INNES IN GOALS FOR NORTH BERWICK!

MYS Black Stripes 10 – 1 North Berwick Eagles (15Dec07)

A lack of players for the North Berwick Eagles today resulted in a comfortable win for the Youngstars. At kick-off time, only 6 North Berwick players had turned up, so Innes agreed to play in goals for them, and was put under pressure early on. The first goal came from a superb pass from Dylan who had reached the by-line and drilled the ball across the goals for Calum to knock it into the net. Soon afterwards, Dylan managed to find space with the ball on the penalty spot and blasted it past Innes for the team’s second goal. The Youngstars midfield proved too strong for North Berwick and Dylan again found space and drove towards goal with a one on one against Innes. His shot however, was saved by Innes’ right knee so the first quarter ended up 2-0 to the Youngstars.

By the time the second period started, another North Berwick player arrived so Innes moved back into the Youngstars team and had a great match in defence alongside Morgan. The best piece of defending of the game came when a North Berwick striker sneaked the ball under Kyle’s diving body at the edge of the penalty area. It looked as if it would find its way into the bottom corner but Morgan had charged back from around 20 yards and made a fantastic slide into the goals and cleared the ball off the line. The Youngstars then took full control of the game with a few quick goals, the first of which was scored by Lennon. He received a nice short pass from Calum, then looked up and chipped the ball over the goalkeeper and into the net. Then, following another of the team’s typical short corners, the ball was blasted into the box and it bounced off the post - Calum was right on top of it to sweep it into the net. For the fifth goal of the game, Josh won the ball in midfield, rounded three North Berwick midfielders and played a superb pass through to Harvey who slammed it past the keeper.

In the third quarter, Sam was excellent out on the left wing with lots of good tackles and passes, linking in well with Calum up front. The North Berwick keeper was forced to make a fantastic save at one point, but the ball was deflected straight to Harvey who wasted no time in smashing it low into the net. Some great saves from Kyle helped prevent North Berwick from scoring.

Kyle came out of goal in the last period and played really well in defence, pushing high up the pitch to support his midfielders. It wasn’t long before the Youngstars scored again, and this time it came from some great dribbling from Josh. He managed to get round a North Berwick defender and then drill the ball along the ground into the bottom corner. Dylan soon got on the scoresheet again with a mazy run in the box, followed by a shot high past the keeper’s right hand side. He then scored his hat-trick when he won the ball off a North Berwick defender (whilst lying on the ground), stood up and smashed it into the net. The team’s final goal came from Dylan again who had bombed down the left wing, cut inside, and fired the ball low past the keeper’s diving left hand. North Berwick managed to score a late consolation goal with some good pressure in the box and a great shot from around the penalty spot, to make the final score 10-1.

Teamsheet: Kyle, Innes, Morgan, Sam, Josh, Lennon, Harvey, Dylan, Calum

Goal scorers: Dylan (4), Calum (2), Harvey (2), Lennon and Josh.