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Season 07/08 Fixtures

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Tables

(As of 16 Mar 08)

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Managers

Vixens: Karen O'Grady
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Belles: Nicky Cranmer

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Training Information

Saturday Morning 9am - 10.30am at Lakeside Meadows, Meadow Lane, Birstall 
Tuesday Evening 5pm-6.30pm at Lakeside Meadows, Meadow Lane, Birstall 

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Squad Members:

Vixens: Lucy Hayward, Bayley Kay, Stella Hale, Ella Wortley, Emily Carnen, Georgia Harris (Capt), 
Emily Gunn, Courtney Preston, Zoe Frearson, Sarah Olsen, Amy Collins

Belles: Alysha Patel, Helena Bolingbroke (Capt), Remi Bolton, Lilly Cranmer, Remi Sergeant, Renaise Carter,
Leah Scrimshire, Charlotte Boyall, Zoe Elson, Paula Wilmot
 

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Match Reports

Leicester City Foxes 2-1 Birstall United U 11’s Vixens (20 April 08)

Birstall United U 11’s Vixens for their final game of the season returned to a cold Judgemeadow to play Leicester City Foxes but came away defeated at 2-1.

As occurred when these two teams last week, play started at a fast pace with good moves from both sides.

Leicester were the first to make an attempt on goal but this was stopped by an energetic Birstall team. The ball then moved to the Leicester end with some fine footwork by Collins, Gunn, Wortley and Harris but the ball stayed out of the net.

Leicester then made a move and successfully kicked the ball past Birstall’s Hayward to score their first goal.

Not to be outdone Birstall ran for the goal with some fine passing between Collins, Gunn and Harris with Collins kicking the ball only for it to hit the woodwork.

Leicester again responded with a run for the goal but the ball was picked up by Birstall who made a fast run back up the pitch. Wortley kicked the ball towards the net and this rebounded off a Leicester player into their net.

With the score equal both teams had it all to play for however following this goal, Birstall seemed to lose a few seconds of concentration and Leicester quickly added their second goal.

In the second half both teams carried on at the same pace with some fine saves from both Birstall’s Hayward and the Leicester keeper preventing the score from changing.

Georgia Harris was awarded Birstall’s Player of the Match.

Birstall United U 11’s Vixens 1-1 Leicester City Foxes (13 Apr 08)

Birstall United U 11’s Vixens entertained Leicester City Foxes at home in the penultimate game of the season with an equally matched game that ended 1-1.

As is the norm between these two teams play commenced at an equally fast pace with attacking football from both sides.

Wortley made some good tackles for Birstall and backing her up, Preston, Gunn and Harris made some runs for the goal only to be thwarted by Leicester’s goal keeper.

Wortley made a run for the goal but again this just missed the mark, however Gunn soon opened the score line for Birstall with a cheeky kick past the Leicester goal keeper.

Leicester however kept up the pressure and Birstall were lucky not to concede a goal before half time.

The second half started with Birstall’s goal keeper Hayward making a fine save but the score line was soon to change with Leicester powering a goal deep into the net.

Ten minutes from time Birstall were awarded a free kick from the 10 yard line but this was deflected off the Leicester wall of players and the game continued with equal possession to the final whistle.

Hayward was awarded Birstall’s Player of the Match.
 

Asfordby Diamonds 1-6 U11’s Vixens 6-1 (6 Apr 08)

Birstall United under 11 Vixens played away against Asfordby Diamonds and came away winners with a 1 – 6 score.

Birstall’s Emily Gunn almost scored within the first minute but the ball just missed the right post.

However it was not long before Harris scored Birstall’s first.

Soon after, a free kick by Harris was converted into a fine goal by Gunn.

Asfordby made some good runs only for the ball to be stopped by Birstall’s keeper, Hayward.

Good play from Harris, Wortley, Gunn, Carnan and Preston kept the pressure on Asfordby and Birstall’s advantage was increased with another goal by Gunn, which was quickly followed by another goal as Gunn chipped it in from a fine corner by Carnan.

The second half started with a number of Birstall substitutions. Hale, Olsen and Frearson and Collins came on and showed a tenacious spirit.

A good corner from Harris was again converted by Gunn who scored her fourth goal.

Asfordby never gave up and were rewarded with a goal.

The game finished with Olsen scoring Birstall’s sixth goal.

Emily Gunn was named Birstall’s Player of the Match.
 

Birstall United U11’s  Vixens 1-0 Leicester City Vixens (16 Mar 08)

Birstall United under 11 Vixens returned to their winning ways with a hard fought 1 – 0 victory at home against close league rivals Leicester City Vixens.

The match started with both teams showing a lack of pace for the first ten minutes.

Thereafter Birstall started to show the upper hand with good strong play from Harris, Gunn, Preston and Hale with some attempts on goal.

The strong wind and rain did not deter either team from playing some fine football and both were equally matched at half time.

The second half started with Birstall attacking every effort by Leicester City who showed spirit and continued to harass Birstall’s keeper, Lucy Hayward, who made some fine saves.

Ten minutes in, Harris for Birstall kicked the ball for it to miss the net by a few inches. Soon after Birstall made a move and this was rewarded with a goal for Harris.

The remaining minutes was typical of play between these two sides with the ball moving rapidly between each half. However the final whistle blew with Birstall finishing deserved winners.

Lucy Hayward was named Birstall’s Player of the Match.
 

Birstall United U11’s Vixens 4-1 Asfordby Diamonds (24 Feb 08)

After a recent lapse in performance Birstall United under 11 Vixens showed renewed confidence with a 4 – 1 victory over Asfordby Diamonds.

The game started with the Vixens showing the upper hand and this was rewarded with the first goal coming off the boot of Stella Hale. This was quickly followed with her second.

Emily Gunn, helped by Courtney Preston, made a number of runs but was thwarted by the Asfordby goal keeper who throughout the game stopped many good attempts.

The game moved into Birstall’s half with Birstall’s Lucy Hayward making some fine saves however Asfordby were rewarded with a goal before the half time whistle.

The second half started with Birstall upping the tempo.

A free kick was awarded to Birstall just outside the box and a powerful kick from Georgia Harris set up Hale’s third goal and her first hat trick.

Frenetic play continued for the rest of the game, mostly in Asfordby’s half and excellent play from Birstall’s Ella Wortley, Amy Collins and Sarah Olson kept the pressure on Asfordby.

Birstall’s final goal was scored by Emily Gunn after a number of strong attempts.

Emily Gunn was awarded Birstall’s Player of the Match.

 

Birstall United U11’s Vixens 3-4 Rugby Town 17/02/08

Rugby Town returned to Birstall United under 11 Vixens and went home with a 3-4 victory.
The game started with good play from both sides however it was Birstall that opened the score sheet with a powerful goal from Harris.

Not to be outdone Rugby soon equalised with a fine run from the centreline. Birstall’s Emily Gunn soon added a second.

Rugby showed tenacity and equalled the score soon after, with a third taking them to a leading score at the half time whistle.

Birstall returned to the pitch and showed more spirit with good play from Carnan, Preston, Wortley and Kay. This was rewarded with a fine second goal from Birstall’s Emily Gunn.

With the score at 3-3 both teams had it all to play for but it was Rugby who were playing the better football and scored the deciding final goal for victory.

Rugby showed a great improvement over the last encounter between the two teams.
Ella Wortley was awarded Birstall’s Player of the Match.
 

Birstall United U 11 Vixens 2-2 Oadby & Wigston Bullets (10 Feb 08)

Birstall United Under 11’s Vixens played Oadby & Wigston Bullets in a game of two halves with the eventual scoring being 2-2.

Birstall started stronger with a number of attempts on goal from Harris and Preston.

Wortley passed the ball to Harris with the ball rebounding off the Oadby keeper only for Harris to kick the ball past the keeper at the second attempt.

Soon after Wortley passed another fine ball to Harris resulting in her second goal.

Both teams continued to the half time whistle playing good passing football with Oadby’s keeper stopping a strong ball from Birstall’s Carnan.

The second half started with good play from both teams however it was Oadby that showed the upper hand with them scoring their first goal.

Birstall’s keeper, Haywood, made some good saves however it was a penalty awarded against Birstall that finally equalled the score.

Both teams showed tenacity and enjoyed a fast flowing game.

Courtney Preston was awarded Birstall’s Player of the Match.
 

Birstall United Under 11 Belles 2-9 Birstall United under 11 Vixens
County Cup First Round

The County Cup competition started with the unfortunate pairing of both Birstall United under U11’s teams. At the final whistle the Vixens had beaten the Belles with a strong 2-9 score line.

Both teams started well with attempts on both goals however it was Emily Gunn for the Vixens who scored first following good passing from Harris and Wortley.

Emily Gunn soon added to her tally lightly chipping in the ball.

An own goal by the Belles added to their misery.

Not to be outdone the Belles Beth Johnson scored a fine goal highlighting her fine play throughout the match.

The first half continued with Harris and Wortley both scoring a goal for the Vixens.

The second half started with Harris quickly scoring a further goal.

Both Renaise Carter and Beth Johnson continued to play good football for the Belles and Carter was rewarded with a goal.

The final ten minutes of the game added further goals for the Vixens from Hale, Wortley and Gunn.

The final score underlined the strength of the Vixens however good playing by the Belles helped to keep the score line down.

Emily Gunn was named the Vixens Player of the Match.

Leicester Vixens 1-7 Vixens (27 Jan 08)

Birstall United Vixens Under 11’s returned to Judgemeadow to play Leicester City Vixens and suffered their worst defeat finishing the game 7-1.

The game started with Emily Gunn of Birstall making an attempt on goal within the first 30 seconds.
Both teams played attacking football for the first 15 minutes with Birstall making the most attempts on goal. However the Leicester goalkeeper played well stopping all attempts.

Leicester started their goal run with the ball slipping through Hayward’s fingers and rolling across the goal ready for Leicester to slip it into the net. This was followed by a penalty for hand ball against Birstall however Leicester missed this chance. An identical goal to the first followed soon after.

The second half started with Birstall’s Harris scoring a goal giving hope that Birstall could redress the balance however it was not to be. A further five goals showed that on the day Leicester played the better football.

Amy Collins was awarded Birstall’s Player of the Match.
 

Vixens U11 1-6 Rugby Town FC (9 Dec 07)

Birstall United Vixens under 11’s returned to Rugby Town and scored an emphatic 6-1 victory.

The first half started with some attacking football from both sides but it was Harris for Birstall who scored the first goal with Gunn setting up Harris’ second soon after.

The second half started with Gunn quickly adding a third and fourth for Birstall.

Rugby didn’t give up and continued to harass Birstall’s keeper Hayward who made a number of good saves. However Rugby finally managed to get a ball past her.

Hale was brought on for Birstall and quickly rewarded the team with two fine goals.

Birstall’s Wortley, Carnen and Collins played some fine football with Carnen being named Birstall’s Player of the Match.

 

Oadby & Wigston Bullets 3-3 Vixens Under 11s (25 Nov 07)

Birstall United U11 Vixens returned to Oadby & Wigston with both teams securing a point each with a 3-3 draw.
Some fine attempts on goal by both sides was finished off with Oadby & Wigston’s first goal. This was quickly equaled by Harris for Birstall. The game continued with the ball moving to both ends but it was Oadby who went into the lead at the half time whistle.

The second half started off with Birstall’s Harris, Gunn, Wortley and Carnen playing good attacking football with Harris scoring her second. This was quickly followed by Oadby & Wigston’s third.

The game continued at a frenetic pace with Gunn scoring Birstall’s equalizer just minutes from the final whistle.

Emily Gunn was named Birstall’s Player of the Match.

Vixens U11’s 7-0 Asfordby Gems (11 Nov 07)

Following a 3 week break Birstall United under 11’s Vixens returned to their winning ways with a 7-0 win over Asfordby gems.

Before the match a two minute silence was held in honour of Remembrance Sunday.
The match started with the usual pace with a number of attempts on goal from both teams.
Birstall’s first goal was scored by Georgia Harris with a second following a minute later high into the net.
The momentum was kept up with Emily Gunn scoring the third and Harris scoring her third just before the whistle.

Soon into the second half a free kick was awarded to Birstall with Harris adding a fourth goal to her tally.
Asfordby didn’t give up and continued to play attacking football making some good attempts on the goal, however following some frantic goalmouth action Sarah Olson scored Birstall’s sixth with Stella Hale adding a seventh a few minutes later.

Amy Collins was awarded Birstall Player of the Match.
 

Weddington Thistle 2 - 1 Birstall United Belles (4 Nov 07)

Birstall United Belle's recent turn of form was halted by a more physical Weddington side when the two sides met.

The Belles were able to put aside the last meetings scoreline and started off strong with Beth Johnson And Renaise Carter again causing problems in the midfield and testing the Weddington goalkeeper on several occasions.

Birstall should have took the lead in the first half when creative play on the left by Carter allowed her to cross the ball and beat the flat defence to find Zoe Elson unmarked at the far post but her shot somehow was kept out and the subsequent ping pong of shots eventually see the ball collected by a grateful Thistle's keeper.
Johnson then had an effort from far beating the keeper but saw the ball go agonisingly wide, the half ended goalless and Weddington knew they had to up the game if they were to beat the resilient Belles.

The second half saw the home team change goalkeepers to allow the previous keeper to launch the long ball that the home team resorted to, it was from such a ball that they scored there first goal and took a lead against the run of play.

Belles almost immediately drew level with a scorching run through the middle from Johnson who laid the ball of the Carter to slot home and silence the home crowd.

The game then became a battle of strength which unfortunately Belles lost with several strong challenges leaving Belles players on the floor with strangely no free kicks and baiting from the side line the Belles, in there first season were distracted and Weddington were able to grab a goal to regain the lead.

The home team then put all their players behind the ball and rode out the rest of the game with the Belles desperately unlucky not to get at least a point out of the game.

Player of the match was Helena Bolingbroke for Birstall who came off the pitch battered and bruised from the unpunished challenges as she stood up to the Weddington attack with dignity and composure.

Birstall may have lost this game but they came aware with their pride intact having not reverted to the level of the hosts and continued to play football as it should be at this age group.
 

Birstall United U 11 Vixens 4-0 Oadby & Wigston Bullets (14 Oct 07)

Birstall United U 11 Vixens returned to their winning ways with a 4-0 win over Oadby & Wigston Bullets.
The match started with equal pace from both teams with the ball swapping ends at regular intervals.
Seven minutes in and following a cross by Harris, Gunn for Birstall planted the ball firmly in the back of the net.

Oadby & Wigston continued to offer stiff competition but it was Harris who managed to slip the ball between the keeper’s legs for Birstall’s second.

This was quickly followed by Gunn adding a third to Birstall tally.

The second half started with both teams sharing possession however it was Harris who added the fourth for Birstall with a powerful kick from 15 metres missing the fingers of Oadby’s keeper.

Birstall’s new player Amy Collins made a good start with a sterling effort in midfield with Birstall’s Player of the Match going to Emily Carnan.
 

Leicester City Vixens 2 - 1 Birstall United U 11's Vixens (7 Oct 07)

Birstall arrived at Judgemeadow hoping to stretch their unbeaten run but it was not to be. Leicester won 2 - 1 with, on the day, better football.

The first half started with Leicester showing greater potential and this was duly rewarded by their first goal with a run from the centre line. Leicester quickly capitalised on this with their second goal.
Birstall seemed not to have the energy shown in previous matches however Gunn finally scored a goal for Birstall.

The second half started better for Birstall with much of the ball possession however despite a valiant header by Gunn which went over the net and some good play from Preston, Carnan and Birstall's Player of the Match, Harris, no further goals were scored by either team.

 

Birstall United Vixens 4 -1 Leicester City Ladies Foxes (30 Sep 07)

Birstall United under 11's Vixens secured their fourth straight win of the season with a dramatic win over Leicester City Foxes.

The first half started with the Foxes scoring a quick goal from a free kick.

Frenetic play followed with some good ball work by both teams however it was Gunn for Birstall that managed to level the score. This was quickly followed a minute later with Harris adding to Birstall's tally.

The second half started with equal speed however Leicester could not keep up with Birstall's pace with Harris scoring a further superb goal from the far side. This again was quickly followed by Gunn running from the centre and pounding the back of the net.

Leicester played good football but good midfield work by Birstall's new player Sarah Olson and some excellent saves from Birstall's Player of the Match Lucy Hayward kept them from scoring any more goals.
 

Hinckley United 1 - 2 Birstall United Belles (30 Sep 07)

Birstall United Belles notched up their second win of the season with an excellent display away against a more Physical Hinckley United team who took the lead but lost out to strikes from Renaise Carter and new girl Beth Johnson.

The score was equal at half time with both teams unable to find the goal despite good possession and and attempts at goal.

The second half saw Hinckley take the advantage and attempt to defend the slender lead But Birstall had other ideas, they stepped up a gear and in the last quarter Carter lost the 4 players assigned to mark her and found the back of the net to level the score and player of the match Johnson started Her goal tally for the Belles to deservedly take all 3 points.
 

Asfordby Amateurs Gems 0 - 7 Birstall United Vixens (16 Sep 07)

Birstall United Vixens under 11’s played Asfordby Amateurs Gems at Asfordby and came away with an emphatic 7 – 0 win.

As usual Birstall started strongly with attempts on goal by Harris, Carnan and Preston with Carnan getting the first goal. This was quickly followed by a run from the centre line by Harris finishing with a fine goal. Ella Wortley finished the first half with Birstall’s third.

Asfordby showed enthusiasm and made a number of good attempts only for Hayward to hold the ball.

The second half started with flowing football from Emily Gunn and Harris. Gunn scored two quick goals with the fifth just creeping into the net.

Stella Hale was brought on and quickly rewarded the team with two further fine goals. Although the score line doesn’t reflect it Asfordby played with determination. Birstall’s Player of the Match went to Bayley Kay for her work in defence.



Allexton New parks Aces 1 - 2 Birstall United Belles (16 Sep 07)

Birstall Belles got their league account up and running when they travelled to Allexton Aces and took all 3 points.

The home team started stronger and deservedly took the lead in the first half before Birstall were in the game and took the advantage into the second half.
Belles then started to establish some dominance with player of the match Helena Bolingbroke outstanding as captain.

The equaliser came somewhat fortunate for Birstall when Alysha Patel deflected a shot off an Aces defender to find the back of the net but it was no more than the Belles deserved.

Renaise Carter grabbed victory for Birstall when a rasping free kick beat the keeper and powered into the top corner of the goal to give the Belles a hard fought but deserved win.
 

Birstall United Vixens 2 -0 Asfordby Amateurs Diamonds (9 Sep 07)
Birstall United Vixens Under 11's team played their first home game on their new home pitch at Meadow Lane against Asfordby Diamonds.
The first half started with eager play from both teams with the game quickly developing with some rapid passing of the ball by both teams. Courtney Preston and Ella Wortley for Birstall made some quick moves with attempts on goal however good saves by the Asfordby keeper managed to ensure the ball stayed out of the net.
Georgia Harris for Birstall then had a strong shot only for the ball to hit the crossbar.
This was soon followed by Asfordby only just missing the goal again with the ball hitting the top corner of the crossbar.
Towards the end of the first half a pass by Emily Gunn enabled Harris to head the ball past the Asfordby keeper into the net.
The second half started with equally quick football from both teams however it was Birstall with some good passing by Emily Carnan, Preston and Harris that allowed Gunn to score Birstall’s second goal.
Asfordby didn’t give up and it was only through some good saves by Lucy Hayward that Birstall kept the score at 2 – 0 with Wortley being named Birstall’s Player of the Match.


Birstall United Belles 1 - 7 Weddington Thistle (9 Sep 07)
Birstall United Belles played their first ever competitive match and were on the wrong end of a 7-1 scoreline.
The encounter started well for the Belles with player of the match Renaise Carter making some intelligent and strong runs in the midfield and narrowly missing the goal on several occasions.
Paula Wilmot in defence stood up to the Weddington attack well and Jodie Rushton showed some neat skills down the wing.
However, Weddington's experience soon started to show and they were able to take advantage of the possession football that they were playing and soon the Belles were 4 goals down.
Remi Sergeant in goal could do little about the goals and with some fine saves was able to keep the scoreline down.
Carter got her reward with another strong run from midfield taking the ball to the right and releasing a powerful shot which found the bottom corner of the Weddington goal. This seemed to give Birstall some hope and they continued to improve throughout the game only to be hit with another 3 goals to give a rather flattering scoreline in the end which did not reflect the effort of the Belles as a whole.
 

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