Sunday Round Up

U7 Spitfires

U7 Spitfires' first game back after the Christmas break was a cold and wet one vs. Hamble Club Youth Typoons. The first quarter saw both teams having lots of the ball but both unable to score. The second quarter Hamble grew into the game quicker, switched on, and scored a brace before halftime. Spitfires were looking to get back into the game, but a mix-up at the back gave Hamble another. Spitfires did not give up, though, and managed a fine solo goal through Charlie Liburd with a rasping finish from outside the box and also converting a penalty. Archie R also had a great game marshalling the defence and getting stuck in, and Joey showed great link up play! All players showed character and gave some great ideas on what to do! Playee of the match to Charlie for his goals and fantastic movement on and off the ball!

U8 Spitfires

Spitfires started 2022 off in style with an excellent performance against Pace Panthers. Some really nice passing and great finishing made for a faultless performance. Every player played their part and everyone of the boys had a great game. Henry Polkinghorne and Brody Hibberd where on fire in front of goal and Harvey Whyte done something today for the 1st time this season. POM could of gone to anyone today but awarded to Theo Yaldren who battled hard for the team and the determination to win every tackle. Really proud of all the boys today, well done ‘mini Spitfires’

U8 Panthers

Unlucky today boys. We played some really good football at times and could have easily been the reverse score if it wasn’t for their great defending and goalkeeper’s. We created so many chances, and just need to remember to shoot on site. The boys never gave up and kept going which was a please to watch. It was just one of those days we wasn’t going to win. Taking nothing away from Southside, they deserved the win.

David done well in goal with some great saves. Oliver and James defended well, and made some good interceptions and passes. Lucas was great in midfield, battling and passing and managed to get on the scoresheet. Ollie and Harry played well in both midfield and attack, and were both unlucky not to score. Jenson was a menace up front and also scored a goal. But my man of the match went to Henry.

His drive, determination, tackling and passing was a pleasure to watch. He never gave up, and also scored. Well done Henry. Well done all of you.

U9 Spitfires

A great performance from the boys today against a spirited Hythe & Dibden team. The team went one down in the first few minutes of the game but didn’t concede again until a penalty was awarded against us in the 4th quarter. All the boys were really on their games today. Everyone could have been man of the match, the honour went to Reuben, who did some great tackling and popped up with a goal as well. Blake, Marley & Myles were great in defence. Tomo and Sam showed some great speed on the wings and nice passing with Jakub in the middle.

Goals for Jakub 3, Reuben 1, Blake 1 & Sam 2. Well done boys!

U9 Royals

AFC Stoneham U9 Royals

The boys got off to a slow start on a frozen slippery pitch, Archer was brought into action and made a few good saves to start the game. The 2nd quarter saw a great attacking display with Mikaile, Lucas, Aron and Dexter combining brilliantly throughout to break down the Marchwood defence. The Royals continued to dominate the game, a few stand out moments were Henry and Leo’s long range goals as well as couple of perfect slide tackles from Danny. Jafha and Aron also scored as well as an own goal from a great Dexter corner. MOTM went to Leo for silky skills, an assist and two superb goals. A top start to the year, well done boys!

U10 Spitfires

A great start to the new year for the Under 10 Spitfires with a very strong performance and convincing win. The first quarter saw Charlie pull off two great saves, with the team really coming alive in the second quarter with 5 goals. A further 3 goals came in the remaining quarters with today’s goal scorers being Bushy, Alfie and Zack. The defence stood strong throughout, achieving a well deserved clean sheet, and being involved in several of the goals and chances by playing it out from the back. Man of the match was a tough decision after such a good passing team performance, with Alfie being awarded the trophy. Well done boys.

U10 Jaguars

AFC Stoneham Jaguars v North Baddesley.

Great to be back and an excellent start to the new year for the Jags.

Right from kick off every player was energised and enthusiastic about the game.

From a solid defence along with great passing and holding the Jags completely dominanted this game from start to finish.

A hatrick from Sammie and a brace from Alex and 1 for Ollie was only bettered by 4 goals from Egit which included a great solo effort form one end of the pitch to the other to finish the game.

MOM Alex

Coaches Player Egit

U10 Wolves

The Wolves started the second half of the season with a first class team performance.

After learning our final new formation, there was once again the mid-game switch, but this time during play rather than during a break, meaning on-field decision making and communication were crucial and fortunately these were carried out well.

There were some outstanding performances, notably in goal from Reuben who commanded the area by often coming off his line to bravely dive at the feet of attackers, from Dominik who showed determination in defence combined with good positioning and firm tackling, from Oskar P who adapted well to his first game in midfield giving him more space to run with the ball as well as an opportunity to show off both his shooting and marking abilities, and from Dash who successfully switched when needed from right defender to right attacker and then to left midfielder.

Wolf of the Week is the ever reliable Adam who is starting to enjoy his move from midfield to attack. He tracked back effectively, covered more of the pitch than ever before and was rewarded today in his shooting.

From a winning position we partly closed the game out, but not completely so as to still prioritise player development over the result. This meant mistakes could still be made - and were - but this in turn meant it was those who made mistakes who became today's true winners.

U10 Royals

The U10 Royals got off to the dream start in their new division after their recent promotion. They brushed off the cobwebs from Christmas very quickly through Jake, and took a lead midway through the first quarter. From there it was simply onwards and upwards, with goals from Marcus, including a great header from a corner, to give us our 3rd consecutive game without the opposition scoring! The team were happy to be back playing again after the break, and their performance showed how much they missed it all.

Player’s player of the match went to Marcus for his goals and for never giving up

Coaches player of the match went to Hari, who did not make a single mistake in that game, keeping us with a clean sheet for today. Up the purps!

U11 Tigers

The Tigers had a fully-fit squad for the first time since November with Covid hitting the boys hard in the lead-up to Christmas, with a perfect surface down in Fawley to kick-off 2022 -despite the disastrous weather the last few days

Both teams created chances in the first half with Stoneham Tigers arguably on top but it was the home team who took the lead first. A string of amazing saves from Jack Binns kept the Tigers in the game.

However, Fawley quickly scored a second and it would have been easy for the Tigers' heads to drop. The boys' positive attitude and eagerness to continue sticking to our principles enabled Oliver Lewandowski (yes that is his real name!) to find a reply and we went into the interval just a goal behind.

Shortly into the second-half and Fawley grabbed two in quick succession. Stoneham Tigers managed to earn themselves a number of corners in rapid fashion and scored from both, courtesy of Miles Griffiths to narrow the gap.

The last ten minutes was all purple as the boys searched for an equaliser but a late goal from Fawley, after a superb initial save from Jack Binns, rounded the game off.

Despite the result, the Tigers can truly be proud of themselves with a can-do attitude from the first whistle to the last and always stuck to our team principles.

Special shout-outs for Zachary Simmonds, Alfie Talbot and Jack Binns. Our matchday leader was Vinnie Hamstead.

U12 Panthers

Under 12 Panthers finished our league fixtures to with a 4-1 win away at Baddesley. We had a good start to the game and played football I the right way. It then became more of a battle as the pitch started to cut up more and get boggier in places. Goalscorers today were Jake, Sam Warner, Ben and Isaac. Player of the match went to Liam at left back who put in some great tackles, was always an outlet on the left and helped drive us forward.

We will finish in the top 2 but where depends on the results in the last couple of games for Hamble, who have 2 games left to play.

We now just wait to find out what the league are doing to create more fixtures as it must be too early for the season to finish.

U16 United

Hythe and Dibden 2 - 4 United

Clark (13)

Wilcock (49)

Rich (54)

Ngombi (65)

Spencer (MotM)

U16 Athletic 10

U16 Winchester City 0

Well done to all of our teams !!