BGL u12 Whitchurch Sports 1 v 7 Westbury Park Foxes

Foxes continue unbeaten run!

Without a competitive game for 3 weeks the Foxes headed south to take on Whitchurch Sports.
The opposition had struggled in recent weeks to get a full team out, but the girls knew that they possessed a tricky number 10 and with a full squad could pose problems to the Foxes.

A changed Foxes formation meant a 4 girl midfield with Ella moving left, Daisy right and Lulu and Molly in central midfield. Sim and Lily upfront demonstrated the Foxes attacking philosophy, whilst Amelia and Rhiannon lined up in front of Betty.

Captain Lil!

The Foxes went on the attack straight away, playing into a fierce wind. The opposition were set up defensively with 4 at the back, and looked to use the wind to hit the Foxes on the break. This they achieved with good effect and the tricky No 10  rounded the back to hit a cross that skimmed the far post.

Daisy Drives Forward!

The Foxes were guilty of sitting too deep, dropping back rather than holding the off side line, but with Amelia more vocal the defence tightened up!

Gradually the domination of possession told and the Foxes notched up a couple of goals as Sim finished off some great crosses from Daisy.

With Mara restored to the left flank the Foxes pressed for more and took a 3 goal lead as Daisy ran into the box to fire past the keeper.

3-0 at the break and the wind on out backs for the second half! Izzy came on for Molly and Ella W joined the action on the right of midfield, calmly bringing the ball out of defence with her first touch.

Ella brings it out!

Over on the other side Mara got the second half scoring underway with an brilliant solo run, cutting in and firing past the stranded keeper. Sim and Daisy added to their tally before Whitchurch grabbed a consolation as their No 10 sprang the offside and outpaced the defence to fire past Betty.

Sim fires home!

The Foxes added a 7th before the opposition again ran unchallenged from half way. This time Betty knew she had to close down and sprinted out to confront the stiker at the edge of the box and clear the danger!

So a great team performance, and a confidence boost as we come to a run of tricky fixtures against the teams above us in the league!

Captain of the Week: Lily
Girl of the Game: Daisy

Photographer of the match!: Molly, Lily and Ella!

BSYL - Year 9, 18/10. Foxes 7 - 0 Golden Hill Sonics

The Foxes went joint-top of the league with a fine win and their best, and most impressive, performance of the season. Joe returned to action after a month out with an injury and played a full part in a midfield that dominated the visitors.

Defending strongly, moving the ball quickly and breaking at speed the Foxes were too much for the Sonics in the first 20 minutes and goals from Jack, the first after an unselfish pass from Sam and the second with his head, Sam and Omar gave the Foxes a comfortable 4-0 cushion.  

The Sonics never gave up and tried to flood forward when they had the ball but Archie had an easy game in goal, although his ability to organise Harri, Alec and Ollie K and Nick, was a key factor. Three more goals came in the second half: a crisp free kick from Ollie C; a third for Jack; and a wonderful solo goal from Nick left the final score 7-0.

The speed, strength and precision of the Foxes football was great to see and any of the players could have received the coaches' man of the match award but Jack deserved it for three goals and a great all round performance.   

Yr 9 BSYL, 11/04 - Shirehampton 1 - 6 Foxes

The Foxes travelled to take on Shirehampton and, in beautiful Autumn sunshine, started the brighter. The Foxes played some lovely possession football but chances on goal were proving hard to come by until a fine pass from Omar  released Ollie C who finished well to open the scoring.

After a quick tactical change the Foxes looked more dangerous. Sam played in Omar who scored the second. Then a fine corner from Sam lead to an own goal off an unlucky Shire head.

In the second half Omar completed his hat-trick with another two good finishes with Ollie S and Harry claiming the assists. Shire, however,  was not going to go down without a fight and they clawed one back with a classy free kick from the edge of the area and for the next 10 minutes the Colts had the upper hand but a top notch strike from the Foxes Sonny  settled the nerves and Westbury Park closed out a 6-1 victory.

Omar was the players man of the match, while Danny took the coaches award for a hard working and creative turn in central midfield.

Yr 9 BSYL - 27/09, Wickwar 7 - 4 Foxes

The Foxes travelled in expectation to Wickwar but came away with a heavy defeat after a disastrous first 20 minutes. The home side took the lead within the first minute as the Foxes decided not to tackle and, in a blink of an eye, the score was suddenly 4-0 with the Foxes struggling to play with any rhythm or coherence.

Things started to look up as Jack scored great goal but the half ended with another Wickwar goal and a 5-1 deficit. Half time was focussed on instilling belief that we could still make something of the game and the target of winning the second half. Despite best efforts it got worse before it got better as Wickar extended their lead to 6-1. From then on it was all the Foxes as jack scored another scorcher, Omar took his chance well and Nick refused to give up and got on the end of a through ball before the keeper. Other chances came and went before Wickwar killed the game off with a good headed goal from a corner.   

So, a game of two halves which was lost in the first few minutes. The second half was much, much better but we had left ourselves just too much to do.

Man of the match - Nick

YR 9 BSYL - 20/09 Foxes 3 - 0 Ashley Down

The Foxes continued their impressive start to the season with a second win and a second clean sheet. Ashley Down, who had also won their opening game of the season, proved to be  well organised and difficult to break down. The Foxes back four, with Alec and Nick standing out, coped with the away sides three or four man counter attacks, and the midfield and strikers kept probing for an opening.

 The first goal came when the Foxes used width to get behind the Ashley Down defence, with Ollie C's great cross finding Captain Jack at the far post. The lead was increased before half time when Omar completed a lovely passing move through the middle of the pitch. The second half followed a similar pattern, but only one goal came as Ed  scored his first for the club with a cool finish. Changes in the back four gave Ashley Down more space but Foxes keeper Owen was determined to end with another clean sheet.      

Man of the match - Alec