United under-11s fail to draw heart from stalemate (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

United under-11s fail to draw heart from stalemate

12:39pm Tuesday 16th October 2007

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Bradford United Juniors under-sevens blue team played out a frustrating 1-1 draw with Queensbury A in the Keybury League.

United had the lion's share of possession but lacked the killer touch in front of goal.

Their early pressure was rewarded with a long-range strike from Eisa Faulding after five minutes.

Ben Fraser chipped over the advancing keeper but wide in one of United's best chances but Queensbury caught them on the counter-attack and equalised through an own goal.

Albion Sports under-tens continued their recent good form with a confortable 2-0 win at Weston Lane.

A great solo goal from Zain Mushtaq gave Albion the lead and Nadeem Khan doubled their advantage after some good work by man of the match Aaron Day.

Bradford Park Avenue under-tens Titans ground out a 6-1 win at Bolton Woods to further cement their position at the top of the table.

The Titans' defence of Samuel Kelemen, Angel Thorpe, holding midfielder Olaf Rutkowski and keeper Connor Rhodes stayed solid at the back throughout and repelled some good attacks.

Two thunder shots from Curtis Gentles rebounded from the woodwork and set up Bobbie Lea Cowens for two of his three goals, while left-footer Connor Rhodes also hit a hat-trick, including a right-foot half-volley into the top corner.

Horsforth A under-tens Lions blue beat Shipley Lions 5-1. Horsforth scorers were William Noel-Flint, Evan Saunders (his third goal in three games), Mitch Pattinson (2) and Zak Davies.

Bradford United Juniors under-eights red lost 4-0 at home to Skipton LMS.

A talented Skipton side pinned United in their own half for most of the first half, going in at the break 1-0 up.

There was a big improvement after the interval but poor marking at a corner saw Skipton go 2-0 up and as heads went down, they added two more to give a flattering scoreline.

Owen Clark was again man of the match, playing in front of the two defenders.

United under-tens black lost 9-1 at Horton Foxes after a poor second-half display.

Harry Gammon scored for United and Liam Nicholson saved a penalty and was voted man of the match.

United under-11s Lizards yellow won a closely-fought encounter with Sutton Rogues 2-1.

In an entertaining game, United shaded the early exchanges. Sutton also had chances but were thwarted by a man-of-the-match performance from Paul Causley in defence.

The second half started in much the same vain with both teams hitting the post. Eventually, after good passing and a shot from Josh Broom the ball broke just outside the box for Jack Cavalier-Lumley to scream a shot into the back of the net.

A second followed from Rhys Raistrick and after sitting back on their lead, Sutton scored a late goal to make it a tense final few minutes.

Queensbury Cougars beat Eldwick 10-0. Harry Palmer scored five, George Beck grabbed a hat-trick with Ryan Sykes and Ashley Baxter adding the others.

Despite dominating play, Queensbury Colts drew 3-3 at Horsforth, with Joe Beadsley scoring twice and William Bingham adding the third.

Due to Silsden Juniors under-12s A having a bye in the first round of the League Cup, they were back in Craven, Aire & Wharfe League action at the weekend, beating Bingley Juniors A 5-1 at home.

In a poor first half, Silsden struggled to play football and were constantly giving the ball away in all areas of the pitch.

Trailing 1-0 at the break, Jack Roberts and Ben Phillips were brought on to tighten the defence, with Jack Leach bolstering the left side of midfield.

The striking partnership of David Hunt and Ben Ramsden finally exploded into action when they plundered five great goals between them, with Ramsden getting a hat-trick. Harry Marshall and man of the match Josh Metcalfe worked tirelessly down the right wing to create a host of chances, In the under-16 League Cup, Campion enjoyed an emphatic 9-0 win over Long Lee Rattlers.

Campion simply had too much for the opposition, with four of the goals coming from man of the match Aaron Metcalfe.

In the Garforth League, Farsley Celtic Colts under-13s lost a thriller 4-3 at second-placed Garforth Rangers.

Farsley started the game brightly and after ten minutes striker Jamie Hall volleyed them in front.

Dominic Staunton then hit the Garforth bar before Garforth equalised with a well-taken lob.

Garforth scored three quick goals to demoralise Farsley but after a half-time team-talk of Churchillian standards, Farsley were a different outfit after the break and Jack Reed and Jamie Hall scored to reduce to deficit to 4-3.

In a frantic last ten minutes Farsley drove forward and hit the post but could not find a deserved equaliser.

Josh Maskill was named man of the match.

Albion Sports under-11s failed to convert a host of chances in the first half of their match with Beeston.

They somehow went in at the break 2-1 down - Marcus Harper scoring for Albion - and fell further behind in the second half through a penalty and a fine solo effort.

This spurred Albion on and goals from Ryan Watling and debutant striker Randeep Uppal made for an exciting final 15 minutes.

As Albion pushed forward Beeston scored again, and despite dominating possession for the final ten minutes Albion failed again to convert their chances.

Man of the match Jordan Stefanuti was excellent at the back.

Bradford United Juniors under-18s won 7-1 at Wilsden in the Huddersfield League.

United totally outplayed and outclassed a very good Wilsden team.

They got off to a good start with a goal from Steve Helaimia in the first five minutes and went on to play their best football of the season so far.

There is room for improvement in the finishing department, however, as many chances went begging.

United made the game safe by half-time, notching a further three goals.

In the second half they kept the tempo going as the game petered out as a non-contest.

Goalscorers were Helaimia (3), Paul Donnelly, Sam Bruce, Nathan Alexander and Kyle Berry.

Vision under-tens A produced an excellent all-round team performance to cruise past Batley A 7-1 in the Huddersfield League.

Accurate passing was the key with man of the match Callum Docherty being the main beneficiary scoring four goals, James Morris got two and Tom Bentham completed the scoring.

Bradford United Juniors under-16s tasted victory in their Leeds League clash at Leeds City.

Josh Miller, Ashraful Islam and man of the match Michael Binns gave them a 3-0 victory.

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