNOLDS BEFORE SLOTTING HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE, HE THEN ADDED HIS AND EAGLES SECOND OF THE MATCH AFTER A NEAT EXCHANGE OF PASSES WITH FELLOW STRIKER TED JOHNSON PUT HIM CLEAR OF THE ZEBRA'S DEFENCE AND HE CALMLY SLOTTED THE BALL HOME LEAVING THE HOME KEEPER WITH LITTLE CHANCE. A THIRD FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER, THIS TIME JOHNSON GOT IN ON THE ACT AFTER HE EXCHANGED PASSES WITH SHAUN LAFFERTY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BOX AND HIS ANGELD SHOT ACROSS THE KEEPER FOUND THE FAR CORNER.
THE HOME SIDE WERE MAKING SOME INROADS INTO THE EAGLES DEFENCE AND MANAGED TO PULL ONE BACK WHEN WITH A GLANCING HEADER FOUND THE NET, BUT THE EAGLES SIDE RESPONDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, WHEN CONFUSION IN THE HOME DEFENCE SAW THE BALL CANNON OFF OF JOHNSON TOWARDS THE GOAL AND WITH THE KEEPER BEATEN OLSON RAN IN TO MAKE SURE AND COMPLETE HIS HAT TRICK. ALMOST ON THE STROKE OF HALF-TIME ZEBRA'S ADDED A SECOND TO KEEP THE GAME ALIVE DESPITE THE BRAVE EFFORTS OF KEEPER MATT STEWART WHO COULDN'T QUITE KEEP THE LOW SHOT OUT OF THE NET.
THE SECOND HALF SAW THE HOME SIDE WEAKEN AND EAGLES WERE IN NO MOOD TO SHOW THEM ANY MERCY, OLSON ADDED HIS FOURTH AND EAGLES FIFTH AFTER MIDFIELDER DANIEL HUSSEY WON THE BALL IN THE CENTRE OF THE PARK AND LAID A GOOD BALL IN BEHIND THE ZEBRA'S DEFENCE FOR OLSON TO LOB THE KEEPER FROM 15 YARDS, BUT NO SOONER HAD EAGLES EXTENDED THEIR LEAD SOME HESITANT DEFENDING ALLOWED ZEBRA'S NOTCH THEIR THIRD AND CUT THE EAGLES LEAD. THE INTRODUCTION OF STRIKER GEORGE DARBY ADDED SOME FRESH LEGS AND HE SOON FOUND HIMSELF ON THE SCORESHEET REACTING FIRST TO A JOHNSON SHOT PARRIED BY THE HOME KEEPER TO STAB THE BALL HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE. A GOOD EXCHANGE OF PASSES BETWEEN HUSSEY AND OLSON SAW EAGLES EXTEND THEIR LEAD FURTHER WITH THE FORMER TUCKING THE BALL HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE AND THE SCORING WAS COMPLETED WHEN MARK ANDERSON LATCHED ONTO A LOOSE BALL IN THE ZEBRA'S AREA AFTER A SHOT FROM SHAUN LAFFERTY HAD BEEN BLOCKED AND RIFLED THE BALL LOW INTO THE CORNER TO COMPLETE A WELL DESERVED WIN FOR THE CANTERBURY SIDE.
TWO GOOD PERFORMANCES WITH DESERVED VICTORIES AGAINST SOME TOUGH OPPOSSITION WHICH WILL ONLY STAND THE EAGLES SIDE IN GOOD STEAD FOR THE FORTHCOMING SEASON.
TEAM: WILL YOUNG, DAN STEVENS, JAKE CARVER, LIAM DODD, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, MARK ANDERSON, BRANDON KERR, TYLER COLLARD, DANIEL HUSSEY, CALLUM REYNOLDS, LUKE SMALL, MATT STEWART, TOM OLSON, GEORGE DARBY, SHAUN LAFFERTY, TED JOHNSON.
TWO FRIENDLIES WERE PLAYED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE FIRST MATCH AT UKC ON FRIDAY NIGHT SAW THEM UP AGAINST FELLOW MOLTEN EAST KENT YOUTH LEAGUE DIVISION 1 SIDE WHITSTABLE TOWN JUNIORS, AND IT WAS THE EAGLES TEAM THAT CAME OUT ON TOP WITH A VERY GOOD 3 - 0 WIN.
STARTING STRONGLY THE EAGLES SIDE TOOK THE LEAD AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN BRANDON KERR ROBBED A HESITANT TOWN DEFENDER AND FED THE BALL INTO THE PATH OF STRIKER TED JOHNSON WHO TOOK THE CHANCE WITH EASE PLACING THE BALL FIRMLY INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET LEAVING THE VISITING KEEPER WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF STOPPING IT.
THE HOME DEFENCE STOOD FIRM AS TOWN PRESSED FOR AN EQUALISER WITH KEEPER MATT STEWART PULLING OFF ONE EXCELLANT SAVE WHEN FACED ONE ON ONE BY A VISITING FORWARD, AND EAGLES ADDED A SECOND THROUGH GEORGE DARBY AFTER GOOD WORK AGAIN FROM KERR WHICH SAW HIM WIN THE BALL WIDE ON THE RIGHT BEFORE SENDING AN INCH PERFECT PASS INTO DARBY'S PATH FOR HIM TO FIRE HOME AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT, TO MAKE IT 2 - 0 AT THE BREAK.
THE SECOND HALF SAW THE EAGLES SIDE START TO DOMINATE PROCEEDINGS WITH LITTTLE PENETRATION BEING OFFERED BY TOWN AND IT WAS JOHNSON WHO ADDED HIS 2ND OF THE NIGHT AND EAGLES THIRD WITH A CURLING SHOT INTO THE TOP CORNER FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX TO WRAP UP THE WIN.
TEAM: WILL YOUNG, DAN STEVENS, JAKE CARVER, LIAM DODD, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, MARK ANDERSON, BRANDON KERR, TYLER COLLARD, DANIEL HUSSEY, CALLUM REYNOLDS, LUKE SMALL, MATT STEWART, TOM OLSON, GEORGE DARBY, SHAUN LAFFERTY, TED JOHNSON.
EAGLES OFF TO A FLYING START
CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S PRE-SEASON PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR ASSAULT ON THE MOLTEN EAST KENT YOUTH LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TITLE GOT OFF TO A GREAT START ON SUNDAY WITH A CONVINCING 9 - 3 VICTORY OVER PARK FARM RANGERS IN A FRIENDLY MATCH PLAYED IN ASHFORD.
AS THE SCORE LINE SUGGESTS THE EAGLES SIDE WERE THE DOMINANT FORCE FROM THE OFF AND SOON TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH TOM OLSON AFTER GOOD BUILD UP PLAY FROM MARK ANDERSON AND GEORGE DARBY LEFT HIM WITH AN EASY TAP IN, OLSON THEN TURNED PROVIDER PLAYING IN DARBY TO ADD EAGLES SECOND.
THE HOME SIDE WHO PLAYED IN DIVISION ONE LAST YEAR DID HAVE THE OCCASIONAL SORTIE INTO THE EAGLES HALF BUT A WELL MARSHALLED DEFENCE LED BY JAKE CARVER AND ALERT GOAL KEEPING FROM WILLIAM YOUNG KEPT THEM AT BAY, AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE EAGLES ADDED TO THEIR LEAD, AGAIN THROUGH OLSON, THIS TIME AFTER GOOD WORK BY NEW SIGNING MATT STEWART PUT HIM CLEAR THROUGH ON GOAL. AS THE HALF WAS COMING TO A CLOSE RANGERS DID PULL ONE BACK WHEN A DEFLECTED SHOT FOUND ITS WAY NTO THE NET.
THE SECOND HALF SAW THE EAGLES SIDE MAKE A NUMBER OF CHANGES; STEWART GOING IN GOAL, DAN STEVENS REPLACING CALLUM REYNOLDS AT RIGHT BACK AND MARK ANDERSON MAKING WAY FOR TYLER COLLARD ON THE RIGHT OF THE MIDFIELD, BUT THIS DIDN'T DISRUPT THEIR PLAY AS THEY SOON ADDED TO THEIR LEAD WHEN DARBY GOT HIS HEAD TO A CORNER FROM SHAUN LAFFERTY AND FIRMLY PLANTED THE BALL INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET.
THE HOME SIDE WERE NOT TO BE DETERED AND FOUGHT BACK BRAVELY TO GET THEIR SECOND OF THE MATCH BUT THEN A QUICK FIRE DOUBLE FROM OLSON PUT THE GAME BEYOND THEIR REACH ALTHOUGH THEY DID REGISTER A THIRD SHORTLY AFTER, TO MAKE THE SCORE A SLIGHLTY MORE RESPECTABLE 6 -3 AT THAT STAGE OF THE GAME. THE EAGLES SIDE HOWEVER WERE NOT FINISHED AND TWO WELL TAKEN GOALS FROM ANOTHER NEW BOY, TED JOHNSON INCREASED THEIR LEAD FURTHER AND PERHAPS THE MOVE OF THE MATCH PRODUCED THEIR NINTH OF THE MATCH WHEN DANIEL HUSSEY PLAYED IN COLLARD BEHIND THE RANGERS DEFENCE AND HIS PINPOINT CROSS FOUND LAFFERTY WHO HEADED HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE.
A GOOD WIN IN THEIR FIRST COMPETITIVE MATCH FOR 4 MONTHS BUT MUCH WORK IS STILL TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS IN EARNEST ON 28TH SEPTEMBER.
TEAM: WILLIAM YOUNG, CALLUM REYNOLDS, JAKE CARVER, LIAM DODD, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, DANIEL STEVENS, MARK ANDERSON, TYLER COLLARD, BRANDON KERR, DANIEL HUSSEY, TED JOHNSON, SHAUN LAFFERTY, TOM OLSON, GEORGE DARBY, MATT STEWART.
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