Under 15's

...Duas tantum res anxious optat.

Only two things does he anxiously wish for -
Bread and the BIG MATCH

 

RSaturday 22 september 2007 DINGLE VILLA 2 ; MOSSLEY HILL 0 DESPITE A HARD WORKING ATTEMPT, MOSSLEY WENT DOWN TO A GOAL IN EITHER HALF. SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2007 MOSSLEY HILL 4 : BRONTE 1 AN EXCELLENT TEAM PERFORMANCE WITH SO MANY EXCELLENT INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES. NOT EVEN A LATE GOAL FROM BRONTE COULD TAKE THE GLOSS OFF WHAT WAS THE BEST DISPLAY FOR A LONG TIME. GOALS BY CURTIS (PEN), AVI (2), AND LEWIS WITH THE BEST OF THE GAME - A HUGE WELL DONE ! SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER 2007 MOSSLEY HILL 0 ST MICHAELS 7 OH DEAR !, AFTER THE EUPHORIA OF LAST WEEKS TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE, MOSSLEY CAME BACK TO EARTH WITH A BUMP. 3-0 DOWN AT HALF TIME, AN INJURY DURING THE GAME TO THE REGULAR KEEPER DIDNT HELP, PLUS SOME POOR DEFENDING, AND A ROBUST CENTRE FORWARD WHO BAGGED FOUR GOALS - THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER ! SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER 2007 MOSSLEY HILL 0 REAL SANTOS 2 ANOTHER DEFEAT WITH TWO GOALS CONCEDED IN THE SECOND HALF OF AN EVENLY BALANCED GAME. THE FIRST WAS HEADED OFF THE LINE BY GREEN FOLLOWING A CORNER, BUT THE REFEREE WAS WELL PLACED TO DECIDE IT HAD CROSSED THE LINE. THE SECOND WAS A QUICK COUNTER-ATTACK AFTER A MOSSLEY ATTACK. SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 2007 DINGLE EXCEL 0 MOSSLEY HILL 3 BACK TO BASICS LED TO SOME SUPERB PASSING FOOTBALL ON A CRISP DAMP MORNING. MOSSLEY LED 1-0 AT THE INTERVAL THANKS TO AN ALI TURN AND SHOT FROM JUST INSIDE THE BOX. UNSWORTH THEN SCORED TO CAP A FINE FORWARDS DISPLAY BY HIM, AND THE RETURNING HALL FINISHED IT OFF WITH A CRISP DRIVE, AGAIN FOLLoWING A GOOD PASSING MOVE. SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2007 MOSSLEY HILL 8 DINGLE EXCEL 1 A SUPERB TEAM PERFORMANCE WITH CRISP PASSING FOOTBALL RIGHT THROUGH THE TEAM, FROM THE BACK RIGHT THROUGH TO THE FORWARDS. MOSSLEY WERE 5-0 UP AT HALF TIME. GOALSCORERS WERE SAMO GRABBING A HAT TRICK, LEWIS GRABBED TWO, HALL, CURTIS AND FINALLY ISAAC BEFORE A LATE CONSOLATION FOR THE OPPOSITION. WELL DONE LADS, AND THE TEAM SPIRIT WAS ALSO SUPERB. SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2007 GREEN PARK RANGERS 5 MOSSLEY HILL 3 AN ENTERTAINING GAME SAW MOSSLEY HILL LEADING 1-0 UP TO JUST BEFORE HALF TIME. tHE OPPONENTS THEN LED 2-1, AND 3-2, BEFORE THREE GOALS IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES SAW MOSSLEY LOSE 5-3. GOALSCORERS WERE LEWIS, UNSWORTH, AND AVI. SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2007 MOSSLEY HIL 0 DINGLE VILLA 1 a SINGLE GOAL HALF WAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF SETTLED THIS SCRAPPY GAME. MOSSLEY, HUFFED AND PUFFED, BUT LACKED A CUTTING EDGE UP FRONT AGAINST RESOLUTE DINGLE DEFENDERS. Saturday 15 DECEMBER 2007 MOSSPIT WANDERERS 1 MOSSLEY HILL 3 GOALS FROM SAMMO, AN OWN GOAL AND AVI PUT MOSSLEY 3-0 UP BEFORE A FLURRY OF SUBSTITUTIONS ALTERED THE BALANCE OF THE tEAM AND MOSSPITS GAINED A CONSOLATION GOAL. SATURDAY 5 JANUARY 2008 GREEN PARK RANGERS 1 MOSSLEY HILL 3 A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE TO START THE NEW YEAR. GOALS FROM LEWIS, AND ISAAC PUTTING MOSSLEY 2-0 UP BEFORE A CONSOLATION GOAL BROUGHT IT BACK TO 2-1. hOWEVER MOSSLEY DECIDED THE BEST FORM OF DEFENCE WAS ATTACK, AND A FLOWING MOVE SAW AVI SEAL THE POINTS WITH A THIRD GOAL. SATURDAY 12 JANUARY 2008 MOSSLEY HILL 0 DINGLE VILLA 0 ON A DIFFICULT "STICKY"PITCH, MOSSLEY GAVE AS GOOD AS THEY GOT AGAINST THE JOINT LEAGUE LEADERS. BOTH TEAMS HAD LIMITED CHANCES, WITH EACH KEEPER PULLING OFF AT LEAST ONE GOOD SAVE EACH. MAKE NO MISTAKE, PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, BECAUSE AGAINST A STRONG PHYSICAL SIDE SUCH AS VILLA, MOSSLEY WOULD HAVE FAILED TO MATCH THE PHYSICAL CHALLENGE LAST SEASON OR THE SEASON BEFORE, AND WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT MUSCLED. SATURDAY 26 JANUARY 2008 MOSSLEY HILL 1 ST MICHAELS 3 DON'T READ TOO MUCH INTO THE SCORELINE, EVEN THE ST MICHAELS MANAGER SAID AT THE END THAT THEY HAS "ROBBED" THE POINTS OFF US ! pLAYING AGAINST THE WIND, MOSSLEY CREATED ALL THE CHANCES IN A ONE WAY FIRST HALF WITH AVI GIVING A HALF TIME LEAD. A MOMENT OF INDECISION BETWEEN THE KEEPER AND OUR BACK FOUR LEAD TO AN EQUALISER, AND A LONG THROW INTO THE BOX WAS MISSED AND HEADED HOME. HESITATION AGAIN LED TO CONCEDING A THIRD GOAL WHICH LOOKED OFFSIDE, BUT AT 1-1 WE HIT THE BAR, AND ALSO HAD TWO CLEAR CHANCES CLEARED OFF THE LINE. JUST NOT OUR DAY ! SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2008 MOSSLEY HILL 1 REAL SANTOS 8 HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN HOW A TEAM TOTALLY DOMINATED THE FIRST HALF, UNLUCKY NOT TO BE LEADING AT LEAST 3-0, THEN TOTALLY CAPITULATED IN THE SECOND HALF TO CONCEDE EIGHT GOALS ? ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD TO MARCO. pOSITIVES WERE THE GOAL FOR GREG, AND A RETURN FOLLOWING HIS BROKEN ANKLE FOR KEEN. SATURDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2008 DINGLE EXCEL 2 MOSSLEY HILL 4 THERE WAS A DEFINITE HANGOVER FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM LAST WEEK, BUT TWO GOALS FROM AVI AND (AFTER DISCUSSING WITH THE DISPUTED GOALS PANEL !) CURTIS GAVE MOSSLEY A 2-0 HALF TIME LEAD. ANOTHER AVI GOAL MADE IT 3-0 ,BUT DINGLE RALLIED AND SCORED TWO QUICK GOALS. aVI THEN COMPLETED HIS HAT-TRICK TO MAKE IT 4-2. SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2008 MOSSLEY HILL 2 MOSSPITS 1 A SLOWLY THAWING PITCH DID NOT GIVE THE BEST OF SURFACES FOR THIS GAME. aVI GAVE US THE LEAD, BUT A DIPPING SHOT EQUALISED BEFORE HALF TIME. hOWEVER, DAN SHOT INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET WON THE MAXIMUM POINTS FOR US. SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2008 MOSSLEY HILL 0 REAL SANTOS 1 a GREAT PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE TOP TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. DESPITE GOING A GOAL DOWN, CHANCES CAME AND WENT, ESPECIALY WHEN GREG WAS UNLUCKY WITH A SNAPSHOT FOLLOWING A SHOT FROM JJ WHICH CAME OF THEIR KEEPER. SATURDAY 8 MARCH 2008. MOSSLEY HILL 0 ST MICHAELS 1 FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK, MOSSLEY LOST BY THE ONLY GOAL AGAINST A TOP TWO SIDE. THE ONLY GOAL CAME WHEN AN APPARENT HANDBALL IN THE ST MICHAELS BOX WENT UNPUNISHED, THE BALL WAS HOOFED DOWN THE FIELD FOR THE PLAYER TO SMASH PAST CARL INTO THE NET. THERE WAS ALSO A SOUR TASTE TO THE DEFEAT, GIVEN ONE HORRENDOUS CHALLENGE ON LEWIS, AND A PARENT OF THE OPPOSITION KICKING THE BALL AWAY PREVENTING US FROM TAKING A QUICK THROW-IN, WHICH WOULD HAVE LED TO CURTIS BEING IN THE CLEAR. SATURDAY 15 MARCH 2008 MOSSPITS 0 mOSSLEY hILL 2 a GREAT FINISH FROM CHRISTIAN, AND A GOAL FROM LEWIS SAY MOSSLEY HILL HOME AGAINST MOSSPITS. SATURDAY 22 MARCH 2008 GREEN PARK RANGERS 3 MOSSLEY HILL 4 A GREAT GAME PLAYED IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT BY BOTH SIDES. DESPITE BEING THE BETTER TEAM, MOSSLEY FOUND THEMSELVES 2-0 DOWN AT THE BREAK. HOWEVER A SWEET VOLLEY AND A TAP-IN BY keen plus a brace from avi put mossley 4-2 UP BEFORE A LATE GREEN PARK GOAL, (WHICH DID LOOK OFFSIDE) REDCUED THE ARREARS. MOSSLEY DID MORE THAN HANG ON, CREATING SEVERAL MORE CHANCES BEFORE THE END. SATURDAY 5 APRIL 2008 DINGLE EXCEL 0 MOSSLEY HILL 4 MOSSLEY SURGED INTO A 2-0 HALF TIME LEAD, COURTESY OF GREEN'S "GRASS CUTTER" FROM 20 YARDS, HIS FIRST OF THE SEASON. AVI THEN MADE IT TWO AFTER GREEN HAD WON THE BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK, AND THREADED A GREAT PASS THROUGH. TWO GOALS IN THE SECoND HALF FROM CURTIS GAVE THE SCORELINE A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE PLAY. SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2008 GREEN PARK 1 MOSSLEY HILL 3 THE PERFECT HAT-TRIVK (HEADER, LEFT FOOT AND RIGHT FOOT), FROM OUR FAVOURITE LITTLE MAN CURTIS, SAW MOSSLEY HILL PUT ONE FOOT IN THE SHIELD FINAL. MOSSLEY DOMINATED FROM START TO FINISH, AND AT 1-0 UP SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE, BUT LET GREEN PARK BACK IN TO EQUALISE. hOWEVER TWO FURTHER GOALS FROM CURTIS SAW US HOME. A POPULAR HAT-TRICK WITH ALL CONCERNED AT MOSSLEY HILL - WELL DONE. SATURDAY 3 MAY 2008 MOSSPITS 2 MOSSLEY HILL 2 TWO GOALS UP, MOSSLEY LET THE LEAD SLIP, AND LET THEIR OPPONENTS BACK INTO THE GAME. a CRACKING HALF VOLLEY FROM KEEN, AND A TAP IN AFTER THE KEEPER LOST THE BALL BY AVI , LOOKED LIKE MOSSLEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A WIN. HOWEVER, MOSSPITS NEEDING A DRAW OR A ONE GOAL DEFEAT GOT BACK INTO THE GAME AND A DEFLECTED HANDBALL ROLLED INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-2. BOTH TEAMS TO MEET IN THE FINAL IN TWO DAYS TIME ! MONDAY 5 MAY 2008 MOSSLEY HILL 1 MOSSPITS 1 (AFTER EXTRA TIME) MOSSLEY WIN 4-3 ON PENALTIES. AN UNSWORTH HEADER GAVE MOSSLEY THE LEAD BUT A DEFENSIVE CLEARANCE CANNONED BACK INTO THE GOAL TO EQUALISE. BOTH TEAMS DEFENCES WERE ON TOP, AND THERE WAS NO FURTHER SCORING EITHER DURING NORMAL TIME , NOR THE TWENTY MINUTES INJURY TIME - AND SO TO PENALTIES. CARL SAVED THE FIRST PENALTY, AND CHRISTIAN MISSED AS THE KEEPER SAVED, (0-0). aARON, KEEN AND NOON SCORED AS DID MOSSPITS TO MAKE IT 3-3. tHEN CARL PULLED OFF A GREAT SAVE, WHICH LEFT SKIPPER FOR THE DAY, CURTIS TO SLOT HOME THE WINNING KICK, AND ALLOWED MOSSLEY HILL TO LIFE THE SHIELD AMONGST JUBILANT SCENES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 February 2005. Cup Tie: Fitwell Sharks .v. Mossley Hill On a very greasy pitch, and with two of our intrepid parents filling in a major pothole beforehand, Mossley kicked off this Cup Match. Fitwell settled quicker, and took the lead when a long ball evaded the Mossley defence and their centre forward poked the ball home. This stung Mossley into life and they soon equalised when a McNamara free kick was spilled by the keeper and Keen tapped home (1-1). The best goal of the game arrived just after half time when Finnigan hit home a glorious shot from a tight angle to put Mossley 2-1 up, and the same player tapped in soon after to make it 3-1. Hall put the icing on the cake with a fourth goal to see Mossley into the next round. Despite the conditions, Mossley Hill played some excellent passing football which their opponents never came to terms with.

20 February 2005 Cup-tie Fitwell Boys .v. Mossley Hill Playing with the wind in the first half, and despite going a goal down in the early minutes, Mossley Hill soon went into a 2-1 lead through McNamara and Kadeem. The team played some good football, solid at the back, inventive in midfield, and always looking likely to score. However, the second half saw our opponents come at us with a greater effort than us in the second half, and in fairness Mossley were outplayed for long parts of the half. We tended to be second to every ball, and the confident play of the first half went missing. The eventual 5-2 reversal showed that the failure to turn the first half superity into goals cost us dearly.

20 March 2005 Fitwell Sharks .v. Mossley Hill After suffering three heavy defeats on the trot, it was pleasing to see a battling performance, (even after going a goal down), to a team who were physically stronger and bigger. Indeed after Archer equalised, Mossley hill has several opportunities to win the game, and it would have been no more than they deserved. Referees have a very difficult job to do, and interpreting intent is one of those difficulties. Let us just say that perhaps Mossley Hill did not get a fair share of the decision making process this day, and had to be content with a 1-1 draw.

29 March 2005 Gardeners Arms .v. Mossley Hill. Ando so with the end of the season in sight, Mossley kicked off what would be five games in ten days against Gardeners Arms. Despite it being the school holiday break, and various players unavailable, Mossley ran up an impressive victory by twelve (12) goals to nil. The margin would have been higher but for the heroics of the Gardeners Arms goalkeeper, and the game was played in a sporting manner throughout. Goalscorers werePlatt, Keen, Edgar, Green, a brace for Finnigen, and six for Archer.

31 March 2005 Ash Celtic .v. Mossley Hill Despite a valiant attempt against the league leaders and potential champions, Mossley suffered a 2-0 reverse. The first goal being a long range effort from about 25 yards which shot along the floor into the corner of the net. Ash Celtic confirmed the points with their second seven minutes from time. Mossley did have some chances, but the work rate and effort could not be faulted, and there was much to admire even in defeat. The game was once again played in athe right spirit by both sides.

3 April 2005 Mossley Hill .v. Fitwell Youth A comfortable 4-0 win gained using all members of the current squad. Goalscorers were Keen, Mc Namara, and Green (2).