A Magnificent 7 for the U11s

Stalybridge Under 11s opened their Tameside Saturday League campaign with a resounding 7-0 defeat of Denton Youth at the Soccer School this morning.

An excellent pre-season transferred itself into the first fixture as Celtic raced in to a 4-0 lead inside a quarter of an hour. Elliot Handley scored the first goal of the season after 3 minutes, sweeping the ball home following a corner. Nathan Dunworth a.k.a 'Bomber' found the far corner to make it 2-0, before Elliot added the third a minute later from a yard out after Kai Forrest's effort had hit the bar. Excellent pressure from Jack Wray and Elliot led to the fourth when Tom Bennett scored from the edge of the box. Bridge continued to press for the rest of the half, creating but unfortunately not finishing several chances, while James Tomkow had little to do in goal.

The advantage was increased five minutes after the re-start when Sid Holt's cross from the left picked out Tom at the far post who touched it home. A nice combination between Daniel South and Bradley Jinks set up Jack on his trusty left foot for the sixth, while Daniel, Sid and Jack combined again to produce a delightful cross that Brad buried with his head to make it 7-0.

All 15 lads on duty performed excellently and if they didn't know already, they certainly know now there's very strong competition for places all over the park. 

Charlie Pownell and Daniel South were excellent in the centre of defence, allowing Denton's attack very few opportunities and it was Daniel that collected the man of the match award for a very composed display.

FINAL SCORE: STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 7 DENTON YOUTH 0
Scorers: Elliot Handley (2), Tom Bennett (2), Nathan Dunworth, Jack Wray & Bradley Jinks

Training: Thursday at Curzon Ashton 6-7pm

Next Saturday v Withington Rangers. Meet Soccer School 9.45am