Richmond Town Academy

Man of the match from Saturdays fixture was once again Zac Reeve. Another outstanding performance from the youngster. We really missed him last week. Zac is still awaiting sponsorship for the 2026/27 season.

DOD was pretty harshly Will Rutterford. Some great saves in the second half but kicking his first 5 goal kicks out of play cost him!

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Academy 1-4 Hawes. Here’s you match report from Dunny

Acad made the trip up to Hawes on Saturday knowing we were in for a tough challenge as our opponents sat top of the table!

Acad missing all 4 centre halfs didnt aid the cause but we made do and got to it. We came out the blocks really quick with plenty of half chances. We minimised Hawes to very little, makeshift defence of Marsh, Fin, Jim and Dunny stood firm early doors.

Zac Reeve was causing problems in the middle of the park often finding his way through. Just before half time our good friend in goal for Hawes Nathan Walker played the Dog through to sweep home into an empty! A gifted goal but one Academy thoroughly deserved after been on top most the 1st half.

The second half was a different story and Hawes showed there quality! Youngest Academy team we’ve had out all season and we lacked some experience in the 2nd half. Hawes quickly found themselves 2-1 up and dominating the game. Bunta made some great saves to keep the score down. Very minimal chances came for the lads apart from a Dog header which was excellently cleared away. We pushed a lot forwards in the last 5 minutes and were undone twice by 2 good finishes.

FT Hawes 4-1 RTFC Academy.

Fair play to Hawes good set of lads and shown their quality second half should be a team up there come the business end!

Again tho plenty of graft put in from our young lads who have put 2 valiant performances in the last 2 weeks against 2 top sides.

No game for the lads next week before some tough cup games!

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On Monday academy managed to retain the scorton feast 5aside cup for the 3rd year on the bounce 🔵🔵🔵

What a way to start the season off 💙

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NEXT MATCH…

Academy face an inform hawes up at their spot this Saturday hoping to build on previous performances 🔵

Any support is much appreciated 💙

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Man of the match from Saturdays game was James Connelly. A superb number 9 performance 👏

DOTD went to Samways. Unlucky tbf but someone has to get it!

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Academy 2-3 Unicorn

Here’s your write up from Will Rutterford

Academy came into the game on the back of two convincing wins in the first to games. We looked to build on the back of them away to last year’s unbeaten league winners 🔵

It was always going to be a tough game and unicorn started off well and we started with our backs against the wall. The first 15 was tight not many chances for either side but unicorn found a break and scored on the 16th minute. This woke the lads up and we started to apply some pressure of our own with dog helping to hold the ball up and cause the uni centre half pairing a bit of a nightmare. 5 minutes later fin whipped in another beautiful free kick that found the head of Charlie Bond. 1-1 🔵

After another tight 20 minutes and chances for both sides unicorn managed to score again after dubious hand ball. This left the lad 2-1 down at the break.

The second half came and unicorn never really got going for the first 20 and we probably had the upper hand. James Connelly was proving to be a nightmare for the Unicorn defenders. An introduction of Jake Banks provided something different, a bit of pace, it allowed to get in behind Unicorn. Not long after coming on Jake Banks got in behind the defenders and crossed a pal in that struck the Uni defenders hand and a pen was given (unlucky on the Uni defenders part tbh). James Connelly got his just deserved and converted the pen to top of a great strikers performance.

Towards the end the game could have gone either way both teams missed chances to nick a winner but unfortunately Uni got the last laugh in the 90th minute. Heartbreak to be honest!

An all round great performance from the lads though. To take this side all the way to the last minute he a testament to how far we have come. Stand out performances from James Connelly and Jack Moore 💙

MOM went to James Connelly for his proper number 9 display 👏

DOD - Samways. Unlucky to be honest no one really played badly.

We move onto Hawes this Saturday which is another big test 🔵

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Academy lineup v Unicorn

Subs: Samways
Zac Clem
Jake banks
Jacob Dunn sponsored by ace flooring Shane Parkinson
Jack denham

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It’s Match day. Up the Academy 💙

NEXT MATCH…

The lads face unicorn this Saturday at Brompton. It will be a tough game against last years league winners but the lads hope to continue their recent form 🔵

Any support is much appreciated 💙

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NEXT MATCH…

The lads face unicorn this Saturday at Brompton. It will be a tough game against last years league winners but the lads hope to continue their recent form 🔵

Any support is much appreciated 💙

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MOM from Saturdays match against Normanby was Jack Lancaster.

His outstanding performance in midfield helped the lads win 6-1. Well done Bomber 👏

DOD from Saturdays game was Rudi Sartini. Rudi went up front for the last parts of the game and managed to sky one from 4 yards so deservedly got DOD. 🔵

Both these players are sponsored. As seen below 💙

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