The Under 8s were at home on the Poors Field against Stanway Villa Yellows. The two teams started the game brightly and shared in the early exchanges, however Stanway took an early lead with a powerful strike which gave the Bergholt ‘keeper no chance. From then on the game was a very even affair with both defences playing very well ensuring goal scoring chances were kept to a minimum. This was a much improved performance from Bergholt and shows that the boys are learning with every game. Full Time 0-1.
Our Under 10s remain unbeaten this season, holding Halstead Yellows to a 2-2 draw away from home. Matt Sanderson and Thomas Whitlow scoring the Bergholt Heath goals.
The Under 14s were at home to Brooklands and had one of their strangely quiet performances. The match started with Bergholt almost camped inside the Brookland half but all too often attacks petered out against a deep sitting defence through lack of a final ball. A part from a couple of free kicks from Bergholt nothing much of note happened in the first half: 0-0 at half time.
The second half saw Brooklands pushing forward more and from one attack, the Brooklands striker was left one on one with the ‘keeper after an injury saw the Bergholt defender collapse when he was just about to clear the ball (later taken to hospital with a suspected broken foot diagnosed as bad bruising). Almost immediately Bergholt equalised, Sam Clark heading in from a corner. This did not, however, spur Bergholt into life, with too many players looking like they had spent their sleep time playing FIFA13. A second goal for Brooklands came after the Bergholt team collectively failed to clear the ball on the edge of their area, and just before the final whistle Brooklands hit Bergholt on the break with a good run and shot from their big number 10. Final result: Bergholt Heath 1 – 3 Brooklands. Bergholt ‘man of the match’: James Hirst.
The Under 18s were also at home on the Poors Field but their superb start to the season is rapidly fading as they fell to a 4-0 defeat to Little Oakley Reds.
Next weeks’ fixtures, Sunday 7th October:
- Halstead Town vs Under 8
- Under 10 vs Clare Town Lions KO 10am
- Under 14 vs Wivenhoe Youth Blues KO 10.30am
- Under 18 vs Alresford Colne Rangers, League Cup R1, KO 2pm