2007/08 Match Reports 

 

15th September 2007

Crowland at Home

Result 3-2

 

A beautiful warm sunny morning greeted the start of the season. Unfortunately I think the sun got to our heads early on and we conceded and early goal. We battled on and quickly got an equaliser from Sebbie. Crowland are a well organised team and went back into the lead. Again, our fighting spirit shone through and we got another goal from Scott to make it 2-2. From then on it was a tight game with few chances at each end. We finally managed to break the dead lock with a cross in from Sebbie and with Scott having his extra long studs on, managing to stretch and touch the ball home.

A good, close game that could have gone either way. I will look forward to our next encounter with Crowland. A great game to start the season.

We enjoyed another close friendly after, winning by 1 goal to nil. (Own Goal)

 

 

 

 

22nd September 2007

Glinton Away

Result 0-2

A foggy start, where had the sun gone was the cry? To this our second game of the season. It would be fair to say that we took control early on and Ryan, our keeper, was not called on very often in the first half. 2 goals from Sebbie, and five attempts from most of the rest of the team that hit the woodwork (although I think they may have been metal) and several attempts just wide, made for an exciting first half. The passing and mature approach by all the players brought many comments from the watching parents, when they had stopped smiling at their sons performances. The few times Ryan (GK) was called into action he coped well. Glinton never gave up and kept battling to the end.

The friendly afterwards was much of the same, however this time we kept hitting the target. Nicholas started the scoring with a well placed shot, closely followed by Joshua, Ryan (2), and own goal and one from Sebbie to finish with. Again the passing/movement and team work by all the players we excellent. Every contributed to the game.

A new warm up procedure was implemented by Alex and his dad to this game, it involved Alex's dad jogging and Alex riding his bike the 3 miles to Glinton !!!!!! this did not affect Alex's performance as several strong challenges were made. Although the bike ride home may have been a bit slower.

 

Well done to the lads, 2 wins out of 2. But more importantly another excellent performance and lots of team work

 

 

29th September 2007

 

Wittering Home

Result 1-0

With autumn now closing in, the weather was a mixture of sun, cloud and rain through out this closely fought game.  We had previously played Wittering at the Peterborough embankment and come away comfortable winners on both occasions.  Unfortunately, the lads thought this was going to be more of the same and were very complacent in the first half. The passing and movement that had been impressive in the previous two games was not always on show. Wittering had a chance to score early from the penalty spot, but the ball was placed wide. The lads then started to put a few passes together and Joshua hit a shot from the edge of the box that the Wittering keeper did not hold and the ball went over the line. At half time, talk of the two easy wins was forgotten and we all agreed that they had improved, and we needed to work harder. During the second half we had 4-5 good chances to increase the lead, but with good goalkeeping and not so accurate shooting it was not to be. With virtually the last kick of the game, Wittering put in a cross from a free kick; Ryan quickly came out of his goal and kicked the ball into touch to clear the danger. As the final whistle blew, a sigh of relief came from the Deeping touchline, and a cheer from one of the Wittering parents was heard as they had only lost by one goal, unlike their previous 2 games.

A big lesson was learnt today by the team; do not underestimate your opposition.

This makes it 3 wins out of 3, and this has put us top of the league, after Northborough lost 2 nil. Our next game is away to Northborough.

 

 

6th October 2007

Northborough away called off due to their team’s sickness.

 

13th October 2007

No league game, so a friendly was played at Yaxley.

This game allowed Karl to relive his child hood watching his Dad play cricket for Yaxley before starting to play for them from age 11.

Anyway, back to Football, a slow start to the first game saw us go 3 behind very quickly, after a shuffle round of positions the rest of the game proved to be a lot closer, Scott pulled one back for the team. When the final whistle came we finished losing 4-1. Another game followed and this time the lads proved to be on the ball from the start. Lots of excellent passing and movement, Scott scored 3 in this game and a shot from the halfway line by Nicholas skidded into the corner of the net. Some fantastic defending, clearing headers helped keep control of the game. A cross into the box by Scott led to William poking the ball home with the final kick of the game.

 

Nicholas won the man of the match trophy.

 

27th October 2007

No league game. 2 friendlies today, one against Bourne and another against the Deeping Blues.

Bourne was the first opponents – control of the game started straight away and soon Scott hit a low drive with his left foot inside the right hand post to put us one up. Bourne fought back with a goal before half time when we were caught defending too high up the pitch. Sebbie came off the bench to score 3 goals to complete a 4-1 win. Again excellent performances from the lads, Jacob and Alex’s awareness and vision at the back kept Bourne’s goal attempts few and far between. William was strong with his tackles. The squad’s positional and tactical sense is improving each game.

 

Bourne played the Deeping Blues and lost 9 nil

 

We then played against the Blues, this was close we had chances to score in the first half but did not put the ball away, one chance by the blues was put wide. Nil-Nil at half time. We went one down in the half, however this did not stop us from having 5-6 good chances to score, Sebbie could have had a hat trick if it were not for Joseph pulling off some fine saves in goal. Tiredness started to set in from the hard work of the day, and we went 3 nil down right at the death. Again the performance was good and progress was made. All the players are now organised at corners and are aware of who should be taking throw-ins.

 

Sebbie won the man of the match trophy

 

2nd November 2007

Blackstones Away 

Result 2-4

It is not only British Rail that has had problems with fallen leaves. The pitch at Ryhall school had to be swept clear of leaves, so one side line could be seen. Apart from the leaves and a big slope from one side to the other, the pitch was perfect, a bit wet so the ball moved easily. Both teams had possession early on and Blackstones had an early chance when the ball was passed into the box, Ryan in goal was quick to react and kicked the ball clear and got a kick himself for his bravery. The first change of the game saw Josh come on when we had a corner to replace Jacob who had kept things tight at the back, Josh stayed back to defend, the corner was cleared towards Josh, who, still on the halfway line, Side footed the ball towards the goal with his first touch of the ball, the wet pitch played it’s part and the ball skidded through the keeper to put us one up. A few minutes later some good work by Sebbie gave him the space to play the ball to Scott who ran on and scored to put us 2 up at half time. Nicholas was fouled on the left of the box, a thunderous shot was expertly tipped onto the bar by the Blackstones keeper who was in fine form. Good solid defending and team work had made the difference. Blackstones came out quickly in the second half and we were made to work even harder to stop them. However they managed to get 2 goals quickly after some indecision at the back. Ryan was again called into action, coming out quickly and he made himself big to block a shot. This did not deter the lads and again we started to take control. Deeping pressure led to an own goal, 2-3 up. Alex and William were working hard when Blackstones had the ball to deny them any room. Sebbie managed to work some room and put in another goal. 2-4 up. The final whistle came.

Well done to the lads, Ryan had performed brilliantly at training on Wednesday and he brought that form into the game today with some excellent instructions being shouted out to the players in front of him. Strong defending and team play by the rest of the lads brought us through.  I consider this to be the best team performance so far this season; we are getting better each game.

 

A friendly game followed, Six a side, we played three up front for this and the lads coped very well with the extra player and maintained their positions throughout. Blackstones went 1 up. Again players were swapped round during the friendly and again at half time to give everyone experience of different positions. A long pass forward from Jacob was just kept in by Nicholas who turned and passed the ball to Ryan at the edge of the box who hit a first time shot in to the net. The game finished 1-1. Again lots of good passing and movement.

 

The man of the match was - Ryan

 

 

 

10th November 2007

League game - Bourne Blues at home

Today’s game saw Bourne Blues return to Outgang Road after visiting us 2 weeks ago for a friendly. 7 players were available today with Alex not being well. I think it is fair to say we took control from the kick off and kept most of the possession. After an enforced substitution due to an injury to Scott, Sebbie ran through after some good passing and slotted the ball home. William doubled the lead with some determined play, 2-0 at half time. Ryan was briefly called upon to clear a Bourne through ball and take some goal kicks. Jacob, Nicholas and Josh kept things solid at the back as well as going forward to support the two front players at every opportunity. This lead to some superb passing and movement by all players, providing 1 goal for William and another to Sebbie. Final score 4-0 to Deeping. Scott did not have a good afternoon after receiving his earlier injury, a very painful blow to the eye with the Ball forced another change.

 

The friendly followed the same pattern, Scott had now recovered from his injuries and bravely went in Goal.  The passing continued to flow with Nicholas setting up Jacob for a couple of chances that were put just wide.  Nicholas started the scoring, Josh supplied William with another Goal and Sebbie put another away as well, Josh got a well deserved goal, he had worked hard in both games and provided some good passes and tough tackles. Bourne kept going to the end, but again, Scott in goal did not have too much to do and was beginning to feel the cold.

 

This was probably the best performance of the season, everyone played well, organised themselves, passing movement and commitment to stopping Bourne from playing was first class.

 

The man of the match trophy was won by William.

 

 

17th November 2007

League Game – Spalding Away.

 

This was an eagerly awaited top of the table clash, Spalding had won 6 out of 6 and we had won 5 out of 5.  The early pressure was by Spalding who played three up front. Nicholas and Josh had to work hard at the back with William and Scott tracking back to help when ever it was needed. We started to get more of the ball and hit them on the break a couple of times. Our passing game started to come through and a neat move down the left by Scott finished with a pass to William who still had players in front of him to beat, drove into the box and shot into the roof of the net. Ryan was called into action a couple of times in the half to gather balls passed into the box, he received another kick on the ankle for his bravery. The start of the second half saw Spalding come at us very hard. With some of their players left unmarked we soon found ourselves 2-1 down, the second goal was nearly kept out by Nicholas and Ryan. The referee deemed a ball by Scott to be a back pass, (no way ref came the response from the Spalding Parents) and gave a free kick on the edge of the box. All four outfield players formed a wall. The shot was heading for the top left corner when Ryan dived and jumped so high, managing to get both hands on the ball to push it wide. Everyone watching applauded the save of the season, so far. We continued to play our flowing football and this started to create chances. Josh also had a free kick blocked. A pass from Spalding was intercepted by Josh who pushed into the edge of the box, his shot hit the post and rebounded quickly to Scott who unluckily put the ball wide. The final whistle went. All good things come to an end. A draw may have been a fairer result, but everyone can still be pleased with how well they played. We kept passing and playing good football all the way through the game, even when we went behind. Playing good football will always be the philosophy of the team.

 

The man of the match trophy was won by Josh

 

 

24th November 2007

League Game – Crowland away.

 

This was the first return fixture of the season. We had a cracking first game, narrowly winning 3-2. Winter hit hard today, a strong wind coupled with freezing temperatures made the conditions very hard. A de-frosting and sticky pitch made things difficult for both sides. We had the wind behind us in the first half and the possession was with us, although Crowland had a couple of chances to score, Ryan had this covered. Swapping the players round was in order as the cold started to bite. Scott was on the left, and after a good run, slipped the ball to Sebbie who rounded their defender and slotted the ball home. A well deserved goal. Half time came and the change of ends put the cold wind in our faces. We still had a lot of the ball, however chances at goal were few. With the wind behind them, Crowland broke through 4-5 times. Ryan has been on top form in recent weeks and he continued in this game, stopping Crowland on these 1 on 1 situations. We managed to hang on to the win.

 

A six a side friendly followed and brought more of the same good football from both sides and possession was more evenly split. We found ourselves 2-1 down with a few minutes to go, a good run at goal from William led to him passing to Alex in the box, who put the ball away for his first goal of the season.

 

I was very proud of all of the players in how the coped with the cold and wind, 2 or 3 were really suffering but continued to put the effort in. Well done to everyone, including the parents on the side line.

 

The man of the match trophy was won by Ryan.

 

 

1st December 2007

League Game – Glinton at home.

 

Unlike last weeks game, the sun was shining and the temperature was at least 5 times higher at 6 degrees C. We started well with strong play from all of the starting line up of Ryan in goal, Alex, Josh, William and Sebbie. However for all of our control, we did not have a meaningful shot. Sebbie, out wide on the left, had a shot at goal and this went through the keepers hands to put us one up. Halftime came, a strong chat with the players did the trick. And everyone came out of the blocks quickly, Sebbie put us 2 up. Then one of the goals of the season. Scott had the ball, a pass to Sebbie on the left. Scott saw space in front of him and ran forward calling for the ball back, Sebbie heard this passed back, Scott continued his run and put the ball away. Sebbie put us 4 up to complete his hat trick. Glinton kept going and were rewarded with a goal in the last minute. A shot came in from the left, Ryan dived to push the ball wide, but a Glinton player was there to tap the ball into the net. A good game by all of the players. Well Done.

 

We played a friendly afterwards and won 4 nil with 2 goals from Nicholas and Jacob.

 

The man of the match trophy was won by Alex.

 

 

8th December 2007

League Game – Northborough away

 

Summer felt along time ago in this game. Rain and Wind had made the pitch very heavy. The temperature was pretty low as well. After an intense warm up, we started the game in our rain jackets in an attempt to keep dry.  An even start to the game was broken by a good run down the left by Scott who hit a great cross in for William, who had held position in the middle, to put away. Another break by Scott, this time from the left into the box, a right foot shot put us 2 nil up. Ryan in goal was keeping himself warm with plenty of star jumps. Half time came and went, Still raining. Changes made. This half was more even with chances at both ends. Some of the best passing and movement by William and Josh was creating openings. A half chance shot by Northborough went in, I think Ryan was frozen to the spot in the wind and rain. In the last minute William doubled his goal tally for the match with a great move round a defender followed by a sweetly hit shot. Final score 1-3 to Deeping. This game has now put on the same points as Spalding who are top.

 

Due to the weather no friendly.

 

The Man of the match trophy was won by Scott.

 

26th January 2008

League Game – Blackstones at home

 

Finally we managed to get a game in after 49 days. Sunny weather had returned from the rain that forced us to call games off for the previous 2 weeks.

The game started with Blackstones kicking off and within 10 seconds we were 1 nil down, we did not pick up a player on the right who sneaked into the box and while we were ball watching he found space to get a pass and score.

This really shook us up and we then realised there was a game to play. The passing and marking returned and within 3-4 minutes we were in front, thanks to 2 quick goals from Sebbie. Our normal game had returned. Half time 2-1 up.

Blackstones started strongly and were forcing us back to our goal. A goal from Blackstones evened things up. Another goal from Sebbie put us in the lead again; however more pressure from Blackstones and a slip in concentration from us gave 2 goals away. Final whistle came. 3-4 was the score to Blackstones.

 

This game showed that we had not played a competitive match for 49 days, we were out of practice and not quite up to match speed at the start. However when we started playing well, the usual confidence and ability came through. Ryan was talking well in goal and Josh and Nicholas, after the first goal, looked good at the back. Sebbie, William and Scott looked good up front.

 

We did start a friendly game and got into the second half with the score at nil nil. However the game had to be abandoned. This is now in the hands of the Peterborough Junior Alliance.

 

Thanks to all of the Deeping players and parents for their support during and after this game. I was really proud as to how well all of the players handled the game and the issues surrounding it.

 

 

The Man of the match trophy was won by Josh

 

9th February 2008

League Game - Wittering Away

 

A chilly start to this game, Wittering have improved again since our first encounter at the Peterborough Embankment. This time we knew not to underestimate them and took control early on. Some good play by Josh, winning the ball in the box and then passing to Scott, who hit a shot into the top left corner of the net. A scrappy goal was scored by Wittering, a couple of lucky rebounds and then a tap in made it 1-1. Scott put away another to make it 1-2 to us.

 

Nicholas was fouled on the right hand side of the box. Scott and his left foot was required to take it and he promptly smacked the ball into the net, again in the top left corner. Another commanding performance from the clarets.

 

A six a side friendly was played and the formation of 2-2-1 was kept for the whole game, all players kept looking round to see who they should be marking and when we had the ball the running and passing was first class. A nice move saw Alex in the right place and the right time to hit the ball home, (with his left foot) into the net.

 

The Man of the match trophy was won by Scott

 

 

16th February 2008

League Game – Bourne away

 

An even colder start to this game, a slowly defrosting pitch made play difficult for both sides and the ground was lumpy and hard in places, which led to the ball bouncing around unpredictably. We kicked off and for the next 3-4 minutes we had throw in after throw in and corners, without making our domination count. The only chance Bourne had, was when we were caught ball watching and too far up field, however the speed of our players saved the day and tackles were made (eventually).

In goal, Ryan, did not have too much to do, however, he kept on directing the play in his usual confident manner.

The second half continued the same as the first, we have the most of the possession, however, Bourne were still dangerous on the break. Josh was fouled just outside the box, he bravely got up and took the kick himself. The shot was on target, fortune was in our favour and the ball bounced passed two outfield players and the keeper to go in the goal.

 

We kept playing and were close to getting some more goals. We learnt today that unless you score the domination of the game is not enough.

 

During the game there were some fantastic corners by William and Josh, which we were close to converting.

 

The friendly was six a side, 3 nil was the score, some good displays by all the lads, the passing was again superb from Josh and Jacob which set up Scott for a goal. 1-3 to Deeping was the eventual score.

 

The man of the match was - Jacob

 

23rd February 2008

League game – Spalding at home

 

Wow, what an important game for both teams, if Spalding win or draw, they win the league. So it was a must win game for Deeping. Every player during the warm up was the most focused and determined I have seen them all season.

I was worried that nerves might get the better of them, but how wrong was I. From the start of the game each player was 100% on the ball from the start. With this weeks pitch being a lot flatter than last weeks, we managed to get the ball moving well and our passing was spot on. Ryan in our goal did not have much to do in the first half apart from clear a couple of through balls, he was very brave and dived at the feet of the oncoming Spalding forwards, defensively we completely blocked any Spalding attack, Josh and Nicholas were quick to the ball and strong tackling broke down the attacks before any shots could be got away. Up front we looked dangerous with William’s and Scott’s movement and control being superb. Scott got the first goal with some nice movement and control. A change in players did not affect the style of play. Half time came and went and we stayed 1 up, Spalding managed their only shot on goal at the start of the second half, luckily the ball hit the post and rebounded to our player to clear. Half way into the second half, Sebbie gathered the ball up and a strong quick run opened up the Spalding defence and goal !!, 2 nil gave us some breathing space. A goal 2 minutes from time for Sebbie made the game safe. Spalding are a very good team and to restrict them to only one shot was an unbelievable performance. Well done to the lads

 

A six a side friendly followed a couple of goals were scored by Spalding in the first half, however, we got back into the game well and the new formation of 5 outfield players is starting the go well. Most of the players were playing out of their usual position, however we coped well. 3 goals were scored by Deeping, Sebbie, William and josh.

 

The man of the match was – Nicholas.

 

 

1st March 2008

 

League Game – Northborough at Home

 

This is the last league game of the season. The lads did not need any motivation, win the game and win the league.

 

The very sunny but windy weather was trying it’s best to spoil the game; however we were not to be put off. With the wind in our faces the game commenced. 2 very early goals by Sebbie was perfect at calming the nerves of manager, players and spectators of the Claret’s. for the first, Sebbie picked the ball and used his pace to get round the defenders and goal keeper to walk the ball into the net. The second was a minute later, very similar to the first; Sebbie’s pace created space for him to slot the ball home passed the keeper. Northborough did not know what had hit them. At the back we looked solid, with Ryan calling out to Alex and Josh to mark. Northborough broke through into the box, Josh came flying in and made the tackle of the match, clearing the ball from the toes of the Northborough forward just as he was about to shoot. Jacob received a pass from Sebbie and broke into the box and hit a great shot, low passed the keeper. 3-0. Northborough kept going and put a lot of pressure on the team, and were rewarded with a goal just before half time. The second half was a tighter game with fewer chances than in the first half. Nicholas, William and Scott were brought on, and kept up the flowing passing football. Scott was on hand to add a fourth goal to seal the win.

 

THIS RESULT MEANS THAT IN OUR FIRST SEASON WE HAVE BECOME LEAGUE WINNERS !!!!!!

 

Every player has made massive improvements in their game from the first game to the last. All the hard work has been worth it and I am immensely proud of all the lads. WELL DONE.

 

 

We had a friendly afterwards, Josh scored his first Hattrick, with all goals being worked by passing and good movement off the ball, Nicholas also added a fourth with a low shot from out wide.