Onny +
Tigers V Orleton. Cup Game played 16/12/07
It was a damp and cold Sunday morning but both teams came on in
the first half with spirit and we saw some great football played
in this cup game. Rory Huntbach scored for Onny and with great
teamwork by Rhys Williams, George Small who scored 2 and Chadd
Woodfield scoring 1 Onny took the lead.
Orleton came back fighting with 2 goals from Rory Schippers, but
with good goal keeping from Liam Dovey and great defending from
Callum Roberts and James Wilburn Onny kept the lead. Rory went
on to score another 2 goals for Onny and when the final whistle
blew the score was Onny Tigers 6 - Orleton 2.
Winning this game meant that Onny+ Tigers finished top of their
group. Well done boys and good luck for the finals!
Match Report by: Kevin Dovey, Onny + Tigers under 8’s parent |
Onny +
Tigers V Tenbury South. Game played 15/12/07
Last Saturday Onny Tigers travelled to Orleton to play a
seven-a-side friendly against the former Castle F.C. The squad
was split in half & those not involved in this game will have
their opportunity at the same venue on Sunday 20th January.
Onny lined up with Nathan Baker making a rare appearance in
goal. Brett Thomas & Owen Holder made up the defence. George
Austin made his Onny debut in midfield with Jordan Angell to the
left & Lewis Watkins to the right. Stewart Booker completed the
squad being promoted to the role of striker.
From the first whistle Onny proceeded to pass the ball around
well & find themselves space off it. The first half ended with
Onny 5-0 ahead but it could have easily been 5-2 but for some
brave goal keeping.
The team was switched around in the second half with George &
Stewart in defence & Brett moving into midfield. Despite this,
Onny continued to pass the ball well & further goals were to
follow, notably from Brett relishing the chance to push forward
& bulldozing his way through on a couple of occasions, George
making his Onny debut & Stewart in an unfamiliar role up front.
Owen, Jordan & Lewis also added to the goal tally. To their
credit, Orleton kept their spirits up throughout & continued to
press forward but that consolation goal was to remain elusive.
An enjoyable & friendly game was once again had by all which was
played in a good spirit and thanks go to Andy & the lads from
Orleton for providing us with a game on our week off from league
fixtures & we look forward to playing again in January with the
other half of the squad.
Match Report by: Phil Baker, Onny + Tigers under 12’s Manager |
Onny +
Eagles V Presteigne Colts. Game played 09/12/07
This was the first time we have met the colts, so I was a little
unsure what to expect. From reports I have received I was told
the colts were a big physical side and that is what they were.
Again Onny found themselves one goal down in the first half, but
they held their heads high and battled very very hard to get
back into the game, with several free kicks in dangerous
positions. Nathan went very close to an equaliser, an on form
goalie keeping out his efforts and a colts defender heading away
a goal bound shot. Then up popped Cameron Fanning to slot the
ball home past the keeper after a strong run from midfield. The
Second half was much the same with several free kicks again
given away by Presteigne but Onny failed to capitalise. Some
good football was played and both keepers were called into
action, but no one could put the ball away for the winner. Well
done boys for keeping your heads up under some difficult
circumstances. Keep up the great work and have a good Christmas
and be ready to push on with the second half of the season.
Steve, the boys and I would like to wish you all a Merry
Christmas and a great 2008
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Onny +
Tigers V Tenbury South. Game played 08/12/07
Last Saturday probably saw
one of the coldest & wettest mornings so far this season. After
heavy rains the previous few days, the Onny pitch was in very
good condition & the referee was happy for the game to proceed.
Onny started the game with only 10 players after the late
withdrawal of Khalid Al-Houbani due to illness. His absence was
clear for all to see with 2 long balls through the middle
catching out the Onny defence within the first 5 minutes.
Tenbury raced into an early 2-0 lead, leaving Onny
shell-shocked. However, to their credit & despite the weather,
Onny rolled their sleeves up & fought their way back into the
game with some good work down the flanks from Rhys Gould & Lewis
(I can’t feel my hands) Watkins. The pressure began to tell &
after some good passing from Onny. Nathan Baker was on hand to
prod the ball home & start the Onny fight back. Onny then scored
again soon after, only for it to be ruled offside. Onny now had
their tales up & continued to pass the ball around with ease.
With 5 minutes to go until half-time Onny now in total control
of the game, Onny got their reward with a much deserved
equaliser to ensure they went in level at Half-Time. No-one
could predict the drama that was about to follow.
During the half-time team talk, the Onny Manager was called out
by the referee as the opposing manager wished to speak. The
Tenbury Manager informed Onny that his players were cold & wet &
close to tears & asked if we could call it an “Honourable Draw”.
The Referee pointed out that the pitch was playable & there
wasn’t any reason why the game should not continue. Phil Baker
(Onny Manager) declined the offer stating that it was the same
for both sides & that despite being cold & wet, the Onny players
wished to carry on with the match.
The half-time team talk finished with the referee blowing his
whistle for the teams to line up for the second half. Cold &
wet, Onny bravely walked out onto the pitch & lined up ready to
start. However, only half the Tenbury side lined up & the
Tenbury Manager came over to Phil Baker & the referee to inform
them Tenbury would not be continuing & were therefore forfeiting
the points. It was quite a bizarre situation & I can’t recall
this ever happening in a junior football match before.
Phil Baker would like to congratulate his team on their bravery
in such atrocious weather conditions & for their willingness to
want to carry on to try & get a win even after being offered a
draw and the chance for an early bath and to get in front of the
fire.
Match Report by: Phil Baker, Onny + Tigers under 12’s Manager |
Onny +
Eagles V Ludlow Town. Game played 02/12/07
This is one game my players seem to get very excited about.
Several of the boys playing against schoolmates. Bragging rights
are very important and Onny deserved to have them on this
occasion. In the first half Onny applied the pressure, which was
relentless and produced one goal. However, more goals could and
should have been scored but for some wayward shooting and a fine
display of goal keeping by Ludlow’s Sam Roberts, he could not do
anything about Cameron Fanning’s opener set up by Mark Bull for
Cameron to shoot low into the corner. William Thomas was in fine
form and was unlucky not to add to the score sheet before the
break. Danny Bradley and Nathan stood strong in defence and with
the introduction of Joe Williams in the second half helped to
increase the score to 2-0. Then another from Cameron Fanning and
Joe Williams made it 4-0. It took a breakaway to earn Ludlow a
consolation goal. Great work in midfield from Charlie Gould who
made a good all-round display. Final Score 4-1. Well done Boys.
A big Well done to Nick Pound and the under 8’s on their first
win in the Group Cup round.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Onny +
Eagles V Tenbury. Game played 25/11/07
Well what can you say; sometimes you have to be blunt. We just
were not good enough on the day. Tenbury are a nut my Boys just
cannot crack, But I know they will never give up because that is
in the character of every player I have in my team. Tenbury
scored with in a matter of minutes, But Onny kept their heads up
and tried their hardest to get a goal back. The more they tried
Tenbury kept scoring at our end.
The first half ended with us 5-0 down. After the break, Onny
seemed to go up a gear or did Tenbury ease up I think the
former. From the keeper right through the team to our striker,
the boys battled so hard, with some eye catching passing from
both sides. Tenbury got another goal to make it six. Onny kept
battling on and got a consolation goal near the end scored by
Mark Bull. Keep up the good work Boys we’ll get there in the
end.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Onny +
Tigers V Tenbury North Game played 24/11/07
The tigers started the game well and had forced
several good saves from the Tenbury keeper but found themselves
trailing by 2 goals to nil from 2 attempts. With the reshuffled
defence getting used to there new positions the Tigers settled
down and started to attack more frequently managing to score 3
goals by half time, the problem was Tenbury had also broken
through 3 times leaving the score at half time Tigers 3 Tenbury
5.
The second half was real end to end stuff and with 5 minutes to
go Tenbury had scored another 2 and had forced a couple of top
class saves from the Onny Keeper. Onny scored a further 3, the
score was now Tigers 6 Tenbury 7, with Onny on the attack
hitting the post, the cross bar and everything barring the back
of the net (did it cross the line? Didn’t cross the line? The
linesman thought not, where’s the Russian lines man when you
need him?) Despite all the Tigers efforts the ball just wouldn’t
go in and the final score remained Tigers 6 Tenbury 7.
This week’s special mention
This week we lost the services of one of our players James
Francis, I would like to take this opportunity to thank James
for his contribution to the Onny Tigers football team, he was
always a pleasure to coach and will be missed by the club, good
luck with the Hockey James.
Match Report by: Paul Cleeton, Onny + Tigers under 12’s
Assistant Manager |
Onny +
Eagles V Coreley South. Brown Clee Cup 18/11/07
A bitter cold and wet Sunday Morning bought, together
two evenly matched sides for the semi-final of the Brown Clee
Cup. Both sides battled hard in the first half with chances at
both ends, with the weather playing its part, small mistakes led
to each side loosing the ball frequently. Onny’s opening goal
from Danny Bradley, shooting from outside the box, beating the
keeper at his near post. Then Cameron Fanning slotted home to
make it two nil at half time. Coreley came out strong after the
break and with Onny players looking very weathered the pressure
eventually told, with Dan Bradley battling for the ball the two
lads fell to the ground in the box and the resulting Penalty was
fired home. With the Visitors, tails up later in the game
Jonathan Price turned Nathan and shot home for the equaliser. I
could see all the hard work slipping away. But for Charlie Gould
to snatch the winner with extra time looming.
Well done lads for getting to
your first final.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s
Manager |
Onny + Tigers V
Church Stretton Royals Game played 17/11/07
This is one game where
the score line really doesn’t reflect the game, with a spirited
Onny team making the Royals fight for every ball in every area
of the pitch. The first half ended with the Tigers trailing 4-0
with the Stretton goalkeeper and defence making some good saves
from the ever attacking Tigers. This type of score line would
have demoralised many a team but not the Tigers who came out
fighting in the second half as if the score line had been level.
With the Tigers having a penalty turned down and Stretton
scoring from a corner when the Tigers were still clapping off a
substitution to one of our players (didn’t even realise the game
had restarted) the second half didn’t start well for the Tigers
but despite this the Tigers didn’t give up but carried on
pushing for a goal. With 5 minutes to go the Tigers were
pressing and decided they no longer needed a goalkeeper and
packed the Stretton penalty box with all 11 players, the ball
pinged around the Stretton penalty area but unfortunately just
wouldn’t go in the net. Final score, Onny Tigers 0 Church
Stretton 8 with the Tigers leaving the pitch with their heads
held high and to a standing ovation from the proud manager,
coach and supporters.
Superb performances were noted in defence from Brett (Tornado)
Thomas and Owen (Hurricane) Holder putting in some big tackles
and generally using there speed and power to blow away the
opposition, they where supported well by Khalid (The Missile)
Al-Houbani and Charlie (The Bullet) Barnfield. The Royals broke
through on several occasions only to be caught and dispossessed
by the Missile and The Bullet.Other superb performances came
from: Jordan (Atomic) Angel strengthening the team in every area
he was asked to play, after coming back from a serious injury
Atomic was full of energy and showed no signs of tiring putting
in tackles and passes all over the pitch. In the midfield we had
Josh (cruncher) Cleeton, Nathan (bring it on) Baker, Stuart (Braveheart)
Booker, James (The Destroyer) Davenport Corrie winning the ball
all over the pitch and dribbling around and sometimes straight
over the opposition. In Goal (and up front) was Chris (The cat)
Mapp making some outstanding saves and pouncing on the loose
ball at every opportunity. Down the wings and up front we had
James (Formula 1) Francis, Lewis (whirlwind) Watkins, Rhys (The
Rocket) Gould and Miles (Ferrari) Ferguson all using there
explosive pace and silky skills when going forward and all
prepared to come back and win the ball back for there team.
This week’s special mention
I would like to take this opportunity to praise the boy’s team
spirit this week, regardless of what was going on during the
game it was a pleasure to see all the boys (especially Miles who
cheered his team on right through the match) encouraging each
other even when things weren’t going to plan, keep it up boys!
Match Report by: Paul
Cleeton, Onny + Tigers under 12’s Assistant Manager |
Onny +
Eagles V Tenbury. League Cup. League Cup 10/11/07
Results in football do not always tell the true story
as Onny + eagles went down 6-2 at home to Tenbury. Yes Tenbury
were to strong for the Eagles on the day, But every Onny player
tried their hardest. A solid defence from the opposition kept
Onny at bay, with a bit of luck we could have taken the lead,
with chances going wide. Tenbury went close on a couple of
occasions with Danny Bradley making a last ditch tackle to keep
it all square, and Peter Sutton called into action on a number
of occasions in the Onny goal. Tenbury’s pressure told in the
end with two goals before half time. Onny came out in the second
half still battling but Tenbury were to strong adding to their
score. Not to be down hearted Cameron Fanning battled his heart
out too and scored two goals late on to make the score more
realistic. Well done to Tenbury, but Onny players can be proud
of their performance “I am”.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Onny
+ Tigers V Craven Arms. Game played 04/11/07
"What a fantastic game" Craven Arms took an early
lead playing with great enthusiasm seeing great football being
played by Toby Foxall, Keiron Davies and John Shuker of Craven
Arms.Onny fought back with a goal from Rory Huntbach and even
with great football by George Small, Chadd Woodfield, Rhys
Williams and James Milburn, when the half time whistle blew,
Craven Arms were ahead by 3 oals to 1.The second half saw Liam
Dovey subbed by Callum Roberts to take over in goal. Onny came
back fighting in the second half, and we saw some great goal
keeping by the arms goalkeeper Natty Marsden and good football
by Keiron Edwards and Ben Davies. The turning point came when
Harry Howells-Shearing scored 2 goals for Onny along with
another 3 goals from Rory, and 1 from George. When the whistle
blew the final score was Onny+ Tigers 7, Craven Arms 7.
Goals scored by: Onny Tigers, Rory Huntbach 3, Harry
Howells-Shearing 2, George Small 1.
Craven Arms, Ben Davies 5, Keiron Edwards 2.
Match Report by Kevin Dovey Onny + Tigers under 8's parent |
Coreley
North V Onny + Eagles. Brown Clee Cup. Game played 04/11/07
Sunday took Onny Eagles back to Coreley for the
second time in two weeks. After last weeks 11-0 win. I had a
feeling things might not be quite so convincing this week, and
so my thoughts looked to be right, with Coreley taking an early
lead, shocked into action Eagles piled on the pressure looking
for an equaliser, eventually it came from Charlie Gould’s hard
work in midfield, an excellent goal to equalise after several
missed chances and fine saves from the Coreley Keeper, who had a
great game again. Now Onny had got their act together the goals
came throughout the rest of the game, with some fine runs from
Danny Bradley, it was only the absence of a goal which blemished
a good all-round performance. Therefore, it was left to Cam
Fanning with two goals one from Joseph Williams and Another from
Charlie Gould to cap off a great performance, with two fine
saves from Peter Sutton late on. The score was kept to 5-1 to
take Onny into the semi’s of the Brown Clee Cup
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Coreley
North V Onny + Eagles. Game played 28/10/07
A trip to Coreley On Sunday saw Onny Eagles come away
with an excellent win. The whole team played their part in the
11-0 Victory. Eagles kept up the great work, But it was not the
score, but the all round display which pleased me most. Nat and
Danny putting up a very solid defence while still supporting the
attacking play. Cameron Fanning bossed the midfield and scored
four goals with his surging runs. Charlie Gould, Nathan, Mark
Bull, Joe Williams, all chipped in with goals, and a great goal
from William Thomas which was well deserved for his hard work.
Great teamwork from Solomon Barker and a clean sheet from
Goalkeeper Peter Sutton making two very fine saves, with an
excellent display from all involved
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Onny+
Tigers V Clun Under 8,s Match Report. Game played 14/10/07
After a narrow defeat last week, Onny+Tigers put
their all into this game playing with confidence.
Captain Callum Roberts lead the team to a 10 - 2 victory with
goals by Rory Huntbach (3), Chadd Woodfield (4), George Small
(2) and Rhys Williams (1). The second half saw Clun pull 2 goals
back both scored by Matthew Arnold. There were also some great
perfomances from James Milburn and Liam Dovey who was named man
of the match by coach Katy Huntbach.
Match Report by: Kevin Dovey, Onny + Tigers under 8’s
(parent) |
Onny+
Tigers V Leominster Under 8,s Match Report. Game played 07/10/07
Well, what a match!!!
With an ever improving Onny team who excelled themselves on the
day to produce some outstanding tackles, passes and goals.
Final score, Leominster 6, Onny + Tigers 5
Match Report by: Gaynor Huntbach, Onny + Tigers under 8’s
Team Assistant |
Onny+
Eagles V Orleton Under 9,s Match Report. Game played 30/09/07
Onny + Eagles got back to winning ways on Sunday,
with our first home game of the season. Onny went a goal down
early on, but that shocked the team in green to up their game,
with some great passing football.
Onny piled on the pressure and Charlie Gould scored his first of
the season. Then the goals started to come throughout the rest
of the game, with two goals from Cameron Fanning. Mark Bull
scored four and Solomon Barker rounding off, a fine display with
a goal.
Orleton played their part in a good all round game, but Onny
were just too strong with Danny Bradley showing great power and
skill to break down Orleton. Winning 8-1.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Onny+
Tigers V Coreley Under 12,s Cup Draw Match Report. Game played
26/09/07
An all round superb performance from Onny Tigers. A
few minutes after kick off, Onny were awarded a penalty. Josh
Cleeton took the penalty and scored. A second goal was scored
later in the first half again by Josh, but Coreley made 2 - 1 by
half time. During the second half Coreley scored two more goals,
but in the last few agonising minutes, Miles scored a cracking
goal to make it 3 - 3. The game went into extra time, but no
goals were scored. This lead to penalties where Coreley won by 4
goals to 3.
This was a game Onny should have won. Well done. |
Red Rovers
V Onny+ Eagles Under 9,s Match Report. Game played 23/09/07
A trip to Red Rovers on Sunday left Onny a little
down hearted. A hard fought first half saw Joe Williams equalise
for Onny after a defensive mistake saw Rovers go 1 up. After the
break an early corner for Rovers was headed into their own goal
by an Onny player, 2 - 1 down Onny fought hard with Cameron
Fanning battling hard for every ball, then a controversial free
kick was awarded against Onny just outside the box and an
excellent free kick was taken and pushed onto the bar by keeper
Peter Sutton only for a Rovers player to knock it into to the
goal. Onny kept pushing forward which left space for Rovers to
get their forth. But, Onny should not be down hearted, they
never gave up and you cannot take that away from them.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
Coreley
South V Onny+ Eagles Under 9,s Match Report. Game played
16/09/07
A Confident Onny Eagles under 9’s made the trip to
Coreley on Sunday. A very solid defensive display from both
Nathan and Danny kept the Coreley Strikers at bay, and the hard
working midfield and strikers unable to break Coreley down.
Going into to half time 0 - 0. After the break, Onny’s hard work
paid off with a goal from Joseph Williams and a Hat trick from
Mark Bull sealing victory with one own Goal from Coreley and a
consolation goal for them too. A well-deserved result for the
team’s hard work.
Match Report by: Mark Sutton, Onny + Eagles under 9’s Manager |
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