Under 14's

Sunday Sept 27th

Malpas  4  Newton  2

Malpas hadn't really looked themselves in the last two matches so coach nevitt decided it would be a good idea if the lads dressed accordingly as well to go along with this change. I'm not suggesting this was a coaching masterstroke but it's no coincidence the lads registered their first three points of the season.

Malpas started brightly enough against a useful Newton side who must be wishing we'd just bugger off. Tom Hayton scored the first with a well taken shot following a direct run on goal.

Newton didn't just roll over though and hit back well with two break away goals. Malpas kept plucking away and were unlucky not to be on level terms at the break with Hayton, Nevitt and Naylor going close.

Coach Nevitt dished out a stern half-time team talk and the lads responded well.

Malpas got back into the match with an own goal following a great run from Naylor down the right wing and it was Naylor himself who put Malpas in front latching onto a pass from nevitt.

The lads were rarely troubled at the back with Flaherty, Raelff and Lewis looking a lot more aware of the ball over the top. Nathan Edwards almost snapped the bar with a shot and Jamie Humes clipped the bar from distance also. Malpas were now on top and Humes wrapped things up with  well taken shot from the edge of the box.

Three points at last! Steve and I knew this season would be tough but these lads are good enough to stay in this division and we will be giving 100% to ensure that we do. The second half performance was what we have to produce every minute of every match this season. Well done today lads. Keep it up!

Sunday  18th  Sept

Malpas  3  Castrol  4  (a.e.t.)

TOM "SWEET" IN CLOSE CUP DEFEAT

Malpas went out of the cup but came back as a TEAM with a new look line up that saw Tom Sweetnam shine in midfield alongside Tom Hayton who together ran the show with a display of strength, commitment and passing. Malpas scored first with an attack that started with Jack winning a defensive header and the ball then being swept forward for Joel to round the keeper and score. Castrol hit back immediately. Half -time 1-1.

Castrol pass the ball well and took the lead with a well worked goal of their own. Time was running out but the energetic Sweetnam excanged passes with Hayton who in turn picked out Joel who was then up ended on the edge of the box. Bradley hit the free kick well only for the keeper to fumble and Joel smashed the ball home. Twenty seconds later the ref blew for full time. 2-2.

Castrol made it 3-2, then Joel got another, 3-3.

Penalties looked a certainty but with both midfields stretched it was Castrol who broke to grab a winner. Someone has to lose a cup match, today it was us. It was certainly due to no lack of effort or endeavour. Steve and I learned a lot from today and that is these lads are up for the challenge that lies ahead of them this season. WE ARE A TEAM! WE WILL MAKE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY. BUT WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER! WE'RE BACK!!!!!

COME ON MALPAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday 1st November 2009

MALPAS  2   CHESTER NOMADS  0

THATS CORRECT MALPAS FANS. WHAT YOU ARE READING IS NOT A COMPUTER ERROR, BUT INFACT THE CORRECT SCORE. PLEASE IGNORE THE MATCH REPORT ABOVE THIS ONE AS IT COMPLETE CACK. THIS MALPAS TEAM TOOK MY WORDS AND RAMMED THEM BACK DOWN MY THROAT, AND BOY DO THEY TASTE SWEET.

THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE TODAY AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST ESTABLISHED TEAMS IN LOCAL JUNIOR FOOTBALL WAS FIRST CLASS FROM BEGINING TO END. 2-0 WAS FAIR, 4-2 WOULD HAVE BEEN FAIR. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, WE DESERVED IT!

TO FOLLOW UP FROM LAST WEEKS MAULING WITH A COMMITTED AND DISCIPLINED DISPLAY WAS SO PLEASING AND IS TESTIMONY TO THE LADS CHARACTER. WHETHER WE STAY UP AT THE END OF THE SEASON REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND WE WILL BE JUDGED ON ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCES OVER THE DURATION. BUT WHEN WE DO STAY UP, THAT WILL BE OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE AND WE WILL LOOK BACK AT TODAYS MATCH AND SAY THAT WAS THE DAY WE TRULEY STARTED BELIEVING IN OUR ABILITY.

RYAN SIDDALL MADE A WORLD CLASS SAVE AT A CRUCIAL TIME TO KEEP US IN FRONT AFTER JOEL NEVIIT PUT US 1-0 UP FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT WIN MATCHES AND SO MANY TIMES THIS SEASON WE HAVE GOT IN FRONT AND NOT HAD ANY LUCK TO STAY AHEAD FOR ANY GREAT LENGTH OF TIME. WHEN GOING 1-0 UP THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS SCORE AGAIN AND WE DID SO WITH A JACK FLAHERTY DIPPING THUNDERBOLT FREE-KICK.

WE WERE CRUISING. YES NOMADS HAD A COUPLE OF CHANCES BUT ANY CLEAR SIGHT IF GOAL WAS BLOCKED BY THE BRILLIANT AND SOLID JAMES RAELFF AND THE EVER IMPROVING RYAN LEWIS WHO IS HAVING HIS BEST SEASON BY FAR FOR US. RYAN JONES MOPPED THINGS UP SUPERBLY IN FRONT OF THE BACK THREE AND WHEN CALLED UPON NATHAN EDWARDS WAS MAGNIFICENT WITH AN AWESOME DISPLAY AT THE HEART OF DEFENCE.

WE PLAYED FIVE IN MIDFIELD WITH TOM SWEETNAM MAKING HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE START AND ONCE AGAIN HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT WINNING LOTS OF HEADERS AND BREAKING UP NOMADS PLAY. MICHAEL DARLINGTON RAN HIS SOCKS OFF AND LOOKED TO USE THE BALL WHENEVER POSSIBLE WITH SOME SHARP PASSING. CHARLIE NOCK IS MATURING WEEK BY WEEK AND IS QUICKLY LEARNING HOW TO LOOK AFTER HIMSELF. CHARLIES ABILITY WITH THE BALL HAS NEVER BEEN QUESTIONED AND WITH THE PHYSICAL PART OF HIS GAME IMPROVING HE IS ENJOYING A SUSTAINED RUN IN THE STARTING XI. TOM HAYTON CONTINUES TO IMPRESS IN HIS NEW ROLE OF ENFORCER/PLAYMAKER AND LOOKS AN EVEN BETTER PLAYER THAN WE ALREADY KNOW HE IS. SKIPPER JACK FLAHERTY LLOKS AT HOME IN THE HEART OF MIDFIELD WITH TOM AND TOGETHER THEY MUST LOOK TERRIFYING TO LINE UP AGAINST. AT HALF-TIME JIMMY AND JAMIE CAME ON AND WITH THE TWO OF THEM OUT WIDE WE STARTED TO PLAY OUR BEST FOOTBALL OF THE SEASON. THE ONE TWOS AND PASSING AND MOVING WAS ALMOST BRAZILLIAN AT TIMES, AWESOME! UP FRONT JOEL NEVITT WORKED THE NOMADS BACK THREE TIRELESSLY AND THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT NOMADS PAID HIM WAS TO PULL ANOTHER DEFENDER BACK AFTER GOING 2-0 UP AND TRYING TO MARK HIM WITH FOUR PLAYERS.

WE COULD HAVE SCORED A COUPLE MORE IN THE SECOND HALF BUT THE MOST PLEASING THING OF ALL TODAY WAS THAT WE DID NOT CONCEDE A GOAL. A BRILLIANT TEAM EFFORT TO DO THAT LADS. ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FANS. FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS MUMS AND DADS IT COULD GET BUMPY AT TIMES BUT IT'S GONNA BE A HELL OF A RIDE THIS SEASON.

M.O.M.  NATHAN EDWARDS

28-2-2010

MALPAS  11  PRINCESS VILLA  3

NAYLOR 5 M.O.M., HAYTON 2, FLAHERTY 2, NEVITT 2.  

7-3-2010

CASTROL  0  MALPAS  6

NEVITT 3, HAYTON 2, FAULKNER.  FLAHERTY M.O.M.

14-3-2010

WAVERTONKED BY RAMPANT MALPAS

WHO ARE YA? WHO ARE YA? THE MALPAS FANS CRIED. MALPAS EARNED THE RIGHT TODAY TO CONTINUE PLAYING IN THE HIGHER ECHELONS OF THE CHESTER LEAGUE AND MY WORD THEY DID IT IN STYLE. TODAY WAS NO FLUKE! WAVERTON COACH MARK WILKINSON WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY WE WERE MUCH THE BETTER TEAM  AND SO TOO DID SOME OF THEIR PLAYERS. IF SOME OF YOU WAVERTON GUYS READ THIS, THANKYOU. IT MEANS A LOT TO BE RESPECTED AT THIS LEVEL AND MALPAS UNDER 13'S HAVE WORKED BLOODY HARD ALL SEASON TO EARN THAT RESPECT.

WE TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH THE IN FORM BRADLEY NAYLOR WHEN HE LATCHED ONTO A RYAN JONES THROUGH BALL AND SLID THE BALL UNDER THE KEEPER. IN ALL BUT TWO GAMES THIS SEASON WE HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD AND WASTED CHANCES TO EXTEND IT. NOT TODAY. JOEL NEVITT ROUNDED THE KEEPER SOON AFTER TO MAKE IT 2-0. A MALPAS VICTORY WAS TOO EARLY TO CALL SURELY? AFTER ALL WAVERTON ARE THE CHAMPIONS ELECT AND CHESHIRE CUP FINALISTS. THIS WAS DAVID AND GOLIATH, LIVERPOOL AND WIMBLEDON, TYSON AND BUSTER DOUGLAS STUFF.

MALPAS HELD FIRM WITH NATHAN EDWARDS TACKLING AND BLOCKING LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR. GOALS WIN MATCHES BUT SO DO SAVES AND RYAN SIDDALL DID IT AGAIN WITH YET ANOTHER WORLD CLASS STOP AFTER 20 MINUTES. STRAIGHT AFTER THOUGH WE WERE DOWN THE OTHER END CAUSING PANIC IN THE WAVERTON DEFENCE. IT WAS A GREAT GAME TO WATCH AND WE WERE ON TOP WHEN WAVERTON HIT BACK. HEADS DID NOT DROP AND JUST BEFORE THE BREAK NEVITT ROSE HIGHEST IN THE BOX TO HEAD HOME A PERFECCT JACK FLAHERTY CORNER. 3-1.

THIS GAME WAS STILL THERE TO BE WON. TOO MANY TIMES WAVERTON HAVE COME BACK THIS SEASON AGAINST TEAMS AND WON. WE HAD TO BE STRONG. JAMES RAELFF WAS UP AGAINST A QUICKER MAN TODAY AND THAT IS RARER THAN HENS TEETH. BUT HE NEVER GAVE HIM A KICK. RYAN LEWIS HAS IMPROVED IMMEASURABLY AND IS PLAYING WITH REAL COMMITTMENT. NATHAN EDWARDS IS JUST "DEAD HARD" AND WORLD CLASS. WHEN THAT DEFENCE GETS BREECHED WE'VE GOT RYAN SIDDALL. THERE'S NO ONE BRAVER. THE MIDFIELD IS NOW A FULLY WORKING UNIT. JACK FLAHERTY, RYAN JONES AND TOM HAYTON ARE ARGUABLY THE STRONGEST CENTRAL MIDFIELD TRIO IN THE LEAGUE. TOM SWEETNAM IS THE UNSUNG HERO OF THIS SQUAD AND HIS WORK RATE AND ATTITUDE ARE TO BE APPLAUDED. JIMMY FAULKNER STUCK TO HIS MAN TODAY LIKE SNOT ON A HANKY AND PROVES HE IS THE MAN FOR A MISSION. ADD TO THAT TWO TERRIFIC IN-FORM STRIKERS THAT ARE JOEL NEVITT AND BRADLEY NAYLOR AND YOU JUST KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO HIT THE TARGET AND GET YOU GOALS.

NEVITT SPLIT THE DEFENCE WITH A SUPER PASS AND TOM HAYTON FINISHED WITH APLOMB BURSTING FROM MIDFIELD. 4-1. WAVERTON HIT BACK WITH A GOOD FINISH AT THE FAR POST TO MAKE IT 4-2. THIS MALPAS TEAM WERE NOT GOING TO THROW THIS AWAY AND THE NEXT GOAL AS THEY SAY IS ALWAYS VITAL. WE GOT IT! NYLOR HITTING THE ROOF OF THE NET WITH A SHOT ON THE TURN TO MAKE IT 5-2. A HAND BALL IN THE WAVERTON BOX GAVE NEVITT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET HIS HAT-TRICK AND HE OBLIGED. THE MALPAS FANS WERE NOW IN DREAMLAND. TWO LATE WAVERTON GOALS DID NOTHING TO SOUR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LADS WHO WERE MAGNIFICENT FROM FIRST WHISTLE TO LAST.  FINAL SCORE 6-4.

A SPECIAL MENTION TO MICHAEL DARLINGTON WHO DIDN'T GET ON TODAY. WE THANKYOU FOR YOUR LOYALTY AND COMMITMENT.

ONE MORE MATCH TO GO! NO COMPLACENCY. WE ARE A GOOD TEAM! EVERYONE LIKES TO BEAT GOOD TEAMS. WE DID IT TODAY. LETS NOT HAVE IT DONE TO US!!!!!! COME ON MALPAS!!!!!!!