Aug 31
NEW SEASON
2010 at 01.48 PM posted by Justin Smith
Development squad training commences on Sunday 12th September. Training at Sele School will start at 10.30am and finish at 12pm (ish!!). Hope to see you all then.
Justin & Neil
Aug 01
U9 Siberians Summer Report
2010 at 05.34 PM posted by Karl Howford
A Summer of football for the U9 Siberians saw the kids participate in six end of season tournaments.
Berkhampstead Raiders Tournament. Reached Semi final, losing 1-0.
Hitchin Town Tournament. Reached Semi final and led against Stevenage Town with only seconds remaining. Game ended 1-1 AET. All square after 5 penalties each but the crossbar in sudden death was to deny the kids a place in the final.
Godmanchester Tournament. Without any substitutes available we reached the semi finals against Huntingdon Rowdies. Goalless after full time and extra time. The kids had played lots of football and were cruelly denied a place in the final with the very last kick of the game in the last second of \’golden goal\’ time.
Bengeo Tigers Tournament. Reached the Cup Final and finished runners up after losing 1-0 to a very good Harvester team.
Knebworth Tournament. Plate Winners. Defeated Bury Rangers 2-0 in the final, goals from Lewis Matthews and Luc Howford.
Shefford Saints Tournament. Cup Winners. Defeated the hosts 3-0 in the final with a hat-trick from Patrick Sinfield.
A big well done to all the U9 Siberians, Patch Sinfield, Lewis Matthews, Lewis Thomas, Ethan Jocelyn, Joe Button, Alphie Marshall, Reece Giddens, Zoe Martin, Keaton Weeks, Max Lawrance, Will Arch, Harry Malady-Rashford, Sam Belshaw, Luc Howford, Luke McCurry and Will Orton.
Karl & Marc
Jul 19
Bengals secure League Title but suffer from penalty shoot out nightmares
2010 at 11.06 PM posted by Peter Holmes
The most successful team in Bengeo Tigers history added the Mercury Wodson League One Title to this seasons three earlier successes to match last seasons haul of four trophies.
At the half way stage of this campaign the Bengals trailed the impressive Landmark by 5 points, however in the second half of the season they lost only once to Strollers then went on to win the next 13 consecutive games.
They went into the last league week 5 points ahead of second placed Landmark, needing a minimum of one win from the last two matches, first up Landmark – a very early strike from Will Holmes settled the nerves slightly, a closely followed second from Simon Scott made things far more comfortable, a further two goals from Will secured a comfortable 4 - 0 victory and the title. The final league game saw Hertford United comfortably beaten 3 - 0.
So after winning Division Two last season this team have really ‘stepped up to the plate’ in taking the league One title by 8 points.
This has been achieved by a combination of some superb goalkeeping by Alex Raven, imperious defending from Dave Tompson and Rob Holmes, quality passing, assists and goals from Simon Scott, Ali Phipps and Duro Ceko and a very impressive goal tally from the League’s leading scorer Will Holmes.
These young men have been, as always - totally reliable, dependable and a pleasure to be associated with.
Our record was –
Played 28 Won 23 Drew 0 Lost 5 For 92 Against 41 Points 69
And now for the bad news we were beaten by Landmark in both the League Shield Final and the Challenge Cup Final by penalties after drawing both finals 1 - 1.
In each case a tale of ‘if only’.
But to end the season having won both the Spring and Summer League Titles, the Autumn League Shield, the Newquay Sixes Tournament and three cup runners up medals is an impressive tally.
A total of 131 goals were scored in the Summer League and Cups
Weeks played Goals Scored
(Possible 12)
Dean Atkins 1 1
Duro Ceko 8 17
Joe Clemo 1 2
Gary Dillon 1 1
Rob Holmes 11 7
Will Holmes 11 51
Ali Phipps 8 14
Alex Raven (GK) 12 1
Simon Scott 9 22
Dave Tompson 10 15
Will Holmes 11 51
Ali Phipps 8 14
Alex Raven (GK) 12 1
Simon Scott 9 22
Dave Tompson 10 15
