Category: BHYFC Football

The Under 14’s play their delayed first round of the league cup, away to Cornard Dynamos Reds.

The Under 15’s are away to Wivenhoe Youth, in the A League.

Away to Little Oakley Blues in round One of the League Cup.

We travelled to Little Oakley in increasingly thick fog and couldn’t even see the pitch from the car park!

The game started well for us and we had a flurry of early corners although we never really looked like scoring from them. Mid way through the half some good play between the Sabini brothers resulted in Antonio setting Gianni clear on goal and he rounded the keeper and slotted the ball into the net with his left foot. We had some further chances but failed to put them away, whilst at the other end our defending was not as good as normal and there was some panicky clearances and three good saves by James in goal. A few minutes before half time the referee awarded a free kick to Little Oakley just outside the box. The ball was hit hard and found its way through a crowd of players and into the net for their equaliser.

The second half continued in the same way and the later parts of the first half with the boys looking out of sorts compared to normal. James made another couple of good saves before a quick break from Little Oakley saw a shot hit the post before another player knocked in the rebound. The boys found the Little Oakley keeper was as good as James and just couldn’t find a way past him, whilst at the other end our defence was looking increasingly exposed as we pushed for an equaliser – with James keeping us in the game.

The Final whistle came and the boys came off the pitch very dejected having not been at their best today against a very determined Little Oakley team. Both goalkeepers won their teams ‘Man of the Match’ awards which tells the story of an end-to-end game.

Final result: Little Oakley Blues 2 – 1 Bergholt Heath

Man of the Match: James Holden

Team: J Holden; M James, J Bowden, J Hirst (L Bloomfield), H Dixon (A Marley), A Sabini, G Sabini

Next match Sunday 19th October at home to Marks Tey on the Poors Field, kick off 10am

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Three of our four teams will be in action this coming Sunday. The Under 10s and Under 15s are both playing in the first round of the Colchester and District League Cup, and the Under 13s have a league match.  The Under 14s do not have a match this weekend.  Both the Under 13s and the Under 14s received a bye in the first round of the cup and will enter the competition in round two early in November.  This weekends fixtures:

• Under 10s – away to Little Oakley Blues in the cup
• Under 13s – away to Team Player Youth in the ‘C’ league
• Under 15s – away to AFC Sudbury in the cup.

Under 10 Match Report (by Victoria)

Well, the weather wasn’t exactly perfect today. What I am saying is that it was absolutely awful. There wasn’t a dry period in the match and the ground was squelching with mud. This didn’t hinder the boy’s enthusiasm though and they got to the ground full of spirit as always.

We scored after about eight minutes, after three attempts – all by different players – Aaron eventually finished a chance and the ball was in the back of the net. This was followed by a flurry of shots by the opposition, but our defenders and goalie managed to keep the score at 1-0. Matthew (our goalie) made a spectacular save, tipping the ball over the top of the bar from a free kick. The score remained the same at half time.

Three changes were made at the start of the second half with Jamie, James and Gianni coming on for Luke, Harry and Jake (Luke and Jake both came back on later in the half). After holding our lead comfortably, we conceded our first goal of the season after a wicked deflection wrong- footed Matthew in goal. We soon got back on top, when Antonio made a sprint down the pitch, held off the defender and shot from just inside the box to restore our lead. Both teams were playing well in the conditions and then in the last minute an unlucky mistake by a Sudbury player meant that they scored an own goal and we were 3-1 up. The game ended like this, and we were finally able to get out of the horrid rain, and into the dryness of the car.

Final result: Sudbury AFC 1 – 3 Bergholt Heath U10

Man of the match: Antonio Sabini

Team: M James; H Dixon (J Holden), J Hirst (L Bloomfield), J Adams (G Sabini), A Sabini, L Bloomfield (J Bowden), A Marley (J Adams)

Next match Sunday 12th October away to Little Oakley Blues in Round One of the Colchester and District League Cup.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

All four of our teams are in action, three in the league and one – the under 15s – in the Essex County Rosser Cup. Three of the teams are at home, so please feel free to come along and support one or more of the teams!

• Under 10s are away to AFC Sudbury
• Under 13s are at home to Frinton & Walton Reds – Poors Field, kick off 10.30am
• Under 14s are at home to Great Bradfords, also on the Poors Field, kick off 12 noon
• Under 15s are also at home, in the first round of the Essex County Rosser Cup against Royal Falcons. This is at the Lorkin Daniell Field (Orpen Hall), kick off 10.30am.

Under 10’s Match Report

The 9-0 result looks a little one sided, but the main damage was done in the first half when the boys passed the ball brilliantly and made scoring look easy against a team that looked a little shell-shocked!   7-0 up at half time courtesy of the Sabini twins. Antonio scored a hat trick including 2 in the first 3 minutes (one from the half way line), and Gianni added a 4th before the others started getting in on the act.  Aaron added one at the near post from a corner and two superb shots from Luke on the left finished off the half.

The second half eased off a little with our passing, which had cut Earls Colne open time again in the first half, drying up a little – maybe the boys all thought they could score from the halfway line! Another from Luke and a deflected own goal (from Luke’s shot), were the sum of the second half scoring. At the other end our goalkeeper had a couple of saves to make including one from a header, but apart from a few corners the whole match was played out in the Earls Colne half. As last week, the oppositions man of the match was their goalkeeper who was responsible for stopping the final score resembling rugby or cricket!

Final score: Bergholt Heath 9 – 0 Earls Colne

Goals: A Sabini x 3, G Sabini, L Bloomfield x 3, A Marley, O.G.

Man of the Match: Antonio Sabini

Team: J Bowden (A Sabini); J Holden, H Dixon, J Adams (G Sabini), G Sabini (A Marley), A Sabini (J Adams), L Bloomfield (J Bowden)

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The first match of our new league season kicked off at 10am on a sunny and warm morning – summer had arrived at last!

The teams looked quite evenly matched in the first half, although the Brooklands keeper, who had more to do, was on top form and pulled off a couple of good saves and also showed good awareness and bravery. When we finally did beat him, a defender had sense to cover back and head off the line! Brooklands had their moments too, and James Holden had to be alert in the Bergholt goal to sweep up with some good kicked clearances both inside and outside his box. It was equal at half time with both teams having some good shots and some hasty clearances off the line.

James Hirst and Luke Bloomfield were introduced at the start of the second half and this seemed to perk up our attacking options. James went just wide with a neat turn and shot and Luke was causing the Brooklands defence problems with his close control, but still their keeper looked comfortable and was blocking all goal-bound efforts. At the other end the Bergholt defence looked more and more comfortable as the game wore on. With around 5 minutes of the match remaining and just when it looked like the game would end 0-0, Gianni Sabini swung in a corner from the left and Luke Bloomfield reacted quickly at the near post to touch the ball into the net. Despite a concerted effort by Brooklands to get back on terms in the last few minutes, our goal was rarely troubled thanks to some sensible defending with all the boys doing their bit to close down the
opposition.

Final result: Brooklands 0 – 1 Bergholt Heath U10

Man of the match: Luke Bloomfield (and the Brooklands goalkeeper!)

Team: J Holden; M James, J Bowden, H Dixon (J Hirst), A Sabini, G Sabini, A Marley (L Bloomfield)

Next match Sunday 28th September at home to Earls Colne (Poors field, 10am)

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net