Dinnington Town FC U11’s

Friendly vs Redfearns this morning. Against a team two divisions higher than us playing in the B division vs our D division status, we managed to hold them to a 2-1 loss. This in itself was a fantastic result against a very good football team. We struggled against the quick pass and movement first half as a confident Redfearns shifted the ball about brilliantly, but we managed to come in to the break only 2-0 down thanks to some brilliant saves. We came out second half and really battled hard against a superior opponent. We picked up our game and managed to work the ball better to create moments, and closed the ball down better. Our goal came from George A after a good cross from Brody. Man of the match today was a joint award. Firstly, playing across two positions during the game George W put in a brilliant defensive midfield shift for the team. Never stopped running and hassling to win the ball back for us. Superb work rate and fitness 👏 Secondly, we owe that result to an absolute superstar keeping performance from Woody. Absolutely brilliant shot stopping, owned his penalty area to marshall his defence and repelled multiple attacks to give us a chance. Truly excellent performance 👏

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Friendly vs Killamarsh today. Really encouraging performance from the team. We secured a 2-0 win and a clean sheet! Saw some lovely football played and the team are really starting to gel. Defensively we made improvements on the last game. Woody dealt with everything that came his way, Owen had another great game. Lennon & Isaac were solid when we rotated on. Tried Flynn in a new defensive midfield role to get up alongside Oscar, and together they helped pull the strings and worked really well with our wide players George W, Ted & Brody, who all had outstanding games getting back and forward with lots of energy, with George A up top nearly getting his goal. Goals today came from Brody & Oscar, with assists from Isaac & Owen. Team man of the match today as there were numerous fantastic performances ⚽️🙌

Friendly today vs Wisewood. Missing our keeper Woody, and Oscar coming out of midfield to go in goal, we started the game very brightly against a higher division side, but made three defensive errors midway through the half which changed the game completely to go in behind at the break, coupled with some excellent saves from their keeper to keep good chances out for us. Heads went down after conceding early second half and we got found out defensively with our positioning against a side that moved the ball well. On the flip side we could and should have scored multiple goals. Their keeper was absolutely brilliant, pulling off multiple saves. We learn the lessons, move on and go again! Man of the match went to Flynn. Started in defence and then moved him into an unfamiliar midfield position to cover Oscar. He made some excellent runs and played the ball well. On another day could have had a hat-trick but for their keeper

We played in the Wickersley tournament today.

Drawn against two A division teams and a B division team, 2-3 divisions higher than us - we got through our group unbeaten in 2nd place, managing to get to the knockout stages, conceding only one goal in four group games.

Dinnington 2-0 Wickersley
Dinnington 0-0 Wisewood
Dinnington 0-0 Aston
Dinnington 1-1 Millmoor

Our three goals came from Oscar, George A and Brody ⚽️

We lost narrowly to a team three divisions higher than us 1-0 in the quarter finals.

Big achievement for these lads against that standard of opposition 🙌⚽️

Friendly vs Aston. Summer of change for this team and a fresh start. Really positive signs in today’s game against a high level opponent that will be in our league. Half of the team were new today and we saw some really good signs for the future in the way they worked together defensively and on the attack. Very tight game decided by one goal at 2-1, but the result was irrelevant today. First time playing a full game together. Our goal came from great team work between George A and Oscar to battle and scramble the ball home. Man of the match went to Owen. Commanding defensive performance. Closed the ball down well, positioning was fantastic and linked well with the midfield playing the ball out from the back

Presentation evening last night to celebrate a successful U10’s season for the kids. A brilliant result in our league in the 2nd half of the season, which will see us promoted to a high division for U11’s and we reached a cup semi-final. We’ve seen some big improvements from the team this season. It has been great to see their continued progress and we are really happy they got the success they deserved on the pitch. There was an award for everyone on the night, with the additional awards as follows:

Managers Player = Woody
Most Improved = Flynn
Parents Player = Woody
Players Player = Harry
Most Assists = Oscar
Top Scorer = Freddie

Last league game of our U10 season vs Sheffield FC. We left the best performance of the season till the last game. Easily the most complete team performance of the season. The passing and movement + the finishing in the first half was up there with the best we’ve seen all season, and as a result they put the game to bed by half time. Woody dealt with everything that came his way, the defending was really solid, the midfield three of Harry, Cruz & Oscar were outstanding today and linked brilliantly with Freddie up front. Goals today came from multiple for Freddie and multiple for Harry + an OG, with assists from Oscar, Cruz and Freddie. It was therefore a very easy team man of the match. Excellent today and we’ve now set the bar for next season. Today ensured we will finish high up in the league, so will be promoted back up to a high league for U11’s 👏⚽️

Cup semi final vs Charnock. For most of the game it was really closely fought and was 1-0 for a long period of time, but unfortunately after the 2nd goal mid way through the 2nd half heads went down slightly and we lost a couple more late on and Charnock won 4-1. A good run to get to the semi final, losing to a good side. The goal came unassisted from Oscar - a lovely run and finish. Man of the match went to Isaac. He had his best and most consistent game for us playing in both defence and midfield. Tackled well when playing defence and battled hard in midfield too. On to the last league game of the season where we hope to finish strong and get promoted ⚽️

Cup quarter final vs Thurcroft. In a very tight tussle we emerged 1-0 winners. We came out of the blocks quickly and a goal in the 1st minute scored by Freddie, assisted by Oscar, was enough to take us through to the semi final! More chances came and went for both teams as the game wore on and the tension mounted, but we managed to hold firm and get a second clean sheet of the cup competition, which is what we’ve been striving for more of this season. Man of the match went to Harvey. He had a good game taking the ball forwards, with some good driving runs, and he was unlucky not to get some assists with good balls into the box from outwide