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Isle of Wight Festival 2012: Day 2
Plymouth Under 14 Squad competing at the IOW Festival
Results – Day Two
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Bridgwater |
2-1 |
East Riding |
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Yeovil & District |
1-0 |
Hartlepool |
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Derby |
0-1 |
Vale of White Horse |
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West Cornwall |
0-3 |
Isle of Wight |
|
East Cornwall |
2-2 |
Coventry |
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Bishop Auckland |
0-3 |
Plymouth |
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Cambridge |
1-3 |
Hyndburn & Ribble Valley |
The morning games when the Isle of Wight Festival resumed in glorious weather yet again, were all close affairs with both Bridgwater and Vale of White Horse maintaining their 100% records.
After Bridgwater's 7-1 victory on the opening day, they were given a much tougher game by East Riding although they took the lead in the 2nd minute when Danny Keane netted after good work by Jamie Burton. Good defensive performances from Billy Vickery, Luke Rimes, Cam Hampson and Sam O'Coy helped Bridgwatrer control the gamebut East Riding equalised with a quick break just before half-time.
After the break, Bridgwater began to take midfield control and Rhys Hayward put them ahead again after 17 minutes and although Ed Howes made a fine double save, East Riding's attacks were rare and Bridgwater had the ball in the net near the end but the effort was ruled out for offside
Vale of White Horse again won 1-0 but left it very late, when a late penalty by Jack Powell, who himself was fouled in the box, was enough to beat Derby. Vale had plenty of chances but also owed a lot to goalkeeper Conor Johns who made a magnificent save from Alex Pollard when he finger-tipped the ball on to the bar and made some other good stops. Derby had an equal number of first half chances but neither side could break the deadlock.
Derby started the second half strongly and created another four chances which they unfortunately missed and could be classed unfortunate not to get a share of the spoils.
Yeovil recovered well from their 5-0 defeat the previous day and beat Hartlepool 1-0 in another game of missed chances particularly in the first half when Yeovil forcedMitchell Rookes to make a good save but failed to hit the target with their others.
The second half was scrappy until a long ball was expertly slotted over the advancing Hartlepool keeper. This spurred Hartlepool to finish strongly with Nathaniel Skidmore, Jack Skidmore and Liam Measor all having chances but the ball just would not go in.
The local Isle of Wight side gained their first win with two penalties helping them to a 3-0 victory, Bradley Hayter opened the scoring while Luc Debaham and Callum Morgan converted the spot kicks.
There was a shock as Hyndburn and Ribble Valley with their young side defeated Cambridge 3-1 at West Wight FC. Cambridge played below their normal level but the Lancashire side worked hard all through the game and deserved their win which should give them much encouragement.
Plymouth continued to look the best team at the Festival as they defeated Bishop Auckland 3-0. Jason Vincent followed up a shot from Jake Miller rebounded from the bar. Vincent scored his second midway through the second half and Jake Miller sealed their win in the 65th minute.
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April 2012 News
30th :: England Boss speaks on Centenary Shield delight
esfa.co.uk once again, caught up with England Under 18 Schools’ Football Team manager, Andy Williams, following on from the Centenary Shield success against Republic of Ireland at Brighton & Hove Albion.
27th :: U18 Centenary Shield: England 2-1 Rep. of Ireland
Life could have been so much easier for England if they had not lost their first match in Wales, because that left a very big hill to climb and having won all the other games this was the one they had still to win to secure the Centenary Shield.
16th :: Andy Williams reflects on the victory over Scotland
esfa.co.uk caught up with the England Under 18 Schools' Team Manager, Andy Williams, for his thoughts on Thursday night's victory over Scotland at Newcastle United FC:
Whilst beating Scotland was satisfying in itself, it was the manner of the performance
13th :: U18 Centenary Shield: England 2-0 Scotland
England Under 18 Schoolboys increased their chances of regaining the Centenary Shield following an impressive 2-0 win against Scotland, at Newcastle United FC’s Sports Direct Arena, on Thursday 12 April 2012.
11th :: Isle of Wight Festival 2012: Day 3 & 4
Results – Day 3
Isle of Wight
0-1
East Cornwall
West Cornwall
1-4
Cambridge
Bishop Auckland
3-2
Bridgwater
East Riding
3-0
Coventry
03rd :: U14 Isle of Wight Festival 2012: Day 1
Results - Day One:
East Cornwall
0-1
Vale of White Horse
West Cornwall
2-0
Derby
Isle of Wight
1-2
Hartlepool
Coventry
1-3
Plymouth
