NORRISTHORPE V RASTRICK

Norristhorpe playing their 3rd game in 8 days were visited by a strong rastrick side

Inside the 1st minute rastrick gained their 1st corner and from it their 1st goal 0-1

Norristhorpe then took the game to Rastrick, Sam played a ball out of defence for Elliot to run onto, which the Rastrick keeper diverted for a corner. Ruddy sent over the perfect corner for T to score from close range 1-1

The defence were working hard for Norristhorpe and Danny Waite had some good interplay with Elliot with aiden and craig working hard as usual in midfield.

On 16 minutes cookie came out well to save from a through ball which was cleaned up by Sam, who sent a good ball onto Ruddy who then fed Elliot but the move came to nothing

Onto 20 minutes the visitors scored 1-2 from a corner

they scored their 3rd after 23 minutes 1-3

Aiden earned a free kick for the home side after 25 minutes, ruddy lined the ball up 8 yards outside the penalty area, and saw his superb freekick tipped over the bar.

On the half hour carl had a goal disallowed for offside.

no futher goals were scored upto half time so the score remained1-3 to the visitors

10 minutes into the 2nd half the visitors went 1-4 up after sam trying to defend a goal bound ball deflecting it into the net

then on the hour after a goal mouth scamble rastrick scored their 5th goal 1-5

on 65 minutes a good ball from aiden saw nathen burst through the visitors defence with only the advancing keeper to beat, found himself unbalanced as he took the shot only to see the ball go wide of the goal.

from the resulting restart, a long ball from the visiting keeper found the rampaging rastrick forwards,they  put the ball away to make the score 1-6

After 72 minutes a clever header from elliot onto Aiden, saw aiden take the ball in his stride and shoot the ball into the corner of the net to make the score 2-6

Straight from the kick off rastrick went 2-7 up . After a quick attack from the restart.

Rastrick scored their 8th and final goal after 76 minutes when cookie punched clear a ball from his penalty area only to see the ball smashed back into the net on the volley, making the final score norristhorpe 2 rastrick 8

Sam, t and danny white worked hard in defence even though the 8 goals tell a different story. With craig, aiden and ruddy standing out in the middle of the park.

man of match………T

NORRISTHORPE 3 V KIRKHEATON 4

Norristhorpe manager Miguel gave a 2nd surprise with inside a week by moving Cookie alongside Elliot as a two prong strike force.

This then allowed Lee to start as goalkeeper.

Norristhorpe went straight onto attack and within the 1st minute cookie taking the striking role quite literally took out the kirkheaton goalkeeper.

Kirkheaton made numerous attacks which all came to nothing until the 9th minute when norristhorpe did not clear the ball and the opposition scored their 1st goal of the game.

On 11 minutes Norristhorpe had a free kick taken by Ruddy which found the head of craig to the side of the area, for ruddy to follow up but shoot wide.

Kirkheaton scored their 2nd goal from a corner on 15 minutes and had a 3rd goal disallowed for offside 7 minutes later 2-0

A tactical change by Miguel saw Ahmid enter the field for Danny Waite. After 27 minutes Norristhorpe gained their 1st corner only for Aiden to head wide.

Kirkheaton did go 3-0 up in the 28th minute and after 33 minutes Carl came on for Ruddy. Kirkheaton continued to attack with Lee producing a good save and twice the visitors shooting over the bar. T, Sam and Danny white worked very hard in defence in the 1st half along with Craig, Aiden and Ruddy in midfield. The two strikers up front found it difficult up front through not receiving much ball, but Ahmid was making a difference on the left, and carl sent some decent through balls through.

At the start of the 2nd half, miguel returned cookie back into goal, shinda came on for George, and Ruddy came back on this enabled Carl to join Elliot upfront. These changes soon made a difference to the Norristhorpe play with Ruddy breaking down the wing, sending a good through ball to Carl whose shot lacked power and gave the opposition goalkeeper an easy save.

Norristhorpe then attacked down the opposite wing via Ahmid who put a good ball to Aiden who shot over the bar. After 53 minutes Danny Waite came on for Elliot who had worked hard throughout his time on the field with a lack of ball.

Disaster struck in the 56 minute when Norristhorpe conceded their 4th goal.

On the hour made a good stop saving a goal to keep the score at 0-4.

Then came a triple whammy, on 62 minutes, ruddy strode down the wing sent the perfect ball for carl to run on to and saw his shot coolly put away to make the score 1-4

63 minutes penalty to Norristhorpe, Carl slammed the ball past a rooted goalkeeper to make the score 2-4

64 minutes penalty, carl strode up again to take the spot kisk only to slam the ball this time into the visiting keeper, poleaxe him and then score on the rebound to make the score 3-4

game on…..

on 75th minute norristhorpe had a golden chance to level scores, as shenda who was playing right back battled and won the ball in midfield……?  sent a through ball to carl , who raced down the wing and sent the perfect cross to a waiting Aiden in the area, only to see the ball blasted high over the crossbar.

norristhorpe were really into their stride now and were despiritly trying to find the equaliser, they found themselves with a free kick which aiden took and shot straight at the keeper, kirkheaton had one last attack but were thwarted by a save from Cookie.

mom ….carl

AWARDS

The awards night is booked for 26th June Friday night for all those attending. 7pm at Heckmondwyke cricket club

BUFFET, KAREOKE, QUIZ…..ETC ETC

Hepworth v Norristhorpe A 19th April

Norristhorpe had the daunting task of visiting high flying Hepworth for a lunch time kick off.

Norristhorpe continued with their Elliot experiment at striker. Carl alongside him as in the 2nd half of fridays game. Due to Ahmid being unable for selection.

Inside the 1st minute Norristhorpe went on the attack only for Elliot to shoot over the bar. Hepworth found Norristhorpe in a determined mood and took 20 minutes to fire there first shot on goal which was the 1st of many excellent saves by cookie in goal.

Norristhorpe gave as good as they got in a free flowing match, had a free kick far out on the right which was vicously whipped into the box from Lee but no-one was able to get a touch on it. Sam and Lee were combining well in defence along with George and Danny White, the midfield were working hard to make things happen for carl and elliot up front .

Hepworth broke through on the 25th minute only to bring an excellent save from Cookie, down at his LHS.

Norristhorpe was having plenty of the ball and were restricting Hepworth to shots from outside the box. On 27 minutes Hepworth had a corner. Which was headed out well clear from Craig to Carl who raced down field only to see the shot saved by the opposition keeper. On the 30 minute mark norristhorpe had their best chance when the ball found torres / elliot in the penalty area, only for him to shoot wide.

Elliot was showing good strength in his striking role, holding off the hepworth defence. with a good shimmy to finish off , he pushed the ball out to carl who struck the ball on the turn to see his shot saved by the keeper.

In the last minute of the first half, norristhorpe had a lucky escape when hepworth had a free kick outside the box on the right , which lee got his head to 1st only to see the ball strike the crossbar and drop into the welcoming arms of cookie.

There was still time for hepworth to mount one last attack which cookie saved from point blank range to turn the ball for a corner. The penalty was packed by both teams for the last play of this half and craig rose above everyone with a brave header clearence to leave the score at 0-0 at half time.

Norristhorpe started the 2nd half with one change, lee coming off for T. So he could deal with the high bouncing ball which was expected from the hepworth goalkeepers clearences. For the 1st half of the 2nd half the game remained scoreless.

with both teams cancelling each other out.

The hepworth coach constantly was changing tactics and players to no avail. But disaster struck on the 60th minute when the norristhorpe defence stepped out to leave the hepworth attacker off side only for him to head the ball into the net and for the goal to stand, even though everyone (both sides)agreed it was off side. 

to their credit norristhorpe did not crumble and kept out hepworth with good football. giving them the odd fright in between, but on 75 minutes norristhorpe went 2-0 down all be it undeservedly so . During the 2nd half cookie made good saves, danny white cleared off the line and craig was working hard in midfield with aiden.

There were no further goals. Norristhorpe could take far more positives from this game and should go onwards and upwards with this type of performance.

MOM – Craig who worked hard through 80 minutes, closely followed by cookie for keeping  norristhorpe in the game.

NORRISTHORPE A V NORRISTHORPE B

On a sunny friday evening the two norristhorpes lined up for their 1st league meeting of the season.

The 1st surprise came before kick-off when Elliot Stead elected to play centre forward. Due to a lack of goals this season. Straight from the start B went on the attack and had their first goal attack headed off the line by george, and the same player was doing so again within 5 minutes. After 8 mins A had their first attack only for Ahmid to shoot high over the crossbar.

Within 2 minutes George was clearing a goal bound shot for the 3rd time. The A team was under pressure for this first period and on 15 minutes elliot and Ahmid had some good interplay within the centre of the field to relieve the pressure. 5 minutes later Aiden had a shot saved by the B keeper. the B keeper quickly sent a ball down the left wing which resulted in a corner for “B”

The No 7 who took the corner to test the defense and 3rd time lucky delivered the ball direct into goal from the corner 0-1 norristhorpe B. For the next 10 minutes each side cancelled each other out, but on the half hour more good interplay between elliot and ahmid had the goalkeeper saving well and deflecting Ahmids attempt for a corner. from the resulting Danny Waite corner the ball came out to James Rudd who shot over the bar from the edge of the box. The last play of this half  saw Ahmid put through the middle of the defence only to shoot directly at the keeper.

The keeper then kicked the ball out for the B centre forward to latch onto one and thunder into the net to make it 0-2 on the half time whistle.

 ”A” found themselves under pressure and twice within the 1st 5 minutes Sam Hook copied george and headed clearances.

On 53 minutes “a” team got our break, Ahmid marginally on side ran onto a through ball ran half the lenght of the pitch, and cooly slotted the ball past the on coming keeper to make the score 1-2.

We are now starting to take command and Miguel changing the attack to 3 man with slotting Carl along side Ahmid and Elliot. Aiden had been dominating midfield for most of the match abley assisted by craig. And Sam Hook was reading the game very well in defence.

A rare B attack was well defended, 1st by george for a corner and then from Aiden.But we continued to press and on 70 minutes the killer blow came from B when the centre forward chased a ball out to his left, came back to the RHS of the penalty area and struck the ball into the corner of the net. to make the score 1-3

MOM – Elliot Stead