Rutherford AFC Junior Girls

🔴⚫️ Rutherford U10’s Match Report 🔴⚫️

The girls faced Darlington in a friendly on Saturday.

They only had the bare 7 today due to last minute illnesses. They started strong and dominated the play for the first 10 minutes finding themselves unlucky not to take the lead, instead striker Poppy and Freya managed to hit the cross bar and post. We somehow found ourselves vulnerable to ‘the fox in the box’ in which on a couple of occasions Darlingtons striker was way past our defence just waiting for a ball through. Although it took the girls a while to click on to this Megan and Olivia defended excellently, stopping them balls through to the striker, on one occasion it got though and surely enough she scored, going into half time 1-0 down was hard to take considering how well the girls had played their first half, never the less a positive team talk and out the girls went with fire in their belly’s and boy did it show.

It didn’t take long for the girls to start creating chances, Jen, Sherina, Poppy and Freya linked up really well. Defensively we were solid, Megan man marked their ‘fox in the box’ and defending partner Sophie stopped everything going towards goal. The girls won a throw in, Sophie (with her super sonic throws) took the throw getting it into the box and surely enough Poppy finished it equalising the game. The girls continued to pressure with some impressive passing and good balls from the midfield to the strikers. Taking nothing away from Darlington they were a strong team and tried pushing forward, however much to their frustrations Sophie cleared anything that came into her path and anything that didn’t, Megan was there for.

Our second goal from a good ball through to Poppy for took a few touches before poking it home to take the lead. Soon after the girls found their third goal this time from Jen, Jen has battled and battled over the last few weeks and hard work has paid off as she got her well deserved goal. A change in positions saw Poppy go in goal for the final 15 minutes, that didn’t stop the girls though as they continued to counter.

Darlington got through a few times and we found ourselves defending corners, the girls dealt with this well. Another corner came in and a Darlington player volleyed it smashing the back of the net, Jordan Pickford wouldn’t have saved that one. The girls carried on and their 4th goal came from Freya who, I quote, at half time said ‘I can’t score today’ in which she was told theres no such word as can’t and once again the coaches proved right as she added yet another goal to her impressive tally for the season.

The game finished 4-2 to Rutherford and player of the match was awarded to both Sophie and Megan for their solid performances today. This was by no stretch of the imagination an easy game, however the way Megan and Sophie defended was unbelievable to see, seeing them cut out most of the attacking play from the opposition. Thanks to all the girls involved they carried on, even when they needed a break due to having no subs. Well done girls 🔴⚫️⚽️

Another brilliant performance from our under 12 girls team with a 14-2 win. We played at home to Easington and after conceding early on in the game the girls completely turned it around and didn’t stop until the final whistle. A massive shout out to Olivia, Ella and Abbie who had a fantastic game in defence and kept switched on the whole game. Goals and assists below after some brilliant counter attacks 👏

0-1 away goal
1-1 Casey ⚽️
2-1 Freya ⚽️ - Chloe assist
3-1 Chloe ⚽️- Ava assist
4-1 Casey ⚽️- freya assist
5-2 away goal
5-2 Chloe ⚽️- Casey assist
6-2 casey ⚽️- freya assist
7-2 pen - amaia
8-2 Casey⚽️ - Chloe assist
9-2 Chloe⚽️ - Casey assist
10-2 Chloe⚽️
11-2 freya⚽️ - amaia assist
12-2 freya ⚽️
13-2 Casey ⚽️- Ava assist
14-2 Ava ⚽️- amaia assist

POTM - Chloe 🏆

Training last night with the U12’s! If you know a girl who would like to come and give football a go, tell them to come along. We train from 5pm every Tuesday. 🖤❤️🖤❤️

🖤❤️🖤❤️ U12’s Match Report🖤❤️🖤❤️

A great performance by the u12 girls today who faced Spennymoor town. We took a heavy defeat when we played away however, a fantastic performance today saw a 14-2 win for the girls. A brilliant performance by all players, who played fantastic football seeing some excellent passing and moving which they have all worked so hard at in training.

Goals;
Casey ⚽️⚽️
Amia ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Chloe ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Freya ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

POTM - Chloe 🏆

🛑 Due to the weather tonight the girls training is cancelled 🛑
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⚫️🔴⚫️🔴Under 10 Match Report⚫️🔴⚫️🔴

The girls faced Chester United today. We started really well putting pressure on their defense and causing them issues with our pace.

Freya put us ahead with a strong run and excellent finish which gave the keeper no chance. ⚽️

Chester came back strong and Megan, Eliza and Sienna worked well together to limit their chances with some great tackles and clearances.

A couple of excellent saves from Skye kept the score down as we looked to counter attack with Sherina, Maddison and Freya working really well together in midfield. 🥅

Maddison and Freya were both unlucky not to get goals as the Chester keeper made some good saves. 🥅

We worked especially hard in the 2nd half and took a few knocks in the process. It was a very determined and hardworking display from all 7 girls with no subs available to give them a rest.

It ended 5-1 to Chester but that doesn't reflect the effort we put in.

POTM went to Freya for her tireless box to box display and well taken goal. 🏆

🔴⚫️🔴⚫️U12’s Match report🔴⚫️🔴⚫️

A 2-2 draw for the girls yesterday. A very physical game against a good Darlington side. The girls opened up the scoring with a fantastic strike into the top corner from Freya. ⚽️
Some fantastic saves from Ava kept Darlington out.

However, Darlington equalised not long after. The girls worked hard to attack and won a corner just before half time. Freya took a brilliant corner which found Casey who put in straight into the back of the net. We went into the break 2-1 up. ⚽️

Darlington came out strong 2nd half and made the girls work really hard defensively. Unfortunately a mix up from a goal kick allowed Darlington to score their 2nd goal which resulted in the game ending a draw.

A great game to watch with lots of positives to take away.

Goals;
Freya ⚽️
Casey ⚽️

POTM;
Freya 🏆
Casey 🏆

🔴⚫️🔴Under 10’s Match Report ⚫️🔴⚫️

The girls faced Darlington today. We got off to a great start, Poppy and Freya putting the Darlington defense under pressure with their speed. 🏃‍♀️

Freya came very close with a shot hitting the post. Poppy making some great runs forward .

Loads of chances for our striking duo were kept at bay by the brilliant darlo keeper 🥅

Both teams battled hard in the middle of the pitch. Jennifer using her skills to skip past the opposition. Sherina was marking and putting in some vital tackles to win the ball back. Sienna working hard forcing the Darlington side to make mistakes. Skye had a change of position today and played out field, great to see her getting in some tackles and covering some ground. 🙌🏻

Our defense was looking strong with Megan's great clearances and Eliza sweeping everything up that came her way.

Maddison had a great game in goal. Brilliant goal kicks to her team mates and well done keeping a clean sheet. 🥅

The teams work rate was phenomenal today. Very proud of the U10s. Great game of football and everyone had a smile on their face.

Final score was 0-0.

Elizas speed and positional sense was exceptional today. Very well deserved player of the match. 🏆



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Pictures from today’s U12 match ❤️🖤

🔴⚫️🔴⚫️U12’s Match Report🔴⚫️🔴⚫️

Our under 12 girls played NAYFC angels today, we played the game with no subs so the 9 girls worked hard to played a full match with great determination.

A tough first half seen the girls go behind 2-1 at the break with a great goal from Freya ⚽️ 3 minutes into the 2nd half, NAYFC scored thier third goal of the game.

The girls then began to settle and play some great attacking football. They worked hard to level the game to 3-3 with another 2 fantastic goals from Freya⚽️ assisted by Anya and Amaia.

The final 5 minutes the girls pushed for the winner which came in the final minute after a clever short corner from Casey to Freya who crossed the ball in and Eleanor found the back of the net ⚽️.

Another fantastic game where the girls came together as a team and worked hard for each other. Each game the girls volunteer to play in goal so a massive well done to Freya, Anya, Casey and Indie who took it in turns to play in goal today.

Goals;
Freya ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Eleanor ⚽️

POTM;
Freya 🏆