CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 13'S GOT BACK TO WINNING WAYS AT HOME ON SUNDAY AGAINST BETTESHANGER.
DALE HEWER OPENED THE SCORING AFTER 15 MINUTES, SHOOTING IN FROM THE EGE OF THE AREA, ONLY FOR BETTESHANGER TO EQUALISE 10 MINUTES LATER, AFTER THE BALL TOOK A WICKED BOUNCE AND DECEIVED THE EAGLES GOALIE, ENDING UP IN THE BACK OF THE NET.
AFTER HALF TIME, EAGLES TOOK THE LEAD, THROUGH AN OWN GOAL AND SOON MADE IT 3-1 THROUGH STEVEN BULLIVANT. THE BETTESHANGER DEFENCE FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE FOR THE REST OF THE GAME AND BEFORE LONG WERE 4-1 DOWN, WHEN BULLIVANT GOT HIS SECOND. TOM FULLER EVENTUALLY FINISHED THE GAME OFF, CHIPPING OVER THE KEEPER TO MAKE IT 5-1.
MAN OF THE MATCH FOR EAGLES WAS THE OUTSTANDING JAY BENNETT.

TEAM: GEE, WORSFOLD, DUDDIGAN, BRADBURY, GICHIGI, FULLER, BENNETT, BUSHELL, BULLIVANT, NEEDHAM, HEWER, CONNELLY.

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S KICKED OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN WITH A HARD FOUGHT VICTORY OVER A MUCH IMPROVED BETTESHANGER SIDE. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS END TO END FOOTBALL WITH PLENTY OF CHANCES AT BOTH ENDS THE TEAMS TURNED ROUND AT HALF TIME WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

AFTER 10 MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF STEVEN BULLIVANT WAS PUSHED INTO A MORE FORWARD POSITION BY THE MANAGER AND IMMEDIATELY REPAID HIM BY TOE POKING PAST THE BETTESHANGER KEEPER TO MAKE IT 1-0. THE GAME STARTED TO OPEN UP A BIT MORE AND PADDY CONNELLY NEARLY MADE IT 2-0 BUT SAW HIS EFFORT COME BACK OFF THE POST AND TO SAFETY.

BETTESHANGER THEN MADE IT 1-1 WITH A RASPING DRIVE FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA WHICH GAVE EAGLES KEEPER DAN GEE NO CHANCE. BETTESHANGER THEN HAD THE BETTTER OF THE NEXT 10 MINUTES AND LOOKED LIKE GOING FURTHER AHEAD UNTIL JAY BENNETT'S SHOT FROM THE CORNER OF THE 18 YARD BOX TOOK THE KEEPER BY SURPRISE AND HIT THE BACK OF THE NET.

DALE HEWER THEN MADE IT 3-1 BEFORE BETTESHANGER PULLED ANOTHER ONE BACK. HEWER WAS AGAIN ON TARGET TO MAKE IT 4-2 EVEN THOUGH THE BETTESHANGER SIDE SCORED AGAIN HEWER COMPLETED HIS HATTRICK SOON AFTER TO MAKE IT 5-3. ADAM BUSHELL THEN COMPLETED THE SCORING TO MAKE IT 6-3 WITH HIS FIRST GOAL FOR THE CLUB.

MAN OF THE MATCH WAS ADAM BUSHELL.

TEAM
DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, HARRY RATTIGAN, JAMES GOUDIE, STEVEN BULLIVANT, JAY BENNETT, JACOB JARVIS, ADAM BUSHELL, PATRICK CONNELLY, ED NEEDHAM, DALE HEWER

FOLKESTONE INVICTA 9 CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S 2

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S ENTERTAINED FOLKESTONE INVICTA AT VICTORIA RECREATION GROUND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE JOHN SMITH CUP.

AFTER STARTING THE GAME WITH ONLY 10 PLAYERS EAGLES FOUND THEMSELVES 2 GOALS DOWN VERY EARLY ON AGAINST A TEAM FROM THE HIGHER DIVISION. EAGLES PULLED A GOAL BACK THROUGH A JAY BENNETT FREE KICK BUT FELL FURTHER BEHIND WHEN INVICTA ADDED 2 MORE GOALS IN QUICK SUCCESSION. ADAM BUSHELL THEN SKIPPED PAST 2 DEFENDERS AND BURIED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER GIVING THE INVICTA KEEPER NO CHANCE. JUST BEFORE HALF TIME FOLKESTONE MADE IT 5-2 WITH EAGLES KEEPER DAN GEE INJURED IN THE PROCESS.

THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE AFTER THE BREAK WHEN STAND IN KEEPER SAMMY DUDDIGAN HIMSELF GOT INJURED AND WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE ANY FURTHER PART. EAGLES THEN PUT FORWARD STEVEN BULLIVANT IN GOAL AND DAN GEE HAD TO PLAY UP FRONT ON HIS OWN WITH AN INJURED HAND.
ALTHOUGH EAGLES PUT UP A GREAT FIGHT INVICTA ADDED ANOTHER 4 GOALS WITHOUT REPLY.

MAN OF THE MATCH WAS JO BRADBURY.

TEAM
DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, HARRY RATTIGAN, PHILLIP GICHIGI, JAY BENNETT, JACOB JARVIS, ADAM BUSHELL, STEVEN BULLIVANT, PADDY CONNELLY, JAMES GOUDIE

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S WERE BACK IN ACTION THIS WEEK AGAINST GRASSHOPPER COLTS.

THE EAGLES FOUND THEMSELVES 1-0 DOWN WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MINUTES WHEN A RASPING DRIVE FROM 25 YARDS WAS MISJUDGED BY KEEPER DAN GEE AND ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE NET. GRASSHOPPERS SEEMED TO BE MORE ALERT TO EVERY LOOSE BALL IN THE FIRST HALF AND LOOKED DANGEROUS EVERYTIME THEY WENT FORWARD. THEY SOON FOUND THEMSELVES 3-0 UP, EVEN THOUGH THE CENTRAL DEFENSIVE PARTNERSHIP OF HARRY RATTIGAN AND JAMES GOUDIE WERE OUTSTANDING FOR EAGLES. JUST BEFORE HALF TIME JAY BENNETT MADE IT 3-1 WITH A FREE KICK FROM 30 YARDS OUT.

THE SECOND HALF KICKED OFF AND EAGLES GOT ANOTHER GOAL BACK THROUGH DEBUTANT MARTIN STAMPE SLOTTING HOME AFTER THE KEEPER PARRIED. GRASSHOPPERS THEN SCORED ANOTHER TWO, ONE FROM A DUBIOUS PENALTY AND ANOTHER ON A BREAKAWAY ROUNDING THE KEEPER BEFORE SLOTTING HOME. EAGLES THEN GOT THEMSELVES A PENALTY WHICH JAY BENNETT CONVERTED FOR HIS SECOND AND DALE HEWER THEN MADE IT 5-4 CHIPPING THE KEEPER FROM 25 YARDS. THE LAST FIVE MINUTES SAW EAGLES CAMPED INSIDE THE GRASSHOPPERS HALF BUT UNFORTUNATELY WERE UNABLE TO GET THE EQUALISER AS THE TIME RAN OUT.

MAN OF THE MATCH WAS HARRY RATTIGAN.

TEAM: DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, PHILLIP GICHIGI, JAMES GOUDIE, HARRY RATTIGAN, JAY BENNETT, PADDY CONNOLLY, ADAM BUSHELL, STEVEN BULLIVANT, DALE HEWER, EDWARD NEEDHAM, MARTIN STAMPE

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S TRAVELLED AWAY TO HAWKINGE COLTS THIS WEEK AND AFTER DOMINATING THE GAME FROM START TO FINISH CAME AWAY WITH ALL 3 POINTS.

JACOB JARVIS BUNDLED THE BALL OVER THE LINE FOR THE FIRST GOAL AFTER REACTING FIRST TO A JAY BENNETT CORNER AND ALTHOUGH CHANCES WERE A PLENTY EAGLES NEVER MANAGED TO EXTEND THEIR LEAD UNTIL AFTER HALF TIME. DALE HEWER GOT HIS FIRST OF THE GAME AFTER BEING PUT THROUGH BY PADDY CONNELLY AND COOLLY SLOTTING HOME FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA, CONNELLY THEN FLICKED ON A HEADER AGAIN FOR HEWER WHO FINISHED WITH GREAT ACCURACY TO GRAB HIS SECOND. JAMES GOUDIE OPENED HIS ACCOUNT FOR THE EAGLES SOON AFTER GOOD WORK FROM HARRY RATTIGAN WHO SEEMED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING EXCEPT SCORING HIMSELF. HEWER COMPLETED ANOTHER HATTRICK WHEN ADAM BUSHELL BEAT TWO DEFENDERS AND UNSELFISHLY SET HIM UP TO FINISH INSIDE THE POST. BUSHELL COMPLETED THE ROUTE HIMSELF WHEN SHOOTING FROM 20 YARDS GIVING THE KEEPER NO CHANCE AND SCORING THE GOAL OF THE GAME.

MAN OF THE MATCH WAS KEEPER DAN GEE FOR DEALING WITH EVERYTHING THAT CAME HIS WAY.

TEAM: DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, HARRY RATTIGAN, PHILLIP GIGCHIGI, ADAM BUSHELL, JACOB JARVIS, JAY BENNETT, PADDY CONNELLY, STEVEN BULLIVANT, DALE HEWER, MARTIN STAMPE, JAMES GOUDIE.

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S ENTERTAINED HUGIN VIKINGS IN A PULSATING GAME ON A WET AND BLUSTERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT VICTORIA REC.

BOTH SIDES SEEMED WELL MATCHED FROM THE OFF WITH CHANCES BEING CREATED AT BOTH ENDS BEFORE HUGIN MANAGED TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK AFTER 20 MINUTES WITH A BREAKAWAY WHICH RESULTED FROM AN EAGLES CORNER. THE HUGIN GOALKEEPER SEEMED TO BE IN INSPIRED FORM PULLING OFF A STRING OF SUPERB SAVES TO DENY THE EAGLES ATTACK ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE BROADSTAIRS SIDE THEN GOT ANOTHER TO MAKE IT 2-0 OUTPACING THE EAGLES DEFENCE AND GIVING KEEPER DAN GEE NO CHANCE.

JAMES GOUDIE SCORED HIS SECOND OF THE SEASON BY CROSSING THE BALL IN AND DECEIVING EVERYBODY BEFORE SEEING IT END UP IN THE BACK OF THE NET. AS HALF TIME APPROACHED DAN GEE PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT SAVE GOING DOWN AT HIS NEAR POST TO THE KEEP THE SCORE 2-1 AT THE INTERVAL.

HUGIN MADE IT 3-1 NOT LONG INTO THE SECOND HALF ON ANOTHER BREAKAWAY BEFORE THE HARDWORKING DALE HEWER AGAIN REDUCED THE DEFICIT WITH AN UNSTOPPABLE FINISH. A MIX UP IN THE EAGLES DEFENCE SAW HUGIN EXTEND THEIR LEAD AGAIN AND ALTHOUGH EAGLES HAD NUMEROUS CHANCES AFTER GETTING PAST THE HUGIN DEFENCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO BEAT THE HUGIN KEEPER. WITH TIME RUNNING OUT HUGIN INCREASED THEIR LEAD TO 5-2 PUTTING THE RESULT BEYOND DOUBT.

MAN OF THE MATCH FOR EAGLES WAS DALE HEWER.

TEAM: DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, HARRY RATTIGAN, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, PHILLIP GIGCHIGI, JAMES GOUDIE, JAY BENNETT, ADAM BUSHELL, STEVEN BULLIVANT, DALE HEWER, ED NEEDHAM, PADDY CONNELLY, STEPHEN WILKINSON

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS THIS WEEK WITH AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY AGAINST ST MARGARETS.

EAGLES FOUND THEMSELVES CAMPED INSIDE THE ST MARGARETS HALF FOR MUCH OF THE FIRST PERIOD AND TOOK THE LEAD AFTER 15 MINUTES THROUGH THE PROLIFIC DALE HEWER RUNNING ONTO A DEFENCE SPLITTING PASS BY JO BRADBURY AND SLOTTING PAST THE KEEPER. EAGLES NEW SIGNING JAMES LILLEY DOUBLED THE LEAD 5 MINUES LATER CLEVERLY CONVERTING AN OUTSWINGING CORNER FROM JAY BENNETT. HEWER MADE IT 2 FOR HIM AND 3 FOR THE EAGLES SOON AFTER BY KEEPING COOL UNDER PRESSURE AND SLOTTING THROUGH THE KEEPER'S LEGS. ST MARGARETS MANAGED TO REDUCE THE DEFECIT BEFORE LILLEY GRABBED HIS SECOND WITH AN IDENTICAL GOAL TO HIS FIRST. THE GOAL OF THE GAME WAS JUST BEFORE HALF TIME WHEN THE HARDWORKING HARRY RATTIGAN COMBINED WELL WITH ADAM BUSHELL AND HEWER TO ENABLE HEWER TO COMPLETE HIS HATTRICK WITH A SUBLIME FINISH INSIDE THE FAR POST.

AFTER HALF TIME THE CHANCES WERE A PLENTY AT BOTH ENDS BUT WITH THE INSPIRATIONAL SAMMY DUDDIGAN LOADING THE EAGLES DEFENCE AND THE OUTSTANDING DAN GEE IN GOAL ST MARGARETS ONLY MANAGED TO GET ONE MORE IN REPLY WHICH MADE THE FINAL SCORE 5-2.

MAN OF THE MATCH SAMMY DUDDIGAN.

TEAM: DAN GEE, STEVEN BULLIVANT, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, JAMES GOUDIE, PHILLIP GICHIGI, JAY BENNETT, HARRY RATTIGAN, MARTIN STAMPE, ADAM BUSHELL, EDWARD NEEDHAM, DALE HEWER, PADDY CONNELLY, JO BRADBURY, JAMES LILLEY

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S TRAVELLED TO LYDD TO PLAY GRASSHOPPERS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS A MUCH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FROM THE WEEK BEFORE THEY STILL MANAGED TO COME AWAY WITH NO POINTS.

EAGLES FOUND THEMSELVES 1 DOWN WITHIN 5 MINUTES WHEN A SCRAMBLE IN THE 6 YARD AREA NEVER GOT CLEARED AND ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE NET. GRASSHOPPERS MANAGED TO DOUBLE THEIR LEAD 15 MINUTES LATER THIS TIME ON A BREAKAWAY AFTER EAGLES PUT THEM UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE BUT NEVER MANAGED TO CAPATALISE ON IT. EAGLES GOT 1 BACK BEFORE HALF TIME WHEN GOOD WORK BY ADAM BUSHELL RELEASED DALE HEWER DOWN THE LEFT HAND FLANK TO CROSS FOR JAMES LILLY TO SIDE FOOT PAST THE GRASSHOPPERS KEEPER.

AFTER HALF TIME EAGLES STRUGGLED AGAINST THE STRONG WINDS AND AFTER LOOSING KEEPER DAN GEE WITH A SPRAINED WRIST THEY FOUND THEMSELVES CONCEEDING 3 FURTHER GOALS BEFORE THEY SCORED THE GOAL OF THE MATCH WHEN WILLIAM COLLETTE PLAYED A BALL THROUGH TO LILLY WHO IN TURN SET UP HEWER TO FINISH FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX.

MAN OF THE MATCH WILLIAM COLLETTE.

TEAM: DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, SAM DUDDIGAN, JAMES GOUDIE, PHILLIP GICHIGI, MARTIN STAMPE, JAY BENNETT, HARRY RATTIGAN, ADAM BUSHELL, DALE HEWER, JAMES LILLY, WILLIAM COLLETTE, STEVEN BULLIVANT

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S WERE BACK IN ACTION THIS WEEK PLAYING THEIR FIRST GAME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AGAINST HAWKINGE COLTS.

EAGLES LONG LAY OFF SHOWED IN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES WHEN THEY STRUGGLED TO PUT TWO PASSES TOGETHER AND FOUND THEMSELVES A GOAL DOWN BEFORE STRIKING BACK WITH TWO GOALS FROM DALE HEWER. JUST AFTER HALF TIME HAWKINGE WERE AWARDED A PENALTY WHICH THE IMPRESSIVE DAN GEE IN THE EAGLES GOAL SAVED DIVING TO HIS RIGHT. THIS SEEMED TO SPUR EAGLES INTO ACTION AND HEWER LOOKING FOR HIS THIRD MANAGED TO HIT THE SAME POST TWICE ON BREAKS BEFORE CONVERTING HIS HATTRICK. JAY BENNETT SCORED THE FOURTH BEFORE HEWER GOT HIS FOURTH TO MAKE IT 5-1. JAMES LILLY MADE IT SIX WITH A COOL FINISH INSIDE THE FAR POST. HAWKINGE GOT THEIR SECOND BEFORE LILLY COMPLETED THE SCORING FOR HIS SECOND AND FINISHED THE GAME AT 7-2.

MAN OF THE MATCH WAS MIDFIELDER JAY BENNETT.

TEAM: DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, JAMES GOUDIE, HARRY RATTIGAN, PHILLIP GICHIGI, JAY BENNETT, ADAM BUSHELL, MARTIN STAMPE, DALE HEWER, JAMES LILLY, WILLIAM COLLETTE, STEPHEN WILKINSON, STEVEN BULLIVANT.

Canterbury Eagles under 14's produced one of their best performances of the season but ended up on the losing side to second top Hugin Vikings.

Strong winds down in Ramsgate didn't deter either side as the first half produced end to end football throughout with Dale Hewer equalising a Hugin opener.

After turning round all square Hugin scored twice without reply before Hewer got his second and was then brought down in the area from which Jay Bennett converted the equaliser.

The game could of gone either way in the last 15 minutes with a host of chances at both ends but with time running out Hugin managed to make it 4-3.

MOM: Whole team.

TEAM: DAN GEE, JO BRADBURY, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, JAMES GOUDIE, PHILLIP GICHIGI, ADAM BUSHELL, JAY BENNETT, HARRY RATTIGAN, WILLIAM COLLETTE, DALE HEWER, STEVEN BULLIVANT, PATRICK CONNELLY

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S PLAYED AGAINST TOP OF THE TABLE TANKERTON COLTS ON SUNDAY AND ALTHOUGH ONLY HAVING THE BARE ELEVEN PLAYERS PUT UP A STIRLING PERFORMANCE BEFORE EVENTUALLY GOING DOWN 4-2.

EAGLES WENT A GOAL DOWN EARLY ON BEFORE DESERVEDLY GETTING AN EQUALISER THROUGH DALE HEWER. CHANCES CAME AND WENT AT BOTH ENDS WITH EAGLES KEEPER DAN GEE IN FINE FORM AND DEFENSIVE PARTNERSHIP OF JO BRADBURY AND JAMES GOUDIE NOT GIVING AN INCH BOTH SIDES WENT INTO THE BREAK ALL SQUARE.

AS THE SECOND HALF STARTED HEWER AND MARTIN STAMPE BOTH GOT INJURED FOR EAGLES AND WITH NO SUBS AVAILABLE TANKERTON CAPITALISED AND SCORED 3 FURTHER GOALS BEFORE EAGLES WERE AWAREDED A PENALTY WHICH JAY BENNETT COOLY SLOTTED HOME.

EAGLES MOM WAS JO BRADBURY.

TEAM: DAN GEE, MARTIN STAMPE, JO BRADBURY, JAMES GOUDIE, PHILLIP GICHIGI, ADAM BUSHELL, JAY BENNETT, PADDY CONNELLY, WILLIAM COLLETTE, DALE HEWER, JAMES LILLY

CANTERBURY EAGLES UNDER 14'S PRODUCED A FINE DISPLAY AGAINST THANET COLTS RESERVES ON SUNDAY AND RECORDED THEIR HIGHEST WIN OF THE SEASON.

KICKING WITH THE WIND IN THE FIRST HALF EAGLES HAD THANET'S GOAL UNDER CONSTANT THREAT AND MADE THE BREAKTHROUGH AFTER 10 MINUTES WHEN DALE HEWER RAN ONTO A THROUGH BALL AND COOLY SLOTTED PAST THE KEEPER. ADAM BUSHELL MADE IT 2 BEFORE EAGLES WERE AWARDED A PENALTY FROM WHICH THE KEEPER PARRIED BEFORE STEVEN BULLIVANT FOLLOWED IN TO MAKE IT 3-0. HEWER GOT 2 MORE BEFORE THE BREAK TO COMPLETE HIS HATRICK AND FINISH THE HALF 5-0 UP.

EAGLES STARTED THE SECOND HALF THE SAME AS THE FIRST AND JAY BENNETT MADE UP FOR HIS EARLIER PENALTY MISS BY BREAKING FROM MIDFIELD AND FINISHING INSIDE THE NEAR POST TO MAKE IT 6. ADAM BUSHELL GOT THE GOAL OF THE GAME AND QUICKLY FOLLOWED IT WITH HIS HATRICK BY ROUNDING THE KEEPER AND SQUEEZING THE BALL IN FROM A TIGHT ANGLE. THANET GOT A GOAL BACK BEFORE HARRY RATTIGAN GOT HIS FIRST EVER GOAL TO MAKE THE FINAL SCORE 9-1.

MAN OF THE MATCH: JAMES GOUDIE.

TEAM: DAN GEE, PHILLIP GICHIGI, JO BRADBURY, SAMMY DUDDIGAN, JAMES GOUDIE, HARRY RATTIGAN, JAY BENNETT, PADDY CONNELLY, STEVEN BULLIVANT, DALE HEWER, WILLIAM COLLETTE, ADAM BUSHELL.