Posted by Paul on May 7, 2008, 9:47 am, in reply to "Oxford City Football Festival Report 2008"
Unfortunately I did not see the game as the kitchen was busy throughout.
We are as you say proud to have teams such as yourselves representing the club. What we did notice throughout the day was the number of young people (players and supporters) we served and how many showed us what a well mannered group of people they are. Your parents and managers must be very proud of you all.
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: C H A M P I O N S
:
: Ardington B v Oxford City Colts B
: Despite most of the pressure from Ardington,
: Oxford City was equal to the task, with
: Megan and Carlitos bossing the defence they
: worked really well together. Tadhg ran the
: midfield making some great runs through the
: Ardingtons defence. This was a good game to
: watch and both teams deserved to get
: something out of it.
: Final Score: Ardington B - 0 Oxford City
: Colts B - 0
:
: Marston Saints v Oxford City Colts A
: Luke Milward made a great start in this game
: with a powerful shot heading towards goal,
: all of our supporters starting celebrating
: the first goal of the tournament only too
: soon to realise that the ball had in fact
: hit the side netting. Morgan kept us in the
: game with a great goal line save. Luke
: Martin & Kian played with great presence
: at the back. In the second half Luke Milward
: was brought down in the box for a penalty,
: which was despatched home with great skill
: from Jamie.
: Final Score: Marston Saints - 0 Oxford
: City Colts A - 1
:
: Ardington A v Oxford City Colts B
: With Ben now on the pitch Sam made his
: Oxford City Debut in goal and was impressive
: between the sticks, this game was equal and
: Oxford City Colts had some good plays, they
: defended well and the midfield consisting of
: Thomas, Tadgh & Ben were passing and
: communicating well together. Andrew made
: plenty of space up front by making some
: intelligent runs. Despite this Oxford City
: Colts B Team were unable to capitalise.
: Final Score: Ardington A - 0 Oxford City
: Colts B - 0
:
: Ardington B v Oxford City Colts A
: This was a very confident display from
: Oxford City Colt A team, they played most of
: the game in the Ardington half. The
: Ardington goalie was well up for the
: pressure from the Oxford City team. Despite
: the Ardington goalies resilience Jamie
: netted an excellent goal.
: Final Score: Ardington B - 0 Oxford City
: Colts A - 1
:
: Marston Saints v Oxford City Colts B
: Megan played great in defence during this
: game; she was barking the orders to everyone
: all over the pitch. Tadhg bossed the
: midfield again and it almost paid off, but a
: great save from the Marston Saints goalie
: denied him a goal. Even with Oxford City
: defence standing strong Marston Saints
: capitalised on a small mistake to score.
: Final Score: Marston Saints - 1 Oxford
: City Colts B – 0
:
: Ardington A v Oxford City Colts A
: The scoring in this game was opened with a
: screamer of a free kick by Ollie Chung, he
: struck the ball with great might and
: accuracy and found the top left hand side of
: the goal. The second was added by a great
: run by Declan, he ran nearly 3/4, s the
: length of the pitch and slotted it past the
: Ardington B keeper with poise and
: confidence. Luke Milward had a big game and
: helped his defence by using bags of energy.
: Two great goals that deserve to win any
: game.
: Final Score: Ardington A – 0 Oxford City
: Colts – 2
:
: Oxford City A v Charlgove A
: With the confidence growing in the Oxford
: City Colts A team, we started this game
: excellently. Oxford City were given the
: second penalty of the tournament which
: Jamie, yet again converted with enormous
: self-belief. Kian and Luke Martin played
: very well at the back again and shared their
: responsibilities to get up and attack while
: also keeping one eye on their defensive
: duties.
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts A – 1
: Charlgrove A – 0
:
: Oxford City B v Charlgove B
: Oxford City Colts B lost their way a bit in
: this game. The players were leaving their
: positions, and were chasing the ball and not
: marking up on the opposing team. Oxford City
: conceded a penalty and despite coming off
: Sam hand it crept in past the past. We did
: have our chances and Bailey made some good
: running and he also hit the side netting.
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts B – 0
: Charlgrove B – 2
:
: Oxford City A v Charlgove B
: Luke Martin had an early chance to open the
: scoring in this game, he crossed the ball
: and missed the far post by a matter of
: millimetres. On his second attempt Luke
: Milward ran nearly the whole length of the
: pitch past numerous Charlgrove players and
: finished in some style. Later in the game
: Jamal had an explosive shot saved by the
: Charlgrove keeper. Passing was excellent
: throughout the game and our player made
: plenty of movement off the ball. Leo also
: made some great saves to keep our clean
: sheet in the tournament intact.
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts A – 1
: Charlgrove B – 0
:
: Oxford City B v Charlgrove A
: The team took some constructive criticism on
: board and were a totally different team in
: this game, they kept their positions and
: their communication between each other was
: much improved, passing between each other
: was much better and the team were not
: tripping over each other. Thomas made a
: brilliant through ball to Ben, whose
: powering shot was saved by the Charlgrove
: goalie. Charlgrove caught us on the break
: and scored, but we were soon to respond with
: an excellent passing move the found its way
: to Kyron who scored.
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts B – 1
: Charlgrove A – 1
:
: Oxford City Colts A v Oxford City Colts B
: At the start of this match all of the
: Players were called into the centre of the
: pitch they were told to go out and have a
: good game, play to win and most of all enjoy
: themselves. The B team seemed really fired
: up and made a great start to the game they
: had a couple of chances at goal, the best of
: which was Baileys effort that just crept
: past the post and wide, from there on the
: game was pretty even and despite a late
: resurgence from the A team the game finished
: to a well deserved draw for both teams.
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts A - 0
: Oxford City Colts B – 0
:
: Personal Acknowledgement
: I would just like to thank the parents for
: their brilliant support throughout the
: entire tournament. I hope you all enjoyed it
: as much as we did.
: Secondly, I would like to thank Oxford City
: Football Club and the organisers for a great
: day out for all.
: Finally, I would like to thank all the
: players, not just the A team but the B team
: also, for all their hand work over the past
: few month, you all the deserve all the
: success that comes your way.
: For the A Team, congratulations on winning
: the tournament you played with great heart
: and I am sure all your parent will agree you
: are an improving team with a lot of great
: talent from defence, midfield to attack,
: keep up the hard work at training and there
: is no reason why you cannot go on and be a
: force in the upcoming tournaments.
: For the B Team, congratulations on your
: efforts, being a team with a lot of younger
: players you were up against teams with older
: players, and you did not let yourselves
: down, you showed heart and spirit and you
: can all hold you heads up high and be proud
: of yourselves. Yet again keep up the hard
: work at training and you can only improve.
: To both teams: We were very proud to see the
: way you all conducted your behaviour, you
: showed all the opposing teams and official
: great respect and Oxford City Football Club
: must be proud to have such a respectful
: bunch of boys and girls associated with the
: Club.
:
: Well Done
: Paul McSporran & Martin Farrell
:
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