Under 10 falcons hosted local rivals Aycliffe Juniors on a cold January morning. After a two week break for Xmas I was hoping the lads would start as we finished before Xmas with a win.
We were put on the back foot inside the first minute as Juniors went in front with their first attack of the game. It took us 5 minutes to get a grip of the game, but once we did we started passing the ball around and creating chances with Juniors keeper making a string of good saves.
Eventually we drew level through Liam Horner. We added a second through Tom Jasper just before half time to lead 2-1. The Second half was an even contest with both teams creating chances. Some solid goalkeeping from Zack Cooke and great defending from Joe Lowery, Alfie Nichol-Brown and Jack Gray kept Juniors at bay.
We were still very dangerous on the attack and used our wings well. We added a third goal late on to kill the game off through Liam Horner. MoM Alfie Nichol-Brown, was solid in defence and was quick to get us on the front foot.
A good performance on the day by all, and a hard fought threee points. We move up to 4th in the table with a tough away fixture next week to third in the table Mount Pleasant. Just a quick word on the return of Dylan Redpath who has been out with a serious illness and came on towards the end. Glad to have you back!