After leaving school 15mins early we arrived in good time at Hellesdon High School. In fact we arrived too early as their team were still in the classroom watching a PowerPoint on the offside rule! That is not a joke!
The game started at a quick pace, Neatherd were clearing the ball well from the back, but Hellesdon kept coming foward and got an early goal with a great cross and header.
Neatherd were playing some tidy football mostly through Lucy, but mostly in our own half. Hellesdon had two more shots and scored with both. Neatherd then had the best move of the match, Lisa intercepted the ball and passed to Ashleigh, it was then onto Rianna who slotted in Lucy. A swift and classy passing move that unfortunately did not result in a goal.
Some superb heading from Neatherd and some more good football resulted in a great shot that went just over the bar. Lucy had won the ball, dragged the ball back to beat a player and then played in Hannah, who shot well, but just over the bar.
Just before half time Hellesdon got a fourth goal. Neatherd had played some great football in the first half, but unfortunately not far enough up the pitch. Hellesdon had played well, but every time they shot..they scored a goal!
The second half saw some more good football from Neatherd, Neatherd had many more shots on goal, Rachel, Hannah and Rianna all forced their keeper into saves. Unfortunately Hellesdon scored three more goals, and ended up winning 7-0.
In their last game Hellesdon won 15-0, so we did well....especially concidering we only had one Year 9! Well Done to Lisa dn Laura on their debuts, both did really well. Thanks to Lucy, Rachel and Anya for going in goal. Lucy and Rachel did really well in the middle. Sophie, Leah and Lisa were excellent at the back. Despite the loss, we played well.
Next game U13 v Northgate Thursday 27th Sept.