Year 2 Foxes v Clifton United

Saturday 1st February dawned crisp, bright and nippy. It was the day of the big trip and eighteen Westbury Park Foxes were leaving the grimy city and heading for the land of cider and cheese and the green fields of (North) Somerset.

Well to be precise, the green fields of the Clifton College Sports Ground over the bridge in Failand. And most importantly, it wasn't a field but an astroturf haven in this winter of soggyness. With such a big pitch on offer, Clifton United lined up against two Foxes teams in two eight a side matches. This was the first time that the Year 2's had played as an eight and they coped well against their bright orange clad opponents. In the opposite game before Christmas the Foxes had received a lesson in the dark art of passing and plenty of practice picking thge ball out of the net. This time it was the Foxes who were moving the ball about. Sticking to their formation and trying to let the ball do the work this was an impressive showing by the boys.

We saw two evenly contested matches. Yes, the surface made the ball difficult to control and yes, the ball spent as much time off the pitch as on but there were good things to note. Concentration was good, making space was good, Elliot getting his normal quota of sliding tackles in (cue simultaneous intaking of breath from all watching) was good, committment was good.

Charlie banged in the Foxes goal in the first match, Cosmo ran in two in the second. Foxes held firm, played well and created the better chances. The future is bright, even if it isn't going to be played on a multi-million pound complex of all weather pitches!

Player of the Week: Morgan - gave his classmates the runaround and denied them the bragging rights this time!