Leicestershire Youth League

Weekly Reports

Match Reports 9/12/07
With the weather playing its part there was only 16 fixtures completed out of the programme.

UNDER 18'S
LEAGUE CUP
Syston Town are the first team to make the semi-finals after beating Mowbray Rangers at Asfordby Hill by 9 goals to 3 with Dan Marshall (2) and Jacob Pidesley getting the home side goals.

UNDER 17'S
LEAGUE CUP
The quarter final action saw the four teams emerge to take their place in the semi finals after the complete programme took place, Loughborough Dynamo were the first team with a 7 - 2 win at division one strugglers Friar Lane Juniors, the Friar lane consolation goal scorers were Luke Dalow and Darryl Hawthorn, Enderby 2000 were the next team in the hat after beating Melton Foxes 6 - 0 goals came at regular intervals with Sam Young getting a hat-trick Nathan Bedford , Liam Webster and Jordon Norton wrapping the game up for The premier division leaders. Coalville Town Ravens also made the semi finals with a five - one win over div one side Quorn Juniors, the last remaining slot was filled by Beaumont Town who beat Whetstone Juniors 2 - 0 .
DIVISION TWO
Three fixtures survived the weather with leaders, Lutterworth Town bounced back from their county cup defeat last week with an emphatic victory over Kirby Muxlow. Kirby put up a strong resistance in the first twenty minutes with Man of the match Mark Lill in the Lutterworth goal producing a couple of vital saves to keep the score all square. The dead-lock was finally broken when Toby Maloy ran onto a through ball to calmly slot the ball past Perry Read in the Kirby goal. This was quickly followed by a Brad Hughes header for the second. Sam McGowan's header provided the third when Read struggled to handle Jake Wildbore's free kick. In the first minute of the second half McGowan muscled his way in to claim his second when he turned his marker and fired in to the roof of the net. The hard working Hughes made the score 5-0 with his second goal. Jimmy Atkinson then wrapped up the scoring with two well taken headed goals from corner kicks. to give Lutterworth a 7-0 victory and retain their top spot in the league. Second placed Syston Town also had a good day by despatching Fleckney Athletic 8 - 2, Kingsway Rangers are still third after beating lowly Huncote Dynamos 5 - 1 with Kurt Moseley getting the consolation goal.

UNDER 16'S
LEAGUE CUP
With only one fixture completed
Loughborough Dynamo's League Cup campaign remains on track after they edged a close encounter with Mowbray Rangers by two goals to one. Goals in each half from Connor Bennett and Liam Scott helped to calm nerves in a game which neither side managed to achieve dominance. Loughborough were at their best when passing to feet but this didn't happen often enough and there were times when Loughborough gave the ball away cheaply. Mowbray got one back with five minutes to go to make for a tense finish. Loughborough got off to a flying start on three minutes when a fierce shot from Ollie English rattled the Mowbray cross-bar and Bennett netted the rebound. Mowbray responded soon after and were through on goal only to be denied by a last ditch challenge from Sam Russell. Loughborough were finding space down the Mowbray flanks with Scott and Reece Morris causing problems with their mobility. Both sides continued to create scoring opportunities with Joe Major and Phil O'Mara going close. Mowbray got more control of the midfield towards the end of the first half and saw a blistering free kick tipped over the bar by Chay Carter in the Loughborough net. Another free kick near the Loughborough penalty area, thirty-two minutes, resulted in a goal mouth scramble which saw Mowbray miss narrowly. The second half was more end to end stuff until fifty six minutes when Loughborough put together their first move of real quality. Morris collected the ball on the right and picked out Major who was leading the charge through midfield. Major passed to Scott who, coming in from the left, rounded the keeper and slotted the ball into the empty net with his right foot. Mowbray heads did not drop and they started to press with more purpose forcing a series of corners which resulted in a goal on seventy five minutes. The last five minutes saw Mowbray pressing for the equaliser but Loughborough resisted stoutly.

DIVISION ONE
With only one fixture Narborough took advantage of their rival's involvement in re-arranged cup ties to go to the top of division1 with a 5-1 home win against Ibstock. They took the lead when Sajan Patel picked the ball up on half-way and dribbled past 4 defenders before hitting the back of the net with a cool finish. They doubled their lead from an unfortunate own goal, then Josh Kirby pounced on a defensive mistake and finished neatly from a tight angle. Moments later he ran on to a through ball and made no mistake with the finish. Into the second half and Ibstock to their credit did not lie down making the game highly competitive with chances at both ends. Patel ran on to a ball down the right and hit a scorching finish from an angle. Jordan Duffy saved an Ibstock penalty before the visitors got a last minute consolation goal for their efforts deserved
DIVISION TWO
Two fixtures survived the weather bottom club Swallows Green took on second place Ratby Sports and made a match for the game escaping with a 2 - 2 draw with goals from Daniel Swain (2) for Green and David Allen for Sports. Third placed Quorn Juniors made no mistake by beating lowly Woodgate 80, 5 - 1 Callun Breen got the consolation for the 80.
DIVISION THREE
Raynsway Rangers were the only team to escape the weather the ground was still not the best of surfaces to play on. It was Kirby Muxloe who took the lead early in the first half. They capatilised on that goal again not long after, when a corner was swung in and with poor marking in the Raynsway box, Kirby Muxloe headed in their second. Raynsway gave away the third goal due to poor marking in midfield by not stopping the Kirby Muxloe player from shooting. The second half was lucky for Raynsway; Daz Rayns had changed the formation, putting Arwinder Singh Sodhi in central midfield from central defence, leaving only three at the back. Raynsway got one back through Zak Ainscough, with Jordan Rayns providing an in swinging free kick, for Zak to head home his 16th League goal of the season. Zak Ainscough and Jack Hickey then scored for Raynsway to level the scores also to make it a game worth watching. Arwinder Singh Sodhi provided Josh De Costa with a through ball, but the Kirby Muxloe keeper did well to keep it out. With the time ticking down, both sides' supporters were on the line really anxiously waiting for the result to go to their side. It was Arwinder who put Jack Hickey through to cleverly chip the ball over the diving Kirby keeper, into the left hand side of the goal. With the end result 4-3, Raynsway were lucky, as they had won over the hard fighting Kirby Muxloe side.
DIVISION FOUR
Two fixtures were played with Anstey Swifts finished for the Christmas break with an away win at Whetstone Juniors, with Mark Hardy getting the vital goal to steal the points, with whetstone counting all the missed chances. Loughborough F C Youth went on a shopping spree and despatched lowly Bushloe Sunday after a good stuffing 10 - 0,goals from Jordan Tinley (hat-trick), Lee Wesley (2), Damian Isaac (2), Joe Gibson , Laurence Vardaxoglu and Josh Selby.
COUNTY CUP
Gaunt Youth of the forth division took on premier division Saffron Dynamo where the result was never in doubt as Dynamo ran in nine goals without reply. Joe Wright got the ball rolling and goals came fast and frequent, the other goal scorers were Kieran Illife (2) Sam Miller , Ryan Evens , Aaron Watts , Sam Coxon Joe Wright getting his second and an own goal.