Monday, September 25, 2006

U13 League latest results and top of the table

WWS 2-1 Nantwich T
Alex Allstars 8-0 Mow Cop
Alsager T 10-3 Gist
Sandbach 2-11 Team Bentley
Rodeheath 4-3 RCT
Team Status 4-1 Madeley WS

Top of the table:-

AAS 3-9 +12
AT 4-9 +14
Gist 4-9 +6

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Up next

Fixtures - Sunday October 1st.

U13's v Alsager Town - 11.30am - Barony 7
U14's v Team Bentley - 10am - King Georges 7

Rodeheath U13's 4-3 Tigers U13's

An excellent game only marred by some strange refereeing decisions! Tigers raced into a 2-0 lead following goals from Rhys Potter and a superb header from Jordan Toll. The game turned on 25 minutes when goalkeeper Edward Holmes was sent off for denying a goalscoring opportunity following a handball outside his area, when it was clear that there were covering defenders in play. Rodeheath pulled a goal back soon after - 2-1 at the break.

Rodeheath took the game to Tigers in the second half, and raced into a 3-2 lead, only for Rhys Potter to score his 5th of the season with a fine touch and finish.

The game pivoted on another refereeing decision half way through the second half. A Tigers shot was parried by a defender with what looked like his hands, however the ref let the game go on - Rodeheath cleared the ball long and at least 2 of their strikers looked clearly offside, however play was allowed to continue and they lobbed the ball over sub goalie Joran Batho's head. Despite late pressure Tigers could not claw the deficit back, and will count themselves unlucky not to have taken something from the game. Man of the Match - Edward Sykes for an excellent defensive display.

Tigers U14 1-4 Crewe Shooters

A close game where either side could have won - the main difference between the sides being finishing.

The first half was played in a thunderstorm which made the surface very slippy. Shooters took the lead , and then went 2 up to a controversial decision from referee Mark Wood. Shooters took a shot which looked like it went wide, only for the ball to somehow finish up in the net - after some deliberation, the goal was given, despite it being very uncertain as to whether the ball had actually gone in.

Tigers had at least 5 shots on goal in the second half, and the more the game went on, the more they took control, however Shooters scored 2 breakaway goals before Tigers got a consolation following a great through ball from Mike Reece and a fine run and finish from Adam Pendergast.

The last 10 minutes saw total Tigers domination, but no further goals appeared. Man of the Match Craig Clark was excellent on the right wing, and Tigers showed again that they are improving week on week - surely a first win cannot be too far away.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Sundays fixtures

U13's aim to keep their 100% record with an away trip to Rodeheath Vikings at Milton Gardens, Alsager - 11.30am kick off. Rodeheath have had a poor start to the season with 2 defeats, so there is no reason why Tigers can't make it 2 wins out of 2!

U14's play their first winnable game of the season as they take on Crewe Shooters at Wistaston Junior School. Shooters are currently bottom of the league, having lost 0-18 to Kidsgrove and 1-11 to Crewe Terriers in their opening games. Tigers will be without their midfield dynamo Yonathan Duplessis who is away on international duty with South Africa!

Get the reports on both games here on the Tigers blog on Sunday evening.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Nantwich T U14's 13-2 Tigers U14's

Although the scoreline looks poor, Tigers put in a much improved performance against a Nantwich side who finished 3rd last year. Indeed, for the first 10 minutes, it looked like Tigers could cause an upset as they raced into a 1-0 lead thanks to good interplay between Pendergast, Du-Plessis and a fine finish from Craig Clark. Nantwich equalised with a 10th minute penalty, and from then on found their feet and went on to win the game, despite a first Tigers goal for Luke Williams half way through the first half. Man of the Match Michael Reece produced a string of fine saves, but Nantwich's pace and long balls tactics paid off as they recorded their second win of the season. Tigers can, however take heart - quote of the day from an unknown Nantwich midfielder "When did you lot get this good?!?!"

Next week sees us pitting ourselves against a Crewe Shooters side who lost 0-18 to Kidsgrove last week - here's to another improved performance and, who knows, maybe a first win!

Thursday, September 14, 2006

U13 Sunday game postponed !

yet another postponement for the U13's - apparently there is a Triathlon being held at The Barony on Sunday, therefore all games scheduled at The Barony have been postponed, including our U13 game.

Next game for the U13s is therefore Sunday 24th September @11.30am @ Milton Gardens, Alsager v Rode Heath Vikings, who lost their first game 1-4 to Gist.

U13 results - Sep 13

Alex Allstars 4-2 Alsager Town
Sandbach 3-4 Gist
Team Bentley 2-2 Nantwich T
WWS 3-7 Kidsgrove

Table (Top)

1. Alex Allstars P2 Pts 6
1. Gist P2 Pts 6
3. Nantwich T P2 Pts 4
3. Team Bentley P2 Pts 4
5. TIGERS P1 Pts 3
5. Alsager T P2 Pts 3
5. Kidsgrove P2 Pts 3

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Linesmen (or women) required !!

Each club in the SCYL has to provide a linesman (or woman) for each game. Sometimes one of the managers has to do the job, which makes it difficult to manage the team, sort out tactics etc.

Sooooo we are looking for band of willing volunteers for U13 and U14 to run the line now and again! All you need is a basic understanding of the offisde rule (and the ability to deal with irate parents/officials from the opposing team!!)

Parents/brothers/sisters/non-relatives of team members are all welcome. If we can get 2 or 3 volunteers from each team, we can set up a rota of sorts to make sure no-one has to do it every week.

Please also remember that referees courses are available via the league, and refs get paid £16 per game, so if you are looking for a new vocation, let me know! Anyone aged 14 and over can be a ref, so if anyone is interested, please let Mike now - thanks

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

All midweek games postponed

Due to a large number of postponements of midweek games, the League have decided to cancel all midweek games and reschedule them for the New Year - therefore the amended fixture lists are as follows;

U13

SUN 17 SEP 2006 11:30 Nantwich Town U13 Barony 5
SUN 24 SEP 2006 11:30 Rode Heath Vikings U13 Milton Gardens
SUN 01 OCT 2006 11:30 Alsager Town U13 Barony 7
SUN 08 OCT 2006 11:30 Gist Vultures U13 Barony 7
SUN 15 OCT 2006 11:30 Kidsgrove Athletic U13 Milton Gardens
SUN 05 NOV 2006 11:30 Madeley White Star U13 Barony 7
SUN 12 NOV 2006 11:30 Gist Vultures U13 Barony 5
SUN 19 NOV 2006 11:30 Nantwich Town U13 Barony 7
SUN 10 DEC 2006 11:30 Team Bentley U13 Barony 6
SUN 17 DEC 2006 11:30 Alex All Stars U13 Barony 7
SUN 07 JAN 2007 11:30 Rode Heath Vikings U13 Barony 7
SUN 14 JAN 2007 10:30 Sandbach Utd Tigers U13 Sutton Lane
SUN 28 JAN 2007 11:30 Alex All Stars U13 Barony 5
SUN 04 FEB 2007 11:30 Team Status U13 Barony 7
SUN 04 MAR 2007 11:30 Kidsgrove Athletic U13 Barony 7
SUN 11 MAR 2007 10:00 WWS U13 Shavington High
SUN 15 APR 2007 10:00 Mow Cop Hornets Buglawton Junior
SUN 22 APR 2007 11:30 WWS U13 Barony 7
SUN 29 APR 2007 11:30 Alsager Town U13 Milton Gardens
TBA Mow Cop, Team Bentley, Team Status, Sandbach.

U14

SUN 17 SEP 2006 10:00 Nantwich Town U14 King George 6
SUN 24 SEP 2006 10:00 Crewe Shooters U14 Wistaston Sports Ground
SUN 01 OCT 2006 10:00 Team Bentley U14 King George 7
SUN 08 OCT 2006 10:00 Wistaston Wanderers U14 King George 7
SUN 15 OCT 2006 10:00 WWS U14 King George 7
SUN 05 NOV 2006 10:00 Crewe Terriers U14 King George 7
SUN 12 NOV 2006 10:00 Cheshire Blades U14 Legends
SUN 19 NOV 2006 10:00 Crewe Terriers U14 Coppenhall High School
SUN 03 DEC 2006 10:00 Kidsgrove Athletic U14 Goldenhill School
SUN 17 DEC 2006 10:00 Crewe Shooters U14 King George 7
SUN 07 JAN 2007 10:00 WWS Wanderers U14 Shavington High School 2
SUN 14 JAN 2007 10:00 Betley FC Flyers U14 King George 7
SUN 21 JAN 2007 10:00 Team Bentley U14 King George 6
SUN 28 JAN 2007 10:00 WWS U14 King George 7
SUN 04 FEB 2007 10:00 Wistaston W U14 Wistaston Sports Ground
SUN 25 FEB 2007 10:00 Cheshire Blades U14 King George 7
SUN 4 MAR 2007 10:00 Nantwich Town King George 7
TBA WWS Wanderers, Betley FC Flyers

Tigers U14 0-13 Kidsgrove Athletic U14

Kidsgrove won the league last year, scoring 170 goals in the process. On Sunday, they started their campaign with an 18-0 win over Crewe Shooters. So at least we are 5 goals better than them!

A combination of 11 new players, coupled with humid conditions and no-one knowing each others name, meant that confusion reigned during the first half, and an in-form Kidsgrove side who have been together for 5 years took full advantage to race into an 8-0 half time lead.

The second half showed much improvement - indeed Tigers failed to concede a goal for the final 25 minutes thanks to excellent defending from the whole team, and some good saves from Mike Reece. If we can build on this second half improvement in training on Friday, and get some consistent in who is playing where, the season is sure to get better.

U13 game on Wednesday postponed

The U13 game v Mow Cop scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed by Mow Cop as they have no-one available to run the side - disadvantage of a 6pm kick off methinks !! U13's next game will be v Nantwich Town on Sunday at 11.30am @ The Barony.

U14 update

Don't have all the scores from Sunday for the U14's yet, but ominously, Kidsgrove beat Crewe Shooters 18-0 !!!!! Looks like we could be in for a tough game later - match report to follow !

Sunday, September 10, 2006

U13 results 10th Sep 06

Alsager Town U13 5-0 WWS U13
Gist Vultures U13 4-1Rode Heath Vikings U13
Madeley White Star U13 2-3 Real Crewe Tigers U13
Mow Cop Hornets 2-6 Team Bentley U13
Sandbach Utd Tigers U13 0-8 Nantwich Town U13
Team Status U13 2-4 Alex All Stars U13

Table

1.Nantwich T 3
2.Alsager T 3
3. Team Bentley 3
4. Gist 3
5. Alex Allstars 3
6. Crewe Tigers 3
7. Kidsgrove 0
8. Madeley 0
9. Team Status 0
10. Rodeheath 0
11. Mow Cop 0
12. WWS 0
13. Sandbach 0

Madeley White Star U13 2-3 Real Crewe Tigers U13

Well, we always seem to do well first game of the season, and today was no exception. Tigers U13 faced a Madeley side who had finished 2nd bottom of the PJYL league last year, and had switched over to the SCYL in search of an easier time of it. Ah well...

JB won the toss and decided to kick uphill in the first half, against the gradient and the sun. Madeley had a lot of the early pressure and made the advantage of the hill pay as they moved into a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. A breakaway after 32 mins saw Rhys Potter break clear of the defence, and lift a sublime left footed chip over the head of the despairing keeper. 1-2 HT.

The 2nd half saw Tigers kicking downhill, and after 10 mins Potter again beat the defence to slot home his second goal of the game. This led to Madeley becoming increasingly frustrated, and there was a lengthy stoppage on the 20 minute mark following a disagreement between Josh Lavender and the opposing blonde-streaked striker which led to both players being given a talking to by their respective managers - Josh admirably kept his cool following extreme provocation.

Tigers deservedly took the lead after 26 minutes, when again Rhys Potter used his pace to destroy the opposition defence and slot a superb finish over the keepers head. He could have had a fourth soon afterwards, but slipped as he made the final approach. Madeley became more and more desperate and were denied a goalscoring opportunity when the linesman (!) raised his flag following a through ball by their left winger. Video evidence clearly showed that his team mate had been in an offside position whilst interfering with play when the ball was played.

Despite the referee losing both his yellow and red cards, and presumably also his watch, he finally blew his whistle after 8 minutes of injury time, with Tigers holding on thanks to late goal-line clearances from Adam Scragg and Jordan Batho. A fair result in the end - Tigers posed most of the attacking threats, and will look forward to their Wednesday game with Mow Cop, hoping to make it 2 out of 2.

Friday, September 08, 2006

Friday training update

Thanks to everyone for an excellent training session tonight! I thought everyone did really well - special mention to George Gorse who was excellent in defence and Simon Denney who looked like a rather good goalie. We now have 2 U14 goalies, having had none last week, so we have competition for places at last!

By tomorrow we will have 18 players registered for the U14 team - thanks to everyone who brought their mates along!

We still have space for 5 players in the U13 squad so U13's please bring someone next week.

Have spoken to the Kidsgrove U14 manager tonight - his team is similar to last years' so it will be a tough game - one of their strikers is having trials with Liverpool! The first couple of games are probably amongst the hardest in the league - Kidsgrove and Nantwich Town - but we then have 3 easier games so don't get too down if we don't win the first couple! Just do your best...having said that we have won our opening game in the last 2 seasons so let's go for it!

Please remember that subs are £3 on a Friday and £3 on a Sunday - we are trying to book the whole of the Astro pitch for next week, but may not be allowed to - will let you know next Friday!

Good luck to the U13's on Sunday against Madeley - match report will be posted on here on Sunday afternoon.

Fixtures - week commencing 10th September 2006

U13

Sunday September 10

10am kick off v Madeley Whitestar @ Shavington High School

Wednesday September 13

6pm kick off v Mow Cop Hornets @ Barony 7

U14

Tuesday September 12

6pm kick off v Kidsgrove Athletic @ Georges (Fitness First)

Ground Guide 2006/7

Here are the details of the pitches we will be playing on this year, along with addresses and postcodes for those of you with SatNav...

Barony – Barony Road, Nantwich. CW5 5RE
Shavington High School – where we trained over the summer, behind Astroturf pitch. CW2 5DH
Milton Gardens – Station Road, Alsager – head towards Alsager, over mini roundabout, take next right into Church La, pitch is on left behind railings
Sutton Lane – Sutton Lane, Middlewich – go to Sandbach, turn left towards Middlewich, after a couple of miles turn left up Long Lane South, Sutton Lane crosses this road.
Buglawton Junior School – Buxton Old Road, Buglawton, Congleton. A34 to Congleton, turn right after Tesco, follow dual carriageway, turn left at end onto A54, round ight hand bend, turn left onto Buxton Old Road, pitch is behind school.
King Georges – West Street, Crewe. (Behind Fitness First) CW2 8SJ
Wistaston Sports Ground – Church Lane Wistaston, behind Wistaston Junior School. CW2 8EZ
Legends – next to Bentley Motors, Sunnybank Road, Crewe.CW2 8SU
Coppenhall High School – behind school, Coronation Street, Crewe. CW1 4EB.
Goldenhill School – Broadfield Road, Goldenhill. A500 towards Stoke, take turnoff after Talke/Newcastle, follow dual carriageway to end, turn left by KFC, Broadfield Road is on the left after about 500 yards, ground is on the left behind railings. ST6 4QE

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Fixtures 2006/7

Welcome to the Real Crewe Tigers FC blog - we will keep you up to date with all the latest fixtures, changes to games, and match reports!

Firstly, here are the fixtures for the coming season :-

U13

SUN 10 SEP 2006 10:00 Madeley White Star U13 Shavington High School
WED 13 SEP 2006 18:00 Mow Cop Hornets Barony 7
SUN 17 SEP 2006 11:30 Nantwich Town U13 Barony 5
WED 20 SEP 2006 18:00 Team Bentley U13 Barony 7
SUN 24 SEP 2006 11:30 Rode Heath Vikings U13 Milton Gardens
WED 27 SEP 2006 18:00 Sandbach Utd Tigers U13 Barony 7
SUN 01 OCT 2006 11:30 Alsager Town U13 Barony 7
WED 04 OCT 2006 18:00 Team Status U13 Barony 6
SUN 08 OCT 2006 11:30 Gist Vultures U13 Barony 7
SUN 15 OCT 2006 11:30 Kidsgrove Athletic U13 Milton Gardens
SUN 05 NOV 2006 11:30 Madeley White Star U13 Barony 7
SUN 12 NOV 2006 11:30 Gist Vultures U13 Barony 5
SUN 19 NOV 2006 11:30 Nantwich Town U13 Barony 7
SUN 10 DEC 2006 11:30 Team Bentley U13 Barony 6
SUN 17 DEC 2006 11:30 Alex All Stars U13 Barony 7
SUN 07 JAN 2007 11:30 Rode Heath Vikings U13 Barony 7
SUN 14 JAN 2007 10:30 Sandbach Utd Tigers U13 Sutton Lane
SUN 28 JAN 2007 11:30 Alex All Stars U13 Barony 5
SUN 04 FEB 2007 11:30 Team Status U13 Barony 7
SUN 04 MAR 2007 11:30 Kidsgrove Athletic U13 Barony 7
SUN 11 MAR 2007 10:00 WWS U13 Shavington High
SUN 15 APR 2007 10:00 Mow Cop Hornets Buglawton Junior
SUN 22 APR 2007 11:30 WWS U13 Barony 7
SUN 29 APR 2007 11:30 Alsager Town U13 Milton Gardens

U14

TUE 12 SEP 2006 18:00 Kidsgrove Athletic U14 King George 7
SUN 17 SEP 2006 10:00 Nantwich Town U14 King George 6
TUE 19 SEP 2006 18:00 WWS Wanderers U14 King George 7
SUN 24 SEP 2006 10:00 Crewe Shooters U14 Wistaston Sports Ground
TUE 26 SEP 2006 18:00 Betley FC Flyers U14 Barony 3
SUN 01 OCT 2006 10:00 Team Bentley U14 King George 7
SUN 08 OCT 2006 10:00 Wistaston Wanderers U14 King George 7
SUN 15 OCT 2006 10:00 WWS U14 King George 7
SUN 05 NOV 2006 10:00 Crewe Terriers U14 King George 7
SUN 12 NOV 2006 10:00 Cheshire Blades U14 Legends
SUN 19 NOV 2006 10:00 Crewe Terriers U14 Coppenhall High School
SUN 03 DEC 2006 10:00 Kidsgrove Athletic U14 Goldenhill School
SUN 17 DEC 2006 10:00 Crewe Shooters U14 King George 7
SUN 07 JAN 2007 10:00 WWS Wanderers U14 Shavington High School 2
SUN 14 JAN 2007 10:00 Betley FC Flyers U14 King George 7
SUN 21 JAN 2007 10:00 Team Bentley U14 King George 6
SUN 28 JAN 2007 10:00 WWS U14 King George 7
SUN 04 FEB 2007 10:00 Wistaston W U14 Wistaston Sports Ground
SUN 25 FEB 2007 10:00 Cheshire Blades U14 King George 7
SUN 4 MAR 2007 10:00 Nantwich Town King George 7

A 'ground guide' will appear soon !