Merley Allendale YFC

Harriers Under 13   2007 - 2008

League: Dorset Youth League Under 13 Division 3

Final Position: 4th out of 11 teams

Sponsor: Organix

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Date	Opponents	Venue	Comp	Result	Scorers	Man Of Match
09-SEP-07	Broadstone Colts	H	League	3 - 1	K.Foley 2, D.Hughes	Richard Green
16-SEP-07	Wimborne Town	A	League	6 - 2	C.Goldsmith, D.Donovan 2, K.Foley 2, R.Young	Ronnie Young
23-SEP-07	Poole Town Colts	H	League	3 - 1	D.Donovan, O.Bejjada, R.Young	Dean Donovan
30-SEP-07	Hamworthy United	A	League	4 - 6	K.Foley 2, D.Donovan, R.Young	Chris Goldsmith
14-OCT-07	Sherborne Town	H	League	3 - 1	R.Young, K.Foley, C.Goldsmith	William Bugden
28-OCT-07	Okeford United	H	League	2 - 2	K.Foley, R.Young	Jonathan Pike
04-NOV-07	Dexter Sports	A	D.Cup	1 - 2	K.Foley	Nayim Bejjada
11-NOV-07	Weymouth Cougars	A	League	5 - 0	K.Foley 3, D.Donovan, R.Young	Daniel Hughes
25-NOV-07	Weymouth Diamonds	A	League	4 - 3	O.Bejjada, D.Hughes, R.Young 2	Callum Stones
16-DEC-07	Broadstone Colts	A	League	3 - 3	o.g. R.Young 2	Nayim Bejjada
06-JAN-08	Wimborne Town	H	League	3 - 1	K.Foley, D.Donovan, C.Rimmer	Omar Bejjada
20-JAN-08	Hamworthy United	H	League	0 - 5	-	William Evans
27-JAN-08	Sherborne Town	A	League	2 - 1	C.Goldsmith, O.Bejjada	Chris Goldsmith
10-FEB-08	Okeford United	A	League	4 - 2	C.Rimmer, K.Foley, C.Goldsmith 2	Romulus Lam
24-FEB-08	Blandford Youth	A	League	2 - 1	C.Goldsmith, D.Hughes	Daniel Hughes
02-MAR-08	Weymouth Diamonds	H	League	7 - 0	R.Young 3, K.Foley D.Donovan 2, C.Goldsmith	Ronnie Young
09-MAR-08	Portland United	A	League	0 - 3	-	Chris Rimmer
05-APR-08	Portland United	H	League	0 - 11	-	Chris Goldsmith
06-APR-08	Weymouth Cougars	H	League	1 - 1	C.Goldsmith	Jonathan Pike
13-APR-08	Poole Town Colts	A	League	0 - 2	-	Callum Stones
04-MAY-08	Blandford Youth	H	League	3 - 3	D.Donovan, R.Young, R.Lam (pen)	Romulus Lam

Stats

League: Played 20, Won 11, Drawn 4, Lost 5, Goals For 55, Goals Against 49

Cup:      Played 1, Won 0, Drawn 0, Lost 1, Goals For 1, Goals Against 2

Players Awards

Ceremony held at AFC Bournemouth on 17th May 2008

Player's Player Of The Year:             Ronnie Young

Most Improved Player Of The Year:  Nayim Bejadda

Manager's Player Of The Year:          Chris Goldsmith

Match Reports

Sunday 16th September 2007  Wimborne Town Phoenix 2  Merley Allendale 6
With the home team kicking off the Merley boys soon got the game under control by playing some great football between them all. Within the first 15 minutes of the game Dean Donovan put Merley 1-0 up. The boys soon domineered the game with Dean soon scoring his second goal from a great shot into the top corner, producing a 2-0 score. Nearing the end of the first half the home team scored their first goal. Daniel Hughes then proceeded to cross the ball onto our new signing, Ronnie Young, who scored his first goal on his debut game for the club. Half time score 3-1.
      The second half the boys had to kick up-hill and had the wind in their faces. With a combination of determination and skill from the boys Kieran Foley went to score the fourth goal from a cross from Daniel Hughes. Soon after Wimborne pulled one back giving a score of 4-2. With just 5 minutes until the final whistle, Kieran goes through for goal no. 5. Within the last minute of the game Chris Goldsmith received the ball into the middle of the field, brought it down and with a great shot on goal from 20 yards, scored goal no. 6.
      Another brilliant result boys. Superb playing, keep up the good work.
M.O.M. - Ronnie Young

		Dean Donovan scores one of his two goals
		Man Of The Match, Ronnie Young wins a header

Sunday 23rd September 2007  Merley Allendale 3  Poole Town Colts 1
This was our second home game of the season, at our new home ground. The Merley boys kicked off and the game got underway. Very soon the boys came up against a team who they discovered were stronger in mid-field than last season. Some great one-to-one passing was played between our boys and within 10 minutes our first goal came. This was a result from Kieran Foley setting-up Dean Donovan from just outside the 18 yard box, with a well struck shot goal. Only 5 minutes later, the visiting team fought back to level the score. Half time score 1-1.
      The second half began and the boys continued to play well with Daniel Hughes hitting the bar. A corner kick by Dean, resulted in Omar Bejjada receiving the ball and slotting in goal number 2 for the team. The boys continued to fight for every ball and with their spirits high William Bugden made some crucial saves. Another corner kick came from Dean which was received by our new signing Ronnie Young who went on to score our 3rd and final goal.
M.O.M. - Dean Donovan

Sunday 30th September 2007  Hamworthy United 6   Merley Allendale 4
This was to be our first defeat of the season, against a team who beat us in the league last season.  The game began with the home team soon showing they were the stronger of the two teams, scoring 2 goals, within ten minutes.  With end to end football being played by both sides the boys knew they were in for a long, tough game. Soon after Merley came back with Dean Donovan passing the ball through to Kieran Foley who slotted our first.  Three further goals were scored by our opponents, but with just 3 minutes until the end of the first half Ronnie Young scored our second goal. Half time score 5-2.
      During the second half of the game, the Merley boys “woke up” and started to play some better football. Kieran Foley went on to score the third goal and then Hamworthy scored their sixth.  With just 5 minutes until the end Dean scored our fourth and final goal of the game.  Final score 6-4. “Heads-up boys”, we can bounce back!!
M.O.M.  - Chris Goldsmith

		Nayim clearing the ball
		A bit of skill from Dean
		Kieran on his way to score his first for the team
		Chris and Daniel in a tussle with the opposition

Sunday 14th October 2007  Merley Allendale 3   Sherborne Town 1
      This match, we were to play against a team who had moved down a division this season. The visiting team kicked off and very soon the boys got the “grit between their teeth” and started to produce some good football between them. Within ten minutes Merley were ahead with a superb run down the right and cutting inside around the visitors defence, Ronnie Young scored our first goal. Sherborne soon came back to level the score 1-1. End to end football by both teams and with only 10 minutes until half-time, William Bugden, pulled off a great save and kept the visitors at bay. Ronnie then took another sprint down the right to cross the ball into the path of Kieran Foley who put in our second goal. Half time score 2-1.
      During the second half the boys found it more of a challenge with most of the play in the middle of the park. The boys kept on fighting for every ball and with the Merley defence keeping their guard up, this eventually paid off with Chris Goldsmith going through to score our third goal.
Well done boys, a great team effort. Final score 3-1.
M.O.M. - William Bugden

		William Bugden - Man of the Match
		The boys showing determination to keep possession of the ball
		Daniel Hughes keeping the ball under his careful control
		Jonathan Pike taking control of the ball
		William Bugden, recovering from one of his many great saves during the game

Sunday 28th October 2007  Merley Allendale 3   Okeford United 2
      The team we were to play had recently moved down a division and we hadn’t played against for a couple of seasons. The weather was miserable but despite this the game got underway with good parental support on the side-lines.
      Within the first minute of the game, Dean Donovan took a throw-in onto
Chris Goldsmith’s, head, to put Kieran Foley through for our first goal. Due to the weather conditions, both teams tried to play some good football. Seven minutes into the game Ronnie Young took a run down the right and slotted in goal no. 2. With the wind blowing and the rain pouring down, our defence concentration began to lapse allowing the visitors to pull a goal back, giving a half-time score of 2-1.
      During the second half, both teams continued to struggle on against the weather and yet again our defence allowed another goal from the visitors, giving an equalizing score of
2-2. This was to be the final result, which in fairness to both teams was deserved.
M.O.M. - Jonathan Pike

Sunday 4th November 2007   Dexter Sports 2   Merley Allendale 1   Dorset Cup Round 2
    When this fixture was first announced I knew it was going to be a challenge for the boys as our opponents are in the Bournemouth League, Division 1. Despite this our boys started off on the front foot for the first twenty minutes, then the home side broke our defence and scored their first goal. All credit to the boys they kept their heads up and continued to fight for every ball. With just 5 minutes left until half time, Dexter’s netted their second. Half time score 2-0.
      With a few changes in mid-field the second half started with the boys playing full of determination and skill producing some of the best football they have probably ever played. Within the first five minutes Omar Bejjada took a long range shot only missing a goal due to the goal bar. The boys continued to produce some great football and finally saw their way through with Dean Donovan putting Kieran Foley through on goal give a score of 2-1. The whole team effort kept the home team’s score to a minimum giving a final score of 2-1.
      Well done boys, what a great game to watch and an outstanding performance during the second half. M.O.M. - Nayim Bejjada

		Richard Green showing absolute determination
		Romulus Lam keeping the ball under his control

Sunday 11th November 2007   Weymouth Cougars 0  Merley Allendale 5
    The boys started this game with positive attitudes and soon after kick off, the Merley boys had the game under way with some great ball control. The boys played well producing some great team football. Just 20 minutes into the game Dean Donovan set-up Kieran Foley with the first of his goals of the game. Just 5 minutes later and Kieran scored our second goal. With all their determination and skill the Merley boys were turning the home side “inside out”. With just one minute before half-time Ronnie Young went through the home side defence and slotted in goal number 3. The ½ time score was 3-0.
      During the second half the boys continued to play well and had so many shots on goal the final score could have been even higher. Dean Donovan went on to score goal number 4 with William Bugden, goalkeeper, maintaining a clean sheet for our side. With only ten minutes remaining, Dean set up Kieran Foley for his hat-trick of the game.
      Well done to all the boys for a well earned 3 points. M.O.M. - Daniel Hughes

		Chris Goldsmith helping the team to secure a "flying result"
		Jonathan Pike playing with the opposition hot on his heels

Sunday 25th November 2007   Weymouth Diamonds 3  Merley Allendale 4
    We arrived at this away game with the bare minimum of 11 players. Within a minute from kick-off the boys hit the cross bar giving the game an exciting start. Very quickly the boys soon got the bit between their teeth and played some great football.
     25 minutes into the game our first goal came as a result of Chris’ Goldsmith hitting the cross bar, the ball falling into the feet of Omar Bejjada, who was quick to score. The team continued to play well together and this soon paid off with Daniel Hughes scoring from a close range volley. Half time score 2-0.
     During the second half of the game the boys found it more challenging especially as they were playing up hill. Not long after our opponents scored their first goal. The boys had to dig deep and tried to keep the game under control. Ronnie Young produced our 3rd goal as a result of running down the right hand side with determination and success. Our opposition soon came back fighting by scoring their second goal, but all credit to the boys they kept fighting for every ball and they were rewarded with goal no. 4 from Ronnie Young from a well struck shot. With just 2 minutes to the final whistle (even if it was blown after the 39th minute!) the home side scored their third and final goal.
      Well done to all the boys. M.O.M. - Callum Stones

		Callum Stones clearing the ball away from the opposition
		Nayim Bejjada taking control of the ball

Sunday 16th December 2007   Broadstone Colts 3   Merley Allendale 3
    This was our last match of the year, 2007. The home side kicked off and our boys soon established themselves as the stronger of the two teams. Ten minutes into the game and our opponents put the ball into the back of their own net! 1-0 up. During the first half, 90% of the play was in the opponents half. 20 minutes into the game Kieran Foley goes through on goal and gets brought down inside the box. A penalty was awarded with Ronnie Young stepping up and scoring from the spot. The home side fought back from a close range shot, giving a 2-1 score. With just 5 minutes until half time Ronnie Young goes through to score goal no. 3. Half time score 3-1.
      With the boys kicking up hill and finding the game more of a challenge, they played with determination to keep the home side at bay. Within 10 minutes the home side found their second goal and with just 5 minutes until the final whistle, the home side found their third and equalising goal from a free kick on the 18 yard box. M.O.M. - Nayim Bejjada

		Chris Goldsmith taking on the opposition
		William Evans on the defence
		Dean Donovan taking control from the opposition
		Ronnie Young crossing the ball into the oppositions goal area

6th January 2008   Merley Allendale 3  Wimborne Town Phoenix 1
     What a great start to the New Year for the boys with a win against our local rivals. The state of the pitch had a lot to be desired, but the boys soon got down to some great play with superb passing. Within 3 minutes into the game, Ronnie Young made a run down the right and crossed the ball into the path of Kieran Foley who scored from close range. Just five minutes later Wimborne Town were awarded a penalty to score their equalizing goal. Our boys continued to fight with some continued great passing between themselves from one end to the other. Kieran threads the ball through to Dean Donovan who scored our 2nd goal. Half time score 2-1.
     Second half, with our boys playing down-hill, many opportunities to score more goals were unluckily missed. The ball just wouldn’t go in. Mid-way through from a corner kick from Chris Goldsmith, onto the head of Chris Rimmer our 3rd and final goal of the match was scored.
     Well done boys. An entertaining game for us all to watch. M.O.M. Omar Bejjada

		Daniel Hughes making a run down the left
		Our man of the match, Omar Bejjada, in possession of the ball
		Kieran Foley taking charge of the ball from the opposition
		Dean Donovan and Ronnie Young on the attack
		Callum Stones looking up for his team mates

Sunday 20th January 2008   Merley Allendale 0   Hamworthy United 5
     This was to be our first home defeat of the season, although the game was not played on our home ground due to poor pitch conditions. Within 5 minutes of kick off the away side scored their first goal. They played well despite our boys putting in some great effort and always just seemed to be one step ahead of us. By half time the score was 4-0.
     During the second half our boys continued to persevere but just couldn’t finish. Half way through this half our opponents scored their fifth and final goal of the game. Final score 5-0.
M.O.M. Williams Evans. “Heads-up boys, we can bounce back from this defeat”.

		Matt' Miles with a fine save
		Romulas Lam clearing the ball from mid-field
		William Evans on the defence

Sunday 27th January 2008   Sherborne Town 1  Merley Allendale 2
   Sherborne Town have had, only one defeat this season, this was against us MAYFC and we were hoping to come away with a similar result. The home team kicked off and the game soon got underway.  The Merley boys very quickly had the game under control and not long after Omar Bejjada shot on goal which deflected off an opposing player, resulting in our first goal being scored.
Nearing the end of the first half the home side equalized but our boys continued to play with determination and effort. Half time score 1-1.
    The second half of the game continued to produce some good football from both teams. Our second and final goal came as a result of a Chris Goldsmith long-range shot from 20 yards into the top corner. The home side continued to fight back, but despite their efforts our boys defence kept them at bay. Final score 1-2.
M.O.M. Chris Goldsmith. A great game to watch by all, well done boys, brilliant!

		Dean Donovan crossing the ball in for his team mates
		Omar Bejjada in control of the ball
		Chris Goldsmith scoring our second goal
		Kieran Foley sprinting away from our opponents
		Nayim Bejjada winning the ball in the air

Sunday 10th February 2008   Okeford United 2  Merley Allendale 4
     The game got underway with the home side kicking off.  The Merley boys found the run of play going against them when the home side scored their first goal within 15 minutes.   Merley fought back with some good passing and Kieran Foley soon produced an equalising goal.  Half time score 1-1.
     During the second half, the boys went out and began to fight for every opportunity, to gain control of the ball.  With shot after shot on goal we just couldn’t finish.  With a mistake from our defence the home side went through to score their second goal.  Then at last our boys got down to some great football with some superb passing.  As a result of a corner kick Chris Goldsmith managed to float the ball in, onto Chris Rimmer’s head that scored our equalising goal.  With just 5 minutes until the final whistle Kieran Foley slotted in our third goal.  With our defence continuing to keep the home side at bay, Daniel Hughes took a run down the left side of the pitch only to be brought down, inside the box.  We were awarded a penalty kick which Chris Goldsmith took, to score our fourth and final goal of the match.  Final score 2-4.
     M.O.M.  Romulus Lam. Well done boys for yet another great result.

		Man of the match - Romulus Lam
		Dean Donovan taking one of his many shots on goal
		Callum Stone - stretching for the ball
		Chris Rimmer on the defence
		Omar Bejjada winning the ball from the opposition

Sunday 24th February 2008   Blandford Youth Barbarians 1  Merley Allendale 2
     This was our first meeting of the season with this team. The Merley boys started off well with some great passing between themselves. The home side were on the defence and our boys kept the pressure on. With Daniel Hughes in left mid-field and Ronnie Young on the right of mid-field, making all the runs down the side lines, our first goal was soon scored by Chris Goldsmith. The Merley boys continued to attack during the first half ensuring our goalkeeper William Bugden had a quiet time. Within twenty minutes of the game Daniel Hughes slots in goal number 2. Half time score 0-2.
      Second half, much the same flow of play between both sides up until the home side had a corner kick awarded to them. With a short corner taken and with a scramble in the goal mouth the ball finished in the back of the net. Final score 1-2.
     M.O.M. Daniel Hughes

		Chris Goldsmith taking on the opposition
		Nayim Bejjada
		Richard Green
		Omar Bejjada

Sunday 2nd March 2008  Merley Allendale 7   Weymouth Diamonds 0
     Once our opponents found our venue, the game eventually got underway. With the visiting team kicking off, our boys soon settled into the game and produced some good passing. Within 5 minutes of the game Kieran went through on goal and put it around the post. The boys continued to keep up their attack with shot after shot on goal, but just never quite finishing. William Bugden our goalkeeper was left with little to do. Eventually Ronnie Young found the back of the net to produce a half time score of 1-0.
     The second half was to be a complete contrast. With Kieran Foley continuing to attack, the goals at long last started to flood in and Kieran was to soon score the first goal in this half. Just 5 minutes later Ronnie went on to score his second goal of the game. Our fourth goal was a result of the ball being crossed in from Chris Goldsmith into the path of Dean Donovan who scored. Soon after, Chris Goldsmith, our Captain, went onto score goal number 5. Our 6th goal came from Dean Donovan, who placed the ball into the corner of the net. Our 7th and final goal came from Ronnie Young who scored a hat-trick.
     A great result. Well done boys. M.O.M. Ronnie Young

		Jonathan Pike with the ball at his feet
		Chris Rimmer on the defence
		Callum Stones clearing the ball
		Chris Goldsmith, our Captain, bringing the ball under control

Sunday 16th March 2008   Portland United 3  Merley Allendale 0
    This was our first meeting against this team. After a long journey, the game commenced with poor weather conditions, resulting in the wind and rain going against us. Just 5 minutes within the start of the game our opponents scored their first goal. Despite the goal, our boys put up a fight and kept our opponents score to 1-0.
     During the second half our defence failed to produce their best which resulted in our opponents scoring a further two goals. Final score 3-0.  M.O.M. Chris Rimmer.

		William Bugden our goalkeeper making a save
		Kieran Foley sprinting with the ball
		Daniel Hughes in control of the ball (spot the tongue!)

Saturday 5th April 2008   Merley Allendale 0  Portland United 11
    A disappointing game. M.O.M.  Chris Goldsmith

		Omar Bejjada
		Matthew Miles
		William Evans
		Daniel Hughes

 Sunday 6th April 2008   Merley Allendale 1  Weymouth Cougars 1
    An improved game to our previous.  Our one and only goal was scored by Chris Goldsmith as a result of a penalty.  M.O.M. Jonathan Pike

		Kieran Foley
		Jonathan Pike
		Nayim Bejjada and Chris Rimmer
		Ronnie Young
		Nayim Bejjada

Sunday 13th April 2008   Merley Allendale 0  Poole Town Colts 2

		Callum Stones
		Chris Rimmer
		Daniel Hughes
		William Bugden
		Omar Bejjada

Sunday 4th May 2008   Merley Allendale 3  Blandford Youth Barbarians 3
    This was our last game of the season.  We had the bare 11 players and the game soon got underway with the visiting team kicking off.  The Merley boys soon got the game under their control.  After just 20 minutes Ronnie Young puts Dean Donovan through on goal, with a low level shot into the bottom corner.  5 minutes later our opponents pull one back to level the score.  Half time score 1-1.
     The second half began with some good football being played by the whole team.  With determination and ball control Ronnie Young went on to score our second goal as a result of another low level shot.  Then the visitors went through the middle of the park, catching some of our boys by surprise and levelled the score up 2-2.  With just 5 minutes until the final whistle, the Merley boys were awarded a penalty.  Romulus Lam stepped up to take the penalty and scored his first ever goal for Merley.  Just 2 minutes our opponents scored their third and final score. Final score 3-3.
M.O.M.  Romulus Lam.

Managers Note 
     I would like to say on behalf of myself and the boys, thank you to John Groves for his time in coaching the team.   Special thanks as well to John Hughes our Social Rep. and Clare Dyett our Parent Rep.  A big thank you to Phillip Pike, our own Team Photographer, who has produced some superb photo’s for us all during this season. 
     The support from all the parents and families during this season has made it a pleasure to manage the team. 

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