Hitchin Town Belles Under 13

Match Report 2007-2008

Sunday, 6^th January 2008

Enfield Town U13A 13 v 0 Hitchin Town Belles U13

Home Counties Girls Football League Cup; U13 Group B

Players: Ruby, Helen, Jasmine (Captain), Chloe, Sophia, Carmen, Abby, Kerry, Ellie (Goalie), Adrian

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Another visit to Enfield, another occasion where the Belles could not field a full team. This time we again had just 9 players from our squad, with Adrian joining in again to help us even things up a bit. Playing Enfield A was always going to be a tough match, and it certainly was made no easier by the lack of players.

A blow by blow description of this match might prove a little demotivating, so we will draw a veil over the performance - the summary is simply that we conceded 6 goals in the first half while not scoring any, and went one worse in the second half.

We must focus on the positives in these tough matches, and there were some very good performances all around the field;

Ruby worked hard in defence
Helen really found her feet joining in the defence in the second half
Jasmine worked all over field, a real Captain's performance, including taking over in goal for the second half
Chloe was strong as ever and anchored our defence on the right for much of the match
Sophia continues to look ever-stronger in the team
Carmen really showed in the second half how she can break away in attack, giving Enfield something to think about at least
Abby was as always a real terrier
Kerry is probably our strongest player in the centre of the field
Ellie made some good saves in goal in the first half, then came outfield in the second to show she can play a part there too
Adrian again showed that she can hold her own despite being younger and much smaller than anyone else on the pitch - we thank her again for volunteering to step in!

Report by John Davey