u9s celebrating a 5-2 win over Millmoor
Labels: u9
24 September 2007
A brace of braces for Yas
Dronfield away
A 4-1 win over Dronfield has the Crosspool girls back on winning form. Yaz score 4 this week, well done to her for decisive finishing.I think it was the team talk before the match that did it !
" and as for you, get up there and put the ball away"
Labels: u12s 11-a-side
15 September 2007
not the result we wanted
Crosspool vs Handsworth
Squad : Beccs, Tal, Cari, Lucy, Hannah, Sally, Ellie, Eleanor, Rebecca, Yas, Alaya, Kate.
The American football final is called the superbowl. The pitch at High Storrs is a bowl but it is certainly not ‘super’. As last year’s u13s will testify, it is far from ideal. Anyway, enough grumbling about that, onto the match.
There were 2 girls making their debut for Crosspool today, Rebecca and Sally, and the team haven’t played together in this format before. As you can see, I’m getting the excuses in first.
Handsworth started well and scored the first within 2 minutes. To be fair, most of the Crosspool girls were watching to see where Rebecca’s boot would land, as it had come off when she cleared the ball from the box.
Ian (who was reffing) had to have a word with a H player who pushed the ball back into play, even though she was a sub at the time !!. The next goal was a long shot into the box which Beccs had covered, but it bounced and went over her head. As Xpool were attacking, Yas thought the ball had gone out of play and picked it up to take a quick throw-in. unfortunately, the ball had just crossed the side-line of the keeper’s box and a free-kick was given. The next free-kick was for a H player who trapped the ball with both forearms across her chest, I totally understand why…but a free-kick was given. Handsworth earned themselves a corner and the 12th xpool player came into play, ‘she’ blocked the ball and prevented the cross…unfortunately a tree is not allowed to play and so the corner had to be taken again lol. Very soon H scored another goal, can’t tell you how, I was busy buying a raffle ticket…. that reminds me… who won?
Crosspool did show some of their skills, there a few runs of good passes, Lucy to Cari forward to Kate across the width of the pitch, Sally and Hannah were up and the H keeper had to make a save. A little later Tal put Yas through the H defence, but she was off-side. Ian blew his whistle and then the H supporters told him that she was off-side, quite loudly and pointlessly, since play had been stopped. Kate had some nice runs up the wing. Eleanor did her usual trick of pushing players wide until the ball went off the pitch and Ellie was clearing the line. Xpool had a shot which went wide, and they found a bit of confidence. Ian was having a difficult time, supporters trying to tell him his job, having to run up and down, eventually it all got too much for him and he lay down on the pitch for a kip. Well, ok, he fell over backwards and got a round of applause. Beccs made a fab save just before the end of the first half, she was running to the right to cover a ball when a shot went past her, it would have gone in but she stuck out a leg and pushed it wide. Going into half-time 4-0 was not really in the game plan, we wanted to see the girls working together and showing off more of their skill and talents, what ever was said had some effect as soon into the second half, Tal made a fab pass to put Alaya through the defensive line, she pushed the ball forward and ran after it, the H defenders looked like they were glued to the floor as she scampered pass them, just the goalie to beat….. and she kept her cool to slot the ball home HOORAY.
H scored 2 more. Then Alaya had another go at out running the opposition, she did the same thing, but unfortunately her shot went wide.
Rebecca scored on her debut for the club, there was a goal-mouth scuffle and the ball came back to Rebecca, who shot through the forest of legs past the unsighted keeper HOORAY again.
H scored 2 more and then the post match talking started……..
Squad : Beccs, Tal, Cari, Lucy, Hannah, Sally, Ellie, Eleanor, Rebecca, Yas, Alaya, Kate.
The American football final is called the superbowl. The pitch at High Storrs is a bowl but it is certainly not ‘super’. As last year’s u13s will testify, it is far from ideal. Anyway, enough grumbling about that, onto the match.
There were 2 girls making their debut for Crosspool today, Rebecca and Sally, and the team haven’t played together in this format before. As you can see, I’m getting the excuses in first.
Handsworth started well and scored the first within 2 minutes. To be fair, most of the Crosspool girls were watching to see where Rebecca’s boot would land, as it had come off when she cleared the ball from the box.
Ian (who was reffing) had to have a word with a H player who pushed the ball back into play, even though she was a sub at the time !!. The next goal was a long shot into the box which Beccs had covered, but it bounced and went over her head. As Xpool were attacking, Yas thought the ball had gone out of play and picked it up to take a quick throw-in. unfortunately, the ball had just crossed the side-line of the keeper’s box and a free-kick was given. The next free-kick was for a H player who trapped the ball with both forearms across her chest, I totally understand why…but a free-kick was given. Handsworth earned themselves a corner and the 12th xpool player came into play, ‘she’ blocked the ball and prevented the cross…unfortunately a tree is not allowed to play and so the corner had to be taken again lol. Very soon H scored another goal, can’t tell you how, I was busy buying a raffle ticket…. that reminds me… who won?
Crosspool did show some of their skills, there a few runs of good passes, Lucy to Cari forward to Kate across the width of the pitch, Sally and Hannah were up and the H keeper had to make a save. A little later Tal put Yas through the H defence, but she was off-side. Ian blew his whistle and then the H supporters told him that she was off-side, quite loudly and pointlessly, since play had been stopped. Kate had some nice runs up the wing. Eleanor did her usual trick of pushing players wide until the ball went off the pitch and Ellie was clearing the line. Xpool had a shot which went wide, and they found a bit of confidence. Ian was having a difficult time, supporters trying to tell him his job, having to run up and down, eventually it all got too much for him and he lay down on the pitch for a kip. Well, ok, he fell over backwards and got a round of applause. Beccs made a fab save just before the end of the first half, she was running to the right to cover a ball when a shot went past her, it would have gone in but she stuck out a leg and pushed it wide. Going into half-time 4-0 was not really in the game plan, we wanted to see the girls working together and showing off more of their skill and talents, what ever was said had some effect as soon into the second half, Tal made a fab pass to put Alaya through the defensive line, she pushed the ball forward and ran after it, the H defenders looked like they were glued to the floor as she scampered pass them, just the goalie to beat….. and she kept her cool to slot the ball home HOORAY.
H scored 2 more. Then Alaya had another go at out running the opposition, she did the same thing, but unfortunately her shot went wide.
Rebecca scored on her debut for the club, there was a goal-mouth scuffle and the ball came back to Rebecca, who shot through the forest of legs past the unsighted keeper HOORAY again.
H scored 2 more and then the post match talking started……..
Labels: u12 11-a-side
08 September 2007
Crosspool girls off to great start!
All the Crosspool girls teams made winning starts to the new season, except the U13s who, thanks to other teams poaching their players over the summer, had to take on Barnsley with a player less than a full complement. Here are the first week's results:
U9s: no fixture
U10s: beat Dronfield Town 10-0 away
U11s: beat Killamarsh Dynamos 6-0 at home
U12s (11-a-side): beat Wickersley Youth 3-1 away
U12s (7-a-side): beat Greenhill 2-1 away
U13s: lost to Barnsley 0-3 at home
U9s: no fixture
U10s: beat Dronfield Town 10-0 away
U11s: beat Killamarsh Dynamos 6-0 at home
U12s (11-a-side): beat Wickersley Youth 3-1 away
U12s (7-a-side): beat Greenhill 2-1 away
U13s: lost to Barnsley 0-3 at home
Great start for the Under 12s (11 a-side)
Despite being a player short, Crosspool beat a tough Wickersley side 3-1 today. Goals came from Lucy Sanderson (from a free kick) on her debut for the under 12s, Tal Hackett, and Jasmine Lunn (with a little help from a Wickersley player).
07 September 2007
Goalkeeper training for girls
In conjunction with Crosspool Juniors, top coach Leanne Hall will again be running goalie training at Goodwin Sports Centre on Tuesday evenings 6-7pm, from 2nd October for 6 weeks. The cost of the course will be £30, and it is open to all (not just girls, or Crosspool players). If you want to find out what goalkeeping is all about, or if you are already a goalkeeper and want to improve your skills, join this course and learn from the best! Contact Randal (Girls Under 10s manager), or get in touch with Leanne directly through her website, if you are interested.
Under 10s take on local rivals Hallam Rangers
Crosspool’s Girls Under 10s played their first football yesterday since winning the Leicester City Ladies tournament in July, taking on local rivals Hallam Rangers (albeit the Under 11s) in a pre-season friendly. As well as shaking off the summer cobwebs, this was a great chance for the new players to find out what it’s all about.
All in all, it was a very useful experience. Although both teams were obviously very rusty (that’s why you play pre-season matches, after all), a lot was learned and hopefully both teams will be better prepared for Saturday’s league fixtures as a result.
The first half was goal-less, and Crosspool took the lead early in the second half with a shot from Lucy, tapped in by Sam. A few minutes later, Hallam equalised with a decent shot and the score stayed that way until a minute or so from time, when an unfortunate own goal from a corner gave the result to Hallam, 2-1.
An unaccustomed defeat for the Crosspool girls, but hopefully a useful wake-up call in time for Saturday. After a very shaky start, Crosspool eventually managed to carry out some good passing moves going forward, switching the play from one side to the other reasonably effectively. It was sometimes difficult playing a team who are mostly a year older and quite a bit bigger, but the real problem for Crosspool was a failure defensively to pressure the other team in the middle of the field, giving them far too much time and space on the ball. We’ll be looking out for that on Saturday!
Player of the match for Crosspool was Laura, for some excellent defensive tackles. All three of the new players (Emmily, India, Eve) did well, showing good promise for the future.
The Crosspool team:
Greta Barber-Stones, Laura Ridal, Emmily Antcliffe, Ayesha Khan, India Thompson-Carr, Lucy Cousins, Eve Sharman, Sam Tierney, Ellie Bird, Alex Mair, Lucia Wood-Bonelli
All in all, it was a very useful experience. Although both teams were obviously very rusty (that’s why you play pre-season matches, after all), a lot was learned and hopefully both teams will be better prepared for Saturday’s league fixtures as a result.
The first half was goal-less, and Crosspool took the lead early in the second half with a shot from Lucy, tapped in by Sam. A few minutes later, Hallam equalised with a decent shot and the score stayed that way until a minute or so from time, when an unfortunate own goal from a corner gave the result to Hallam, 2-1.
An unaccustomed defeat for the Crosspool girls, but hopefully a useful wake-up call in time for Saturday. After a very shaky start, Crosspool eventually managed to carry out some good passing moves going forward, switching the play from one side to the other reasonably effectively. It was sometimes difficult playing a team who are mostly a year older and quite a bit bigger, but the real problem for Crosspool was a failure defensively to pressure the other team in the middle of the field, giving them far too much time and space on the ball. We’ll be looking out for that on Saturday!
Player of the match for Crosspool was Laura, for some excellent defensive tackles. All three of the new players (Emmily, India, Eve) did well, showing good promise for the future.
The Crosspool team:
Greta Barber-Stones, Laura Ridal, Emmily Antcliffe, Ayesha Khan, India Thompson-Carr, Lucy Cousins, Eve Sharman, Sam Tierney, Ellie Bird, Alex Mair, Lucia Wood-Bonelli