On a lovely warm Sunday morning in Markeaton Park the Under 15’s gathered for their last match of the season desperate to make it a winner.
Both teams were up for the match with a lively start, which worked well for Jubilee who scored after 2 minutes with a lovely header from Jordan following a corner. Jubilee 1-0 up.
With spirits raised the play continued well, interrupted only for treatment to an ankle injury to our captain Chris who after trying hard to continue had to be subbed off for the rest of the game, he continued to support from the touchline though, encouraging the team all the way.
Jubilee went on the attack later in the half and were rewarded with a cracking goal from Jack A. scoring straight passed the keeper for the 2nd goal.
In the second half Jubilee were keen not to concede and had a few worries as Allestree maintained their attack, but after we returned the pressure onto them a second goal from Jack A gave us a 3-0 score line. As the game continued subs were used well to give players a break from the pace in the heat, and everyone had a good run out during the match. A few minutes after our 3rd goal, Allestree attacked and went for goal with an excellent save by Danny keeping our clean sheet.
With 10 minutes remaining a strong Jubilee went on the attack again and Jack A was again in the right place to score his 3rd for a hat-trick in this game. Nerves were jangling as Allestree kept trying, with good play and passing the ball but as the referee blew the whistle Mickleover were over the moon. With 8 clean sheets this season (the best record in the U15’s league with only 24 goals conceded) this 4-0 win meant the team had won the 3rd division of the league – an excellent result after a hard fought season where the whole team contributed to this achievement
The sun helped the celebrations and all players and spectators enjoyed the moment to the full.
Well Done lads, lets see more of this effort and team work next season
Match report by Jan Royal
Team Gopher!!
Man of the match – Everyone who has supported this team this season
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