Good game played by Stoke Hill goals came from liam smith jack vickery and bailey palmer to get a 0 3 win to stoke hill. Second game against sidmouth warriers stoke hill were 1 0 but bailey palmer scored making it 1 1 at half time but sidmouth played a better second half to get a 3 1 win.

Heavitree were a little slow to get going against a strong Cullompton team and Ollie Burrough was forced to make a couple of smart saves in the opening minutes. However, as the game progressed Heavitree started to gain the upper hand and build some pressure on the Cully defence. Benj Lloyd was excellent down the right wing, causing their left back all sorts of problems and from one of his crosses the Cully defender handled the ball and gave away a penalty. Josh Herbert stepped up and drilled the ball hard to the goalkeeper's right, giving him no chance. With their heads up now AC pushed forward again with Benj setting up Josh Herbert for a shot, which was deflected into the path of Kristian Katunsky. Kristian hit it first time past the divng keeper, into the corner of the net. This should have been the cue for AC to drive on but Cullompton battled back and it was only some superb defending from Jakob Tonkins, having one of his best games at right back, that kept the lead at two. Then, with minutes to go in the first half, there was confusion in the Heavitree defence, and instead of playing the whistle they stopped and let the Cully striker score from close range.

Following their dominance in the first half it was surely only a matter of time before Heavitree extended their lead but Cully got stronger and stronger and when AC did get their third it was against the run of play. Once again it was a penalty, as a Cully defender handled the ball in the area. This time Josh Bennett stepped up and dispatched the ball with similar assurance to increase the lead to 3-1. Rather than finish off the match, this goal seemed to galvanise Cullompton and for the remainder of the game they poured forward searching for goals. They got one back from a long shot that Jakob Tonkins, in goal, got a hand to, but couldn't quite keep out. Now they could sense an equaliser and twice they broke through, only to be foiled by fine saves from Jakob. Heavitree dug in and some resolute defending proved enough to hold on for a gutsy win.  

Man of the Match: Benjamin Lloyd

Two away games at Hemyock against Hemyock and Colyton Cobras. First game against Hemyock well deserved win for stoke hill with alot of changes of players. Goals came from Liam Smith, Jack Vickery and two goals from Ryan Finnimore well played lads.0 4 win to Stoke Hill.

Second game was played at a good tempo from Stoke Hill.  2 goals each from Liam Smith and Ryan Finnimore and a good goal from Joe Cockram. 0 5 win to Stoke Hill well done all boys.

 A very good game played by both sides. Thorverton took the lead 1 0 stoke came back into the game very strong with a great goal from liam smith. Stoke hill kepted up the pressure. In the end winning 2 1 with a shot deflection game. they deserved the win well done lads.

Cup match between crediton youth and stoke hill. Stoke hill played a fantastic cup game. with great passing by all players.The goalie finn toleman had very little to do. goals came from ryan finnimore, jack vickery and 2 goals each from joe cockram and liam smith.great away win for stoke hill 0 6

Pinhoe pirates against stoke hill. stoke hill had a great game with a 0 6 win. Great goals from liam smith, 2 goals from harvey roddick and a hat trick fron ryan finnimore well played lads. Broadcylst against Stoke hill. Bit of a slow start for stoke but soon woke up. great win to stoke hill 2 10. Goals from joe cockram,alex kotsogiannis 2 goals each from jack vickery and ryan finnimore, hat trick from harvey roddick and an og from broadclyst well done boys great games.

First game played was ottery, was evenly played although it take awhile for stoke to get warmed up. The game was played in a good manner, liam smith scored a great corner to put them in the lead but ended up losing with two late goals to ottery.final score 2 1. Second game was against feniton, Stoke hill started the game alot better then otterys game, the game ended 7 0. 2 goals from jack vicery and also 2 from joe cockram single goals from liam smith harvery roddick and ryan finnimore. well done great game to watch.

It was a very high standard of play by both teams. Stoke Hill won 3-2 goals from Joe Cockram with a long distance strike. and 2 goals from Liam Smith which settled the win.

Both teams started this cup encounter in  a lively fashion, with both teams having good passages of play.  Stoke Hill then gained a free kick which was well defended but went for a corner.  The resulting corner was well cleared by the Tornadoes keeper James Marriott.  Stoke Hill struck again but again James Marriott made a fine save to keep it all square.  Stoke Hill continued to pressure the Tornadoes goal but solid defending by Kaveh Bahrami and Leon Dunphy kept them at bay.  Then it was the Tornadoes turn to go on the attack; George Manning found Tom Preece who passed the ball to Matt Sewter on the edge of the penalty area who then curved the ball into the top left hand corner for the first goal.  Stoke Hill struck back immediately and forced a fine save from James Marriott.  Tom Preece then had an opportunity to shoot but failed to hit the target.  Stoke Hill then came on the attack again and only a great goal line clearance from Kaveh Bahrami stopped it being 1-1.  James Marriott was called into action again and stopped another shot but the ball then fell to a Stoke Hill player who fired the ball into the back of the net making it 1-1.  Daniel Blunden linked up well with George Manning and Tom Preece but could not find the back of the net.  Leon Dunphy and Kaveh Bahrami were called into action again and made some fine blocks.  Just before half time Matt Sewter had a shot blocked and Stoke Hill hit the crossbar.  At half time it was 1-1.

The Tornadoes started the second half on the offensive and were rewarded with a throw by the right hand corner flag.  Tom Preece threw the ball into the area were it hit a Stoke Hill player and bounced into the back of the net.  2-1 Tornadoes.  Matt Sewter was working hard in the midfield making several good challenges to break up the Stoke Hill play.  Ben Crowley then created a corner for the Tornadoes but they couldn't capitalise.  Archie Tamblyn made several important blocks to deny the Stoke Hill forwards scoring opportunities.  Eventually, Stoke Hill broke through and scored the equaliser.  There was some good link up play between Matt Sewter, Tom Preece and George Manning in the midfield which created several chances but no goal.  James Marriott was alive to any Stoke Hill threat and made two fine saves to keep it at 2-2.  George Manning was superb in the air winning every header that came his way, giving the forwards opportunities to run at the Stoke Hill defence.  Stoke Hill then broke away and a good solo run and fine shot finally beat James Marriott in goal to make it 3-2.  The Tornadoes did not give up and a lovely passing move in the dying seconds of the game nearly got the equaliser; Matt Sewter took on two players and slid the ball to Tom Preece who picked out Ben Crowley at the back post, he shot first time and unfortunately hit the crossbar.  The move was fantastic and deserved a goal.  The final whistle went and Stoke Hill won 3-2.  A amazing game of football played in  a great spirit with lots of skill shown by both teams.

Man of the Match:  Matt Sewter

First home game of the season for Stoke Hill Under 10's against Moore's Eagle's result was 4-1 to Stoke Hill.

Goals scored by: Liam Smith X 2 Ryan Finimore Alex Kotsogiannis

Second game was against Twyford spartans which was won by Stoke Hill 7-3.

Goals scored by: Liam Smith Jack Vickery Harvey Roddick X3 John Malpass (own Goal) Well played by the boys.

TIVVY WHITES     6     V     1     WEST HILL WASPS

Tivvy whites got off to a good start in their 2nd to last game of the season, when some great build up play saw the eventual wide shot from Joe Greenslade deflect off a Wasps defender and find the back of the net. Lloyd White then added an immediate second after a great long range pass from Lucas White. Tivvy then broke well after a Wasps effort to get back in the game and finished with a great touch past the keeper from Greenslade to make the score 3-0. And just before time Haden Flaws added another to go in at half time 4-0 up.

Wasps came to life in the second half and gave us the tougher game we were expecting from them and at times Bailey Cole had to be quick off his line to cut out an attack. And about 5 minutes in he had to make a fantastic double save from the Wasps striker. Tivvy re-acted well to this and almost immediately went down the other end and scored a great goal in the form of Lloyd White. Tivvy started to control this half with some good passing through the midfield but a Wasps player latched onto a loose ball about 5 minutes from time and broke through only to be taken down from behind and awarded a penalty, Bailey Cole, playing extremely well, managed to get a hand to the spot-kick but it was well taken into the top corner and hit too strong for the Tivvy keeper.

The game was rounded off nicely before time when top goalscorer Lloyd White scored a good goal for his hat-trick and Tivvy's 6th. 

TIVVY WHITES     7     V     0     C S JUVE 

This was tivvy's last league game of the season and they ended in style with an awesome footballing display, with yet again, prolific scoring. Harry Butler started the scoring early on before Joe Greenslade and Haden Flaws added 2 further well taken goals. 3-0 up midway through the half and Juve upped their game to try and get something out of it but their best chance of the half, from 6 yards out, was superbly saved by Bailey Cole, re-acting extremely quick to get down to his right and palm the ball round the post. Tivvy then took control again after this and finished the half with 2 goals from Harry Butler and Ethan Osbon to go in 5 nil up.

The second half again was more contested as Juve came out strong but Tivvy never really looked in trouble and before time Haden Flaws found the back of the net to complete his first hat-trick for Tivvy and end the game 7-0.

Every player in the Tivvy squad played extremely well today to end their fantastic season with a 20 game unbeaten run from january, and finishing 3rd in the progress chart, being one of only 3 teams to loose 2 games all season. Thankyou lads for a great season, looking forward to next season already.

won - 28    draw - 3   lost - 2    scored - 188   conceeded - 26.

Cullompton v West Exe Exile's

West Exe started this game very brightly and went straight on the attack. Some great link up play between Cameron Grant, Luke Herbert and Callum Sibley, enabled a string of early corners. The first goal was scored by Herbert. Grant put in a superb corner ball and found Herbert where the ball in the net. Tyler Griffin and Reece O'Riley were very solid at the back and when Griffin was first to a loose ball, he saw Sibley running down the wing, whom he found with a curling pass, Sibley then made a neat pass to Grant who shot early. This took a slight deflection and left the keeper no chance.

Harvey Richards battled hard up front on his own and was nearly rewarded for his efforts but his shot just nudged wide.

Herbert and Sibley linked up well again resulting in the Exile's third when Sibley shot from range and smashed the ball into the roof of the net.

With relentless pressure, the Exile's were caught out whilst all pushing forward and Cullompton punished them with a two on one situation, resulting in a goal.

The second half was very much the same for the Exile's with constant pressure. Camron Hance was holding the ball up well and laid the ball back to Tom Purrington who turned two defenders then with a curling shot sailing past the keeper made it 1-4.

Aiden Partridge and Elliot Bicknell came very close on a number of occasions from range but just couldn't quite find the gaps. Kai Parmenter and Kyler Rogers were also very effective in the middle of the park but both found themselves just a whisker away from adding to the score on more than one occasion.

All in all this was a very convincing win for the Exile's who played some fantastic football.

Feniton v West Exe Exile's

This was another great game with some very good football being played. Cameron Grant and Luke Herbert were linking up very well in the middle with Callum Sibley on the wing who in turn was giving Camron Hance a number of opportunities up front but with some excellent defending by Feniton, Exile's were denied.

Feniton were forcing some pressure onto the Exile's but Kain Brown in goal was commanding his goal area very well on corners with some great calling and catching. He also was called upon as a sweeper twice in the first half.

The second half was just as tough as the first with Feniton chasing the ball down and making Exile's work extremely hard.

Tyler Griffin was solid at the back again and was very controlled with his distribution out, linking up with Kai Parmenter and Kyler Rogers in the middle.

The deadlock was finally broken when Tom Purrington skipped over two tackles and then cut inside to tee up Kyler Rogers who struck a sweet shot from just outside the area and finding the back of the net.

Exile's then had a very long period of possession play, and with some excellent play between Parmenter and Aiden Partridge. Partridge had about four shots, Purrington had a couple and Harvey Richards also had two shots which were all saved by the excellent Feniton goal keeper Cain Spiller. He was everywhere, and it was him who kept this score line at 0-1.

Today saw the Exile's finish their league campaign with two wins. We have played some breath-taking football this season with many different varieties of play. I am very proud to have such a talented group of lads who always give me everything they have.

Good luck in the league cup final lads. If you play like you can and to the best of your abilities you will be triumphant.

COME ON EXILE'S

TIVVY WHITES     13     V     0     MOORS BOBCATS 

Tivvy put on a fantastic display of passing football against a struggling moors bobcats team to open them up and eventually come away 13-0 winners after an excellent first half performance that saw the home side go in 10-0 up.

Lloyd White started off the scoring early on with a nice brace, both being assisted by Harry Butler, Haden Flaws then got Tivvy's third, reacting first after the keeper saved Lucas Whites long range effort, Lucas White then hit a similar effort but this time found the back of the net. Harry Stoneman was unlucky not to add Tivvy's 5th after striking a sweet right foot shot from a long way out but the bobcats keeper did well to tip it onto the bar, but Harry Butler did score after the following corner. LLoyd White then got his hat-trick with a neat little nut-meg. Harry Butler then scored his second with a nice right foot place shot. Joe Greenslade then scored 2 goals in 2 minutes to make it 9 before Lloyd White scored just before half time for his 4th, Tivvy's 10th.

The second half scoreline was kept down due to the woodwork of the bobcats goal and their sheer effort in defence as they never gave up.

Harry Stoneman again failed to get on the scoresheet as he saw another of his long range efforts beat the keeper but strike the post, and not long after an instinctive run on a Harry Butler corner saw him make a sweet connection with his head only for that to strike the crossbar, Haden Flaws then had a header just over the bar before Lloyd White struck the post after some superb build up play passing from Liam Gillbard, playing very well in the centre of midfield.

Eventually Tivvy broke the second half deadlock when Ethan Osbon finished well, curling into the top corner from outside the box. Lucas White then scored a great individual goal breaking through from defence and Harry Butler finished off the scoring with one of his trademark left foot strikes.

Well done Tivvy, a great performance, with super passing and prolific finishing, proving why you've scored more than any other team in our age group so far this season. 

TIVVY WHITES     9     V     2     MOORS TIGERS 

This game had to be wrapped up in the second half as tivvy didn't really get going in the first and found themselves coming in 2-1 up after taking an early lead but tigers pulled one back. 

Joe Greenslade got Tivvy off to a good start with a great team goal, but some tired looking play let Tigers back into the game and they scored a deserved well worked goal midway through the half, Harry Butler put tivvy back in the lead before the half time whistle with a nice finish.

A prolific display in the second half though sealed the game, Lloyd White scored a nice hat-trick, Lucas White added a superb brace, Haden Flaws and Ethan Osbon added a further 2 goals before Tigers scored a late consilation goal to end the game 9-2.

All in all another fantastic display from the Tivvy lads securing themselves atleast a third place finish in the progression chart with a further 2 more games left to play.

Well done team. Man of the match on the day went to Lucas White, mainly based on his superb performance in the second game.

AC Heavitree 6 v Ottery Canons 0

Benjamin Lloyd made some good early runs down the right but despite some good crosses AC were unable to convert any chances. Then Lewis Evans opened the scoring with a great solo run and finish that gave the Ottery Canons no chance. This was the spark that Heavitree needed and Josh Herbert soon doubled the lead with a well-taken goal. Lewis Evans then set up Josh for the third. Josh then picked up the ball outside the area and beat two defenders before being brought down for a penalty. Josh converted the penalty with a powerful shot for his hat-trick and Heavitree's fourth. Just before half-time Josh had another run across the edge of the penalty area but the Ottery defence stood strong and the ball bobbled free. Benj won the ball back and chipped it across goal. Josh picked himself up and volleyed into the corner of the net to make it 5-0 at half-time.

In the second half AC made a number of changes with Bradley Moore, Ibs Doumbia, Lewis "Macca" McNamara and Jakob Tonkins coming on and Ollie Burrough having a rare run out of goals. Canons picked up their game but Ibs and Macca were solid at the back. Bradley epitomised the battling display, bravely going in for a header and took a kick to his stomach. Matt Long came on and made a number of surging runs. Then with a few minutes to go Josh Herbert in goal sent the ball upfield and Jakob Tonkins ran hard down the wing. Looking up, he picked out an inch perfect cross and Ollie Burrough slid in at the far post to score AC Heavitree's sixth.    

Man of the Match: Benjamin Lloyd  

AC Heavitree 6 v Ottery Barrelers 1

The second match was a much tighter game than the scoreline suggests. Josh Bennett and Bradley Moore had to be strong in the early clashes and it was Josh Bennett who set up the first goal with a strong run down the left. He sent a perfectly weighted pass through for Josh Herbert to take first time and finish clinically passed the Barrelers' keeper. Minutes later Josh Herbert picked up the ball down the right and with two defenders against him he took the ball round the first and shot strongly with his left foot into the corner of the goal from a tight angle. Ottery Barrelers refused to drop their heads however and before half-time they forced a corner and were quicker to react as the ball went loose to take the score to 2-1 at half time.

In the second half AC started strongly and forced a corner themselves. Benjamin Lloyd sent the ball across and Lewis Evans sent in a low shot from the edge of the box into the corner of the net to restore Heavitree's two goal lead. Benj continued to work tirelessly down the right and the defence of Josh bennett and Matt Long then stood strong and AC finally started to dominate. Josh Herbert showed great feet down the left to beat a couple of defenders before drilling in Heavitree's fourth. Lewis Evans then won the ball with some strong tackling in midfield and slid through another great pass for Josh to blast the ball high into the net for his second four goal haul in two games. This was virtually his last action as he twisted an ankle and Lewis McNamara came on in his place. There was just time left for Lewis Evans to win the ball yet again in the middle of the pitch and feed Benjamin Lloyd down the right. Benj sent in a perfect cross and Lewis MacNamara tapped it in from close range for the final goal.

Man of the Match: Josh Herbert

Stoke Hill Juniors - 3 v 0 - West Hill Wasps 

The penultimate game of the season, produced a tremendous game of football involving two committed sides.  Stoke Hill were on a mission to try and get maximum points today to ensure the battle for progression league title goes right down to the wire and looking at West Hill's results, they are a very dangerous side who play good football, which was clearly shown today. 

Special mention today for Sam Crees and JJ Green in defence, both were a revelation, Sam back to his best, closing down well and great distribution and JJ Green are striker come defender producing a faultless display.  It was the two of them working in tandem that allowed Green to look up and see skipper Flanagan with acres of space in the middle of the park, he intelligently laid it left for Harry Taylor who controlled it well, dropped the shoulder and went past the West Hill defender and then just outside the area hit a thunderbolt left foot shot that the keeper got his hand to, but could not stop it crashing into the net for 1-0. 

This settled Juniors and they started to play some good passing football only stopped by some great defending by Wasps, who were proving difficult to break down and when winning the ball were attacking in numbers and providing some problems for us.  Twice Connor Hepburn in goal had to make some good saves when the West Hill number 8 twice found space cutting inside and releasing two good long range shots.  Hepburn was pivotal in the second goal, a good save and then a quick goal kick up field finding winger Joe Chandler whose pace allowed him to pass two defenders and hit a lovely right foot low cross which found forward Connor McAndrews who coolly hit a first time shot for 2-0.  Wasps then created a terrific move resulting in a shot from the right heading goal bound with Hepburn able to get a finger onto it and clip the bar, just before the half-time whistle. 

The half-time team talk reinforced what a dangerous score 2-0 is and to keep fully focused.  Again we started brilliantly with Crees and Green at the back  stopping any attacks and allowing forward moves to start, a lovely side pass by Crees to Green allowed him to look up and hit a long ball to Connor McAndrews upfront, this was brilliantly held and then laid right for Joe Chandler who somehow from a tight angle hit a lovely right foot shot which hit the back of the net for 3-0. 

A bit of breathing space and despite some continued good football from West hill were able to control the game, with replacement Charlie Carr twice coming close to getting on the score sheet with some good work upfront. 

Well Done Boys - great team performance, if I had to highlight one person it would be JJ Green faultless at the back today.

Stoke Hill Juniors - 8 v 0 CS Juve

CS Juve are a side we have always previously had close games with, they like to play football on the deck and have a very good goalkeeper.  It was drilled into the boys that this game was the culmination of 7 months hard work and to not let the moment be lost.  A change was made at the back with JJ Green and Tris Howe now in partnership and early on, there was a little confusion which allowed the CS Juve to brilliantly seize on the loose ball and hit a great first time shot that just went over the bar.  This initial scare seemed to wake up Juniors and after 5 minutes we won a free kick just outside the box.  Up stepped Ethan Flanagan releasing a superb right foot shot over the two man wall and just under the bar for 1-0. 

We then witnessed a moment of magic with a CS attack stopped well by Green who passed left to Tris Howe, from just outside his own box, Howe dribbled down the left wing at pace passing two players, he then nutmeged the final defender then cut inside the opposition box and released a low right foot shot for 2-0 giving the keeper no chance and a classic solo effort. 

The balance of the game was thankfully controlled well by Juniors, and special mention again should go the CS Juve goalie who twice leapt to fingertip shots that were goal bound off the bar for corners. 

Further goals followed from Joe Chandler with two good solo efforts, Harry Taylor who wonderfully from the wing cut inside and hit a great shot with his right foot and Skipper Ethan Flanagan scoring a second half hatrick to add to his first half goal, with a tap in after brilliant work from Charlie Carr who went pass two players and then unselfishly passed right for Flanagan to hit home , Flanagan's third goal was a right foot volley and then to cap it a lovely header from a Chandler corner. 

In summary, two great wins against sides that have had some great results this season. 6 points allowing us to end the season with 91 points out of a total of 99.  30 Wins, 1 draw and just two losses, a brilliant season, and great consistency. All we can do now is wait and see what happens with our friends at Whipton Youth. A season to be justifiably proud of.

Exmouth Amateurs - 2 v 3 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

A superb away victory for Stoke Hill Juniors, an all-round team effort where everyone of the Juniors concentrated fully and brilliantly for 30 minutes.  Exmouth justifiably so have gained a great reputation for being unbeaten, which has only just waned recently, they play football the proper way and Aim just pleased today to witness my team not only tactically outwit them but produce a win to saviour. 

Stoke Hill started well with some great early work on the flanks with Ollie Evans producing some great through passes for Connor McAndrews who was outwitting the Exmouth left back.  An early corner floated brilliantly by McAndrews missed all the attacking players and found Harry Taylor in space and free on the left, he flicked in an early cross which Ethan Flanagan somehow connected well with his head and the ball took an age possibly taking a slight deflection before hitting the back of the net for 0-1 to Stoke Hill. 

Within 2 minutes Stoke Hill doubled the score with a lovely move, an initial Exmouth shot was parried well by Connor McAndrews finding our left back Ethan Ampadu passing one player he then laid a pass onto Harry Taylor in space on the left, Harry dummied his marker and started heading towards the goal area, he then let rip with a low left foot shot heading goal bound, then a piece of pure magic from JJ Green with the Taylor shot heading toward him, he somehow back-heeled it outfoxing the Exmouth goalie and into an empty net for 0-2. 

Amateurs new they were in a game and were pushing hard to get back into the game with at times it looking like a 3-3 formation.  This 3 player attacking formation was starting to put us under pressure and twice the left sided attacker opened us up brilliantly creating space for some fierce shots that had to be saved well by our most improved player Connor Hepburn in goal. 

In fact Hepburn was instrumental in the third goal in allowing a quick goal kick to Ollie Evans in spaced on the right, his quick up field ball found McAndrews who clipped a quick pass inside to Ethan Flanagan who unselfishly looked up and saw JJ Green free on the right, JJ Took the ball and then hit a low right foot shot just outside the area and into the back of the net for 0-3 at half time. 

We installed into the boys at the interval that we start again at 0-0 and the first five minutes were critical as we knew a side with the reputation of Exmouth would come out totally committed.  Juniors continued to play well but slowly we were playing deeper, after surviving 5 minutes Exmouth were given what seemed like a very light penalty decision, but I am proud that they did not dispute this in anyway.  The spot kick was well taken and 1-3, game on.  Shortly afterwards Exmouth were breaking again at speed with 3 forwards committed and we found it very difficult to contain the onslaught, after a shot was fired goal bound by Amateurs it was initially saved well by Connor Hepburn, but left in play we were slower to react and an Exmouth striker seized the space provided to slot the ball home from close range for 2-3. 

Five minutes left and we really had to show our bottle, with Joe Chandler now playing right wing and helping us put some pressure on the Exmouth defence and wind down the clock he did well to go past one defender and hit a low right foot cross, brilliantly held up by JJ Green who played a left square ball for Harry Taylor whose first time left foot shot look goal bound and somehow just missed the left had post. 

Thankfully for the last couple of minutes Stoke Hill were brilliantly in limiting chances to Exmouth and keeping the ball in their area with 2 late corners, the first was taken short forcing another corner and then Joe Chandler hit a lovely cross which skipper Ethan Flanagan rose and connected with a header that just went over the bar.  Secondly later the referees whistle went and we could acknowledge a great away win. 

Summary - To beat Exmouth and see the delight on the boys faces showed how well today they played, not only individually all of them putting in a great shift but also as a unit to beat the most consistent side in our league for the last two years, something we now aspire to also do by trying to win this progression league.  Man of the Match - The whole Team 

Brixington Blues - 1 v 4 - Stoke Hill Juniors

Brixington are a much improved side, with some good results this season, so it was spelled out that we had to start quickly and gain some breathing space.  To be honest after the elation of the first game, it was inevitable that we initially lost our rhythm and found it hard to string two or three passes together.  Brixington were quick on the attack with a centre forward that was very good at creating space for himself and losing our defensive markers of Ethan Ampadu and Tris Howe and they took a deserved lead after one of their attacker found space and hit a rasping shot that was deflected upwards and towards our goal and straight over Connor Hepburn's jump into the back of the net for 1-0. 

It was key that we found our passing game quickly as the Blues have a quality keeper linked to ECFC and we were not creating enough chances.  Ethan Ampadu took control taking the ball out of his defence well and finding Harry Taylor on the left, Harry first time pass inside to Ethan Flanagan allowed him the attack the defence and thread a lovely through ball for Joe Chandler to chase, he clipped past one player and hit a lovely right foot shot which found the net for 1-1.   

Connor McAndrews was putting in a great shift now at centre forward and was gelling the forward line together well, creating space for Harry Taylor on the left whose precise left foot cross was connected beautifully by Ethan Flanagan goal bound and deflected in for an own goal and 1-2, which on the balance of play was an undeserved lead.  Blues refused to lie down and continued to put pressure on our defence forcing a free kick initially just outside the box. It was initially taken quickly finding the back of the net, but prior to the referees whistle, so had to be retaken and the second kick went over the bar.

Stoke hill knew they were in a game and a quick break created some breathing space after Ampadu combined well with Harry Taylor again, with Harry taking the ball to the by-line and hit a lovely cross that was brilliantly cleared by the Blues keeper, only to find Ethan Flanagan in space to drift pass a defender and clip a lovely right foot shot for 1-3 and the half-time whistle. 

The second half Juniors controlled well and special mention to Connor McAndrews who worked tirelessly upfront and twice created goal scoring opportunities where his right foot strikes went just over the bar and just wide.  He then worked well with Joe Chandler where they linked for 4 quick successive passes where the last pass resulted in a left foot shot by Chandler that went just wide.  JJ Green allowed to drift from his right back position drifted up field and also hit a left foot shot after good support from Harry Taylor which went just wide.  A final fourth goal followed after Ollie Evans now on the left wing was able to cut inside go past one defender and create space for skipper Flanagan to hit home for 1-4. 

Summary - overall a workman like performance understandable after the previous games heroics against a resolute Brixington side, who took a while to break down and possibly the 1-4 score slightly flattered us.  We showed great commitment and fight back after conceding an early goal and the boys should be proud of how they turned it around.   

AC Heavitree 1 v West Exe Exiles 2

Both teams made their intentions evident in a good, physical first half, where the attacks were met by fine defensive displays and some inspired keeping. Ollie Burrough was in fine form pulling off a couple of excellent saves and the defence of Josh Bennett and Matt Long were solid under some strong West Exe attacks. At the other end Lewis Evans, Josh Herbert and Benjamin Lloyd worked hard to support the defence and then break quickly with Tyson Geldin to set up several good chances of their own.

The second half started in much the same way but finally West Exe made the breakthrough and took the lead. However AC refused to let their heads go down and pushed forward. This created chances but also left some gaps at the back where Ollie, Josh B and Matt continued to excel with Ollie pulling off the save of the game to tip an Exiles' thunderbolt over the bar. Then Josh Herbert made a break down the left and after battling through a couple of challenges, put in a perfect cross for Tyson Geldin to head into the corner of the net. West Exe desperately searched for a winner but it looked as if the AC defence was going to hold firm until from the last kick of the game they hooked the ball passed a depairing dive from Ollie and into the goal for a shattering 2-1 win.

Man of the Match: The whole team

AC Heavitree 3 v West Exe Rangers 0

For the second match AC Heavitree hit Rangers right from the kick-off with a flowing move ending in Lewis Evans being brought down in the penalty area. The referee had no option but to point to the spot and Lewis brushed himself off and fired the ball low into the corner of the net for the openig goal. Heavitree continued to dominate with Lewis causing Rangers huge problems every time he ran with the ball. However the next goal was set up by a strong run by Josh Bennett in the Heavitree midfield, who crossed for Tyson Geldin to double the lead.

In the second half Rangers did manage to come back into the game but Jakob Tonkins was in fine form with two powerful headers to clear the danger. AC dug in and slowly started to reassert their authority, with a final flourish ending in a goal for Josh Herbert to finish the scoring.

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett/ Lewis Evans

CS JUVE 1-5 ALPHINGTON LIONS     2.4.11 

The Lions fell behind early on but were soon back on level terms thanks to an unfortunate own goal

Alphington took full advantage and raced into a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from James Dodd and  Jake Thomas.

This game was not as one sided as the result says but on the whole the Lions played the better football and an Alex Owens goal sealed the victory and all 3 points for Alphington. 

WEST HILL 3-3 ALPHINGTON LIONS 

This game was more like a basketball game with both teams taking it in turns to score,

A sleepy Lions defense saw West Hill take the lead only for an in form Jake Thomas to draw level,

the next goal was a fantastic header which was unstopable and gave the Lions keeper no chance, James Dodd levelled with a fine solo effort only for West Hill to take the lead with an even better finish which had both sets of supporters applauding, this was a text book goal which saw the West Hill striker thump home a diving header following a superb cross,

Alphington rode their luck, missed numerous chances and were lucky to get a point from this game,

Well done Tom Prout who scored the leveller.

Beacon Knights started this game very brightly with their left winger, No 12 causing us some big problems on the left flank.  In fact, the first 4 minutes were all Knights forcing a great save from Connor Hepburn from a long range shot tipped beautifully over the bar and then taking a well deserved lead after the left winger won a tackle against Ollie Evans and in space opened our defence up and creating a lovely shot which despite Connor Hepburn's best effort went in for 1-0. 

Thankfully this woke up Stoke Hill and we started to play some good football generated primarily on the flanks with Harry Taylor active and Ollie Evans on the overlap causing problems down the right wing.  The equaliser was created after a good clearance from Sam Crees found Tris Howe  on the right who passed back to Ollie Evans who took the ball to the by-line came inside and hit an intelligent low right footed cross which found JJ Green quickest to react and score from close range for 1-1. 

Beacon Knights were still causing us problems on the break, our defenders at times were a little far apart and they deserve credit for some good football which was limiting us to counter attacks.  A good catch from a corner by keeper Hepburn allowed him to quickly distribute the ball upfield which was brilliantly chested down by Harry Taylor allowing him to attack the left flank and force a corner.  Harry Taylor quickly looked up and saw Ollie Evans had lost his marker and drifted to the left hand side, he collected the ball looked up and hit a wonderful right footed shot from 15 yards straight into the right hand corner for 2-1 to Juniors. 

This slender lead relaxed the team slightly and skipper Ethan Flanagan started to really dominate the midfield and after collecting the ball from a clearance went past two Knights defenders and played a little one two with JJ Green before hitting a low right footer giving the goalie no chance for 3-1 at half-time. 

The second half started slowly but exploded after 5 minutes when we switched Tris Howe and Ollie Evans creating some additional flair in the centre of the park.  A good clearance by Howe found Ollie Evans in space who initially cut inside and played a lovely ball to Harry Taylor, Harry dropped his shoulder onto his favoured left foot and somehow from 25 yards connected beautifully to hit a high long range shot that was in the air for an age but drifted downwards and crept in under the bar for 4-1 and a lovely individual goal.  Harry Taylor soon added after Flanagan and Evans shared passes well on the right, allowing Evans to hit a low right foot cross which Taylor connected well with his right foot on the far post from close range. 

Taylor got a well-deserved hatrick despite a suspected hand ball in the box to make it 6-1 and full credit to Beacon Knights whose professionalism in not disputing the decision made.

The icing on the cake was the 7^th goal which allowed all 6 outfield players to be involved, quick passing and moving into space, Howe playing inside to Sam Crees, who played an easy ball left to Taylor, Harry switched the play to Ethan Flanagan in centre midfield allowing him to play a first time pass to JJ Green, his creativity saw Evans running into space on the right and his low right foot cross was picked up well by Flanagan and his first time shot made it 7-1. 

A good overall performance from the boys after a slow start, culminating in a superb final goal involving all of the team, full credit to Beacon Knights, they deserved to take the lead and held us brilliantly for 10 minutes before we got some breathing space with 3 quick goals.    

TWYFORD MADRID      0      V      3      TIVVY WHITES

 This was always going to be a difficult away fixture for tivvy, against a good twyford team in the spirit of a local derby. With only the bare 7 available today, Joe Greenslade dropped into defence alongside Lucas White, Liam Gillbard held the centre of midfield with Haden Flaws and Harry Butler providing the width and Lloyd White up top and Bailey Cole protecting the tivvy goal.

Madrid proved from the whistle that they were going to be a tough test as they started better then the tivvy lads and were the more attack minded in the first 8 minutes or so, but to be fair to the tivvy lads they defended well and soaked up the initial Madrid pressure and never really looked in trouble, with Joe Greenslade and Lucas White winning everything at the back. Tivvy then broke well when the chance came, with Haden Flaws and Harry Butler using the width of the pitch well, the closest chance came with Liam Gillbard coming very close to scoring after a bursting run through the middle. 

The second time Tivvy broke well with pace on about the 10 minute mark and a great diagonal ball from Lloyd White put Haden Flaws through on goal and he sided footed in with his left for 1-0.

This seemed to deflate Madrid slightly which allowed tivvy to get more of a foothold on the game and tivvy could of had a couple more before half time had it not been for the Madrid keeper.

The second half was the other way around with Tivvy controlling the game, keeping possesion and creating chances, but Madrid looking dangerous on the break with Bailey Cole having to make 3 fine saves throughout the half.

Tivvy capitilized on the good possesion though scoring two very well worked team goals to take the 3-0 win, the first started with some great passing build up play through the midfield and ended with a great one-two on the edge of the box between Harry Butler and Lloyd White, with the return ball from White perfectly teeing up Butler to finish well past the oncoming keeper. The other goal again started with some super build up play allowing Butler to return the favour to Lloyd White, Butler was put through in the right side of the box and when he looked to have over ran it he wrapped his foot around the ball well to pull it back across goal for a simple tap-in from Lloyd White being well placed in the box.

Well done lads, a very good performance against good opposition. 

TWYFORD BARCA      0      V      13      TIVVY WHITES 

Tivvy took a little while to get going in this game against a Barca side who never gave up and defended in numbers.

Tivvy found their feet though midway through the half and started to open up Barca, Harry Butler scored a brace and Lloyd White and Haden Flaws added two more to go in at half time 4-0 up.

It was Tivvy's awesome display of passing in the second half though that really cut open Barca, as the lads pinged the ball around the pitch they created chance after chance and scored 9 goals in 15 second half minutes.

Butler got two more to take his tally to 4, Lloyd White added two more to complete his hat-trick, Joe Greenslade scored a good second half hat-trick, Liam Gillbard got on the scoresheet with a nice left foot volley and Lucas White, who had a fantastic day at the back for tivvy, strolled forward and got himself a deserved goal.

It must be said that this was the best set of 'team goals' i have seen, with the majority of the goals coming from a good build up of passing resulting in square balls in the box for easy tap-ins. Well done lads, another great performance.

Man of the match on the day went to Harry Butler.     

Pinhoe Spartans 1 v AC Heavitree 1

This was a very even game with both teams wanting to pass the ball around and play good football. The first chance came to Pinhoe and a looping shot was well saved by Ollie Burrough in the AC Heavitree goal. AC came back quickly though and Lewis Evans sent a dipping shot over the goalkeeper's head but it hit the bar and Tyson Geldin couldn't quite convert the rebound. Josh Bennett and Matt Long were strong in the Heavitree defence and Josh put through a lovely pass, which Tyson controlled , spun and shot narrowly wide. Then just before half-time Pinhoe broke down the right and despite the close attentions of Josh Herbert and Lewis Evans in the AC Heavitree midfield, managed to get in a cross, which was despatched clinically, giving Ollie no chance.

Spurred on by going behind Heavitree began the second half with much more purpose and they started to create a number of chances with Benjamin Lloyd, Josh Herbert and Tyson Geldin much more to the fore. Finally their pressure paid off with Benj throwing in to Josh Herbert, who turned well and the ball came back to Lewis Evans on the edge of the area, who sent a dipping shot over the keeper and into the back of the net. Heavitree continued to push forward but so did Pinhoe and in the end there was almost a winner from an unexpected source as the Pinhoe keeper sent a huge punt upfield. The bounce fooled everybody and looked to have gone over Ollie's head when he somehow managed to get back and tip the ball over the bar to ensure that Heavitree managed a well-deserved draw. 

Man of the Match: Ollie Burrough 

Pinhoe Sharks 1 v AC Heavitree 2

For the second match AC Heavitree made a number of changes and despite having a lot of possession struggled to make the breakthrough. Josh Bennett was excellent in defence ensuring that every time the ball was cleared he put the ball back into the danger area. Bradley Moore had a couple of good chances before Josh sent through a pass to Matt Long, who followed up his own initial shot to put in the rebound. AC Heavitree continued to press and Bradley had another shot saved before Ollie Burrough picked up the rebound but his shot was pushed round for a corner. Then a long clearance caught AC out as Jakob Tonkins leapt well but could only head over Josh Herbert's head for an unlucky own goal.

In the second half Tyson Geldin and Josh Herbert had a number of chances but couldn't find a way passed a very good Sharks' goalkeeper. Then just as it looked as if the match was going to end in a draw, Lewis Evans picked up the ball in his own half, beat a couple of players and put away a fine individual effort to ensure that Heavitree left with a slightly fortunate victory.

Man of the Match: Lewis Evans

OTTERY CANNONS 0-10 ALPHA LIONS    UNDER 10   26 MARCH 2011 

This was a one sided game which saw a few different names get on the scoresheet, James Dodd scored within the first 30 seconds after stealing the ball from Ottery's kick off and He cooly weaved through numerous opposing players and smashed the ball home, We were awarded a penalty soon after which man of the match Ben Shear was opted to take and He obliged with His first goal of the season, soon to be followed by His 2nd and 3rd goals to round off a well deserved hat-trick,

Jake Thomas kept up His scoring streak with a fine effort and Callum Lewis took His chance well and beat the Ottery keeper from outside the box, Sam Probert and James Dodd added more goals to finish off a fine display, It was good to see the top scorers in our side helping out their teammates to also get on the scoresheet.

A special mention to the Ottery keeper who actually made some fantastic saves throughout the game. 

OTTERY BARRELERS 0-6 ALPHA LIONS 

This was a much harder game which saw Alphington take the lead halfway through the first half when striker Ruan Ellis followed in a James Dodd shot which the keeper couldnt keep hold of, James helped Himself to a couple of great goals which now takes His tally for the season upto 30 goals, are you watching Cappello.

Ruan scored again with a great finish which He smashed past the Ottery keeper from outside the box.

Ethan Matthews had a literally bruising game which seemed to spur Him on and He also grabbed two goals which He thoroughly deserved.

A fine performance from the whole team.

Westexe Exiles 1 Exmouth Amateurs 0
Westexe put in an excellent team performance to end Exmouth's unbeaten record. Westexe started brightly and had an early chance to take the lead when Harvey Richard's found the unmarked Cameron Grant at the far post. However, the midfielder's first time shot flew just wide of the post with only the keeper to beat. In the second half good work from striker Camron Hance won a corner for Westexe. Cameron Grant took the corner and Tom Purrington rose the highest to head home firmly into the bottom corner of the net.

Westexe almost doubled their lead shortly after when Luke Herbert found Kai Parmenter on the right wing. Parmenter cut inside and the ball fell perfectly for the onrushing Cameron Grant but his powerful shot produced a stunning save from the Exmouth Keeper. This was a great team performance from the Exiles with Luke Herbert, Reece O'Reilly and Aiden Partridge solid at the back.

Westexe Exiles 2 Brixington Blues 2
Westexe didn't get going in the first half of this game and Brixington took full advantage by going into the break two goals up. After the break Westexe came out all guns blazing and got a goal back when Tom Purrington's pass found Aiden Partridge. The defender opted for a first time strike and his sweetly struck shot flew under the keeper and into the net. This spurred Westexe on and within seconds of the restart Purrington found Partridge and his cool finish pulled Westexe level. Westexe could have won the game with Partridge, Purrington, Kai Parmenter and Cameron Grant all going close.

With only a minute or so left Aiden Partridge was fouled by the keeper which resulted in a penalty for Westexe. However, Purrington's penalty was saved by the keeper and the game ended all square.

Moors Tigers - 0 v 3 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

Moors Tigers are a good team as shown by our cup clash earlier in the season when it took 10 minutes to break them down then. I was therefore pleased that there was no complacency today resulting in a very positive first half.  Playing JJ Green at right back brilliantly supported by Ollie Evans provided a very solid foundation, we were passing and distributing well from the back, not panicking and both Green and Evans were showing some great individual skill to take the ball from the back and looking for our wide players. 

This solid foundation allowed skipper Ethan Flanagan to really express himself in central midfield and he was able to always look for Harry Taylor and Connor McAndrews on the wing.  After 5 minutes after some good early pressure Ollie Evans found Harry Taylor in space on the left, intelligently Taylor held the ball and pass back inside to Ollie Evans who played a lovely through ball for Ethan Flanagan to run into the area take a lovely one two pass from Joe Chandler and then hit his low right foot shot just inside the area was coolly put away for 1-0. 

I was really pleased with JJ Green's ability to play the easy ball and this allowed Connor McAndrews to see plenty of action on the right wing, after passing one defender, his right foot shot was somehow brilliantly saved by the Moors Tigers for a Juniors corner.  McAndrews lovely floated corner was connected brilliantly by a Harry Taylor header who slightly lost his marker and bravely directed the ball into the top of the net for 2-0 at half time. 

It was important this attractive play continued in the second half and the boys did not disappoint, but we were playing a little deeper and this allowed Tigers to play some good football with one good move forcing a good save by Connor Hepburn for a corner.  Midway through the second half the game was made nearly made safe after a cracking move taking the ball from our box to the Tigers area after JJ Green played a square ball out to Ollie Evans his cross field ball saw Taylor running into space and his square ball found Connor McAndrews who first time shot just went wide of the goal. 

Thankfully the game was made safe two minutes later after Chandler was able to lose his marker, pass to Evans who approached goal from the right hand side and played a dangerous ball into the area for Ethan Flanagan to tap in from close range.   

Well Done boys, a good solid performance with the defence providing a great back bone. 

Moor Bobcats - 0 v 5 - Stoke Hill Juniors

Not an easy game, Bobcats in my opinion really played well, there goalkeeper stopped 5 certain goals with some terrific saves and was a revelation.  Early on JJ Green now playing in his more familiar role was played into space by Ethan Flanagan and made no mistake for 1-0 from just inside the box.  Two minutes later Harry Mold in left back bravely headed the ball from a goalkeeper clearance finding Harry Taylor on the left wing, Harry went on one of his mazy runs and played a lovely ball into JJ Green, who after losing his defender was tripped for a penalty.  Green took the spot kick and coolly made it 2-0. 

It was then you felt the goals would come, but Moors were defending well and after a slight mix up in our defence, a Moore Striker found some space went past Connor Hepburn and his precise shot looked like it was heading for goal only to see Tris Howe running back and literally clear the ball off the line to keep the score at 2-0.   

We needed to find our game quickly as 2-0 is a dangerous score and just before half time Connor McAndrews was played into space brilliantly by Ethan Flanagan he cut inside and his right foot shot although catching the finger of the Moors goalie found the net for 3-0 at half time.

The second half was a strange affair we had 6 to 7 clear cut chances but just could not find the back of the net, and credit must go to Moors for stopping everything played into their goal area along with some superb saves by the keeper.  In fact it was only midway through the half that Connor McAndrews now on the left wing cut inside after some good wing work and his right foot shot took a deflection off a Moors defender for 4-0.  Finally JJ Green completed his hatrick after both Ollie Evans and Joe Chandler linked up well for a Chandler cross to find Green in space for 5-0. 

A decent performance from the boys, at times our shooting was off in the second game, and we did the simple things difficultly but we controlled the game well cementing a day with two wins and keeping us at the top of the league.

TIVVY WHITES     1     V     1     SIDMOUTH RAIDERS 

This was always going to be a tough fixture, against an ever improving sidmouth side. The first half was end to end with both sides having good chances to take the lead, but tivvy just couldn't find the back of the net and tivvy's keeper Bailey Cole played a huge part in keeping the scores 0-0 at half time. The second half was alot better from the tivvy lads and they looked the more likely to score a winner with several chances coming their way, but tivvy still had to be alert at the back with Lucas White and Harry Butler making some good challenges and again Cole was on hand with 2 very good saves. Lloyd White worked tirelessly up front to try and grab tivvy a winner, which eventually did come in the form of Haden Flaws, popping up in the area to fire home with his left foot to save the day for tivvy. about 6 minutes left on the clock tivvy could have made it 2-0 but failed to make the right decision in front of goal and were later to be punished as a few minutes later tivvy again pushed too high up the pitch in search of another goal when one would have done and sidmouth got their equaliser when a defender won the ball in the box and hammered clear down the pitch over the back line for the on running sidmouth striker, Cole was big and strong though and saved the first effort well but the rebound fell back out to the sidmouth striker who struck into the open net. All in all tivvy showed some good bits of play and could have won this game quite comfortably with the second half chances but also looked a bit sloppy in area's where you can't afford to be against good teams and perhaps learn that sometimes 1-0 is enough to win a game where you have already rode your luck 

TIVVY WHITES     5     V     1     SIDMOUTH WARRIORS 

Tivvy played very well in the first half of this game, learning fast from the first game, correcting their errors and playing nice football. So much so that this game was actually won in the first half with 4 good goals from the tivvy lads, Lloyd White got a nice brace, Harry Butler fired in from distance with a powerful left foot strike and Lucas White scored a good individual goal, bursting through from the back to round off the 4-0 at half time. The second half was more contested with sidmouth getting back into the game and creating chances, pulling one back early on. The rest of the half was more of a midfield battle with Liam Gillbard, Joe Greenslade and Ethan Osbon all battling well. It was eventually Osbon who scored tivvy's 5th with a strike from the edge of the box which took a deflection on the way through. This game was much better from all the tivvy boys, the first half of this game being the best the played today.

 Well done boys, a bit up and down in places but still had the ability to pull out two good results against strong opposition.

Ethan Osbon was awarded man of the match on the day for his hard work and energy boost to the team.

Another great James Dodd hat-trick, gave the Lions the upper hand in what started out to be a very even game, Alex Owens and Tom Prout made it 5-0 to the Lions and defender Harry Wellaway scored the pick of the bunch with a fierce shot from outside the box which gave the Knights keeper no chance,

A pleasing performance from the whole team.

Honiton Fireballs 0 v AC Heavitree 1

AC started superbly and for five minutes their passing and movement caused Honiton huge problems in even getting hold of the ball. Lewis Evans was at the centre of everything, linking up the defence and attack and putting in some lovely passes to create chances for Josh Herbert and Tyson Geldin. These three and Benjamin Lloyd on the right showed good control and awareness but couldn't quite manage to fashion a goal. Meanwhile Matt Long and Josh Bennett were quick to pick up any balls coming into their half and turn them back into attack again. Despite this, it was a much more route one approach that led to the goal, with Josh Herbert sending a quick throw over Tyson's shoulder and Tyson spun quickly, controlled the ball and dispatched it into the corner of the net. Following the goal Honiton grew into the game and hit the bar from a long range effort with Ollie Burrough pouncing on the rebound. For the latter part of the half Honiton pushed forward but could not find a way through a resolute Heavitree defence.

In the second half Jakob Tonkins, a second half substitute for AC, came closest to scoring but his shot was gathered by the goalkeeper. However despite plenty of endeavour on both sides there were no further goals and AC Heavitree held on for a narrow victory.

Man of the Match: Lewis Evans   

Honiton Sharks 1 v AC Heavitree 3

For the second match AC Heavitree made a number of changes with Ibs Doumbia coming on up front and Bradley Moore taking over on the left of midfield. The two linked up well on a number of occasions as AC Heavitree dominated possession and created numerous chances. Josh Herbert hit the post from a free kick and Matt Long was unlucky to pull a shot just passed the post from close range. Benjamin Lloyd made a number of good runs down the right but it looked destined to remain level at the break until the ball came out to Josh Herbert on the right hand side of the pitch, just inside the Honiton half. Josh looked up and then sent an amazing volley over the keeper's head and into the back of the net. Honiton continued to look dangerous on the break but despite being sometimes isolated on his own Josh Bennett was excellent in breaking up any attacks and he also went on a number of good runs himself.

In the second half Lewis Evans, Tyson Geldin and Jakob Tonkins came on and Jakob put the tie beyond doubt volleying in from close range from a Lewis Evans corner. Then minutes later Tyson Geldin broke clear and hammered in a scorcher, which gave the keeper no chance. Bradley Moore almost capped off a good personal performance by scoring a fourth goal but his powerful shot came back off the post and was clewared by a thankful Honiton defence.

Honiton Sharks continued to battle and managed to get a good consolation goal but it was always going to be too little too late after another fine AC Heavitree performance.

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett  

Stoke Hill Juniors - 3 v 1 - Oke Argyle Milan 

A game where it took a half to get our rhythm against an Oke Milan team who put us under some considerable pressure and if it was not for four top draw world class saves by Connor Hepburn in the first half, two of which were superb reflex saves we could have been losing by a couple of goals at half-time.  I put it down to the fallout from Mondays semi-final defeat. 

Midway through the first half we woke up and found our passing game, with Ethan Flanagan wining a tackle and forcing a corner after a great right foot shot just outside the box.  The corner from Joe Chandler was precise flighted into the danger area, allowing Ethan Flanagan to turn and shoot from close range brilliantly saved by the Milan keeper but his parry away found JJ Green quick to pounce and score for 1-0.  We ended the half well, with Harry Taylor causing problems on the left hand side, on one occasion holding the ball brilliantly and then flicking a pass inside for Ollie Evans who was charging and curved a right foot shot just clear of the post. 1-0 at half-time. 

The second half found Oke playing some really good football forcing Connor Hepburn twice to protect his goal with two great right handed saves. The first corner was cleared well, but the second corner found the Stoke Hill defence static and Milan got a deserved equaliser after their forward lost his marker and gave Hepburn no chance with a low right foot shot for 1-1.  It really was time for Juniors to get more vocal and lift the fatigue that seemed to exist and the spark came after some great defending by Sam Crees allowed him to take the ball out of his half and attack the left wing, only to be bought down for a Juniors free kick.  Despite being 25 yards out Ollie Evans stood up and curled a beautifully weight right foot strike into the top right hand corner for 2-1 slightly against the run of play. 

The slender lead seemed to further inspire the boys and we only then in the final 7 minutes started to control the game and play some decent football using both wings well and Taylor and Chandler causing some real penetration on both flanks.  One lovely moved resulted in the goal that sealed the game, a throw in from Evans on the right hand side was trapped by Chandler who turned inside playing Ethan Flanagan in space and his cleaver pass forward found Ollie Evans on the overlap, he skipped past one player and drilled a lovely right foot cross into the box finding Harry Taylor in space who coolly slotted home from 8 yards for 3-1. 

For me, we just need to spark back into life a little more, find our true passing game and believe where we are can now be maintained to the finish. 

Man of the Match - Connor Hepburn, some world class saves and good distribution today with kick to fee goal kicks. 

Stoke Hill Juniors - 9 v 1 - Oke Argyle Barca

Some really good passing football in this game by Stoke Hill and importantly we got off to a flyer, after skipper Ethan Flanagan found himself in space allowing a lovely right foot shot just outside the area, brilliantly saved by the Okehampton keeper only to find Charlie Carr in space and his fierce right foot shot beautifully found the back of the net for 1-0 . 

The confidence was coming back Harry Taylor was finding a lot of space on the left hand side, being supported well by Sam Crees in defence, one lovely bit of playing forcing an overlap and allowing Taylor to hit a low left foot cross which Tris Howe connected on, but it just went wide.  Seconds later it was Taylor again dribbling to the goal line and somehow getting a cross in which found Flanagan whose strike was brilliantly saved only to fall to Tris Howe who made no mistake from 8 yards to make it 2-0. 

Harry Taylor then got the goal his work deserved after Tris Howe played Ollie Evans into space on the right and his through ball found Taylor free on the left to hit a superb left foot shot after initially controlling the ball for 3-0. 

Okehampton were still proving dangerous as at times we were over committing in attack and on two occasions both Crees and Evans had to intercept a couple of lovely through balls which otherwise would have created a 1 on 1 situation for Barca.  One good clearance by Hepburn after saving well, was headed on by Ethan Flanagan, trapped by Charlie Carr who intelligently laid the ball back for Ollie Evans to hit his second bullet of the day for 4-0. 

With seconds remaining in the first half, a lovely through ball from Evans allowed Howe to take the ball on the wing, pass the defender and cross the ball for Ethan Flanagan to connect for 5-0 at half-time.

The second half was well controlled by Juniors, and 4 additional goals were added, a lovely precise Free Kick from Ollie Evans, followed by Charlie Carr doubling his count for the day after a great save from a Flanagan close range shot was coolly scored, two further goals were added by Evans after some great wing play from Joe Chandler and also  Ethan Flanagan after JJ Green created space on the left to intelligently look up and see Ethan running into clear space to make it 9-0. 

Just before the end Okehampton showed some great skill to open up our defence on the right hand side, play in a lovely cross which was not cleared and a deserved consolation goal was scored by the Barca striker.

Well played boys, for me a better all-round team performance, stamping authority from the start, Man of the Match Ollie Evans, for his work in defence and attack with a great hatrick.

Whipton Youth 3 West Exe Rangers 0
 
We started this game slowly against a quick and nippy Rangers side. Whilst we knocked the ball around and kept possession well, we lacked penetration going forward often due to holding on to the ball for too long before releasing the pass. At the other end Rangers showed good skill on the ball and when their striker turned the ball around the defender he found himself in on goal. His well struck shot was heading for goal but Taylor showed great hands to not only save the shot but hold on to prevent any chance of a rebound. With a few chances going awry when we couldn't get the right connection with the ball it was a great turn and finish in the box from Lewis Wilson that gave us the lead going in at half time.

The second half our performance improved a little and we defended a lot better. We soon got a two goal cushion when we put together our best passing move of the game that saw Jordan find Beckham and his first time ball picked out Lewis Wilson who slotted home. Another smart turn on the edge of the box saw Taylor have to be alert to thwart any danger before a great run from Lewis Wilson at first looked like he had pushed the ball to wide cut the ball back across the keeper into the far corner of the net to complete his hat trick and make the final score 3-0.
 
Whipton Youth 3 West Exe Exiles 0
 
Again we saw another performance that didn't really show the team at their best when in possession of the ball. Whilst we defended a lot more resolutely in this game, we did well to deal with the long ball game of the Exiles. With Jordan screening the back two we were able to get possession of the ball and in the early stages created several good goal scoring chances but good defending or tame finishes meant the scores stayed level. With little threat to our goal we went 1-0 up when Lewis Wilson pulled out to the left and then layed the ball off for the on rushing Jordan. He then squared the ball to Alex who was left with just the keeper to beat and his shot went through the keeper's legs to give us the lead. Again we came in at half time with a comfortable 1-0 lead despite not playing well when in possession of the ball.

Lewis Nash started to get more in to the game in the second half and started to create problems for West Exe down the right side. It was his vicious shot that came down of the angle of crossbar and post, and whilst it looked to have crossed the line before bouncing out when the Exiles keeper tried to gather the ball it squirmed out of his hands and over the line to ensure a goal was given to put us 2-0 up. A couple of times our lack of speed on the ball at the back saw us give possession away in dangerous areas but we were always very quick to win the ball back and stop Exiles getting any real chances on goal. A crunching tackle from Jordan in the centre of the pitch won the ball back for us and when he layed the ball off to Alex his quick one two with Lewis Nash saw Alex go through on goal and fire home to put the game beyond doubt. Alex and Lewis continued to work well together and created a couple more opportunities that just lacked the final finish and saw the game end 3-0.
 
Whipton Wanderers 1 West Exe Exiles 4
 
Exiles nearly got off to the perfect start when an early shot was finding its way in to the bottom corner before a sprawling Brandon did brilliantly to turn the ball around the post. We then got on the front foot pushing the Exiles back and a great through ball to Callum saw the exiles close him down just before he could get his shot away. However the boys weren't to be denied when Callum this time put the pass through and when it found its way to Cole he made no mistake and saw his shot fly past the keeper to make the score 1-0. With the Wanderers looking good Exiles equalized against the run of play when a corner was floated over and was tapped in at the back post. This seemed to put the boys back on back foot and Exiles started to dominate the game with some good passing from their forwards. It was this passing that saw them open up our defence and a clinical finish put them 2-1 ahead. A third nearly followed but for good defending from Jay and we came in at half time 2-1 down.

In the second half Exiles continued to dominate the play and when we were caught out of position at the back Exiles punished us and went 3-1 up. We had to rely on Brandon's bravery in goal to keep us in the game when several times he threw himself at the attacker's feet to save when another goal looked the more likely outcome. The Exiles did grab a fourth goal just before full time with a well struck shot from outside the area.
 
Whipton Wanderers 2 West Exe Rangers 2
 
We started this game well, working hard and putting pressure on the Ranger's players when we didn't have the ball but some slick passing from the Rangers attack saw them open us up at the back to go 1-0 up. Rangers repeated this moments later and we were facing our second defeat of the day when Rangers went 2-0 up. However the boys battled hard and were trying to get the ball down and pass it. Our defending improved as the half went on and whilst we went in at half time 2-0 down we knew that we were still in the game.

The boys started the second half with the belief that they could get back into the game and when Ashley picked out Cole with a great pass, Cole scored to cut the deficit to 2-1. With the momentum back with us we continued to press the ball and work hard and were rewarded with the equalizing goal when Ashley superbly struck the ball over the keeper and into the net to level at 2-2. Both teams pushed for a winner and Brandon was called upon to make some good saves to stop us from going behind again whilst we also saw a couple of chances just fall short at the other end. Eventually the final whistle went and the boys were very pleased to have come back from two down to earn a very credible draw against a good West Exe Rangers side.

Whipton Youth 0 Exmouth Amateurs 1
 
Our biggest game of the season saw us start brightly and when Alex broke down the right side in the first couple of minutes his shot just missed creeping in at the near post and hit the side netting. The midfield was quite congested on a narrow pitch and both teams were struggling to put a string of passes together. When an Ammies attacker tried to get round the back of our defence Tom was on hand to superbly Sheppard the attacker wide and force him out of play. Jordan managed to break free in the midfield and his through ball saw Beckham just miss getting on to it. Tom was having an outstanding game at the back and again when Ammies looked to breakaway he was there to cover. Taylor was proving to be a very handy outlet for the defenders who were always able to play the ball back to him when facing goal knowing that he would use it wisely and keep us in possession. Exmouth created their first chance mid way through the first half which Taylor got behind and made the save look easy. Our second real chance of the match saw Lewis Wilson spin his marker down the left side and as he headed toward goal he unleashed a shot destined for the bottom far corner. However a great save from the Exmouth keeper saw him push the shot round the post. With the corner coming to nothing Ammies pushed forward and got a free kick about 30 yards from goal. We defended the original kick well but when we overplayed on the edge of the area we gave the ball away and were left stunned when a simple side foot flew into the bottom corner of the net past an unsighted Taylor. With the half coming to an end another great turn and run from Lewis Wilson saw him run down the right side before he was fouled just outside the area. However we didn't make the most of a free kick in a promising position and went into half time 1-0 down.

Exmouth carved out the first opportunity of the second half which Taylor again made look a lot more comfortable than it was. Then we started to pass the ball better, with Josh using the ball well from the back and Tom again excelling in defence. Jordan started to get on the ball higher up the pitch and Lewis Nash just on for Beckham was having a positive influence on the game. When Lewis Wilson put the ball across goal it bounced behind Lewis Nash but his acrobatic overhead kick saw the Exmouth keeper push the ball around the post at full stretch when it looked like we were going to equalize. With both teams very evenly matched it was proving to be a very tense affair and some good football from Ammies saw them release their striker in on our goal. Taylor was off his line in a flash and flew down at the feet of the striker to brilliantly block the strikers run. We then worked the ball well down the right side and when the ball was put through Lewis Nash went through one on one with the keeper. Unfortunately he didn't get the connection with the ball that he would have hoped for and the ball went straight to the keeper. With our boys pushing forward for an equalizing goal we were leaving gaps at the back and when an Ammies player hit a shot heading for the top corner the game looked to be over. Fortunately Taylor was alive to the situation and he flew across his goal and clawed the ball away with a wonder save. We kept pushing and Jordan went close with a shot that just went wide before Alex saw a shot turned over the bar by the Ammies keeper. Taylor was quick off his line at the other end to thwart the danger again before an Exmouth free kick was comfortably wide. We continued to try and get back in the game and when Jordan's free kick cannon back off the wall and the follow up was put behind for a corner it was time to really go for it. Taylor came storming up for the corner and with the first corner just eluding everyone we forced another three corners in quick succession the last of which saw Taylor nearly find the net but the ball just went the wrong side of the post. Time was running out and with the boys still battling hard the referee brought an end to a very well contested game that Exmouth edged 1-0.

We must give great credit to Exmouth who put in a great performance tonight. They battled hard, played some nice football, were very hard to break down and created problems for us that very few teams have done this season. They have proved that they are the team to beat and we wish them luck in the final.

Under 10's Semi Final 14th March 2010.

After last year's disappointment the Exile‘s went in this game knowing that they had to take their chances and that Stoke Hill were going to be a very tough nut to crack. With a very large noisy crowd, and the flood lights on full beam, the stage was set for a brilliant game.

West Exe kicked off the match and retained possession very well for the opening period. Not only were they keeping the ball they were making Stoke Hill chase the game. Even when the ball was lost, Exile's were chasing down fiercely trying the retrieve possession.

With some good early pressure and a couple of early shoots, the Exile's were awarded a corner. On a very narrow pitch short corners seemed to be the way forward, which allowed Cameron Grant to cross from in front the goal to Tom Purrington whose touch just went wide.

Exile's were then awarded a free kick just inside the opposition half, and Aiden Partridge put in a perfect ball again to Purrington who's header again just shaved the post wide.

A long ball from Tyler Griffin in defence found Camron Hance on his own upfront, the Stoke goal keeper had to be very quick off his line to clear the ball.

With the crowd getting very noisy Purrington wasn't going to miss a third opportunity and after a long Partridge throw Purrington managed to twist his body and header home into the back post. 1-0 Exile's.

Stoke Hill then had a period of possession which the Exile's soaked up very well and after a string of corners and a couple of goal mouth scrambles, West Exe managed to hold on to their slender lead.

With half time approaching, Stoke Hill had time for one more attack down the right wing, and with a great turn on the by-line the Stoke Hill attacker turned two Exile's defender for dead and crossed hard and low across the front of goal, which somehow found its way over the line. There were about 5 players near the ball and no one was sure who got the last touch but the end result was 1-1 at half time.

Stoke Hill started the second half very quickly and effectively, putting together some great football from the back, but the Exile's midfield of Luke Herbert, Grant and Purrington, gave no time for any Stoke players to settle with their constant pressure and harassment.

Kyler Rogers who came on at half time up front didn't take long to find himself using his pace to find some space. After another great Grant cross, Rogers found himself at the back post but his shot went just wide. Rogers found himself in exactly the same position but on the opposite side of the pitch moments later taking down a cross from Purrington, only to have this shot saved by the advancing keeper.

With West Exe still pushing forward, Griffin took a throw to Herbert who very cleverly managed to take the ball down and turn in one move and headed straight for goal like he was on a mission. After holding off two Stoke defenders during his run at goal he soon found the goal keeper running towards him which resulted in a hard and low shot through the keepers legs and into the goal. 2-1 Exile's with 10 minutes to go.

The next 8 minutes were fast and furious with both teams giving it their all. There was end to end action with Stoke Hill forcing Exile's keeper Kain Brown to make some wonderful saves and also Partridge having to clear off the line. Stoke then pushed an extra man into midfield which saw them gain a lot of possession. Elliot Bicknell came in to help shore up the gaps that were being created. After some last ditch defending by Brown, Griffin and Partridge, Exile's were still managing to play some nice football across the pitch and after some good link up play between Bicknell and Grant, Exile's found themselves on the opposition half with 2 minutes remaining. After another long Griffin throw the Stoke Hill defence only managed to see the ball out for a corner after pressure from Grant. 1 minute to go and another corner awarded which saw Exile's managing to keep possession in the Stoke box until the final whistle was blown.

Final score 2-1 West Exe Exile's.  Another fantastic game between two very well matched teams. After the league game in January, I thought that could never be matched, but this game was just as good. May I offer my commiserations to Stoke Hill, but I must also take my hat off to you for making West Exe work their socks off in a fantastic match.

Well done to West Exe for putting their demons to rest from last year's disappointment  and going one step further this year and reaching the final. I could not single out a man of the match as every player right across the pitch played like Trojans.

Well done lads. Roll on May 8^th for the final.

ALPHINGTON LIONS 0-1 EXMOUTH AMS     12.3.11 

The Lions put in a superb performance against a very good Exmouth side who had only let in two goals all season, Ruan Ellis just couldnt get anything on a great cross from James Dodd who once again had a great game, The Lions could have been two goals up in the first half if it wasnt for some fantastic shot stopping from the Exmouth keeper. Our stand in keeper Ethan Matthews never looked like getting beaten, only for an unfortunate bounce, saw the ball fall at the feet of a quick thinking Exmouth striker who found himself one on one and cooly finished off his goal with a great finish,

Defenders Ben Shear and Harry Wellaway once again had brilliant games and more than once came to the Lions rescue,

Alphington were actually outplaying their opponents and really deserved at least a draw from this game, but it wasnt to be,

Well done to Exmouth who  carry on their fantastic unbeaten run. 

ALPHINGTON LIONS 6-0 BRIXINGTON BLUES 

The Lions came out roaring for this game after narrowly losing their first game of the day, Tom Prout opened the scoring, closely followed by a Sam Probert double, The Blues defended well, but could do nothing as Alphington piled on the pressure as Garreth Blackmore gave us a very comfortable 3-0 lead at half time.

The second half was much the same as the first as Tom Prout notched again with a great finish that gave the Blues keeper no chance, James Dodd had a busy game and after hitting the post and the bar He found himself amongst the goals with a great close range goal, Sam Probert nicked his second goal from a fellow strikers toes as all great strikers should do and fired home to give the Lions all 3 points.

OKEHAMPTON BARCA     0     V     3     TIVVY WHITES 

Tivvy started this game extremely well, with some very good passing and an early goal from Lloyd White, striking low into the bottom corner. The lads continued to dominate the game with excellent passing moves as the lads constantly moved well off the ball to recieve passes in space.

Tivvy went 2-0 up when Harry Stoneman created space for himself just passed the halfway line and struck a low powerful shot towards goal, which was nicely controlled by Lloyd White with his back to goal and he turned nicely and again finished well into the bottom corner.

Tivvy could have gone 3-0 up with a super left foot shot from Harry Butler but he was unlucky to strike the crossbar.

In the second half Tivvy seemed to be playing in first gear and were just sliding the ball around the field nicely and didn't let Barca in their half once, as Lucas White playing at the back on his own stopped everything that came his way. And the midfield 4 of Harry Butler, Joe Greenslade, Haden Flaws and Liam Gillbard continually kept the ball with short passes and often found the gaps in the defence to put through the ever working Lloyd White plaing as a lone striker.

Tivvy probably could have scored about 7 more goals in this half if it wasn't for the effort of the barca lads who never gave up and continually defended well.

As a result of their good defending Tivvy did have alot of corners where the lads contantly pumped in good crosses but just couldn't find the back of the net.

Eventually Tivvy did go 3-0 up when Harry Butler swung in a nice corner that Haden Flaws read superbly and bravely made an instinctive run into a crowded box to meet with his head and nod low into the net from about 5 yards, getting kick to the head in the process.

A great performance from Tivvy who looked to be cruising, making the ball do all the work with some very good passing. 

OKEHAMPTON MILAN     1     V     8     TIVVY WHITES 

This looked to be the harder game from kick off as milan made good tackles and broke down the field with good passes, this resulted in them taking an early lead with a super strike from their no.9 from the right hand side.

Tivvy reacted well to this and seemed to change gear and pile on the pressure and force several corners where chances went begging, eventually one however did go in when Harry Butler drilled in a corner which the milan keeper tried to grab but it dropped into his own net.

Tivvy started to dominate again with good passing and moving and started to find gaps in the milan backline but couldn't quite get the end product as milan defended in numbers.

It was milan who went closest again though on the break, and when the ball was fed to the milan no.9 in the same possition as before he fired a similar strike but this time Bailey Cole was on hand in goal to make a good save.

Tivvy learnt from this and a slight change in formation saw that this didn't happen again, which allowed the tivvy attack to pile more pressure on to try and take the lead.

Tivvy did eventually score two more goals to go in at half time 3-1 up, with close range strikes from Harry Stoneman and Lucas White.

Tivvy continued the second half how they finished the first, passing the ball lovely around the field and opening milan right up at the back. Harry Butler struck the crossbar early in the half before burrying a nice left foot strike with his next chance for 4-1.

Tivvy went 5-1 up again in the form of Harry Butler after Lloyd White good run and shot was saved and Butler banged in the rebound. Lloyd White then got himself on the scoresheet with a good move, keeper Bailey Cole picked up a ball rolling through to him and drop kicked a lovely love pass to Harry Butler on the left who controlled with a great first touch that took him past his defender on the left and swung in an early low cross which was partly dealt with by the milan defender but as it looped up in the air on the edge of the box Lloyd White showed great ability and shape to meet it with a right foot volley low into the bottom left hand corner for 6-1.

Immediately after Tivvy pushed forward again and a nice ball through to Lloyd White from Liam Gillbard saw White fire in his sceond of the game for 7-1.

The move of the match nearly got Harry Butler his hat-trick, Liam Gillbard, Haden Flaws and Joe Greenslade kept the ball around the midfield with some very neat little touches before Greenslade released into space down the right wing and was fed by Flaws, but Greenslade had a marker on him and couldn't get a cross in so layed a thoughtful pass back to the supporting run of defender Lucas White who crossed in first time towards the head of Lloyd White, who got a shout from behind from the on running Harry Butler to flick it on, so White flicked a delightful header on which dropped perfectly in front of Butler who struck on the volley with his left only for it to hit the bar.

Butler however did get his hat-trick soon after with an unstoppable strike from distance to give tivvy and 8-1 win.

 Well done lads, a super performance, passing with maturity and creating some lovely moves with great vision.

 Credit must go to Gillbard, Flaws and Greenslade who's neat touches throughout both games were a pleasure to watch.

Man of the match on the day though went to Harry Stoneman who was moved around in several different possitions but was effective every time.

Whipton Wanderers 1 Westexe Exiles 4
Wanderers took the lead in the first five minuutes only for Westexe to battle back to secure a 4-1 win. Kyler Rogers started the fight back when Cameron Grant's corner found him unmarked at the far post and Rogers had the simple task of tapping the ball into the empty net. Cameron Grant's left wing cross found the unmarked Kai Parmenter and his cool side foot finish left the keeper with no chance. After the break Callum Sibley's run and precise through ball found Kyler Rogers and his first time shot found the bottom corner. Westexe had further chances but the Whipton keeper was in fine form. The goal of the game came from Aiden Partridge when he picked up a loose ball just inside the Whipton half and from long range his left foot rocket smashed against the bar only to bounce just over the line to make it 4-1.

Whipton Youth 3 Westexe Exiles 0
Whipton deserved the win in this game although it may of been a different story had Westexe taken a chance midway through the first half. Elliott Bicknell's through ball found Cameron Grant and his shot was well saved by the Whipton keeper who was quickly off his line. Whipton punished Westexe with keeper Kain Brown standing no chance with the opening goal. After the break Kain Brown made a couple of fine saves to keep Westexe in the match but Whipton proved to strong and scored two further goals in the last five minutes to secure the win.

SIDMOUTH RAIDERS - 0 v 0 - STOKE HILL JUNIORS 

This was always going to be a tough game, a potential banana skin as Sidmouth Raiders were well placed in the league, with the ability to upset the league leaders.  With little rain this week the pitch was green but rock hard and it was difficult to play football on a bumpy pitch.  Sidmouth started well and early on forced a number of corners after good work from their wingers which was making us to play deeper and deeper.  After a few minutes Juniors settled down and started to play the ball on the floor, a short goal kick to Ollie Evans was slipped through to Ethan Ampadu who went past one player and found Ethan Flanagan free in midfield, his quick pass saw Connor McAndrews running into space on the right wing, Connor went past one defender and his shot was well taken and well held by the Raiders Goalie. 

With the ball bouncing high on the hard pitch it was difficult to control the ball and a lot of the play was in the middle of the park, a Sidmouth attack was stopped well by an Ampadu tackle and he played Harry Taylor into space on the left wing, his pace taking the ball to virtually the goal line and then whipping in a shot that somehow bended in and hit the top of the cross bar, here JJ Green was waiting to pounce, but again the Sidmouth keeper was first to react with a safe catch. 

Just before Halftime, JJ Green held the ball up well and saw Ethan Ampadu in space, his short pass was received and Ethan cut inside and hit a low first time shot from 20 yards into the right hand corner of the net, initially the goal was given by the referee, but it was apparent that the Sidmouth keeper had been distracted by a stray ball from the adjacent pitch and the goal was disallowed for 0-0 at half time. 

Playing up hill in the second half it was important that we played better as Sidmouth were very dangerous on the break and were now committing at times three in attack that were stretching Ampadu and Evans at times, a couple of times Sidmouth broke free and some good first time shots were either just wide or well saved by Connor Hepburn, providing us with a suitable warning.  Slowly the Stoke Hill midfield started to control the middle and Flanagan was finding Joe Chandler in space, Joe cut inside past two players and passed inside to Connor McAndrews whose turn and shot was blocked well finding Harry Taylor whose left foot shot was brilliantly saved for a corner. 

The next couple of minutes involved 4 consecutive corners for Stoke Hill, but we were unable to gain the initiative, the first played short by Joe Chandler to Ollie Evans was thwarted by a great Sidmouth Tackle, the next corner played into the box found Connor McAndrews who head back to Ethan Ampadu was drilled but deflected for a third corner.  The subsequent kick by Taylor found Ethan Flanagan in a little space and his shot went just wide. 

All in All, we did not play as well as we can, the simple passing went a little missing on a difficult pitch and Sidmouth were worthy of the draw, playing with commitment and speed in counter attack and were unlucky themselves not to score a couple of times on the break. 

SIDMOUTH WARRIORS - 0 v 3 - STOKE HILL JUNIORS 

The second game against equally resilient opposition, and on a flatter pitch Stoke Hill needed to improve.  After a tight first 5 minutes where our defence of Sam Crees and Ollie Evans controlled well any initial pressure we started to find our attacking quick style of play, using the wings well with right back Ollie Evans finding Joe Chandler in space and providing an option to cross in, twice Joe did well, once finding space and shooting goal bound only to be brilliantly saved and secondly crossing the ball in for JJ Green to narrowly miss with a brave header. 

On the left side Flanagan was intelligently playing Harry Taylor in to allow he to do his mazy runs, one of which found a lovely left foot cross initially headed away onto to find Ethan Flanagan shoot just wide.  Juniors were then slightly on the back foot despite Warriors keeping three at the back and twice forced late corners which had to be defended and cleared well leaving the game poised at 0-0 at half time. 

Juniors could not really afford to have another drawn game as the league was getting very tight and a couple of changes were made at half time bring on Connor McAndrews and Ethan Ampadu.  We slowly started to dominate the game and finally made a breakthrough after 3 minutes when Sam Crees played the ball forward to Ethan Ampadu, who charged forward went past one player and shot low and hard it was initially brilliantly saved by the Warriors keeper only to find JJ Green ready to pounce on the loose ball for 1-0 from close range.    This seemed to release some of the pressure on the boys and the football improved with some kick one touch passing, allowing Connor McAndrews to break free from his marker and hit a well controlled half volley for 2-0 shortly afterwards. 

Harry Taylor was playing well on the left in the second half and shortly after the kick off he tackled a player well and used the width of the pitch to go wide and cross the ball in low into the box finding Joe Chandler free from his marker and a ruthless finish from close range for 3-0. 

Warriors were still proving dangerous in attack and twice late on Connor Hepburn had to stay focused to make a couple of late blocking saves when it looked like Sidmouth would make a breakthrough. 

In summary, we came alive in the second half and played some good football, 4 points out of 6 is a decent result against two very strong Sidmouth Sides who showed why they are presently both top ten sides.

5.3.11  OKEHAMPTON BARCA 1-4 ALPH LIONS 

On a freezing cold morning, Alex Owens opened the scoring with another one of his trademark thunderbolts, which was soon to be cancelled out by a well taken Oke goal,

The Lions fired back with a cool finish by Garreth Blackmore following some great shot stopping from Elliot Thomas who fed our sweeper Ethan Matthews who rode a couple of tackles and slotted the ball through to Ruan Ellis who delivered Garreth the perfect pass on a plate,

In form Jake Faulkner notched another goal with a fierce left footed shot in to the bottom corner,

Alex Owens sealed the win with another powerful finish,

A score line that flattered the Lions really as the Oke boys battled hard, came close several times, and if not for some dogged defending would certainly got something more out of the game. 

5.3.11  OKEHAMPTON MILAN 3-4 ALPH LIONS 

This game was more like a basketball match with both teams taking it in turns to score, some sleepy or frozen solid defending saw Oke take the lead, only for hot shot Alex Owens to level, Tom Prout gave the Lions the lead with a well taken opportunist goal, only to see Oke hit back instantly and so the game went on, Alex scored again, Oke levelled, Ethan Matthews bossed the defense with Harry Wellaway also putting in another fantastic performance at the back,Callum Lewis played his part in what turned out to be a very pleasing game of footy to be involved in, just as the teams looked destined to be a draw a quick thinking Tom Prout chanced his luck with a sneaky long shot which caught the Oke keeper off guards and all 3 points went to the Lions.

Well done to my team who after being told the Oke boys could only field 6 players, decided that it would only be fair if we played with 6.

Good game both teams.

UNDER 10 QUARTER FINAL

Tiverton Yellows - 0 v 4 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

A great game of football between two good footballing sides took place on a very heavy pitch, with the reward being a semi final place against Westexe Exiles.  Stoke Hill started the stronger side and left Tiverton defending deeply in their own half with Ethan Flanagan for Juniors running the midfield.  Stoke as a team were all outstanding today and went in at half time 2-0 up with goals from Ethan Flanagan and Ethan Ampadu. 

Tiverton were certainly fired up for the second half and had a very strong 5 minute spell when they put us under a lot of pressure, but after soaking this initial pressure the game was made safe with further goals from skipper Ethan Flanagan and JJ Green making it a 4-0 win against a side who in previous encounters we have often failed to beat. 

Well Done boys, an all round superb team performance where all of you played brilliantly. 

UNDER 10 LEAGUE FIXTURE

Tiverton Yellows - 2 v 7 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

A superb hatrick from Ethan Flanagan capping a good all round display by Stoke Hill Juniors, with further goals coming from JJ Green with two and Joe Chandler also with a brace plus an individual goal from Harry Taylor.  On the wing Taylors pace and quick passing was causing the Tiverton defence numerous problems once the game had settled.  Early on Tiverton were the better side, being very positive in their attacking play and forcing two early goals from an own goal deflection and well taken penalty.  After this initial scare the Exeter side found their passing game again and were able to build on their 2-3 half time lead to control the second half against a strong Tiverton side. 

Well done boys, Man of the Match - Ethan Flanagan.

If you were to ever watch a game as a neutral this would be the one, as for the two managers it was a nail biter, two sets of lads playing their hearts out for a place in the semi finals of the league cup only resulted in one thing - a thrilling cup tie!!

Tivvy started well, finding gaps through the exmouth backline, although exmouth kept the ball well when in possesion, the tivvy lads worked hard to win it back and when pushing forward looked the more likely to get an opener, which nearly came when Lloyd White slid a lovely through ball to the on running Joe Greenslade who's touch was a little too heavy, which aloud the keeper to rush off his line and make a challenge at the feet of Greenslade, the ball rebounded off greenslade and he nearly poked it in if not for the exmouth defender running in to clear the ball off the line.

This opened the game up, and a break from exmouth down the left saw the player cut inside and strike an unstoppable shot into the top right hand corner for 1-0.

Tivvy re-acted superbly to this and piled the pressure back on, and as the ball was in a midfield scramble, Tivvy's Ethan Osbon came charging in to win the ball and with pace eluded the chasing exmouth defenders, with only the keeper to beat he struck a low drive but the keeper made a great save with his legs only for the rebound to loop away up in the air, but the supporting run of Lloyd White paid off when the ball came in his direction and he burried it in the bottom corner with a sweet right foot volley.

All to play for at 1-1 and the game was heating up, Tivvy had a couple corners but to no effect and it was then exmouth down the other end that took the lead, tivvy won the ball on the edge off the box, but didn't clear effectively and an exmouth player won it off him and thumped a strike into the top rigt hand corner of the net for 2-1.

As tivvy tried to get and equaliser before half time, this opened up space for exmouth who nearly went 3-1 up if not for the fingertips of Bailey Cole tipping over the bar a powerful shot.

Tivvy came out blazing the second half and weren't going down without a fight, chance after chance went begging, but the clock was ticking. Again on the break though exmouth were strong and tivv's defence were on hand making some last ditch takles. Again, tivvy kept creating moves and their closest nearly saw them level up as Lloyd White one on one with the keeper slid the ball underneath him only for an exmouth player to slide and block on the line,this resulted in a goal mouth scramble where the ball would just not go in.

Exmouth had one more really good chance on the break when a player got put through one on one and they looked to be going 3-1 up only for Cole to come flying off his line to make a superb save.

2 minutes on the clock the ref said, and tivvy pushed everyone forward, they had 3 very good chances in theses dying minutes, a strike just wide of the post from Harry Butler, a block in the box and a header just over the bar from Harry Stoneman just before the final whistle, well done lads, a great performance, hard luck, this game could have gone either way, just not yours today.

 Well done Exmouth, good luck in the next round.

 Man of the match on the day went to Lloyd White.

AC Heavitree 6 v Moors Tigers 2

AC Heavitree started strongly, closing down Moors at every opportunity and creating chances with some precise passing.  From a throw in Josh Herbert flicked on for Tyson Geldin, whose shot went just over the bar. The midfield of Benj Lloyd, Lewis Evans and Josh dominated and created one attack after another. Josh split the defence with a great pass that set up Tyson but the keeper saved well for a corner. When the corner came in Lewis Evans reacted first, took it round a defender and scored a well deserved opening goal. AC continued to press and forced another corner and once again Lewis popped up to tap in the second. Moors Tigers were rarely threatening and when they did get into the Heavitree half, Josh Bennett, ably supported by Matt Long, was excellent.

As they continued to press, Josh Herbert beat a defender and shot strongly for Heavitree's third, before Lewis did likewise beating a defender and drilling the ball in for his hat-trick. 

Moors Tigers came out stronger in the second half and forced a corner. Heavitree didn't deal with the ball and it deflected in for an own goal. However AC rallied well and from another corner got an own goal of their own to restore their lead. It was now a more even game but Heavitree continued to create chances with Tyson hitting the bar and Jakob Tonkins, who had come on for the injured Benj, hitting the post with a great shot. Nevertheless it was Moors who scored next after Heavitree, once again failed to deal with a Tigers corner. As the clock ran down though there was still time for Lewis Evans to set up Josh Herbert to completre the scoring.

Men of the Match: Lewis Evans   

AC Heavitree 4 v Moors Bobcats 1

The second game was closer than the scoreline suggests and although Tyson Geldin created a number of chances for himself he could not find the back of the net. Josh Bennet, once again was excellent in defence and breaking forward but it wasn't until the last few minutes of the half that Ollie Burrough managed to slip the ball through for Ibs Doumbia to slide it into the back of the net.

In the second half Moors Bobcats upped their game even further and scored a deserved equaliser, with a well taken cross and volley. Heavitree started to increase the pressure with Lewis Evans causing problems and Josh Herbert getting closer and closer to the target. Eventually the pressure told and Josh beat a couple of defenders before shooting powerfully to restore the lead. Lewis Evans then passed through to Josh once more and he slid in to set up Lewis McNamara who scored well from close range.

In the final moments Josh finished the scoring with a free kick from near the touchline that beat everyone and nestled in the top right hand corner of the goal.

Man of the Match: Lewis McNamara  

We started the game quickly getting on the ball and looking good in possession. Alphington were struggling to get into our half and we were using the wide areas well, switching the play to give our wingers the space to run at their defenders. Alex cut inside his defender and laid the ball off for Lewis Nash who put a great ball across the box that just eluded the on rushing Whipton players.

Beckham was getting on the ball in the midfield and his great pass through the middle found Lewis Wilson whose great turn and shot just went over the bar. Another great ball into the box from Lewis Nash saw Alex meet the ball at the near post but his flick came off the top of the bar. Beckham was next to try his luck with a shot from outside the area that just flew over before excellent skill from Josh saw him jink past a Lions defender and play the ball into Lewis Wilson's feet. Again Lewis turned his marker and got his shot away but this time it just went wide of the post. It was hard to believe that we hadn't hit the back of the net and when another great cross from Lewis Nash was met by Lewis Wilson, his touch beat the keeper but a Lions defender stopped the ball from crossing the line.

Alphington were always looking to break quickly and Jordan did a great job to clear out any danger on a rare Lions breakaway. Another break down the left saw Alex and Lewis Wilson link up to lay the ball back for Beckham who hit a great shot low in to the bottom corner that this time the keeper couldn't keep out to finally put us in the lead. We continued to press and dominate and a few minutes later Alex played the ball through for Lewis Nash who just as it looked like he had gone to wide struck a sweet shot high into the top corner to give us a deserved 2-0 half time lead.

The first minute or two of the second half saw the Lions come out all guns blazing and in the early moments of that half it looked like they might pull a goal back. They played some lovely passing football to create a couple of opportunities but we were quick to block shots and Taylor was alive to make one great save at the feet of the onrushing forward. We soon started to get control of the game and were using the ball really well. Beckham was getting better and more confident in the centre and Josh and Jordan started to use the ball really well from then back. Lewis Wilson went close to extending the lead with another shot that went just wide. We were now starting to dominate and were breaking up any Alphington attacks early and a third goal was looking likely. It came when a lovely corner from Beckham was met by Lewis Nash for his second of the game. When another corner was cleared, Alphington broke quickly but Josh defended superbly holding up the attackers and giving the others chance to get in and defend.

Alphington to their credit kept working hard and tried to force their way back into the game. When they found themselves in our box Jordan did well to block a shot and when Josh stepped across from the left he superbly took the ball away down the right side. He beat a couple of players before brilliantly picking out Alex who went on to slide the ball past the keeper to out the game beyond doubt. Dominating possession and 4-0 up we then became a bit guilty of over playing and on a couple of occasions missed the chance to get a shot away when we kept trying to pass when in good goal scoring positions. Lewis Wilson was producing the exact performance that we had spoken to him about in training, linking up play and bringing the midfield into the game and he nearly got on the score sheet with a shot that beat the keeper but also the bottom corner. However the next chance he couldn't miss when Lewis Nash who had put a countless number of great balls in form the right beat his marker and calmly pulled the ball back for Lewis Wilson to tap in number 5. A header that went wide from Alex and a good long range effort from Jordan nearly added a sixth goal. Beckham it was quite obvious to see was enjoying himself and a when he beat two players in his own half a lovely pass with the outside of his foot put Lewis Wilson away down the left.

His pass picked out Lewis Nash who put in another great cross that the keeper did well to collect. Alphington went to close to pulling a goal back in the last few seconds with a well worked free kick that just went high and wide of the top corner. The referee then blew his whistle to bring an end to a great performance by our boys who now progress to a semi final. 

We have to give massive credit to the Lions team that never let their heads drop and battled to the very end. They worked hard and played some nice football at times and were a credit to their club. 

Goal Scorers: Beckham, Lewis Nash (2), Alex, Lewis Wilson

West Exe Exiles made it through to the semi finals of the cup following a comfortble win at Dawlish. Under tricky playing conditions it was Dawlish who almost took the lead catching West Exe on the break. However, a last ditch tackle from Tyler Griffin denied the Dawlish striker from hitting the target. West Exe took the lead when Cameron Grant's through ball found Kai Parmenter and his low right foot shot found the far corner of the net.

West Exe has further chances to increase their lead but could not find a way past the Dawlish keeper. Shortly after the break West Exe increased their lead when Kyler Rogers laid the ball to Cameron Grant and he managed to find the net via the foot of the post with a fine left foot strike. The third goal soon followed when Tom Purrington's shot was blocked and the outstanding Kyler Rogers slammed home from eight yards.

With West Exe now in control they scored a superb fourth, Purrington finding Luke Herbert who in turn found the overlapping Callum Sibley and his pinpoint cross found the onrushing Rogers who tapped home from five yards. The fifth goal was just as impressive with Rogers finding Camron Hance and his volley found the back of the net.

ALPH LIONS 5-2 SIDMOUTH RAIDERS    

Alphington fell behind early on in this game which seemed to kick start them into action,

Ruan Ellis replied soon after with a well taken back post header following a peach of a cross from James Dodd.

James then made the score 2-1 with another one of his solo efforts, Sidmouth battled hard but came unstuck again when James netted his 23rd goal of the season which saw him collect the ball on the half way line, weave through the Raiders defence and cooly slot the ball home from close range, Ben Shear was at the heart of the Lions defense and put in a fantastic shift snuffing out any attacks with some powerfull tackling, Alex Owens doesnt score tap ins and smashed in another trademark 20 yard goal which saw Lions go 4-1 up, Sidmouth were playing some great passing football in the middle of the park and were soon deservedly rewarded with their second goal. Jake Thomas hit the post with a ferocious right footed shot only for the ball to drop at the feet of Jake Faulkner who helped himself to a tap in,

A great overall performance by both teams, the only difference being the dogged defending by Ethan and Ben for the Lions. 

ALPH LIONS 2-1 SIDMOUTH WARRIORS  

This was truly a great game of football to watch, with end to end action and yet again some great defending by both teams,

Hot shot James Dodd opened the scoring for the Lions only for our lead to be surrendered soon after. The sticky pitch seemed to sap the energy from the players but in fairness both teams did not want to lose this game and they kept up the tempo with some great passing football.

The game seemed to be heading for draw when following a corner to the Lions in the last few minutes of the game Alex Owens fired in a left footed volley from the edge of the area, which I must say was taken superbly with great technique.

2-1 to the Lions well done both teams.

A special mention to the Alex and the Sidmouth boys who knew they had been in a battle and had a point stolen from them at the last minute, but were very gracious in defeat and even complimented the Alphas, Well done

TIVVY WHITES     7     V     0     DAWLISH ODDS 

The Tivvy lads showed their maturity right from the start today, Dawlish Odds only had available 6 players when they arrived, so when i asked the tivvy lads what they think the right thing is to do, they all immediately replied that we should play them with 6 players too and make it a fair contest. I'm sure this doesn't happen at every fixture in the league but was proud to see this decision from our lads.

So the game kicked off at 6 aside and Tivvy started very well, passing the ball round superbly, Haden Flaws linked up well, using his good vision to pass the ball well. Lucas White and Harry Butler pairing at the back, kept the ball well and didn't once let Dawlish too far in their half. As the lads passed the ball well from one side of the pitch to the other they started to create gaps through the middle and it wasn't long before striker Lloyd White finished well to put tivvy ahead.

In the next 5 minutes or so, tivvy kept the ball well and continued to feed good passes through the Dawlish back line, but their goalie kept the score down well before Joe Greenslade scored two good goals on the trot to make it 3-0. And before time Harry Stoneman was substituted on and made an immediate impact, cutting through two players in the centre of the ball which opened up room in front of him outside the box and strike well, low and hard into the bottom corner.

Tivvy totally controlled the first half, not for the lack of effort from Dawlish but for the way they kept the ball all over the pitch. Tivvy keeper Bailey Cole didn't actually touch the ball.

Tivvy continued their good play in the second half, although their passing wasn't as good as the first half they were still playing very well. Lloyd White got on the end of a good cross to head home for 5-0, before a hard driven cross from Harry Butler was unluckily shanked into his own net by a Dawlish defended for an own goal. Tivvy could have added another with a penalty, but the Dawlish keeper saved well from Liam Gillbard's shot.

Midway through this half though, Dawlish Odds did break through tivvy's defence at one point but Bailey Cole showed he was awake with a quick response, flying off his line well to save one on one.

 And just before time, a rested Joe Greenslade came back on the field and poked home a nice volley past the oncoming keeper to complete his hat-trick and make it 7-0 to tivvy. Well done lads, a clean sheet, some good finishing but most of all the passing was awsome to watch, especially in the first half. 

TIVVY WHITES     6     V     0     DAWLISH EVENS 

Back to 7 aside for this one and i think tivvy lads thought it was going to be an easy win the way they started, They looked a bit lacklustre for the first few minutes and road their luck a bit as Dawlish Evens started well and forced an early save from Bailey Cole. The whole frist half continued to look a bit of an even contest as both teams tried to create something but it was more of a midfield battle.

Tivvy came in at half time 2-0 up having not really created a chance, it was two wonderful long range strikes from the sweet left foot of Harry Butler that gave tivvy this half time lead.

Tivvy looked more themselves again in the second half and started to knock the ball around well, this was more of a team performance as the lads kept their shape well, passed the ball well and started to feed striker Lloyd White with some great passes and he paid back the team with a well taken second half hat-trick to give tivvy a 5-0 lead.

Bailey Cole was called upon two times in this half, and looked good with great ability on both occasions coming off his line to close down the striker and save his early shots.

Liam Gillbard played well in the centre of midfield with some great touches, and it was his nice little through ball that fed in Ethan Osbon who slotted home well for the 6-0 win.

Well done again lads, a great day of football, looking forward to the quarter finals of the cup next week.    

Man of the match on the day went to Haden Flaws, who continually passed the ball well with no errors and showed vision beyond his years.

This was AC Heavitree's best performance of the season, dominating possession and territory from the start and moving the ball around well. Josh Bennett and Matt Long were assured in defence and in front of them the midfield of Josh Herbert, Benj Lloyd and Lewis Evans and lone striker Tyson Geldin were a constant threat. CS Juve still looked dangerous when they got the ball and after Tyson and Lewis both had shots, Ollie Burrough had to make a smart save as Juve almost caught them out on the break. AC Heavitree continued to push forward and Tyson made a great run, beating a defender in the corner before drilling a low cross into the box, which was just put out for a corner as Josh Herbert came running in. Benjamin Lloyd took the corner and it beat almost everyone, before Tyson tapped it in cooly at the far post.

In the second half CS Juve came into it a bit more as they chased an equaliser but the best chances continued to fall for AC. Lewis Evans picked up a clearance just inside the Juve half, beat two players and picked out Josh Herbert on the right of the box, whose powerful shot was too much for a diving Juve keeper. AC passed the ball around well and even at the end they were still creating chances but the score remained 2-0.

Men of the Match: The whole team  

West Hill Wasps 0 v AC Heavitree 2  

The second game was a closer affair but the result was the same. If anything West Hill had the best of the possession in the first half but AC Heavitree moved the ball quickly when they got it and from one counter attack Tyson Geldin broke well, beat a defender and shot powerfully for a beautifully taken individual opening goal. Moments later came one of the moves of the half as Josh Herbert played a through ball for Benjamin Lloyd to run through. Benj outran the defender and hit a great shot, which beat the keeper but came back off the post and Josh could only volley the rebound over the bar. As AC continued to push out the West Hill goalkeeper ran out to break up an attack, but the clearance only went as far as Lewis Evans. Lewis, seeing the goalkeeper out of his goal, hit the shot quickly and narrowly missed extending the lead.

Just before half time West Hill managed to get behind the Heavitree defence and Matt Long inadvertently brought down the striker to give West Hill a penalty. Ollie Burrough stood tall in the Heavirtree goal and guessed the right way but the shot hit the post and Ollie gratefully pounced on the rebound

In the second half AC continued to create chances and from a quickly taken throw in by Benj, Josh Herbert turned the defender well and drilled the ball past the goalkeeper to secure a 2-0 lead. West Hill never gave up but Josh Bennett and Matt Long were excellent in defence and held out for a well deserved win. 

Man of the Match: Tyson Geldin 

STOKE HILL JUNIORS - 2 v 0 - PINHOE SPARTANS 

Pinhoe Spartans always give us a tough game, they are a well organised and skilful side and this was a tough challenge for Juniors who started very brightly playing some good one touch football.  Some early pressure and good work on the flanks by Ollie Evans found Joe Chandler in space to cross the ball finding Harry Taylor on the 6 yard line whose first time shot was brilliantly saved by the Pinhoe keeper. 

JJ Green was asked to do a job at left back today and his awareness and tackling supported by Ollie Evans was superb, stopping one attack with a good first time tackle he saw Ethan Ampadu in space in midfield who charged forward passing left to Taylor and leaving one player standing called for the return and his first time shot with power somehow got a slight deflection and hit the right post.  The resultant corner was hit high into the box and brilliantly trapped by Connor McAndrews who intelligently looked up passed to JJ Green who was 10 yards behind him, his beautifully curled first time shot was hit with power and found the Net for 1-0.  Just before half time Pinhoe broke well with speed and an early shot from just outside the box was well held by Connor Hepburn in goal. 

The second half started in a similar fashion with both teams playing some good football, it was also noticeable that some of the tackling was fierce and the referee was always well positioned to manage.  An early free kick for Stoke Hill was directed towards Ollie Evans on the wing who found Joe Chandler in space to drift past two players and hit a sweet right foot shot that was again brilliantly tipped over the bar for a Corner. 

Harry Taylor played a lovely corner in that found Joe Chandler, but he was tightly marked, so he looked up and saw Ethan Ampadu calling for the ball, Ethan then was forced wide, but skipped past two players and then at what seemed a really tight angle found space between the post and the goalie to drill home for 2-0 and a little bit of breathing space. 

Pinhoe continued to play some good football but were unable to break down the resolute defence combination of Evans and Green in the final third and allow Juniors to complete a solid 2-0 win against a good side.

Well done boys, the run continues, great all round team performance. 

STOKE HILL JUNIORS - 6 v 0 - PINHOE SHARKS 

A great first half performance really sealed the victory against a Sharks side who played especially well in the second half to limit us to just one goal.  Early on a tackle by Tris Howe was played left to Ollie Evans, a quick square pass to Ethan Ampadu who fed a lovely ball through to Sam Crees who had run into space, he shot first time with his right foot, this was well saved, but the rebounding ball again found Sam Crees who hit a crisp left foot shot for 1-0.  Shortly afterwards a beautiful goal after pressure had forced a corner.  Ollie Evans was due to take the Corner and Ethan Ampadu drifted towards the penalty area with a late run, Ollie flighted the ball to Ethan, who volleyed the ball " on the full " into the back of the net from just inside the area, a superb goal. 

Charlie Carr was starting to run intelligently into space and call for the ball and his hard work resulted in two quick succession goals, the first came from following up an Ollie Evans shot which was initially saved and moving well into space to hit home clinically from close range and the second came after receiving the ball on the left hand side of the area, he turned and headed towards goal, his initial shot was well saved but again he showed good awareness to look for the follow up and made no mistake with his second shot straight into the back of the net. 

Just before half time, JJ Green brilliantly kept the ball in and used his pace to go past two players and hit a low right foot cross in, which Charlie Carr trapped and saw Ethan Ampadu again in space whose first time shot gave the goalie no chance for 5-0 and the half time whistle. 

The second half and Juniors replaced the 3 man midfield with Harry Taylor, Connor McAndrews and Joe Chandler and moved to a 1-3-2 formation to try and increase the goal tally.  Pinhoe in my view played a very good second half defending well and limiting us to just a handful of chances and we added just one second half goal after Sam Cree spayed the ball right to Joe Chandler and his thunder bolt right foot shot found the net for 6-0. 

Well done boys, very solid performance and good to see Charlie Carr working well in a team environment with his unselfish play and two well taken goals added to Ethan Ampadu's wonder goal.  

STOKE HILL JUNIORS - 2 v 0 - TWYFORD MADRID 

Perfect Match Day conditions for the first time this year and the sun on our backs was a back drop against a great game of football against a very dangerous Madrid side who since playing them at Under 8 level have always had the edge on us with back to back wins. 

Juniors started very brightly and a lot of the moves were being generated from defence as Madrid allowed us to work from the back, Ollie Evans and Ethan Ampadu were working well and whenever possible were passing into space for Joe Chandler and Harry Taylor to use the wings well. 

Twyford were playing fairly deep and were defending brilliantly and in the first half were playing some great passing football, but were limited to just a few clear cut chances. Ethan Flanagan was working hard in Midfield and upon receiving the ball inside from Taylor cut inside onto his favoured right foot and struck a ball that was brilliantly saved for a Corner.  The resultant corner was played short by Joe Chandler and finding Ollie Evans whose first time shot was deflected off Connor McAndrews and again somehow saved magnificently by the Twyford Goalie for another corner.  Just before Halftime some good linking play between Ethan Ampadu and Taylor and Chandler allowed Ampadu to advance forward and again shoot just wide. 

0-0 at halftime and this game had a feeling of déjà vu, I decided to put JJ Green upfront and move Connor McAndrews to the right wing. Again we started brightly but looking for the breakthrough goal was allowing Twyford to be more expansive in their play and they were seeing gaps at the back of our defence, Connor Hepburn though was resolute at the back making a couple of good saves and distributing the ball quickly to our defenders. 

Harry Taylor was getting more of the ball and after dribbling past one player forced an early corner, this was placed beautifully into the area and Ethan Flanagan with a free header just missed the right hand post.   Connor McAndrews was using his pace well also on the right causing a number of problems supported well by Ollie Evans and it was from the right flank that the breakthrough came with 6 minutes to go.  McAndrews was able to get past two defenders and cross the ball low into the box, initially well saved, but the loose ball was somehow scrambled in from close range by Ethan Flanagan and 1-0.  You could see the relief on the players with the subsequent celebration how important this breakthrough was. 

Two minutes later we were able to cement the win after Ampadu found Harry Taylor on the left, he dropped his shoulder and looking up played a little lofting ball towards JJ Green who with his back to goal was able to do a 360 turn and hit a low left foot shot under the advancing Twyford goalkeeper for 2-0. 

A great win, something we really needed today after being foiled last week, well done boys a great team performance. 

STOKE HILL JUNIORS - 13 v 0 - TWYFORD BARCA 

A good overall performance in a game against a Barca side who kept defending resolutely to the end and primarily restricted us to goals from the right hand side only.  Six goals from winger Joe Chandler capped a superb individual performance.  Joe was finding a lot of space on the right hand side and Tris Howe was playing well in defence and opening up space for Joe.  Likewise any attacks from Barca on the left hand side was well cleared by Sam Crees intelligently playing Ethan Ampadu on the left hand side.  Further brace of goals came from Ethan Flanagan and JJ Green with individual goals from Connor McAndrews and Ethan Ampadu. 

At halftime we switched from 2-3-1 to 1-3-2 and this allowed Tris Howe to play a sweeper role and Sam Crees to move upfront and support JJ Green, this worked well in the second half and allowed us to added seven goals in the second period. 

Well done boys, We all kept our concentration right to the end.     

HONITON FIREBALLS     1     V     9     Tiverton Whites

At last it was nice to see the weather was dry and the sun was shining for a perfect day of football.

Tivvy started this game brightly and had fireballs immediately on the back foot, creating several chances before Ethan Osbon poked home to take the lead. The next ten minutes was spent in fireballs half, with tivvy having attack after attack where tivvy found another three goals in the form of Lucas White, Lloyd White and Ethan Osbon again, to make it 4-0. Tivvy got a bit too comfortable at this scoreline, and a misunderstanding by the defence creeping forward too much, fireballs took advantage with a neat ball over the top and the fireballs striker finished one on one with the keeper.

Its fair to say that tivvy did learn from this error and this resulted in fireballs only real chance in the game. Lloyd White responded to score tivvy's fifth before half time to go in 5-1 up.

Tivvy continued their good form into the second half and scored a further four goals. The first was a big deflection to result in an own goal, Joe Greenslade got on the scoresheet with tivvy's 7th and the in form Harry Butler who had struggled to find his shooting boots for tivvy this year, hit a stunning strike from distance to break his drought and make it 8 and then hit another good strike from the edge of the box to make it 9 just before time.

Tivvy come away 9-1 winners but respect must go to fireballs who never gave up as the scoreline could have been more had it not been for some resolute defending. 

HONITON SHARKS     1     V     10     TIVVY WHITES 

Tivvy again were on fire in this game to come away 10-1 winners, but they were shook up in the first few minutes of this game. Lloyd White gave Tivvy an early lead, but sharks did react well and find themselves an equaliser as Tivvy were caught napping.

Much the same as the first game, tivvy made sure this didn't happen again and once they found their feet again they came in at half time 4-1 up with goals from Lucas White, Lloyd White and Harry Butler.

Tivvy were rampant in the second half scoring 6 goals in the process. LLoyd White got his hat-trick. Joe Greenslade added another. Ethan Osbon scored two on the trot, LLoyd White finished for his 4th and an own goal finished the scoring before the final whistle.

Again, Honiton Sharks like their partner team defended well in numbers and never gave up.

Well done tivvy, some good flowing attacks today with great finishing, two good wins.

STOKE HILL      0     V     1     TIVVY WHITES 

Throughout the year this has been a much anticipated fixture but couldn't have come at a worse time for the tivvy lads, on the back of a draw and a loss the previous week it was going to make this already difficult fixture a big test for the Tivvy lads character to shine.

Stoke hill had only been beaten once so far this season and been scoring plenty of goals so the tivvy lads knew they had to work hard from start to finish. The lads first put in the effort during the week at training and looked fit and ready in the warm up before kick off.

Tivvy took a slightly different approach to this game, they worked on defensive duties and shape, and tactically were ready. The first half Tivvy were facing into the strong wind , which test your stamina and work rate, so they knew that their attacks would be minimal and keeping a clean sheet till half time would be a reward in itself. Stoke Hill played some nice football and showed why their form this year has been good, but Tivvy defended well and reduced Stoke Hill to more long range efforts and often  forced them wide, with many of the crosses being cleared up easily. Tivvy did have attacks of their own and did on a couple occasions come close to taking the lead and worry Stoke Hill at the back. Tivvy kept the hard work going right to the half time whistle and come in with a respectful 0-0.

Tivvy knew that they still had to defend well in the second half but would find it easier without the struggle into the wind and felt they could push forward more in search of a goal and go on to win this game. This set up a very good second half, with some lovely football on show from both teams. Again Tivvy looked too strong for Stoke Hill at the back, with most of their play coming down the right wing, and at times being a bit predictable. As time drew near Tivvy turned the screw slightly more forcing some good defending from Stoke Hill and a couple corners which panicked them a bit in defence.

Tivvy forced a third corner in a row, this time from the other side and when it was drilled in, it somehow was mis-read by a Stoke Hill defender and ended in the net for an own goal, giving Tivvy the lead. Tivvy knew this would be enough to see them through and take the win, they regrouped and shaped themselves to defend out the lead, which they did very well, and when they got the ball up field they held it up well with strength to play down time as a team unit.

 The final whistle came and Tivvy got their 1-0 win. This was a fantastic performance , the lads showing alot of maturity in different areas of a football match. This from a group of lads who had lost only a week ago, they showed great team spirit, they knew what they had to get right to win the big games and they did it, well done lads, a great win against very strong opposition. 

CENTRAL CITY     0     V     1     TIVVY WHITES 

 Due to Tivvy yellows having to play their cup tie, Tivvy whites travelled on their own today, so after a short break had to take the field again to play a highly rated Central city team who had watched the previous game from the sidelines, a team who Tivvy had beat earlier in the season in a thrilling cup tie 2-1. 

Again, Tivvy were first shooting against the hard blowing wind and set out exactly the same as the first game, keep the score down, defend well, and push on in the second half. And i must say i think Tivvy did this superbly. Central played some lovely flowing football, but again, Tivvy defended it well and worked tirelessly for eachother and broke in numbers when they had the chance. It was a cracking half of football, but again similar to the first game, Tivvy did the job they set out to do and come in at half time 0-0 and again with the belief they had more in the tank to go on and get the win.

The second half was, again, a great game to watch, two top teams playing some great football, with lots of determination and teamwork. But although Central created alot of chances i thought it was them who looked more nervous when Tivvy were in attack.

After a hard thought half with end to end stuff, with a few minutes left on the clock, a long throw in from Harry Butler was met with the head of Ethan Osbon and he headed low into the bottom corner to give Tivvy the lead. Central reacted well and had one good chance to make it level but Tivvy again mopped up well at the back, and on the counter attack nearly made it 2-0 when the ball made its way through to Harry Stoneman in the box but the whistle blew for full time before he had chance to strike it.

Tivvy come away 1-0 winners again in this game against very strong opponents, well done lads

Overall I think Tivvy deserved their wins, they travelled away, had to play two top teams, and tactically as a team got it perfect. They went with a plan and stuck to it well. Excellent work team, showing a different side to your game.

Players: Bailey Cole - great performance between the sticks, Lucas White and Harry Butler - great centre back pairing, super game both of you. Ethan Osbon,Joe Greenslade,Liam Gillbard and Harry Stoneman - tireless working midfielders on a big pitch,well done. Lloyd White - loan striker, held the ball up well for his team, always working hard.

Man of the match on the day went to Harry Butler.

AC Heavitree 0 v 1 Twyford Madrid 

This match was a great advert for the league with both teams playing some excellent football. If it lacked goals it was not for the want of trying and whilst there were a number of chances the two goalkeepers played out of their skins to keep the score to 1-0. In the first half alone Heavitree had goal attempts for Matt Long, Tyson Geldin and Josh Herbert but all were stopped by a resolute Twyford defence and inspired goalkeeper. At the other end Josh Bennett and Jakob Tonkins were superb in restricting the chances and on the one occasion that Ollie Burrough in goal, did spill the ball he recovered to scoop the ball away from an onrushing striker and out for a corner. The teams came in at half-time with the scores at 0-0 with Heavitree probably having edged the chances, but Twyford came back out with the greater resolve. They started to build the pressure and it wasn't long before a momentary lapse left a Twyford player free at the far post and he sent a stunning volley into the roof of the net. Heavitree pushed for the equaliser but could not find a way past the Madrid keeper who pulled off a fantastic full length save to ensure they took all the points.

Man of the Match: Ollie Burrough  

AC Heavitree 8 v 2 Twyford Barca 

The score belies the hard work that a plucky 6-man Twyford Barca put in, keeping up their efforts to the end and scoring 2 good goals. The match as a contest however was over from midway through the first half after Josh Herbert and Lewis Evans tore apart the Barca defence. A good run by Lewis set up Josh for his first goal and he quickly doubled his tally having been fed by Ibs Doumbia. Twyford Barca got a goal back on the break before Josh Herbert set up Lewis Evans for Heavitree's third. Lewis then went on another elusive run before being upended to win a free kick that Josh buried for his hat-trick. Twyford Barca then rallied and held out until nearly half-time when Lewis set up Josh for his second four-goal haul in two weeks and to send Heavitree in 5-1 up.

Heavitree made a number of changes for the second half with Tyson Geldin coming on up front and Jacob Tonkins in midfield. Ollie Burroughs, having played so well in goal for the first match had a run out in midfield and added good energy with several strong runs. Heavitree continued to dominate and Tyson extended the lead before Twyford got another goal back. Heavitree struggled to add to their lead but Ollie Burrough got a deserved goal towards the end and Josh Bennett, having come on for Ibs Doumbia, fired in the final goal to finish 8-2 winners. 

Man of the Match: Lewis Evans

PINHOE SPARTANS 1-1 ALPHINGTON  LIONS      

This was a game which saw Alphington dominate for most of the match, but they seemed to leave their shooting boots at home, Ethan Matthews put the Lions in front early on, and we continued to pepper the Spartans goal only for their keeper Ellis Burgess to keep the Lions out with some truly magnificent saves, A loss of concentration from Alphington saw the Spartans draw level and the game ended up with both teams sharing the points.

Good game both teams, well done. 

PINHOE SHARKS 0-5 ALPHINGTON LIONS 

Alphington remembered their shooting boots in this match and soon raced into a 3 goal lead thanks to a great solo effort from Garreth Blackmore and a couple of great goals from Tom Prout, After a neat one two with Callum Lewis, Garreth netted again with the most pleasing goal of the game which saw Alphington pass the ball from front to back and finish off with another great finish, Tom Prout was in a goal scoring mood and cooly smashed in the Lions 5th goal which saw Tom score his first hat-trick of the season,

Ottery Canons v West Exe Exile's 

Exile's started the game very brightly and soon found themselves in front when Luke Herbert picked up the ball in midfield, and passed the ball down the line to Camron Hance, and after taking the ball past the defender, Hance crossed the ball to the back post where Kai Parmenter was running in goalward and had an easy tap in. Hance soon netted the second after a fine solo effort past two defenders and slotted the ball into the bottom corner.

Callum Sibley was on fine form again and after finding himself with time and space in the middle of the park, played a very clever ball through the middle of the defence and into Hance's path who's early shot caught the goalkeeper by surprise and went in.

The Canons were not disheartened by the three goals and continued to press forward.

Elliot Bicknell played in goal this week and after a goal kick was awarded he played a quick one down the line to Herbert, who after beating a player, played a lovely cross field pass on to Harvey Richards' toe, and after a fantastic first touch lined himself up to shoot, only to be denied by the Ottery goalkeeper again, but this time it was fumbled out and Parmenter was first to react and smashed the ball in.

Herbert then topped a great performance by an even better goal. From just inside the opposition half he spotted the keeper off his line and took a peach of a shot which hit the top corner leaving the keeper stranded. The sixth was a goal mouth scramble which Parmenter again found himself in the thick of and managed to gain half a yard in a crowded box to lob the keeper to collect his hatrick.

The move of the game came after a goal kick was picked up by Hance who laid a beautiful pass into Parmenter's path, which forced the defence to attack the ball only for Parmenter to neatly pass through an early ball which Richards converted on the stroke of half time.

After the break it was much the same with the Exile's dominance. Parmenter started things off with some good play down the left-hand side and played a perfect pass for Richards who flicked the ball past the keeper. Parmenter found himself as the provider again after another cross from the left, again finding Richards who tapped in. After some great passing moves by the Exile's they could of found themselves a few more in front if it was not for the Ottery keeper who kept pulling off save after save. After some quick footwork in the middle Cameron Grant hit a beauty of a shot but again the keeper managed to pull off a great save, but this time Richards was on hand to pick up the rebound and slot the ball into the bottom corner for his fourth. Richards then found himself with time on the ball to lay a great ball through which left Hance 1 on 1 with the keeper, after a couple of step overs he pushed the ball into the bottom corner and picked up his hatrick.

A good team performance all round and the scoreline could have been a lot more if it was not for the Ottery goal keeper who found himself in fine form although unlucky. 

Final score Ottery Canons 0 West exe Exile's 11 

Ottery Barrelers v West Exe Exile's 

This was a much tougher test for the Exiles who soon realised they needed to up a couple of gears, and to give the boys credit they did just that.

After some strong early defending high up the pitch by Reece O'Reilly and Kain Brown, Exile's soon started to find some rhythm. After some amazing work down the right hand side Sibley managed to pull of a great cross while under pressure from two defenders. The cross was controlled well by Hance who very neatly laid it off for Herbert who was running forward and smashed the ball into the roof of the net. After some continued pressure both Grant and Herbert working well in the middle had chances but only to be denied by another great goal keeping display by the Ottery stopper.

With only one goal in it after the break, Exile's knew they had to find yet another gear. After a great corner from Grant which was defended well and cleared, usual goal keeper Kain Brown who was playing outfield today found the ball at his feet twenty yards from goal. After a drop of his shoulder he passed one defender and made himself a yard then he absolutely pummelled the ball, leaving the keeper no chance as the ball nearly broke the roof of the net. With goals like that I may have a selection headache next week between the sticks.....

Very quickly Exile's capitalised on their lead once more and after an overhead kick by Hance was cleared, Grant found himself on the edge of the box lined up for a perfect volley taken into the top corner.

The Barrelers did not give up without a fight and kept pressing. A late free kick forced a fantastic save form a near certain goal from Elliot Bicknell who pushed the ball over the crossbar. The resulting corner was defender well by O'Reilly and Brown who quickly releived the danger and played Parmenter down the wing. Parmenter laid a great through ball to Richards who made a first touch pass to Herbert, who in turn returned to Parmenter created a move worthy of a goal but only to be denied by the backtracking Ottery defence. 

Final score Ottery Barrelers 0 West Exe Exile's 3

A dry but extremely windy morning saw an excellent game of football between two closely matched sides, with a 3 year history of very close competitive games.  I felt today that Stoke Hill bossed and dominated the majority of the game, but were unable to break down a resolute Tiverton defence and an excellent goalkeeper who commanded his area well. 

Passing the ball well on the ground Juniors were again finding there wingers in space, early on Ethan Ampadu cut inside and played a square ball from the back to Ollie Evans allowed him to push forward and play in Joe Chandler who was flying down the wing, Joe controlled the ball accelerated past the last defender and then shot across goal just missing the right hand post. 

Further Stoke Hill pressure followed, benefitting with the wind Harry Taylor and skipper Ethan Flanagan were linking well with some brilliant short passing, playing in Ethan Ampadu were drove forward from the back, Ethan cut inside past two players and shot was well saved over the bar for a corner. The resultant corner was played short to Ollie Evans who seeing an opportunity with space in front of him took the ball towards the box and hit a lovely rising right foot shot to be bravely headed away by a Tiverton defender only to drop at the feet of Connor McAndrews whose first time shot just went wide of the goal. 

With half time approaching, Tiverton were finding it hard to get out of there half, Ethan Flanagan intelligently tracked back to win a tackle playing a short pass to Chandler who came inside laying a lovely pass into free space to Harry Taylor who controlled the ball and bombed towards goal, his left foot shot was struck well outside the box and narrowly missed the right hand post.  0-0 at the break. 

The second half provided Tiverton with a wind advantage and they started to play some really good close football with some strong Midfield players, but they were unable to provide any real danger to Ollie Evans and replacement Sam Crees in defence, in fact Connor Hepburn in goal has dealt well with two early shots saving well and clearing quickly.  For Stoke Hill again the boys were playing some great football with Harry Taylor and Ethan Ampadu providing the necessary width to our play, Ollie Evans charged down the right wing finding Ampadu who dribbled past two players and then cut inside playing a short ball to McAndrews who saw Ethan Flanagan charging in only to find his shot brilliantly saved by the Tiverton goalie. 

Five minutes before the end it looked like a 0-0 stalemate in a great advert for local football.  Tiverton were starting to press and put us under pressure and forced a couple of corners, Juniors have a bit of a reputation of not defending corners well and the second corner was floated in beautifully, we were slow to react and the ball came off one of our players for an own goal and 1-0 to Whites. 

Despite the set back, Stoke Hill tried for the equalizer, a Harry Taylor shot went just wide and two late corners from Taylor were defended brilliantly by Tiverton who were able to hold out for a smash and grab 0-1 away victory. 

Really proud of the boys today, they played brilliantly in both halves, were just unlucky in the final third against one of our strongest rivals, I am sure Tiverton will agree that we deserved something from this game.

Beacon Knights 1 v AC Heavitree 4  

AC Heavitree started well creating a number of chances early on with Josh Herbert hitting the side netting and Lewis Evans narrowly missing the target as they pushed for an opening goal. Heavitree dominated possession and territory and on the odd occasion that Beacon Knights escaped from their own half Josh Bennett was quick to break up any attack and drive it forward again. However, despite this dominance, Beacon Knights' defence and goalkeeper were excellent and the tackle that denied Matt Long a certain goal, was exceptional. Just as it looked as though this would be a frustrating day for AC however, Josh Herbert picked up the ball on the left, took it past a defender and shot powerfully into the top corner of the net.

In the second half Heavitree continued to press and although Beacon Knights looked dangerous on the break, they soon doubled their lead. Lewis Evans was fouled near the left touchline and Josh Herbert sent an amazing free kick in off the crossbar past a stunned Knights' goalkeeper. By now Benjamin Lloyd and Lewis Evans were linking up well with Josh Herbert and he soon secured his hat-trick with another good finish. Moments later Josh scored his and Heavitree's fourth with a toe poke into the roof of the net. Bradley Moore came on for Josh up front for the last 7 minutes and nearly added to the scoreline but couldn't quite get on the end of a Matt Long cross. In the last minutes Beacon Knights scored a consolation goal with a good flicked header but Heavitree ran out worthy winners.

Man of the Match: Josh Herbert  

ST MARTINS     4     V     4     TIVVY WHITES 

Despite the cold weather, the pitch was playable and this match managed to go ahead, but the first 5 minutes the tivvy lads may aswell have not been there, they looked uncomfortable in possession, couldn't put a pass together and made endless mistakes at the back, leading to St Martins getting the opener. This did spark a bit of reaction from tivvy and they soon equalised through Lloyd White striking well. But again tivvy seemed to take their foot off and struggle to settle, which St Martins took advantage of and score another 2 goals after some slack defending to put the home team 3-1 up. Tivvy again reacted to this and started to put some good passes together which led to Lloyd White grabbing a second just before the half time whistle to give the tivvy lads hope.

But, again, tivvy came out in the second half similar to the first and soon found themselves 4-2 down.

To be fair i would say the last 10 minutes of the second half was all tivvy pressure, bombarding the St Martins defence, who coped well as a solid unit and were difficult to break down. Eventually, Lloyd White found his way through again to grab his hat-trick and AGAIN give tivvy hope of getting something out of this game. And a few minutes before time tivvy got the equaliser they craved, again, in the form of Lloyd White, finding a yard of space on the edge of the box and firing well.

Tivvy did have a couple chances to go on and win this game, but that would not have been a fair reflection on the game, St Martins played extremely well and deserved atleast a point. I feel this was a very under par tivvy whites team who really struggled to find anywhere near their normal form, but did however work hard to earn a point from a game where they found themselves behind 3 times. 

ALPHINGTON LIONS     3     V     1     TIVVY WHITES 

Much the same as the first game, tivvy were hardly present in the first 5 minutes and again, gave themselves a mountain to climb to try and forge a result. Leaving a man unmarked to volley home from a corner and then loosing possesion at the back to the Alphington striker to fire an awesome strike in the top corner, and hey presto, your 2-0 down before you hardly started, and against a very hardworking Alphington side this was always gonna be a struggle.

If you were to ever watch a game on 'how not to score', this would be the one. Because it is fair to the tivvy lads to say that from this point onwards tivvy dominated the remainder of the first half and the whole of the second, but with no end result. Tivvy's attacks were flowing fast but it was the decision making in the final third that really let the team down, it has to be said that the Alphington goalie was outstanding, making save after save, but, however, when a keeper is saving all your shots from in and around the edge of the box and from tight angles, you have to change your style of attack, and a quote from one of the parents  "the inability to pass the ball to the player in the best position to score" really summed up the tivvy whites performance in this game.

Tivvy did get one back 5 minutes from time when Joe Greenslade fired in a rebounded save, which set up a tense finish as tivvy piled everyone forward, but again with no end result. Tivvy's day was finally summed up just before time when Alphington broke and scored a third just seconds before the final whistle and give them the 3-1 win.     

A VERY under par performance today from a tivvy whites team who showed so much talent in the first part of the season, although they travelled with no subs and carried along with them a centre back with an injury, Tivvy still feel that if they had PASSED the ball well enough as a TEAM, and didn't make uncharacteristic errors at the back,  they should have come away with the 6 points they so eagerly craved.

West Exe Exiles U10's v Dawlish Odds 

Another cold start but the Exile's started the game brightly with some excellent football being played. The first concentrated attack came after some very quick football between Harvey Richards and Kyler Rogers playing 1-2's finishing with a perfect Rogers pass to Richards who just shot wide. The next attack was from the other side of the field with Callum Sibley battling hard down the wing and his cross finding Tom Purrington who's shot just tipped over the bar. The deadlock was finally broken after another Rogers and Richards attack forced the Dawlish defender to clear the ball only to land at the feet of Aiden Partridge who ran down the wing past two Dawlish defenders, then cut inside along the touchline, looked like he was going to cross but shot instead, wrong footing the goalkeeper and poking it into the bottom corner.

The second half was much the same with the Exile's being the dominant team. Straight from the Dawlish kick off, half time substitutes Luke Herbert and Kai Parmenter linked up immediately, forcing a mistake from the Dawlish midfield and Herbert sending a cheeky lob onto the advancing Parmenter to smash past the keeper.

Some great attacking defensive work from Elliot Bicknell forced a string of corners, with the final one taken by Bicknell landed plum onto Purrington's head forcing a wonderful save from the Dawlish keeper and after a goal mouth scramble Parmenter found himself with the ball at his feet and half a yard to pull off a shot and find the back of the net. 

Brilliant play by Exile's and a great team performance. 

Final score 3-0 to West Exe Exile's 

West Exe Exile's U10's v Dawlish Evens 

Exile's started this game very slowly and could not get any sort of passing rhythm going as the Dawlish team were closing them down and not giving any territory away. The Exile's could hardly get in to the opposition half, and on one of the rare occasions we did we lost the ball in midfield and a beautiful strike from just inside our own half a Dawlish player saw keeper Kain Brown off his line and hit the roof of the net. A brilliant goal that left a couple of the Exile's players with their jaws wide open.

With the Exile's now a goal behind, they tried to push forward but every time they did Dawlish would quickly close down and win the ball back. After another West Exe break Dawlish quickly won the ball back and played a brilliant ball through two West Exe defenders and onto the run of an advancing Dawlish striker and with only the keeper to beat made it 2-0 just before half time. 

West Exe are not known for letting their heads drop and this game did not show any evidence of it to about start happening.

Exile's started the second half much quicker than the first and started to play some flowing football and keeping possession. Exile's were awarded a corner and with another excellent Bicknell cross he found the head of Rogers who out jumped two Dawlish defenders to head home. 1-2. Exile's firmly on the front foot now continued to apply pressure and after another Bicknell corner right into the mixer the Dawlish defence cleared but only to the feet of Partridge who whilst under pressure from a Dawlish striker calmly put the ball onto his weaker foot and shoot from range leaving the keeper with no chance as the ball smashed into the top corner 2-2. The Exile's were not looking back now and wanted the win. They did not have to wait long, and after a free kick was awarded, Partridge forced a save from the keeper, which again produced a goalmouth scramble, and Herbert was there to shoot. Unfortunately for the Dawlish keeper he was a split second too late with his save as the ball crossed the line. 3-2. Exile's now were starting to enjoy themselves and were playing some great football. Another goal loomed as Purrington picked up the ball on the half way line and skipped through 2/3 tackles and crossing perfectly to find Parmenter at the back post and with a great first touch he hit the ball into the top corner. 4-2. Dawlish were not letting Exile's have it all their own way in the second half and never gave up but the Exile's were much stronger and with confidence growing every second they wanted another goal. Purrington again picked the Dawlish midfield pocket and powered down through the centre of the pitch and shoot, only to find the Dawlish keeper in fine form again with a diving save, but Exile's were first to the loose ball again and Rogers picked up his brace to smash in the loose ball. 

A very entertaining game. Well done to Dawlish, but a great comeback by the Exile's showing great character. 

Final score 5-2 to West Exe Exile's

Alpha Lions 0 - 4 Tivvy Yellows

With their cup game postponed (again) the yellows travelled with the whites to face an in-form Alpha Lions side and St Martins.  The yellows started the game playing the best football they have played so far this year and moved the ball all over the pitch with pace and movement that the Lions just couldn't cope with.  Tivvy created some great chances but poor finishing once again denied them the goals they deserved.  The lions left their striker up behind the Tivvy back three and the defence had to keep an eye on him to stop him sneaking in.  The defence trio of Owen, Pektemiz and Scampton were impenetrable, snuffing out any hint of a Lions attack and moving the ball quickly through the midfield.  Hide was on fire, getting involved everywhere on the pitch and proving impossible for the defenders to keep track of.  Finally the Tivvy play was rewarded when the ball was played through to Messenger by Scampton who finished neatly into the corner to put the Yellows one up.  After the break the yellows continued to pressure the Lions defence.  Owen worked hard in the middle of the defence to deny the Lions any time on the ball. Woodward concentrated well to deal with anything that got past the defence.   Once again the yellows broke with pace and another ball played through to Messenger saw him take it on, cut back inside and shoot with his left foot.  The goalkeeper looked to have it covered but an error of judgement saw the ball go past him into the goal.  At two nil the Lions heads' went down and Tivvy looked the more likely to score again.  Scampton picked up the ball on the halfway line and power his way past three defenders before cutting inside onto his right foot and unleashing an unstoppable shot for Tivvys third.  Another Tivvy break and the ball fell to Owen in the Lions area who showed great determination to poke the ball past the advancing goalkeeper to seal the game.  An outstanding display from the yellows on a bitterly cold day. 

Scorers - Messenger 2, Scampton, Owen. 

St Martins 0 - 0 Tiverton Yellows 

The yellows were a little slower starting this game which was probably due to the break between games and the bitterly cold weather.  This said they still played the ball around with confidence and came close to scoring when Hide broke through the defence only to put his shot over the bar.  Another attack, when a through ball from Owen put Messenger in, saw his shot creep just wide of the upright.  The yellows had the chances to take the lead but it was the old ‘poor finishing' which has been a problem all season that let them down.  The approach play to create the chances was at times superb and the St Martins defence were being stretched.  St Martins had power in their side and created chances of their own, largely from set pieces.  The Tivvy defence stood firm and marked their men well.  Woodward in goal pulled off a couple of saves which he made look easy when the St Martins forwards were given the time to get a shot away.  Into the second half and more of the same.  Tivvy created chances when they had the ball and defended well when they didn't.  Pektemiz was always available to receive the ball and composed when in possession of it, picking his passes well.  Just as the game was coming to the end Owen picked up the ball on the edge of the St Martins box.  Owen stepped inside the defender, into the box and placed his side-foot shot into the bottom corner only to be denied by the full time whistle which was blown just as the ball left his foot.  Given the conditions and players missing due to sickness an excellent all round, solid display from the yellows who showed just how good their football can be when they focus.  Well done. 

Man of the Match went to Toby Hide whose own words of ‘I'm enjoying this' really summed up his game. 

Feniton - 0 v 4 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

I was worried about this game, Feniton's results this season have been impressive and I knew it would be a tough challenge for Stoke Hill on a freezing morning.  Vocally we were very quiet last week and it was installed in the boys this morning to communicate and encourage and they did not disappoint.  Juniors started very brightly with some quick passing and breaking with speed, attacking up hill in the first half.  It was really pleasing to see Ollie Evans and JJ Green playing the ball out from the back and finding our wingers Harry Taylor and Joe Chandler.  Early shots fell to both Harry and Joe, but the Feniton keeper was in superb form pulling off two tremendous saves from close range shots. 

Shortly afterwards some good work by Ethan Flanagan forced a corner and the subsequent Chandler kick was drilled into the box, with Flanagan pressing, the ball was deflected off a Feniton player for an early lead for Stoke Hill. 

This early goal seemed to settle the boys, they were calling for the ball and Ollie Evans put in a timely tackle at the back, cut inside and hit a lovely ball in space for Harry Taylor to run onto, Harry drifted past one player and then looked up hitting a rocket left foot shot which was heading for goal only to be initially parried brilliantly by the Feniton keeper only to find striker Connor McAndrews intelligently seizing the opportunity and hitting home coolly with his right foot from close range for 0-2 at half time. 

With a slight down hill advantage in the second half, Stoke Hill continued to press, but Feniton showed why they have won the majority of there games by closing down well and giving us little space.  The third goal was again started from the back with Evans playing a square ball to JJ Green who saw Flanagan in space who skipped past one challenge putting Harry Taylor free on the left just outside the box, with an eye for goal Taylor hit a lovely left foot shot giving the goalie no chance and 0-3. 

A slight change was then introduced with Connor McAndrews moving to the right and Charlie Carr coming on up front and immediately Charlie's was involved holding up the ball and seeing McAndrews free on the right, his cross was initially trapped by Carr, with his back to goal he provided space for Flanagan to shoot low and hard again bravely saved by the keeper only to see McAndrews drifting into space and again from close range making no mistake to bag his second goal and 0-4. 

Feniton refused to give up and late on opened us up well, to leave them one on one against Connor Hepburn in goal, he initially was unable to catch the first shot and the ball deflected back for the striker to hit a second goal bound shot only for Hepburn to somehow dive high to his right and produce a world class save to maintain his clean sheet.

 Well Done boys, a lot of talking today and breaking with speed, good football and every boy played their part in an all round team effort, good to see Macca back to his old self. 

Cullompton Rangers - 2 v 5 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

What a tough game, fair play to Cullompton Rangers, they really out foxed us in the first half by playing at times 3 upfront and causing numerous problems for our defenders Ollie Evans and Tris Howe. We were outnumbered and under severe pressure added to that playing up hill was difficult. It was necessary for Skipper Ethan Flanagan to play deeper centrally to provide in effect 3 at the back.  This allowed Cullompton and especially their tall number 11 to dictate play at the centre of the park and at times we were finding it very difficult to play our normal wide football and three times keeper Connor Hepburn was called to save bravely and Howe and Evans clearing crosses with headers. 

Then just before halftime a magic moment, a Evans goal kick found McAndrews on the half way line, who intelligently laid on a pass for Flanagan who hit a first time pass left for Harry Taylor, using his speed and dipping his left shoulder Harry went past one defender took another one with him and then just inside the box hit a screamer from his left foot straight into the goal for the last kick of the half and 0-1 against the run of play. 

With the down hill advantage in the second half and re-introducing JJ Green at right back, we started to create a number of attacks and after Flanagan played a short pass to McAndrews with his back to goal, he saw Joe Chandler in space on the right, Joe took the ball well and moved into the box and hit a low right foot shot to give the Cullompton goalkeeper no chance for 0-2. 

The game then turned on its head, with Cullompton playing some really good football and within two minutes producing two well deserved goals both from corners by being quicker in the box, finding space losing our defenders and pouncing twice on loose balls to hit home quickly to bring the score back to 2-2.  The home crowd were now behind them and sensing the momentum was swinging back to Rangers. 

The next 20 second was incredible and from the kick off, the ball was played back to Ethan Flanagan who single handedly went for goal, going past three Cullompton players and then when inside the box placing a low right foot shot into the left hand corner of the goal for 2-3 and capping what was a superb skipper's performance. 

This seemed to settle the Stoke Hill boys again and they started playing some good expansive football adding two further goals from a Harry Taylor left foot goal after Ollie Evans had created space for him after some good dribbling on the left.  Connor McAndrews capped a good day's work adding a 5^th from close range after some unselfish play from Charlie Carr who laid the pass on.

2-5 slightly flattered Stoke Hill Juniors, a brave performance from Cullompton, they put us under serious pressure in the first half and turned the game around quickly in the second half to draw level, but Juniors showed there resilience this season and came back strongly to get a deserved win with some great individual performances.

Jack frost tried to stop this fixture going ahead but thanks to the efforts of the sidmouth manager, he found an available venue and the match went ahead. With a quarter final place up for grabs both teams were eager to get playing.

The game took a little while to settle but we soon started to see nice build up play from the tivvy lads, creating a couple good chances but sidmouths defence were on song. Tivvy were dominating the majority of the play but sidmouth did look lively on the counter attack and the tivvy midfield had to work hard to get back and support their defence. It was one of these counter attacks where a clearance found the feet of a sidmouth player outside the box who struck a nice left foot shot that took a slight deflection on route to goal that managed to put it beyond the reach of the diving Bailey Cole in the tivvy goal.

Tivvy reacted well to this and immediately went on the attack and pushed to get an equaliser, which looked to be coming when the ball was squared to Harry Butler about 6 yards out but his shot was somehow saved by the sidmouth keeper. LLoyd white weaved his way past two defenders a couple minutes later but his shot hit the side netting and Ethan Osbon had a shot just wide before tivvy got their equaliser through Joe Greenslade, he found himself in space at the far post when a cross came over and he struck it well with his left foot back across the keeper and in off the post.

Tivvy finished the half strong with Harry Stoneman and Lucas White defending well and quickly pushing the ball and team back up the pitch. Half time came and the score was still 1-1. Tivvy brougth on Haden Flaws for Ethan Osbon in the second half, and he slotted in the centre midfield position and passed the ball well. Joe Greenslade, playing on the right looked lively after his opener and worked extremely hard along with Harry Butler on the opposite side, crossing well and using his long throws to tivvy's advantage. Tivvy took the lead a few minutes in when Greenslade got a yard of space and struck a powerful shot which clipped off a defenders head taking it just over the keeper and dipping under the crossbar. Soon after Greenslade nearly got his hat-trick with a good strike which hit the crossbar. Sidmouth never gave up though and on several occasions Cole had to be sharp off his line to smother an attempted throughball. One of which he rolled the ball out to Lucas White, who hit a lovely pass with pace right through the sidmouth midfield to Lloyd white, who's one touch(bergkamp)turn left the two defenders behind to just watch him slide the ball under the oncoming keeper.

3-1 and tivvy were cruising and looked to be heading towards the next round before out of knowhere a sidmouth midfielder hit a stunning strike from distance leaving Cole with no chance and put sidmouth back in the game at 3-2. Liam Gillbard was introduced giving Harry Stoneman a rest and partnered well with Lucas White in defence as tivvy pushed on again to get the safety net of another goal and it came after a throughball from Harry Butler nearly found Lloyd White but although the sidmouth keeper got there first he handled the ball outside the area resulting in a free-kick which Lloyd White, looking sharpe in this half, smashed into the net for 4-2.

A few minutes before time we saw another stunning strike, this time from tivvy, Harry Butler drilled in an outswinging corner from the left hand side and Lloyd White, unmarked, adjusted himself well, stepping backwards away from goal before vollying first time with his right foot low to the keepers right for his hat-trick and tivvy's 5th. A good performance from the tivvy lads against a hard working sidmouth team who never gave up right to the final whistle. A deserved place in the quarter finals now awaits. Although everyone played excellent, man of the match on the day went to Joe Greenslade for his very own good performance.

We started this game on the front foot, controlling possession without creating many goal scoring chances in the first five minutes. We managed to get the ball to the edge of the Brixington box but then were missing the final pass or shot. Lewis Nash was the first to get a decent shot at goal when his run down the right saw him beat his marker and fire across the goal. Unfortunately his shot hit the crossbar before being cleared to safety. This seemed to spur the team on again, and when Lewis picked the ball up in a similar position this time his excellent shot flew over the keeper into the far corner.

Brixington were playing some good football and there striker showed some excellent touches when the ball was played in to his feet but Tom was back on form today and was defending brilliantly giving their striker no sight of goal. Alex was then put away down the left and his excellent run and cross was brilliantly flicked in by Lewis Wilson. Alex was next to come close when his shot just cleared the crossbar. Lewis Nash capitalised on a short goal kick when he fired it back over the keepers head to make it 3-0 and Lewis Wilson converted another cross from Alex shortly after to make it 4-0. Lewis Nash nearly completed his hatrick just on half time but the whistle went just before he managed to put the ball in the net.

In the second half Alex came off for Josh, allowing for Jordan to step back into centre midfield. He soon got himself on the score sheet when a driving run that saw him beat two players ended with a brilliant shot across the keeper that nestled in the far bottom corner. We were playing really well as a team today, passing and controlling the ball well in difficult conditions. It was 6-0 when Lewis Wilson picked up a loose ball and with the keeper slightly off his line, his cool measured long range shot sailed over the keeper before dropping just under the bar. With Taylor having very little to do he was very quick to react when the ball got behind our defence, rushing out to clear any danger. A fourth goal for Lewis Wilson and the pick of the bunch saw him power home a header from a Lewis Nash corner that hammered down off the underside of the bar and over the line which the referee did well to spot.

Another Lewis Nash corner saw Jordan just glance a header wide before a quick turn in the box saw Brixington get their first goal bound effort of the game. Fortunately Taylor had showed great concentration and he dived low down to his right to make a super save, turning the ball round the post. Beckham was next to try his luck and his shot was well saved by the keeper before a great run and finish for Alex who had replaced Lewis Wilson up front made the score 8-0. Despite creating a few more opportunities including a lovely build up involving Tom and Lewis Nash we were unable to add to the score and progress to the next round of the cup with an impressive 8-0 victory.        

Goal Scorer: Lewis Nash (2), Lewis Wilson (4), Jordan, Alex 

Man of the Match: Lewis Nash

Playing top of the table Stoke Hill for a place in the next round of the cup was always going to be difficult but we asked the players to go out believing they could win the game and to try and play the game that way even if they went ahead or went behind. We asked them and told them they would need to work hard the whole game but most importantly to try and play passing football and to enjoy it.

Although we started nervously on the ball we did try to get the ball down and pass it and Ashley gave the team a great base to build the play in the centre of midfield. Jay and Sam were defending well and despite Stoke Hill being on the front foot we were able to frustrate them when they got near our goal. Callum showed great skill and a deft touch on the halfway line and then good strength to hold off the Stoke Hill defender to play the ball out to Jash on the right. His run and cross was well defended by Stoke Hill. Jay was taking up some great defensive positions and timing his tackles well and was using the ball well from goal kicks, ensuring that we kept possession.

Finn was called upon to make a great save before he was left helpless when a well struck shot from the edge of the box found its way to back of the net. We threatened an equaliser when we worked the ball well into the Stoke Hill box but a great bit of defending from the Stoke Hill defender stopped the ball coming across the box to the inrushing attackers. Another goal just before half time put Stoke Hill in a strong position but the boys had worked really hard, played well and we were just hoping they had the stamina to keep it going in the second half.

The second half followed a similar pattern with Stoke Hill having most of the game in our half but Jay was constantly on hand to see out any danger and Ashley who had an excellent first half really encouraged and inspired the team to battle on. Cole and Jash always looked dangerous on the counter attack and it was great to see the boys keep trying to keep the ball on the floor and pass the ball out from the back.

Though occasionally this did put us in trouble we were determined to continue with this style of play. It was soft defending that put the game beyond us when a corner saw us leave two Stoke Hill players free at the back post, and one headed home excellently past a helpless Finn. A quick and clever breakaway then saw Cole one on one against a Stoke Hill defender and his excellent piece of skill saw him turn the defender and open up the scoring opportunity. However the defender showed why he is plying his trade at the centre of excellence for Exeter City when he recovered brilliantly to block Cole's goal bound shot.

A few minutes later a stunning long range finish saw Finn again have no chance and Stoke Hill go 4-0 ahead. Finn then made a great save diving at the feet of a player before he had a chance to set himself up for the shot. With the game beyond us the boys kept up their efforts with Ash always encouraging and driving the boys on and he showed great spirit when he battled to win the ball back in our own half before driving forward past the Stoke Hill defence and slotting past the on rushing keeper to give us a goal we deserved. The game finished 4-1 to Stoke Hill and they deservedly go through to the next round but a fantastic team effort from our boys. I feel special mention should go to Finn Toleman who was playing in his biggest and toughest game in a Whipton shirt since his conversion to a goalkeeper in the summer, Jay Catley, a summer signing who had his best game for Whipton today and Ashley Mitchell, another summer signing who was simply fantastic all game, driving the team forward and encouraging everyone. A great captain and player who has proved a massive addition for our club 

Goal Scorer: Ashley Mitchell     

Men of the Match: Jay Catley & Ashley Mitchell

 With the Feniton pitch declared unplayable in the early morning due to a heavy frost, both teams agreed to switch the cup game to Barton Fields. Many thanks to the players and parents of Feniton for making the journey to Barton Fields in order that the game could be played.

After finally kickng off at around 11.15, it was West Exe that started the brighter and scored an early goal through Tom Purrington. Kai Parmenters smart turn on the halfway line and cross field pass found winger Cameron Grant and his excellent low cross found the oncoming Purrington who finished smartly with a firm low left foot shot. West Exe quickly increased their lead again when a long throw from Aiden Partridge found its way to Purrington who directed a powerful header towards goal that the Feniton keeper could not keep out. With West Exe continuing to put presuure on the Feniton defence Purrington completed his hat-trick following a good team move.

Fine build up play between Kai Parmenter, Cameron Grant and Luke Herbert sent Purrington clear down the right and he managed to cut in from the wing to hit an unstoppable drive into the bottom corner via the post. West Exe could have added a couple more goals before the break but Aiden Partridge's thunderous left foot strike was tipped over the bar by the Feniton keeper and further chances from Purrington, Herbert and Grant went just wide. In th second half Feniton got back into the game with a good goal on the break but West Exe responded well with the hard working Callum Sibley grabbing the fourth goal.

Sibley's low angled shot come cross from the right firstly beat onrushing West Exe striker Camron Hance lunge and then the keeper to hit the back of net. Feniton did not give up and grabbed their second goal with a few minutes remaining when a long range free kick hit West Exe player Kyler Rogers and with keeper Cain Brown wrong footed the ball found the back of the net. Well done to West Exe who now find themselves in the quarter finals of the cup for the second year running.

AC Heavitree 0 v Exmouth Amateurs 5 
AC Heavitree couldn't have started off this match any worse as they failed to clear the first Exmouth attack and were almost immediately picking the ball out of the back of the net. After this initial shock Heavitree started to settle into the match and the next chance fell to Bradley Moore who shot straight at the Exmouth goalkeeper. Whilst Heavitree stayed competitive it was Exmouth who created the better chances and if it was not for an excellent Ollie Burrough in the AC goal the deficit would have been greater than the two goals at half time.

In the second half AC made some changes but the pattern remained the same as Exmouth ran out worthy 5-0 winners.   

Man of the Match: Ollie Burrough  

AC Heavitree 3 v Exmouth Amateurs 0 
AC Heavitree started much more positively in the second match passing the ball around well and producing multiple chances. Initially they failed to really test the keeper despite early shots from Lewis Evans and Josh Bennett and an acrobatic header from Tyson Geldin. However, as the match progressed they started to increase in accuracy, with Josh Herbert hitting the post after a great run by Lewis and then linking well with Tyson before shooting straight at the Blues' keeper. Somehow the match was still scoreless at half-time, but finally after the break Benjamin Lloyd broke the deadlock. Having spent the first half setting up a number of chances with strong runs down the right, this time he collected a through ball and slotted it in with a precise left footed shot. AC grew in confidence and Tyson made a great run down the left and his cross was deflected in by a Brixington defender for Heavitree's second. Then with minutes to go Josh hit an unstoppable shot into the top corner of the net to seal the 3-0 win.  

Man of the Match: Benjamin Lloyd 

Tivvy Whites     5     V     0     Whipton Wanderers 

After an extended christmas break due to the poor weather the tivvy boys were eager to get going, although the pitch was playable the wind however was strong and tested the boys stamina. Tivvy started this game very well, forcing a corner within minutes and after a bit of a goalmouth scramble the ball was knocked over the line for an own goal. Tivvy kept the good form going for the first ten minutes, having plenty of chances but failing to finish as well as they usually can. The score stayed at 1-0 until half time, and was then much the same for the first 5 minutes of the second half with tivvy still struggling to find the net, the wanderers did have a few chances aswell but the tivvy back line and keeper mopped up well. Eventually tivvy got their second when Lucas White made an instinctive run down the right, cut inside and playeda lovely square ball to Joe Greenslade who calmly side footed home. Soon after tivvy made it 3, this time Harry Butler swinging in a low left foot cross which Lloyd right directed nicely into the corner with a right foot volley. Bailey Cole was forced to make a good save with his feet as Wanderers pushed for a goal but tivvy re-acted well to this, taking the ball down the other end and scoring a 4th, this time Lloyd White became provider for his brother Lucas White, as he was stuck with his back to goal and calmly set the pass for Lucas to fire into the bottom corner. Wanderers again came close to getting a consolation goal but after the ball ping-ponged off defender/keeper/post and rolled along the line, Cole managed to dive onto it before it crossed. And just before time Lloyd White grabbed a brace and tivvy's 5th, poking home from close range. Well done lads, a bit rusty in places but expected after the long spell away from the game. 

Tivvy Whites     2     V     4     Whipton Youth 

     This was a big game for both sides, who are challenging at the top of the pack and it didn't dissapoint, for the nuetral it had everything. Tivvy again started brightly and looked the more likely to score, pushing Whipton back, but it wasn't long before they settled away from home and created their own chance, forcing a corner. The resulting corner saw the tivvy defence leave a Whipton player on his own at the far post making a good run and he nodded home to give them the lead. Tivvy again though found their stride and pushed forward again creating plenty of opportunities, once striking the bar, but not making the most of the others,sometimes either striking the ball too early or trying to walk it in, but midway through the half, a great ball from Ethan Osbon fed in Harry Butler who looked to have been caught from behind just inside the area, a penalty was rewarded. Penalty taker Lucas White calmly stepped up and fired home but was denied for a re-take as the ref had not yet blown the whistle, unfortunately Lucas pulled his second effort just wide of the post. Whipton responded again and created a good move that put the striker through who's shot was too powerful for Cole and went in despite him getting a hand to it. Again respect must go to the tivvy lads who finished the remainder of the half attacking Whipton's backline but their defence and keeper were matching everything. After the break tivvy perhaps came out a bit too attack minded, (often the case when your behind) the lads trying to get forward and get back in the game, but, against a good passing Whipton side you get punished, and it happened when a quick attack from Whipton saw them get another and deflate the hard working tivvy lads,who i feel, not deserving to be 3-0 down, from the Whipton controlled the middle 5-10 minutes of the second half and the knife was sunk in when a well struck free-kick found its way through the wall and nestled in the net to make it 4-0 to the visitors. Tivvy Whites had never been beaten at home in a league game since they formed last season and they showed true passion for the game in the last 5 minutes, when most teams would have rolled over and taken the loss, these lads didn't, they pushed forward again and after a great save again by the Whipton keeper Lloyd White fired in the rebound for 4-1. And from the kick off tivvy won the ball back and pushed forward again forcing two consecutive corners before Lloyd White found the back of the net again for 4-2 and tivvy suddenly had belief they could get a result, they pushed and pushed again for the dying minutes, had a shot just wide and a header just over the bar before time was up and Whipton took the 4-2 win.

Overall i think Whipton deserved the win they got, they defended well, passed the ball well, and finished the chances they had very well. But well done to the tivvy lads, who (apart from knowing the bits we need to work on now in training) created lots of chances throughout the game, at times played some lovely football, never gave up and showed real team spirit at the finish.

Stoke Hill Juniors U10's v West Exe Exile's U10's 

This game could not come soon enough for West Exe after their defeat last week and they wanted to put things right knowing they had a top of the table clash against a much-feared unbeaten Stoke Hill team.

After a lot of rain during the week we were all unsure if the match was going ahead but the 9 O'clock call came that the game was on.

West Exe started the brighter team with some brilliant passing moves in the first 5 minutes between Cameron Grant and Camron Hance forcing a shot, which just went over the top of the bar.

Then Stoke Hill started to settle into the game from what I understand to be quite a while since their last match. It didn't take long for them to brush the cobwebs off and start playing some flowing football and get on the attack.

Twice in quick succession they forced a brilliant couple of saves from Kain Brown who was commanding his area very well.

Then the neck ache started. Constant end to end action forced the spectators to look one way then the other and within seconds back the other way again. With Luke Herbert and Kai Parmenter being very influential down the right hand side.

What a match this was turning out to be. 0-0 at half time. 

The second half started much the same with every one on the pitch including the referee running themselves ragged. Some great running by Callum Sibley and Hance again kept the pressure on the Stoke Hill defence.

There was some absolutely brilliant play from two well-matched teams trying to play football the way it should be played, on the floor being passed.

With honours even at 5 minutes from time, both sets of parents not only didn't want a brilliant match to end but also talking about it being unfair if either team won as both deserved something from the game.

Then something quite unusual happened for the Exile's and they got a bit of luck.

A corner came in from Grant to reach Tom Purrington at the far post, after the initial shot was blocked the ball fell back to Purringtons feet, only for him to look up to see he was being swamped by the Stoke Hill defence. Purrington coolly dropped his shoulder passed one defender then another to see sight of goal and a perfect curling shot around a fully outstretched keeper saw the back of the net bulge.

Stoke Hill were not going to let a late goal beat them and valiantly tried to get an equaliser forcing a string of late corners which were defended brilliantly by Elliot Bicknell, Reece O'Reilly and Grant.

Even later drama saw a free kick on the edge of the Exile's box, which again was defended brilliantly, followed by the final whistle.

 What a match. It was a pleasure to see two teams go at it hammer and tong. A brilliant spectacle for all football fans. Well done to two very well organised and committed teams. 

Final Score Stoke Hill Juniors 0 - 1 West Exe Exile's 

Central City v West Exe Exile's 

After such a hard first game, the Exile's started this game very lethargically, and soon found themselves under wave after wave of attack from a buoyant Central team.

 Midway through the first half Central deservedly opened the scoring after a break through the middle of the pitch found the ball being smashed into the roof of the net.

The first half remained very much the same with persistent pressure from Central and the Exile's not really finding any rhythm at all. 

After the break the Exile's tried to play some football but found themselves constantly being closed down by the energetic Central midfield.

With minutes remaining Exile's went for a very attacking formation but still could not break down a very resilient Central team. 

Final score Central City 1 - 0 West Exe Exile's

ALPH LIONS 3-1 CULLUMPTON  
This game was played in very difficult conditions, which saw both teams struggling to pass or control the ball as the wind was doing its best to hamper the game, despite this the Lions took an early lead as Sam Probert managed to somehow score with his back after a great ball was floated into the Cullumpton goalmouth, James Dodd helped himself to his usual goal with a great finish,

Cullumpton played their part in what was to be a good 3-1 win for the Lions,

Ruan Ellis smashed in from close range to make it 3-0 to the Lions but special mention to Luke Shergold who scored a terrific volley straight from a Cullumpton corner to pull one back.

Good game lads. 

ALPHINGTON LIONS 2-1 FENITON
This game was a true battle as both teams were putting in some hefty but fair challenges from the start,

Feniton played some great passing football and were soon rewarded with the first goal of the game, with the wind blowing and the tackles flying the game came alive when James Dodd took advantage of a miskick from the Feniton keeper and cooly slotted the ball home to get the Lions back on level terms.

Great goalkeeping from Elliott Thomas kept the Lions in this game after constant pressure from Feniton.

The game looked destined for a draw when from out of nowhere James Dodd pumped a long ball forward from the centre circle only for Ruan Ellis to latch on to it and score his 10 th goal of the season with a blistering first time shot that gave the keeper no chance, well done Ruan.

A 2-1 win for the Lions saw them still unbeaten in 2011.

Keep it up.

Stoke Hill Juniors - 0 v 1 - Westexe Exiles 

After exactly 50 days of no league football for Stoke Hill, we witnessed today a superb match with end to end action where even the referee advised me he was having to work extra hard to deal with the pace of counter attacks from both sides.  I feel Westexe were the most dominant in the first 5 minutes and twice opened up our defence with one lovely move resulting in a powerful shot over the bar.  Just a minute later, Connor Hepburn had to produce a double brave head first save finally capturing the ball to stop the away side taking the lead.  Slowly though the rustiness of Juniors evaporated and I am extremely proud of the slick passing, and dribbling the ball out of our box always looking for the Juniors wing players. 

Oliver Evans and Harry Taylor were starting to control the defence and were creating chances up field on the flanks for both Connor McAndrews and especially Joe Chandler.  In one move Chandler twice caught two defenders flat footed was able to use his pace to pass and then looking up unselfishly feeding Ethan Flanagan who laid the ball left for JJ Green to shoot from close range producing a superb save from the Exiles goalie.  The resultant corner was played short to Ollie Evans who blasted a shot straight at goal again bravely parried over the bar.  The next corner was floated into the box and Ethan Flanagan headed the ball down for Harry Taylor to shot hard and just wide. Honours even at half time. 

With the second half I brought Sam Crees into his familiar left back role, pushing Taylor into left Mid and McAndrews to his normal right midfield role to see if this could break down a resolute and well drilled Westexe defence.  We were able to force a number of corners with Ethan Flanagan connecting from one cross hitting just over the bar and a Harry Taylor shot just slipping past the left post. 

Westexe are not second in the league for nothing and the danger of not hitting home one of these chances meant that were pushing up and leaving Exiles to break at speed and cause us problems. One such break opened us up and forced a late corner after a Hepburn save, our marking was a little slack as we had been working so hard and the beautifully floated corner found an Exile striker who coolly showed us how to score from close range giving Hepburn no chance.

 We continued to push for the equalizer and a late free kick was bravely defended by a strong Westexe wall and Exiles went on to secure a vital away win and initially climb two points ahead of us at the top.  A great game credit to both sides, I just feel on the balance of play and chances we had that a draw would have been a fairer result.   

I cannot highlight one player for a man of the match as I felt it was a very good Stoke Hill team performance, against a similar well organised Exiles team. 

Stoke Hill Juniors - 4 v 2 - Westexe Rangers
We always have good games against Rangers and I could tell after losing our first game of the season that the boys were a little flat and lacking in stamina after the lengthy layoff.  Rangers are a very good counter attacking side and literally within a couple of minutes they had broken us apart down the middle and a first time shot took a deserved lead for the Rangers.   We needed to start talking and playing our normal football and I was pleased that Ollie Evans / Harry Taylor and Skipper Ethan Flanagan rallied the troops to raise their game.   A goal kick was passed short to Evans who came inside and played a lovely diagonal ball cross field to Taylor who skipped through one tackle drilled a ball into the box and after one great reflex save from the Goalie found the rebound falling to Flanagan who coolly scored from close range for 1-1 at half time. 

For me the second half was very much the Joe Chandler show, he literally came alive and virtually in a period of 3 minutes provided us with some breathing space.  From central midfield JJ Green superbly held the ball up from a Flanagan pass and looked right seeing Chandler moving into space, his speed took him to the byline and lovely low cross was somehow pounced on by Green to scramble home from close range for 2-1 after an initial brave save. 

We could see Joe was on fire, after breaking down another attack, Evans saw Chandler running into space and from 15 yard he hit a rocket into the top right corner of the goal.  A minute later after Tris Howe had stopped an attack by getting a foot in, his pass found Sam Crees who looked to the wing and found Connor McAndrews who came inside onto his stronger right foot and saw Chandler again speeding down the wing, the pass opened up the Rangers defence and Joe was able to again make no mistake and shoot home from close range for 4-1. 

Full credit to Rangers, they were always dangerous and have a great ability to break at speed with space created well via two attackers and they scored a great second goal for 4-2.  I felt with our enforced break we were beginning to tire and were just able to hang on and thankfully wait for the referees whistle for a workmanlike win that took as back to the top of the league.   

Man of the Match - Joe Chandler 

In summary a day of two halves we deserved more from the first game and were slightly more fortunate in the second game.

West Exe Exiles 5 St Martins 1
A good first half performance from the Exiles saw them go into the half time break with a 4-0 lead. Harvey Richards got the first two goals, both from close range with Camron Hance scoring the third. A superb long range effort from Aiden Partridge found the top corner to make it four just before half time.

West Exe had further chances in the second half but found the net only once when Kyler Rogers collected Kain Brown's punched clearance to run the length of the pitch and smash home. St Martin's got a deserved consolation late on when Harry Walford's shot was well saved by Kain Brown but Walford followed up the rebound to tap in.

West Exe Exiles 1 Alphington Lions 3
Alphington started this game the brighter team and took an early lead through a fine solo run and finish from James Dodd. The same player extended Alphington's lead shortly after when West Exe failed to clear a corner and Dodd's scored from close range. West Exe had a good spell of pressure late in the first half and managed to pull a goal back via a brilliant long range strike from Luke Herbert that found the top corner.

In the second half both teams had chances to score with Tom Purrington, Aiden Partridge and Cameron Grant all going close for West Exe. However, Alphington secured the win in the last few minutes when James Dodd completed his hat-trick by glancing in a header at the near post.

ALPH LIONS 4-1 WESTEXE RANGERS   Sat 8th Jan 2011 

The Lions started off 2011 with a tremendous win against our local rivals, with both teams chomping at the bit after the long lay off Alphington took an early lead with a fierce shot from the left footed Alex Owens who neatly curled in a 20ft shot into the top corner, This was soon followed up by the first goal of the season from defender Harry Wellaway who after hearing the cries of "shoooooot" from the touchline cooly did so and hit one from the halfway line which somehow seemed to find the net.

West Exe soon pulled one back with some great passing football and it seemed that they were destined to snatch a draw as they had a purple patch early in the 2nd half.

Jake Faulkner came close with a great left footed shot but it just went wide

Garreth Blackmore came to the Lions rescue when he picked up the ball from the halfway line and somehow managed to beat 2 or 3 challenges and smash the ball home with a ferocious shot,

In the dying seconds Lions midfielder Jake Thomas latched on to a loose ball on the edge of the area and fancied his chances to notch his second goal of the season and duly did so.

The scoreline flattered us and fair play to the Westexe lads who took part in a great game of football. 

ALPH LIONS 3-1 WESTEXE EXILES 

This was another great game of football to be involved in, a true derby style this game was always going to be a cracker with Alphington coming out eventual winners thanks to Lions maestro James Dodd who notched his third hat-trick of the season.

James scored the perfect hat-trick with his first saw him embark on a solo run from defense beating numerous Westexe players on the way and smashing a sublime finish into the roof of the net, his next was a great header and his last, a goal mouth scramble which he calmly finished.

This was a strong Westexe team who didnt give up easily they fought to the last and could easily have come away with a draw if it wasnt for a dogged Alphington performance,

Bragging rights at school this time goes to the Lions who for the first time ever beat the Exiles.

Good game both teams

Honiton Sharks U10's v West Exe Exiles U10's 

Firstly I would like to thank Warren the U10's manager for his stellar effort in getting this game played. With the weather unable to make up it's mind during the week he was in constant contact throughout including a 7am-pitch inspection with the club chairman, so well done and thank you. 

Sharks kicked off the match but West Exe were soon on the front foot pressurising the defence, a couple of early passes between Camron Hance and Harvey Richards and a quick cross allowed Cameron Grant just to shoot wide. West Exe maintained the pressure right the way through the first half and got their justified reward after some clever link up play with Tom Purrington, Cameron Grant hit from range and found the bottom corner. 

West Exe didn't have it all their own way in the second half and some excellent defending was required from Reece O'Reilly, and with a calm head made a 1-2 in his own area with Elliot Bicknell to relieve the danger. Bicknell wore his playing head today and was excellent throughout, and after tracking a player back from an Exile's corner to his own penalty box he finally came out with the ball and with a return pass with Hance found himself back where he started at the oppositions box, Bicknell then played a clever through ball to Kyler Rogers which was timed to perfection, then for him to pass back to Grant to lay off to Hance, and smashing the ball into the roof of the net. Probably one of the best team goals you are ever likely to see. 

Until this one. Phenomenal link up play all over the pitch with only the goal keeper not included in the passing there must have been 15/16+ passes before a rasper of a shot from Kai Parmenter from range which left the keeper no chance as the ball just curled around him. 

Brilliant play by Exile's and a great team performance. 

Final score 0-3 to West Exe Exiles 

Honiton Fireballs U10's v West Exe Exiles U10's

Although the scoreline does not suggest it West Exe found this a much tougher game. Buoyed from an earlier win the Fireballs started with the bit between their teeth and didn't give West Exe much room to play. After Honiton forced one or two saves from goal keeper, Kain Brown a natural change in position in midfield between two players midway through the first allowed West Exe to start playing with their regular rhythm.

Exile's then moved up a gear and were a constant threat and peppered the Honiton goal but their back line stood firm and with their keeper making some good saves it looked as though we were going into the break at 0-0. 

However, after a stunning run from Tom Purrington including passing 3 players he took his shot and forced a very good save from the keeper again only this time the shot was parried and the ball fell very kindly to Harvey Richards to tap in bang on the stroke of half time. 

With the momentum clearly in the Exiles favour they were unforgiving and did not stop pressurising the Honiton defence.

Another solo effort from Purrington this time found the bottom corner to double the lead. An outstanding performance from Kai Parmenter, and relentless running constantly found himself hugging the touchline and unselfishly crossing, with more than one occasion having the desired effect. The first was after a 2 on 1 all the way down the touchline, but with his persistence and strength he was able to hit a cross to the front post which Hance in turn chipped to the back post for Kyler Rogers to slot home. 

With a rare Honiton attack Elliot Bicknell was on hand again to intercept and with a pirouetting turn he very calmly laid the ball off to Purrington on the edge of the box to smash home his second goal into the roof of the net. Parmenter still not finished down the right wing, dropped his shoulder to leave the defender stranded and knocked in the perfect cross for Camron Hance to slot home. 

Purrington then turned provider after linking up with both Rogers and Hance. With Rogers carrying on his run into the box, Purington very cleverly chipped the ball over the advancing defence for Rogers to pick up and power past the keeper and tap in. 

After a quick corner from Hance, it allowed Parmenter to turn provider again and give an assist to Purrington who ran onto the ball and finished off the day with his hatrick when he smashed the ball home. 

A fantastic game to watch and a tremendous team effort. Honiton did not play badly in either game and did not stop until the very final whistle. They were just outplayed by a West Exe team full of momentum and enthusiasm and every player coming off the pitch with a beaming smile regardless of the dropping temperatures around them. 

Final score 0-7 to West Exe Exiles

Sidmouth Warriors 1 v 1 AC Heavitree

AC started strongly and created some great early chances. Firstly Josh Herbert shot just wide with the keeper beaten and then Tyson Geldin had his shot touched round the post for a corner. AC continued to create chances but Sidmouth looked dangerous on the break and indeed from their first real attack Ollie Burrough in Heavitree's goal pulled off a brave save at the striker's feet to keep the scores level. Despite AC's domination the scores remained level at half time.

In the second half Sidmouth came back well and started to build some pressure on the Heavitree goal. Josh Bennett headed clear twice but the goal was coming and from a corner Sidmouth nodded in at the far post. Heavitree's heads dropped a little and they conceded a soft goal with the ball being lost in their own half and Sidmouth took full advantage. Ollie Burrough initially pulled off a stunning save but Sidmouth reacted first to double their lead. Finally Heavitree seemed to regain some urgency and a flowing move ended with Benjamin Lloyd crossing for Josh Herbert to power the ball home. Then with seconds to go Josh Herbert broke down the left wing but the defender kept him wide and he was unable to keep his left foot shot down from a narrow angle and the warriors held on for a 2-1 win.

Man of the Match: Ollie Burrough

Sidmouth Raiders 2 v 4 AC Heavitree

Once again Heavitree started the strongest and this time the finishing was clinical. Firstly Josh Herbert put through an inch perfect pass for Tyson Geldin to run through and slip the ball past the outcoming goalkeeper. AC kept pouring forward, playing some great football and were unlucky not to increase their lead when Josh Herbert hit the post from a free kick. He was denied again moments later when put though after some great battling from Lewis Evans. The goalkeeper could only parry Josh's shot however and Tyson was there once again to put in his second. Then Benjamin Lloyd got in on the act putting another great ball through for Tyson to run through and complete a superb hat-trick.

Whatever their coach said at half time Sidmouth Raiders came out the second half a different team, pouring down the slope in numbers, getting to the ball first and fully deserving the two goals that they pulled back. AC Heavitree had to dig deep to try to get back into the game but slowly they did with Josh Bennett pulling off the tackle of the season at full stretch to stop the Raiders' no. 10 from hitting the equaliser. Lewis Evans was typically tenacious down the left and on one run he refused to give up and having beaten three defenders crossed for Josh Herbert to score and restore AC's two goal cushion. This finally took the sting out of the Raiders and Heavitree looked more comfortable as they wound down the clock on what was a great team performance.

Man of the Match:  Lewis Evans

AC Heavitree 1 v 1 Dawlish Evens

What a great match! The first half was a tight affair with few chances for either side and neither team was able to break the deadlock.

Dawlish Evens made the breakthrough shortly after the break as Josh Herbert in goal for Heavitree couldn't hold onto a shot from the right and the Evens striker reacted first to slot the ball into the back of the net. AC Heavitree reacted well and the midfield of Benjamin Lloyd, Matt Long and Lewis Evans started to build some pressure. From one corner Josh Bennett arriving late from defence put his header just wide of the goal. As Josh B pushed further forward in search of an equaliser, George Smith was excellent in defence clearing any breakaways.

With minutes to go Dawlish struggled to clear another Heavitree attack and the ball fell to Josh Bennett on the edge of the area and he sent a thunderous strike in for a deserved equaliser. Both teams pushed for a winner but it was fitting that it ended up all square.   

Man of the Match: Lewis Evans 

 AC Heavitree 4 v 1 Dawlish Odds

Dawlish Odds started well forcing an early corner, which was hit perfectly into the danger area and buried by a powerful close range header leaving George Smith no chance in the Heavitree goal. Heavitree struggled to get into the game as Dawlish were first to the ball and AC couldn't get a foothold. Slowly though they started to piece together some passing moves and they were jump started into life by Josh Bennett who hit a stunning shot into the back of the net for the equaliser. If this brought them back into the game, the next one almost finished off Dawlish's chances as a long clearance found Josh Herbert on the wide right. Instead of taking a touch Josh turned and shot and this seemed to catch the goalie by surprise and went through his legs for 2-1. Minutes later Josh H made it 3-1 as he blocked the Dawlish goalie's clearance and then coolly took it round him and slotted home for his second.

In the second half Josh Bennett came more and more into the game with several rampaging runs down the left, one of which set up a simple tap in for Josh Herbert to complete his hat-trick. Dawlish continued to press right to the end but constantly came up against Lewis Macnamara at the back, who broke up each attack and then played the simple ball to clear the lines. A great team performance.

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett

West Exe Exiles 5 CS Juve 0
West Exe started this game slowly and it took unil just after half time for them to take the lead. Camron Hance's shot from close range was well saved but Kyler Rogers reacted first to out jump the Juve defence and place a firm header into the top corner. West Exe played some lovely football but the second goal came from a solo run and low shot from Tom Purrington. Tom Purrington's second goal came when he played a one-two with Cameron Grant and fired into the bottom corner. The same pair combined again with Cameron Grant's pass finding Purrington who completed his hat-trick. West Exe capped an excellent second half performance when Tyler Griffin's pass found Camron Hance who ran from the half way line to slot the ball under the advancing keeper.

West Exe Exiles 4 West Hill Wasps 0
West Exe Exiles once again took some time to get going in this game but played some lovely football against a good West Hill side. The opening goal came after a good move with Luke Herbert finding Kai Parmenter who's left foot shot went in off the post. West Exe increased their lead when Tyler Griffin's throw was flicked on by Luke Herbert and Tom Purrington finish from close range. The third goal soon followed when Kyler Roger's long range was saved by the keeper and Camron Hance was on hand to smash home the rebound. Camron Hance got a second late in the game when he collected a Luke Herbert pass to score again from close range. Good defending from Tyler Griffin, Reece O'Reily, Aiden Partridge and goal keeper Elliott Bicknell meant West Exe managed to kept two clean sheets.

Stoke Hill Juniors - 6 v 0 Ottery Barrelers 

A freezing day, with pitches only passed fit at 9am, did not stop Stoke Hill continuing their unbeaten run.  It took a while to break the deadlock and Ottery were defending bravely, they have a couple of players up front who are dangerous on the break.  Ollie Evans though was controlling things at the back with Sam Crees supporting him well.  Evans called for the ball from a goal kick and had the vision to see Connor McAndrews running into space on the right, whose first time cross found Joe Chandler running in, losing his marker and hitting home from close range for 1-0. 

Harry Taylor was impressive today on the left hand side today, scoring two lovely goals before half time, the first was a sweet right foot shot, his weaker foot connecting first time from a Joe Chandler cross.  The second created by Sam Crees finding Taylor with a firm pass, Taylor held the ball up, did a little shuffle to drift left past the Ottery defender and from a tight angle hit a lovely left foot shot for 3-0 at half time. 

On the turn Juniors kept up the pressure with some great passing and breaking quickly at speed, Joe Chandler was found in space with a right foot pass from Ollie Evans, he built up speed went through two Barrelers and hit a low right foot cross which Connor McAndrews connected beautifully from just inside the box with the ball flying high into the Ottery net. 

Just before the end further goals came from Joe Chandler, which was deserved for his great wing work and Ollie Evans scored a late screamer after some unselfish play by Charlie Carr laying up for Evans to hit an unstoppable shot.

Well Done boys, very cold and difficult conditions today, against an Ottery side who were initially hard to break down. 

Stoke Hill Juniors - 14 v 0 - Ottery Canons 

A game we totally bossed against a new Ottery Canons side, who give them credit tried very hard, and put boys behind the ball and have a good keeper who made a number of great saves stopping Juniors adding further to the tally.  Stoke Hill were impressive with the way we were finding space to try and break down a side that were playing very deep. 

Ollie Evans was put into a sweeper role, and was having plenty of time to push forward  and pass intelligently, looking for Tris Howe on the right and Harry Taylor working the left flank.  Connor McAndrews was controlling central midfield and Sam Crees and Charlie Carr were working well in tandem up front. 

Soon the goals followed with Harry Taylor getting 4, including two lovely left foot drives from outside the box. Joe Chandler scored his first hatrick for the club, Sam Crees with a striker's double, and Charlie Carr scoring his first goal for the club with a lovely right foot shot with power from just inside the box. 

Special mention also to Connor McAndrews, who looked like the Ottery goalie was going to stop him scoring after 3 great saves, but finally he broke through to hit an unstoppable right foot and Tris Howe who had been unselfish all day, finally found space on the right, charged towards goal and connected with a flyer straight into the left hand corner.  

 12 league wins from 12 games is certainly our best ever start to a campaign, superb boys.

West Exe Exiles played some neat football on a heavy pitch and took the lead early when Cameron Grant followed up his own shot to tap the ball into the empty net with his left foot from a tight angle. The Beacon Knights keeper made some good saves to deny West Exe but he could not keep out Kai Parmenter's long range shot which found the bottom corner. West Exe made sure of the win when Kyler Rogers cut in from the right wing and his powerful low shot beat the keeper at his near post.

Dawlish United Evens - 0 v 3 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

A solid performance against a strong Dawlish unit who early on really forced Stoke Hill onto the back foot, with some very quick counter attacking play.  It was only a superb point blank save from Connor Hepburn that stopped Dawlish taking an early lead. 

Slowly Juniors found their passing game, a brave tackle from Sam Crees was passed right to Ollie Evans who played a lovely cross field pass to Harry Taylor on the left wing, Harry looked up drifted past the Dawlish defender and his left foot cross was initially cleared only to find skipper Ethan Flanagan to slot home from 6 yards for 1-0. 

From the kick off Dawlish continued to be very dangerous, attacking in numbers to force the equaliser.  Again Hepburn in goal was alert to save well from close range and kicking early down field to find Connor McAndrews who trapped the ball beautifully and played a nice inside pass to JJ Green who unselfishly looked left to see Harry Taylor bombing down the left wing, his through pass was turned into the Dawlish goal area only find Flanagan with his back to goal, made a quick turn with the ball and low right foot shot finding the net for 2-0. 

At half time we felt it was necessary to reinforce the message to Juniors that despite being on top, we were not playing to our strengths, at times we were always second to the ball against strong opposition. 

No second half changes were made, and Stoke Hill started brightly with Ollie Evans and Connor McAndrews interacting well on the right with a McAndrews cross finding JJ Green whose quick first time shot was brilliantly saved by the Dawlish keeper. Evens continued to be threatening and were unlucky not to pull a goal back when a long range shot from the right hand side halfway in the Stoke Hill half saw Hepburn unsighted with the ball clipping the left had post. 

This scare seemed to wake up Stoke Hill and a quick goal kick was played to Evans, he quickly found Joe Chandler on the right, who building up some speed took on two players and then intelligently looked up to fire a low right foot cross which beautifully found the right foot of JJ Green to be clipped into the goal for 3-0. 

A good workmanlike win overall, maintaining our 100% percent record against a resolute and strong Dawlish side who kept playing to the end. Well Done Boys. 

Dawlish United Odds - 0 v 5 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

Another solid performance by Stoke Hill, early on a superb move involving all outfield boys saw Connor McAndrews play a lovely ball through splitting the Dawlish defence to find skipper Flanagan one on one against the Odds goalie, Ethan placed the ball well but the shot was wonderfully saved to stop a certain goal. 

Shortly afterwards Tris Howe at the back tackled well, and passed first time to Harry Taylor who went on one of his weaving left side runs taking three Dawlish players with him and creating room in the middle of the park for a nice pass to Ethan Flanagan to shoot home coolly to make it 1-0.   Shortly afterwards some great work by Ollie Evans found a ball to Joe Chandler in space on the right, he laid the ball inside for Connor McAndrews to hit a beautiful right foot shot for two nil and half time. 

The second half was controlled by Stoke Hill, but praise must be given to the Dawlish team who despite trailing were trying to play football with special mention to a brave goalie who made some magnificent saves, Further goals did follow when Sam Crees reacted quickly to win a tackle and play the ball right to Joe Chandler who on goal unselfishly laid on a pass for JJ Green to make it 3-0.   Connor McAndrews shortly made it 4-0 from a well worked corner and JJ Green capped a good game to pounce from close range for 5-0 just before the final whistle. 

Well Done both teams and for Stoke Hill, congratulations on maintaining their unbeaten start to the season.    

Oscar Walsh scored one of football's fastest goals when he netted for Feniton Under 10s in just three seconds to help the Acland Parkside into the last 16 of the Exeter & District Youth League Knockout Cup.

Walsh stunned the Exminster crowd as he received the ball direct from the kick-off to send a wonder strike straight into the St Martins' goal. Striker Ben Titmuss made it 2-0 before the break before St Martins pulled one back during a second-half fight back. Cain Spiller made some crucial finger-tip saves and Jake Upsher worked tirelessly in midfield. In a second match friendly, St Martins stormed back from 4-2 down to win 5-4. Daniel Crow scored his first of the season for Feniton, while Tom Jeacock found the net twice and Oscar Walsh scored with a superb solo effort.    

A game that Stoke Hill always seemed to control possession wise, but Moors were a well drilled side, quick to counter attack and at times exposed our defence only to be thwarted by some good saves by Connor Hepburn and brave defending by Sam Crees and Ollie Evans. 

Juniors scored within the first two minutes after some good work down the right hand side between Evans who pushed forward well, then using Joe Chandler on the overlap whose low right foot cross found Ethan Flanagan pouncing from close range for 1-0.  Flanagan soon added to his tally, this time the good work was on the left hand side Sam Crees intelligently found forward Connor McAndrews who laid on a nice pass to Harry Taylor on the left wing, his cross was bravely saved by the Moors goalie, but again Flanagan was quick to seize the opportunity and shoot low from close range for 2-0.  Moors continued to keep their shape and just before halftime hit the cross bar from a shot outside the box which took a deflection and then just before half time a lovely floated corner from Tigers was defended poorly by Stoke and an own goal found the net for 1-2 at half time. 

Two changes at half time and the boys were told to work harder for themselves, keep possession better and find their passing game as we had allowed Moors back into the game.  Attacking wise it was a good second half with some really good wing play from Harry Taylor who worked the length of the pitch and tireless Joe Chandler who created a number of opportunities, including one lovely right foot cross after good work from Ollie Evans finding Flanagan to strike from close range for his hatrick. 

Also a special mention for JJ Green, who was unselfish upfront, looking for opportunities to pressurise the Moors defence and his hard work paid dividends with a lovely left foot shot, his weaker foot finding the corner of the goal beautifully for 4-1. 

Well done both teams, the game was played in the right manner with some hard but fair tackling on a difficult pitch with the one minute silence respectfully observed.

In a repeat of their recent league match AC Heavitree started well and had slightly the better of the early exchanges with Lewis Evans and Tyson Geldin chasing down everything and Josh Bennett and Matt Long very solid in defence. The best chances of a goalless first half fell to Lewis Evans hitting the post and heading just over the bar from a Josh Herbert corner. 

With the second half only minutes old AC finally made the breakthrough as Tyson Geldin shot strongly from a narrow angle on the right to score his second in two games. However this only seemed to spur Alphington into life and they picked up the pace to equalise within minutes of the re-start. Whilst Heavitree never stopped chasing they were suddenly second to the ball as Alphington found their passing game to come out comfortable 4-1 winners.  

Man of the Match: Tyson Geldin 

This was set out to be a closely contested game between two very good footballing sides and it didn't dissapoint. Both teams paid their respects with a minutes silence prior to kick off and then it was straight into action. Although it was a well contested game and both teams played well, it was certainly a game of two halves. Tivvy had their chances in the first half but it was central who edged it slightly and were rewarded when a mistake at the back led to central stealing a goal to rattle tivvy and go into half time 1-0 up.

Tivvy knew what was required to stay in the competition and came out even stronger in the second half, scoring almost immediately from kick off, with a great team goal, slick, flowing passing to get the ball forward with almost all players involved before the ball was fed to Lloyd White who side-stepped his marker and finished well to the keepers right. Central tried to respond to this and didn't lie down easy but tivvy continued to push and looked the more likely to get a winner with Lloyd White, Ethan Osbon and Harry Butler all having close efforts. Harry Stoneman and Lucas White were stronger at the back in this half and Bailey Cole was sharp off his line and distributed the ball well all game.

Liam Gillbard and Joe Greenslade both worked tirelessly in midfield. But the winning goal still loomed and time was running out, Both teams didn't want to get knocked out the passion was there to be seen. Tivvy got their deserved winner before time when Harry Stoneman's wonderful long range effort was hit inch perfect as it lobbed the keeper and dipped below the crossbar, a goal worthy of winning any game. Tivvy stuck together as a team unit to keep possession and hold out for the win and put them through to round 2 of the cup. Well done lads.

Man of the match went to Bailey Cole for his concentration, sharpness off his line and his decision making in his distribution of the ball. Well done to central for a cracking match and good sportsmanship!

The Lions ended up winners in what was a very closely fought game,despite what the scoreline says.

Defensively, Ben Shear, Harry Wellaway and in the second half Ethan Matthews were superb at soaking up any pressure that AC threw at them, AC took the lead with a fierce shot from on the right wing which some how beat our keeper Elliot on His near post, this seemed to spur the Lions on,and we soon scored  a quick leveller following a great left shot foot from Alex Owens which Garreth Blackmore poked home from close range.James Dodd smashed a cracker to put us in the lead and this saw the Lions grow in confidence and put the game to bed with Garreth netting a couple more fine finishes to complete His 2nd hatrick in 2 games.

Jake Thomas, Ruan Ellis, Tom Prout and James Dodd played a role in what was a great game.

 West Exe progress to the next round of the cup after a win over Okehampton Argyle Milan. West Exe took the lead half way through the first half when Tom Purrington's pass found Cameron Grant and his powerful strike beat the keeper into the roof of the net. In the second half West Exe increased their lead when Kyler Rogers' cross found Tom Purrington and his left foot shot found its way under the Okehampton keeper. Luke herbert scored an excellent third when he received the ball with his back to goal, turned quickly and fired the ball into the bottom corner.

Tom Purrington long range strike found the top corner to seal a good win for West Exe Exiles.

AC Heavitree started off this match against high flying Central City in search of their first points of the season, knowing that they had played better than their results had suggested. Both teams started brightly and although chances were few this was more due to the commitment of the two evenly matched teams rather than a lack of endeavour. Heavitree created the first clear cut chance as Josh Herbert slipped through a pass to leave Tyson through one on one with the Central goalkeeper who dived bravely at his feet to block the chance. Central came back strongly but the defence of Josh Bennett and Matt Long held strong and Ollie Burrough had little to do in goal. Heavitree continued to press and following a break from Benj Lloyd the ball went through again for Tyson in the box and his shot was handled by a Central defender. Josh Herbert stepped forward to take the penalty and although the Central keeper guessed the right way the power of the shot meant that he could only deflect the ball into the corner of the net. Central pushed for an equaliser before the break and their chance came when one of their forwards were fouled just inside the penalty area but unfortunately the resulting penalty was fired just wide.

In the second half Central City came forward in waves and started to create chances. Ollie could only parry one long shot and as Central's striker rushed in to put in the rebound, Josh Bennett threw himself heroically in the way and then cleared the ball up field. Lewis Evans, normally better known for his darting runs forward was magnificent down the left tackling back, as AC Heavitree fought a great rearguard defence and held on for a well deserved victory against a very good Central team.   

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett

ALPHINGTON LIONS 6-5 DAWLISH EVENS 

This was more like a basketball game than a game of football, with both teams firing back in quick succession.

Dawlish took an early lead with a cool finish, which seemed to wake the Lions up as James Dodd fired in what was meant to be a low driven cross only to find the ball somehow slip in the net beneath the keeper GAME ON.

Both teams were up for this game and each were playing some great flowing football, James netted again, Dawlish levelled, Tom Prout hit back for the Lions,Dawlish levelled and so on.

Another great solo goal for James and an Alex Owens pile driver gave us what should have been a comfortable win only for Dawlish to be awarded a penalty after their striker was CLEARLY fouled in the penalty area, (we didnt have an area really).

Dawlish gave Lions keeper Elliot no chance and calmly slotted home.

5-4 to the Lions.

Fair play to Dawlish who replied again soon after only for hot shot James Dodd to net his fourth and seal the win.

Well done both teams. 

ALPHINGTON LIONS 10-0 DAWLISH EVENS 

This game saw 6 different players get their names on the Lions score sheet.

Tom prout netted earlier on with Garreth Blackmore firing in a well deserved hat trick, Callum Lewis fired in a great volley from close range which was to be his first ever goal for the team, Alex Owens grabbed another 2 goals along with Ruan Ellis who smashed His 2nd with great technique from the edge of the box.

Jake Faulkner was rewarded with his hard work with a great long awaited first goal of the season, I think he will have to work on his celebration though.

This wasnt quite as one sided as it seems as Dawlish battled for every ball and through out the game played some impressive football which I am sure will soon grab them a few wins.

A small pitch initially restricted Stoke Hill in not playing to their strengths down the widths against a resolute Inter side who must take credit for keeping their shape and restricting Juniors to just a slender 1-0 lead after half time. Special mention to the Inter Goalkeeper who was outstanding in saving shot after shot.  The only goal of the half coming after good work down the left hand side by Harry Taylor, who went past one player looked up and played a lovely ball inside to Ethan Flanagan whose first time shot was bravely saved again by the Heavitree goalie only for forward Connor McAndrews to pounce on the loose ball and scramble in for the first goal. 

The second half was very much one way traffic, where we showed at times some great football. Additional goals from Ethan Flanagan who worked tirelessly in central midfield and scored after a terrific first time shot just outside the box, after unselfish play by JJ Green.  Also right back Ollie Evans scored a great long range shot after calling for the ball on a short corner, cutting inside and hitting a lovely floated right foot shot into the top corner of the net. 

With the defensive formation of goalie Connor Hepburn, Tris Howe and Ollie Evans starting most attacks, our one touch passing and close interaction between our back two and midfield allowed both Joe Chandler and Harry Taylor on the wings to really have a real influence on the game. 

This resulted in two double hatricks for JJ Green in his centre forward role, clinical in from of goal and right midfielder Joe Chandler whose great wing play also resulted in three well taken goals. 

An initial slow burner but after half time we took control on a difficult pitch, well done boys.

The second game was played on a considerably larger pitch and with AC Heavitree battling bravely for a narrow win in their first game, we knew we had a battle on our hands to secure 3 points.  Playing our normal 2-3-1 formation, I felt at times our simple passing game was absolutely brilliant to watch and a massive credit to the boys.  Any initial nerves were dispersed after Ollie Evans stopped an AC attack, looked up and saw Joe Chandler moving into space on the right hand, a beautiful pass to Chandler was trapped and then an intelligent cut inside followed by a low right foot shot caught the goalie slightly unsighted for 1-0. 

A second goal that followed shortly afterwards after some great interaction between Harry Taylor and JJ Green on the left hand side, with Taylor passing to Green and then running into space on the overlap, his first time cross found McAndrews shoot first time, brilliantly saved by the AC goalie only to find skipper Ethan Flanagan reacting quicker to score from close range for 2-0. 

Heavitree then began to find their passing game, and some good play on the left hand side saw a long throw-in and the receiving AC player did a great turn on our defender who first time cross inside, found a Heavitree player with a great first time shot that Connor Hepburn was able to just get two hands on clear for a corner.  The resultant corner, was then not cleared and AC were able to shoot brilliantly from just inside the box and find the net for 1-2. 

Just before half time, left back Harry Taylor was involved in a clash of heads after bravely jumping with the AC player for a header, and a quick substitution was necessary with Tris Howe coming on and helping the team re-group and wait for half time as Heavitree were pressing well for the equaliser. 

An important half time talk, and the boys new the importance of the second half and the following 15 mins was brilliant to watch.  Our breakaway play at time moving from defence to attack with 3 to 4 quick passes was superb and allowed us to break open the opposition defence quickly with two well taken goals from firstly Joe Chandler who was supplied well all day by Ollie Evans for 3-1 and then a lovely individual effort by Ethan Flanagan again after an unselfish pass by JJ Green finding the net for 4-1. 

The last 4 goals, were all due to great team play using our wingers, moving Connor McAndrews onto the left side, supported well from Tris Howe and Harry Taylor on the left hand side and Ollie Evans defending brilliantly all day but always looking for Joe Chandler on the right flank.  The result was 4 great goals from Ethan Flanagan and a second half poacher's hatrick from JJ Green ruthless when in front of goal making no mistake, with a 5 minute treble. 

A C showed today that they have the spirit and now some renewed confidence after beating a very strong Central side.  Juniors knew they had been in a battle in a tight first half, we were able to pull away with a brilliant second half performance by all the team to maintain our maximum points start to the season.

Well done everyone.

West Exe Exiles Under 10's v Okehampton Argyle Barca Saturday 30^th October 2010 

A tremendous match to watch with both teams giving it their all. West Exe really got their passing game going and looked forever threatening when going forward. Luke Herbert's first game back from a broken leg was well received by him scoring the opening goal of the game after some great footwork down the wing from Kai Parmenter followed by a shot which forced the keeper the fumble and Herbert was there to tap in.

The second half was pretty much the same as the first with some excellent football being played by both teams, with West Exe enjoying much of the possession. Harvey Richards weaved past 2 players and crossed across the face of the goal to find Camron Hance at the back post to slot home the second. The third goal, again involved Kai Parmenter and some nifty footwork followed by a precision pass which cut open the Okehampton defence straight into the path of Harvey Richards who dragged the ball back then dummied the keeper by sending him the wrong way. Great performance again at the back by Tyler Griffin.

A superb game to watch with both teams giving 110%. 

Final Score: West Exe Exile's 3 - 0 Okehampton Argyle Barca. 

West Exe Exiles Under 10's v Okehampton Argyle Milan Saturday 30^th October  

West Exe started this game quite slowly and were deservedly punished by a very well drilled Okehampton side. With some quick passing followed by a strong low shot Okehampton went 1-0 up in the first half. West Exe then found themselves chasing shadows and were struggling to find any form of rhythm or possession in the first half.

The second half really opened up with some end to end action. Kain Brown was forced to make a tremendous save after a quick Okehampton break, but quickly fed the ball back out for a West Exe attack which saw Reece O'Reilly hit a shot which just went over the cross bar.

West Exe finally got the break they needed when Camron Hance's effort found the back of the net. This then got the Exile's going and they never really looked back. They kept the pressure on a resilient Okehampton defence and in the final minute new summer signing Cameron Grant picked up a loose ball on the half way line and beat three Okehampton players whilst powering forward on goal and smashed the ball into the roof of the net, and with only 30 seconds left of play there was little Okehampton could do to reply.

Great work from Callum Sibley and Elliot Bicknell. 

Final Score: West Exe Exile's 2 - 1 Okehampton Argyle Milan

Whipton Youth 2 - 4 Stoke Hill  

The game started with Stoke Hill on the attack and we were finding it difficult to get out of our half for the first few minutes before we started to get into the game. We then got on the front foot and after putting some pressure on the Stoke Hill defence we won a corner. The ball was played to Josh who moved the ball to Jordan on the edge of the area and he hammered home to put us ahead. Both teams were pushing each other hard and when a lack of communication in our defence gave Stoke Hill the chance to equalize they took it with a brave header but our defensive play had let us down. A few minutes later more poor defensive play let us down as we conceded another sloppy goal and went in 2-1 down at half time.

The second half saw us get on the front foot and our persistence paid off when Lewis Wilson headed an excellent equaliser. The next goal would be crucial and Stoke Hill stepped up their play again, using the ball better than us and being physically stronger in nearly all areas of the pitch. Jordan was having a strong game in midfield but he could do nothing when we dwelt on the ball in defence and put ourselves under pressure, conceding another unnecessary corner. From this, we found ourselves behind from another excellent headed finish. This seemed to deflate the team and Stoke Hill added a fourth for a deserved win. 

Goal Scorer: Lewis Wilson, Jordan 

Man of the Match: Jordan Dyer 

 Whipton Youth 2 - 0 Central City 

We knew this was going to another tough game and so it proved. Although we played a bit better in this game we were still trying to force to many passes and this led to us giving the ball away to many times. Defensively we looked more solid in this game but we were failing to create enough goal scoring chances and came in 0-0 at half time. The second half continued in much the same fashion, but this time we managed to fashion a few chances. Alex broke through to put us 1-0 up before another well worked corner ended with Jordan powering home from the edge of the area to give us the victory. 

Goal Scorer: Jordan, Alex 

Man of the Match: Jordan Dyer 

Whipton Wanderers 1 - 5 Central City

After last week's victories, this was going to be a much tougher couple of games for the Wanderers and all of the players were made aware that we were more interested in how they used the ball today rather than the results. The start of the game saw Central completely dominate and we were finding it hard to put two passes together. Completely up against it, we were being too reliant on Taylor who was pulling off save after save. However before long Central hit a shot that he could do nothing about and we were 1-0 down. This seemed to spur the team on and we started to put some passes together with Ashley starting to become more dominant. A good passing move involving Cole, James and Ashley saw the ball worked through to Callum who spun and hit his shot past the keeper to equalize. Repetitive defensive mistakes then gave away three sloppy goals with defenders diving in to challenges, making it easy for the attackers to get clear and give Taylor no chance in goal. With the half time score at 4-1 we talked about how we would approach the second half and things didn't start well when we conceded straight away. However from this point on we played some great football with the ball just eluding Cole after a great passing move. We continued to create chances and were unlucky not to add a few more goals and were lucky to have Taylor in goal to stop anything else going in at the other end. 

Goal Scorer: Callum 

Man of the Match: Taylor Rooke 

Whipton Wanderers 2 - 4 Stoke Hill

Things again didn't start well when a great finish from the edge of the box put Stoke Hill ahead early on but the we showed great spirit to come back. We got back on level terms when Ashley fired home and then started to dominate more of the play. A great piece of control from Cole and a super pass saw us in on goal again and the Stoke Hill keeper make a great save. More good passing saw us break through again, but this time the keeper could only parry the ball and Callum was on hand to tap home to put us 2-1 up at half time. With the second half pretty much one way traffic it was the brilliance of Taylor who was pulling off save after save in goal that was keeping us in front and every now and then, when we did manage to break the final pass or belief to go past the last player let us down. Stoke Hill continued to bombard our goal and when they did manage to beat Taylor they were just off target before another great header just eluded the diving Taylor to make it all square with a few minutes left. The next chance fell to us when we were to slow to react to the final ball after passing through Stoke Hill and then it was a case of trying to hold on. When Stoke Hill got a corner it looked like Taylor had it covered but the ball slipped through at the near post and Stoke Hill were ahead. Just before the end we conceded a fourth that was unfair on Taylor who was simply stunning in goal today. 

Goal Scorer: Ashley, Callum 

Man of the Match: Taylor Rooke

Whipton Youth - 2 v 4 - Stoke Hill Juniors 

A great game of football against a skilful Whipton Youth side whose slick passing football and quick counter attacking play, meant that Stoke Hill had to remain focused right to the end of an entertaining game.  Both Stoke Hill and Whipton started brightly, using the width of the pitch and Whipton took an early lead slightly against the run of play after hesitation in the Juniors defence, This early deficit seemed to wake up Stoke and after some good defensive work by Sam Crees finding Joe Chandler on the right wing. Joe went pass one player looked up and clipped a lovely cross that was initially cleared bravely by the Whipton Goalie, Ethan Ampadu then turned and shot which again was saved magnificently again by the goalie,  with the ball floating in the air the Stoke Hill skipper Ethan Flanagan bravely put his head where boots were flying to equalise for 1-1. 

This seemed to inspire the team to use the flanks more with Ollie Evans being instrumental in the back starting a number of moves up field finding Ethan Flanagan in midfield who drifted past one player and intelligently looked left to lay a pass on for left midfielder Harry Taylor who connected beautifully from outside the box and fire home for 2-1 at half time. 

Both team continued to press in the second half and after a good Whipton move forcing a corner, an intelligent kick in saw the Whipton players running into the goal area from outside, which freed them from their markers and a great Whipton header from close range gave Connor McAndrews in goal no chance for 2-2. 

With 7 minutes left, both teams were pressing with both Flanagan and Ampadu instrumental in finding the flanks for Harry Taylor and Joe Chandler to whip balls into the box.  After Taylor forced a corner on the left hand side, the right footed cross from Chandler beautifully found Ethan Ampadu who powered a header into the top corner of the net for 3-2.  Whipton continued to press and a shot on the turn was well saved by McAndrews in the Stoke goal who kicked from hand finding Joe Chandler who passed inside to Ollie Evans who released a pass to Ethan Flanagan who past one player, then got the ball back from a rebounded off a Whipton defender to hit a low right foot shot for 4-2 and finally some breathing space. 

A great team effort to maintain our 100% percent record, where all the boys played a major part, keeping positive and overcoming a very good Whipton side by playing from start to finish. 

Whipton Wanderers - 2 v 4 Stoke Hill Juniors 

A game where I personally made to many changes which upset the balance of the team, we lost the flanks and Wanderers were at half time deserved of leading 2-1 after opening up our defence and taking two shooting opportunities well to gain the initiative.  Stoke Hill had some good pressure, but we were not clinical in front of goal despite a good effort from Charlie Carr who turned well but shot was saved well. 

At half time, it was necessary to get the balance back, bringing back Ollie Evans, Joe Chandler and putting Connor McAndrews back in goal. The second half was predominantly one sided, but despite chance after chance the Wanders goalie keeper was inspired making at least 5 great saves and a further two with his good positional play forcing shots wide.  Finally the break through, JJ Green worked hard down the left hand side passing two players and looking up for Ethan Ampadu who crafted a lovely right foot shot for 2-2.  From the kick off Whipton pressed opening up our defence for  a shot to be bravely saved by McAndrews who quickly looked up and his drop kick found Joe Chandler on the wing, who played a quick one two with Ethan Flanagan and force a corner from a deflected shot.  Then a moment of magic where Chandlers right footed corner was hit low and hard straight into the Whipton net for 3-2.  Finally some breathing space for Stoke Hill after some enchanting play from Green, Flanagan and Ampadu who attacking from left to right with some close passing found Ampadu on goal to rifle home for 4-2.  Even late on, Harry Taylor after switching back to his normal left sided role hit a lovely left foot shot against the bar.

A lesson learned for the coach, don't muddle with a winning formula, linking in with a great second half performance where we kept pressing for the win against a Wanderers side who at times defended heroically.   

Whipton Youth 8 - 0 Dawlish Odds  

We started well, keeping and passing the ball well. Both Lewis and Beckham were stretching the pitch to make the space as wide as possible when we had the ball. We soon got ahead when Beckham picked the ball up off Brandon and took the ball past three Dawlish players. His pass then picked out Lewis Wilson who saw his first shot saved but he was quick to follow up and knock in the rebound. A second goal was scored when a short corner from Beckham found Lewis Nash whose first shot was blocked but he picked the loose ball up and found the bottom corner. The third goal came after a passing move from the back saw Tom play the ball across the back to Josh who switched the play to Lewis Nash on the right. His ball then found Jordan who arrived in the box to side foot home a great team goal.  Just before half time Lewis Wilson cut the ball across goal and Beckham arrived at the back post to tuck the ball between the keeper's legs to make it 4-0.

In the second half we started brightly, and with Beckham now in centre midfield he took the ball on and cut the Dawlish defence open with a great though ball that Lewis Nash ran onto and slotted in to the far bottom corner. Lewis Wilson made it 6-0 before Alex benefited from a rebounded shot to slot home a seventh. Whilst we continued to dominate our play started to get scrappy and too many times we made the wrong choices by opting to shoot when the pass was the better option. However we did add the eighth goal when Jordan finished well and overall it was a good performance. 

Goal Scorer: Lewis Wilson (2), Lewis Nash (2), Jordan (2), Beckham, Alex 

Man of the Match: Lewis Nash 

 Whipton Youth 5 - 0 Dawlish Evens 

This game saw us start on the front foot moving the ball around the pitch but too often the final pass or the failure to finish off moves was letting us down. Josh was showing great composure at the back and was linking really well with Beckham on the left side. A stunning take and turn from Beckham (which was later put down to watching and copying Adam Johnson on the telly), saw him leave his defender standing and his ball down the line found Lewis who crossed for Alex whose shot went just wide. Jordan was next to try his luck, but his shot went just over and then Lewis shot straight at the keeper. With the pressure mounting it was quick play from Lewis Wilson who nipped between defender and goalkeeper to win the ball and tap into the net. The next goal came after a good move down the right involving Tom and Alex who picked out Jordan on the edge of the box and he passed the ball home to make it 2-0. After an effort from Lewis Wilson was ruled out after it looked to have crossed the line, in the resulting confusion when a Dawlish player picked the ball up to take it back to the centre a penalty was given. Sportingly Jordan tapped the penalty for the keeper to pick up.

In the second half we continued to dominate playing some impressive football at times but missed chance after chance. After breaking through for several one on ones, to many times we took to long to get the shot away. Alex looked to have scored a third but again the ball was ruled not to have crossed the line but Alex was not to be denied when he slotted in the third. A fourth followed soon after when Lewis Wilson met a corner and guided the ball in off the post. Brandon was called into action when sloppy defending let Dawlish in, but a diving save at the player's feet cleared the danger and we soon had our fifth and best goal of the match. Brandon rolled the ball out to Beckham in the left back position. He skilfully danced past two defenders before playing a perfectly weighted ball for Lewis Wilson. His run down the line drew out the defenders and when he pulled the ball across for Jordan, this time he made no mistake when he thumped the ball home for 5-0. 

Goal Scorer: Lewis Wilson (2) Jordan (2), Alex

 Man of the Match: Beckham Pyatt 
 

Whipton Wanderers 3 - 2 Dawlish 

This match saw two players make their league debut for Wanderers with Cole and Ashley starting in midfield alongside Taylor. Dawlish had the better of the first few minutes that saw Finn save well, before we started to get the ball down play a little. Cole started strongly on the left playing two great through balls to Callum who just failed to finish. After forcing a succession of corners our perseverance finally paid off when the ball fell for Callum who slotted home to give us the lead. When Dawlish did break they found Sam in formidable form at the back and James was having a great game alongside him, standing up well in the challenges. Cole, Ashley and Taylor were linking well in midfield and we continued to edge the first half creating more chances that were just missing the final touch and came in at half time with a deserved lead. The second half started with both teams playing well, and Dawlish were looking more of a goal threat. Taylor had the chance to double the lead but saw his first shot beaten away by the keeper and his follow up stopped just on the line. We weren't to be denied when Callum showed good skill in the box and then laid the ball off for Taylor whose first time ball put Ashley in on goal for his first Whipton goal. This seemed to spur on Dawlish who quickly won a corner and when we failed to clear they got it back to 2-1. With the game on a knife edge, the next goal would be crucial and when Taylor fired in from the right side, Cole was on hand to make sure the ball went over the line to cap off a fine debut. Cole and James played some good interchanging passing on the left before a fine goal for Dawlish set up a tense last few minutes but we managed to keep the lead to the Wanderers their first win of the season. 

Goal Scorer: Callum, Ashley, Cole 

Man of the Match: Ashley Mitchell 

Whipton Wanderers 3 - 1 Dawlish Odds 

After winning a tough first game, confidence was high and we got off to a flyer when Ashley fired in the opening goal of the game. Ash went close again with a run through the middle but this time he was denied. We were continuing to play well and dominate midfield and Callum showed some nice touches up front. James did well to cover when the Odds looked to break and Finn was on hand to save when the defence was breached.

In the second half Sam looked to be fouled in our area before the ball struck Ashley and a penalty was given for handball. Dawlish converted to make the score 1-1. The boys didn't let there heads drop and they soon forced a corner. Cole crossed and Taylor did superbly to nip in at the front post to put us back in the lead. We continued to press and the pressure paid off when Cole knocked the ball on to a Dawlish player which then found the back of the net to make the game safe. Dawlish had one more effort that Finn again saved well to earn Wanderers a second great result.   

Goal Scorer: Ashley, Taylor, Cole 

Man of the Match: Taylor Rooke

Tiverton Whites 5 v AC Heavitree 0

Heavitree started well and created the first chance but Jaden Webb couldn't quite get his shot away. Tiverton came back and as the ball went into the box the referee blew for a harsh hand ball decision. Ollie Burrough in the Heavitree goal guessed the right way from the resulting penalty but the shot was too strong and put the Whites a goal up. Tiverton kept pushing forward but were kept out by a combination of good saves by Ollie and a stalwart defence from Josh Bennett and Matt Long. Heavitree were also creating chances though and Lewis Evans went on a wonderful run which ended with him one on one with the Tiverton keeper but unfortunately he pulled his shot wide. Tiverton forced a corner and after a good delivery into the danger area they were first to react and bundled the ball in at the far post. Still Heavitree didn't let their heads drop and a flowing move involving Lewis and Benjamin Lloyd ended with Josh Herbert hitting a left footed at the goal, which the goalie just pushed round the post and it remained 2-0 at half time.

In the second half Heavitree dropped deeper and deeper and invited Tiverton on to them. Heavitree kept pushing out on the break, with Benj making some great runs down the wing but in the end Tiverton proved too strong, running out 5-0 winners.

Man of the Match: Benjamin Lloyd 

Tiverton Yellows 2 v AC Heavitree 0

AC Heavitree started off strongly and Josh Herbert kicked the ball forward for Tyson to latch onto and he hit an early shot, which slipped passed the goalkeeper but was somehow stopped from crossing the line. Tiverton Yellows buoyed by this lucky escape came straight back up the field and hit a long range effort, which went into the top left corner passed the diving Ollie Burrough. This was a physical game and Heavitree battled well, especially the defence of Matt Long and Josh Bennett who broke up any attacks that came their way. Chances were few and far between and the only other goal came from a free kick, which was given away just outside the Heavitree box and was hammered in accurately by the yellows giving Ollie no chance. Likewise Heavitree's two best chances came from free kicks but these were a little further out and the keeper saved one comfortably and the other went just over Lewis Evans' head at the far post. Heavitree finished strongly and Josh Herbert had a couple of late shots, but the keeper saved easily meaning the Yellows stayed 2-0 up .

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett

Sidmouth Raiders 0 West Exe Exiles 0
West Exe sould have won this game but did not take their chances and had to settle for a point. They almost took the lead mid-way through the first half but Aiden Partridge's fierce shot was well saved by the Sidmouth keeper. Playing down hill in the second half West Exe piled on the pressure and Kyler Rogers went close hitting the side netting from a tight angle.

Kai Parmenter's quick turn and shot was just deflected wide and when Camron Hance's shot was blocked by the keeper, Parmenter put the follow up just wide of the upright. In the last few seconds Tom Purrington's corner was headed goalwards by Tyler Griffin only to be blocked on the line by a Sidmouth defender. This was a solid team performance from the Exiles with Harvey Richards, Callum Sibley and Camron Grant all working hard in midfield.

Sidmouth Warriors 0 West Exe Exiles 1
West Exe played some good football in this game and would have won comfortabably if it weren't for Sidmouth keeper Ben Plowdon. Plowdon managed to pull off four superb saves in the second half to deny West Exe. West Exe did take a deserved lead during the first half when Aiden Partridge's right foot shot found the roof of the net. West Exe had further chances with Camron Grant going close and Harvey Richards hitting the post.

West Exe went close to extending their lead on many occasions but Plowdon denied Aiden Partridge, Kyler Rogers, Camron Hance, Tom Purrington and Kai Parmenter with a string of outstanding saves.

TIVVY WHITES     5     V     0     HEAVITREE AC

TIVVY WHITES     13   V     0     HEAVITREE INTER 

Tivvy started the first game well with good possession play, using the ball well as a team. It was an unfortunate handball in the box by a AC player when tivvy took the lead early on, lucas white scoring the resulting penalty. AC made it difficult for tivvy to break them down and did counter attack at times causing problems for tivvy at the back, but keeper bailey cole looked comfortable between the sticks when called upon. Joe greenslade was unlucky not to put tivvy two up with several good chances being narrowly missed. The second tivvy goal came from an ethan osbon header after a good corner by lucas white. The score stayed two nil till the end of the half with tivvy feeling they should of had more and lucky they didn't concede.

In the second half the game was much the same, tivvy passing well and having plenty of efforts on goal but still looking a bit half hearted in winning the ball back when loosing possession, leaving work for harry stoneman and lucas white to do at the back to not concede. Liam gillbard played well in the centre of midfield and it was his work that created an opportunity for lucas white to shoot and he finished well into the bottom corner. Soon after striker lloyd white got his first after being set up by joe greenslade, and another just before time when his strike from the edge of the box took a big deflection to leave the AC keeper stranded. Overall tivvy played well but looked to have much more in the tank if required.

In the second game against Inter tivvy were far better, this time the good passing and constant possession was matched with hard work and tireless running. Liam gillbard and Haden flaws both playing well. The first half tivvy got the ball moving forward quickly to feed striker lloyd white and he didn't dissapoint his team, scoring 6 goals in ten minutes. Harry butler scored the seventh just before the break with a powerful low strike. Tivvy carried on this fantastic display into the second half. The half being mainly spent in Inter's half of the pitch. Butler got his brace striking well with his right and lucas white and an own goal made it ten. Haden flaws, harry stoneman,harry butler and joe greenslade all struck the woodwork before ethan osbon got himself a hat-trick in 5 minutes to make it thirteen to tivvy. A much better display in the second game from the tivvy lads. Superb possession and great finishing.

Man of the match on the day went to harry stoneman who held his possition well, was solid in his tackles and confident in striding forward with the ball. Another good display all in all from the tivvy team, without conceeding a goal, their ability to perform and work together as a TEAM on the pitch is second to none. Well done boys, keep up the good spirit.

Stoke Hill Juniors - 2 v 1 - Alphington Lions 

A great game to watch between two sides who like to play passing football and a credit Andy and his Alphington Lions team for fighting right to the end and nearly forcing a draw. 

Stoke Hill started brightly with our wingers being used well, but with the Alphington defence strong, it was the Lions who forced a number of early corners which were cleared well by the defensive partnership of Ollie Evans and Sam Crees.  After stopping one attack down the left when James Dodd was tackled, Ollie Evans found a short pass to Ethan Ampadu who looked up bringing Joe Chandler in on the overlap, he dribbled passed one player and crossed into the box, initially cleared by the Lions goalie only to find Harry Taylor to position himself for a low left foot shot for 1-0.   This early lead did not stop the positive attacking from Alphington and yet again some good forward play from them allowed space to be found and shots on goal either to find a defensive clearance or parried save by Connor Hepburn.  

After 3 corners in quick succession, Sam Crees got a vital foot to the ball which found Ethan Ampadu who looked up and saw Connor McAndrews our lone forward move into space on the right hand side, take the ball beautifully and then pass two defenders before forcing a low right foot cross again bravely saved by the Lions Goalie, only to find Ethan Ampadu ready to pounce from close range and make it 2-0.  The Lions still drove forward and just before half time a corner was swung in from the left and handled in the box by a Stoke Hill defender, the resultant penalty was coolly put away for 2-1 at half time. 

The second half was fascinating to watch and for me was controlled primarily by Alphington in the main as they tried to force an equaliser, at times our defending was very brave, including one miraculous clearance by Ollie Evans after Goalie Connor Hepburn was forced wide and a cross was beautifully played over his diving hands finding an Alphington player whose turn and shot was somehow cleared literally off the line   

Stoke Hill were still very dangerous on the attack with Harry Taylor and Joe Chandler providing some good crosses into the box where Connor McAndrews was always looking for the header, but inevitably we were playing deeper and deeper allowing Alphington to try and press for the equalizer.  Stoke Hill played together as a unit brilliantly today and the second half was highlighted by some very brave defending when it mattered and we were able to play out the win in a frantic second half. 

Well done Boys for a great win and well done Alphington your early season form, shows you are a very good side who will be hard to beat. 

Man of the match - Total team effort today, from all boys from both teams who played with courage and determination while playing some great football.  

Stoke Hill Juniors - 4 v 1 - St Martins 

After the anticipation of the first game, the start against a resolute St Martins side began slowly, with some small tactical changes we moved Tris Howe in defence to accompany Sam Crees and moved Ollie Evans to left midfield.  An early goal for Stoke Hill came after Tris Howe tackled a St Martins Player looked up and found Sam Crees who played a lovely cross ball to Joe Chandler on the right flank.  The winger was still full of running and used his pace to skip past two players and whip a right foot cross into the box, this was initially cleared bravely by the St Martins GK only to find Ethan Ampadu who had drifted into the box and his turn and shot from close range found the goal.  

St Martins were pressing hard, with some good passing movements but the final ball was often cleared by the Stoke Hill defence, some good work by Sam Crees on the left found Ollie Evans who was able to cut inside, skip past one player and then hit a low right foot shot to make it 2-0 at half time.   The second half was initially dominated by St Martins who were finding space between our two defenders and caused some confusion with one opening allowing a shot to be nicely saved by Connor Hepburn.  His clearance found Ethan Ampadu on the right wing in space, who took on and beat two players and then played a floated right foot cross to find McAndrews position himself for a lovely headed goal to make it 3-0.

St Martins still pressed and again a ball down the middle was not cleared by Stoke Hill allowing the St Martins attacker to stay cool, look up and calmly shoot to the left of Connor Hepburn to make it 3-1.       

This goal woke up Stoke Hill for the last two minutes and after some good work by Ollie Evans, his short corner was passed back to Tris Howe, who shot, the ball was deflected, found Harry Taylor who drifted past the right back cut the ball inside for striker McAndrews to pounce for his second of the game from close range. 

A good all round team performance by Stoke Hill against a strong St Martins team who kept going to the end.

Man of the Match - Connor McAndrews - his brace of goals came at important times.

It was apparent from the start that the Stoke Hill team were really up for this game, at times the boys passing and movement was great to watch with all boys involved from defence to attack.  CS Juve started well and initially forced an early corner, which was well saved by Connor Hepburn. After this initial early pressure from CS Juve, the team found there rhythm and after 5 minutes found the opening when a shot from Joe Chandler after good work down the right wing was bravely placed in the net by Connor McAndrews. 

The triangles of passing with great communication allowed Stoke Hill to play there passing game from the back where Ollie Evans and Sam Crees thwarted any attacks with some well timed tackles and simple passing upfield.  The midfield were a revelation with Ethan Flanagan dictating play in midfield and looking for passes left to Harry Taylor or right to Joe Chandler.  I felt both Harry and Joe had impressive games, using the flanks well and all of our attacks used great width today.

In the second half JJ Green followed on from Connor McAndrews upfront with some very unselfish play always looking for his colleagues, Harry Baty had his best game for Stoke Hill with some good wing work and Tris Howe for Harry Taylor played well in defence.  Also in goal Connor Hepburn was brave with one magnificent save to stop CS Juve getting a second goal after some good pressure late on in the second half. 

Very proud of the team today, man for man all of them were superb against a side who in our previous three games have been tight contest, today it felt like the leash was released and they played some brilliant flowing football.

The goal count was Ethan Flanagan - Hatrick, Connor McAndrews and Ollie Evans with two a piece, Joe Chandler and Harry Taylor scoring one each which was deserved for their wing work and Sam Crees, who allowed to push up from his faultless left back role, found the 10^th and final goal in the second half.  

A very competent performance saw us recover from a sloppy first couple of minutes to produce some excellent football at times with a few outstanding individual performances. After kicking off we managed to concede a corner without the Knights actually touching the ball. We then didn't defend the corners well with the first being put out for a second corner when the ball was running out of play.

The second was then allowed to roll across our box and we were lucky not to concede when the Knights player missed his kick. From then on we took control of the game putting some good passing moves together. Alex was playing really well on the right side of midfield and Lewis Wilson looked really sharp up front. Lewis picked the ball up on the left side and superbly beat two players before firing a great shot past the Knights keeper to put us ahead. With our play now finding some rhythm Jordan fed the ball out wide to Alex whose clever through pass gave Lewis the chance to double the lead. 

The shot beat the keeper and Beckham tapped the ball home to make sure of the goal. After a few corners which were over hit, Beckham got it right with a lovely floated ball and Lewis Wilson was unlucky with a header that went just wide. Knights were struggling to get forward and Brandon was quick to come out and deal with any long balls coming his way. Jordan was dominating the centre of midfield and his pass found Lewis Wilson with his back to goal. Turning the defender he cut inside on his left foot, beat a second defender before hammering home a lovely left footed shot into the bottom corner. Half time saw us go in 3-0 up and Shaun came on for Josh.

AC Heavitree 0 v St Martins  3

Heavitree started the game quite strongly and had a reasonable amount of possession for the first five minutes with George Smith and Lewis McNamara fairly comfortable at the back and Matthew Long, Benjamin Lloyd and Jaden Webb linking up fairly well without really creating many chances. As the half wore on however St Martins grew into the game with their no. 6 controlling the midfield. Ollie Burrough pulled off a couple of good saves to keep Heavitree in the game and Matthew Long was excellent in getting back from midfield and breaking up the attacks. However it was only a matter of time and St Martins scored midway through the half to take a 1-0 lead.

Heavitree created a bit more in the second half, the best of which saw Jaden Webb break clear but the defence got back in time to stop the strike. St Martins still looked the more likely though and despite a great battling performance by Matt, they deserved to get another 2 goals in the second half to crown a 3-0 win.

Man of the Match: Matthew Long 

AC Heavitree 2 v Alphington Lions 8

It seems strange, given the final score, to suggest that for the first quarter of an hour this was a very tight game but certainly at half time it seemed unlikely that there would end up with this much of a gap between the teams. AC Heavitree looked much more lively, right from the off, closing down and harrying the Alphington team. The attack of Jaden Webb, supported by Benjamin Lloyd and Josh Herbert looked dangerous, while Matt Long sitting just ahead of the defence tackled ferociously. If Alphington just edged possession there was nothing much in it and Ollie Burrough was making some outstanding saves in the Heavitree goal. Heavitree, buoyed by this resistance kept pushing forward and when Alphington gave away a free kick on the edge of the area Josh Herbert stepped up and blasted AC Heavitree into the lead. However Alphington are a good side and they hit back with a quick equaliser. Heavitree were not to be beaten though and scored the pick of the first half goals as Josh Herbert picked up the ball from a throw down the line, powered his way into the right of the penalty area and hammered the ball into the roof of the net from a tight angle. Once again Alphington equalised and then with seconds to go of the first half came the hammer blow as AC Heavitree failed to deal with a throw in and somehow the ball found itself in the back of the net to send Alphington in 3-2 up at half time.

Whether the last minute goal caused the heads of the AC team to drop or whether they just ran out of legs, Alphington totally dominated the second half and in a blistering first five minutes after the break they put the game beyond doubt with 3 quick goals without reply. Lewis McNamara and George Smith continued to battle in defence but they were getting overrun as the midfield were slower to get back and support. Heavitree did start to rally for a while and began to create a few chances again but now Alphington were comfortable and scored another couple before the end.

Man of the Match: Ollie Burrough

CULLOMPTON     0     V     5     TIVVY WHITES

FENITON             1     V      5     TIVVY WHITES 

Lloyd White netted four as tivvy whites under 10's march on.

Tivvy whites continued their 100% record this season with two more victories on saturday to keep them at the top of the exeter youth league. In the first game against Cullompton Lloyd put tivvy in the lead with a great individual goal. Tivvy were unlucky not to be three up at half time with Harry Butler and Harry Stoneman both striking the woodwork. The second half however Tivvy played fantastic football, with great team goals, Lloyd White getting two more to complete his hat-trick, Lucas White hit one from long range and Joe Greenslade scored from close range to seal the 5-0 victory.

In the second game tivvy beat Feniton 5-1 In the first half Lloyd White scored and set up Joe Greenslade, with Lucas White adding a third. Tivvy conceeded their first goal from open play just inside the second half as Feniton tried to bounce back but a great save from Bailey Cole stopped them getting a second and tivvy reacted well with two more goals, one from Harry Butler and the other from Lucas White. Liam Gillbard and Ethan Osbon played well in midfield in both games to control tivvy's dominence.

ALPH LIONS 7 HEAVITREE INTER 0 

The Lions kept up their winning streak with a great 7-0 win over Inter.

Ruan Ellis openened the scoring finishing off a well worked move from close range, closely followed by a smart solo effort from Ethan Matthews, James Dodd sent in some wonderful crosses from both wings and got his reward with a goal himself, Ruan scored from close range again following some neat passing and moving from our backs Ben Shear and Harry Wellaway, Jake Thomas and Garreth Blackmore played their part in setting up Ethan for another goal,

Inter battled hard but again Ruan netted another fine goal and secured his first hat-rick for the Alphas, Ethan was not to be outdone and soon replied with his third goal and another fine hatrick.

Well done Inter who kept going to the very end. 

ALPH LIONS 8 HEAVITREE AC  2 

The Lions went a goal down in this game which was just the wake up call they needed as hot shot Ruan Ellis netted the equaliser,  Heavitree scored a sublime goal from the right handside of the box with a dipping belter which keeper Elliot Thomas had no chance of stopping,James Dodds tireless work was rewarded with a superb hatrick which he thoroughly deserved as another day he would have doubled his tally, but unselfishly turned provider for a big majority of the Alphas goals,Two Alpha players opened their accounts for the season, Jake Thomas and Jake Faulkner who both found them selves in the right place at the right time and cooly buried their chances,

Garreth Blackmore helped himself to another goal, before Ruan netted again,I feel the score line flattered us as we had a few lucky bounces and deflections, but im sure the boys dont mind how they score.

Well done to all involved.

West Exe Exiles 2 Pinhoe Spartans 2
West Exe started this game brightly and took an early lead when Kai Parmenter's shot was parried into the path of Harvey Richards who calmly slotted home from a few yards out. Pinhoe responded well and equalised through a fierce shot which left West Exe keeper Kain Brown with no chance to react. West Exe went in front again just after the break when Callum Sibley's pass found Kyler Rogers who's quick turn and shot found the top corner. Both teams had plenty of chances to score more goals but Pinhoe got a deserved equalisers late on.

West Exe Exiles 5 Pinhoe Sharks 0
West Exe played some nice football to secure a comfortable win against Pinhoe Sharks. A excellent solo goal from Camron Hance, beating three Pinhoe players, put West Exe one up and Tom Purrington doubled their lead with a long range effort into the roof of the net. In the second half Kai Parmenter scored the third when cutting in from the left to fire a low drive pass the Pinhoe keeper at his near post. A long range shot from Aiden Partridge left the Pinhoe keeper with no chance and the game was wrapped up late on when Kain Brown scored the goal of the game with a low left foot drive into the bottom corner.

Feniton 2 Inter Heavitree 1

First game of the new season for the newly formed Inter Heavitree, and as the saying goes "football is a game of 2 halves" and nothing could be more relevant on this showing today.

Inter had the  lion's share of the possession in the early exchanges of the first  half but were undone by 2 goals due to lack of concentration in defence . At the break Josh Lowrie was moved back into defence and Cole Fawkes moved into the centre of midfield. This seemed to stop the attacking threat through the middle and Inter started to create some attacking chances. A poor clearance from the Feniton goalkeeper fell to Kristian Katunsky whose shot across the goal flew into the bottom right hand corner. This seemed to give the team the impetuous to push on for a further goal but resolute defending from Feniton secured them the 3 points.

MOTM- Albert Cheshire

Cullompton 6 Inter Heavitree   1

As in the first game Inter started brightly but were soon behind from a well worked Cullompton goal. This seemed to unsettle Inter who never found their poise during the first half. Some great saves and a brave dive at the feet from Andrew Lennon kept the score down but inter found themselves 5-0 down at half time. Due to injury of the Inter goalkeeper changes were needed to be made with Jakob Tonkins volunteering to go in goal and restoring Josh Lowrie in defence and Cole Fawkes in centre midfield. In this half Inter got the grit between their teeth and put  Cullompton under pressure resulting in a goal from Albert Cheshire who after working himself into a good goal scoring opportunity eventually took his shot which went through the goalkeepers legs. But any thoughts of a miraculous comeback were soon ended as Cullompton rallied and began to attack putting the Inter goal under constant pressure. This eventually paid off with Cullompton scoring the last goal of the game securing the 3 points. Special mention goes to Andrew for his first half performance in goal,  Jakob  who equally played as well in goal, Josh Lowrie for a commanding performance at the back and last but not least man of the match Cole Fawkes for his endless running and tenacious tackling.

On the whole there were many positive points for the boy's to take from these performances especially the second halves where they showed character and determination to make right the errors made in the first half. Well done to you all.

Feniton Under 10s made a great start to their Exeter & District League season with home wins against Inter Heavitree and AC Heavitree.

Oscar Walsh and Tom Jeacock were on target for Feniton, with Inter pulling one back in the second half. The second match was goal-less at half time but Ethan Glanville scored his first for the club shortly after the re-start before Aaran Rowlands wrapped things up with a superb volley to make the final score 2-0. Jake Upsher and Ben Titmuss were unlucky not to find the net. Feniton's good start was down to hard work and good all-round performances from all eleven players who took part.

TIVVY WHITES     5     V     0     WESTEXE RANGERS 

Tivvy whites got off to a winning start in their opening exeter youth league fixture with an awesome footballing display. Tivvy started strong and immediately got into a routine of flowing passing and plenty of movement, causing problems at the back for Rangers from the off. Inevitably Tivvy's dominence got them into the lead when Harry Butler latched onto a low cross from Joe Greenslade to tap home. Soon after striker Lloyd White scored a brace, first showing  great ability to create room for himself and fire into the bottom corner with his left and then striking low and hard from the edge of the box with his right. Lucas White and Harry Stoneman proved a strong pairing at the back stopping any Rangers attempt at going forward. And Liam Gillbard worked tirelessly in the centre of midfield to constantly win back possesion and get Tivvy pushing forward. The second half saw the introduction of Ethan Osbon and Haden Flaws, giving Harry Butler and Lloyd White a rest.

Ethan Osbon immediately got involved effectively down the right, giving Greenslade the chance to push forward. It was from this attacking play where Osbon found himself in room,and lobbed a left foot volley just over the bar. Rangers tried to get back in the game but Tivvy's number 1 Bailey Cole made two good saves within 5 minutes, and an indirect free kick after an uncharacteristic passback was also well defended by the Tivvy lads to keep a clean sheet. Tivvy made it 4-0 when Haden Flaws blocked shot was met on the volley by Ethan Osbon who struck this one sweetly into the bottom corner.

A few minutes from time a through ball from Joe Greenslade put Osbon through on goal but he was taken down from behind resulting in a penalty which Lucas White stepped up to cooly fire into the back of the net.

TIVVY WHITES     7     V     1     WESTEXE EXILES 

Tivvy continued their good form into this game against a strong Exiles team. Tivvy were the more dominent team in the first half but were unlucky to only be 2-1 up at the break. Joe Greenslade got Tivvy's first, showing great reactions to get onto a loose ball to put Tivvy in the lead and Harry Butler got the second with an absolutely cracking free kick on the half way line which he fired into the top corner. But Exiles only real chance of the half saw Bailey Cole save well, but when the rebound fell to an Exiles player he was taken down in the box by a Tivvy defender and they scored the resulting penalty to keep them in the game in a half where Tivvy hit the post,crossbar and had several shots saved or blocked.

The second half however was a different story, Tivvy came out with a fantastic display to burry Exiles with another 5 goals, the first was a keeper error resulting in an own goal, two more came quick after with good strikes low and hard from Harry Butler and Ethan Osbon. The 4th was by Osbon again, a neat lobbing volley from distance over the stranded keeper. and before time Lloyd White unluckily struck the crossbar before coming off to give Harry Stoneman 2 minutes up front, and he scored with his first touch soon after walking on. A fine,fine display from Tivvy Whites, their attitude and ability was second to none!!

Man of the match on the day could of went to any player but was rewarded to Ethan Osbon for his confident performance.

ALPH LIONS 2-1 WHIPTON YOUTH   SATURDAY 18.09.10 UNDER 10'S

This was the opening game of the season and what a great match to watch, The Lions took the early advantage with a well taken goal from Alex Owens following some great passing moves from the defence.

Whipton played their part with some lovely flowing football, They played as a team with some great passing and moving which resulted in a well deserved equaliser.

The game looked destined for a draw when with only a couple of minutes left Sam Probert latched on to a loose ball on the edge of the area and poked the winning goal home.

A very even match played by two hard battling teams, well done boys.

 ALPHA LIONS 2-1 WHIPTON WANDERERS 

Another great game of football saw the Wanderers take an early lead after comfortably playing the Lions off the park, Whiptons goal came from a great solo effort following a throw in which the striker controlled, flicked  over the Alpas defender and cooly lobbed the keeper, great finish.

The second half got under way and full praise to the Lions who soon levelled with an Ethan Matthews strike, once again the teams seemed destined to share the points when James Dodd went on a solo run down the left wing and smashed a fierce left footed shot into the top corner, 2-1 to the Lions,

A special mention to Elliot Thomas who kept the Lions in both grames with some sublime goalkeeping.

Stoke Hill Juniors - 1 v 0 - Honiton Fireballs 

A good game of football against a very resolute Honiton Fireballs side, who despite Stoke Hill dominance were strong in defence and quick on the counter attack.  Juniors were using the width of the pitch well, with Ethan Flanagan orchestrating most moves from central midfield and releasing quick early balls to left midfielder Harry Taylor who caused the opposing right back problems all game.  Joe Chandler in right midfield also had a very impressive debut always looking for the ball and using the flanks brilliantly to win the ball and get some telling crosses into the box. 

Initially, midway through the first half a Stoke Hill attack was floundering when attacker Connor McAndrews pressurized a Honiton defender, one the ball back well and hit a low right shot from 8 yards for 1-0. 

Into the second half and Honiton continued to really defend well, with Juniors putting a lot of balls wide and opening up the defence but just being unable to score the required second goal to relieve the tension.  In fact Fireballs were growing in confidence and counter attacking well, for the majority of the game Tris Howe and Sam Crees were commanding the defence, we some sound defending, pinpoint tackling and good distribution,  just once were they were opened up only for a fierce right foot shot to be bravely saved by Connor Hepburn.  This scare woke Stoke Hill up for the final few minutes and with Harry Taylor dribbling past two players his left foot cross was nearly put away by JJ Green who was unlucky to shoot just wide. 

Men of the Match - for me 3 boys played exceptionally well - Ethan Flanagan, Joe Chandler and Harry Taylor 

Stoke Hill Juniors - 3 v 0 - Honiton Sharks 

A great all round performance against a Sharks side who again were initially hard to break down with some strong defending.  With Ethan Flanagan working so hard from central midfield in the first game, tactically we moved him to right back and despite being an unusual position for him, again it allowed him to read the game and looking for the pass wide to Harry Taylor and debutant Harry Mold. 

Midway through the first half Flanagan passed wide to Harry Mold who left the Sharks defender stationary allowing a good right cross for JJ Green to intercept and hit a low right foot into the back of the net.  From the kick off Connor McAndrews forced a corner after some good work upfront and his subsequent short corner to Ethan Flanagan allowed a lovely rasping right foot shot just go wide of the goal.  1-0 at half tine and still a little close for comfort and Sharks were dangerous on the attack. 

Into the second half, and Joe Chandler was reintroduced and Tris Howe replaced Sam Crees who did not put a foot wrong all day, the extra width play allowed some great distribution from both Ethan Flanagan and JJ Green allowing confusion in the Honiton defence twice for JJ Green to be eager enough to win the ball and turn and shoot twice from close range in a two minute spell to make it 2-0 and then 3-0. 

Again special mention for Harry Taylor, found himself with a lot of the ball today and worked tirelessly to pass opposing players and get the ball in the box, with 5 minutes to go, his hard work was starting to show and a quick substitution was made allowing Harry Mold to show his value with some intelligent play late on which allowed Juniors to pass to Green, who then skipped past one player laying it wide to Joe Chandler whose flighted cross was headed just wide by Connor McAndrews. 

A good team display, with in my view Men of the Match being JJ Green - great first hatrick of the season and Ethan Flanagan working very intelligently from the back.   

Tiverton Yellows 1 West Exe Exiles 2
West Exe took a deserved lead when Aiden Partridge's free kick took a slight defection to beat the Tiverton keeper. West Exe almost doubled their lead just before half time but Kia Parmenter shot flew just wide of the top corner. In the second half Tiverton scored an early equaliser but West Exe responded with Cameron Grant hitting the post and Aiden Partridge's free kick flying just over the bar.

Camron Hance's header from Tom Purrington's cross was well saved before Aiden Partridge converted Tom Purrington's corner to win the game for West Exe. West Exe managed to hold on for the win with Tyler Griffin in excellent form at the back.

Tiverton Whites 7 West Exw Exiles 1
West Exe never got going in this match and found themselves two down early in the game. An Aiden Partridge penalty just before half time gave them some hope but Tiverton were too good for West Exe and eased to an easy win over the under par West Exe.

Cullompton Rangers 1 v AC Heavitree 0

The first match was close with both teams playing some good football from the off. It was an end to end game with Heavitree edging the possession and chances, the best of which fell to Benjamin Lloyd after a great, flowing move. Benj shot well but the goalkeeper saved smartly and palmed the ball away from the onrushing Lewis Evans. Lewis caused all sorts of problems for Cully with some penetrating runs up the right and linked well with Benj, Josh Herbert and Jaden Webb but the defence held firm. Cullompton defended well and  broke quickly whenever they got the chance but rarely troubled Ollie Burrough in goal thanks to an excellent performance by Josh Bennett and Matthew Long in defence.

In the second half George Smith came on for Matt and slotted in well, making some great tackles and interceptions. Lewis McNamara came on up front and was put through by Lewis Evans but couldn't quite trouble the keeper. Cullompton forced a corner down the right and when it came across their forward reacted first and hammered the ball into the roof of the net leaving Ollie with no chance. Heavitree poured forward chasing the equaliser but despite some fine play they couldn't quite conjure up the goal that their play warranted.

Man of the Match: Lewis Evans (although it was a great team effort) 

Feniton 1 v AC Heavitree 0

In the second match Heavitree once again started smartly and a good move ended with Jaden Webb shooting just over the bar. Feniton also had their chances and after a break down the right they put in a good cross and Josh Herbert saved well to stop the ball from reaching the three inrushing Feniton forwards. Feniton grew into the game and began to get the better of the possession but Ollie Burrough and Matt Long were strong in defence with Josh Bennett helping out well from midfield. The best chance came towards the end of the half when Jaden took a free kick just inside the halfway line. The shot was on target but a Feniton defender dived bravely and headed the ball clear.

In the second half Josh Herbert came back into midfield and Ollie returned to goal. Still the game ebbed and flowed but on one break although George Smith forced the Feniton forward wide somehow the ball found its way into the back of the net from a very tight angle. Heavitree pushed forward and Lewis Evans had a number of good strong runs but couldn't quite find the final ball. Josh Herbert also had a couple of shots but couldn't trouble the keeper and from Heavitree's own goal kick late on, Feniton intercepted and put the game beyond doubt.  

Man of the Match: Josh Herbert

Rangers take the Witheridge U10's Tournament Title

After a much improved season (2009/10), The Stoke Hill Rangers U10's side went into this tournament full of promise and they didn't disappoint, not only winning the league format, losing just the one game,but then went on to beat Cullompton Rangers in the final of the cup,scoring the only goal needed in the five minutes of a golden goal period. All the Stoke Hill Players gave their all on the day to make this a memorable moment.
 
Can I take this opportunity to thank the organisers of the tournament, after putting in a lot of hard work to make this event go ahead, only to find it was what I consider to be very under supported. I would encourage teams that want a friendly well organised tournament, to seriously consider entering this event next year, if it takes place.

Celtic take the Tiverton U10's Tournament Title

Left to right - Dan Hodges, Tom Cox, Morgan Pearce, Harry Pollard Capt, Harvey Young, Gabriel Campbell, Joe Blackwell. 

In the group stage Stoke Hill Celtic played Minehead, Bristol Boco, Galmpton, Morley & Sidmouth Raiders. 

Stoke Hill Celtic beat Galmpton 1-0 in the Semi Final thanks to a goal by Harvey Young. 

In the final Stoke Hill beat Sidmouth Warriors 2-1, with goals from Harvey Young & Dan Hodges. 

With three players progressing to the Exeter City Youth team for next season, Stoke Hill Celtic are looking to recruit replacements. Any children currently in Year 5 who would like to join a youth football club can phone David Evans on 01392 660794.

A tight and tense game saw Alphington Rockets eventually win the Final at St James Park. 

West Hill Wasps started the brighter of the two teams and nearly scored within the opening minute of the game. The Rockets played their usual quality passing game and created several half chances, however the Wasps keeper was in commanding form and stopped everything the Rockets could fire at him. 

As the first half progressed, both teams settled into fine flowing football. The Wasps always looked capable of catching the Rockets on the counter attack. This took some determined defending from Jack Cutting and Oliver Saunders to prevent the Wasps scoring. 

The second half started much the same as the first half had ended, with both teams attacking, without scoring. The turning point in the game, midway through the half, was when The Wasps striker had a powerful shot which was destined for the Rockets goal but was unbelievably tipped over the crossbar by keeper James Bovey. 

Immediately after this, the ball dropped to Luke White, who controlled it with his chest, the ball fell perfectly and a wonderful right foot shoot flew into the Wasps net. 

With the deadlock broken, this spurred The Rockets on and with about five minutes left to play winger James Dodd rounded the Wasps defender and drilled the ball into the goal to make it 2-0. 

The final whistle blew and the celebration for The Rockets started. This was a fantastic squad performance and capped an excellent season for the Rockets.

Finally, West Hill wasps were quality opponents and fully played their part in this match and were magnanimous in defeat.

Rockets Man of the Match James Bovey

Stoke Hill Celtic 6 v Whipton 1. 

Stoke Hill took an early lead with goals from Ethan Ampadu, Dan Hodges & Harry Pollard. Second half substitutes Ollie Evans & Joe Ballkwill both got on the scoresheet with Balkwill scoring twice to extend the lead to 6-0. Whipton scored a deserved consolation goal late in the game.

 Stoke Hill Celtic 5 v Exmouth Amatures 2. 

Stoke Hill knew they had to win this game to win the League by a single a point. However the pressure & nerves eased as Stoke Hill Celtic raced into a 2-0 early lead with the first goal by Ethan Ampadu & then the second a wonderful volley by Dan Hodges which crashed into the far corner from a difficult angle. Captain Harry Pollard looked to have won the game & the league with a third goal, but Exmouth kept the champagne on ice by scoring themselves on the stroke of half time. Second half sub Freddie James scored twice to seal the League title helping Stoke Hill Celtic to a 5-2 win.

This was the last match at Stoke Hill for Ethan Ampadu, Joe Balkwill & Oliver Evans who have contracts next season at the Exeter City Centre of Excellence.

The dynamoes started slowly, we did not play our normal passing game so therefore kept losing the ball.

The second half was a diffent match with some great play and good passing and movement from all the team and solid play from the defence,Liam Western also made some great saves.Reece Saunders scored 2 with 1 each for Lee Bent and Dan Cunningham. Joint man of the match were Liam England and Reece Saunders.

Exmouth Amateurs U10's v Stoke Hill Rangers U10's   3-0
 
Stoke Hill gave away a silly freekick in the opening minutes on the edge of the box which Exmouth duly lobbed the Rangers Keeper to go 1-0 up. Rangers to their credit kept on and managed to get to the break with just the 1 goal deficit. The second half saw some sloppy play by Rangers and Exmouth were soon gifted with a second goal, a goal from which Rangers never recovered and near the end of the game went 3-0 down.
 
 
Whipton Youth U10's v Stoke Hill Rangers U10's   1-3
 
This was a different story from Rangers and their class shone through. After some excellent play and for most camped in the Whipton half but just couldn't find the net. They eventually got the break early in the second half  after a superb corner whipped in by Timon Brown, saw Jordan Sandford rise at the near post and smash his header past the Whipton Keeper. Sandford had just returned from injury after a few weeks sidelined with a broken wrist. Whipton were hardly in the game but for a couple of snap shots which Keeper Joe Ware easily scooped up. The rest of the second half saw much of the same with efforts coming in from just about everyone in the Rangers side. But for some fortuitous defending Rangers could easily have had 6 or 7 by this time. It didn't take long though for Warren O'Riordan to beat the defence and fire in a shot that hit the far post and was half over the line and on it's way in, Luke Dunstan made doubly sure.Whipton got a consolation goal after some slack defending by Rangers, but the longer this game went on there was only ever going to be one winner and Jordan Sandford made sure by smashing in a shot from 6yds to wrap up the points for Rangers.
 
Man of the Match - Shared by Jordan Sandford and Timon Brown

Broadclyst 1 v Inter Heavitree 7

The early stages of this game were quite even with Broadclyst defending well and stopping Inter Heavitree from breaking through. Josh Bennett combined well with Harry Dolan and as the ball broke loose Tyler Davis seized on the chance and shot hard and low to beat the Broadclyst goalkeeper and open the scoring. Once the first goal went in Inter grew in confidence and Jack Lethbridge, playing his best game for Inter Heavitree, took on the Broadclyst defence and earned a corner. Harry took the corner and Matt Burchell, having come up from defence volleyed in. Then came five minutes where Tyler grabbed control of the game, with two great individual runs ending in fine shots to complete a fine first half hat-trick. Broadclyst battled well but each time they tried to break through Charlie Ricketts and Matt Burchell cleared comfortably and the half ended 4-0.

For the second half Jed Wright came on for Tyler and Josh Herbert came on up front. Again Inter dominated possession but could not break through with the goalie saving well from Jed and Josh hitting the crossbar. However the pressure eventually caused a mistake in the Broadclyst defence as a defender deflected a Harry Dolan corner. Then after the goalkeeper pulled off another good save Josh Herbert sent in a cross from the left and Jed Wright tapped in for Inter's 6th. Inter continued to press and Harry hit the crossbar and from the rebound Jack Lethbridge shot in for a well-deserved first goal of the season.  

In the last minute Broadclyst broke quickly and scored well for a great consolation goal.

Man of the Match: Tyler Davis (although Jack Lethbridge ran him close)

Cullompton Rangers 1 v Inter Heavitree 1

The second match was a well contested game between two very committed teams. Inter Heavitree dominated possession and territory but Cullompton always looked dangerous on the break. Indeed it was a quick free flowing break down the right by Cullompton that opened the scoring with the final shot just creeping under Matthew Davison's diving body and into the net. Inter Heavitree battled back and a good passing move ended with a foul just outside the area. Jed Wright took the free kick and his shot could only be deflected past the goalkeeper by a Cullompton defender for the equaliser. Inter continued to press and the goalkeeper did well to just stop another Jed Wright shot on the line with Harry Dolan just failing to bundle in the rebound.

The second half continued with much of the same but the two defences proved strongest with Matt Burchell and Josh Bennett for Inter cutting out any breaks from the Rangers whilst Josh Herbert, Harry Dolan, Tyler Davis and Jed contined to be frustrated by the Cullompton defence as they searched for a winner. It was not to be and the match ended in a well-deserved 1-1 draw.   

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett 

Tedburn Panthers (2) - Sidmouth Raiders (0) 

Good football was played by both sides in this match.  The 1^st goal was scored by Archie with a direct shot at the goal which the keeper just missed with his fingers.  There were a couple of goal mouth scrambles at both ends of the pitch but with a pass from Jamie, Archie was again able to place a 2^nd goal in the bottom corner of the Sidmouth Raiders goal.  There were good saves from Adam, the Tedburn goalie, and sterling support from the Edward and Owen the defenders.  Tedburn had good midfield support throughout the game with Tom, Michael, David and Theo pushing the ball and the strikers through the Raiders defence. 

Tedburn Panthers (1) - Sidmouth Warriors (1) 

This was a very closely contended match.  Both sides pushed their strikers up the pitch and there were many goal mouth scrambles at both ends.  The defence for Tedburn worked well together and only a misunderstanding letting in a goal.  With a shot from outside the box Tom W powered his shot over the Sidmouth's goalkeeper into the top corner to even the scores.  Jamie had two shots at Sidmouth's goal and only his good goalkeeping skills stopped Tedburn from going in the lead. 

CULLUMPTON 1 - 1 AC HEAVITREE

Straight from the start Jack Kennedy was causing trouble for Cullumpton as he made several commanding runs down the left wing. After cutting inside, one of these resulted in a powerful shot on goal, but this was easily caught by the Cullumpton keeper. Alex Green, in the role of lone striker, was closely marked by a determined Cullumpton defence, and an early chance was snuffed out quickly. AC seemed to be taking the game to Cullumpton with some good midfield passing and moving. Jack Hector was particularly skilful, and it was his determination on the right wing that led to a Jack Smith cross for Alex Green to finally find the back of the net with a clever flick past the Cullumpton goalkeeper. AC continued to apply pressure, but despite winning a number of corners and a free kick, they could not extend their lead. Cullumpton defended well, seeking to attack on the break, and this created a number of good chances. After a clearance by the AC defence, Cullumpton won a throw-in on the left hand side. AC were slow to clear this, and were punished by conceding a goal late in the half.

A number of minor injuries were sustained in the first half, and the second saw Charlie King replace Alex Green up front, but the team remained effectively unchanged. Cullumpton came out with real determination after the break, and this led to a well-balanced and exciting match. Both sides created chances, and each demonstrated some good defending. Jack Hector again showed enormous determination to win the ball. However, AC were relieved when a Cullumpton corner was headed just over the bar. Then, a similar sequencev at the other end saw Jack Kennedy do the same from Jack Smith's well-placed cross.

In the end, neither side could break the deadlock, and the game resulted in a 1-1 draw.　

Heavitree MOTM - Jack Hector　

BROADCLYST 0 - 6 AC HEAVITREE

AC made a number of changes for the second game of the day, with Nat Jones, Ceirwyn and Alex Norris making appearances, and with Alfie Young in goal.

From the outset AC Heavitree took command of the game with good passing and individual moves. Nat Jones was unlucky not to take an early chance when he shot wide. Later, Jack Smith sent in a long looping shot to Broadclyst's left hand post, where it was touched in by Nat, giving AC their first goal. Jack then demonstrated his individual skill as he picked up a pass from Charlie King, made his way through the penalty area and shot from close range to make it 2-0. Broadclyst then came back at AC, threatening the AC goal and winning a corner. Jasper Freestone came on for Alex Norris. Jasper was as surprised as the rest of the team when the manager told him to put on a red and black stripy shirt in place of his usual goalkeeper's colours, and get up front.

There was a period in which Broadclyst continued to pressure AC and to break down the midfield. However, AC reorganised in the second half, with Jack Kennedy coming on in midfield and Alex Green in defence to support Luke Matthews. Arron Hollwell came on to bundle in the third goal from Jasper's pass. This combination nearly worked again when Jasper cleverly back-heeled into Arron's path, only for Arron to miss a sitter. Jasper got his own taste for scoring a moment later when Jack Kennedy set him up for a tap-in. Towards the end of the game, Arron thanked his team-mates again after their careful passing allowed him to score twice more to win a hat-trick.

But with the AC midfield hungry for more goals, they left too much space behind them, and Broadclyst were able to break a number of times. Fortunately, Alfie was completely focussed when he found himself one-on-one with a Broadclyst striker, and was able to deflect a powerful shot wide with his legs to keep a clean sheet.　

Heavitree MOTM - Alfie Young.

Stoke Hill Celtic took the lead a couple of minutes before half-time, when substitute Ethan Amapadu scored after dribbling his way into the box. 

Stoke Hill Celtic almost doubled their lead, but Countess Wear keeper, Liam Western, made a great save pushing an Ollie Evans shot onto the post & then saved well from a Morgan Pearce drive. 

Countess Wear equalised when a shot wriggled over the line, despite the best efforts of Stoke Hill keeper, John-Morgan Ross, to keep the ball out. Ross then cleared well when there was a goal mouth scramble. 

Stoke Hill Celtic won the game when a low driven cross from Ollie Evans, was expertly guided into the net by Joe Balkwill.   

Both teams played decent passing football in an entertaining game.

Culm  6  v   1  Central United

The game kicked off with a first near miss from Finley Mclear but was stopped by the Central goalie. Culm kept up the pressure with another near miss by Kieran Fry.But then came the goal that Culm had been battling for with a great strike by Connor Pengelly which found the bottom right corner.Then Harry Evans shot hit the post which rebound nicely for Evan Lewis to coolly put away.Central battled but was snuffed out by the Culm defence. Then came a shot for Harry Evans just outside the area that went over the goalie's head and into the net.

Second half started with some good football from both sides and a break for Central with a good run from there midfielder who also finished it well left the Culm defence open, but they pulled there selves together and came back with a cracking shot from George Hawkins which the goalie had no chance in saving. Then came a great run by Finley Mclear who shot on goal but was pushed out by the keeper for Callum Batten to pounced upon and put it into the net. The last goal came from Finley Mclear who had been denied mInutes before but this time he made sure it went in.

Culm   2  v   Central City  0


This game from the off looked like it was going to be tense match with both sides playing some good football. Culm had the first corner which was header over the bar by Finley Mclear. Then came one of those good runs by Mclear again who then passed to Pengelly who shot wide, Culm just could not seem to find the target but at last with a pass from Pengelly to Lewis who made sure he made it count. Then not long after Kieran Fry out on the right got the ball brought it in and with a touch with his right foot hit it home with his left. The game went on to stay the same but Culm kept battling to the end ans was unlucky not capitalise on there score.

Countess Wear Dynamoes 5 Stoke Hill Rangers 0
The Dynamoes started quickly with some great team play. George Coombes scoring with a great stike from distance and he bossed the midfield in the 1st half.The Dynamoes played some lovely passing football and scored two more goals in the 1st half,Reece Saunders getting both.In the 2nd half the dynamoes contined the good work with everyone working hard and playing some Lovely football which resulted in two goals from Jake Charlton and a well taken header from Liam England who had a great game and was joint Man of the Match with Lee Bent.

Countess Wear Dynamoes 1 Stoke Hill Celtic 2
This was a great match with both sides giving everything to get a goal,Stoke Hill taking the lead just before half time. The Dynamoes then leveled with a goal by Lee Bent which he forced over the line.The Dynamoes had more chances but could not beat the keeper who was solid. Liam Western made a great double save to keep the score 1-1.This was a great team display but Skoke scored late on to keep the points. I feel a draw would have been a fairer result as both teams played some great football. Joint Man of the match were Liam England and Dan Cunningham .

Moors Star went to brixington and exmouth with only 7 players today to play there matches, unfortunatley 5 min into the match against brixington one of the Stars players got an injury and was unable to play for the remainder of the games, even so the two early goals scored when the Stars were up to 7 players proved enough to get the win in a great game.

the second game saw the Stars play exmouth, the game was close but the 6 players of Moors Stars battled very hard and were desperatly unlucky to conceed a goal in the early part of the first half, Moors Star finished the first half realy strong forcing the exmouth keeper to make some good saves.

The second half saw the Stars continue from where they left off pushing exmouth back in there own half, Stars hit the post straight from the start and again mid way through the half, Stars then had a goal disallowed, and a penalty shout the ref put the whistle to his mouth to give then changed his mind, all in all a frustrating game for the 6 players who played extremely well and were by far the stronger side on the day. well done to all the Stars boys. 

AC HEAVITREE  3  V  WHIPTON YOUTH  0. 

AC kicked off and started brightly, putting Whipton under pressure straight away. A good run down the right wing by Jack Hector creating the first chance which was shot just wide. The AC midfield were dominating most of the play, and it wasn't long before Jack Smith tested the Whipton keeper with a shot, which he saved well. Both teams battled for while ,with Luke Matthews and Natty Jones brought into play in defence to thwart a couple of Whipton attacks.AC looked certain to score when a superb cross from Jack Hector fell to Alex Norris, unfortunately the striker's touch let him down and the goalie collected the ball. The deadlock was finally broken after some good passing by AC, when Jack Hector's cross into the box fell to Jack Kennedy who fired the ball home with clinical left foot shot into the bottom corner.

Fired up Whipton pressed forward looking for an equaliser, their pressure earning them a few corners which were dangerously close to getting them back in the game. Jasper Freestone saved one corner that was curling into the goal at his near post to maintain Heavitree's lead.

The AC midfield continued to just have the upper hand , both Jack's Smith and Hector shooting wide, and Jack Kennedy forcing the Whipton Keeper to make another fine save. But Kennedy found the back of the net for his second goal with a powerful shot that gave the keeper no chance. Just before half time the Whipton keeper pulled off yet another save from Alex Norris to keep the score line 2-0.

The Whipton Youth side came on stronger in the second half, but AC managed to deal with attacks they mounted, Luke Matthews proving yet again to be a rock in defence. Jack Smith weaved his way through a packed midfield and looked sure to score but fired into the keeper, twice!! The passing of AC made the third goal of the match , when all three Jacks linked up , Jack Smith to Kennedy to Hector who duly slotted home through the keepers legs.

AC looked good for their 3-0 lead and although Whipton never gave up, the match was could have ended with more AC goals if not for an outstanding performance my the Whipton keeper and some poor finishing at times by AC. Well done both teams.

 AC MOTM. JACK KENNEDY. 

AC HEAVITREE  0  V COUNTESS WEAR DYNAMOES 6. 

Well if ever there were two contrasting matches. AC buoyed by their win in the first match were looking to take the game to the Dynamoes, but it never happened. Constant pressure and good passing kept AC from getting into the game. AC soon found themselves chasing the game and shellshocked falling behind 4-0 in the first half, after some good finishing by a dangerous Dynamoes striker and midfield.

The second half proved slightly more evenly contested, but still Dynamoes dominated the game , with AC rarely troubling the CWD goal. the only chances of note falling to Jack Kennedy who headed wide from a Charlie King cross, and both he and Jack Smith shooting wide.Jack Hector nearly scored a consolation goal for AC after a determined solo effort to battle his way through a number of CWD players, but also shot wide.Dynamoes added further goals and finished easy winners, proving to be too strong for AC today.

AC MOTM.  JACK HECTOR

Inter Heavitree 1 v Countess Wear Dynamoes 5

The final score belies how close this game was in the first half. Inter Heavitree played three across the back with Brandon George, Matt Burchell and Josh Bennett defending strongly and frustrating a strong Countess Wear side. Chances were even as Jed Wright, Tyler Davis and Josh Herbert combined well in midfield to cause Countess Wear problems as well. A big goal kick from Liam Western led to an opening goal for Countess Wear Dynamoes but Inter Heavitree battled back with Tyler Davis equalising to make it a well deserved 1-1 at the break.

Charlie Ricketts came on after the break but could do little as Inter failed to deal with Liam's big kick outs and after less than 3 minutes of the second half they found themselves 3-1 down. Inter rallied for a while but ended up well beaten as Reece Saunders tormented the Heavitree defence on the way to an impressive hat-trick.

Man of the Match: Matt Burchell 

Inter Heavitree 2 v Whipton Youth 1

Inter Heavitree started the second game strongly with Tyler Davis working hard in midfield and combining well with Charlie Ricketts and Josh Herbert to set up several chances for Jack Lethbridge up front. Inter dominated possession but as the half progressed Whipton Youth grew into the game and started to look dangerous on the break. Josh Herbert finally broke the deadlock with a strong left footed shot into the corner of the goal to send Inter Heavitree into half time one goal up.

After the break Inter continued to press with Jed Wright to the fore. However they hadn't heeded the warnings and from a Heavitree throw in deep in the Whipton half, Whipton broke quickly and despite a desperate chase from Inter's midfield they moved the ball well and scored a good equaliser. Whipton grew in confidence and as the game became more open it could have gone either way. However with moments to go Heavitree won a corner which Josh Herbert took and Tyler Davis met with a poweful volley to win the game.

Man of the Match: Tyler Davis

Stoke Hill Celtic 0 v Dawlish 2. 

This was a strong performance from Dawlish who fully deserved their victory. Stoke Hill Celtic with one eye on next season rested their Exeter City Centre of Excellence players who will not be available to play next season.

The Dawlish midfield dominated & after four or five long shots that nearly ended in the Stoke Hill Celtic net eventually they did score from distance.

Dawlish scored again from the penalty spot to clinch the game.

Although Stoke Hill Celtic did not manage any shots on target during the game, defenders Tom Cox & Joe Blackwell played superbly in keeping the score down to just 2-0. 

Stoke Hill Celtic 2 St Martins 0. 

In an uneventfull first half, Man of the Match Tom Cox almost opened the scoring when he crashed a shot against the St Martin's crossbar. First half goalkeeper Morgan Pearce, played outfield second half & opened the scoring with a terrific drive into the net from 20 yards. Morgan Pearce then turned provider when he switched play from left back to Freddie James on the right wing, who set up Dan Hodges to score. 

Striker Freddie James worked hard, showed some good touches & will grow in confidence for the games ahead.

Heavitree Inter 1 C.W.D 5
A powerful goal kick from Liam weston opened the scoring but was shortly followed by a heavitree goal. Brilliant play from Charlie telford led to a goal from jake Charlton, the game was finished off with an excellent hat-trick from Reece saunders.
MOM: Charlie Telford,Reece Saunders

AC Heavitree 0 CWD 7
Dynamoes got off to a great start through a well finished chance from Jake Charlton. Heavitree then bought the game to Dynamoes but were held off by strong defending from Liam England and Dan Cunningham. Good passing and movement led to goals from Dan Cunningham,Charlie Telford and another for Charlton. reece saunders wrapped the game up with his second triple of the day.
MOM: Liam England, Jake Charlton

West Hill Wasps 3-0 Central City

The opening ten minutes of the game against West Hill Wasps was evenly contested. Central came close to scoring when Callum Davison was put through on goal. As the keeper advanced to narrow the angle he shot inches wide of the far post. From that moment on West Hill began to dominate possession and took the game to Central. They went ahead with a goal poked in from close range and scored a fortunate second when an attempted cross from the right travelled high into the far corner of the goal.

West Hill were the stronger team in the second half and scored a deserved third goal with another effort from long range. Callum Davison showed brilliant forward play for Central leading the line upfront. He was strong against the West Hill players who  marked him closely and he kept his composure throughout in the face of some uncompromising defending from the opposition. Will Cashere did especially well in midfield making runs up the pitch when we attacked with the ball and then running back into defensive positions when we lost the ball.

Hemyock 1-1 Central City

Central started this game strongly with great team spirit. Toby Criss and Joe Glenny winning the tackles needed to take possession of the ball and once in control the midfield trio of Fin Gregory, Harvey Young and Will Brown passed the ball forward quickly and accurately between each other to create momentum in our attacks. It was Hemyock who took the lead against the run of play with a well finished counter attacking goal. To our credit we did not allow this moment to affect our positive forward play and we continued to attack the opposition. The equaliser came before half time when Toby Criss, supporting the attack by from defence, hit a powerful shot from long range which deflected past the keeper into the goal.

In the second half Hemyock attacked well. The Central defence was resilient and made blocks and tackles that in turn set up our own counter attacks, almost resulting in a second goal. An away point was secured thanks to some superb goalkeeping by Joe Heggadon. He made several crucial saves including in the final minute when he reacted brilliantly to tip a powerful shot over the bar.

DAWLISH 4 - 0 AC HEAVITREE

After a run of games without a win, AC were looking to improve their record at Dawlish by taking home some points.

An early chance was allowed for Dawlish to cross in front of the AC goal. Fortunately, nobody was able to get on the end of it, and AC were spared an early setback. Dawlish continued to put pressure on the AC defence. A series of short range shots were not cleared effectively, and Dawlish were rewarded with their first goal. Then, after a fine clearance from defence, Alex Green and Alex Norris linked together at the other end to put Norris in for a chance on goal, forcing some hasty back-pedalling from Dawlish. Dawlish were quick to counter-attack, and a goalmouth scramble was dragged back for a ranged shot, putting the ball in Jasper Freestone's net for the second time. Shortly after the restart, AC were slow to clear the ball again, leading to another Dawlish goal. Just before half-time, AC regained the initiative. Some tireless running and midfield passing moves from Alex Green and Alex Norris put Charlie King in with a chance from a fine angle. Charlie's shot lifted high in the air, and the Dawlish goalkeeper could only just tip the ball over the bar to save a certain goal.

A number of substitutions were made by the manager throughout the second half. The introduction of Arron Hollwell, Jack Hector and Jack Kennedy brought some fresh legs into the game. AC created a number of chances, but Dawlish put in some effective tackles to clear their lines. Dawlish were always a threat, and managed to win a corner towards the end of the match. AC could not clear the ball away and a simple tap-in was enough to secure Dawlish's fourth goal. Despite a number of bright moves down the pitch in the closing minutes, AC remained unable to break through the Dawlish defence.

Heavitree MOTM - Alex Green　

St Martins 0 - 3 AC HEAVITREE

AC focussed their first half efforts on defending well, with only Alex Green as the lone striker. The team were successful in maintaining possession despite significant pressure from Exminster. Key to this were Luke Matthews and Arron Hollwell in defence, who were really quick to intercept the Exminster attack. The whole team worked really hard at tight-marking the Exminster danger-men whenever AC found themselves without the ball. Building on this strong foundation, AC were able to attack on the break, with notable chances created by wingers Jack Kennedy and Jack Smith. However, the match was goal-less at half-time.

In the second half, and with the slope of the pitch in his favour, Jasper Freestone's long goal-kicks allowed Alex Green to draw the Exminster defence deep into their own half. This created space in the midfield for some excellent passing, and AC dominated possession throughout. AC won a corner on the right hand side and all the manager's training-ground ranting paid off when an army of red shirts went forward to meet Jack Smith's perfectly-weighted corner. Jack Kennedy rose high above the crowd to head home from short range. 1 - 0 to AC Heavitree. A short while later a free-kick was awarded for Jack Smith to take just inside the Exminster half. Jack had only one thing on his mind, and floated a delicious strike over the crowd, which dipped just under the Exminster crossbar to make it 2 - 0. Then, at the other end, there was an anxious moment when Jasper managed a seemingly impossible save with his legs from a powerful shot from Dawlish.

Nat James came on for Alex Green and was immediately involved in a chance from a Jack Hector cross. Despite missing the opportunity to score himself, Nat was able to link up with Jack moments later to grant him a simple tap-in to make the final score 3 - 0. The whole team were delighted to win their first game for a long time.

Heavitree MOTM - Jack Smith.

Rangers started this game full of spirit against a very good Brixington side. Warren O'Riordan who played just in front of the back two was outstanding, he swept up everything available and played some remarkable football, unlucky on a couple of occasions not to score himself. The whole team battled hard and took the first half into the break at 0-0. In the second half Rangers again were strong and by this time could have been 3 or 4 goals to the good all but for some excellent work by the Brixington keeper. Six minutes from time Jordan Sandford latched on to a poor goal kick from Brixington's keeper and sent a superb lob over his head to find the net.This was a fantastic game by all the Rangers players who eventually came out 1-0 winners.
 
Man of the Match  - Warren O'Riordan

Countess Wear Dynamoes 3 Cullompton 1
The Dynamoes started slowly,in what was a scappy 1st half.George Coombes Scored a super free kick to make the score 1-1,the Dynamoes played some good passing football and the other goals came from Charlie Telford Liam England.

MAN OF THE MATCH were George Coombes and Sam Pilkington who had a great game in defence.

Countess Wear Dynamoes 11 Broadclyst 0
This was a good display of passing and movement with some great goals and some horrible misses. Reece Saunders got 4,Jake Charlton with a Hattrick,George Coombes,Charlie Telford and Dan Cunningham with 1 each and a own goal.

MAN OF THE MATCH were Reece Saunders and Jake Charlton.

Not for the first time in recent weeks Stoke Hill Celtic found themselves playing against an outstanding goalkeeper & the game looked destined to finish goal-less. 

However with a couple of minutes remaining the two under 9 players combined with Ethan Ampadu played a superb defence splitting pass to Ollie Evans who clipped the ball past the advancing keeper from a difficult angle to secure the victory. 

Stoke Hill Celtic keeper John-Morgan Ross was to not to be left out of the goalkeeping heroics, making an outstanding save of his own tipping a drive over his crossbar.

Man of the match for Stoke Hill Celtic was Daniel Hodges who created a host of chances with great delivery from the left wing.

Central City U10s (0) v West Exe (2) 

City played very well in the first half holding the score at 0 - 0 against a strong side. Jaime Hammond, Joe Glenny, Will Caschere and Toby Criss had particularly good games. The midfield linked up well and used the space well with Harvey Young getting forward to attack and cross balls in for Callum Davison. When West Exe scored the boys did not give up and kept defending with all of the team running back. They put in a good team performance, had some chances on goal and were unlucky not to score. 

Central City U10s (0) v Alphington (6)

Sadly, City let their heads go down when the first goal went in and didn't then play with their usual confidence and commitment. Toby Criss played well in defence and in the first half there was some passing football with a couple of shots on goal. Joe Heggadon made some crucial saves but at half time City were 3 nil down. There were some changes at half time and substitute goalie Harvey Young   made some good saves. The midfield and defence tried to push forward but this left West Exe   space to score three unstoppable goals.  

Twyford Celtic (4) V Tedburn Panthers 0

Tedburn came up against a very good Twyford Celtic team who scored early on, Tedburn recovered well and immediately after the restart Jamie Pengilley was unlucky when his shot hit the post after a good passing move involving Archie Osborne and Tom Williams, this was another frustrating day for the Tedburn team who hit the woodwork on two more occasions with very good long range efforts from Tom Williams and Adam Stanbury from his own half. Twyfords pressure was relentless and forced some good saves from Owen Twigg in the Tedburn goal and their very good passing and vision payed off and Twyford went on to score again in the first half and twice more in the second half securing a deserved win.

Man of the match - Jamie Pengilley

Twyford Rangers (0) V Tedburn Panthers (12)

Tedburn put the first game behind them and an unfortunate own goal from Twyford put an end to the Tedburn goal drought, Tedburn settled and went in at half time 8-0 up with 4 goals from Tom Williams, a goal from Archie Osborne, another unlucky own goal and a first goal for Tedburn from Owen Twigg, Twyford were unlucky not to score when they hit the post. Twyford were better in the second half and defended well, further goals from Jamie Pengilley, Archie Osborne, Theo Gray and Michael Wade completed the win for Tedburn. 

Man of Match - Michael Wade

Inter Heavitree 1 v Exmouth Amateurs 1

Inter Heavitree started well and soon fashioned the first chance of the match as Josh Herbert shot powefully from a tight angle and forced the Exmouth goalkeeper to push the ball behind for a corner. Exmouth cleared comfortably and it wasn't long before they took the lead. A long speculative shot beat the whole defence and Matthew Davison was unsighted as it dribbled past him and into the net. Inter were galvanised into action and went straight back up the other end and forced a corner. Exmouth had handled these easily so far but on this occasion Harry Dolan's delivery was excellent and Tyler Davis headed it in for a well taken equaliser. Exmouth roared back and nearly took the lead once more before the break but were kept out by a combination of Matthew Davison and the post.

In the second half both sides had chances to take the lead with Charlie Ricketts blasting over for Inter and Matt Burchell and Haytham Hanna stopping everything in defence. With minutes to go Exmouth looked to have broken through decisively but Tyler Davis somehow got back to make a block and hold on for a well-deserved draw.

Man of the Match: Tyler Davis 

Inter Heavitree 2 v Brixington Blues 2

Once again Inter started well with a fine passing move between Tyler Davis and Jack Lethbridge ending with Josh Herbert through on goal but the Blues goalkeeper saved well. Heavitree kept up the pressure and Tyler seized on a loose goal kick to beat two players and send in a strong shot which deflected off a defender and passed the unfortunate goalie. Minutes later Matt Burchell sent in a long trademark throw and Josh Herbert made himself space before hitting a shot into the corner of the goal. However Brixington Blues didn't let their heads go down and forced a corner, which went in off Haytham Hanna's back. Moments later they had equalised following a good flowing move. Inter Heavitree looked stunned as Brixington poured forward and Matthew Davison in goal had to be strong as he made a triple save just before half time.

The second half was a good open game with Brixington dominating the early stages but Matt Burchell and Haytham Hanna defended superbly with Matthew Davison playing well in goal. Heavitree hung in and despite a nasty injury to Haytham, they ended up the stronger with Josh Herbert having two late chances that he put wide.

Man of the Match: Matthew Davison

Stoke Hill Rangers U10's  2 - 1 Honiton
 
Rangers made their usual slow start and were soon punished with an early goal from Honiton.This seemed to wake Rangers up and they pulled a goal back from in form striker Jordan Sandford when a smart goal kick from defender Aidan King was played out to Rueben Alabaidi on the right who took one touch and put through Sandford who duly tucked it away. Rangers second came from some good football once again, this time seeing Rueben Alabaidi following in after some quick thinking by Sandford saw his attempt back off the post and roll along the goalline to take Rangers into a 2-1 half time lead.
 
Man of the Match - Rueben Alabaidi 
 
 
Stoke Hill Rangers U10's  0 - 1  Culm 

 
This was a fascinating game to watch with both sides coming close, very evenly matched until a long effort from Culm dropped in just under the bar over the outstretched Rangers keeper, this being the only time Joseph Ware in goal was going to be beaten though. He had an outstanding game pulling off some superb saves. Jordan Sandford twice came close to equalising hitting both the crossbar and post. Rangers went in 1-0 down. The second half was much the same as the first again seeing Sandford hitting crossbar and post, but it was one of those days and Culm emerged the victors.
 
Man of the Match - Joseph Ware

Stoke Hill Celtic 2 v Culm 2.

Culm took the lead through Evan Lewis & nearly doubled their lead when a pile-driver from Connor Pengelley was brilliantly pushed over the bar by Stoke Hill Celtic keeper John-Morgan Ross.

Culm took a deserved 2-0 lead mid way through the second period when Evan Lewis scored again. Both teams gave 100% in what was a tough physical encounter & both teams made substitutions with injured players being replaced.

Stoke Hill Celtic got back into the game when a Tom Cox drive was deflected into the net & an equaliser followed soon after when a Culm defender scored an own goal.

In injury time Morgan Pearce hit the Culm crossbar & Ethan Ampadu hit the Culm post.  
However, a late winner for Stoke Hill Celtic would have been unfair on Culm who played good football & deserved at least a draw.


Stoke Hill Celtic 5 v Honiton 0.

Stoke Hill Celtic gained a 2-0 half time lead with goals by Harry Pollard & Freddie James. Striker Dan Hodges took centre stage in the second half with three great strikes for a hatrick, .
Man of the match for Stoke Hill Celtic was defender Tom Cox.

Culm  2  v  Stoke Hill Celtic  2

 Right from kick off Evan Lewis had a shot on goal which was well saved by the keeper. You could tell this match was going to be a strong battle as both sides fought hard for the ball and wanting to be the first to score.But the first goal came from Culm with a great pass from Conner Pengelly to Evan Lewis who made sure it went into the bottom right corner.Culm battled hard to keep the ball down Celtic end .But then came an error in defence which Celtic did not have to be asked twice to pick up on  1  v  1 half time. 

2nd Half

Culm came back this half as much as the first battling hard Celtic to battled hard with the ball being in both ends of play just as much and it was inevitable that a goal was on it way and it came with a fantastic strike from Billy Greene which was on the way in but was just poked by Evan Lewis to make sure  2  v  1  Culm. The play went on to be more furious and hard but then again a silly mistake in Culms defence and there was a home goal.Boths sets of boys gave it there all and it was a great game to watch. 

Culm   1  v  Stoke Hill Rangers  0 

Culm had some good shots on goal from the beginning and alot of the pocession. A shot from Connor Pengelly was well saved by the goalie but then came a great move by Culm with a fantastic pass from Harry Evan to Pengelly who made sure that this shot hit the back of the net

Stoke Hill Celtic 2:2 Culm United

Culm United shared four goals with Stoke Hill Celtic. Twice Culm led, each time through Evan Lewis, his second from a superb Connor Pengelly pass. The home side levelled each time and the contest ended 2-2. 

Stoke Hill Rangers 1:0 Culm United

Connor Pengelly capped a fine personal display with the only goal of a well contested game, receiving a telling pass from Harry Evans before firing home.

AC HEAVITREE 0 - 2 BRIXINGTON BLUES

AC Heavitree pushed forward right from the starting whistle, and within a few minutes, Alex Green had headed the ball just wide after a corner. AC seemed to have most of the possession and were determined to win the ball in defence and midfield. The three Jacks and Alex made some interesting passing moves and there were a number of corners and loads of chances for Jack Kennedy and Jack Hector. But the Brixington goalkeeper was not letting anything get past him. It didn't look as if Jasper Freestone, in the AC goal, would have anything to do, until Brixington broke well, forcing the AC defence to give away a corner. After a loose clearance from Heavitree, the ball came to an unmarked Brixington player at the edge of the penalty area, who lifted his powerful long-range shot into the top-right corner. It was 1 - 0 to Brixington at half-time.

Brixington stepped up a gear in the second half, and there were good moves from both sides. During one midfield tussle, Arron Hollwell headed the ball powerfully off the edge of the pitch, getting a direct hit on Sarah Hector's fresh cup of flask-coffee, which seemed to explode over her new pink fleece. Nice one Arron! AC continued to demonstrate good skilful play, putting a lot of pressure on the Brixington goal. However, Brixington were quick to break at speed. Jasper was strong in goal and quick to come off his line to close down their strikers during a number of attacks. Both sides were putting a lot of energy into the game and working well as teams. It was not surprising to see them looking a wee bit tired towards the last few minutes. In the closing moments Brixington caught the AC defence too far up the pitch, and linked well with a passing move that led to an easy goal.

The final score did not reflect the enormous amount of effort and skillful passing that all of the AC team put into the game. They played well as a whole team, and there was a sense of shock and disbelief that they did not get at least one goal from the match.　

Heavitree MOTM - Jasper Freestone.　

AC HEAVITREE 0 - 5 EXMOUTH AMATEURS

The first half was fairly well-balanced, with spells of pressure on both goals and some good defending. Again, AC sought to dominate the midfield, but often ran into traffic as Exmouth closed them down quickly. A number of chances fell to Jack Kennedy and Alex Norris. At the other end, Exmouth pressed deep into the AC penalty area. After one of their attacks, a scramble in the AC Heavitree goalmouth caused the ball to fall back to an Exmouth player, who wriggled free of his marker in the crowded penalty area and shot low past the unsighted Alfie into the net. Exmouth kept on with the pressure, and won a few corners, but these were robustly defended by Heavitree. It was 1 - 0 at half-time.

The second half was a bit of a disaster for AC. Exmouth continued from the re-start at a pace and a level of organisation that AC Heavitree struggled to keep up with. AC kept the ball for some periods, and continued to make chances. They won a free kick in a good position, but Jack Kennedy found the wind a bit strong and it lifted the ball high and wide of the goal. At the other end, Exmouth made the most of their frequent chances, putting four more past Alfie before the end of the second half. Despite spirited battling in midfield throughout the second half to try to make chances, AC lacked pace in getting back to intercept the Exmouth through-balls from mid-field and were undone by their lobs over the top of the AC defence. Tiredness from a long morning's hard work meant that AC were not as quick with their marking in the second half, and Exmouth deserved their emphatic victory.

Heavitree MOTM - Jack Smith.

Beacon Knights 1 Countess Wear Dynamoes 4-
This was a super game with both teams playing some good football.The Dynamoes started well with some quick passing and movement and were rewarded with a goal. The Dynamoes lead 2-1 at haif time due to excellant goalkeeping by Liam Western. The Dynamoes settled the match in the 2nd half with all the team playing their part in a strong display of passing football and some super individnal skills.

Reece Saunders had a great game and got the man of the match which he shared with Liam Western. Jake Charlton scored 2 great goals with Lee Bent and Reece Saunders getting the others. Pick of the rest were Dan Cunningham,George Coombes and Jake Charlton but all the team played well.

Newton Knights 0 Countess Wear Dynamoes 12 - The Dynamoes were just too strong for for the knights who put in a great effort until the end,the knights goalkeeper made some great saves to keep the score down.The Dynamoes played some lovely football and took their changes well. George Coombes and Dan Cunningham bossed the midfield and Sam Pilkinton had a good day in defence.

Lee Bent grabbed a hat-trick,George Coombes,Jake Charlton and Charlie Telford got 2 each and Reece Saunders,Dan Cunningham and Liam England completed the scoreing.Jake Charlton scored a super individal goal but everyone played well.Man of the match went to George Coombes and Liam England.

Pinhoe Spears U10s (3)v  (1)Central City U10s (1)

City were thrown by going a goal down quickly playing uphill on the Pinhoe pitch.  Despite some good team play by City and some good tackling and clearances by   Joe Glenny, City   unfortunately conceded 2 further soft goals in the first half and lost confidence.  After a   team talk  City played better in the second half, conceding no goals and scoring one. Joe Heggadon made some good saves. Will Caschere,  Harvey Young and Toby Criss played well with Callum Davison continuing to battle hard and Fin Gregory and Will Brown working hard in midfield. Man of the Match Jaime Hammond was excellent and scored from a well taken penalty. City were unlucky not to score more.

Pinhoe Pikes U10s (2) v (0) Central City U10s

City put in a good team performance with Man of the Match Toby Criss playing well in defence. After the first Pinhoe goal both he and Harvey Young continually pressed forward to attack but Pinhoe scored for a second time on the counter attack. City created a few chances but the midfield were tired in the second half and with limited attacking subs available couldn't manage to score.

Alphington progressed to the final with an outstanding display of Football at Coach Road.

The surface of the pitch was perfect for The Rockets type of passing football. The first goal was scored by James Dodd , An unstoppable low powerful shot. Shortly afterwards Luke White run through the Twyford defence to poke the ball home. White scored again to make in 3-0 at half time 

The second half started with The Rockets passing well, however Tywford nicked a goal back. A few moments later Dodd scored again after nice set up play from White.

Twyford replied again. THe Rockets created lots of chances with Max Hammett at the hub of it all. During the final few moments a dodd corner found Conor Saunders who headed  the ball into the net.

To many good performances to pick man of match so award goes to all 12 members of the squad.

Culm  1  v  Tedburn Panthers  1 

Culm travelled to Crediton on a lovely morning ( No rain !  No snow ! ) to plat there first game with Tedburn.

Culm started with alot of pressure in the Tedburn half, but is was Tedburn who had the first near miss with a quick break, but Culm came back with a near miss with Conner Pengelly culm played some good switching football.But the first goal came from Tedburn with a good quick break which finished in a well placed goal.Kieran Fry made some real good passes with one landed to Pengelly who knocked straight at the keeper.Then it was the turn of Evan Lewis to have a shot on goal which hit the side netting. Then came a nail biting moment when Elliot Tancock had to pull off a outstanding save when he was faced with a one on one situation. Culm then came back on the break but again Lewis shot was saved by Tedburn's outstanding keeper and Tedburns defence stayed strong for the rest of that half no matter what Culm put there way.

2nd half 

The second half started with a strong and fast pace the boys football could not be faulted other than the could not find the back of the net.At last the goal came that Culm had been battling hard to get a great pass from Billy Greene to Pengelly who put it through to Lewis who finished it well. It was a pleasure to watch both sides who's boys gave 100% 

Culm  2  v  Crediton Saints  1 

The firts shot on goal came from Conner Pengelly which was saved by the goalie well. Then came some well put together passes which started with Kieran Fry to Evan Lewis which then was passed over to Fry but just over run before he could get the pass over to the goal area.Then came a fantstic run from Finley Mcclear but his shot just did not find the net. The first goal came with a mistake in a back pass which Crediton capitalised on and made a good shot count. Culm's heads did drop for a while  then another near miss from Pengelly seam to make Culm put the pressure on again Then came a throw in from Billy Greene to Lewis who made sure that the ball went into the net. Culm's next goal was a well finished goal from Finley Mcclear who under pressure made sure his shot went into the bottom right corner 

2nd Half 

The first shot of this half came from Greene who had battled hard to get the shot in. Culm's defence of Harry Evans and George Hawkins had to stay on there toes and had to make sure that they snuffed out some of Creditons well put together attacks.Even thow the flow of football was fast and furious niether side could get another goal.The play of football with these boys on both sides was outstanding and a great pleasure to watch 

Sidmouth Warriors U10's did exactly what the coaches asked of them giving 100% commitment and playing their passing game against decent opposition. 

Against  a tough Beacon Knights side in the first game the Warriors battled and began to take control in a very tight first half with few chances. In the second half the passing game saw the Warriors dominate with the midfield of Harris , Jarrett and Lowe creating a number of chances. A quick taken corner after some clever thinking by the Warriors enabled Harris to fire a shot in from 20 yards which smashed the crossbar and came back out for Jarrett to head home a deserved lead. The Warriors continued to press for the second as their passing continued to create chances but 3 minutes from time Beacon Knights scored a breakaway goal to equalise and try as they might the Warriors couldn't force a winner. 

The Warriors took their excellent performance in the first game into their second game against Newton Knights. It took just 2 minutes to show what their passing game is all about with a great move involving Harris and Gosse who set up Buckland to score a classic volley from 7 yards. Further goals from Woodruff, Harris and Gosse gave Warriors a 4-0 half time lead. Position changes at half time saw goalkeeper Pugsley playing up front with Hayman playing in goal and Mead in defence on his own. This didn't alter Warriors game and they continued to impress despite not adding to their goal tally from the first half, Jones having the clearest chance saved by the impressive Knights keeper. 

Team; Tobi Pugsley, Matt Jones, Tom Woodruff, Kade Hayman, Joe Lowe, George Harris, Ollie Jarrett, Ethan Mead, Joe Buckland and Ben Gosse.

Culm   1  v  Heavitree Inter  1 

1st half 

Culm had first shot on goal with a pass from Kieran to Evan but a good save by Inter's goalie denied Culm a goal.Culm then had a corner with a good header from Conner saved.Then came the goal that Culm had been fighting for with a miss kick from the goalie which was  jumped on by Evan who slotted it into the net.Culm strung some great passes together and also some good strong headers 

2nd half 

A goal from Inter when they battled hard and put some good passes together with a good shot which Elliot was a bit late diving for.Culm carried on battled and should have had some more goals but Inter defended well .The game turned into a even match with both sides playing some good flowing football. 

Culm   2  v  Heavitree A C  0 

1st half 

Culm started strong and kept playing some good football Harry was strong in defence so was George. The first goal came with a string of passes from Billy to Conner who laid it on for Evan who placed it strongly into the back of the net.

2nd Half 

This half was as much as the first with Culm having several good chances on goal but the second goal came with Evan capitalising on a mistake by the the goalie to header it into the net.

HONITON 1 - 1 AC HEAVITREE

In the first few minutes there was not much to separate the two sides. That was until a long shot from Honiton rattled Jasper's right post. A quick counter attack almost put Jack Hector through for a goal but he drove it wide. AC started to pass well, leading to a goalmouth scramble in which Heavitree were unlucky not to go ahead. Then, perhaps against the run of play, AC conceded an own-goal from a long Honiton throw-in and at half time AC Heavitree were 1 - 0 down.

In the second half Heavitree pressed hard for an equaliser. Good passing moves put Jack Kennedy into a lot of good positions but all of the chances were driven wide or sky-high. Honiton countered a few times, and Luke Matthews and Arron Hollwell needed to stay alert in order to clear the ball away from Jasper's goal. But AC's gallant midfield, including Alex Green and Jack Smith, continued to combine well with strikers Jack Hector and Jack Kennedy, and shots seemed to rain down on the Honiton goal, forcing many spectacular saves. Finally, all the hard work paid off, as a flurry of shots ended in a deflection into the path of Jack Kennedy for an easy tap-in. Despite more pressure, Heavitree were unable to make further progress, and the two teams shared the points at the end of the game.

Heavitree MOTM - Jack Kennedy.

CULM 2 - 0 AC HEAVITREE

An early Culm attack saw Jasper save a powerful shot with his legs and the AC defence had to work hard to chase down loose balls in and around the AC penalty area from the outset. After absorbing pressure from Culm for some minutes, AC went forward, only for a long ball from the Culm midfield to find one of their strikers face-to-face with Jasper. Without hesitation the striker poked the ball past Jasper and Culm were 1 - 0 up. Culm continued to pile on the pressure for the rest of the first half, and Heavitree were forced to get everybody back behind the ball for some long periods.

In the second half, Culm again saw most of the chances, while AC battled hard to keep them at bay. Then Heavitree found themselves for a while, with a return to their passing game. The game was finely balanced with chances at both ends of the pitch. Jack Smith seemed to have boundless energy in midfield, and played a part in several Heavitree attacks. At the back, Luke Matthews used a lot of determination and skill to obstruct Culm opportunities in open-play. However, in the end a Culm corner led to a headed goal from short range to make it 2 - 0. This renewed Culm's confidence and AC were forced back into a defensive game for the last few minutes.

Despite battling well, AC were not able to meet Culm's well-organised and determined style, and there were no grumbles about the final scoreline.

Heavitree MOTM - Luke Matthews.

Match 1 

A really committed display from an excellent United team who defended well throughout. Pinhoe soaked up United's attacks and came forward forcefully, only to be met by the twin rocks of William Gregory and Alex Pinskey, and the dramatic shot-stopping skills of Will Wenley. Good running up front by a rejuvenated George O'Brien, and a busy Thomas O'Donnell, helped relieve some pressure. The game was also noteworthy for a Pinskey special that will live long in the memory! So a game that United never looked like winning but nevertheless an effort for which they all should be congratulated. 

Match 2 

This game was a bit of a drop in standards from the 1^st one - although United came within a whisker of stealing a point. Talie Metcalfe-Wood looked to be really enjoying himself in this game and rounded off an enjoyable morning for all concerned when he equalised midway through the first half, so breaking United's 2010 duck. Luke Perry also deserves mention for the way he overcame his first half disappointment and knuckled down to some wholehearted defending. Well done boys.

Crediton 1 v Stoke Hill Celtic 1.

A draw was a fair result in a game of very few chances. Dan Hodges slammed the ball in from the edge of the penalty area to give Stoke Hill Celtic the half time lead.

Crediton pushed hard for an equaliser in the second half & Stoke Hill Celtic keeper John-Morgan Ross made a great save from a free kick.

Crediton finished the game with a succession of corners & in the 6th minute of injury time scored a deserved equaliser when a scrambled goal went in off Stoke Hill Celtic defender Dan Hodges.

Tedburn 0 v Stoke Hill Celtic 1.

A game of very few chances was decided when Stoke Hill Celtic's Dan Hodges poked the ball in from close range for an opportunist finish.

The scoreline flattered Stoke Hill Celtic & Tedburn deserved at least a draw. Tedburn were well organised in defence and created good chances, making it difficult for Stoke Hill Celtic to play their usual passing game.

Culm Utd 1 v Inter Heavitree 1

Inter Heavitree started well with Harry Dolan picking out Josh Herbert whose strong run earned them the first corner. Inter maintained good pressure but were then caught on the break and the Culm striker was through one on one with Matthew Davison in goal. Matthew saved well and from the ensuing corner the header went wide. Unfortunately there was confusion from the goal kick and Matthew Davison passed straight to the a Culm Utd player who gratefully sent in a powerful shot to give them a 1-0 lead. For the remainder of the half there was little between the two sides and Heavitree could not find the goal that they needed.

In the second half Charlie Ricketts came on for his Heavitree debut and settled in well. Within minutes of the restart Jed Wright made a tremendous break down the right and sent in a pinpoint cross that Josh Herbert got to just before the chasing defender and goalkeeper to put in a deserved equaliser. Heavitree then pushed for the winner, with Matt Burchell's long throws causing problems in the Culm defence. At the other end Matt and Josh Bennett looked solid in defence and despite both teams' best efforts it finished 1-1. 

Man of the Match: Matt Burchell 

Honiton 0 v Inter Heavitree 0

Taking nothing away from Honiton's performance this was a game that Inter Heavitree could and should have won. However the commitment of the Honiton defence and the heroics of their goalkeeper ensured that the points were shared. Inter Heavitree started strongly and Jed Wright had an early chance but scuffed his shot. Then a great flowing move saw Harry Dolan break through one on one with the goalkeeper but he saved well. The ball rebounded back to Jed but his strong shot hit the bar. Moments later Inter won a corner and Charlie Ricketts nearly got to it before the ball broke to Harry but the goalie saved his shot. The goalie then made a good save from Charlie to keep the scores level at the break.

In the second half Inter kept up the pressure with Tyler Davis making a great run through the centre before setting up Josh Herbert but his shot was pushed behind for a corner. Josh took the corner and the ball came back out to him before another shot was saved at the near post. As the half wore on, Honiton steadily grew into the game but Guy Geeson and Matt Burchell cleared up any danger leaving Matthew Davison little to do in goal. Jed Wright continued to look dangerous and on one occasion went on a mazy run that took him past three Honiton players before almost setting up Josh but the Honiton defender intercepted well. At the end, on the break Honiton nearly broke through before Jed, spotting the danger, came across the field to clear the ball and ensure another draw.

Man of the Match: Jed Wright

Tedburn St Mary v Stoke Hill Rangers   0-1
 
Stoke Hill rangers were again slowly into their stride and had to soak up some early pressure from a lively Tedburn side. Joseph Ware in goal again kept Rangers in the game in the first half to take it to the whistle at 0-0. An inspired substitution by the Rangers Manager saw him bring on Rueben Alabaidi at the start of the second half and this seemed to inspire the Rangers boys and spur them on. From this point they virtually controlled the game and their reward soon came. A good ball from Timon Brown put Jordan Sandford through and he confidently slotted past the Tedburn keeper. With some solid defending and midfield being bossed by Rueben Alabaidi, Rangers hung on for a desrved win.
 
Man of the Match - Rueben Alabaidi
 
 
Crediton v Stoke Hill Rangers   2-3
 
For once Rangers started where they had left off in the first game. Crediton had come to win this game but with spme slick movement and passing Rangers soon saw themselves   1-0 to the good with a great finish by Rueben Alabaidi. Crediton pressed hard but Rangers defence was solid and at the break Rangers were looking in command.The second saw both sides pushing hard but it was that boy Rueben Alabaidi that again made the break through after 3 quick passes from the back saw Rueben again find the back of the net. Crediton pulled one back mid way through the second half.

Rangers had to soak up some pressure as this had lifted Crediton, but 4 minutes from the end up popped Rueben Alabaidi to seal his hat-trick and at this point Rangers seemed to have the game sewn up, but a late 2nd for Crediton made it a tense finish for all concerned. Fortunately the whistle came quick enough for Rangers to run out deserved winners in what was an excellent game.
 
Man of the Match - Bradley Staddon

Sidmouth Warriors U10's struggled to get going against 2 good Stoke Hill sides. 

Against table topping Stoke Hill Celtic some good early saves from Tobi Pugsley kept Celtic at bay but only one shot in the whole of the first half for the Warriors from Ben Gosse showed how much Celtic dominated. Celtics domination was rewarded either side of half time with 2 goals the first a good move the second handed to them. For the last 5 minutes the Warriors changed their tactics leaving one at the back and going for all out attack. This was rewarded when Ollie Jarrett headed in a George Harris pin point corner. It was then in the balance for the last 2 minutes until the Warriors gifted Celtic their third to lose 3-1. 

In the second game against Stoke Hill Rangers the Warriors dominated the first half with goals from Gosse and two from the impressive Tom Woodruff his second a magnificent strike from 20 yards. 3-0 could have been 5 or 6. The second half showed how frustrating the Warriors can be as they never really got going and when Rangers pulled one back even this did not wake up a lacklustre Warriors. They did however hold on for a 3-1 victory. 

Team; Tobi Pugsley, Matt Jones, Tom Woodruff, Kade Hayman, Joe Lowe, George Harris, Ollie Jarrett, Ethan Mead, Joe Buckland and Ben Gosse.

Sidmouth Warriors 1 v Stoke Hill Celtic 3.

Stoke Hill Celtic took the lead when Morgan Pearce passed to Dan Hodges who cut the ball back for Joe Balkwill to score. Stoke Hill Celtic keeper, John-Morgan Ross, made a close range save to preserve a half time lead. A good passing move involving five players ended with Joe Balkwill doubling the Stoke Hill Celtic lead. Ollie Jarrett headed home a corner for Sidmouth Warriors to make the score 2-1 to ensure a tense finish, before Joe Balkwill completed his hatrick to secure a 3-1 win for Stoke Hill Celtic.

Sidmouth Raiders 1 v Stoke Hill Celtic 8.

Freddie James scored a hatrick for Stoke Hill Celtic & there were further goals from Dan Hodges 2, Tom Cox, John-Morgan Ross & an own goal.

Sidmouth Raiders v Stoke Hill Rangers  1-0
 
Stoke Hill didn't get into their stride in this game until the second half, but some good goal keeping by Joseph Ware kept it to a respectable 1-0 down at half time. The second half saw Stoke Hill with the majority of the ball but done everything they could except find the back of the net.
 
Sidmouth Warriors v Stoke Hill Rangers  3-1
 
Sidmouth got off to a good start with an early goal and it was this that seemed to wake Rangers up. Rangers pushed hard for an equaliser with some good movement in midfield and upfront but again as in the first game struggled to score. Sidmouth took advantage of this despite some sound defending by Bradley Staddon and again some excellent work between the sticks by Joseph ware, they soon went 2 then 3-0 up.Rangers had an opportunity right on half time when they were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area only to see Timon Brown fire his attempt straight into the Sidmouth wall. The second half saw some good football by both sides and it was Stoke Hill That won this half with a good finish from Leading scorer Jordan Sandford. Rangers were unlucky not to get something out of this game with Luke Dunstan missing from inside the area and efforts from Rueben Alabaidi and Aidan King both narrowly missing the target.
 
Man of the Match- Joseph Ware for some quality goal keeping

Sidmouth Warriors U10's gave their all on two big pitches to claim two well deserved victories. 

Against Central United it took a stunning strike from Ethan Mead to settle the Warriors down. Afterwards the Warriors won every tackle, played some great passing football and created a lot of chances on a very big pitch. Two further goals from Ben Gosse made the half time score 3-0. In the second half it was all one way traffic and the only surprise was that the Warriors only scored one further goal a deflected cross from Mead found the net after some good work by Ollie Jarrett and Joe Lowe in midfield. 

In the second game against Central City composed defending by Tom Woodruff and Matt Jones enabled the midfield to dictate the game. Joe Buckland created numerous chances before a two minute spell just before half time saw Gosse score a poachers hatrick. The second half was much of the same with further goals from Kade Hayman and Gosse again making the final score 5-0. Special mention to Tobi Pugsley in goal who didn't have much to do but when called upon did everything with assurance. 

Team; Tobi Pugsley, Matt Jones, Tom Woodruff, Kade Hayman, Joe Lowe, Ollie Jarrett, Ethan Mead, Joe Buckland and Ben Gosse.

Match 1 

Half-term break had done nothing for United's concentration levels and the first half was a very disappointing display. Warriors played very well and scored one truly memorable goal with a long range shot for once beating the in-form Will Wenley. The other performance worthy of mention came from Luke Perry who battled extremely well and is quickly developing into a reliable partner for Will Gregory. After turning around 3 down, the midfield began to battle with a degree more urgency and only conceded 1 further goal. 

Match 2 

A great start to this game from a revitalised team but chance after chance went begging with the opposition really under the cosh. With Talie Metcalfe-Wood and Tom Wright in midfield throwing caution to the wind in the search for a goal, the defence began to creak and inevitably shipped a goal. The game was a lesson in perseverance as Sidmouth never once panicked and coolly took their chances.

Stoke Hill Celtic 4 v Westhill Wasps 0.

There were few chances in an even first half, before a long range shot from Ollie Evans gave Stoke Hill Celtic the lead. Westhill nearly equalised when Mike Cooper drove a free kick over the wall, but Stoke Hill Celtic keeper, John-Morgan Ross tipped over the bar. Westhill had a succession of corners & from one of these Stoke Hill defender Harry Pollard header a goal bound shot off his goal-line.

In the second half Ollie Evans again tried his luck from distance & scored to double the lead.
Stoke Hill Celtic scored the goal of the game when a series of first time passes between Harry Pollard, Joe Balkwill & Dan Hodges ended with Dan Hodges side footing a third goal.
Joe Balkwill added a late goal to secure a 4-0 victory.

Stoke Hill Celtic 4 v Hemyock 0.

With the pitch getting heavy both sides found it difficult to create chances. Dan Hodges gave Stoke Hill Celtic the lead with a driving shot into the roof of the net. Stoke Hill Celtic keeper, Ollie Evans was kept busy making a number of saves to preserve the lead.

In the second half, man of the match, Ben Abrahams scored two superb goals to clinch a 3-0 win for Stoke Hill Celtic. The first goal was after a dribble, winning a couple of tough tackles before slotting home. For the final goal Dan Hodges passed to John-Morgan Ross who hit the post, before Ben Abrahams followed up from close range to score.

Cullompton Rangers  0  v Culm United  3

1st Half 

The game started fast with both sides passing and defending well some times it was a bit messy.Culm had one or two chances which Cullompton snuffed out well . The first goal came with some good passes from Billy Greene to Finley Mcclear who passed it back out to Conner Pengelly who finished with a top left corner goal. 

2nd Half

Change of team for Culm with Evan Lewis comming on which played divedends from the start because it was right from the kick off that Evan cooly put the ball into the bottom right corner of the net to give Culm there second goal. Culm went on to make some good passes and some more good shots at goal but were denied by the young Cullompton's goalie, but at last a good pass in by Kieran Fry was scrambled in by Evan Lewis

Culm United  5  v  Broadclyst 

1st Half 

There was a change about of the Culm team but this did not seam to phase  them they

started strong with the first goal coming from Connor with a good strong shot finding the net.Broadclyst are a newly formed team but they played with determination and enthusiasm.Culm had several shots at goal but the ball would not find the net, but at last the second goal came withis a corner from Billy which was knocked by Callum Batten. 

2nd Half 

The second half started much as the first with Culm having so many chances but the ball kept on going wide or over the bar.A goal finially came from Connor after this Culm began to find the net with a pass from Evan that hit Finley and went in and the last goal came again with a strike from Evan that rebounded and fell for Callum to knock in.

COUNTESS WEAR DYNAMOES 2 EXMOUTH 0
A solid defensive performance from the dynamoes with two great goals from Reece Saunders.This was a solid team effort with all the team playing their part.

MOM: Reece Saunders and Liam England

COUNTESS WEAR DYNAMOES 4 BRIXINGTON 1
A brilliant team display from Dynamoes who dominated the game throughout. Good build up play led to two well finished goals from Charlie Telford, two further goals came from Reece Saunders, both were brilliant solo efforts

MOM:Sam Pilkington and Charlie Telford.

AC HEAVITREE  0   V  TEDBURN PANTHERS 6. 

AC Heavitree battled throughout the first half with a very competitive Tedburn side, and although lacking a number of key players looked to have done enough to go in level at half time, but a Tedburn counter attack caught the heavies up field and Tedburn scored right on the half time whistle.

Having performed so well in the first half, AC heads dropped a bit and they found themselves 2-0 down quite soon. Try as they might the Tedburn defence held and a brilliant diving save by thier keeper denied Jack Hector from scoring with a well driven shot. A defensive mix up led to a Tedburn third. Natty Jones,Jack Hector and Luke Matthews worked very hard but found themselves outnumbered by the swift passing Tedburn forwards. And goals 4,5 and 6 followed. AC battled on but were outplayed today by strong Tedburn side who ran out worthy winners.

AC MOTM  Natty Jones. 

AC HEAVITREE  1  V   CREDITON SAINTS 2.

After a disappointing first match the Heavies tried to pick up their game, but Crediton but pressure on them from the off. Jack Kennedy and Jack Hector worked tirelessly in midfield but lacked the back up they normally get . Strong performances at the back by Luke Matthews and Kathryn Brown thwarted most of the attacks, but the Saints scored after a good passing move. Alfie Young made a great save to keep AC in the match, and the first half ended 0-1.

AC with stood more pressure from the Saints. AC finally managed to counter attack and forced the ball just over the line to the dismay of the Saints keeper who was lying in the goal. Crediton fired up by this went straight up the other end and scored a good goal to take the lead again. The rest of the match was evenly contested. Jack Hector very nearly getting another equaliser when a great strike hit the post. Crediton continued to press forward and AC defended well till the final whistle. The Saints edged it and won an entertaining match.

AC MOTM    Jack Hector and Alfie Young.

Stoke Hill Rangers v Hemyock     4-1
 
Rangers started this game full of pace and didn't take long to get their first corner. Timon Brown whipped in a low cross which was turned in at the near post by Rueben Alabaidi. Rangers second came about 2 minutes later when after some good movement in the centre of the field the ball was played out to Luke Dunstan on the right who turned the defender to slam home.

It was only after the second that hemyock put up some resistance and their hard work paid off with what turned out to be their only goal of the game.after the break Rangers continued where they left off in the first and with their accurate passing and movement off the ball there was only going to be one winner in this match. Rangers third came from a super strike from Timon Brown from about 25yds that always had the goal keeper beaten. Luke Dunstan then went on to notch up his second and Rangers fourth.
 
Man of the Match - Rueben Alabaidi
 
 
Stoke Hill Rangers U10's  0 - 4 Westhill
 
From the off both sides were battling hard and it was only through some outstanding goalkeeping by Joseph Ware in the Rangers net that kept the score at 0-0 at half time.

Rangers never really semd up for this game though and that was finally punished with a rather fortuitous goal for Westhill early in the second half with a cross into the box which somehow found itself going in at the top far corner.

From this point on Rangers weren't in the game and were finally run out of it at 0-4.
 
Man of the Match  - Joseph Ware for top quality goalkeeping

Honiton 1 Countess Wear Dynamoes 6
The Dynamoes started well with some lovely passing and movement from all the team.This was a much improved proformence and all the boys worked hard to get this win in the freezing conditions. George Coombes bossed the midfield and Jake Charlton was outstanding on the wing,Dan Cunningham and Liam England were solid in defence,Liam Western made some good saves.Jake Charlton got a Hat-trick with Reece Saunders, Lee Bent and George Coombes all scoring one. All the boys played well but the man of the match were George Coombes and Jake Charlton.

Culm Utd 1 Countess Wear Dynamoes 2
The Dynamoes started quickly with some good one touch football which George Coombes finished with a great goal. All the team contiued to play some good football but were kept out by some good goalkeeping.Liam Western made some brave saves to keep Culm from scoring.Lee Bent scored a excellant team goal atfer some good passing.Man of the match were Liam Western and Dan Cunningham who had a great game.

Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Twyford rangers  7-0
 
>From the off Stoke Hill were on their game constantly putting in attack after attack on the Twyford goal, but surprisingly went into the break only one goal to the good which came from some excellent movement in midfield and final pass from Jordan Sandford before Luke Dunstan slotted home. The second half continued much the same as the first only this time some good movement down the left by Timon Brown saw Luke Dunstan hit his second of the day. with their tails lifted they soon got into a fine vein of scoring.

Again after some slick passing across the field, the seasons leading goal scorer Jordan Sandford hit the first of an accomplished hat-trick, this was soon followed by substitute Rueben Alabaidi making it 4-0 after a super solo effort saw him run from just inside the opponents half past 3 Twyford players and slot the ball into the net. Timon Brown was again involved in starting the move that saw Luke Dunstan round off his day with his own hat-trick in the game. Jordan Sandford then finished the game off with the second and third of his hat-trick. All credit to Twyford though not once did they drop their heads and played the gameout to the end a credit to their Manager and club.
 
Man of The Match - Timon Brown
 
 
Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Twyford Celtic  2-6
 
As so often happens with Stoke Hill they didn't start this game in the same frenzy as the first, although in their defence a dubious first goal (did it cross the line didn't it?, I'll back the need for goal line cameras... haha) seemed to throw them off their stride. In a first half that finished 1-4 with the only goal coming from left back Regan Gent, which was the only bright light from some slack marking by the Stoke Hill boys.

Second half went a bit better for the home side with some better play and more chances that were not converted and unfortunately they once again payed for not taking their chances when they came. The down side to this half was it saw both Timon Brown and leading marksman Jordan Sandford both substituted for picking up groin strains. This meant a re-shuffle with Regan gent moving to left back and Aiden King being pushed up front. Twyford increased thier lead to 6-1 before stand in Striker grabbed his first goal for the club with some nifty footwork in the box and finally slotting past a stranded Twyford Keeper.
 
Man of The Match - Aiden King for some solid defending and slick feet to score

Stoke Hill Celtic 3 v Twyford Celtic 2.

Stoke Hill Celtic almost took the lead when a Joe Balkwill header came back off the crossbar. Moments later Ethan Ampadu played Ollie Evans through & his lob was again turned onto the crossbar by the Twyford keeper. Twyford took the lead with a superb dipping shot from the left wing, and they nearly doubled their lead, but for a brave save from Stoke Hill keeper John-Morgan Ross. Ethan Ampadu equalised for Stoke Hill just before half time.

Twyford took the lead again in the second half with an excellent headed goal. Ollie Evans equalised from the penalty spot & Harry Pollard then secured the win for Stoke Hill Celtic with a late goal.

Stoke Hill Celtic 2 v Twyford Rangers 0.

Tom Cox hit a long range shot into the top corner to give Stoke Hill Celtic the lead. Dan Hodges doubled the lead with a rising shot into the roof of the net from a difficult angle. The star of the show for the remainder of the game was the Twyford Rangers keeper, Kye Vellocott, who made a series of outstanding saves to keep the score 2-0.

Full credit to the Twyford Rangers players who have had a challenging season, but played with great spirit, skill & determination to ensure a closely fought game.

AC HEAVITREE 0 - 2 WESTHILL WASPS

An early move by AC up the right wing put a good cross in to Jack Kennedy, but he shot left of the goal. West Hill were quick to counter with a long ball up between the two AC defenders. The big West Hill striker powered away to put himself one-on one with Jasper Freestone (GK), and shot low into the net. 1 - 0 to West Hill. The game continued with end to end action and Heavitree made a come back, but no damage was done to the Westhill defence. Then West Hill pressure led to a throw-in on the right hand side. This led to a quick sequence of passes between West Hill players, setting up a long shot and Freestone was beaten again. After that, AC got themselves back into the game, with plenty of skill from both teams. There was some skillful play in defence between Alex Green and Luke Matthews to control the ball under constant harrasment from West Hill. Similarly, the AC midfield and attack linked well, but any real opportunities were quickly broken down by West Hill.

The second half carried on in a similar manner, with chances created for both sides. The West Hill strikers were always quick to try to lose their markers and were a constant threat. Arron Hollwell and Jack Hector were moved back to help, and this seemed to bolster the AC defence. AC had a good spell with a number good passing moves with Jack Kennedy and Alex Green getting close to the West Hill goal. Jack Smith was always in the action in midfield and ready to have a go with several nice shots from range. However, the West Hill defence were well up to the job of protecting their goal, and AC couldn't break them down., leaving the final score at 2 - 0.

Despite a good share of the possession, and good battling right to the end, AC could not compensate for the commanding presence of West Hill in the first half, which gave the opposition the game early on. Despite this, and quite a physical game, all of the players treated each other with the great respect that they deserved and it was a fine match for the spectator.

AC Heavitree MOTM - Jack Smith　

AC HEAVITREE 2 - 2 HEMYOCK

The first few minutes of this exciting game provided a shot from range by Jack Smith, a corner, and a free kick in favour of AC Heavitree. Despite AC making most of the running, the first goal fell for Hemyock from free kick. The shot, from just outside the penalty area, went over the wall and deflected in off Jasper's outstretched foot. AC were quick to get back on with the job and within a few minutes a weak Hemyock goal kick found its way to Jack Smith who floated a shot over the keeper and into the net. AC continued to dominate possession and chances were created for Jack Hector, Jack Kennedy and Alex Green. AC still looked vulnerable to a counter attack and sure enough, after a defensive lapse left the ball at the feet of Hemyock's main striker, AC paid the price. 2-1 to Hemyock. But again, relentless pressure from AC forced Hemyock back into their own half, and there was some fantastic passing between AC's midfield and attack. Eventually, Jack Kennedy let fly a stinging shot from left of the Hemyock goal and forced the keeper to deflect the ball into the air across the goalface. It looped kindly towards Alex Green, who volleyed it in to bring the score level again at 2 - 2.

Hemyock marshalled themselves well in the second half, and the possession was evenly balanced. The AC midfield did well to get back to contain the Hemyock attack, whilst making plenty of good moves themselves. After some outstanding defensive skill under pressure, Luke Matthews made several runs upfield to work well with Jack Hector and Jack Kennedy with some delightful passing play on the left wing. Jasper Freestone was forced to make a few saves from the battling Hemyock side, but AC always looked more likely to score, with more shots on goal from Jack Smith, Tom Blunden and Jack Kennedy. However, the score remained at 2 - 2.

Again, this was a fine match for the spectator, with plenty of end to end excitement.

AC Heavitree MOTM - Luke Matthews

 Sidmouth Warriors U10's still to find consistent form. 

Against Moors Stars the Warriors started the brighter and after some good early pressure made the breakthrough with a cool finish from George Harris. But within a minute of the restart the Warriors switched off and Moors equalised. It was then a case of Moors inflicting their passing game, and they deservedly took the lead. It could have been worse had it not been for two brave saves from Tobi Pugsley before half time. In the second half the warriors looked a lot stronger especially at the back with Kade Hayman and Tom Woodruff letting nothing through. A fortuitous strike from 20 yards from Harris ended the game at a fair 2-2 score line. 

In the second game against Moors Comets the Warriors took a while to find their stride but after 2 goals from Joe Buckland they relaxed and played some excellent football with some excellent goals. Ethan Mead and Ben Gosse scored before the goal of the game made by a fantastic run from Hayman with some lovely one twos before Gosse finish it superbly. Half Time 5-0 could have been more. There was no let up from the Warriors in the second half with goals from Ollie Jarrett, Joe Lowe and Harris. The goalscoring was finished by Pugsley who came out of goal to smash home the ninth. 

Team; Tobi Pugsley, Matt Jones, Tom Woodruff, Kade Hayman, Joe Lowe, Ollie Jarrett, Ethan Mead, George Harris, Joe Buckland and Ben Gosse.

Tedburn Panthers V  Broadclyst 11-0 

Despite the winter sun there was a biting cold wind and play against Broadclyst got off to a brisk start.  A cross set up the first of many Tedburn goals from the left corner by Archie to a neat finish by Tom W.  With two more goals in quick succession, Tom W swiftly turned in a hat trick.  Tedburn piled on the pressure and probably the best goal of the match came from a forceful shot from near the half way line by Tom B.  Jamie came on to replace Tom W and with other strikers Archie and Tom B, kept the pressure on.  Adam had a quiet time in the Tedburn goal for most of the match but made an excellent save to keep a clean score sheet.  Soon after, a great run from Michael and a cross, set up Archie for the first goal of his hat trick.  Archie's second goal came from a clearance from Edward, which ran almost the whole length of the pitch, which Archie bundled over the line.  Another goal from Archie put the score line at 7-0 before a cross from Edward allowed Tom B to score his second goal of the match.  David made plenty of good clearances in defence and Owen came on to replace Adam in goal and Theo came on to replace Archie.  Tedburn continued to play a strong game with Jamie continually testing Broadclyst, who kept bravely battling throughout the game and never gave up. 

Tedburn Panthers V Cullompton 4-1  

Tedburn started with Owen in goal, Edward, Adam (Captain) and Michael in defence and Archie, Jamie and Tom Williams in front.  Despite playing up hill, Tedburn made a strong start when Archie took a throw in near the left corner and Cullumpton scored an own goal.  Another throw in from Archie allowed Tom Williams to score and Jamie was unlucky not to add to the score in the first half.  Playing down hill in the second half, gave Tedburn the advantage and Michael was unlucky not to score off a cross from Tom Williams.  Owen Twigg had to make an excellent save from a Cullompton free kick before Tom Williams drove the ball in to the corner of the net to make it 3 -0.   Despite a strong defence, Tedburn conceded a goal but with David coming on to replace Edward and Theo replacing Jamie, Tedburn kept up the pressure to the end.  Adam and Michael had several good runs and clearances forward and a corner from Archie set up Tom Williams to make it 4-1 at the final whistle.

Alphington 0 v Stoke Hill Celtic 2.

After an evenly matched first half the game really came to life after half time. Harry Pollard powered his way through two tackles then rounded the Alphington keeper to give Stoke Hill Celtic the lead. Dan Hodges played a measured through pass to Ollie Evans before he was tripped, resulting in a penalty for Stoke Hill Celtic. Ollie Evans scored from the spot to double the lead. Alphington played some good football as they tried to get back in the game & a superb shot from Lucas White was saved by Stoke Hill keeper John-Morgan Ross.

Westexe 1 v Stoke Hill Celtic 2.

Morgan Pearce was unlucky not to give Stoke Hill Celtic the lead with a long range shot which came back off the crossbar. Stoke Hill Celtic took the lead when Joe Balkwill passed to Ollie Evans who slotted past the Westexe Keeper, the ball eventually crossing the line via Harry Pollard who nearly inadvertently blocked the goal on the goal-line.

Westexe dominated the second half piling on lots of pressure & shots. Stoke Hill Celtic keeper John-Morgan Ross was having his game of the season stopping shots from all angles before finally being beaten by a drive by Riley Isaac.

Both teams had chances to win the game, but it was Stoke Hill Celtic who found the winner, and what a stylish goal it was. Ethan Ampadu drove through from midfield playing the ball to striker Ollie Evans who held off his man then played a back-heel into the path of the overlapping Ampadu who hit a rising shot into the far corner.

It was a goal worthy of winning any game of football and was tough on Westexe who certainly deserved a draw.

Westexe v Stoke Hill Rangers  7-0
 
Stoke Hill went into this game without 3 of their regular players including their Goalkeeper and was a game that was always going to be hard for Rangers. In conditions that made mud wrestling look a dry sport, it was Westexe that managed the conditions far the better, although flowing football it wasn't. Rangers went into the break 3-0 down and never recovered.
  
Alphington v Stoke Hill Rangers  8-1
 
This was very much a similar game to the earlier one against Westexe, but to be fair to Rangers they did put up a more resilient effort in the first half, with Sam Fulthorpe standing in as keeper making some good saves between the sticks. Rangers went in 3-1 down at the break and eventually lost 8-1 in conditions that again can only be described as dire.
 
Man of the Match - Sam Fulthorpe for some outstanding goalkeeping

Hemyock 1 v Inter Heavitree 2

Inter Heavitree started well, down the slight slope with Haytham Hanna making some telling runs from midfield and setting up Josh Herbert twice for one on one's with the Hemyock goalkeeper, but both times the keeper stood up well and kept the scores level. Hemyock had their chances too, mainly on the break, but Josh Bennett and Matt Burchell stood firm. Behind them Brandon George was solid in goal and dealt well with the few balls that made it through to him.

Inter continued to make chances and eventually one went in as Haytham set up Josh Herbert and although his initial shot was blocked he managed to slot the rebound past the keeper. Moments later the referee blew up and the teams swapped ends with a slender lead for Inter Heavitree.

Once again Inter started the second half well and were soon two goals up. Tyler Davis, who had been tireless in the centre of midfield, threw in a long ball and Josh Herbert spun well and volleyed in for a 2-0 lead. This seemed to galvanise Hemyock into action and they started to put pressure on the Inter defence. Heavitree were now forced to threaten on the counter attack and although they still looked dangerous, Hemyock fully deserved to get one back. This made the last few minutes a little nervy but with Josh Bennett making numerous tackles and interceptions and Brandon diving bravely at the feet of an oncoming Hemyock forward, Inter Heavitree held on for a hard fought win.

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett 

West Hill Wasps 2 v Inter Heavitree 2

Inter started the second match positively against West Hill moving the ball about and breaking at speed. They created the best chances of the first half and were well worth the lead when Tyler Davis latched on to the ball in the penalty area after a good corner from Harry Dolan. West Hill looked dangerous on the break but generally Haytham Hanna and Josh Bennett looked comfortable in defence and Tyler Davis was excellent getting back to support them when needed. Inter Heavitree continued to press forward with Matt Burchell working well down the left and under pressure, a West Hill defender deflected the ball into his own net. West Hill came roaring back and finally broke the Inter defence but Matthew Davison in goal pulled of an amazing save to ensure that Inter went in 2-0 up at the break.

In the second half there could have been a sackful of goals as both teams created a number of great chances. However it was West Hill Wasps who scored twice and meant that the last five minutes were tense with both sides chasing the winner. Tyler Davis was tireless and linked well with Harry and Haytham but although they were still pressing at the end, with Josh Herbert's cross just eluding Harry, the scores remained at 2-2.

Man of the Match: Tyler Davis

The squad assembled at Barley Park to hear the stories of some of the icy journeys parents had made, half expecting the game to be called off. The new motto for the team was "go mental" from the otherwise demure and quietly spoken Mrs Baber.

It had snowed quite heavily overnight and the pitch at Tiverton was being re-marked as we arrived. We knew Twyford were going to provide a stern test for Tedburn and the teams were very evenly matched. It was nil nil at half time and this was down to the excellent performance of Edward, Owen and Michael in defence, with Adam making some great saves in goal. Jamie ran tirelessly up front and does not understand  "lost cause" working hard for the team.

The squad rotation saw several changes at half time and shortly after kick off Tedburn  scored through Archie slotting home after a scrabble in the box. A good delivery of a corner by Tom was headed home by Michael to make it 2-0. Twyford showed their fighting qualities and scored soon after to make it 2-1. The Tedburn team were battling fiercely to keep the lead, when a speculative high ball into the box sailed over the keeper into the goal. 2-2 at full time was a fair result for the effort of the two teams.

Going into extra time and being able to use our subs again, we felt should give us an advantage. Any thoughts that Twyfords defence would be weakened by having a girl had been dispelled by a very strong performance and proved she was one of their best players.

 A change of team again, for extra time brought on Jamie and Tom B who played well linking together up front. A clever goal kick to Edward at l back from Adam, was passed on to Tom who took the ball to the bye line and crossed it back to Archie who volleyed into the net for the goal of the game and had the Tedburn supporters smelling victory at 3-2.

Theo and David provided some solid defence, with Henry was giving an outlet up front. Yet again Twyford responded in the second period of extra time with a goal that levelled the match to 3-3 at the end of extra time.

This led to the officials reaching for the rulebooks and we had to declare 3 penalty takers and the order. Archie and Tom both scored to match the two penalties scored by Twyford. The tension was becoming unbearable but Tedburn unfortunately missed our first extra penalty and the young lady in the Twyford team broke Tedburn's hearts with a great strike to score.

Both teams should be commended for playing a great game in a very sporting way and providing such a great spectacle for the spectators....one of whom said "I would have paid money to watch that.

Report written by

Tom and Alex Williams

Pinhoe Pikes 3 v Inter Heavitree 2

This was a very even game that was eventually won by the odd goal in five. Pinhoe Pikes started strongly and signalled their intent by hitting the side netting from out wide. Inter Heavitree came back straight away with Tyler Davis running from his own half, through the majority of the opposition before pulling his shot wide. Matthew Davison pulled off a great save as Pinhoe Pikes broke quickly and ended up one on one with the Inter Heavitree goalkeeper.

Pinhoe Pikes piled on the pressure and Matthew Davison could not hold the shot from wide leaving a simple tap in for the Pikes to take a 1-0 lead. Inter were also creating chances and Josh Herbert set up Harry Dolan but his shot was saved. However Pinhoe Pikes were much more clinical on the break and before the end of the half they caught Heavitree again and scored a second to go in 2-0 at half time.

Inter Heavitree started the second half strongly and Josh Herbert slipped the ball through for Jed Wright to finish coolly and take the scores to 2-1. Inter kept pushing forward and the defence of Matt Burchell and Josh Bennett began to take control with Jed Wright everywhere in the centre of midfield. Inter forced two corners and Josh Herbert swung in two excellent balls, the latter of which a Pikes' defender headed into his own net. Pinhoe Pikes were stung into action and as both teams pushed for a winner, Inter Heavitree overcommitted to the break and Pinhoe scored an excellent goal to seal the win.

Man of the Match: Josh Herbert

Pinhoe Spears 5 v Inter Heavitree 0

How the score ended up at 5-0 is still a mystery to most of the people who were present as the first half was a tight affair, which Inter Heavitree edged. Heavitree were first to most tackles and dominated the midfield battle but did not create the chances that their possession deserved. Jed Wright probably had the best chance of the half after a strong run but the Pinhoe Spears' goalkeeper saved well and then followed up with a great save at Josh Herbert's feet moments later. With the scores 0-0 at half time Pinhoe Spears played down the slope in the second half and started to apply pressure.

The early stages of the half were even but then came two turning points as the referee awarded a penalty for a hand ball in the area and Pinhoe Spears converted with a great shot that left Matthew Davison with no chance. Then Harry Dolan who had been harrying hard in midfield was injured and had to be taken off. The defence hardly had time to settle when a lack of communication meant that they both left the ball to each other and a grateful Spears' attacker slipped in to score a second. For the first time this season Inter's heads dropped and Pinhoe Spears started to move the ball around with much more purpose. They scored three more times before the end with the fifth being the goal of the game following a beautiful flowing move that started in their own half and ended with a stunning strike.  

Man of the Match: Matt Burchell

Central City U10s (3) vs (1) Newton Knights U10s 30.01.10 

Central City played slick passing football in this hard fought game. Early on Harvey Young put City in front with a powerful drive from the edge of the box. Will Caschere and Jaime Hammond linked up well in the midfield and Joe Glenny and Toby Criss worked together to keep the Newton attackers at bay. Striker Callum Davison put Central 3-0 up with two well taken finishes.

Subs Fin Gregory, Josh Morris and Will Brown all made contributions to the team performance in the second half but the team could not prevent Newton scoring a consolation goal. Joe Heggadon played his part by making some great saves. City kept battling to the end and thoroughly deserved the 3 points. 

Central City U10s (0) vs (2) Beacon Knights U10s 30.01.10 

Unfortunately for City their goalkeeper Joe Heggadon was injured early on in an attempt to block Beacon's first goal. He was replaced by   Harvey Young who played confidently out of position. Young pulled off some outstanding saves and was unlucky to concede a deflected shot in the first half. Will Caschere tried to make things happen for Central but the Beacon defence proved too strong. City defended well but without two of their usual outfield players found it hard to press forward against a well organised opposition.

Toby Criss and Josh Morris did all they could to stop the Beacon attacks and with Joe Glenny made some good clearances. As the game progressed Will Brown and Jaime Hammond became more confident and worked with Callum Davison and Fin Gregory who used the left of the pitch well in an attempt to create chances. The whole team did not give up and their determination to defend combined with the impressive performance of Man of the Match Young kept the score at 2- 0.  

Pinhoe Pikes 3 v Inter Heavitree 2

This was a very even game that was eventually won by the odd goal in five. Pinhoe Pikes started strongly and signalled their intent by hitting the side netting from out wide. Inter Heavitree came back straight away with Tyler Davis running from his own half, through the majority of the opposition before pulling his shot wide. Matthew Davison pulled off a great save as Pinhoe Pikes broke quickly and ended up one on one with the Inter Heavitree goalkeeper.

Pinhoe Pikes piled on the pressure and Matthew Davison could not hold the shot from wide leaving a simple tap in for the Pikes to take a 1-0 lead. Inter were also creating chances and Josh Herbert set up Harry Dolan but his shot was saved. However Pinhoe Pikes were much more clinical on the break and before the end of the half they caught Heavitree again and scored a second to go in 2-0 at half time.

Inter Heavitree started the second half strongly and Josh Herbert slipped the ball through for Jed Wright to finish coolly and take the scores to 2-1. Inter kept pushing forward and the defence of Matt Burchell and Josh Bennett began to take control with Jed Wright everywhere in the centre of midfield. Inter forced two corners and Josh Herbert swung in two excellent balls, the latter of which a Pikes' defender headed into his own net. Pinhoe Pikes were stung into action and as both teams pushed for a winner, Inter Heavitree overcommitted to the break and Pinhoe scored an excellent goal to seal the win.

Man of the Match: Josh Herbert

Pinhoe Spears 5 v Inter Heavitree 0

How the score ended up at 5-0 is still a mystery to most of the people who were present as the first half was a tight affair, which Inter Heavitree edged. Heavitree were first to most tackles and dominated the midfield battle but did not create the chances that their possession deserved. Jed Wright probably had the best chance of the half after a strong run but the Pinhoe Spears' goalkeeper saved well and then followed up with a great save at Josh Herbert's feet moments later. With the scores 0-0 at half time Pinhoe Spears played down the slope in the second half and started to apply pressure.

The early stages of the half were even but then came two turning points as the referee awarded a penalty for a hand ball in the area and Pinhoe Spears converted with a great shot that left Matthew Davison with no chance. Then Harry Dolan who had been harrying hard in midfield was injured and had to be taken off. The defence hardly had time to settle when a lack of communication meant that they both left the ball to each other and a grateful Spears' attacker slipped in to score a second. For the first time this season Inter's heads dropped and Pinhoe Spears started to move the ball around with much more purpose. They scored three more times before the end with the fifth being the goal of the game following a beautiful flowing move that started in their own half and ended with a stunning strike.  

Man of the Match: Matt Burchell

A good team move ended with Dan Hodges passing to Joe Balkwill who pulled the ball back for Ollie Evans to smash in the first goal of the game. Ollie Evans then rounded the Countess Wear keeper Liam Western to double the lead.

It was a solid performance by Stoke Hill Celtic with Joe Blackwell winning everything in defence & Harry Pollard dominant in midfield.

Joe Balkwill scored a late goal to clinch a 3-0 Quarter Final win for Stoke Hill Celtic.

Alphington Rockets produced their best performance of the season against very strong opponents. The pitch was frosty due to the early kick off time of 09:30, but the supporters were treated to a red- hot opening 7 minutes with James Dodd combining well to set up Luke White to slot the ball into the empty net. Moments later, Lucas White doubled his, and the rockets tally. 

This spurred West Exe into life and they started to find their rhythm and were pressing  The Rockets goal, and it took some great defending from Oliver Saunders and Jack Cutting to keep the lively West Exe strikers quiet.

Within a few minutes of the second half starting, white scored his third for The Rockets. West Exe immediately replied.  This prompted the rockets to step up their game and The West Exe keeper was in superb form and stopped numerous "one on one" chances , however he was unable to stop a neat turn and low shot from James Dodd. Finally as the game was drawing to a close, Lucas White tapped in his fourth.  

Exceptional performances to note from Jack Cutting, Max Hammett, Oliver Saunders  and James Dodd, nevertheless Luke White's four goal made him The Rockets Man of the Match.

PINHOE SPEARS 1 v AC HEAVITREE 2

The game started off with early Pinhoe pressure. However, this was matched by a robust Heavitree defence of Arron Holwell and Luke Matthews, and Alfie Young in goal was not troubled. There was an occasional ball up to Tom Blunden who was able to hold the ball up for a few moments until the Pinhoe midfield retrieved possession and brought it back towards the AC goal. Pinhoe made a few dangerous crosses, and there was a fright when Pinhoe hit the post. Then, perhaps against the run of play, quick passing up the field led to Jack Kennedy taking a shot from the left hand side of the Pinhoe area. The keeper could only parry the shot into the path of Jack Hector, who smashed it home from close range. 1 - 0 to AC Heavitree at half-time.

After the half-time break, Pinhoe were quick to attack and hit the post for a second time. Alfie Young (GK) had to dive on the ball to prevent a messy scramble turning into a disaster. However, AC were always looking dangerous on the break with the all the Jacks, Arron and Alex linking well to create a few shots on goal, but these were not much trouble for the big Pinhoe keeper. Then, despite fierce defending, Pinhoe were able to equalise with a low powerful shot from left of goal after a corner. This setback did not slow down the team, and good end-to-end play continued, with some excellent passing moves from AC leading to a corner. After bouncing off a player, the ball fell straight to Jack Hector, who gleefully belted it into the roof of the Pinhoe net. AC managed to dominate the game in the last few minutes until the final whistle, leaving the score at 2 -1.

The whole AC team were determined and organised in defence, with tight marking, but also very quick to counter-attack. This intelligent strategy led them to turn this well-balanced match to their favour.

AC Heavitree MOTM - Jack Hector　

PINHOE PIKES 0 v AC HEAVITREE 0

Pinhoe got the best of the early exchanges and Jasper Freestone had to make a few saves. But there was plenty of excitement around the Pinhoe goalmouth as Jack Smith and Arron Holwell both shot high and wide from range and Alex Green was bundled off the ball by a couple of defenders after an incisive run. Some slick passing from a corner put Jack Kennedy in for a near chance. Controlled headed passes from numerous AC players kept control of the midfield and gave an advantage from throw-ins. Again, AC were quick to get back and defend when Pinhoe got the ball. The score was 0 - 0 at half time.

The second half saw the Pinhoe goalmouth peppered with shots, with a lot of creative moves and shots from Arron Holwell, Jack Smith, Jack Kennedy and Alex Green. AC played with confidence and a belief that they should really have some goals for their considerable efforts. However, AC could not be complacent. After defending well to disrupt an AC attack, Pinhoe surged forward, to be met with an over-enthusiastic body-check by Luke Matthews, sending the Pinhoe striker flying. The resultant free-kick was powerfully struck and on target, with Jasper only just able to tip it over the bar. At the other end, a messy goal-mouth scramble after a Jack Smith shot looked like it would lead to a certain goal, but somehow the shots were blocked or scuffed wide. In the closing stages, Jack Kennedy managed to put his face right in the way of a strong Pinhoe clearance. Despite his brave protests to stay on, the dazed Jack was subbed for Tom for the last few minutes. Ludicrously, the final score was a simple 0 - 0.

AC remained well-organised in defence, whilst bold and exciting in attack. The lack of goals did not reflect the high level of skill and commitment of both teams.　

AC Heavitree MOTM - Jack Kennedy

Sidmouth Warriors U10's slow start to matches finally cost them dear. 

Against Twyford Celtic the Warriors went 2 down within the first five minutes before they'd even gotten going. This then awoke the boys who dominated for the rest of the half, having chance after chance before Ollie Jarrett headed one back from a pinpoint George Harris corner. The Warriors came straight out of the blocks in the second half equalising inside 2 minutes from the tireless Ollie Jarrett's clinical finish. Warriors then continued to press for the winner having a number of great chances from Joe Lowe, Harris and Jarrett, before cruel luck saw Twyford win with a breakaway goal. Special mentions to Joe Lowe in defence and Tom Woodruff in midfield for 2 outstanding displays.  

In the second game against Twyford Rangers the Warriors totally dominated the first half with an excellent passing display. Goals from Jarrett 2, Matt Jones, Ethan Mead and Harris made the half time score 5-0. A poor frustrating second half saw the Warriors miss chance after chance leaving the final score the same as the half time score.

Tedburn Panthers (4) V Whipton Youth (2) 

Team: Henry Conner, Michael Wade, Jamie Pengilley, David Gray, Theo Gray, Tom Baber, Adam Stanbury, Archie Osborne, Tom Williams 

1^St Half

Another impressive display from the Tedburn Panthers who are beginning to take their excellent cup form into the league! Early pressure provided some good chances from Tom Williams and Jamie Pengilley which tested the Whipton Youth goalkeeper who had a busy match. The early pressure and excellent link up play eventually payed off when Theo Gray scored from close range from a very good cross from Archie Osborne, it wasn't long before a 2^nd goal came which again came from a good cross this time from Tom Williams which was headed home by Michael Wade. 

The game turned for a while with some good play from Whipton who deserved to get back into the game after a very good unstoppable shot which came off the post to make it 2-1 to Tedburn Panthers. 

More good pressure from Tedburn should have produced more goals however some very good saves and some uncharacteristic poor finishing meant the 1^st half finished 2-1 with all to play for. 

2^ND Half  

Tedburn started the 2^nd half in the same as the first with some very good early pressure which should of produced a goal from Jamie after a powerful volley from a well placed corner from Tom Williams and it wasn't long for the next goal to come from Archie who finished off very well giving the keeper no chance after more good on the floor passing from Tedburn.

Another long range shot from David Gray was on target and more shots from Archie, Tom and Jamie tested the Whipton goal keeper again. 

Whipton then hit back with a 2^nd goal which was against the run of play but was again another well placed shot. 

Whipton then had a sustained period of pressure which tested the Tedburn defence and produced a goal mouth scramble which goalkeeper Adam Stanbury dealt with very well when he bravely dived in to smother the ball. 

Tedburn then recovered and finally scored their 4^th and decisive goal which came from Tom Baber again after some good link up play. This was Tom's first goal for Tedburn Panthers so Well Done! 

Tedburn then easily contained Whipton and deserved there hard earned victory but were at times tested by a very good team. A good test which brought the best out of an ever improving side !. 

2^nd Game - Tedburn Panthers (1) V Countess Wear Dynamoes (3)

1^st Half

Tedburn came up against a very good team in CW Dynamoes and the defence were tested early on when Archie had to make three good saves to keep them at bay and good tackles from Michael and Adam also helped keep the score 0-0, Tedburn then woke up and a good shot from Henry Conner forced a good save from the CW goalkeeper. Tedburn continued to threaten and good efforts from Tom Williams, Tom Baber and Jamie were dealt with well by the goalkeeper to ensure the half time score was goalless. 

2^nd Half

Tedburn came out fighting with better passing and movement which produced a very good goal from Archie who rounded the keeper and finished well. CW then produced some very good play themselves and scored two goals in three minutes to make the score 2-1. 

More very good passing from Tedburn and a good free kick from Tom Williams which tested the goalkeeper yet again deserved better however Tedburn couldn't reproduce the good form from the previous game against Whipton Youth and a combination of tired legs and a reduced squad took their toll. 

CW were fortunate to score a third when a cross unfortunately hit Michael Wade which deflected past the Tedburn Goalkeeper. 

Well done to the Tedburn Team.

Written by

Jamie and Richard Pengilly

AC HEAVITREE. 0 v WESTEXE 0　

Westexe's position at the top of the table was reflected in AC's defensive tactics. Whenever Westexe got the ball, there were soon at least 5 red-and-black shirts behind the ball. However, AC also took the game to the well-organised Westexe with numerous fast passing and free-flowing counter-attacks. Jasper Freestone had to come off his line to deal with a Westexe chance on goal. The resulting scramble allowed a powerful Westexe shot on goal, but Arron Holwell was perfectly placed to make an outstanding clearance off the line. Jasper was called upon repeatedly in the first half, with numerous fine saves.

Up at the other end, Heavitree's best chance came after Jack Kennedy was brought down for a free-kick just outside of the penalty area. Westexe erected a substantial wall, and at such close range, Kennedy knew the chances of a direct shot were slim, so he drove the ball to the left of the wall to where Alex Green was lurking at the far post. Sadly, he was unable to connect so the score remained at 0-0 at half time.

The second half saw a similar form, with both sides failing to convert their chances into goals. Westexe missed a sitter when a striker blasted over the bar from short range. Jack Hector and Arron Hollwell were making some excellent runs down the wings and putting in some fine crosses, and this led to some slick passing in the penalty area before Jack Kennedy shot inches wide of the left post.

Finally, we could all stop holding our breaths when the ref blew the whistle for the end of the game. Westexe were visibly disappointed to be held to a goal-less draw after such a well organised game. AC ran their socks off to contain them, and were justly proud of the result.

AC Heavitree MOTM - Jasper Freestone (GK)　

AC HEAVITREE. 0 v ALPHINGTON 5

AC were buoyed up by their draw with the league leaders, and launched into their following game with the second-place Alphington with enthusiasm. Nat Jones came on to try to provide some fresh legs, but it was clear that the team were exhausted by the heroism of the first game. Alphington soon made their mark with a powerful shot from range after a corner to give them a goal, and then continued to put pressure on until they won a free kick on the right wing. To everybody's surprise, the kicker decided to take a shot from a ridiculous range. This sailed into the goal, with Jasper well beaten. 2 - 0 . AC got back into the game, but then Alphington came back at them on the break, scoring again from range. 3 - 0 at half time.

The hard-working Jack Hector had received a lot of attention from the opposition in both games so-far, so went off for Alex Green in the second half. AC seemed to hold Alphington off for a short while. Again, Arron was in the thick of it on the left wing, showing good skills. There were a few more chances, and a couple of shots on the Alphington goal. However, these were dealt with by the Goalie, who was quick to hoof the ball up the pitch for Alphington to scramble in a few more goals. Heavitree were visibly tiring, but battled on to the very end.

AC worked hard, but were unable to match a confident Alphington who dominated with their crisp passing, speed to get to the ball, and powerful shots.

AC Heavitree MOTM - Arron Hollwell

Stoke Hill Celtic 5 v Pinhoe Pikes 1.

The first half was played at a quick tempo by both teams. Pinhoe's Morgan Cullen made an early run and smashed a great shot which Stoke Hill Celtic Keeper John-Morgan Ross did well to save & hold. Pinhoe keeper Daniel Cullen then made an equally great save pushing an Ollie Evans shot onto the bar.

Joe Balkwill gave Stoke Hill a half time lead, probably against the run of play.

Stoke Hill kicked off the second half & scored within 30 seconds after every outfield player had a pass of the ball before Ollie Evans scored.

Ollie Evans scored again to give Stoke Hill Celtic a 3-0 lead, before Morgan Cullen pulled a goal back for Pinhoe from a Tommy Lyon corner.

Tommy Lyon was delivering superb crosses from the wing for Pinhoe Pikes as they pushed hard to get back into the game.

Second half sub Ethan Ampadu scored two late goals for Stoke Hill Celtic to secure a 5-1 win, but the game was much closer than the scoreline suggests.


Stoke Hill Celtic 4 v Pinhoe Spears 1.

Pinhoe Spears played some superb football & deserved their 1-0 half time lead from a Tom Crees goal. Stoke Hill Celtic keeper John-Morgan Ross made some brave saves to keep his side in the game.

Stoke Hill Celtic brought on 3 subs at half time to try & change the game, but found the Pinhoe keeper Connor Radford in exceptional form. Eventually two of the subs combined to break the deadlock when a shot from Ollie Evans was parried & Joe Balkwill scored the equaliser.

The Stoke Hill Celtic side were boosted by their goal & Ollie Evans smashed home three long range shots for a quickfire 5 minute hat-trick to secure a 4-1 win.

Inter Heavitree 3 v Alphington Rockets 4

This was a fantastic match for the spectator, with plenty of fine football, committed tackling and well taken goals. Inter Heavitree started the stronger, with Jed Wright stamping his authority on the centre of midfield. It was from one strong run by Jed that Alphington conceded a corner. From the corner the ball came back to Jed and he swept the ball into the corner of the net for the first goal. Alphington came straight back at them and Matthew Davison in goal dived bravely at the attacker's feet and the ball rebounded out for an Alphington corner. Inter Heavitree fell asleep and allowed Alphington to take a short corner and the resulting shot left Matthew no chance. Heavitree won another corner following a good run by Jed and Harry Dolan put in another pinpoint corner, which Tyler Davis headed in powerfully. Josh Bennett and Matthew Burchell were magnificent in defence holding out the Alphington attacks but another corner led to a second equaliser. Once again Heavitree came back and after Josh Herbert's shot was blocked Tyler Davis scored his second and Inter's third with an emphatic strike. Unfortunately they could not hold out to the break as Alphington forced another corner and headed in well to make it 3-3 at half time.

The second half was much tighter with chances fewer and farther between but Alphington started to dominate and deservedly scored a winner after a strong run down the right. Inter Heavitree kept battling until the end but could not quite engineer the chance to achieve parity.  

Men of the Match: Jed Wright, Tyler Davis and Josh Bennett

Inter Heavitree 0 v West Exe Youth 4

After the exertions and disappointments of the first game Inter Heavitree never picked up the pace or intensity in their second match. Alex Norris came on up front but was superbly marshalled by a strong West Exe defence. West Exe dominated the first half and soon set up a corner, which they scrambled in giving Matthew Davison in goal no chance. Jed Wright and Matt Burchell made rare forays into the West Exe half but had their shots blocked. Matthew Davison pushed a long range effort onto the crossbar with a fantastic diving save but the ball bounced down and in as he desperately tried to grab it. West Exe scored a third before the break with a great cross and header.

After a few changes at the break Inter Heavitree competed much better in the second half with Tyler Davis and Matt Burchell solidifying the defence and Matthew Davison performing heroics in goal, pulling off save after diving save to keep West Exe at bay. Inter even managed to start to create opportunities up front, with Josh Herbert and Jack Lethbridge nearly combining to pull one back. However as Inter pushed forward they were caught on the break by a clinical West exe team for an excellent fourth.

Man of the Match: Matthew Davison

Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Pinhoe Spears  2-3
 
Stoke Hill started brightly and went 1-0 up after about 5 minutes with a great finish from Warren O'Riordan. A lead which they carried through to the end of the first half. the second half began with Stoke Hill sustaining some early pressure and a costly mistake at the back saw Pinhoe draw level with what can only be described as a 'gifted goal'. This spurred Pinhoe on and they quickly took the lead. Stoke Hill pressed hard and were caught again to go 3-1 down. With about 5 minutes to go a through ball put Luke Dunstan clear and he finished superbly this made it 3-2 and Stoke Hill were unlucky not to get something out of this game.
 
 
Man of the Match - Luke Dunstan 
 
Stoke Hill Rangers v Pinhoe Pikes  4-1
 
Both teams came out with determination in this game but it was Stoke Hill that took  an early lead, Timon Brown put across a corner that new signing Callum O'Riordan latched onto and fired into the back of the net. Pinhoe pressed hard but some solid defending by Bradley Staddon kept Pinhoe at bay. Stoke Hill went into the break 1-0 to the good. The second half saw Stoke Hill take command of the game with Joseph Ware in goal making some fine saves and this was then rubber stamped by further goals from Luke Dunstan a second for debutant Callum O'Riordan and 1 from inform striker Jordan Sandford taking itb to 4-0 before Pinhoe got a late consolation to make it 4-1. An excellent game by both teams and a fantastic performance and result for Stoke Hill.
 
Man of the Match - Bradley Staddon

Sidmouth Warriors U10's continued their good form despite being down to the bare bones. All 7 players had to play both matches against quality opposition. 

The first game against AC Heavitree was a very tight affair with both defences coming out on top. The versatile Kade Hayman playing in goal made some great saves and the defence of Matt Jones and man of the match Tom Woodruff coped with everything thrown at them. The best chance saw a Joe Lowe corner headed narrowly wide by Ollie Jarrett. The final score of 0-0 was a fair reflection. 

In the second game against Inter Heavitree the Warriors looked tired and there looked no way back when Heavitree took the lead. Tom Woodruff continued to dominate in defence and this inspired the Warriors to venture forward. Out of nothing the ball fell to Ethan Mead whose powerful strike from the edge of the box levelled things at half time. The second half was a tight affair with few chances at either end. The game seemed destined for a draw until Joe Buckland was nastily chopped down 30 yards from goal. Joe Lowe stepped up and hit a superb strike right into the top corner to give the Warriors a 2-1 victory.

Stoke Hill Rangers Under 10s (2) v Central City Under 10s (1) 12.12.09

Central started well, passing and attacking. Harvey Young scored from a very tight angle after some good build up play by Callum Davison. Stoke Hill equalised soon after then scored another taking it to 2 v 1 at half time. City didn't give up and had lots of chances in the second half with Young, Jaime Hammond and Callum Davison all having shots on goal. Joshua Morris played very well on the left wing making some good blocks and strong tackles. Toby Criss, Will Caschere and Farzam Rezaie worked tirelessly in defence and Joe Heggadon made some fine saves. Fin Gregory battled in midfield and made a crucial clearance at the end of the match. City played with spirit, hard work and determination and were very unlucky not to take at least a point from the game. 

Stoke Hill Celtic Under 10s (6) v Central City Under 10s (0) 12.12.09  

Again City had a good start with an immediate attack and corner but Stoke Hill scored on the counterattack and despite the hard work on the left wing of man of the match Farzam Rezaie along with    Jaime Hammond, Fin Gregory and Callum Davison ( mid field and up front) City found themselves 5 down at half time. In the second half City didn't let their heads drop and Joe Heggadon continued to make excellent saves against the attacking and well organised Stoke Hill team. Harvey Young had several shots on target and Jaime Hammond and Callum Davison also attacked well. Joe Glenny and Josh Morris worked hard. In the second half it was 1-0 so a great improvement from City and a testament to their hard work and commitment.

The goal scorers were Tom Williams who scored a hat-rick(3 goals.) he scored a superb goal with a very tight angle in the top left corner, he also scored 2 others and set up quite a few and put in some very good tackles.

In goal was Owen Twigg who did a goal kick to Tom Williams who then crossed it into Archie who took a touch, shot and scored!

Jamie Pengilly made a break, passed it into the box and then Archie scored into the bottom right corner.  Archie Osborne scored 5 in total.

David Gray scored from the half way line, he looked at the goal and had a go(it went in the top right corner!) 

Moors had a good defence but Tedburn managed to break through it and score! They were smaller than us but they were quick and had very good shots. 

The Tedburn defence who included Edward Purser, Adam Stanbury and Theo Gray put in some cracking tackles.  In the second half Owen came off and Adam went in goal.  Henry Connor and Tom Baber went into attack.  Edward then went up front instead of Tom Williams and Archie dropped back. Jamie and Owen came off. Most of the defence had a shot on target. 

Everyone got quite cold but warmed up and had good fun. 

By Owen Twigg

Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Central City  2-1
 
Rangers showed just how good they are in this match,with some slick passing and excellent defending. Leading scorer Jordan Sandford added to his total with a superb shot from the edge of the box into the top corner, which left the Central keeper with no chance. The second for Rangers came from a corner which was cleverly played low and hard across the box from Timon Brown and was fired into the net by Regan Gent at the far post. Central got one back in the first half to go into the break with the score at 2-1. Both teams came out firing in the second half, but the Rangers defence and in particular Joseph Ware in goal played their part in keeping the Central strikeforce at bay. Rangers should have gone further in front after being awarded a penalty, only to see Jordan Sandford put his effort wide of the right hand post, a miss that Rangers could have regreted had it not been for a superb save late in the game from their in form keeper. Overall Rangers came out deserved winners for their determination and not letting the penalty miss affect them. An excellent team performance
 
Man of the Match - Joseph Ware and Regan Gent
 
Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Central United   4-0
 
Having won their first game, Rangers were on a high and unlike in previous games they didn't let that win go to their heads. They stuck to their task and continued where they left off from that first win. Rangers pretty much dominated this game and their superiority was soon rewarded by that boy again, there really is no stopping Jordan Sandford at the moment with the first of his 2 goals in this game. It was again a clever corner from Timon Brown that saw a repeat of the first game by Regan Gent at the far post to tap in. This took the game into the break with Rangers in charge at 2-0. Rangers came out firing in the second half and soon went further in front after an excellent pass by the in form Sandford to Luke Dunstan who finished with some style. To give credit to Central, they didn't stop battling throughout and could have had a couple of goals had it not been for Joseph Ware between the sticks who pulled off some magnificent saves and for some stout defending by the Rangers defence. But it didn't take long for Sandford to score his 13th goal of the season and finish this game off at 4-0.
 
Man of the Match - Jordan Sandford

Inter Heavitree 4 v Sidmouth Raiders 2

This was a fiercely contested game between two very committed teams and Inter Heavitree had to dig deep to drag themselves back into the game having gone two goals down in the first half. Inter Heavitree started very strongly and Harry Dolan had an early shot saved before both Tyler Davis and Jed Wright put chances wide. Jed then turned provider but Josh Herbert blazed high and wide. Then Sidmouth won a corner and although Jed was first to the ball his header rebounded off a Raider's head and into the back of the net. Moments later it was two as a free kick was given on the edge of the Heavitree box and was dispatched well. To their credit Inter didn't let their heads drop and came roaring back winning a penalty, which Tyler converted with a firm strike.

2-1 down at the break Inter Heavitree came out for the second half desperate to get back into the game but the Raiders defended strongly. Guy Geeson having come on for Harry, struck a fantastic volley, which deflected off a Sidmouth defender to give their goalkeeper no chance to bring the scores level. Josh then scuffed a shot but the ball fell for Jed and he hammered in a third and Tyler got his second of the game to make the final score 4-2 to the home team and crown a great fightback.

Man of the Match: Jed Wright

Inter Heavitree 1 v Sidmouth Warriors 2

If Inter Heavitree were a little flattered in the end by the scoreline in the first game they will feel that this was a game that they deserved to have got something from. Harry Dolan caused havoc down the right, especially in the first half when his crosses caused Sidmouth Warriors no end of problems. Three times his crosses were met by the head of Josh Herbert in the centre and from one of these Inter Heavitree took a well deserved lead. Inter then defended stoically with Matt Burchell superb in defence, ably supported by Tyler Davis. All through the team they competed well with Haytham Hanna excellent in midfield but as the half progressed Sidmouth grew into it and equalised with a well constructed and taken goal.

In the second half Inter picked up the intensity again and produced a great chance for Guy Geeson, which he couldn't quite keep down, whilst restricting Sidmouth to speculative long-range shots. However with a minute to go Inter gave away a free kick with a reckless challenge and it was hammered in by Sidmouth for a hard-fought victory.

Man of the Match: Matt Burchell

AC HEAVITREE. 0 v SIDMOUTH WARRIORS 0

From the start this game was very tense, with equal possession and occasional chances on goal. Arron Holwell had to provide many sliding tackles to keep Sidmouth at bay. And goalkeeper, Jasper Freestone put in a number of great saves. Then Jack Hector and Jack Kennedy, for Heavitree, sliced open Sidmouth's defence with a number of skilful individual attacks. Some interesting passing moves started to develop late in the first half to provide more chances. But the Warriors were also determined to stay near the top of the table, and with this in mind, made several surprising and dangerous counter-attacks. Despite this, the score remained at 0-0 at the end of the first half.

At the start of the second half, Sidmouth put early pressure on AC and Alex Green, Arron Hollwell and Luke Matthews made a desperate recovery from a goal-mouth scramble that looked certain to put Sidmouth into the lead. Suddenly, the game turned around such that the whole length and width of the pitch was used in end-to-end excitement. After a series of passes Jack Smith connected well with an almost unstoppable shot but the Sidmouth keeper kept it the right side of his line. Sidmouth also put together a number of chances on goal but to mirror Sidmouth's goalie, Jasper guarded his line well.

In summary, a tough, sometimes physical and closely fought match by two teams near the top of their game, and near the top of the league.

AC Heavitree MOTM: Arron Holwell　

AC HEAVITREE. 2 v SIDMOUTH RAIDERS 1

Early on, there was a worrying moment for the home side as the Sidmouth midfield and strikers put immediate pressure on the Heavitree defence but the outcome wasn't as serious as it could have been as the ball was scrambled away. But then Heavitree were able to get into their preferred passing style. Tom Blundon and Jack Kennedy linked well together with Arron Hollwell finding the net with a blinding shot into the top corner. 1-0 Heavitree. End-to-end play continued until, a few minutes later, a goal-mouth scramble led to a Sidmouth equaliser. There was a contentious moment from a corner at the end of the first half when a shot on the Sidmouth goal appeared to be handled off the line by a defender. After a moment's consideration, the ref instructed a penalty, which Jack Smith dispatched to bring the score to 2-1 to Heavitree.

Heavitree came out from the break with some stylish cross-field passing as well as some more intricate moves to dominate possession for much of the second half. A midfield collaboration put the ball to Jack Hector, who skilfully lifted the ball over the Sidmouth defence onto Alex Green's left boot. Connecting well with a powerfully volley, Alex drove the shot inches wide of the left post. Despite some beautiful moves involving the whole team and numerous chances for Jack Kennedy and Jack Hector, AC were unable to extend their lead further. In fact, Sidmouth mustered a worthy comeback, piling the pressure back onto Heavitree for the closing stages, but the score remained at 2-1.

AC Heavitree MOTM: Jack Kennedy

Match 1 

A great start by United really showed that the boys were intent on trying to play their best football. Sustained pressure failed to bring any reward, however, and Stoke Hill's more mature passing game brought them back into the game. The goals began to mount up but the boys' commitment and attitude never wavered. Will Wenley's incredible shot-stopping drew admiration from both sets of spectators and Talie Metcalfe-Wood pulled out his best performance of the season with an energetic midfield display. 

Match 2 

Hopes were high for a second impressive display and the boys' began solidly enough. Will Gregory was a tower of strength at the back, and also came very close to scoring after a powerful run. This loss can be attributed to a lack of ruthless finishing in the opponents' box and a 'sleepy' 5 minute period when concentration levels dipped and hard-work went out the window.

Stoke Hill Celtic 6 v Central Utd 0.

Central keeper Will Wenby made a number of great saves for Central.  Joe Balkwill scored twice for Stoke Hill before half time to eventually break the deadlock. Further strikes from Ethan Ampadu, Tom Cox, Dan Hodges & Ollie Evans secured a 6-0 win for Stoke Hill Celtic.

Stoke Hill Celtic 7 v Central City 0.

Joe Blackwell was man of the match for Stoke Hill Celtic setting up 5 of the goals in this 7-0 victory. Joe Balkwill scored 4, Freddie James 2 & one for Ethan Ampadu.

Central United 0 v Inter Heavitree 3

Inter Heavitree's first game was a spirited Central United side who proved themselves very hard to break down. The first half was fairly even with chances at a premium. Josh Herbert had a left footed shot saved well by the Central goalkeeper and Haytham Hanna had some good runs on his debut. However it wasn't until just before half-time that Matt Burchill's corner somehow found itself in the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.

After the break Inter Heavitree increased the pressure and Jed Wright rounded off a fine individual run with a well placed shot to double the lead. Jed then hit the post from another Matt Burchill corner before hitting a shot that the Central goalkeeper could only parry and Harry Dolan was there to knock in the third.

Try as they might Central United battled away but couldn't get back into it and Inter Heavitree held on for a 3-0 victory.

Man of the Match: Haytham Hanna

Central City 3 v Inter Heavitree 3

In the second match Inter Heavitree started slowly and Central City soon drew a fine save from Matthew Davison in the Heavitree goal. Central continued to press and deservedly went 1-0 up from a deflected shot. This galvanised Inter into action and within minutes they were level after Jed Wright ran strongly down the right wing and crossed for Josh Herbert, who slotted the ball home. The match went from end to end with both defences taking command and Matt Burchill and Josh Bennett were particularly commanding for Heavitree in restricting Central to long range efforts. Then, as it looked like they would be all square at the break Josh Herbert went on a run down the left and held off the defender to hit a shot that the goalkeeper seemed to have covered but somehow found itself in the back of the net.

2-1 up at half time Inter sat back a little and were penalised for a foul just outside the penalty box. The free kick was struck firmly and rebounding off the two man wall gave Matthew Davison in goal no chance. Inter tried to regain the initiative but were caught on the break by a strong run down the right. The resulting cross was struck well for Central and they took a 3-2 lead. Inter threw on Matt Burchill and Tyler Davis and the former made a strong run down the right to win a corner. Matt took the corner and in the penalty area Josh Herbert reacted first to slot the ball in and complete his hat-trick.

There was little time left and the whistle went with the scores remaining 3-3 , with both teams having come from behind to secure a well-deserved draw.

Man of the Match: Jed Wright   

Match 1 

A welcome return to committed, thoughtful football by United after last week's cup game. The boys worked well as a team and were unlucky to fall behind from a corner. Will Wenley in goal pulled off several terrific saves & demonstrated again his developing shot stopping prowess. Really, the team's only fault was in not taking their chances & although the forwards Oskar Pawlowski & Thomas O'Donnell never stopped running, Heavitree ran out worthy winners. 

Match 2 

0-0 through half-time and well into the 2^nd half tells a truthful story of how well the boys battled. Again, luck up front deserted us and none of  several opportunities to edge ahead were taken. However, suddenly concentration levels dropped and the defence shipped goal after goal. It was like a bad dream! Alex Pinskey worked like a trojan and his determination was exemplary - a real lesson for his team-mates.

Central City (0) v AC Heavitree (4) Under 10s 

Central, playing with 3 players short in the squad, found it hard to get into a rhythm in the first half. Though their passing was not as good as usual there was some good play from them and good saves from Joe Heggadon. Toby Criss and Joe Glenny played well in defence. Despite this City found themselves   3 down at half time. The boys then came out fighting and played really well together in the second half. The midfield of Harvey Young, Fin Gregory, and Jaime Hammond put together some good moves and Fin Gregory was unlucky not to score from an excellent header after a cross from Young. The boys showed real spirit and Harvey Young, Will Caschere and Callum Davison all had attempts on goal. City were unlucky to concede a goal in the second half and the final score line didn't do justice to their efforts. 

Central City (3) v Inter Heavitree (3) Under 10s

Central started positively and attacked with the wingers, Will Caschere and Harvey Young running forward and beating the Heavitree players and with Jaime Hammond dominating the midfield. Joe Glenny again had an excellent game with some good blocks and powerful clearances. Callum Davison pushed forward continually. Caschere teed up   Young for a great City goal.  Heavitree equalised straight from the kick off.  City kept attacking with Hammond, Young and Caschere providing balls for each other and for Davison and the defenders pushing forward. Heavitree scored again on the counterattack just before half time.

City played with determination and spirit throughout the second half. Joe Heggadon made some good saves and was talking to his defence. Young, Davison and Hammond all had shots. Young scored a second from a well taken free kick. Joe Glenny and Toby Criss were defending well with Young running back to defend when Glenny pushed forward. Callum Davison scored an excellent goal for City after a mazy run and cross   from Young, and celebrated with his trademark shirt and breast stroke celebration.  City kept battling with Jaime Hammond demonstrating some excellent tackling and skills and the all boys communicating well with each other. To their credit, Heavitree didn't give up and the game was end to end in the last few minutes with Heavitree scoring just before the whistle to end on 3 all: a great game to watch.

Alphington Rockets 7 V 1 Dawlish Town 

Alphington Rockets playing at The Chronicles, provided one of their best displays of the season, despite the ever worsening pitch conditions. A late switch from Barton Fields did not affect The Rockets players. Right from the kick off their passing was impressive with Jack Cutting solid in defence and James Dodd instrumental in centre midfield. Luke White was causing the Dawlish defenders all sorts of problems with his tireless running. Luke White was soon rewarded with a goal. This was the start of a first half blitz with James Dodd scoring a hat -trick and Jack Cutting scoring one.

Several changes to The Rockets personnel for the second half did not stop the free flowing football and further goals by Garreth Blackmore and an exquisite header by Luke White capped a fine Rockets performance. 

Alphington Man of the Match James Dodd

 Alphington Rockets 3 v 3 St Martins 

Alphington Rockets did not take their earlier form into match two. St Martin's battled hard and was tough opposition. The Rockets seemed to take their foot of the pedal and became lazy and wasteful with their passing. Luke White scored his second header of the day to make the score 1-0. St Martin's soon made it 1-1. St Martin's again pressed the Rockets goal and was deservedly rewarded with another goal. 1-2 at Half time.

Changes were made to The Rockets team. Pressure mounted on the St Martin's goal. However, it was St Martin's who scored next. Luke White immediately replied. With the pitch becoming like a quagmire both teams were finding it hard to string more than 2 passes together. As the game entered the final five minutes James Dodd sneaked in to make the score level at full time. 

Alphington Rockets Man of the Match Luke White

AC HEAVITREE.   4  V  CENTRAL CITY.  0 

Heavitree started the game with conviction and pressed the City midfield and defence. After some good passing football Alex Green opened the scoring. A second goal came from AC defender Jack Smith who struck a sweet shot from distance  to score the goal of the match. Heavitree continued to press and Arron Holwell's determination paid off when he put in the third. 3-0 at half time.

No changes at half time for AC who carried on playing the same good passing football, but Central were putting up more of a fight in the second half.  Kathryn Brown and Jack Smith were able to deal with the City attacks efficently and snuff out most attacks, Jasper Freestone dealt with any shots that got through preserving another clean sheet. The midfield of Jack Kennedy, Jack Hector and Arron Holwell working tirelessly to close down and start new attacks, battling well with a more determined City midfield

Arron Holwell scored another after some great work on the wing by Jack Hector, making it 4-0 to the visitors.

A great team perfromance, well done. 

AC MOTM.   Arron Holwell.

 AC HEAVITREE.  4  V  CENTRAL UNITED.  0

Too much tinkering by the coach got the Heavies off to unsteady start against United but they were unlucky not to take an early lead when a well struck shot from Jack Kennedy was only stopped from going into the net by hitting one of his own players. United attacked on numerous occassions but the AC defence and keeper managed to hold them off till half time. 0-0 at half time.

Reverting to thier normal formation AC took control of the match in the second  half. Alex Green again opened the scoring, when Arron Holwell's cross found him waiting on the penaulty spot to fire home. More great running by Jack Hector was rewarded with another goal . Jack Smith smashed in the third and Jack Kennedy poked in the fourth after a scrammble in front of goal. Playimg her final match for the Heavies Kathryn Brown had a good game in defence thwarting any counter attack  United tried to launch with some well timed clearances , Natty Jones and Charlie King assisting in defence well and Jasper Freestonce keeping yet another clean sheet. A game of two halves certainly and the coach wont tinker so much from now on.

Another great team performance. 

AC WOTM.  Kathryn Brown (capt).

Sidmouth Warriors U10's climb the table with two convincing victories.

 In the first game against Cullompton, Tobi Pugsley in goal was rarely troubled as the defence of Matt Jones and Kade Hayman didn't let anyone get through, that coupled with strong midfield play marshalled by Joe Lowe allowed the rest of the team to produce a fine attacking display. It was actually Kade Hayman who opened the scoring early on with a fine shot from outside the box, the game then went quiet until Ollie Jarretts double just before half time. In the second half it was all out attack from the Warriors as Joe Buckland and Ethan Mead made it five nil. Then the goal of the game from Ethan Mead who picked the ball up on the edge of his own box, totally outpacing the whole of the Cullompton team as he ran the length of the pitch before smashing his shot past their goalkeeper. Cullompton did get a consolation goal from a corner a minute from time leaving the final score at 6-1 to the Warriors.

In the second game the Warriors dominated the game and totally overpowered and outclassed their spirited opponents Broadclyst. Five goals up at half time and the whole of the half on the attack. Goals from George Harris, Ethan Mead, Joe Buckland and two from Ben Gosse made the half time talk easy. In fairness to the Warriors they didn't take their foot of the gas and continued to attack in the second half with Ben Gosse completing his hatrick a minute into the second half. Some strong defending by Tom Woodruff allowed the Warriors to continue attacking with Harris, Lowe and Gosse scoring to make it 9. A polished finish from Jarrett made it ten before the impressive Gosse added two more to make it 6 for him for the game and twelve for the Warriors. 

Seeing two performances like that made it all worthwhile on a wet and windy day thanks boys.

This was a strong team display with some excellant passing and movement.We scored some great goals with Lee Bent getting 2,George Coombes 1 and 1 for Lewis Matthews,Dan Cunningham,Reece Saunders and Charlie Telford.

Lee Bent had a great game and was joint man of the Match with George Coombes who bossed the midfield.All the team played well and coped with the bad wheather well.

Moors Comets v Stoke Hill Rangers U10's  0-1
 
Stoke Hill Dominated a rain lashed game but found it hard to put the ball in the net. In a first half that saw Stoke Hill virtually camped in the Moors half, efforts from Jordan Sandford, Luke Dunstan, Warren O'Riordan and Timon Brown all missed their target. Moors battled well and had a couple of efforts easily saved by Joe ware in the Stoke Hill goal. The second half was much the same as the first, with the deadlock broken by a fine cross from Timon Brown was turned in by Jordan Sandford at the far post, with Luke Dunstan lurking if Sandford had missed. An excellent performance by Stoke Hill Rangers.
 
 
Moors Stars v Stoke Hill Rangers U10's 3-1
 
As the rain continued to lash down, Stoke Hill fought galantly only to fall behind to a well taken Moors goal. Shortly after Rangers equalised with a superb finish by Luke Dunstan. Stoke Hill should have had a clear cut penalty, when Timon Brown who was clean through on goal was taken down by a Moors defender, but the official decided against it. half time was all square at 1 apiece. In the second half Rangers could have taken the lead again after some slick play by Luke Dunstan on the right saw him beat 3 players and lobbed the keeper only to see his effort come back off the crossbar. Moors took the lead shortly after, but Rangers fought hard all the way to the finish on what was a very sticky pitch. Moors then scored their 3rd to somewhat flatter them with a final scoreline of 3-1. Again an excellent performance by Stoke Hill Rangers who never let their heads drop at any point.

Despite the wet and windy conditions both teams played great football which made for an exciting first half. Alphington had most of the early possession and were a threat to the Exmouth goal, with the Exmouth keeper making several good saves. Midway through the first half, Exmouth scored a breakaway goal, only for Luke White to reply immediately. Minutes later White scored again to double The Rockets lead. Again the score was levelled with a well worked Exmouth goal to make it all square at half time. 

The Rockets started the second half well and were a constant threat to Exmouth's goal. With Max Hammett was starting to dominate the midfield, Exmouth were being pushed further and further back. As the rockets started to turn up the heat White added Alphington's and his, third goal of the game. It was all one way traffic now, Jack Cutting was making powerful runs out of defence and linking well with the attack. Alphington constant pressure allowed James Johnson to score a neat goal and White made his tally four. James Dodd power shot made it six. In summary despite a slow start, this was an excellent Rockets performance with Max Hammett, Jack Cutting and James Johnson the pick of the bunch. 

Alphington Man of the Match Max Hammett

CULM UNITED  2  V  PINHOE PIKES   0  & CULM UNITED  3  V  PINHOE SPEARS  1 

Culm traveled down to a very wet and blustery Exeter to play these two games. Both matches the boys played some excellent football and the results were fitting to the standard of there football today.

There was some good passing from Conner Pengelly and Kieran Fry and Evan Lewis, Billy Greene and Finley Mclear and the defending at the back from Harry Evans and George Hawkins helped keep two well organised Pinhoe teams at bay with some great saves from Elliot Tancock. 

The goal scorers were Kieran Fry (1)  Conner Pengelly (3)  Evan Lewis (1) 

Well done boys again you played 100%  as  a team  PROUD OF YOU ALL

Moors Stars 1 v Stoke Hill Celtic 2.

Moors took the lead with a superb shot into the top corner.
Stoke Hill Celtic nearly equalised when a Dan Hodges shot smashed against the bar & Ollie Evans was unlucky not to win a penalty when he appeared to be tripped going for the rebound.

A superb save from Celtic keeper John-Morgan Ross kept his side in the game.

John-Morgan made a second top save early in the second half, before Stoke Hill Celtic went on to dominate the second half and lay siege to the Moors goal.

Ethan Ampadu passed to Ollie Evans who beat a defender before passing the ball past the Moors keeper towards the net for Joe Balkwill to make sure of the goal knocking the ball over the line for the equaliser.

Morgan Pearce nearly gave Stoke Hill Celtic the lead when his shot came back off a post, then Stoke Hill had a second unsuccessful penalty appeal when Joe Balkwill appeared to be knocked over as he was about to shoot.

Ollie Evans scored the deserved winner for Stoke Hill when he smashed the ball home after great work by Joe Balkwill.

Man of the Match - Ethan Ampadu for a powerful performance in midfield.


Moors Comets 0 v Stoke Hill Celtic 12.

Both teams gave their all in driving rain.
Freddie James was man of the match for Stoke Hill Celtic scoring five times with further goals from Dan Hodges 2, Morgan Pearce 2, Ollie Evans, Joe Balkwill & John-Morgan Ross 1.

Moors began brightly and with the best move of the match, when with some swift interplay and a great pass saw Harry Wheller hit a sweet finish right into the top corner.

The League pacesetters should have been out of sight at half time, but for a combination of actionable tackles, slippery conditions and some poor finishing.

The second half saw conditions worsen with the Exeter side slip-sliding to an unlikely victory.

Stoke Hill Celtic & Sidmouth Raiders beat the waterlogged pitches by playing their cup game on an "all weather astro" pitch.

Sidmouth Raiders started well & keeper Ollie Evans, standing in for the unwell John-Morgan Ross, made a good save pushing a shot around his post for a corner.

Stoke Hill Celtic took the lead when a tremendous pass from Morgan Pearce set up Joe Balkwill to score. Harry Pollard added a second goal shooting home at a corner.  

Ollie Evans made it 3-0 in the second half when he waltzed past two defenders before passing the ball into the corner of the net.

Second half keeper Harry Pollard made a great save to preserve the clean sheet & Dan Hodges bravely blocked the follow-up shot.

Tom Cox was desperately unlucky not to get his name on the score sheet when his long range drive smashed against one post, then ran along the goal-line before bouncing back into play from the other post.

Callum Whiteoak, Joe Balkwill & Ethan Ampadu added further goals to complete a 6-0 victory for Stoke Hill Celtic and safe passage through to the Cup Quarter Finals.

Broadclyst   (1) v Central City (4)               07.11.09 

Central took control of this game in the early stages; Farzam Rezaie pounced upon a loose ball on the edge of the area and drove through a crowd of players to put the away side a goal ahead.  Building from the back Central scored a well crafted second when Joe Glenny played a beautifully weighted pass down the right channel for Farzam Rezaie to run onto and square for Harvey Young to thump home a second goal. Young then skipped between two Broadclyst players to go clear on goal and produced a composed finish across the keeper for Central's third. 

Will Caschere hit a Broadclyst post with an effort in the early part of the second half. However it was Broadclyst who got the next goal of the game when their scorer turned sharply after a goal kick to fire home. Typical of Central's determined play in this game a response was immediate. Callum Davison, who battled away brilliantly up front in the second half, won possession in the Broadclyst penalty area then shuffled the ball out of his feet before placing a shot just inside the post. Davison celebrated in fine style with the classic shirt over the head arms aloft run followed by a belly slide and into a breaststroke move. 

Cullompton Rangers (1) v Central City (3)           07.11.09 

During the first half Cullompton threatened the Central goal on a number of occasions and Central had keeper Joe Heggadon to thank for several crucial saves. A parry from a corner followed by a brave block with his body kept the home side from scoring. Toby Criss and Joe Glenny were a solid defensive pairing. When Harvey Young found space on the edge of the Cullompton box he let fly with a sweet strike with his right foot which flew past the keeper to give Central the lead. It could have been a second for Young and Central before half time but his shot rebounded back off the post.

Fin Gregory and Will Caschere took up defensive duties in the second half and kept things tight at the back. Joshua Morris was excellent on the left hand side and put in some great blocks. Jamie Hammond was winning the midfield battle and provided good service to the front players.  Callum Davison broke through the centre of the Cullompton midfield and laid a ball to Harvey Young arriving on the right. Young collected the pass and drove a shot through the oncoming keeper to double Central's lead. Shortly after Joe Heggadon connected sweetly with a goal kick which travelled straight down the pitch and bounced over the keeper and into the goal. Cullompton pulled one back before the end and missed several opportunities to add further goals. Will Brown went on a mazy run down the left late on in a brilliant piece of wing play. The team should be proud of the two excellent performances today.

Match 1 

A rearranged fixture on small pitches seemed to unsettle the United boys who took ages to focus on matters in hand. 3-0 down was a bit harsh though as Cullompton had converted each of their chances and United had come close with their 2. After the break United got theur just desserts and came right back into the game. Will Gregory singlehandedly pegged back the opposition attack and never stopped his aggressive search for the ball. A good game but the boys need to have more self-belief. 

Match 2 

An inexperienced Broadclyst side battled well to contain the energetic United attack. George O'Brien shone in this game with growing confidence on the ball and well-timed shots on goal. A new partnership at the back of Arthur Burrow and Luke Perry coped with everything thrown at them with Luke in particular displaying his growing positional awareness.

Tedburn Panthers U10's 3 Vs Newton Knights 0

 It was a rainy morning down at Bettysmead, where Tedburn Panthers took on Newton Knights. Tedburn Panthers took the kick off heading up hill.  After close early encounters halfway through the first half Jamie Pengelly slotted a through ball to Archie Osborne, who neatly drilled a right footed shot  past the out coming Newton keeper.

 Kicking downhill in the second half Tedburn enjoyed more possession but Newton Knights continued to attack on the breakaway. This forced a series of saves from the Tedburn keeper, Adam Stanbury, supported by excellent defending from Edward Purser. Eventually however the pressure told with Jamie Pengelly adding a second with his left foot after good teamwork.

 As the match was drawing to a close Theo Gray made the result certain by slotting the ball into a crowded net. The final score ended up 3 - 0 to Tedburn.

 Congratulations to Tedburn Panthers U10's on their first ever League win.

 Tedburn Man of the Match: Edward Purser

 Written by Archie Osborne

Tedburn Panthers U10's 0  Vs Beacon Knights 1

  After the excitement of a first league win a much changed Tedburn team took on a competitive Beacon Knights side. Right from the start it was clear this was going to a close match with both teams playing some good football.

 Beacon Knights clearly have a talented attacking unit with threats on both flanks. Despite quality defending from Tedburn eventually the ball fell onto a Beacon Knights boot on the edge of the box who needed no second invitation to lash the ball past a diving Owen Twigg in the Tedburn goal.  A new attacking threat of Tom Baber and Henry Connor kept the Beacon Knights defence busy but their defence held firm until half time.

 Despite the squally showers both sides kept pressing with further chances at either end. Tom Baber had a scorching run and shot well saved by a solid Knights keeper. Michael Hunter also had a chance to equalise midway through the second half with the ball squirting wide. Beacon Knights also had opportunities to increase their lead and it is testimony to Tedburn's much improved organisation and match practice that Beacon Knights were kept out for the second period.

  Thank-you to Beacon Knights for allowing the game to be moved from Newton St Cyres due to conditions under foot and roll on next week and the second round of the Cup.

 Tedburn Man of the Match: Adam Stanbury and Tom Baber

 Written by Nigel and Archie Osborne

Inter Heavitree 2 v Moors Stars 3

This was one of those games of two halves with Inter Heavitree starting strongly and troubling the Stars' goalkeeper with two long shots which he could only parry. Then came the move of the match as Jed Wright picked up the ball in midfield and fed the ball to Harry Dolan. Harry ran down the right wing before sending in a great cross that was met by Josh Herbert who volleyed the ball into the back of the net.

Moors Stars then came into the game and forced a first corner. A very good delivery was palmed out by Matthew Davison in goal but The Stars strikers were the first to react and hit in the equaliser. Once again Heavitree reacted with another fine flowing move and Harry once again picked out Josh in the box and he turned neatly and shot well to send Inter Heavitree in 2-1 up at the break.

If Heavitree were dominant in the first half it was Moors Stars who took control in the second as they held the midfield and with Inter too slow to close them down, they equalised again with a well taken shot from the edge of the area.

Moors Stars kept pressing and won a corner. They then scored direct from the corner to give them the lead for the first time. This seemed to finally wake up Inter, who poured forward and pressurised the Stars' goal with the Stars defence bravely blocking various goal bound shots and holding out for a hard fought win.

Man of the Match: Josh Herbert 

Inter Heavitree 1 v Moors Comets 0

The second match saw several changes with Guy Geeson and Jack Lethbridge coming into defence and both played extremely well ahead of Matthew Davison who pulled off some very good saves. However it was Heavitree who took the lead as a nice flowing move ended with Jed Wright setting up Harry Dolan who shot superbly across the Comets' goalkeeper and into the corner of the net. Minutes later Harry got the ball again in an almost identical position and a high score looked possible but Harry dragged it just wide and Moors Comets started to battle their way back into the game. Chances came fewer with Guy making several timely interceptions and despite both teams battling well the scoreline remained the same until the end.

Man of the Match: Jack Lethbridge

AC HEAVITREE 4 V MOORS COMETS 1.

 A new line-up for AC saw them start nervously and allow Moors to take the lead.A great goal kick from Alfie Young put the Heavies on the attack, and after a couple of passes the ball fell to Jack Kennedy to equalise.Half time,1-1.

   AC reshuffle their team with Jack Hector leading the attack, always harassing and threatening the Moors goal. AC now started to dominate the match more.The pressure soon paid off with Alex Green scoring with a powerful shot. Soon after Jack Smith added to his tally for the season. Moors threatened to get back with a couple of counter attacks, but Luke Matthews and Kathryn Brown managed to clear up, Alfie Young made a save to keep the score 3-1, then booted the ball up field for AC to press on and Alex Green to get his second goal of the match. Even now Moors continued to look for a way back , but AC held them till the final whistle, 4-1. A good match, well done both teams.

  AC MOTM. Jack Hector. 

AC HEAVITREE 1 V MOORS STARS 3. 

  Both teams having won their first matches were looking to continue with another win, and from the off it was an evenly contested match. Either side could have scored early on , but for saves from both keepers. It was AC who took the lead, after Jack Hecter's persistance on the left wing, saw him fight his way past a couple of defenders and score from a tight angle. Moors were soon level, Heavitree being to slow to close down an attack and allowing the moors striker to shoot from close range leaving Jasper Freestone no chance in goal.

   The second half saw AC press for a winner, but for all their pressure the Stars defence and keeper managed to hold them off.Moors counter attack caught the Heavies up field and a long goal kick found the AC defence wanting for pace, a cool finish as the striker rounded the keeper and put the ball away. AC heads seemed to drop after that and Moors scored again late on to make it 3-1, a score line that did not reflect the closeness of the match. Well done again both teams for a fine display. 

AC MOTM. Jack Smith. 

CULM UNITED  1  V  WASP HILL  1

Culm travelled to Honiton to play these games as Culm pitches were unplayable. 

The young Culm team came out strong and with determination the first break came with a good long run from Billy Greene who shot but was saved from the West Hill goalie (Who was out standing all the game i must say ) .West Hill then pushed up but there was some good defending from Harry Evans and George Hawkins, again Billy pushed up and made a good pass to Evan Lewis who shot was saved Culm just could not seam to get in the back of the net and the game seam to keep on going like this ,up and down both ends niether team wanting to be the ones to let in the first goal.But Culm kept pushing with shots from Evan Lewis and Conner Pengelly all being saved by the West Hill goalie, but at LAST the goal came that Culm had been fighting for with a great pass from Billy Greene to Evan Lewis who shot home a perfecy goal

1  v  0 at half time 

Second have was as the first alot of pocession at both ends with Culm trying to hold on th there lead and to score to with Callum Batten having shots and Conner Pengelly but still it would not find the net.but then came a break from West Hill which left Elliot Tancock on his own with the stricker as Culm's defence went astray poor Elliot tryed but a cool finish from West Hill made  it   1  v  1 

A good finish for a hard fought match 

CULM UNITED  4  V  HEMYOCK  3 

The game started with a early shot by Callum Batten which just went wide.Culm was then awarded a corner taken by Billy which feel to Conner but his shot was kicked away by Hemyock. Hemyock then had a long range shot which Elliot pushed up to hit the cross bar and bounce off a near miss for  Culm. But the first goal came to Culm with a great ball in from Kieran Fry to find the head of Callum Batten ( who scored against his old team ) who header went in low to the bottom of the net. Then Evan Lewis had a hard powered shot saved .Hemyock was awarded a cornor which Culm did not get away relating in Hemyocks first goal.Culm came back with a goal but was disallowed. Them Hemyock broke away and a shot went straight over Elliots head to make it  2 v 1 

Second half saw Culm adwarded a free kick up stepped Conner Pengelly to to take his trade mark free kicks straight into the back of the net 2 v 2. But Hemyock came back with a shot that deflected of the back of Kieran Fry for a home goal. But again Culm came back with a long shot from Conner Pengelly which the Hemyock keeper could do nothink about 3 v 3, the game was very tense was it going to end in another draw for Culm?  NO. then came the goal of the match Kieran Fry took the ball past three Hemyock players to cooly chip the ball over the goalies head  4  v  3 

WELL DONE AGAIN BOYS 100% GIVEN AS ALWAYS

A C Heavitree 1-3 Moors Stars

Moors continued their good start to the season with a hard fought win thats takes them to the top of the table. A C scored first when some slack defending saw a wayward shot deflect into the net. As is often the case this sparked some life into the team and saw them soon equalise with a slick move and neat finish.

AC showed some good spirit and worked hard to soak up the pressure and were sharp on the counter attack. Despite this it was the Mid Devon team who found their passing game and started to win the loose balls. A couple of quick moves and two cool finishes later the game was up. Moors can be pleased taking all three points.

Well done to both teams. (Good refereeing also with the weather conditions very difficult)

pinhoe pikes 1  exmouth amateurs 2 

pikes started the game well,playing with a high tempo and pressing the ball well,nathan smeath and simon priddle setting the example. after a couple of half chances pikes took the lead from priddle after a good turn and shot.a even first half ended with a equalizer for exmouth after a long ball wasnt dealt with and neatly put away. the second  half started much the same,an even contest but exmouth soon found themselves in front, again sloppy defending being pikes downfall. to ther credit pikes came back fighting and they  thought they  were back in it when morgan cullen was brought down in the box only for the same player to miss the resulting penalty. a couple of late chances could have given pikes a deserved equalizer. it wasnt to be but the team showed good character with good performances again from harrison taylor and josh hawkesby. 

pinhoe pikes 7 brixington blues 0 

pikes started the game slowly with lots of changes from the first game.only a last ditch tackle from bailey radford prevented brixington going ahead.pikes seemed to raise there game and after lots of pressure simon priddle broke the deadlock after a good pass from charlie fairchild.daniel cullen and morgan cullen then added a goal apiece to make it 3 0 at half tme. the second half saw pikes play with good confident football with the brixington goalkeeper making some good saves although he could do nothing about further strikes from josh hawkesby, harrison taylor,morgan cullen and a good daniel cullen header to round things off. A good team effort with all the players playing there part.

Central City U 10s (1) v (2) Countess Wear Dynamoes U 10s 24.10.09

This was a good game for City against a strong and well organised team. The midfield played well with Callum Davison up front pushing up and tackling well. Toby Criss and Joe Glenny were excellent in defence.   Countess Wear then scored two excellent goals within a minute shortly before half time. City didn't let their heads drop and came out fighting in the second half with all the players battling and playing for each other. Joe Heggadon made some great saves. Fin Gregory in defence ran up to set up a great goal taken by Will Brown on the left after some good build up play. City continued to attack and defend well with the midfield of captain Jaime Hammond, Harvey Young and Farzam Rezaie running and tackling well. Against the run of play, Countess Wear had a shot cleared off the line by City's Man of the Match Fin Gregory in the last minute of the game. 

Central City U10s (4) v (0) Whipton Youth U10s 24.10.09

City were confident and on top of the game from the start. They passed well and Joe Glenny was brilliant in defence when Whipton got forward. Joe Heggadon made some good saves. The first goal for City came after a great corner from Harvey Young came off the head of a Whipton player. Callum Davison up front had several shots and both he and Harvey Young were unlucky not to score in the first half.  In the second half City kept passing and attacking with Toby Criss pushing up and Will Brown, Jaime Hammond and Farzam Rezaie all having shots. Fin Gregory and captain Callum Davison got   well deserved goals. There were yet more shots by Davison and Young saved by the excellent Whipton goal keeper. In the last minute of the game Man of the Match, Harvey Young, scored a great goal after a long run of passes involving the whole City team.  

Twyford Celtic 3 v Inter Heavitree 2

Having been knocked out of the cup by the same opposition the previous weekend Inter Heavitree were determined to make amends in this league match and started strongly against a good Twyford team. Having been overpowered the week before this was a much tighter and more even game with chances at a premium. Mid way through the first half Twyford made the breakthrough with a long range shot that caught Matthew Davison flat footed and flew into the corner of the net. This week however there was no collapse and if anything Heavitree dominated the remainder of the half with Tyler Davis testing the goalkeeper from distance and Josh Herbert very nearly knocking in the rebound.

Heavitree started the second half in similarly positive fashion and it wasn't long before a determined run by Harry Dolan up the right beat the defence and he finished with style to even up the scores. Jed Wright and Tyler Davis were beginning to dominate in midfield and the defence of Matt Burchill and Josh Bennett was superb with Matthew Davison looking assured in goal. Then came two set pieces that changed the course of the game. Firstly Twyford won a corner on the right and from the resulting cross they powered in as good a header as I have ever seen in youth football. Heavitree tried to hit back straight away but the Twyford defence stood strong and then the referee awarded them a free kick just outside the area, which they converted with a well struck shot that was too strong for Matthew to stop. Still Heavitree refused to give up and poured forward again and were rewarded by a goal for Tyler Davis. Twyford Celtic were now under pressure but the clock was against Heavitree and they held on for a hard fought 3-2 win.

Man of the Match: Tyler Davis 

Twyford Rangers 0 v Inter Heavitree 9

Still disappointed after missing out so narrowly in the first match Inter started with purpose in this second. A revamped team created chance after chance but despite hitting the post and crossbar struggled to find the net thanks to some excellent saves from the Rangers' goalkeeper. Eventually however, Harry Dolan's shot was only parried as far as Josh Bennett and he hit in the rebound to break the deadlock. For the remainder of the half Heavitree continued to press but couldn't increase the lead despite various attempts from Harry, Josh and Matt Burchill. In fact they were almost caught twice on the break but first Jed Wright and then Matt Burchill got back to make telling interceptions and clear the danger.

In the second half Heavitree made some changes bringing back Tyler Davis and Josh Herbert and the former quickly made an impact with a fine individual goal to double the lead. Inter Heavitree relaxed and started passing the ball around rather than trying to force the game and the chances started to appear with Tyler once again finishing off a fine flowing move. Another fine passing move set up Jed Wright for the fourth before Tyler rounded off a fine second half hat-trick. Josh Herbert scored the sixth, Jed the seventh and then Josh scored another two to complete his hat-trick as well.

Man of the Match: The whole team

Stoke Hill Celtic 5 v Beacon Knights 2.

Beacon Knights took a deserved lead when Bradley Frost smashed an unstoppable drive into the top corner. Beacon Knights came close to adding to their lead on a couple of occasions before Freddie James scored an equaliser for Stoke Hill Celtic. Two goals by Sam Fulthorpe & single strikes by Harry Pollard & Ollie Evans gave Stoke Hill Celtic a 5-1 lead before Aiden Moore scored a consolation goal for Beacon Knights for a final score of Stoke Hill Celtic 5 v Beacon Knights 2.

Stoke Hill Celtic 7 v Newton Knights 0.

Stoke Hill Celtic took a while to break the deadlock against a Newton Knights team who never stopped running & worked really hard closing players down. The goalscorers for Stoke Hill Celtic were Freddie James 2, Ollie Evans 2, Morgan Pearce, Joe Balkwill & Tom Cox.

Moors Stars 1 - 0  Cullompton Rangers

A hard fought tight game, which was restricted to few chances. Moors had the majority of the possession with Cully sharp on the counter attack. Moors moved the ball around well but couldn't find the target when their opportunities came. With Cullompton defending well the game look like peetering out to a draw until a precisely drilled corner from Brandon Parsons (Stars Captain) found super sub Matt Smith's right boot at the near post for a deft finish and a deserved one nil win.

Moors Stars 11 - 0 Broadclyst

With Broadclyst having a tough start to their first season in the league Moors could have expected to face a demoralised team. The opposite could be said with the bottom of the league side showing great spirit and determination which belied their position in the table and suggests an improvement is just around the corner. The first five minutes was another tight affair, until the Stars eventually found their passing game and played round a stubborn defence.

Brandon Parsons, Harry Wheller and Lawrence Cavannagh each netted hat-tricks with some very good finishing. With the team using their wide men well the Tiverton team ran out eleven nil winners. Well done to the team and good luck Broadclyst for the rest of the season.

West Exe  4  v  Culm  2 

The young boys of Culm u10 traveled to Exeter on a damp blustery morning. 

Culm started like a bullet first goal came within minuetes of the off with young Evan Lewis who pressured the West Exe defence to put a shoot in which the goalie saved but rebounded for Evan to tap it in.Culm seemed to be hungery because they went on to score again with Conner Pengelly strikng it home which was nice to see after Conner has been off for Eight weeks with a broken collar bone.Then came a big lasp in the Culm defence to let West Exe have two easy goals score was now evan. But Culm kept battling seaming to have most of the play at times. The game became a bit strong at times .Just before half time a great strike from West Exe was met with a equally gerat save from Elliot Tancock 

The second half got under way with some great pass from Evan Lewis to Billy Greene to Kieran Fry who had a shot at goal but was saved by the keeper, West Exe counter reacted and went on to score a goal. The play was very evanly matched. Culm was giving a corner which seamed to stay at West Exe end for some time but just would not go into the net.

Culm had some real good chances and touches but West Exe were a well organised side and closed alot of Culms chances down. West Exe came back with alate goal but they could have had another if it was not for the excellent save from Elliot Tancock. 

ALPHINGTON   3  V   CULM   1 

Well here were again the same as last week were we going to be in for the same speed and quality of football as last week. 

The game started evenly with chances at both ends, Culm seamed a different side then last week more determination in there bellys and fire in there feet, then just before half time came a lucky break for Alphington to go 1 v 0 up. 

The first goal of the second half came from Alphington with a good strike that Elliot had no chance in saving, it seamed that was the green light for Alphington because they scored another one not long after.But Culm kept on fighting with alot of good chances and passing and it payed off at LAST with a great pass from Conner to Billy who cooly finished it off.

Central City 1 Countess Wear Dynamoes 2
The Dynamoes started slowly but once they got into their passing game they took control. The half time score was 2-0 with some great individual goals from Jake Charlton and Dan Cunningham.The Central keeper had a good game and kept the score down.The Dynamoes then gave debuts to Josh Lee and Jake Le Gassick who both played their part in a solid team proformance.George Coombes had a excellant game in midfield but joint man of the man were Jake Charlton and Liam Western.

Central Utd 1 Countess Wear Dynamoes 11
The dynamoes were quickly into the game and took control with some good passing and well taken goals.Sam Pilkington had a excellant debut in defence.The scorers were Lewis Matthews with a Hattrick,Dan Cunningham with 2 and 1 each for Josh Lee,Jake Le Gassick,George Coombes,Reece Saunders and Lee Bent and a og.Joint man of the match were Dan Cunningham and Lewis Matthews.

AC HEAVITREE 6 V TWYFORD RANGERS 0. 

  Heavitree slowly started the game and struggled initially to get into their game. Twyford chasing down the ball and closing down players well.After 3-4 minutes of play Heavitree took control of the game, and soon the goals came. Jack Smith scoring the first, followed by Jack Kennedy, then Jack Hector, a fine strike by Ceirwyn Edwards and a great solo by Arron Holwell who went past 3 Twyford defenders before firing home.Jasper Freestone made a good save from a Twyford corner to keep the score at 5-0 at the break.

  Numerous changes at half time to the line up, but Heavitree still dominated the play. Kathryn Brown now up as striker was unlucky not to add to the scoreline, Alex Green also came close. Twyford defended well for much of the half, but finally they were breached when a Jack Smith shot was deflected in off one of their own for the only goal of that half. AC got a well deserved win 6-0.And another clean sheet for Jasper and his defence! Well done Twyford for not giving up and making a game of it.

 AC MOTM. Jack Smith. 

AC HEAVITREE 1 V TWYFORD CELTIC 2. 

  AC started the game strong and both teams battled for dominance.A very even contest which was great to watch. Twyford were lucky to take the lead with a deflected corner at the near post off a Heavitree defender. But AC soon got back in the game, when Jack Kennedy's powerful freekick was saved by the Twyford keeper but fell to Jack Smith to smash home, even 1-1 at half time.

  The second half was played at the same pace, both teams looking for a winner. Heavitree had numerous chances,the best falling to Hector and Kennedy but failed to put them away.Twyford came close after a goalmouth scramble but Arron Howell eventually cleared.End to end for a while,then

Twyford scored their second late in the game,  undeterred AC pressed forward looking for an equaliser and might have won if they had put further chances away.AC played really well and were unlucky not to get atleast a share of the points from a thrilling match.Well Done both teams.

AC MOTM. Jack Hector.

Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Newton Knights U10's  6-1
 
SANDFORD SCORES 4 AS NEWTON KNIGHTS ARE HIT FOR 6
 
This was a very one sided game as Rangers controlled from the off, 1st half goals from Jordan Sandford (2) and Luke Dunstan gave a very impressive Rangers side a 3-0 lead at half time. Rangers soon went into a 4-0 lead with a 3rd from Sandford, Newton managed to pull a goal back before a 4th goal from the inform striker Sandford and a further strike from Rueben Alabaidi made it a final score of 6-1 to Rangers.
 
Man of The Match - Rangers TEAM for an outstanding performance.
 
 
Stoke Hill Rangers U10's v Beacon Knights U10's  0-1
 
Rangers played their hearts out and totally dominated a game that they should have come out on top, but were unfortunate to fall behind in the first half to a goal that was gifted to Beacon Knights by an unfortunate mistake in the Stoke Hill defence. Again the second half was controlled by some excellent defensive and attacking play by Stoke Hill, but just couldn't break down a resolute Beacon Knights defence.
 
Man of The Match- The Rangers Team again for a very impressive Team performance

In the first half Twyford Celtic were excellent and it was fully five minutes before Heavitree were able to get out of their half and make any form of attack on the Twyford goal. However this attack was short lived and the busiest people in the Heavitree team in the first half were Jed Wright and Josh Bennett in defence and Matthew Davison in goal. All three were outstanding and did a superb job in keeping the scores all level at half-time.

In the second half Heavitree made some changes with Jed and Josh Bennett moving into midfield and Josh Herbert and Matt Burchill moving into defence. Suddenly Heavitree looked a different team and started to win the ball in the centre of the park with Jed and Tyler Davis winning the 50:50 battles. For  five minutes Heavitree finally started to come back into the game, culminating in a golden chance when Josh Herbert bisected the Twyford defence to set up Harry Dolan.

One on one with the goalkeeper Harry's shot hit the post and came back out. Twyford Celtic seemed galvanised by this let off and started to re-apply pressure to the Heavitree defence. Almost immediately, after a goalmouth scramble Twyford finally made the breakthrough and once the deadlock was broken they scored a great second goal on the break as Heavitree tried to push forward. However even this was surpassed by their third, which confirmed a well-deserved win.

Man of the Match: Matthew Davison

Central had the majority of possession in the opening stages but could not create a clear goal scoring opportunity. Knights took the lead after clearing a Central corner and counter attacking down the right. A square ball across the penalty area was collected by their forward who drove a shot high into the goal. Knights caught Central with another breakaway soon after to move into a two goal lead and scored a third before half time when a free kick deflected off a Central player into the net.

In the second half Central keeper Joe Heggadon made several important saves to keep the deficit at three. Jamie Hammond battled hard in the midfield in an attempt to drag Central back into the game. Toby Criss defended superbly at the back for Central as the opposition attacked time and time again. Knights strong forward play was eventually rewarded with a fine strike from the left for the forth goal, and a fifth was added before the final whistle to cap a dominant display by the visitors.

 Newton Knights (2) v Central City (5) Under 10s friendly 17.10.09 

A friendly game provided Central with an opportunity to put their cup exit behind them.  Newton scored in the opening minutes but Harvey Young equalised a minute later with a  well struck shot off the foot of the post after a great ball from Farzam Rezaie. Newton went ahead again then Young restored Central's lead after dribbling past several players and crashing a shot into the goal. Joe Glenny broke free from the Newton defence running onto a ball over the top to score Central's third.  For Central Farzam Rezaie did well running with the ball at the opposition defence.

In the second half Central got well on top of the game. Will Caschere made good tackles and provided accurate long passes down the left to Will Brown who looked dangerous when heading toward the Newton goal. Man of the Match Harvey Young continued to carve through the Newton midfield and completed his hat -trick with a powerful strike from distance and scored his fourth goal of the game to round off a fine display. The 5-2 final score was very much a team effort and everyone responded well after defeat in the first game.

Stoke Hill were slow off the mark and Sidmouth took an early lead, they then followed up with goals no 2 and 3 before a superb 15yd  strike from Timon Brown who lobbed the keeper from the touch line  right on the stroke of half time to make going into the break a little more respectable. The second half Stoke Hill came out with a little more purpose about their game but were unable to break down a resolute Sidmouth defence and the game ended with Sidmouth coming out on top 3-1 winners.
 
Good luck to Sidmouth in the 2nd round.

After an even first 10 minutes, the first goal opened the floodgates.

Joe Balkwill gave Stoke Hill Celtic the lead when he reacted first to drive in the first goal after a shot from Morgan Pearce hit the post. Man of the Match Dan Hodges then took over lashing home a 5 minute hatrick before half time.

Freddie James & Callum Whiteoak both came off the bench for the second half & both scored to give Stoke Hill Celtic a 6-0 lead. Hemyock scored a deserved consolation goal when Luke Cuthbert ran through & calmly stroked the ball home.

Stoke Hill passed the ball around well with defenders Morgan Pearce & Joe Blackwell starting many of the moves.

The much anticipated cup match started with Pikes slow to get going whilst Westhill dominated play from the first whistle. Pikes struggled to get any fluency to their game. Westhill kept possession comfortably whilst pikes struggled to organize (the whole team were quiet, no communication), tackle and when in possession, distribute the ball effectively. It was totally against the run of play that Pikes found themselves ahead.

From a rare Pikes attack, Nathan Smeath made a decent strike to put Pikes a goal up. This gave Pikes a false sense of security, and Westhill a renewed sense of purpose. For Pikes, two outstanding performances from Lewis Densham in goal (who made 3 or 4 brilliant saves in the game) and Harrison Taylor in defence (who played with purpose and confidence throughout the match) saved Pikes from an embaressing scoreline at half time.

However, Westhill still scored 3 goals before half time, good well worked goals too, although from a Pikes perspective the defending was dreadful. After half time Pikes woke up.....a little. Morgan Cullen pulled a goal back to add some respectability to the scoreline, and some of the interplay was much better. 

But it was too little too late to prevent Westhill to go on as worthy winners and capped a disappointing performance from the Pikes

 A long range effort from sidmouth put the away side in front but Countess Wear didn't drop thir heads and equalised through a brilliant solo effort from lewis matthews just inside of the last ten minutes.

Countess Wear then took control of the game when Jake Charlton dribbled past several players and finished well to take the lead. The Dynamoes then finished the game with some good passing that led to another well finished goal from Matthews.

George Coombes had a good game in midfield. Men of the match were Jake Charlton and Lewis Matthews.

The game started fast and hard, but the first goal came from Alphington with minuetes of the off when there was a lasp in the Culm defence, the second goal came from Alphington when Elliot Tancock made a excellent save that fell to the feet of the Alphington player who knocked it into the net.Culm contiued to battle hard and were rewarded with there first goal from young Billy Green who's long ranged shot left the Alphingtons keeper with no chance. Culm picked up there game and there was chances at both end the game was fast no sooner had one team made a chance then the other would counter react and be down the other end, but soon there was a goal from a Alphington corner,but Culm came back with a session of passes from Evan Lewis and Kieran Fry to set Finley Mclear to knock it in to the net . the score at half time  3  v  2 

The second half came out like  the first fast and hard Culm made the first break but Alphington came back with a goal after that the boys heads went down and Alphington scored again.Evan Lewis took a knock and was replaced by Callum Batten,the game continued at a fast pace Culm worked hard but just could not keep the ball out of there area and goal, every break they made was snapped shut by the Alphington defence. 

Boys well done  you all played well and gave 100%

Despite arriving late at Culm, Alphington Rockets start to the game was amazing.  James Dodd was bombing down the left wing and created several chances for his team mates. The Rockets were rewarded in the first few minutes when Max Hammett picked up a loose ball to poke the ball into the roof of the Culm net to make it 0-1. 

Minutes later The Rockets were fortunate to double their lead when a James Dodd shot cannoned of the keepers feet and hit a Culm defender to score an own goal. Culm replied with a goal to make the score 1-2. 

Just before half time Luke White seized on a corner cross, which hit the post and fell kindly to White who calmly placed the ball into Culm's net. Again, the resilient Culm scored to make it 2-3 at the break. 

The second half started much like the first, high tempo and excellent passing. Luke White was on target again; when he pounced on a dropped save from the Culm keeper. The Rockets started to dominate the game and were creating chances at will, without being able to add to their tally. Finally persistence paid off when Max Hammett passed to James Dodd, who coolly slotted the ball into the Culm net.

During the last few minutes Lucas White was on hand to place the ball home for his well deserved hat-trick. 

This was by far Alphington Rockets best performance of the season against a very organised and determined Culm team. Excellent performances to note were from Luke White, Max Hammett and Joe McKenzie. 

Rockets Man of the Match James Dodd

The Heavies started slowly, and gifted the Saints an early goal, after the saints striker reacted quickest to a loose ball in front of goal. Both teams played some good football and AC were back in the game after a fine corner by Jack Smith led to Jack Kennedy scoring with a good solid header giving the Saints keeper no chance.

Saints continued to press and the AC defence was caught out for pace,allowing Saints to retake the lead.Failure of Heavitree to clear their lines and the midfield playing to deep let Crediton continue to dominate.Saint scored again before the break making it 1-3.

The second half was a more contested affair, after Jack Hector gave AC some hope by scoring to bring the score to 2-3. Heavitree came close to equalising when Jack Kennedy hit the woodwork,and Jack Smith narrowly missed with two long range efforts,further attempts on goal by Arron Holwell and Jack Hector that the saints Keeper and defence dealt with. Saints then broke down the wing and past the AC defence to score their fourth.Jack Hector then scored a good individual goal turning a Saints defender,then past another to run on and lash it past the Saints keeper, 3-4. Both sides battled to the final whistle,in a close contest,but the Saints prevailed to go on to the next round.(good luck). 

AC MOTM . Jack Hector.

Dawlish (3) v Central City (0) 10.10.09  

Central City's  strong second half performance  deserved more than the final score line suggested. It was Dawlish  quickly attacked putting Central under pressure. For Central, the defensive pairing of Joshua Morris and Will Caschere made several important clearances in the opening moments. Dawlish opened the scoring after a long throw into Central's penalty area was tapped in from close range. Dawlish added a second soon after when an in-swinging corner crashed against the front post, rebounded and was      knocked home. Central responded well keeping their heads up and working for each other as a team. Jamie Hammond in the midfield and Will Brown on the left flank worked hard to regain possession of the ball and provide service to Joe Glenny up front. 

The second half began as the first had ended with City looking stronger going forward. Fin Gregory on the right and Toby Criss supporting from defence got forward in good areas. Central caused all sorts of problems for Dawlish in and around their penalty area in search of a goal and the Dawlish team made many blocks and tackles to prevent the away side from scoring. Central came closest to registering when captain Jamie Hammond did well stretching to get on the end of a knock back and his shot slid inches wide of the post .  However, it was Dawlish who got the third and decisive goal of the game on a breakaway move that sealed victory for the home side. 

St. Martins (3) v Central City (3) 10.10.09  

This was an open and free scoring game finishing in a 3-3 draw and a valuable away point taken back from St. Martins. On a sloping pitch Central played down the hill in the first half and dominated the play racing into a three nil lead by the break. Joe Glenny opened the scoring after Harvey Young's shot was only partially cleared and he reacted quickly to smash home the rebound from close range. Glenny added his second when he ran onto a quick throw-in down the right and got ahead of his marker to poke home at the near post. Central's third was scored by Harvey Young who collected possession on the right hand side and ran towards goal before cutting inside a defender and driving a powerful shot from distance across the keeper into the left hand corner.

Central initially coped well playing up the slope of the pitch and adapted to the direct play of St. Martins. Central battled hard to win possession of the ball and were strong in the tackle. Callum Davison put in a great effort to help the team when the ball moved higher up the pitch. A long throw in for St.Martins  put their forward through on goal to score. They added a second from close in and then believed they could get something from the game. Joe Heggadon made several fine saves to keep Central ahead including a magnificent effort diving to his right to turn the ball around the post. Shortly before full time a St Martins'  defender let fly from long range with a fine shot that curled into the top corner to rescue a draw.

Sidmouth Warriors U10's ended Exmouth Amateurs 29 game winning run with a convincing victory. Quick out of the blocks goals from Ollie Jarrett and Joe Buckland put Warriors 2 up before Exmouth pulled one back just before half time.

Exmouth gained confidence from this and levelled early in the second half. Some strong defending especially from man of the match Kade Hayman kept Exmouth at bay, before a strong finish from Sidmouth saw them score three times in the last 5 minutes. Joe Buckland scored an excellent third, Ollie Jarrett and a long range effort from Hayman completed the scoring. 

The second game saw the Warriors continue in the same vain against Brixington Blues, one up at half time through George Harris, the Warriors suffered a set back after 30 seconds of the second half as Brixington scored straight from the kick off.

A fantastic team performance then saw the Warriors overpower their opponents, a header from Ethan Meade, 2 goals from Joe Buckland and a long range free kick from George Harris saw Sidmouth come out 5-1 winners.

Team - Tobi Pugsley, Kade Hayman, Matt Jones, Tom Woodruff, Joe Lowe, George Harris, Ollie Jarrett, Ethan Meade and Joe Buckland. 

Match 1 

Playing with the slope in the 1^st half  did not seem to help the boys settle into any kind of pattern. A very lethargic start saw the boys go 1 down without really getting into the game. Some key positional changes perhaps added to the disruption. Luke Perry was an excellent makeshift goalie and Frank Trimble stuck to his defensive duties well. The real highlight for United though was a flash of genius from Thomas O'Donnell for the equaliser at 2 all. A great goal which should have sealed the draw. 

Match 2 

United went a goal up in this game but never seemed to believe in themselves. Dawlish battled well and managed to stifle our main threat Oskar Pawlowski who tried his best to twist away. Talie Metcalfe-Wood was probably United's best player with good strong runs and a commitment that the others should take note of.  6 goals conceded was the  result of a lack of cohesion and team ethic.

Countess Wear Dynamoes 1 Moors youth Stars 1 - This was a very even match with both sides having their chances. The Moors keeper had a great game to save all of Countess Wears goal theat.

Both of the teams played some good passing football and countess wear should have finished their chances. Dan Cunningham had a great match and was my man of the match .George Coombes was the goalscorer with a great stike.

Countess Wear Dynamoes 10 Moors Youth Comets 0 - The Dynamoes power and teamplay gave us this win,the boys did not play that well as they were all keen to score!,this meant that all the players did not pass quickly enough and Moors were able to clear their lines.

Scorers were Jake Charlton with 3,Charlie Telford with 4, Dan Cunningham 1,Lewis Matthews and Reece Saunders. Man of the match Lewis Matthews and Charlie Telford.

Inter Heavitree 0 v Stoke Hill Rangers 1
Inter Heavitree started the game strongly with Josh Herbert making an immediate break down the right wing and his pinpoint cross was headed just wide by Matt Burchell. Continued pressure from Heavitree created plenty of chances including a great run by Tyler Davis which left him one-on-one with the keeper, but unfortunately he scuffed his shot straight into the keeper's arms. 

Rangers looked dangerous on the break and Josh Bennett did an excellent goal line clearance to keep the scores all level at the break. In the second half Heavitree kept pushing forward for the goal that their possession deserved.

However a fantastic break by Rangers with only 5 minutes left resulted in a breakaway goal and try as they might Heavitree could not get back into the game in the minutes that remained.

Man of the Match: Josh Bennett  

Inter Heavitree 0 v Stoke Hill Celtic 1
Despite the disappointment of the first game Inter Heavitree started well again against a strong Stoke Hill Celtic side. All the players harried and pressured the Stoke Hill side to create a number of chances but were unlucky to hit the crossbar twice and were also denied by a resolute Celtic defence.

The second half continued in a similar vein with Jed Wright hitting the post and Heavitree just about producing the better chances. However Heavitree overcommited at a corner and Stoke Hill showed why they are top of the league with a sharp break and clinical finish.

Heavitree desperately tried to chase an equaliser but Stoke Hill won a very competitive match and were only denied a second by a couple of fantastic saves by Matthew Davison.

Man of the Match: Jed Wright

Heavitree Inter v Stoke Hill Rangers U10's   0-1
 
This was a fast paced game in which both teams came close to scoring on several occasions. Either team could have gone ahead early on but for some sound defending at both ends. The first half finished all square without any goals, but it was Stoke Hill who made the break through with about 5 minutes of the match remaining, with a superbly taken goal by Jordan Sandford after a pin point pass through the defence by Warren Hawkins. In all an Excellent performance by all the Stoke Hill players.
 
Man of the Match - Jordan Sandford for a cool finish
 
 
Heavitree AC v Stoke Hill Rangers U10's  4-1 
 
After an excellent team effort in the first game, Stoke Hill went to sleep from the kick off allowing Heavitree to steal a goal within 15 seconds from the off. Rangers were always on the back foot in the first half and went into the break 3-0 down. The second half was pretty much as the first with Heavitree going further in front before Jordan Sandford got a consolation strike for Rangers late in to the game.

Heavitree AC 0 v Stoke Hill Celtic 5.

Stoke Hill played a good passing game switching play at every opportunity to find gaps in the Heavitree defence. Stoke Hill lead at half time through goals by Ethan Ampadu set up by Morgan Pearce & Joe Balkwill played in by Harry Pollard. Stoke Hill made four substitutions at half time & two of the subs added further goals with two goals from Ollie Evans & one for Callum Whiteoak, for a 5-0 win. Man of the match was Joe Blackwell for a commanding performance in the Stoke Hill Celtic defence.

Heavitree Milan 0 v Stoke Hill Celtic 1.

After playing so well in their first game, the Stoke Hill lads were a little complacent in their second match, but by half time Stoke Hill realised they had a game on their hands against a strong Heavitree Milan team who twice struck the Stoke Hill Celtic crossbar. Celtic were also grateful to Dan Hodges for two brave goal-line blocks.

The second half continued with Heavitree pressing & this time they hit the Stoke Hill post. Against the run of play Stoke Hill Celtic scored the only goal of the game when Callum Whiteoak broke well & played John-Morgan Ross through the middle. With just the keeper to beat, John-Morgan calmly flicked the ball home with the outside of his foot, in the style of Thierry Henry.

Stoke Hill Celtic almost scored a second when Harry Pollard was twice fouled, but the ref played good advantage & his shot was superbly saved by Heavitree keeper Adam Davison. Heavitree Milan will consider themselves very unlucky not to have got at least a draw out of this game.

Stoke Hill Man of the Match - Harry Pollard.

AC HEAVITREE  0  V STOKE HILL CELTIC 5.
This match kicked off at quite a pace,and for the first 8-9 minutes it was a pretty even affair, with Jack Smith, Jack Kennedy and Alex Green having a good battle with the Stoke Hill midfield.

However some good movement and passing gave Stoke Hill their opening goal. Soon after a fumble in the goal mouth allowed Stoke Hill to go two up.Heavitree continued to put on a fight,Jack Hector and Kathryn Brown making a number of well timed tackles at the back to keep AC in it.The second half saw Stoke Hill do much of the pressing with Heavitree defending well, until a contentious third goal all but sealed the victory.

Alex Green and Jack Kennedy looked to have broken through at one stage after some good passing but the Stoke Hill defense managed to thwart the attack.Stoke Hill added a further two goals, to give them a deserved victory.The Heavitree team deserved some consolation for their efforts but Celtic were to strong for them today.  

AC MOTM. JACK x3  

AC HEAVITREE 4 V STOKE HILL RANGERS 1.
Heavitree came flying out the blocks after their first defeat, and caught Rangers napping,Jack Kennedy punishing them in the first minute with a clinical finish.AC continued to press Rangers who defended in numbers, the three Jacks of Heavitree testing their resolve .

That pressure paid off with Jack Smith adding a second goal. Rangers were on the back foot for much of the first half, rarely troubling Kathryn Brown and Alex Green at the back,although both put in some good tackles to stop any threats to Jasper's goal. Jack Kennedy chipped the Rangers keeper for his second, and AC were 3 nil up at the break. 

The second half was a more even battle with Rangers looking for a way back into the match. However a brilliant corner by Jack Smith curled into the Rangers goal to make it 4 nil.Rangers fought on and managed a consolation goal after a Heavitree clearance hit a defender in the back and fell to a rangers player who put it away for a final score of 4-1.  

AC MOTM. JACK SMITH.  

Match 1 Central United 2 - 2 Brixington 

This was a very pleasing start to the season, with the boys obviously all enjoying the return to matchplay. The 2 new boys Oskar Pawlowski and Tom Wright proved themselves excellent additions to the squad with Tom's workrate a real highlight. It was Oskar though who managed to score on his debut so a really memorable day for him. George O'Brien scored the other goal and with 2 in the bag Central should have been able to secure the win. However, Arthur Burrow's determination to maintain his good looks resulted in  the opposition scoring from the penalty spot. 

Match 2 - Central Unites 0 - 2 Exmouth

I felt the boys let their wariness of  the opposition stifle their ambition - we never really got after Exmouth. At times we lacked shape and tended to rush our decision making. However, Will Gregory and Alex Pinsky again showed what confident defenders they are becoming with standout performances and Will Wenley also pulled off several terrific saves.

Central City U10s 0 - 3 Exmouth Amateurs  26.09.09

This was Central's first game of the season against a strong team.  After a nervous start there was good link up play in midfield with Will Brown, Jaime Hammond and Harvey Young playing well together. Joe Heggadon was very good in goal and Will Cashere  and Toby Criss worked hard in defence. Exmouth's first goal went in just before half time. Though Exmouth were on top there was some good attacking football for City. Callum Davison battled hard throughout up front. Farzam Rezaie, Joe Glenny and Fin Gregory all had good games. The boys tired in the second half and Exmouth got two more goals but City didn't give up and were unlucky not to score. 

Central City U10s 1 - 0 Brixington Blues 26.09.09

Central had a much better second game with all players putting together some good moves and showing their skills. They worked hard to defend throughout with the team showing more awareness of positioning and marking. Will Brown scored an excellent goal from a tight angle after a great ball from Farzam Rezaie who played well up front. The midfield were strong with both subs, Will Brown and Harvey Young attacking and  getting back to defend and Jaime Hammond running tirelessly throughout. Will Cashere had an excellent game as left back and all the players showed that their  passing  and tackling is improving. Toby Criss and Fin Gregory were strong in defence and Callum Davison  and Joe Glenny played well upfront and in midfield.  The game was exciting to watch: Brixington did not give up and had three excellent chances towards the end of the game all saved by City's Man of the Match, Joe Heggadon.

Alphington Rockets 4 V 1 Hemyock 

Alphington Rockets started their first game of the new season in perfect form. A blend of old and new players combined well to ensure a comfortable victory. Several chances were created within the first few minutes; However, The Rockets were unable to score. 

The deadlock was broken by Rockets striker Lucas White.  A few moments later White added a second with a superb individual goal. James Dodd passed to White, who turned in the box, lifted the ball over the Hemyock defender and blasted the ball into the net. James Johnson, Max Hammett and Jack Cutting all had shots well saved, by the impressive Hemyock Keeper. Just before half time White completed his hat-trick. 

The second half was a tighter affair; The Rockets dominated possession without really getting shots on target. Eventually Conor Saunders added a forth to The Rockets Tally. Joe McKenzie was commanding in defence but a Speculative shot from 20 yards seemed to defy The Rockets defenders and goal keeper, and bounced into the net to make the final score 4 -1. 

Alphington Rockets Man of the Match Lucas White.

AC HEAVITREE 4 V NEWTON KNIGHTS 0.  
First match of the new season got off to a thrilling start with both sides battling well. The Heavitree midfield eventually overcame the Knights, and pressed for much of the first half. This pressure brought a corner which Jack Smith lofted into the box for Jack Kennedy to header home. T

he Knights pushed for an equaliser, but found the Heavitree defense in the way Luke Matthews,Arron Holwell and Kathryn Brown steadfastly dealing with everything. Heavitree came close to a second when a long range shot from Jack Kennedy hit the post,it wasn't long before more pressure and excellent passing lead to Jack Hector opening his account for the season making it 2-0 at half time.  

AC Heavitree continued to play good passing football and press the Newton Knights,both teams carried on in a good committed fashion.Heavitree again managed to boss the midfield and this time Jack Smith hit the back of the net. Alex Green hit the cross bar with a well struck shot, as Newton defended in numbers.Soon after Heavitree were awarded a freekick just inside the Newton half which Jack Kennedy duly stepped up and smashed high into the top of the Newton net past a mass of defenders and a goalkeeper.

The Knights battled on well to the final whistle but on this occassion the Heavies were too strong.  
MOTM. JACK KENNEDY.  

AC HEAVITREE 2 V BEACON KNIGHTS 0.   
Boosted by thier first match AC Heavitree came out and continued to play the same good football. Beacon Knights were also playing well and both teams pressed for a break through. The first half was end to end, with little between the teams.

Jasper Freestone was called into action and cleared his lines well, and pulled off a fine diving save. A spirited run by Jack Hector down the left with two defenders pressing saw him shot right across the goal mouth.Just before half time some slick team passing by Heavitree, set up Jack Hector to open the scoring in this match.Knights came close after a frenzied goal mouth scramble, but Arron Holwell eventually cleared.  

The second half was end to end again, the Knights pressed and hit the post.A left foot shot by Jack Kennedy just wide for Heavitree and a long range shot by Jack Smith just curled wide of the top corner. Heavitree's second goal created by Jack Kennedy who did well to battle past two defenders and cross the ball from the touchline for Jack Hector to smash into the roof of the Knight's goal.

Undeterred Beacon knights continued to the press for a goal and came close when a fine shot hit the crossbar. For all thier effort the score stayed the same as The Heavitree backline Kathryn , Arron and Jack again dealt with eveything helping Jasper Freestone to another clean sheet!  
MOTM. JACK HECTOR.

Inter Heavitree 1 v Beacon Knights 2
The first match of the new season was a very close, tight affair with both teams putting in committed displays. Beacon Knights started strongly but two great headed clearances by Matt Burchell cleared the danger. Heavitree came back and forced a corner and then fashioned a chance for Tyler Davis but his shot narrowly missed. 

Minutes later Harry Dolan made some progress in the centre of midfield and managed to lay the ball off to Josh Herbert down the right. It looked like he had been taken too wide but he shot powerfully and beat the Knights' goalkeeper to send Heavitree in 1-0 up at the break.

The second half saw chances for both sides as Matt Burchell and Tyler Davis made several last ditch tackles and Matthew Davison pulled off two fantastic saves. Meanwhile at the other end Jed Wright and Jack Lethbridge both went close after good interplay between the two. Then with five minutes to go and it looking as if Heavitree were going to manage a narrow victory,

Beacon Knights broke quickly and the resulting shot beat Matthew's dive and Matt's goal line clearance could only deflect the ball into the net off his goalkeeper's back. Heavitree looked shell-shocked and a minute later another quick break resulted in a corner for the Beacon Knights. The corner came over and Matt jumped well but unfortunately his header only managed to deflect the ball over Matthew Davison's despairing leap to make it 2-1 to the visitors.
Man of the Match: Matt Burchell     

Inter Heavitree 7 v Newton Knights 1 Inter Heavitree started slowly and in the initial exchanges there were very few chances created. However they slowly started to build some pressure and Harry Dolan made a good break down the left and set up Jed Wright for a chance, which he pulled just wide. Moments later the breakthrough came as Heavitree won a corner and when Jed hit it into the danger area it was deflected by the Knights goalkeeper into his own net.

The pressure grew and Harry hit the crossbar before a flowing move between Harry, Josh Bennett and Jed resulted in Jed hitting a shot back passed the Knights' goalkeeper's dive and into the back of the net. Despite hitting the crossbar again the score remained 2-0 at the break.

In the second half Heavitree stepped up the pace and a clever corner picked out Jed Wright on the edge of the area who slotted in through the crowded box. Josh Herbert picked out Matt Burchell for a stunning strike for Heavitree's fourth before Newton Knights got a deserved goal back. Matthew Davison in goal could only look on as his clearance was half volleyed back over his head from just inside the halfway line.

Heavitree continued to press though and Josh Herbert picked up on confusion in the Knight's defence and his shot hit the post before Harry Dolan slotted in the rebound, that his hard work over the day had deserved. Minutes later Tyler Davis popped up for another well constructed goal to make the final score 7-1.

Man of the Match: Jed Wright 

Stoke Hill Rangers v Cullompton Rangers   1-5
 
This was a game were Stoke Hill didn't get into their stride until the second half by which time it was too late as they were already 4-0 down.  A consolation goal by Rueben Alabaidi brought some late rallying by the Stoke Hill boys before Cullompton scored again to run out 5-1 winners. 
 
Stoke Hill Rangers v Broadclyst   13-0
 
This was a very one sided game that saw newcomers Broadclyst unable to get a foothold in the game. Goals from Regan Gent (2), Jordan Stamford (2), Warren Hawkins (1), Luke Dunstan (2), John Morgan (2), Rueben Alabaidi (1) and a first half hatrick by Timon Brown. All credit to the Broadclyst boys who never dropped their heads at any point and at times looked promising, a credit to their manager and each other.
 
Man of the Match - The Stoke Hill Team

Stoke Hill Celtic 14 v Broadclyst 0.

Despite the scoreline the newly formed Broadclyst team kept their heads up & played good football to the end. To give the players more pitch time in their first ever game, Broadclyst played with nine players. The Broadclyst keeper Jonty Potts made a number of great saves.
The three half time substitutes for Stoke Hill were all playing their league debuts & they scored 8 goals between them in the second half with Callum Whiteoak scoring 4, Freddie James 3 & Ethan Ampadu 1.  

In the first half, captain & man of the match Harry Pollard scored 4 goals, and their were further strikes from Dan Hodges & Sam Fulthorpe.

Tom Cox smashed two long range efforts which crashed back off the crossbar & the post.


Stoke Hill Celtic 7 v Cullompton 1.

Stoke Hill took an early lead through Ethan Ampadu, but Cullompton equalised with a well struck shot from Ben Bowles.

Joe Balkwill restored the Stoke Hill lead with a fantastic header from a Callum Whiteoak cross.

Ethan Ampadu & Joe Balkwill both scored a second goal & there were further strikes from Harry Pollard, Freddie James & Ollie Evans to record a 7-1 victory.

Sam Fulthorpe played well on the right wing setting up a host of chances for his team mates.

A good start to the game saw Pikes apply early pressure. Charlie Fairchild and Simon Priddle both went close in the early exchanges. After the early pressure, a Simon Priddle cross was met by Tommy Lyons to tap in. Tedburn came back strongly and Pikes found themselves having to break up attacks, however some missed tackles led to an equalizer to put the game level. For the rest of the game Pikes pressed hard and continued to play well. Josh Hawkesby in his first competitive game for the Pikes played extremely well linking up with Morgan Cullen really well along with Simon Priddle. Charlie Fairchild found himself in a good position and tapped in from a Simon Priddle effort. Josh soon found himself in the action, crossing to let Tommy Lyons to score. Tommy completed his hat-trick from a great Hamish Edmond pass from a surging run from defense. Defense coped well for the rest of the game, with Daniel Cullen enjoying a good partnership with Baily Radford. Finally, Tommy Lyons grabbed a fourth goal from a Morgan Cullen cross to cap a fine team performance.

Pikes appeared a bit sluggish after the high tempo first game, and both sides seemed to struggle to gain some fluency. Pikes started to ball watch and their pressing game seemed to elude them, consequently Crediton maintained quite a lot of possession with Pikes struggling to break the play down. A first half with few chances, with only Lewis Densham excelling in goal making some important stops, and the defence managing to keep Crediton from having too many chances. A half time team talk to re-emphasise the need for work rate and hunger saw the Pikes start with renewed vigour. Working a lot harder they managed to put the Crediton defence under some pressure, resulting in a Tommy Lyons cross being tapped in from close quarters by Morgan Cullen. That goal was followed quickly by another Morgan Cullen tap in from a scrambled goal mouth. Pikes then relaxed and to Creditons credit they pressed hard and were rewarded with a goal. The last quarter was a tense affair, with Crediton doing most of the pressing with Pikes just holding out to gain an important win in a tight contest.

Culm United 3 v 2 Sidmouth Rangers Vikings
Culm started the game with two good chances from the off but as the game went on it evened out and you could see you were going to be in for some good football.

After some hard slog a great pass by Kieran Fry from the right to Evan Lewis who shot but the Sidmoth goalie made a great save which rebounded back for Evan to tapp it in. Sidmouth came back with some long shots that when bounced looked like they would bounce over Elliot Tancocks head so he had to be alert at all times. the second goal in this half came from Evan on the left with a long distance chip that the keeper had no chance of saving

The second half started hard and fast like the end of the first had finished, part way through Callum Batten came on for Finley Mclear. It seamed like Sidmouth had got there second wind as most of the play was in Culms end so the boys had to keep there wits about them. 

A break with a well put through pass from Kieran to Callum who cooly passed it to Evan who scored his hat trick of the game. But Sidmouth came back quick with e break and scored there second goal.

Culm United 4 v 1 Sidmouth Raiders
Both sides had early chances but the first goal came when Kieran Fry who did along range chip that cleared the keeper.Culm seamed to have alot of the ball play but the second goal came when Sidmouths goalie fluffed his goal kick and Harry Evans was there to take advantage and cooly put it away but you could not take it away from Harry it was a cool finish.

Billy Greene worked realy hard and should have scored so should have Callum Batten who never stopped battling Second half the goal came after a pass on the left from Callum to Evan who passed to Finley Mclear who shot it home in the bottom corner net.

The next goal came as a result of some great passes which put Evan through to score . Elliot Tancock had little to do in goal but when called upon was solid as was George Hawkins in defence. The Raiders came back with a last minute goal.

Well done BOYS a good start to the season

A much tougher encounter than the score line suggests and by no means one-sided.  Spears did dominate the early period and created a number of very good chances but could not show any composure in front of goal.

Saints created some good chances themselves and Connor Radford had to keep his concentration, pulling off two of three good saves at a crucial period. Alex Roberts scored after some good interplay and relieved the pressure from the home team.

A brilliant solo goal from Tyler Hickman showed his undoubted quality. He received the ball, turned and ran at the defence, beat three players and comfortably slotted the ball past the keeper. Jamie Vaughan-Ryall weighed in with a third to put the match beyond doubt.

Jimmy Knight looked impressive in the middle of mid field, his usual determination together with a range of excellent passing but too many others were not on their game.  There were signs of the flowing football we have come to expect and Spears have their keeper to thank for the clean sheet.

A very scrappy first half with both sides creating chances but the football was not great in terms of team performance.  Tedburn look to have some talented individuals in their side and once they blend they will be very competitive.

It was Tedburn who took the lead, albeit against the run of play, and through a number of breaks they could have been further in front if it weren’t for some last ditch defending and quality goalkeeping from Connor Radford. Pinhoe Spears battled hard but were just not yet firing on all cylinders and ended the half behind.

The second half saw more determination and better quality on the ball although still chances went begging, until Jonny Farnsworth scored from long range.  This lifted Spears who dominated for the remainder and although Ashley Carpenter grabbed the winner they should have made it much easier for themselves.

Tom Ferdinand showed how much he has improved over the break with a high energy performance maintaining the standard set in friendlies. Tom Crees played very well at Centre Half, Adam Squire looked more assured in this one and Jonny Farnsworth enjoyed the freedom of right-back.

An excellent game off football which swung from end to end throughout with both teams dominating in periods. Moors created the early running with some bright off the ball running which caused a couple of early shots to flash wide across Tivvy keeper Harrison Burtons goal.

As the half grew and the Tivvy boys found their tempo they started to pass the ball around well and on a couple of occasions found themselves out wide in space which resulted in shots just flashing over from Lewis Coton and Ollie Binion. Mitch Dart also stung the hands of the Moors keeper with a low drive but he did well to recover to dive on the ball.

Moors broke quickly on a couple of occasions but the final ball in just eluded the oncoming forwards. With 3 minutes left in the half Tivvy broke through the middle and a shot spilled through the Moors keepers hands and nearly crossed the line before the ball was plucked back by the keeper much to the howls from the Tivvy manager.With a minute to go however Moors grabbed the winning goal a low shot bouncing up just in front of keeper Burton which bobbled in off the keepers arm to hand Moors a tame goal and a 1-0 lead at the break...  

The second half was much the same both teams going for the game and the match was stretched across the pitch. Both teams played the game at a high tempo and Moors could and possibly should have stretched the lead by hitting a post from a long range shot from Ashton Hewitt and then second later striking another post with the resulting follow up hitting the bar...The game ended as it started at a fast pace a great game between the local rivals. 

Man of the Match - The Team

Central United 1           St. Martins       7

United struggled with a weakened team and George Cobbold did well in defence alongside Leon Ryder Potter. In the second half Ruari Mold scored a fine goal from his own half which gave United some encouragement.

Central United 0           Brixington Blues 7

Another difficult game for United who were missing there goalkeeper and defenders. Not surprisingly the team struggled to stay in the game despite working hard for an elusive goal.

Dawlish United 1 - Crediton St Ettiene 0 

Both teams started the game well, with neither team dominating possession in the first half.

It was a tight game, which saw united's back two Cody Rackley and Nick Langley pope holding their ground against a well organised Crediton strike force.

A lot of the play in the first half was seen in the midfield section of the field, both teams battling very hard, Midfielder and man of the match Max Armitage doing an exceptional job in midfield closing down the ball and tracking back to help out in defence

Neither team was given much time on the ball. Although some great passing was displayed by both teams. Crediton had the majority of the chances in the first half, but Dawlish did very well in defence , with Keeper Harvey Hannaford displaying some confident handling of the ball.

A chance came for crediton when some good passing in the midfield saw a well weighted pass land in the path of a crediton forward, but it was Max Armitage who tracked back from midfield to clear the ball away for a crediton corner.

Crediton looked solid in defence and did well in marking Dawlish striker Corie Cleave.

Jamie Middleton gave a good performance , and looked troubling to the crediton defence carrying out some great runs down the right hand side of the pitch, it was in fact Jamie who nearly broke the deadlock when a long range effort forced the Crediton keeper to make a fine save and deny Dawlish of their first.

Second half saw Dawlish take a more confident approach to the game, and subsequently have more possession of the ball. A great run down the left from substitute Luke Morgan saw a good pass to Sam Wright who knocked the ball into the box to Max Armitage. Max confidently hit the ball into the top left hand corner of the net to give Dawlish the lead.

Luke Morgan continued to trouble the Crediton defence, not scared of running at and taking on the Crediton back two and was unlucky not to have his name on the score board.

Crediton came close to an equaliser after a run down the left hand side saw a shot fly past Dawlish keeper Harvey Hannaford and hit the post and go wide for a goal kick.

The latter part of the game saw Dawlish midfielder Jamie Middleton have a long range effort which was palmed wide by an impressive Crediton Keeper

Both teams gave an excellent display of team play and determination and Crediton were unlucky not to have got on the score board. But it was a well composed organised Dawlish team which got the well deserved win in the end.   

Dawlish United 5  - Crediton St Germain 0 

Both teams came out very determined and the game started with a fast pace. The match started off close with both teams playing well. however, it wasn't long before Dawlish gained their first goal, when some great passing between the united midfielders, resulted in Striker Corie Cleave placing the ball into the back of the net to give Dawlish an early lead.

After this goal Dawlish began to dominate the match with Corie Cleave hitting the woodwork twice, and Jack wills see a fine strike go wide of the far post

Matty Ranger played some fine crosses from the right, and Tommy Saint had a couple of long range shots, which the crediton keeper did well to save.. 

Dawlish were relentless, and were unlucky not to be two or three up in the first half, Credit must be given to the Crediton defence who played some great football and did well to close down the Dawlish attack force. 

A goal nearly came for Crediton when a well hit shot forced goal keeper Harvey Hannaford to make a confident save and deny Crediton of an equaliser.

Tommy Saint and Nick Langley Pope did well in defence protecting their keeper Harvey Hannaford, both giving noteworthy performances. 

Second half saw Dawlish make a couple of changes to the united line up, but not to the run of the game. United continue to threaten a second goal, and finally their persistence was rewarded when Jamie Middleton laid the ball back to Jack wills who confidently hit the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the net. 

The second goal was closely followed by a third. Crediton was unable to clear a well placed cross into their box, and a goal mouth scramble resulted in Max Armitage knocking the ball in the back of the net. 

Substitute Luke Morgan blasted home united's fourth, and it was Max Armitage who got the Fifth. 

Man of the Match: Corie Cleave.

PINHOE GLADIATORS 5  ALPHINGTON JETS 1  
Alphington Jets tried to play football against a very direct Pinhoe team and found themselves 4 goals down at half time. Playing down the slope on a very small pitch, Pinhoe scored 2 quick goals as the Jets did not cope with the long goalkeepr kicks.

Pinhoe goalkeeper nearly scored 2 straight from his kick, but thankfully keeper Ben Vanstone denied him. The Jets did not give up and both Ben Rooke and Bradley Wilkie continued to start the Jets attack from the back. Jack Bunclark linked well with William Bentley but was thwarted by a fine save from the Pinhoe keeper.

Tony Hutchins and captain Ben Clancy Mitchell tried hard. In the second half, the Jets brought on their 4 subs and pressed Pinhoe. Charlie Ewart and Jo Holmes always looked a threat and it was the latter who poked the ball home after Charlie had beaten the keeper with a great drive. Massimo Vece and William Bentley both did well when they came on. The Jets did not take any of the numerous chances they created and always looked capable of scoring by keeping the ball on the ground. The Gladiators scored their 5th from a great drive that the keeper Ben could only admire. This game was played in a great spirit, well done to both teams.  
MAN OF THE MATCH BEN ROOKE/CHARLIE EWART  

PINHOE SPARTANS 3 ALPHINGTON JETS 3  
The Jets opened the scoring playing up the hill when the dangerous first half captain Charlie Ewart got his deserved goal after a great move involving Tony, silky William Bentley and ever impressive Ben Clancy.

Pinhoe pressed and the Jeta keeper Jack Bunclark was in good form to deny them. Pinhoe did get the goal their play dserved when a well driven shot from 15yards found the bottom corner. This inspired the Jets and Charlie notched his 2nd before half time. Captain Ben Rooke was as reliable and commanding as ever alongside the ever improving George Hunt. Bradley always gave width on the right and the Jets were worthy of their 2-1 half time lead. In the 2nd half the inclusion of the substitutes did not stop the Jets rhythm.

Charlie just shot wide before Pinhoe scored from a great shot when the ball was laid to him from a free kick. The game was end to end with Pinhoe equalising from close range when the ball was stabbed home. Both teams could have sneaked the winner, but the draw was probably a fair result.  

MAN OF THE MATCH BEN CLANCY MITCHELL

Pinhoe Spartans 2 - 7 West Exe.  West Exe were in top form beating a strong Spartans side despite falling behind to a well struck goal. Man of the match Oliver Johnson pulled West Exe level almost straight from the restart beating three players to neatly slot home, he then squared the ball to Ryan Jackson who fired in from edge of box giving his side a 2-1 lead at the break. West Exe continued to play some great passing football in the second half and added to their tally with two goals from Jordan Brooks another from Ryan Jackson and two more from Oliver Johnson to complete his hat trick. Spartans never gave up and got deserved goal back just before the end. 

Pinhoe Gladiators 0 - 6 West Exe West Exe continued their from into their second game Oliver Johnson netting twice and younger brother James firing in at the near post to put West Exe three nil up at the break . Then substitute Jordan Brooks grabbed himself a second half hat trick to give West Exe a six nil win , although West Exe had to thank keeper Brandon Roberts for a clean sheet making two fine saves to deny Gladiators.

Brixington Blues 2 - 4 Central City
Having had most of the early possession Central found  themselves a goal behind to a deflected corner. Aiden Pring got things going again for Central and then Thomas Roome made it two before the break with a fine long range strike. Central seemed to have it safe when Bradley Down scored with his left foot early in the second half. Brixington immediately replied but Aiden Pring put the result beyond doubt a few minutes later for a deserved Central victory. 

St Martins 1 - 1 Central City
Central city and St Martins played out a close contest that ended in a one all draw. St Martins scored in the first half in a move started with a massive throw in that travelled more than half way across the pitch. Central stuck to their game plan and persistence paid off when Bradley Down slotted home from a Will Tutchings corner.

Central United 1           Westhill Wasps            7 

No escape from the fact that United suffered a good thrashing at the hands of a strong Westhill side. United struggled to clear the ball from defence and the opposition took advantage on seven occasions. A consolation goal from Leon Ryder Potter was the high point of the game, but this was a match to learn lessons from. 

Central United 2           Westhill Hornets 2 

United did well to get back in the game after letting in a couple of early goals. What would the team do for a clean sheet just now? Cain Garry started the fight back with a well taken goal after some good work from James Pearce. Soon after Ryan Lee finished well after a neat dribble and in the end United were unlucky not to win the game.

Alphington 1 - Honiton Hurricanes 4 

There were little between the two sides to start with, but Honiton eventually began to settle themselves and string together some good passing moves. Alphington's defence was excellent and due to this Honiton were limited to long distance shots only. Alister Forsyth opened the scoring for the Hurricanes on 6 minutes, catching the Alphington keeper off his line from just inside the oppositions half, but Alphington were quick to respond and levelled the score with a powerful long range shot, to close the half 1-1.

With everything to play for, the second half again began very evenly. Honiton found their stride more quickly though, taking the lion's share of the possession. The Hurricanes were soon rewarded for their efforts when Alister Forsyth slid home his second. This goal seemed to open up the Alphington defence, with Harry Leisk and then Mason Rhode stretching the visitors lead to an eventual 4-1 victory. 

Westexe 3 - Honiton Hurricanes 3 

Westexe were quick to apply the pressure to the visiting team with some competent build up play, forcing Honiton to defend strongly against some quality crosses. Eventually Westexe found a crack in the Honiton defence and got their first goal in the 7^th minute and managed to charge in a corner for a 2^nd just before the half time whistle.

The home side began to dominate again after the interval, scoring a third from the edge of the box and seemingly sealing a sound 3-0 victory. The Hurricanes had been finding it difficult to put any decent attacks in place, but in the 27^th minute their determination paid off when a breaking Alister Forsyth fed a well timed ball for Blake Freemantle to strike first time past the advancing Westexe goalie - score 3-1. One minute later and Blake Freemantle found himself in exactly the same position, this time making the score 3-2 with less than two minutes remaining. Incredibly, Honiton used their new found momentum and in the very last minute of the match Alister Forsyth broke once again and managed to slide the ball under the Westexe goalie to level the game! 

Congratulations to all of the Honiton Hurricanes who played superbly together as a team - well done!

Sidmouth Raiders            0 - 2       Pinhoe Gladiators 

On a warm sunny spring Saturday Morning, two evenly matched teams battled out an excellent game, with Pinhoe Gladiators finally grabbing victory. 

The Pinhoe team of Callum Jones (GK), Niall Barefoot, Ben O'Keeffe, Tom Mills, Keir Durie, Nathan Powell, Jordan Cross, Tyler Hickman & Ollie Mills played some great passing football hitting the crossbar and watching the ball bounce agonisingly out (there is never a Russian linesman, when you need him!)in the first half. While Callum Jones in the Pinhoe goal had to be in sparkling form to keep the strong committed Sidmouth team out. 

The second half started with the Gladiators goal under siege from the Raiders, but "Man of the Match" Ben O'Keeffe played superbly to clear off the line twice and try and pass the ball out of defence on numerous occasions.  The Gladiators absorbed all the pressure and began to assert there passing skills and confidence back into the game. Finally Keir Durie scored the opening goal and the Gladiators stormed forward and Jordan Cross scored a well taken second goal. 

Sidmouth Warriors         3 - 0       Pinhoe Gladiators 

The second game of the morning kicked off, under summer conditions, with the sun shinning down and the temperature rising. 

The Pinhoe team of Callum Jones (GK), Niall Barefoot, Ben O'Keeffe, Tom Mills, Keir Durie, Nathan Powell, Jordan Cross, Tyler Hickman & Ollie Mills battled against an excellent Sidmouth passing team, who used the size of the pitch superbly.  The Gladiators kept the score to nil all at half time with some resolute defending and again Callum Jones in goal was outstanding. 

The second half saw wave after wave of pressure from the Warriors and eventually scoring two goods goals from two well worked corners. The third break away goal, coming when the Gladiators had a good spell of possession and were looking to claw there way back into the game.

ALPHINGTON JETS 1 - 4 HONITON HURRICANES  
In a very even first half both teams put on a good display and played in a great spirit. Honiton took a deserved lead when a speculative shot from 20 yards flew oer keeper Tony Hutchins into the back of the net.

Jack Bunclark equalised with an excellent volley that took a wicked deflection off a defender. In the second half Honiton were much the stronger side, playing some very good football. Captain Ben Rooke and Ben Clancy Mitchell worked tirelessly for the jets and George Hunt, Will Bentley and Joe Holmes never gave up.

Honiton desevedly took the lead when the ball was rammed home from a corner. Jack Bunclark volleyed against the post before 2 more goals from Honiton wrapped up their conclusive win. Massimo,Charlie Hart and Charle Ewart all tried hard.  
MAN OF THE MATCH BEN CLANCY MITCHELL  

ALPHINGTON JETS 3 - 0 KENTISBEARE  
An excellent 2nd game for the Jets against a good Kentisbeare side. The Jets opened the scoring after some good work by Ben Rooke and a pass by Ben Clancy allowed Charlie Ewart to pick the ball up, turn and rifle the ball into the top corner from 15 yards.

The Jets grew in confidence and played some of their best passing football this season. Tony Hutchins grabbed the second goal at the far post after some good work by George Hunt. In an end to end game, Jets keeper Jack Bunclark was unbeatable.

Charlie Hart went close with a long range shot and Joe Holmes was denied by the Kentisbeare keeper. An excellent display from William Bentley was crowned by a fine individual goal as he beat 2 players and drilled the ball into the far corner to give the Jets a deserved win. Massimo put in some great tackles to keep Kentisbeare at bay.  
MAN OF THE MATCH CHARLIE EWART

Brixington Blues 1 - 0 Dawlish United 

Both teams got off to a quick start with early chances at both ends. Luke Morgan was unlucky early on when he did well in a one on one situation to pick up a good through ball from Jack Wills only to see his shot go wide. 

Brixington Blues scored their goal against the run of play at the time when the attacker managed to break through an absent united defence to slot his shot past closing keeper Harvey Hannaford. Soon after Luke again found himself in the action when a good ball from Sam Wright found Luke unmarked only to put the ball over the bar. Inspired by their goal Brixington started to create some chances and Tommy Saint and Cody Rackley were combining well to thwart their attacks. When they did break through it required man of the match Harvey Hannaford to produce a point blank save from a header on one occasion. In the dying minutes of the half Luke was again unlucky when he managed to put the ball through the keepers' legs from a Matthew Ranger pass only to see the defender clear off the line. 

In the second half Jamie Middleton made an instant impact with a good shot which he saw saved. Minutes later Jamie's shot was well blocked and he was unlucky with his speculative over head effort. Harvey Hannaford produced one of a string of fines saves from a corner. Max Armitage was unlucky to see his long range thunderbolt really well held by the keeper. Nick Langley-Pope and Jack Arnold were now being worked hard at the back by a determined Brixington side. Corie Cleave worked tirelessly upfront but the defenders were all too close at hand. Harvey Hannaford made a superb full length diving save low to his right to keep his team in it and again made a breathtaking point blank save from a well hit shot. On another occasion Harvey did well to push another effort over the bar. 

Whilst Dawlish could have converted several chances in the first half, Brixington Blues could equally have converted several chances if it was not for inspired goalkeeping from Harvey Hannaford and Brixington were the worthy winners in a well fought encounter. 

St Martins 0 - 3 Dawlish United 

Disappointed with their performance in the first game the United boys were challenged to show how they could respond as they knew they were up against a well organised St Martins side. They responded immediately. In the first minute Sam Wright's good left foot effort was well saved. Moments later Max Armitage, Corie Cleave and Jamie Middleton combined really well with one touch passing for Jamie to produce a quality finish. Corie Cleave scored the second when he picked the ball up on a one on one situation to slot the ball coolly through the keepers' legs. Sam Wright was unlucky to see another good effort go over the bar. Jamie was now a constant threat doing well to close the ball and create chances. Despite the majority of the play Jack Arnold and Nick Langley-Pope showed good concentration to quickly deal with the St Martins' attackers on a couple of occasions. 

Jack Arnold produced a fantastic long range effort which the keeper did well to turn away for a corner. Max Armitage was workmanlike midfield winning his tackles and headers. Corie was unlucky to see another effort saved when he cleverly flicked on a long through ball from Nick Langley-Pope. Corie was again in the action when he was fouled just outside the box with Max Armitage just clearing the bar from the resulting free kick. 

The second half saw a more determined St Martins side and Jamie Middleton did well to track back to cover the good defensive duties from Cody Rackley and Jack Arnold on the right hand side. Early on Corie Cleave's shot from Jack Wills' pass was just wide. Harvey Hannaford again showed his quality with a great near post save and from the resulting corner he produced a flying save to avert the danger. He again was called into action moments later and used his quick reflexes to save. 

Corie Cleave was rewarded for his hard work when he scored a really good individual goal. Jamie was unlucky also to be rewarded for his efforts when his shot was well saved. At the other end Cody Rackley produced a great block on the line when Harvey was eventually beaten but in the dying minutes Harvey again saved well in a one on one situation.

The man of the match award goes to the whole team for their brilliant response to the disappointment of the previous game and for producing a good all round team effort. All credited to a St Martins side who despite their early set back continued to battle.

Match 1
Central City played some delightful football against West Hill Hornets. City went ahead 2 minutes into the game when Thomas Roome converted a Bradley Down cross. Central settled into a rhythm and made it hard for The Hornets to gain possession.

Bradley Down scored a glorious header from a fine Jim Shpeherd cross and Jim got one himself to make it 3-0 at the break. The Hornets came out more determined in the  second half and put Central under pressure but the defensive partnership of Reece Allen and Will Tutchings were equal to it.

William Johns in goal dealt with anything that did get through. Central then reasserted themselves towards the end of the second half with two more goals from Bradley Down and one more from Jim Shepherd for a well deserved win. Paddy Randall played well in his return to the Central side. 

Match 2
Central City come out the victors in a fast passed action filled encounter. Central went ahead through Bradley Down after a couple of minutes. Central then gave the Wasps too much space in attack and they duly equalised. Central woke up and played with real determination. Bradley was inspirational and spurred the others on to work for the win.

Aiden Pring slotted home a loose ball that rebounded of the wasps defence and Bradley got another goal to make it 3-1 at the break. West Hill got one back early in the second half as Central failed to track back and pick up men leaving the wasps with 3 against the keeper. Encouraged by the this, the Wasps rained in shots but Central's Jake Newman played made a series of outstanding saves to deny them the equaliser.

Central United 0  - 0 Alphington   A friendly match against a weakened Alpington saw Leon Ryder Potter snatch three goals in a rare appearance up front. George Cobbold set up two goals with a good pass and fine cross which Ryder Potter nonchalantly headed into the goal.  

Central United 0   -  5 Westexe
A disappointing result but a fine performance United could easily have scored six and had they not forgotten how to tackle would have been worthy winners. A gutsy performance from Ruari Mold and some tireless defending from Ben Haigh were among the bright spots of the United performance. 

Central and West Exe played out a close fought match. West Exe started the strongest, taking the lead mid way through the first half. A second followed, and only top class saves from keeper Jake Newman kept Central in the game. Central strarted to assert themselves before the break with Aiden Pring hitting the post and Jim Shepherd coming close. Central came out confdent after the break and looked like scoring. After several near misses Crentral's goal came from William Johns. Central finished strongly but ran out of time to get an equaliser. 

Central City and Alphington played a friendly giving both teams the chance to try out some new ideas. Alpington looked the sronger for much of the first half, scoring two goals which Thomas Roome replied to twice for Central to set the score at 2-2 at half time. Alphington continued to play well butCentral looked the stronger in the second half  and two goals in quick succesion from Jake Newman gave central a comfortable cushion. Two more goals followed from Will Tutchings and Jim Shepherd.

Culm United Falcons came across a couple of very competent Crediton Saints sides at Tiverton College and ended the morning with two more unbeaten performances as they recorded a 0-0 draw against St Germain and then won 2-1 against St Etienne.

The first game, against St Germain served up a quite first half during which time neither goal keeper, or defence, was made to work too hard. But that changed after the break as Falcons created four very healthy chances, none of which they could take but, on the collective performance of the seven man St Germain side, anything other than the share of the spoils they got for their efforts, would have been harsh on them.

Falcons were not at their best and as slick as they had been the previous week this was more of a game when the ball was considered to be more of a hot potato, but they did improve after the break and with Connor Pengelly, Luke Horne, Oliver Marsden and Ryan Shrewsberry, sharing the defensive duties, it was no surprise that keeper Jordan Biss delivered yet another clean sheet.

The game against St Etienne was a different contest in as much as there was a much better tempo to the affair with both sides always looking to create. With Falcons tweaking their line up it meant William Birley and Oliver Elsworthy got the tasks of working up and down the respective flanks.

Falcons went ahead when a neat interchange between Pengelly and Elsworthy ended with Mortiboys hammering a shot that the visiting keeper could only parry into his goal.

The visitors levelled after the break when a shot from a very similar position to that the games first goal had come from, deceived the Falcons stopper but it was no more than Falcons deserved when, with just two minutes remaining, Elsworthy knocked a long ball up and over the top that Tom Mortiboys latched onto, outran the Saints defenders and, as the keeper stood his ground, the young hit man fired home to seal a 2-1 victory.

The same player ran through in an identical situation a minute later as the visiting side threw bodies forward to get back into the game, but a 3^rd goal would have been harsh on a Saints team who gave as god as they got throughout a contest that was very favourable on the watching eye.

For Falcons, Horne and Pengelly were again resolute at the back whilst for Saints it was their diminutive but very skilful number 4 who was as outstanding as team mate, the forward thinking number ten. Both sides can be very proud of their efforts on the day.

West Hill Wasps 0 - 1 Dawlish United 

On a very bumpy pitch both teams got off to a slow start. Dawlish United were unable to get their usual game flowing and when the midfield trio of Jamie Middleton, Max Armitage and Sam Wright did manage to get things moving they were quickly thwarted by a determined wasps defence. At the other end some smart defending was required from Jack Arnold and Nick Langley-Pope to prevent a wasps team, now growing in confidence. The closest United effort came from a long ball from Max Armitage which found Luke Morgan whose effort was well blocked, albeit with several claims for handball. Despite an increasing tempo in the closing stages the United boys were unable create any real goal scoring opportunities. 

The second half saw the introduction of fresh legs and the United boys survive a couple of scares at the back thanks to assured goalkeeping from Harvey Hannaford. Max Armitage was unlucky to see his good left foot effort well saved. Corie Cleave produced an excellent solo run only again to see his good effort well blocked. Matthew Ranger produced a couple of good runs but to no avail again being blocked by a very disciplined defensive unit. United rode their luck when a long range effort from the wasps hit the bar. 

Man of the match Jack Wills combined well with Max Armitage in midfield and looked a constant threat. The only goal of the game came from a good cross from Jamie Middleton for Corie Cleave to produce an excellent header which the keeper did well to turn away. Jack Wills was first to react and produced a cool finish from a very tight angle. Jack then saw two further efforts well saved by the keeper. 

West Hill Hornets 1 - 2 Dawlish United 

The united boys started much more brightly in the second game and Corie Cleave was in determined mood in midfield producing brave and effective tackles. The first goal came early on when Sam Wright picked up the ball on the left and played a long through ball to man of the match Luke Morgan who produced a quality finish in a one on one situation. 

Luke was unluckly minutes later to see his free kick go just wide and scored his second following a good combination with Corie Cleave who slotted a pass back to Luke to finish well under pressure. Sam Wright was now producing good runs on the left hand side one of which saw him set up Corie Cleave who was unlucky to see his effort well blocked. 

At the back Tommy Saint was growing in confidence with several good challenges and he did well to block on one occasion. Harvey Hannaford produced two good/brave saves to keep the hornets at bay. Matthew Ranger produced a good long range effort which he saw just clear the crossbar. 

The Hornets took the initiative in early the second half and Harvey Hannaford demonstrated his concentration at the back when intercepted a couple of long balls and he punched the ball well under pressure to clear the danger on another occasion. He was unlucky when he was adjudged to have carried the ball over his line for the hornets goal. 

Max Armitage and Jamie Middleton were dominating in midfield with good tackling and long through balls. Max saw his long range free kick tipped away from the top corner by the keeper. Nick Langley-Pope responded well to the increased pressure from the hornets and organised and took the lead in the defensive duties with a now assured Tommy Saint doing well to win challenges in front of him.

Raiders 0 - 0 City

Having met Sidmouth Raiders on 2 previous occasions this season Central city took the opportunity to try out a few changes.  Leon Ryder Potter put in a very creditable performance in his first outing for City. Reece Allen and William Tutchings enjoyed the more free roaming role afforded to them with Laurence Joy keeping things tight at the back. City created many chances but found an excellent raiders keeper on top form. The raiders had good attacking spells and William Johns was called on  to keep City's slate clean. 

Warriors 1 - 0 City

Central City played well against the warriors and matched them for most of the game. The real difference was the clinical finishing of the Warriors . Central looked like scoring on a number of occasions following good build up play frequently involving Aiden Pring, Jim Shepherd and Thomas Roome but they were unable to convert their chances and ended up disappointed not to have got a point.

Tiverton  2 vs 1  Crediton St Etienne

Tivvy put in a high energy performance to get their win. The yellows had Connor Roberts in defence and he proved an influence throughout with his heading power and defending play and won the man of the match award with another improving performance in the defence. The early parts of the game were a little scrappy but Tivvy started to pull the strings with Mitch Dart and Ollie Binion looking dangerous when running and attacking when given space. The yellows took the lead from Ollie Binion when he prodded home after the Crediton keeper couldn't hold a low shot. Tivvy looked comfortable and doubled their lead with a trademark Connor Roberts header as he thundered home a corner to make it 2-0. Crediton did pull a goal back late in injury time with a keeping error but minutes previously Harrison Burton had pulled off a fantastic tip over the bar from a Crediton break. A good well committed contest with the yellows deserving the victory.

Goalscorers - Binion, Roberts

Man of The Match - Connor Roberts


Tiverton Town 1 vs 1 Crediton St Germain

Tivvy couldn't break their well organised and very stubborn opponents defence down despite having strong periods of the ball especially in the second half of the contest. Tivvy were a little slow in closing down their opponents in the early stages and after a period of neither team getting hold of the ball the yellows eventually got the break through. The yellows were struck on a great counter attack with the Crediton forward charging down the line cutting across Ryan Doble and firing a shot into the top corner past Burton for 1-0. Tivvy got back on level terms from a great goal. Dangerous Mitch Dart jinked his way to the touchline and delivered a pin point cross to the back post which the on rushing Lewis Coton crashed into the net with a well executed diving header.Mitch Dart was excellent throughout and was tracking in all areas of the pitch helping his teammates in defence as well as attack.The second half was very tight with Burton tipping wide a good low shot and also standing strong to tip over a angled shot. Overall though both sides were concerned not to give anything away and the game was a well balanced draw.

Goalscorer - Coton

Man of the Match - Mitch Dart

CULM UNITED FALCONS (0) 4:0 (0) Alphignton

Mortiboys (2), Birley, Horne

CULM UNITED FALCONS (0) 1:0 (0) Westexe

Leaney

Culm United Falcons entertained Exeter duo Alphington and Westexe and managed to beat them both without conceding a goal in the process.

The opening fixture was against the Alphas who really do look a very competent footballing side with a dominant skipper pulling the strings and a pair of full backs who have clearly been getting some great coaching in the art of full back play in as much as they are always ready and available, and indeed willing, to take the ball off their keeper to keep possession.

The game was locked at 0-0 at the half way with both defences in control. For the Falcons it was the first time that Connor Pengelly (who is actually age qualified for Under-9 football) and Luke Horne had been played together in a central defensive partnership and so good was their positional discipline and general control that they rarely allowed the Alphas a real strike at Jordan Boss in the Falcons goal.

The deadlock was broken after the restart when Matty Leaney fed in Tom Mortiboys and the latter scored with a fierce drive and shortly after the same player doubled the lead, this time with some help from Oliver Marsdon, he was replaced by William Birley.

The newcomer to the game had been on the pitch just two minutes when he latched on to a superb through ball by Horne and ran on to pass then ball into the net and a 4-0 win was completed when, after some strong tackling by Ryan Shrewsberry the ball was fed into the Alphas box and Horne just got it before team mate Oliver Elsworthy to fire home.

Alphington played their part in an entertaining game that was very pleasing on the eye with both teams playing some lovely passing football.

The game with Westexe was a re-match between two sides who had met exactly four Saturday’s before on Valentines Day on the smaller pitches at Sampford Peverell. This was a very good game with both sides committed again to a contest of pass and move football. Both goal keepers were called into action in a first half that produced a stalemate, albeit, one that was good on the eye. Once again the visitor’s skipper was their most influential player and he was at the centre of all his sides’ creative work. Falcons were clearly growing I confidence the longer then game went on, given that they had lost the cup tie, and heavily too. However a real ace up the Falcons sleeve was the fact that in the defensive duo of Pengelly and Horne they had too young lads who had been cup tied and therefore could not play in the previous meeting and what a difference those two make to the show shape and balance of the Falcons side. All teams need solid basis to play from and the three man defensive grouping of Jordan Biss with the gloves behind Pengelly and Horne and it was there for all to see that it would take something very special to break them down on then day.

With William Birley providing a number of clever touches leading the line, Ryan Shrewsberry and Oliver Marsden providing good engines in the midfield area and the flank work being done by Matty Leaney and Oliver Elsworthy and the industrious and always threatening, Tom Mortiboys, Falcons looked good to at the very least, take a point for their toils.

That they got all three was very much down to an instinctive shot with his trusty left foot by young Leaney and once the goal went in Birley was withdrawn for Shrewsberry to provide extra cover in the midfield area and with Pengelly and Horne determined to see it through the Falcons deservedly got through to the final whistle with their goal unbreached.

In the closing stages Westexe did throw everything they could at the cause and it took some excellent heading and blocking from that back two and Oliver Marsden as well as some excellent handling by Biss, but Falcons were good value for the win against a very competent, and clearly well coached, Westexe side.

Falcons Coach Paul Hawkins siad: "It was a very good all round morning for us. We played two sides who are clearly as keen to get it down and play as we are. There was not a bad challenge to be seen in either game and both Alphington and Westexe probably left feeling they deserved to take something fro the games. But on the whole my lot were superb. To keep two clean sheets against such opposition speaks volumes for what were a couple of inspirational performances from Connor Pengelly and Luke Horne in front of safe hand Jordan Biss. In front of them we had the ever industrious Ollie Marsden together with Ryan Shrewsberry who gave great support whilst the wing play was taken care of by the lively Oliver Elsworthy on one side and Matty Leaney on the other and then of course we had Tom Mortiboys and William Birley who look a pair of lads just waiting for the chance to play together in a front line pairing as soon as number of players on the pitch permits. It was all very encouraging from my point of view and makes me feel very comfortable with the future for this particular team. What I would like to add is how magnanimous both sets of beaten coaches were and I thank them for also going about the respective games in the way that they did. Football was the winner on the day."

Moors youth 2 Exwick youth 0
Stoke Hill 0 Exwick youth 3

Exwick youth started well against a well organised and a strong Moors youth team with Dan Foweraker and Callum May going close for Exwick. With Moors playing with the wind scored courtesy of a big kick by Moors goalkeeper which took a deflection from an Exwick youth unfortunate defender and looped over the advancing Luke Wotton.

Moors then took control and scored again with a well taken goal. Exwick struggled to cope with the Moors attack, but eventually got back in the game in the 2nd half, and started to compete. Moors deserved the win. 2-0. Dan Foweraker Exwicks starman with his workrate and effort. Good luck Moors for the rest of the season.

In Exwick youth's 2nd match they eventually woke up and completely outplayed Stoke Hill. Stoke's goalkeeper was fantastic through out keeping his side in the game. Exwick went on to win 3-0 with Corey Butt(2) and skipper Ollie Baker with a screamer that flew in via the crossbar.Stoke never gave up but in the end Exwick deserved there victory.

The proverbial game of two halves was how this game could easily be summed up with the Hornets winning the 1^st half 3 - 1 and the Comets winning the 2^nd half 2 - 0. 

Comets had the first chance early on when Elliott Murch sent sa ball in from the right wing for Jack Challice who fired in a great shot that forced the Feniton keeper into a fine save. This was an early wake up call for Feniton who played the first half with the wind at their backs. A free kick for Feniton some 20 yrds out was struck superbly  and with the Comets keeper beaten, it was only the crossbar that kept the ball out. On the 5 minute mark Feniton took the lead with a ferocious strike from Josh Cann that was unstoppable, with the Comets still rocking Feniton extended their lead with another great footballing move that ending with Tom Harrison firing in to make it 2 - 0.

The Comets refused to lay down and Murch came close to pulling a goal back but he to was denied by the crossbar, the Comets continued to ride their luck and could easily have fallen further behind on several occasions. Feniton's Josh Cann did manage to hit the back of the net again with 10 minutes  of the 1^st half remaining after a well delivered ball found him in space allowing him to unleash another great strike making it 3 - 0 . with less than 5 minutes remaining the Comets pulled a goal back after a mistake by the Feniton keeper gifted William Gregory a chance to go around him to coolly finish and end the 1st half 3 - 1. 

The Comets started the 2^nd half looking like a different team and took full advantage of having the wind behind them. They appled enormous pressure thoughout the half and kept Feniton in the own half for much of the 2^nd half, but it took until 25 minutes in before they finally pulled back another goal with Jonathon Kirk firing home from short range. The Comets could clearly sense they were back in the game and with onlya few moments to play William Gregory got his second of the game to level the scores at 3 a piece. 

That was how the game ended and on reflection it was probably Feniton who thought they should have had the win, but the Comets shoulded dogged determination to get themselves back in it. 

Well done to both teams for providing a great game of entertaining football.

Culm United 4 - 0 Alphington Jets  
Alphington started the game brightly, with Culm playing some good football. Both sides went close but it was 0-0 at half time. After a few changes Culm deservrdly went on to win 4-0. Ben Vanstone, Ben Rooke and man of the match captain Ben Clancy Mitchell were excellent for the Jets.  

man of the match BEN CLANCY MITCHELL  

Tiverton 2-0 Alphington Jets  
Again the Jets went down to second half goals after both teams had played their part in a very good 1st half. The Jets boys can be proud that they never gave up and played with a great spirit. Well done boys.  

Man of the match captain BEN ROOKE

Tiverton Town 0 vs 3 Westexe Youth

A very tight and frantic encounter went to the Exeter side albeit sealed in the last five minutes of the match. Westexe created most of the chances in the first half and went close on a couple of occasions just dragging their shots across the goal when they showed fantastic build up play to get into the positions. The Westexe strikers were lively and gave Zak Hide and Ryan Doble a tough time at times in the Tivvy defence. Westexe grabbed an opening goal with the 1st half coming to an end.

Tivvy gave it everything and began to have more ball in the second half and Mitch Dart and Ollie Binion both created chances with their pace on the break. However with five minutes to go and the yellows pushing up to grab the equalizer they were caught with two sucker punches and conceded to two similar counter attacking goals from Westexe. A good game which was very well contested and entertaining.

Man of the Match - Ryan Doble

Tiverton Town 2 vs 0 Alphington

Tivvy got back to winning ways after a short series of defeats in recent cup and league games. They learnt from the Westexe game and took the positives into this game and didnt really look back.

They started the game at a good pace and in the first half both sides had good ball possession but neither team created clear chances. However a great save from the Alphas keeper denied a shot from Mitch Dart and the ball and the game was very open with lots of space and both sides breaking from one end to the other very quickly indeed.

Tivvy started Connor Roberts in defence to replace Zak Hide who went off injured mid way through the Westexe game and Roberts had an excellent game in a position not natural to him. Max Richardson also had a great game up front and used his tricky feet and skills to set up some nice Tivvy attacks.

The second half again was tight as the first until Max Richardson prodded home from close range in a scramble in the box to make it 1-0 to the yellows. Tivvy wrapped up the game a few minutes later when Mitch Dart broke quickly and fed Max Richardson whose shot was well saved but Ollie Binion folllowed up to slam the ball home to seal the win for the yellows.

Man of the Match - Max Richardson
Goalscorers - Richardson,Binion

United started this game with energy, focus, and a real effort to put some passing movements together. Such an approach produced excellent football and its due reward when Nathan Townsend ran through the Crediton defence for an excellent opening goal.

The home side's equaliser was a little fortunate but United had several players guilty of not making the clearance. In the second half our standard of play dropped off with little cohesive team effort. 

Nathan looked to have won the game with another speedy run through the heart of their defence. All the boys will have been disappointed at their equaliser, but such disappointment evidences their enjoyment of their football at the moment.

Exeter Youth League Under 10s Cup Competition Quarter Final - Dawlish United 1 - 2 West Exe 

It was obvious from the start that this match was going to be close. Both teams started well in this quarter final cup match.

Much of the first 5 mins didn't see either team breaking forward, Max Armitage and Sam Wright did well in the midfield section of the pitch, with Frankie Maloney and Jack Arnold, ensuring the West Exe strike force was kept at bay.

United broke the deadlock when Sam Wright played a long cross from the left hand side into the West Exe box. The so far faultless West Exe defence struggled to deal with the high ball, and it was Jamie Middleton who got on the end of it and managed to calmly side foot the ball into the back of the net.

This first goal was followed by a number of chances for Dawlish. Sam Wright continued to play some great crosses into the centre, but Dawlish were unable to place the ball into the net.

Max Armitage played some great football, and was unlucky to see a long range effort fly over the Westexe bar. Frankie Maloney was exceptional in defence and did well to keep the ball out of United's box.

A chance for Corie Cleave came after a well weighted pass from Max Armitage landed in his path. Corie was left with only the keeper to beat. The West Exe Keeper did well in reading the play and came out to clear and deny Corie of scoring united's second. 

West Exe were unlucky not to equalise after penetrating the Dawlish defence. A strike from the West Exe striker saw Harvey Hannaford mishandle the ball, but he did just enough to push the ball wide of his net.

West Exe's pressure was finally rewarded when a run through the midfield saw the Dawlish defence leave the West Exe striker unmarked, a pass to the forward allowed him to strike the ball into the top left hand corner of the net. 

Second half saw United's manager make a few changes, Nick Langley Pope , Matty Ranger, and Luke Morgan all put in good performances, but it was West Exe who took hold of the game, and had the majority of the chances . 

A great individual run up the centre of the pitch from a West Exe midfielder saw him place the ball into the left hand corner of united's goal, to give West Exe their second.

Dawlish didn't give up, a great strike from Jamie Middleton just went wide of the post, and Max Armitage nearly levelled the score when a well struck long distance shot forced the Westexe Keeper to tip the ball over the bar. 

In the dying minutes a corner for Dawlish saw Max cross a long ball to Jamie Middleton how knocked the ball wide for a goal kick. 

United continued to battle, but in the end a well organised West Exe team were deserving winners.

Man of the Match: Frank Maloney.

Sidmouth win 5-4 on pens

 In the quarter finals regining champions from last seasons cup competition Exwick Youth bowed out losing 5-4 on pens, drawing a very tense affair against a very organised Sidmouth team 1-1 aet. In the game it was quite even on possesion with Sidmouth goalkeeper by far the busy one of the two goalies.

Exwick started well and scored through Dan Foweraker's penalty after the very hard working midfielder Callum May's corner was saved on the line by a defender. 1-0. The game swung end to end with both teams playing good football. Halfway through the 2nd half Sidmouth equalised. With time running out Exwick's Ollie Baker's screamer from distance was some how saved from the Siddy's outstanding keeper on the day.

Exwick Youth was left distraught after losing on pens 5-4. Callum May, Callum Owens, Dan Foweraker, Ollie Baker all scored there pens. All the best to Sidmouth in the next round.

Kentisbeare Colts get to final! On Saturday at Alphington, Kentisbeare Colts managed to secure a place in the final of the plate competition, with 3 wins and 2 draws.

The first game the Colts played Pinhoe Gladiators, only managing a 0-0 draw. This match was following by a convincing 3-1 win against Broadclyst, game 3 was another victory over Cullompton Saints 2-0. Match 4 was yet another 0-0 draw against Central United.

The boys left themselves a hard fought match against the home side Alphington, we needed to draw to progress to the finals and with all the will and determination of a Championship league playoff, the boys managed a 1-0 victory.

The colts had a 10 player squad, with all the boys playing a vital role in this victory, Congratulation to all those who played and more of the same at the final please! We look forward to meeting Central City.

West Exe 2 - 1 Dawlish   

Dawlish played some excellent football in the first 10 minutes and were much the better of two sides. They took a deserved but fortunately lead when somehow the ball eluded both the West Exe full back and goal keeper to bounce into the net.

West Exe kept their heads up and got their selves back into game with a well worked move, some quick one touch passes getting Jordan Brooks in on goal to finish well into the bottom corner.

The second half saw West Exe become more dominant and probably edged the play, taking the lead when Oliver Johnson beat two players to fire into net. Dawlish always looked dangerous going forward and West Exe had to thank keeper Luke Bradford for holding onto the lead when he pushed the ball over the bar when a Dawlish shot from distance seemed destine for the top corner. T

he West Exe man of match was Cody Moore-Taylor who never missed a tackle for his side at the back. Final score West Exe 2 Dawlish 1

This game was a spectacle of fine football from both sides which defied the boys tender years. Newton Abbots passing style was matched by a combative and spirited Thoverton who made tackle after tackle and never gave in.

Their endeavour was rewarded midway through the second half when a defensive error left Thovertons striker 1 on 1 which was finished in some style.

Newton Abbot pushed on in an attempt to level the scores but in fairness Thoverton from that point on always looked in control. They doubled their score when Newton Abbot failed to clear in front of their own goal which secured the semi final place. Well done to both teams for an excellent game of football.

Man of the match Owen Smee for Newton Abbot and Thovertons goalkeeper.

Central United 0           Crediton A       0 

The first goalless draw of the season, Central United were helped by the presence of an extra player. Crediton showed their quality and despite playing with 6 the game was evenly matched and fairly contested. 

Central United 2           Crediton B 2 

Another good game that should really have been a victory for United. However, United were not helped by the tendency to leave players with too much space and Crediton scored to good breakaway goals, slightly against the run of play.

Ryan Lee scored a good goal for Central after James Pearce had opened the scoring.

Dawlish United 1 - 0 Moors Youth

Both teams started the game well, with neither team dominating possession.

It was a fast pace game, which saw united's back two Frankie Maloney and Jack Arnold holding their ground against a well organised Moors strike force.

It was a long ball down the left from Jamie Middleton to Luke Morgan which gave Dawlish their first chance. Luke controlled the ball and ran the ball down the left flank, and struck it well, a Moors defender clipped it wide to give Dawlish their first corner.

The corner came to nothing, and the Moors defence did well to move the ball quickly out of their own area. It was easy to see by the quality of play from Moors that this was not going to be an easy match for Dawlish

A lot of the play in the first half was seen in the midfield section of the field, both teams battling very hard, midfielders Max Armitage and Sam Wright looking particularly strong and focused.

Neither team was given much time on the ball. Although some great passing was displayed by both teams, neither team was allowed to dominate the match.

Another chance for Dawlish arose when Luke Morgan fed a good ball through to Jamie Middleton who was unlucky not to break the deadlock after slicing the ball just wide of the right hand post.

Moors responded with a chance of their own, when a solid strike from outside of the box was met with a confident save from Harvey Hannaford who did well to keep hold of the ball.

A great kick from the Dawlish Keeper then put Luke Morgan one on one with the Moors Keeper, who did well and produced a fine save to deny Dawlish of their first. 

Second half saw much of the same as the first, with both teams starting as they began the first. Dawlish made a couple of changes to their line up with substitutions Corie Cleave and Nick Langley-Pope coming on to add some fresh legs to this fast paced game. Nick continued where Jack Arnold left off and did a good job at the back, with Corie looking lively upfront.

It was not long before the deadlock was broken, when some great interplay between Max Armitage and Sam Wright saw the ball passed out wide to Jamie Middleton who slammed the ball into the top corner of the goal.

The Dawlish goal did not however deter the trailing team from continually pressurising the united defence. Dawlish were lucky not to concede a goal, as a couple of goal mouth scrambles saw the Dawlish defence struggle to keep the ball away from their own net.

On one occasion a strike from the Moors forward saw the relieved Dawlish keeper watch the ball bobble wide of his own post.

Matty Ranger came on for Sam Wright and displayed some good passing skills.

Dawlish were close to getting a second goal, when a free kick on the outside of the area saw Jamie Middleton strike the ball just over the bar.

Both teams gave an excellent display of team play and determination and Moors were unlucky not to have got on the score board, but in the end it was Dawlish who had the edge and went home with the win.
Man of the Match Jamie Middleton.

Dawlish United 7 - 1 Stoke Hill 

Dawlish got off to a quick start, and it was early pressure which forced the first chance for United. Stoke conceded a free kick just on the outside of their area, and it was Harvey Hannaford who stepped up to take it, powerfully striking the ball on target, forcing the Stoke keeper to make a very good save .

Stoke struggled to penetrate the Dawlish defence, with both Tommy Saint and Nick Langley-Pope putting in good performances.

It was man of the match Jack Wills who scored united's first, as some persistent play from Dawlish was finally rewarded when Jack struck the ball into the left corner of the goal.

Stoke did not drop their heads after the goal, and began to put the Dawlish defence under increasing pressure. Subsequently Stoke were rewarded with an equaliser when a good cross was mishandled by the Dawlish keeper Jamie Middleton and the ball dropped into the back of the net.

Stoke were unable to stay level for very long, when a long pass from Sam Wright to Jack Wills enabled Dawlish to take the lead, after a fine strike from Jack saw the ball fly into the top corner.

Dawlish managed to get a third before half time when a pass from Frankie Maloney down the right to Luke Morgan, saw Luke hit the ball into the right hand corner. 

Second half saw many changes, as the Dawlish coach ceased the opportunity to try different players in different positions to the norm.

A couple of chances for Stoke came early in the first half, but stoke were unable to capitalise on them

United had a number of chances, two of which saw fine shots from Max Armitage and Sam Wright both go wide of the post.

United's fourth did eventually come when a cross from Sam Wright saw Corie Cleave cheekily chip the ball over the keepers head.

Some good interplay between Harvey Hannaford and Luke Morgan resulted in Luke Morgan placing the ball into the net to get United's fifth, and it was similar play between Luke and Harvey which gave United there sixth, this time Harvey Hannaford knocking the ball into the net.

Stoke kept trying and where unlucky not to score when a great strike from the midfield forced Goalkeeper Corie Cleave to produce a good save.

Finally it was Dawlish defender Frankie Maloney who hit home united's seventh with an unstoppable strike into the top left hand corner.

Man of the Match Jack Wills.

Cullompton Saints 0 - Honiton Hurricanes 1 

This proved to be a nail biting end-to-end battle between two very determined teams. The first half was very tightly played and both teams defences worked well enough to prevent any major scares for their goalkeepers.

In the second half both teams seemed to put greater energy into their attacks which sometimes left their defences exposed. Eventually in the 25^th minute Honiton got the goal they had worked hard all match for - Mason Rhode hit a long pass to Blake Freemantle who struck ‘first time' past a rapidly approaching Saint's goalie. The excitement continued down to the very end with Cullompton narrowly missing an opportunity to equalize with the last kick of the match. 

Cullompton Reds 0 - Honiton Hurricanes 1 

This was another very close game, with both teams exerting tremendous effort for the entire match. Lucas Barribal opened the score sheet early on for Honiton with a speedy 180 degree turn and snap shot from the penalty spot area. Despite some excellent attempts from ‘The Reds' that saw them strike the post and narrowly miss the Honiton goal on several occasions - the Honiton defences held firm to the end of the game. The Hurricanes met similar resistance too - even in the closing seconds of the match Honiton striker Blake Freemantle cracked in a superbly struck shot, only to see a fantastic ‘reaction' save from the Cullompton keeper deny him his second of the day. 

Congratulations to all the teams for providing an exciting morning of football and in particular to Blake Freemantle whose massive effort and ‘first time' shooting earnt him Honiton's ‘man of the match' award.

West Exe –v- West Hill Wasps 2-0  In a close first half West Exe struggled to break down a dogged  West Hill Wasps and it took a screamer from Jack Cutting to break the dead lock hitting the ball over the keeper and into the top corner from just inside the Wasps half . The second half saw West Exe have much of the play but Wasps defend well and were only beat when Charlie Khan bundled the ball into the net from close range for West Exe’s second.

West Exe –v- West Hill Hornets 2-0   West Exe struggled play any real football in first and almost found themselves a goal down on a couple of occasions when the Hornets were unlucky not to score. The second half saw a much improved West Exe and although they had much of the play had to rely on two late strikes from man of the match Jordan Brooks to secure the win.

Exwick youth 2 Tiverton town 0
Both Exwick and Tivvy started the game in great fashion, both teams trying to play slick passing football. a credit to both teams. It was Exwick Youth who took control of the game with Daniel foweraker slotting home after great foot work from Callum Owens. Matty Smith and skipper Ollie Baker at the back  were in superb form and didnt give Tivvy a sniff. Exwick missed mr. realiable in the excellent Toby Madden through injury as skipper Baker dropped back in defence but  he didn't dissapoint. In the 2nd half both teams played their part in excellent advert for the under 10's league. Exwick Youth scored again through Owens who followed up his shot to score the rebound.2-0.

Exwick Youth 1 Culm 1
Exwick were frustrated by a determined Culm team. They didnt really get going although Exwick did take a deserved lead through Dan foweraker. The game went dull in the 2nd half with both teams looking tired. Culm got a equaliser through some sloppy defending midway through the half. Both teams missed half chances but neither team could break through. Final score 1-1.             
 Both games well referred by the club officials of Tivvy and Culm. Thanks from Exwick Youth.

ALPHINGTON JETS 3 - 0 WEST HILL HORNETS  

In a very even first half Sam Webber came on to open the scoring with a well drilled goal in the top corner. The Hornets created a couple of good chances but keeper Jo Holmes denied them scoring. Captain Ben Rooke was outstanding in defence alongside the ever improving George Hunt and Charlie Hart when he came on.

In the second half the Jets took control of the game and started to play some good football. This resulted in Sam's second well taken goal after some good work from Charlie Ewart and Ben Clancy Mitchell. Louise Fallon did well down the right and the ball bobbled for Jack Bunclark  to score from 12 yards. Second half keeper William Bentley was never troubled.   MAN OF THE MATCH SAM WEBBER  

ALPHINGTON JETS 2 - 2 WEST HILL WASPS  
Against a good Wasps side keeper Jack Bunclark was unable to stop them taking an early lead. This sparked the Jets into life and they started to play some very attractive passing football. William Bentley down the right and Jo Holmes down the left always caused the Wasps problems.

Captain Sam Webber crossed for the tall Charlie Ewart to head home from 8 yards. The Jets finally took the lead after the Wasps keeper could only parry Charlie's shot and Jo Holmes tucked the ball into the corner with his right foot. Charlie Hart did well in defence again and Louise Fallon tried hard when he came on. George Hunt came close to increasing the lead when he was moved into midfield and Jack Bunclark was denied by a good save from the Wasps Keeper. Second half Keeper Ben Clancy Mitchell watched in horror when a free kick bobbled between his legs for the Wasps equaliser. The assured Ben Rooke was again at his best. Adraw was probably a fair result.  
MAN OF THE MATCH BEN ROOKE

2nd round cup match Exwick youth played their 1st home match at the quality facilites provided by Exwick Heights primary school. Exwick progressed into the quarter finals of the cup starting brightly trying to play against a well organised Honiton team.

Exwick deserved to take the lead through the hard working skipper Ollie Baker. Shortly afterwards it was 2-0 due to eventually Exwick's star player for the day Corey Butt who unselfishly set up strike partner Callum Owens who finished cooly.

Honiton kept going and scored a good goal right on half time to make the game 2-1. In the 2nd half Exwick came out the blocks and played some great football, Honiton worked hard but could do nothing about Exwick's strike power who scored a further three quality goals through Corey Butt(2) and unstoppable shot from Dan Foweraker. Exwick Youth's Luke Wooton, defenders Matty Smith, Toby Madden and Callum May all contributed to what was a great all round team performance.

It was a slow start by both sides as Tiverton kicked off to see who would got through to the quarter finals.  Tiverton were strong in defence and an early attack produced a great save from Dawlish keeper Harvey Hanniford. 

After finding their feet Dawlish went on to produce two near misses by Luke Morgan and Frankie Maloney, who's effort hit the cross bar. 

Max Armitage was very unlucky with a free kick just going over the bar and he then delivered a corner ball to Sam Wright who saw his effort go just wide. Frankie Maloney and Jack Arnold played well in defence to limit the Tiverton attempts and protecting the goalkeeper in times of pressure from the opposing team. 

The second half saw the introduction of fresh legs Nick Langley-Pope in defence and Matt Ranger in midfield. From the kick off Max Armitage took a blow to the stomach and was badly winded which meant required an immediate change around of players.  Nick Langley-Pope moved up into a midfield position and Jack Arnold was brought back on to shore up the defence Frankie Maloney. 

An excellent start by Jamie Middleton saw him control and dribble the ball for half of the pitch before being intercepted for a corner for Dawlish. The resulting corner was again a near miss for Dawlish. As the tension mounted between both teams, Matt Ranger set up a brilliant pass to Corie Cleave, who was named man of the match, scoring the winning goal with only eight minutes to go. 

With minutes to go Corie Cleave was injured by a hard tackle which meant an introduction to Luke Morgan and Sam Wright back onto the pitch and Max Armitage back in mid field. Nick Langley-Pope reverted to defence and with Frankie Maloney they managed to hold a strong line of defence keeping Tiverton from scoring on this occasion despite a scare late on. All credit to the Tivertion lads who kept battling throughout and contributed to a good game for the spectators. All the boys from both teams were in high spirits as they proceeded to play a friendly match. 

Dawlish United will now go through to the quarter finals where they face a strong West Exe side.

A really entertaining and tight cup match between two very even sides was decided by a second half goal by the visitors. Tiverton gave a very good account in a game dominated in the midfield with chances few and far between. Both sets of coaches were aware of how tight the cup tie was and that one chance could decide the outcome and a quarter final place for the winner. As in the earlier league game the score was repeated by a 1-0 win for the visitors.

The game started frantically and was slightly scrappy in the early stages.Tivvy using the pace of Mitch Dart to take the ball out to the wings and attack the Dawlish back line early on and this nearly payed off when a ball fell to Dart who fed in midfielder Jordan Mitchell and his low shot was brilliantly blocked by the Dawlish keeper for a corner. Defender Zak Hide flashed a long range shot over the bar from the resulting corner.

The half ended with Dawlish seeing more of the ball and becoming more dangerous with every attack although their were no real clear cut chances during the remainder of the half. The second half started with Dawlish looking dominant and positive causing a couple of nervy moments in the Tivvy back line and this w

as clear when a early shot was beaten away by Tivvy keeper Harrison Burton from a corner. The winning goal when Dawlish broke quickly from the midfield and a little moment of hesitation from the Tivvy defence allowed the Dawlish striker the time to pick his spot and fire the winner past keeper Burton. Tivvy keeper Burton blocked a one on one from another Dawlish raid.

At the other end Tivvy were still creating chances Lewis Coton shot wide and a lovely move which resulted in Max Richardson laying off to Connor Roberts who s low shot was again well saved low down by the Dawlish keeper. The last Tivvy chance came to Connor Roberts who just couldnt connect from a cross shot which flashed across the box.

A close and even cup tie and a good effort by Tivvy against a very good and organised Dawlish team.

 In a league match played on a small pitch Exwick Youth struggled against a very defensive Alphington side to find space in a tight compact area.Although neither side created many chances it only looked like Exwick to score 1st. After a boring goaless 1st half.

In the 2nd half Exwick being very frustrated tried two play with a bored Exwick goalkeeper rolling the ball out to an Exwick defencer, who to be fair tried to play but gave the ball away and the Alphas scored.It looked like being one of those days for a very tired looking Exwick team, but with only a couple of minutes left the two Callum's May and Owens combined for Owens two score a absolutely screamer of a header."unbelievable for a 10 year old" the final score 1-1.

In friendly match arranged against another Alphington team who goalkeeper was by far man of the match Exwick youth won 1-0 with mr consistent Toby Madden scoring.

West Hill Wasps U10's 1   -  2  Newton Abbot 66 U10's 

In a cracking cup tie which beat the weather the unbeaten league leaders Newton Abbot who had won 17 of their 19 matches were given an almighty scare by a determined West Hill who could count themselves very unlucky not to go to at least a penalty shoot out. West Hill took the lead with an excellent finish by Tom Collins after good approach play. Newton Abbot equalized on the stroke of half-time with their only shot on goal with a confident finish. 

The second half saw Newton Abbot press forward but they found it difficult to break down a determined Wasps defence well marshalled by Ricky Pollington and midfield general Tom Badcott. The Wasps themselves with a counter attacking game plan came close hitting the post and forcing a string of corners. However, against the run of play Newton Abbot tucked the ball home after a kind spill landed at the feet of the grateful forward. Despite a number of surging runs by Cameron Souter-Frost, Newton Abbot held on to proceed into the next round.

Broadclyst Under 10 s 1 Vs 2 Tiverton Town Under 10s

Tivvy playing their first game for nearly nine weeks started the strongest in the early stages of the game. Mitch Dart went on a mazy run straight from kick off which resulted in the ball being scrambled away.

This set the standard for the half as Dart ran at the Broadclyst defence causing lots of problems early on.Ollie Binion shot from distance bringing out a good save low down from the Broadclyst keeper. Mitch Dart again linked well with Connor Roberts and from a one two struck a shot which was well blocked. Broadclyst created a real chance on the break from a Tivvy corner but luckily yellows midfielder Lewis Coton had tracked back superbly and managed to scramble the ball of the line with an excellent piece of defending.The opening goal came when defender Ryan Doble scored his first of the season connecting just inside his own half with a long shot upfield which dropped just in front of the Broadclyst keeper and span over his hand and into the net for 1-0 to the yellows.

Tivvy grabbed their second minutes later when Mitchell Dart was played in and kept his cool before drilling into the net for 2-0. Tivvy hit the bar from Dart after a header across the box by Lewis Coton. The second half was a lot closer and Broadclyst really came into it and deservedly scored a goal from a lovely breakaway move down the wing which resulted in a low finish across Tivvy keeper Harrison Burton. Tivvy kept creating a chances from Max Richardson, shooting narrowly wide and Ollie Binion striking from distance bringing out another good tip over by the Broadclyst keeper. Further possession of the ball ensured the points went to Tivvy in an entertaining game.


Goalscorers - Doble, Dart
Man of the Match - Lewis Coton


Newton Knights Under 10s 1 Vs 8 Tiverton Town Under 10s

Tivvy wrapped up their second win of the day against a spirited Newton Knights.The yellows went straight into the game in attacking fashion the traingle of Connor Roberts, Lewis Coton and Ollie Binion created plenty of ball and attacking support for Mitch Dart who played superbly in a lone attacking role.

Dart opened the scoring jinking through to finish for 1-0. Lewis Coton shot just over the bar before hitting a powerful drive which looped up and in over the keeper for 2-0. An Ollie Binion strike made it 3-0 although the keeper nearly making a great save but just unable to palm the ball over his bar. Connor Roberts connected from a cross to make it 4-0 and then Roberts just headed over the bar from a great cross by Coton.

Midfielder Jordan Mitchell made it 5-0 following up on a Mitch Dart shot to prod home. The second half started with Jordan Mitchell again finishing off a lovely Tivvy move and collecting the pass before calmly finishing for hsi second goal of the game making it 6-0. Striker Max Richardson latched onto a pass and smashed in a cross shot for 7-0. Mitch Dart grabbed his second goal of the game to make it 8-0 finishing from a tight angle. Newton grabbed a consolation goal they deserved for their attitude and their most impressive player on the day dribbled through the Tivvy

Kentisbeare Colts Under 10's played two games in the Exeter Friendly League on Saturday.  The 1^st game was against Dawlish which Kent's lost 7-0.  A poor first half which saw Dawlish go into a 5-0 lead.  But the 2^nd half saw a much better display with Josh Barnes making some good saves and Josh Mclean working hard with Thomas Bushby in the middle of the field but unfortunately Dawlish scored 2 goals in the final minutes of the half to make the score7-0. 

In the second against Newton 66 Kents continued to work hard, with Thom Bunker making some crunching tackles.  Oliver Searle and Thomas Peers were also playing will at the back.  As the game progressed Kent's tried to push up for the goal with Felix Williams playing well but unfortunately Newton 66 finally won 3-0.

Dawlish United 7 Kentisbeare 0

 Dawlish started the first half well and it was an early strike from Max Armitage which forced the Kentisbeare keeper to make an early save.

It wasn't long before United's relentless pressure was rewarded, a good ball upfront to Luke Morgan ended up in the back of the net after a great finish from Luke

The first goal was closely followed by a second for United, Jamie Middleton was the goal scorer after he hit the ball with a fine strike into the top corner of the Kentisbeare goal.

Kentisbeare were not disheartened by the early Dawlish lead, and had a couple of chances , but were denied of any goal scoring opportunities due to some solid defending from united defenders Tommy Saint and Frankie Maloney .

Max Armitage worked particularly hard in midfield closing down the ball quickly and marking well when Kentisbeare had possession.

Dawlish's third goal was scored by Luke Morgan who buried the ball into the corner. Dawlish continued to dominate the match, and it was Max Armitage who scored the fourth after some good build up play allowed Max to tuck the ball into the Kentisbeare net.

Kentisbeare once again caught Dawlish on the counter, and it was a long ball to their striker which forced keeper Harvey-Joe Hannaford to come out and produce a fine save. It was in fact this fine save which lead to Dawlish's fifth goal, Harvey was quick to release the ball out to Luke Morgan who fed a fine ball down the left wing to Sam Wright who placed the ball into the bottom right of goal.

Second half saw some changes to the Dawlish line up, but not to the run of the game. Dawlish continued to dominate, but found it harder to put the ball in the back of the net due to a much improved Kentisbeare defence. Nick Langley-Pope, Jack Wills and Jack Arnold worked well for Dawlish protecting their keeper from losing his clean sheet.

It was substitute Corie Cleave who gave Dawlish their final two goals, both of which saw Corie exhibit some great control and finishing skills.

Man of the Match: Corie Cleave

Dawlish United 7 Honiton 0 

Honiton started the first half confidently, and subsequently had most of the possession. A couple of early breaks from Honiton were quickly broken down by some great defending from Nick Langley Pope and Jack Arnold.

Dawlish's first goal was against the run of play, a counter attack saw United's striker Corie Cleave control the ball and produce a fantastic finish to put United on the scoreboard

Honiton continued to play well and a couple of breaks down the right were met with some great defending from United's back two. The Dawlish keeper Harvey-Joe Hannaford was forced to make some good saves to in order to help maintain United's lead as Honiton continued to look a threat.

It was again a counter attack from Dawlish which produced their second goal. A clearance from Nick-Langley Pope landed in the path of Luke Morgan who cleanly volleyed the ball into the top corner.

It was this second goal which seemed to change the game, Dawlish began to dominate the game and the majority of play stayed in the Honiton half of the pitch. Sam Wright nearly scored United's third as he headed the ball over the bar after a great corner from Corie Cleave.

Luke Morgan hammered in the third goal for Dawlish, after receiving a well placed long pass from Jamie Middleton.

Second half saw much of the same as the first, substitutes Frankie Maloney, Tommy Saint and Jack Wills played their roles effectively and helped maintain United's dominance.

Jamie Middleton passing was precise, and it was a cross from Jamie into the box to Corie cleave which gave Dawlish their fourth, Corie cleave side footing the ball into the back of the net.

Jamie got his name on the scoreboard after a good pass from Jack wills set Jamie up to strike the ball into the back of the net.

Corie scored Dawlish's sixth goal, once again after receiving a cross from Jamie Middleton. And it was Luke Morgan who scored United's final goal, a great run by Frankie Maloney up the centre, ended with some good interplay with jack wills who placed the ball at Luke's feet, to enable him to easily knock the ball pass the Honiton Keeper

Man of the Match: Luke Morgan

Game 1 City 3 - 1 Broadclyst
Game 2 City 12 - 1 Newton Knights

Central took an early lead with Aiden Pring edging in a firmly struck Bradley Down cross. Central had Broadclyst back who defended well and took the chance to break against a Central team who were pushing too far forward and not getting back to defend. The equaliser woke Central up and a good spell of attractive passing football led to two goals from Bradley down in quick succession. Broadclyst soaked up more central pressure during the second half but a series of brilliant saves by the keeper prevented furtther score.

Newton knights demonstrated much character when faced with the much stronger Central City. The knights were under pressure from the off and had an early scare when Laurence  Joy hit a screamer that bounced down of the cross bar and hit the goal line but bounced outwards. Central found a rhythm and hat full of goals ensued.  Bradley Down and Thomas Roome bagged 4 each, Aiden Pring hit a hat trick and Reece Allen got one to make it an even 12. Stand in keeper Jim Shepherd had saves to make and helped set up Central attacks with thoughtful distribution but could only stand helpless and watch the sole Newton Knights goal fly in. Although he didn't score, Jake Newman was man of the match, putting in solid performance and setting up many of the goals - not bad for a keeper playing out on pitch!

ALPHINGTON JETS 0 - 2 SIDMOUTH WARRIORS  
Alphington went down 2-0 to a strong,physical Sidmouth team. In an evenly contested first half, Sam Webber went close for the Jets, whilst keeper Jack Bunclark was in fine form behind the solid pairing of Ben Rooke and George Hunt. Massimo Vece and Ben Clancy Mitchell both put in very good performances. Tony, Jo, William and the two Charlies all tried hard, but Sidmouth ran out worthy winners.  

MAN OF THE MATCH BEN CLANCY MITCHELL  

ALPHINGTON JETS 4 - 2 SIDMOUTH RAIDERS  
Alphington played some excellent football in their second game and should have taken the lead early on, but the Sidmouth keeper was in very good form. Sam, Jack and Ben Clancy all went close, before Sidmouth took the lead with their first attack of the game. Keeper Jo Holmes was well beaten by a good shot. Sam Webber equalised before putting in his own net to give the Raiders a 2 - 1 half time lead. The tall Charlie Ewart drew the Jets level and it was only a matter of time before the resolute defending of Sidmouth cracked under the pressure of attack after attack. Sam scored a screamer from 15 yards. Jo Holmes, Massimo, Jack, Ben Clancy all went close , before Tony scored the fourth after a fine save from the keeper. 2nd half keeper William was a mere spectator, whilst George, Charlie Hart and Ben Rooke all played well.    

MAN OF THE MATCH GEORGE HUNT 

With two comprehensive victories against two well organised teams. Exwick youth pumped Brixington blues goal and scored 4 wihout reply all scored through the impressive Daniel Foweraker, all goals set up courtesy of all good work from Corey Butt and Callum May.

Exwick youth then went on and completely outplayed a strong St Martins team 3-1 with saints goalie in great form was eventually beaten by 2 thunder bolts again from Foweraker.

In the 2nd half Exwick continued 2 dominate and then goalkeeper Luke Wotton scored direct from his drop kick. Saints did pull a goal back. Two great team performances from the boys in black.

Central United 6           Newton Knights 2
An early goal from Ryan Lee set the scene for an impressive performance from United. Ruari Mold added two more goals, one fine shot, leaving United well on top at half time.

Cain Garry scored two more after the break, and James Pearce added the sixth. Newton competed well and deserved two goals to even up the score. 

Central United 1           Broadclyst 1 
An evenly matched game which kept the crowd on their toes finally resulted in a draw. Ryan Lee put United ahead after a good tackle and pass from Ruari Mold. As United tired Broadclyst scored an equaliser after two fine saves from William Johns.

Exwick youth u 10's progressed in the next round of the cup with a hard fought match against Cullompton reds winning 3-1. With Exwicks Callum May pulling the strings in the midfield starting and breaking things up in midfield.

Ollie Baker scored 1st for Exwick quickly followed up by Daniel Foweraker. In the 2nd half played in great spirit well refereeed by stand in ref Paul Wotton Cully pulled a goal back, shortly after Exwick scored a fine team goal flicked in by Corey Butt. Exwick entertain Honiton in the next round.

In a friendly match arranged against Cullompton Saints Exwick used there full squad to win 3-2. with goals from Micheal Chapter, Kieran Appleby and goalkeeper Luke Wotton coming out to score the winner.

Heavitree Phantoms 0 - 7 Dawlish United 

The first league games of the New Year saw Dawlish United travel without their regular goalkeeper to play two battling Heavitree sides. United got off to a slow start and were unable get into their normal passing game. An early corner from Jamie Middleton was well controlled by Jack Wills only to see his good effort go just wide. 

Corie Cleave went in goal in the first half and was soon called into action when he made a good brave save with Tommy Saint and Jack Arnold doing well to tidying up the resulting loose ball and Tommy Saint's long clearance found Sam Wright only to see his shot go just wide. Good combination work from Nick Langley-Pope playing a central midfield role, Jamie Middleton and Sam Wright saw Jamie and Sam both go close with speculative efforts. The only goal of the half came late on following good work from Jamie Middleton who's run and pass found Sam Wright who obliged with a cool finish. 

The second half saw Jack Arnold take over in goal. Luke Morgan scored an early individual goal when he picked up the ball and dribbled past two defenders to finish well. Man of the match Sam Wright worked hard on the left hand side and delivered several pin point crosses one of which the keeper did well to tip wide and another the keeper couldn't handle allowing Jamie Middleton to pounce for a poacher's goal. Frankie Maloney's long effort was slightly deflected and the keeper did very well to keep it out. A goalmouth scramble resulted from Luke Morgan's close effort with Max Armitage's rebound effort being well saved and Luke Morgan's two follow up efforts both being denied. Max Armitage's corner found Frankie Maloney unmarked who delivered a great shot to score.

Corie Cleave saw his brave effort being well saved and from his resulting corner max Armitage scored with a good header into the corner of the net. Corie Cleave was again is the action to set up the next goal following his great run to find Luke Morgan who finished well. Luke Morgan grabbed his hat trick with a good solo goal. 

The Heavitree players kept battling throughout and were a credit to themselves. 

Heavitree Harriers 2 - 3 Dawlish United 

The second game was a much closer affair. Luke Morgan undertook the goalkeeping duties in the first half and was fortunate not to concede from an early corner with good defending from Frankie Maloney and Nick Langley-Pope. Man of the match Corie Cleave was constantly in the action early on and was unlucky not to score when set up following good combination work from Jamie Middleton and Max Armitage. Max Armitage then picked up the ball deep in his own half to run and deliver an excellent through ball to Corie Cleave to finish well under pressure.

Jamie Middleton and Sam Wright both went close with good efforts that we were blocked and saved. Corie Cleave scored and excellent second goal when he picked up the ball to ride two challenges retain the ball and slot it away. Jamie Middleton was unlucky on two occasions the first a deep cross that the keeper did well to deal with and the second a good shot well saved.

In the dying moments of the half Frankie Maloney's well timed interception resulted in a corner which saw the Heavitree player loose his marker to score unchallenged. 

Dawlish responded well immediately after the break when a Jamie Middleton cross found Sam Wright who did exceptionally well to control with his right foot and finish with his left. Frankie Maloney now in goal found himself exposed by tired defending for a second Heavitree goal finished well by the Heavitree striker. Dawlish launched a few further attacks to no avail with Jamie Middleton going close on two occasions. At the other end disciplined defending from Frankie Maloney and Nick Langley-Pope ensured a good result for the Dawlish lads constantly under pressure from a determined Heavitree side.