Year 2 Foxes v Shire Colts

The final match of the Year 2 Foxes debut campaign. A tricky away day at the little known Sea Mills Rec. An oasis of calm that proved a little stressful until you realised that there was no entrance, just four footpaths from the surrounding roads.

But we all got there sooner or later. Sixteen Foxes stood proud and ready for battle. The sun was blazing but the conditions were tricky due to long grass and dandelions. Same for both teams. Four games were played, the Foxes split evenly, the Colts, well who knows!

Pete's team played two fantastic matches, evenly matched against both Colts teams. In the first, Omar found his scoring touch whilst Jacob H scored for the second saturday running. The whole team were excellent and gave a battling performance against some skillful opponents. In the second game, Pete's team were on top as string of chances were created and Charlie scored the goal that was the least that his performance merited.

On the other pitch my team "enjoyed" a mixture of emotions. In the first game it was one way traffic with Matt bagging a quick-fire hattrick, Josh adding a brace and Toby firing in for the second game running. London Buses anyone? Sophie was adorned in Foxes hoops for the first time and certainly looked the part. By the second game, it had all changed. One way traffic again and we were the ones in reverse. Elliot and Oliver were the goalkeepers with plenty of back-breaking work and our attempts to park the bus would not have impressed Jose Mourinho. Still, we kept going and saved the best to last. Matt went on a solo dribble (instructions on man to man marking seemingly lost in translation!) and headed for the Shire goal. The keeper woke from his twenty three and a half minute slumber but was too slow to react as Oliver found himself in front of goal with the ball at his feet. Bang! the ball was in the net, Oliver had his first goal for Foxes and the rest is history. The cheer must have woken the posh folks of Stoke Bishop and Sneyd Park.

Players of the Week: Non-Stop Charlie and Goal Machine Oliver!