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BHYFC Results 2nd March and Fixtures 9th March

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 2nd March

The Under 9’s game away to Oyster Youth was again postponed to to a water-logged pitch in West Mersea.

Lexden Saints Blues vs BHYFC Under 11s

A tough match was expected as we faced league leaders Lexden.

We started the match not too badly, but after a while a pattern started emerging as, when Saints attacked, our marking was poor, recovery slow and the guys at the back were overwhelmed with yellow attackers. This led to us going in 5 down at the break.

Second half ,as normal was better as the boys shut down the attackers whose shots were hurried and didn’t trouble Harv.

As time went on we eventually got going and there were some passing combos up field which led to a couple of half chances.  Lexden ran out deserved winners and look fitting winners of the league.

Hopefully the boys have got going again after the enforced lay off , we look forward to better things next week.

MOM went to Richard for a much improved second half performance.

BHYFC Under 15s vs Notley Youth

The Under 15’s were also facing their league leaders Notley Youth, at home.  Yet again we were missing injured James Holden and Ollie Sanderson, plus Leo Tiffney, so another depleted squad.

The match started evenly although there were contrasting styles on display with Notley wanting to play the long ball and Bergholt looking to pass through the midfield.  The Notley long ball system meant the Bergholt defence had to be on their toes, but there were not many chances created by the visitors.   With Max playing a deeper role in midfield in place of Ollie, the usual spark was missing up front so when the passage of play swung towards Bergholt, the end product was generally missing in the final third.

The second half continued in much the same way as the majority of the first half, with the visitors having most of the possession but Bergholt looking comfortable and unlikely to concede.  New signing Joe Johnson came on to make his debut and slotted in well at centre back alongside Sam with Jamie moving to left back for the first time.

Final score: Bergholt Heath 0-0 Notley Youth, Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’: Luke Bloomfield

Next weekends matches – Sunday 9th March:

  • Under 9 No game (unless the Oyster Youth match is rescheduled)
  • Cornard Dynamo Reds vs Under 11
  • FC Clacton Blues vs Under 15 League Cup 1/4 Final
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BHYFC Results 23rd February and Fixtures 2nd March

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 23rd February

This week saw pitches dry out at long last which gave both the Under 11s and the Under 15s the opportunity to play their postponed Colchester open Cup ties.

BHYFC Under 11s vs Stanway Villa Reds

The Under 11s were at home to B League Stanway Villa Reds.  Despite two goals from Jonah Murray and a man of the match performance from Alexander Hopkins, they went down 5-2.

Heybridge Swifts vs BHYFC Under 15s

The Under 15s were away to fellow A league team Heybridge Swifts. The start of the game was even, however Bergholt went behind in the 6th minute when the ball took a nasty bounce over the defender which let the striker in to score comfortably.  This setback did not deter Bergholt who had plenty of the ball but seemed to be lacking the killer touch when it was needed.  Mid-way through the half Bergholt got back on terms when Luke played a superb high diagonal ball over the top into the area which found Leo at the far post who finished expertly with a first time shot into the roof of the net.  The game remained 1-1 through to half time with neither team looking likely to add to their score.

The second half started as the first half finished, however there was a setback after just a few minutes when influential midfielder Ollie Sanderson had to limp off with a hamstring injury, to be replaced by Luke who himself was suffering from a bruised shoulder having landed heavily in the first half.   The rest of the second half was again very even with only one clear chance that fell to Max just inside the area but his shot under pressure just cleared the bar.

Full time: 1-1.

Into extra time for the second cup tie in a row and yet again the teams cancelled each other out in the first half. The second and final 10 minutes of the game saw Bergholt take the lead when Max hit a wind assisted cross-shot into the far corner of the net with 7 minutes remaining. However this signified one last onslaught from Heybridge who threw away all thoughts of defending by piling players forward. The home team won a succession of corners and from the last of these they equalised with just 2 minutes remaining.

Score after extra time: 2-2.

Another penalty shootout!

  1. Heybridge 1-0
  2. Ben for Bergholt – miss
  3. Heybridge 2-0
  4. Aaron for Bergholt – score 2-1
  5. Heybridge 3-1
  6. Max for Bergholt – score 3-2
  7. Heybridge 4-2
  8. Jamie for Bergholt – score 4-3
  9. Heybridge 5-3.

So Bergholt’s defence of their Open Cup trophy ended with a narrow defeat in round 3.

Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’ – Max Booth

Next weeks fixtures – Sunday 2nd March

  • Oyster Youth vs Under 9
  • Lexden Saints vs Under 11
  • Under 15 vs Notley Youth, KO 10.30am
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BHYFC Results 16th February and Fixtures 23rd February

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 16th February

As has become the norm in recent weeks, there was just one match that beat the weather last weekend, but this time it was the turn of the Under 15s who took on Stanway Rovers in the twice postponed away league fixture – but due to the continued water logging at both Stanway School and Spring Lane, the match was played at Shrub End.

Stanway Rovers vs BHYFC Under 15s

Having had virtually a full squad available every week but without a match for over a month, the first game for 5 weeks saw Bergholt able to field the bare 11 players due to a combination of injuries and holidays.  Within 30 seconds of the kick off it looked like it was going to be a long and arduous afternoon when a long wind-assisted ball over the top of the Bergholt defence saw the defender clear the ball against the on rushing striker and the ball balloon into the net with Connor helpless.

1-0 to the home team.

Stanway then laid siege to the Bergholt goal but some resolute defending with the Bergholt players all refusing to lay down, saw them weather the storm and come back into the match.

After around 15 minutes a break down the left saw Luke cut into the box, beat his man and finish right footed beyond the Stanway ‘keeper for the equaliser.  It was now Bergholt’s turn to up the tempo and they won a couple of corners in quick succession and from the second they took the lead when from Max’s kick Jamie stabbed towards goal and Sam took no chances by rifling the ball into the net from close range.

Bergholt then held Stanway at arms length for the remainder of the half, although it took a fine one handed save from Connor to see Bergholt through to half time with a 2-1 lead.

With the managers’ words of “keep up this level of performance” ringing in their ears, the Bergholt players continued taking the game to Stanway in the second half. In fact it was a good 15 minutes into the half when Stanway had their first attempt on goal, that was a long range shot that was wide. With about 10 minutes remaining, a shot form Max was only parried by the ‘kepper and Luke was on hand to power the loose ball into the net for his second and Bergholt’s third of the day.  Although Stanway forced a few corners, the Bergholt goal was never in serious danger and the 11 players looked more likely to add a fourth than Stanway were to come back into the game.

The final whistle went to signal a 3-1 win to Bergholt in what is probably their best performance of the season.

Bergholt Heath man of the match: Ciaran Donnellan – an all action non stop midfield display.

Next weeks fixtures Sunday 23rd February:

  • Under 9 – No game
  • Under 11 vs Stanway Villa Reds KO 11am
  • Heybridge Swifts vs Under 15 Open Cup R2
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BHYFC Results 9th February and Fixtures 16th February

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 9th February

With both away matches again called off due to waterlogged pitches, it left just the one scheduled home game to go ahead on the 7 vs 7 pitch at the top of the Poors Field – the Under 9’s vs Reed Hall Sentinels.  Had the Under 15’s been due to play at home then this too would have fallen foul of the weather as there was standing water in the last third of the pitch (near the Treble Tile).

BHYFC Under 9s vs Reed Hall Sentinels

After an early morning inspection, the pitch was deemed playable and so Bergholt took on Reed Hall Sentinels in very blustery conditions.  The wind was blowing from one end to the other and so advantage was always going to be with the team who had the wind behind their backs.  For the first half this was Reed Hall Sentinels so it was important for Bergholt to hold them and go into half-time at least level.

Despite kicking into the wind it was Bergholt who made the brightest start with the Baker brothers in particular leading the charge, especially Ollie who was keen to add to his goal tally for the season and was shooting on sight.   In fact Bergholt’s other midfielder, Thomas Haworth, scored the first goal,  speeding down the right wing before unleashing a fierce low drive which passed the keeper before he had a chance to react.

This then started Reed Hall’s fight back and the majority of the first half was played out in the Bergholt half.  Some excellent defending from Bergholt repelled attack after attack.  In one of these plays Eddie put in a great tackle but unfortunately came off worse and twisted his knee which ended his game.  This was a shame for Eddie, especially as just previous to that he had gone on a excellent solo run, taking the ball out of defence to attack.  Just before the half-time whistle, Bergholt’s defence was finally breached when a strong shot was saved by Daniel but the combination of the spin of the ball and the strong wind took the ball agonisingly inches over the line before he had chance to reclaim it.  HT 1-1.

At half-time the Bergholt manager used as many footballing clichés as he could “we can win this” and “the next goal is the most important” were two in particular that stick in the memory….. So with these pearls of wisdom still fresh in the memory, Bergholt kicked off the second half looking to get that all important goal.  As with the first half, the majority of the better football was played by the team with the wind and Bergholt started to pass the ball much more fluently which in turn opened the game out.  It also meant that the two full backs, Billy and Thomas L were also able to exploit the wide areas and get forward themselves to support James and Thomas H who too were having success down the wings.  Theo and Ollie were also continuing to push forward and trying to get their names on the score sheet but both were thwarted by the Reed Hall goalkeeper.  Not wishing to miss out on the party, Freddie too came close when his free-kick only just went over the bar.

So, once again it looked like heading for a draw as Reed Hall, when they went on the attack, were stopped by some super, if a little frantic, defending from Bergholt.  However, in the last dying seconds of the match, Freddie picked up the ball in the area between defence and midfield and ran at the Reed Hall defence.  In a similar manner to an Olympic slalom skier at Sochi, he jinxed past one, then another before finding himself just outside the box where he hit a pile driver.  It took a slight deflection off the defender’s knee which in turn meant that when it bounced on the ground in front of the keeper it kicked up off the mud (no turf, just mud…) and bounced over the keeper’s dive.  FT 2-1.

This was Bergholt’s first win of 2014 made even more special by the appearance of the chairman of the club, Les, who turned up to watch the team for the first time since it’s formation at the beginning of last season!!

Bergholt Heath Player of the Match: Freddie Geiger – some excellent clearances and a fantastic match-winning run and goal.

Next week’s matches: Sunday 16th February:

  • Oyster Youth vs. Under 9
  • Under 11 – No game
  • Stanway Rovers vs. Under 15
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BHYFC Results 26th January and Fixtures 2nd February

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 26th January

The weather again took it’s toll on this weekends fixtures with both away matches for the Under 11s and the Under 15s postponed.  This only left the one home match for the Under 9’s on the Poors Field who took on Brooklands who they had lost heavily to earlier in the season:

BHYFC Under 9s vs Brooklands

This week’s match started on what was a sticky pitch following the week’s rain.  This was further added to throughout the match as players, supporters and officials all were on the receiving end of a bucket or two more!

In their first meeting this year a few moments of madness cost Bergholt dear and Brooklands gave them their biggest defeat of the season.  Keen for this not to be repeated the Bergholt manager stressed to the boys not to give Brooklands any time or space on the ball and to ensure their long range efforts were kept to a minimum.

Within five minutes Brooklands tried their luck from distance, but Daniel was more than equal to it and the whole team’s confidence were lifted by this.  Both teams were passing the ball around well despite the heavy pitch, trying to get the opening goal.  It was a very open game and there were attacks aplenty – Bergholt had more shots in this half than ever seen, with James, Theo and Freddie in particular all going close.

Brooklands too had their chances and Bergholt were grateful for Billy’s bum saving a certain goal.  It looked like being goalless at half-time but then Brooklands got through the Bergholt defence.  The initial effort was blocked but the ball fell kindly to another Brooklands striker who reacted first and slotted the ball past Daniel.  HT 0-1.

Brooklands kicked off the second half and within a minute were kicking off again when full-back Thomas L got the ball on the half-way line burst down the wing, skipped past two challenges before hammering the ball past the keeper at the near post for his first ever Sunday league goal.  This gave Bergholt a real shot in the arm and they continued to press to try to get the lead.   They nearly succeeded twice but the post denied both Theo and Thomas L.  The visitors however, were still determined themselves to get the victory and the Bergholt defence and midfield were all called to do some desperate defending and when beaten, Daniel pulled off a great save with his foot.  FT 1-1.

This was the right result as Brooklands shaded the amount of possession whilst Bergholt had more scoring chances.  The match itself was a fantastic game of football played in difficult conditions.

Bergholt Heath player of the match: Thomas L – not only a great individual goal but some great defending in the first half.

Next weeks fixtures Sunday 2nd February:

  • Long Melford vs. Under 9
  • Under 11 vs. Stanway Villa Reds –  Open Cup R2,  KO 10am
  • Heybridge Swifts vs. Under 15
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BHYFC Results 19th January and Fixtures 26th January

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 19th January

Both the Under 9s and Under 15s away fixtures were postponed this weekend due to water logged pitches, so it left the Under 11s to fly the flag at home to Wivenhoe Town. Under 11s manager Pete Sanderson reports:

BHYFC Under 11s vs Wivenhoe Town

After all the recent rain, the pitch just about held up and we able to fulfil our final home fixture of the season.     I abandoned my traditional conservative approach and changed formation today. The boys were requested to grasp the game by the scruff early on. Initial forays were promising. Nice passing allowed us to move upfield and keep possession.  It was just that final ball missing that would not open the resolute Wivenhoe defence up.

 A few chances came and went; Fred saw a good angle shot just go wide, Jonah had a nice chance but could not make good contact.  Tyler’s firm shot was well blocked by the keeper who then spilled it. Unfortunately for us rather than roll over the line it stuck in the mud.

As time went on Town got back in the game and with us being short at the back they looked to capitalise.  Ben and Dan were rocks at the back though and Harv pulled off a couple of good saves. Then a couple of strange decisions.  An attempted cross by the Wivenhoe winger was blocked by Dan with the ball rolling safely to Harv who rightly picked it up.  The ref saw different and gave a free kick for a back pass six yards out. Luckily we survived.

Lo and and behold 5 minutes later Dan made a tackle which again rolled back, picked up and yet another back pass was judged.  How bizarre.  Although the initial shot was cleared a well hit strike from the second ball found us go in one down at half time.

The second half was much the same with some good attacks, but as time went on it looked like we never going to be able to finish. A turning point came when after having some wayward shots, Richard hit a great one which thundered against the bar and away.

This gave the boys renewed vigour and it wasn’t long before Richard again was on the edge of the area but this time he fired it home GOOOAAALLL!!!

You could tell from the boys celebration that they were not finished yet and 5 minutes later Joe found a gap on the right hand of the goal to slot in GOOOAAALLL!!!

Urged on by their supporters Wivenhoe fought back but some last minute tackles by the guys saw us finish the match ahead.

Well done boys it was a pulsating battle with the 2-1 win consolidating our fight for fourth place. It was great to see such fantastic team unity and spirit, not just today but in practise yesterday as well.   We are not going to win the silverware but we will sure have a lot of fun trying.

MOM went to Dan Thomson for a fantastic performance at the back.

Next weeks fixtures Sunday 26th January:

  • Under 9 vs. Brooklands, KO 11am
  • Lexden Saints vs. Under 11
  • Stanway Rovers vs. Under 15
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BHYFC Results 12th January and Fixtures 19th January

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 12th January

BHYFC Under 9s vs Gt Bradfords

Bergholt Heath took on Great Bradfords on what was a rather sticky Bergholt pitch following on from the U11s match against Cornard earlier.  The hosts were the brighter in the first half with some very slick passing creating a number of scoring chances for Ollie and James in particular, but found the Bradfords keeper in exceptional form. When Bradfords did attack, the Bergholt defence were able to restrict their opportunities to a minimum, the best coming when Freddie upended the attacker on the edge of the area.  However, the freekick was sent over the bar.  HT 0-0.

The second half started the better for the visitors when early on both Thomas L and a Bradfords attacker went tumbling together in the box.  After a few seconds thought, the referee awarded a penalty to Bradfords whose striker smashed the ball into the roof of the net giving Daniel no chance.  This gave Bradfords a lift and they went further in the lead when the striker broke through the Bergholt defence and coolly slotted the ball past Daniel.  To their credit Bergholt did not give up and despite being on the end of some robust challenges continued to press, but once again the Bradfords keeper stood in their way making one fine save in particular when faced with Theo in a one-on-one situation.

Despite all her best efforts, the Bradfords keeper was only beaten when Oliver beat her with a piledriver from just inside the box.  However it wasn’t enough for Bergholt and the visitors came out winners 2-1.

BHYFC Under 11s vs Cornard Dynamos Reds

The Under 11s manager, Pete Sanderson, was not available to lead his team and see his son Matthew put in a ‘man of the match’ display that saw them overcome a valiant Cornard team 2-0 with goals from Jack Tomlin and Freddie Scott-Yates.

Stanway Rovers vs BHYFC Under 15s – Open Cup Round 1

The Under 15s started the defence of the cup they won as under 14’s back in May with a short away trip to Stanway to take on fellow A league side Stanway Rovers.

Already without striker James Holden who has a knee injury that will keep him out until around the end of January, Bergholt were dealt a blow in the warm up with key midfielder Cairan pulled his abductor muscle ruling him out of the game and possibly for a  further couple of weeks.

Despite this, Bergholt started the game brightly although the pitch was making their usual short passing game difficult against a team with a much more direct style.  The first goal of the game went to the home team when a long ball forward looked like it was going to carry to the ‘keeper but held up slightly in the mud to allow the striker to get there first and coolly finish with Connor stranded. Bergholt huffed and puffed and had a few half chances to equalise, plus one clear chance that the home ‘keeper saved well, but went in at half time trailing 1-0.

The second half started with Bergholt applying more pressure and with a little more composure in front of goal they would have equalised.  Against the run of play Stanway scored a second goal when Aaron miss-controlled and lost the ball to the striker who run directly into the area before turning back to finish well.  Bergholt were shell shocked by this and for a few minutes it looked like the home team were going to walk away with the game.  However a change of positions with Sam moving into midfield, James dropping back into central defence with Jamie moving to the right side, seemed to bring new life to Bergholt and they regained the initiative.  Again chances came but were not taken.  However with 10 minutes remaining Max got free on the right and drove into the penalty area, only to be upended as he went past the ‘keeper. Penalty.  Ollie stepped up to send the ‘keeper the wrong way to bring Bergholt back into the Match.

Another switch of formation to 3 at the back saw Bergholt dominate the remainder of the game and they duly managed to equalise with just 2 minutes left when Mickey, now playing as left wing back, was put through to finish well into the bottom right hand corner of the goal. There was still time left for Stanway to launch another attack down their right but Connor in the Bergholt goal came out commandingly to claim the cross – and the striker too (who had to go off injured) – to send the match into extra time.

Extra Time

The first half of extra time was generally a one way affair with Bergholt piling on the pressure against a team who were now playing with 10 men, as their striker who was injured at the end of normal time had tried but could not continue and Stanway did not have any substitutes available.  Jamie hit the post from a corner and the Stanway defence somehow managed to stop the ball crossing the all-important line on more than one occasion.  The second half of extra time saw the striker come back on in a deeper role and, although not moving well, this helped Stanway balance the play up and it took Connor to make another save to keep the score level at 2-2 at the end of extra time.

Penalty shoot out.

Stanway took the first kick and scored, as did Ben for Bergholt. Stanway scored their second penalty, as did Luke. The home team missed their third with the ball going wide of the post, with Jamie scoring to put Bergholt into the lead.  Stanway scored their fourth but then Mickey had his kick easily saved by the home ‘keeper. Connor then saved Stanway’s fifth attempt to allow Sam the chance to win the match for Bergholt with the final kick. Unfortunately he put his shot over the bar to take the shoot out into sudden death.  The sixth taker for Stanway also put his shot over the bar and Max walked up to put his shot off the inside of the post and into the net to win the cup tie for Bergholt!

Final score AET: 2-2. Bergholt Heath won 4-3 on penalties

Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’: after a draining couple of hours it was decided to award the whole team for an heroic effort to pull the result out of the bag, rather than an individual.

Next weeks fixtures Sunday 19th January:

  • Oyster Youth vs Under 9
  • Under 11 vs Wivenhoe Town,  KO 10am
  • Wivenhoe Youth vs Under 15
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BHYFC Results 15th December and Fixtures 9th January

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 15th December

The Under 9’s are on their mid-season break until January.

BHYFC Under 11s vs Feering Falcons Blues

A tough fixture lay ahead for the boys today.  They battled really hard in the first half with some excellent tussles going on all over the pitch.

We could have taken the lead , when Ty raced onto a clearance by Jo. With the defender breathing down his neck and the keeper racing out to him Ty was under some pressure and took the wrong option at the vital moment. We went in to half time one down when we conceded to a well converted corner by their excellent striker.

Still all to play for in the second half though.  Matt equalised after 10 minutes with a superb free kick from  the right side of the  box high into the opposite corner.  For the next 5 minutes things were looking OK and there was a feeling we could get something out the game.

But then a defensive error let Falcons retake the lead. From here it started going downhill especially at the back. There were some good periods of play by the boys near the end but Feering ran out deserved winners.

Final score:  Bergholt Heath 1 – 5 Feering Falcons Blues.

Bit of a disappointing end before the extended Christmas break. Hopefully the boys will come bouncing back in the new year.

MOM went to Harvey for another fine display.

BHYFC Under 15s vs Heybridge Swifts

Bergholt were again without a key player for this match, with Ollie Sanderson missing.  However Sam Clark was back at the centre of defence.   The match started evenly some play mainly in the centre of the pitch, however it was the visitors who took the lead when their striker was left unmarked at the far post to hit home after around 8 minutes.  Bergholt were struggling to get their passing game going and generally the final pass option seemed to be the wrong one, and were tending to stand off the visiting players a bit too much, allowing them time to pick their own passes.  With 10 minutes to go before half time Bergholt equalised when James Hirst powered his way through from the left of midfield to life his shot over the advancing ‘keeper and into the far corner for his first goal of the season.  HT 1-1.

The second half started more brightly for Bergholt and they began to get on top, with most of the early play taking place in the visitors half.  Against the run of play, it was Heybridge who took the lead again: a long ball over the top sent the striker away towards the area with the Bergholt central defender pressurising him away from a direct run through on goal.  However as they jostled each other for the ball, the Bergholt ‘keeper decided to come out and try to claim the loose ball and collided with the defender – leaving the striker to place the ball into the empty net.

Bergholt did not deserve to be behind and immediately took the game to Heybridge.  Within 5 minutes they equalised again when Luke got on the end of a lose bouncing ball on the edge of the area and managed to lob the ‘keeper first time with a right foot shot, the ball dropping into the back of the net. A superb instinctive finish.  Within a minute Bergholt almost took the lead when a misplaced clearance was picked up by Max who burst between the defenders and lifted the ball deftly over the ‘keeper – only this time the ball dropped agonisingly over the bar rather than into the net.

The remainder of the game was an open affair with both teams going for the win – which was finally taken by the visitors when their striker neatly turned Harry just outside the area and hit a first time shot into the roof of the net before Connor had time to really set himself in goal.

Final score: Bergholt Heath 2 – 3 Heybridge Swifts

Bergholt Heath man of the match: Max Booth – another all action midfield display

Next scheduled matches: Sunday 5th January 2014

  • Under 9 vs Rowhedge Juniors  KO 11am
  • Under 11 – No game
  • Stanway Rovers vs Under 15

Wishing all players,  parents and supporters of Bergholt Heath YFC a very Merry Christmas

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BHYFC Results 8th December and Fixtures 15th December

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 8th December

The Under 9’s are on their mid-season break until January.

BHYFC Under 11s vs Feering Falcons Reds

The morning did not get off to the best start with both Ben and Richard phoning in sick. It got even worse when Harvey turned up feeling unwell and then took a knock in the warm up for good measures.

This meant we had 8 and a half players to face Feering who we had succumbed to earlier in the season. Thankfully this was as bad as it got as the boys put in a terrific show. The passing and teamwork was far better today.

Straight from kick off we took the game to Falcons and numerous chances were had and missed in the first half. Ty got through twice one-on-one with the keeper but showed too much at the crucial moment.  Tom had a chance as did Fred and Alex.  One of the better ones came from Matt who whose shot passed the keeper but was kept out by the crossbar.

Finally the deadlock was broken when after a corner, Tom put home from 10 yards.  At the other end Nathan, Jonah and Jack kept the attackers at bay. Poor Harv was getting colder as time passed.

The second half was even better with the boys switching play about to move up field.  The second came from a brilliant surging run by Jack whose ball in found Ty to knock it into the net.  Tom got his second with a short range stab in to make it 3-0.

It was at this point we had to go down to 8 as Harv had to come off ill.  Tyler took his place between the sticks.  A man down but still the guys attacked and Tom finished his hat trick from another corner.  There was just time for Matt to knock in a fantastic shot into the top left corner after missing several chances to make the final score 5-0.

Well done boys a great effort considering the shortage of players.

MOM went to Tom not for his hat trick; but for going the whole of the second half without his laces coming undone.

Cornard Dynamos Blues vs BHYFC Under 15s

It was a hard fought draw today, but our boys could easily have taken all 3 points had we had better luck and finishing.

We got a perfect start when James headed on to Ben and he shrugged off a couple of defenders to get to the ball first and slot it under the keeper to put us in front.  Cornard drew level from a corner when their captain had a free header and powered it in.  They were dangerous from set pieces and after this we did get to grips with their movement and kept them at bay, but from open play Cornard didn’t create a clear chance in the first half.  We had a few efforts on goal, but hit them straight at the keeper or snatched at the shot and miscued it.  About 10 minutes before the break, Max put James through and his early shot was saved well by the keeper as he tipped it around the post.  Ollie took the corner and Jake made sure he won the header and scored from close in.  It was good to be in the lead at half time and feel confident, but we knew Cornard would be determined to turn it around in the second half.

They did attack with more purpose, but our defence (minus Sam Clark this week), were working well and reducing them to long wayward shots.  The only time they really worried us was from set pieces, with Connor tipping one shot onto the crossbar.  It was quite end-to-end and we got into some good positions in and around their area without finding the final shot.  Owen tried to find James, but could have had a shot himself and Jake failed to hit the target when 1-on-1 with the keeper.  As we were having the better of the possession I felt we could see the game out and maybe extend our lead, but a little lapse in concentration and miss control gifted possession to Cornard’s best player midway in our half.  He ran on and made space to fire right into the corner to level the scores.  We battled on though; and James, Ollie, Max and Luke all had shots that were again straight at the keeper and in the last 10 minutes we really pegged Cornard back in their half.

With around 5 minutes to go a ball into the Cornard area was clearly handled by one of their defenders, but the referee (who made some poor decisions for both sides) waved play on.  This spurred us on some more and we were all over them, eventually the chance came and Jake got clear and fired straight at the keeper again.  So it finished 2-2 which is a decent result away to last year’s champions, but after that last 15 minutes where we worked so hard it was a bit disappointing not to win. It is one of those games where me might look back and think, if only we had taken one of those chances.

Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’: Jamie Bowden – held the makeshift defence together with a determined display.

Next weeks fixtures – Sunday 15th December (last fixtures before Christmas)

  • Under 9 – No game (mid season break)
  • Under 11 vs Feering Falcon Blues,  KO 10am
  • Under 15 vs Heybridge Swifts,  KO 10.30am
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BHYFC Results 1st December and Fixtures 8th December

Bergholt Heath Youth Football ClubBergholt Heath YFC – Results 1st December

The Under 9’s are on their mid-season break until January

Stanway Villa Greens vs BHYFC Under 11s

Once again work got in the way of another Sunday for Pete the manager so the baton was handed to Ash.  Apparently the first half was a very even affair. The guys improved during the second period.  Perhaps it took the first half to warm up from the avoidable and unnecessary delay at the beginning of the game.

Just when the away fans thought they were not going to see the bag bulge a cross in found Jack who volleyed it in GOOOAAALLL!!!

Well done boys a good win and well done Ash who keeps up his 100% record.

MOM went to Jack for a great finish

BHYFC Under 15s Vs Halstead Town

In round 2 of the league cup the Under 15’s were up against Halstead, who were relegated from the A league at the end of last season. For a change, Bergholt, started brightly and in their first attack only a last ditch tackle prevented the home team taking the lead.  However from the resulting corner, Sam headed against the far post and the rebound fell nicely for him to knee the ball into the net to put Bergholt 1-0 up with only one minute on the clock.  Halstead tried to respond but most of the play was in the visitors half with their defence and ‘keeper over worked.

Most of the Bergholt attacks were either finding the keeper, who had an excellent half making at least half a dozen crucial saves, or were put out for corners. Chances came and went with James and Sam both heading over and Owen and Max having the ball saved at their feet by the ‘keeper. Mid way through the half Bergholt extended their lead when Ollie curled a free kick towards the top corner of the goal only for the ‘keeper to yet again get across and make a superb save touching the ball onto the junction of cross bar and post. The ball bounced out to the feet of Sam who gleefully put the ball back into the net for his second of the match.  Sam then scored his third – hat trick – goal by heading in from another corner.  HT: 3-0.

The second half saw a change of ‘keeper for the visitors, and it was only two minutes old when Owen made it 4-0 following up after his initial shot was cleared off the line.  Soon after, James scored his first, heading powerfully into the net when left unmarked from a corner.  He then followed this up by scoring his second when he chipped the out rushing ‘keeper after being put through by Ollie.  Max got on  the score sheet, finishing powerfully from a cut back by Ben, James completed his hat trick with a near post finish and Owen scored his second when left alone in the box to poke home from Jake’s cross.  In the last couple of minutes Leo scored 2 further goals – one set up by an unselfish Owen who passed to him rather than try to score his own hat trick, and then tapping in from almost on the line as James hit a low ball in from the left.

Final score: Bergholt Heath 11-0 Halstead Town.

Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’: James Holden

Next weeks fixtures Sunday 8th December:

  • Under 9 – No game
  • Under 11 vs Feering Falcon Reds,  KO 10am
  • Cornard Dynamo Blues vs Under 15