GREAT START TO SUMMER FOOTBALL

MYS Blue Stripes 11 - 2 Haddington Athletic Clarets (1Mar08)

A windy, dry Saturday at Wallyford for our first game of the new Summer League football. The game started really well for the boys, as all the early pressure came from us. The opening goal coming from a fantastic corner taken by Jason G and knocked past the keeper by Jason J. Some neat football followed with Jason J, Jason G, Cameron and Kieron all passing well as a team and capitalising on some slack defence from Haddington by scoring 6 goals in a matter of minutes, and with Jason .G getting his hat-trick from a cracker of a penalty.

The second quarter started of at a great pace and both teams were moving the ball around well. Darell and Ethan were pressurising Haddington well, and both just missed out, with their fantastic efforts just going wide past the post. The game continued to move at a fast pace and much respect to Haddington boys who held their head high and tried a few times to break the solid defence of Owain and Scott. Some great tackles and Jason G took the game to a different level just before the whistle, with a fantastic pass from Jason J, he slotted the ball right past the keeper.

Haddington played much better in the third quarter, but great defending and link passing from Scott and Jamie ensured the result stayed much the same. More chances came from Ethan and Kieron who worked the wings hard and passed the ball perfectly across the goalmouth for Cameron and Brendan to take full advantage, and put the ball pass the keeper and into the net.

The final quarter started well and Haddington had our boys defending well. They had a tough tracker in midfield who broke up our chances. They pushed hard and caught us on the break with a well deserved goal flying passed the keeper into the bottom corner. A second goal from a fantastic run from the half way line followed just before the final whistle.

A great performance from the boys and a great start to Summer football. Well done boys !!

Teamsheet: Owain, Jamie, Scott, Ethan, Cameron, Keiron, Darrell, Jason G, Jason J, Brendan

Goal scorers: Jason J (2), Jason G (4), Cameron (2), Keiron, Brendan, Own Goal