SOCCER MOM & Tony's Soccer School Top The League.
Mothers Day fun on the Orihuela Costa, Spain following St Patrick's Day was a joy to watch, which see Tony's Soccer School play the mum's of the players in which was the biggest and busiest Mother's Day at the Club ever.
Over 50 people participated in a very exciting game that see the final score end 5-5 following goals from soccer mom Claire Naylor, Nicola Pickford, Angel Ruiz, and Super Gran, Carole Dawson. A great fun day was had by all of the soccer mom, which is a yearly event and has a festival community feel to it, which is part of what makes Tony' Soccer School so successful
Redovan A 0 V 8 Mil Palmeras u7's
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Tony's Soccer School extend there lead at the top of the league following this fantastic win. Passing quality triangle style football was on display early on, with Henry Long grabbing 2 goals following good wing play. Orlando Breeze had very little to do in goal although in the second half scored to increase his Tally. Redovan are well documented for producing quality football teams, but they were put to the sword by a system put in place at Tony's Soccer School, to produce players of high quality from a young age. Niomi Sheffield now a permanent figure in an ever improving team looks to have improved massively under head coach Tony Pickford. Taylor Hirst scored late on following great work from David Milton Stamm, who was the complete all round player for the team today. Player of the match was the whole team including young Kevin Ruiz who is a shining star waiting to be lit. Top of the table is a possibility following some fantastic displays of late. Well done and thank you for the great support.
Mil Palmeras u10's 5 v 0 Pilar De La Horadada.
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Mil Palmeras go second in the league. Lots of pressure from the start again saw Mil Palmeras take an early lead with Luke Naylor scoring twice in the first 10 minutes . While Mil Palmeras had more possession and created plenty of chances it was difficult to put the ball in the net. Oliver Godden and Bailey Tomlinson dealt with Pilar's attacks leaving goalkeeper Joe Justice to mop up the few shoots they had . Second half was more controlled with some nice passing leading to Bailey Tomlinson finding the back of the net. Ben Naylor then got brought down in the penalty area and slotted the ball in from the spot. Luca Webb got on the end of a pass to score in the last minutes of the match .Goal assists from Ben Naylor 3, Morgan Earl 1, and Player of the Match for Luca Webb. Well Done ...
Redovan B 1 v 5 Mil Palmeras A u12's
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A slow start as the back line got used to the Narrow Pitch, allowed the home team Redovan to Nip in and score to take an early lead. Manager John Halliday, taking the team for the first time, made a tactical change, Mil Palmeras responded well, Lewis Long,
Jamie Macdonald and Sam Halliday playing some good one touch football creating space and allowing Player of the Match Rico Finnas to score two of his tally of four in the first half, to allow the away side a slender lead at half time. Into the second half and strong pressure down the left flank by the home team was well and truly rebuffed by George Johnson and Jake Scott. Redovan, restricted to shots from outside the box, had a chance with a well struck strike, but Lucy Daly diving across to her right parried the ball with strong hands beyond the post. Reacting to the save that kept them in the Lead, Rico Finnas nipped in to score his 3rd, and Kai Pickford was rewarded for his hard work against a strong tackling defence with a well taken goal to give the team a commanding lead. However a harsh decision by the Referee, giving Redovan a penalty, after a challenge in the Box, made for a few tense Moments.
Lucy, steely eyed, saved the penalty, the ball rebounded out to the taker he shot again but Lucy reacted just as fast and made a second fantastic save, much to the delight of the team, away fans and bench. That was it, with only minutes remaining Rico Finnas put the result beyond doubt with his 4th goal the teams 5th. After the match a proud Manager John thanked all the players for an outstanding performance.
Rojales 2 v 8 Mil Palmeras u8's.
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Back to winning ways for the Mil Palmeras 2004 A's, but were made to work for the win, especially in the first half as it seemed that the St Patricks day celebrations had started a day early as Mil Palmeras started a little slow.
Mil Palmeras took the lead through Diego Sheffield and AJ added a second, the home side pulled one back and then dominated until half time. The introduction of Alfred Emmett on the left proved dividends as he scored a third and a fourth before the home side pulled another goal back but Mil Palmeras made sure of this nervous win with AJ scoring a further 4 goals. Full credit to the players for pulling this one back, some great passing by Alfred and good defending by Tiandra Anderson and Paulo Webb with the Rock Ben Naylor cleaning up behind and William Clayton standing strong at the front. Well done to all and the parents for there support.
Rojales A 1 v 0 Mil Palmeras U8's B
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Pre-Benjamin's lost this morning 1-0 to Rojales A but what a match. The effort put in by all players was outstanding. Diego Sheffield and Jed Cambell at the back were strong and determined and with Joe Justice and Enrique's energy Rojales were hustled off the ball, time and again and never got a clear shot. Alfred stopped there long range effort and Ryan Hughes and Jorge Campbell, got stuck in to there midfield. Second half was more of the same with us getting few more breaks but never quite getting a clean shot. Diego charged there forwards down when they threatened but just before the end Rojales got there goal after the ball went in off our player. A titanic battle for both sides well done to all players. Player of the match went to Jed Campbell and Enrique.
Mil Palmeras B U12's 2 v 9 Pilar De La Horadada A
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The B team more than held there own in the first quarter of the first half, but a corner gave Pilar the lead. From there on in it was a battle to stay in the match, and battle they did, with sterling performances at the back from the ever improving Cai Harding, Emily Kelly... with tough tackling and George Johnson, controlled and hard to beat. Paige Pickford slotted in at left midfield combining her excellent defencive duties with sorties forward. Connor Hirst and player of the Match Rhys Gill were a Constant threat from the right with Rhys unlucky not to get on the score sheet. TJ ran his socks of to get a goal coming close 3 times, with one shot hitting the post. Lucy, having made a number of excellent saves, dropped two lovely long range passes into the path of Sam Halliday who caught the Pilar defence napping twice to bag himself two well taken goals.
Richie and manager Alan Daly were proud of the commitment and determination of the Players, to stay in the match and for being a Constant Threat in front of Goal.
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Mil Palmeras Infantils u14's No game, San Miguel could not field team.