AFC Stoneham U11 vs AFC Bournemouth U11

As we develop our relationship with professional clubs further, to support our young player’s development, our U11s travelled to AFC Bournemouth today with our U12s playing next week.

Below is today's match report:

AFC Bournemouth Youth Talent Centre vs AFC Stoneham U11’s

Our U11s had the opportunity to take a team down to AFC Bournemouth and play against their youth talent team. We played 4 games of 20 minutes and got stronger as the games went on. Every player put a shift in and played some great football against a very talented team. The 1st game was a reality check as although we knew they would be good we were not sure how good but we soon found out.

We regrouped and 2nd game matched them from start to finish and ending up losing a very close game with goals from Ethan Cripp & Tom Dunn.

3rd game was similar to the 2nd and we matched them again but lost 3–1 with our goal being scored by Ethan Cripp. Going into the last game we had a patched-up team as the intensity of the games took its toll and just managed to get 9 players on the pitch but another superb effort by all the boys who ending losing very narrowly.

I cannot say how proud I am of all the 14 boys who played as they are a huge credit to both AFC Stoneham and their parents with each boy conducting themselves so well and certainly never looked out of place against a very good side.

I would like to thank AFC Bournemouth for this opportunity as it was a great experience for the manager, players and parents alike.