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In todays FA Shield game the Clifton Fc under 10 whites felt the agony of a penalty shoot out.
Like Psycho and Waddle in Italia 90, Roberto Baggio in USA 94, Southall in Euro 96, Batty in France 1998, Beckham in Portugal 2004, Lampard in Germany 2006, not to mention Diana Ross in the opening ceremony of the world cup in USA in 94, the mighty whites yesterday sufferered the agonies and heartbreak of defeat in a penalty shhot out against Wollaton Hall. The game was played at a frantic pace throughout in a match that had the crowd chewing their finger nails right down to the 12th and final penalty kick. Wollaton started the stronger and took a somewhat fortuitous lead with a deflected shot that squirmed through stand in keeper Luca's legs as he desperately tried to prevent the ball from crossing the line. The whites came back strongly and pressed forward as they went for the equaliser. Reo forced a good save from the Wollaton keeper and headed just over from a corner,
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Hucknall sports were beat today with a 1-0 win and a great goal by west bridgeford giants.
The game started evenly with a great tempo and half way thruogh giants put one in the net. But heads stayed high with michin narrowly missing and clifford hitting the bar and the post. Second half came and new signing hayes came on and the game heated up with clifford winning a free kick and cannon putting it into the side netting a great performance by both teams but for sports it was one of those game where it would not go in.
F Clifford Hucknall Sports Black
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The Mighty Whites were faced with a stern test at the Lane today against league leaders Vernon and although they more than held their own in a tight first half, they were eventually worn down by a relentless and strong Vernon team.
The boys got off to an excellent start and the two teams went toe to toe and traded counter attacks, with both keepers making good saves. Damon outpaced the Vernon defence before unleashing a snap shot that the keeper did well to hold. Vernon countered quickly with the ball flashing several times across goal before Jake was forced into making a fine reflex save. Conor and Gizzy had to be on their toes as Vernon
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Saturday 15th September 2007 Hucknall Sports 2 - West Bridgeford Bulldogs 1
After a slow start h.s.blacks found there feet with a 2-1 win over w.b.bulldogs. sports went on to the pitch wanting to prove to them selves that they could work as a team and put up a challenge after a disappointing defeat starting the season. from the start of the game the bulldogs were under pressure with clifford, and cannon hitting the target early only to be saved by the keeper.after a few minutes cannon put up a great pass for clifford to put the ball into the net for the first.
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Sunday 11th March 2007 Hucknall Sports 2 - Kimberley Miners Welfare Black 0 Kimberley Miners Welfare Black Under 8's started there second of three cup group games with an away fixture against Hucknall Sports in the YEL President’s Cup Group Stages. The conditions couldn’t have been any better for the players and spectators on a sunny dry Sunday morning. Hucknall applied the early pressure in the first ten minutes of the game, going 1-0 up after the Kimberley Goalkeeper and the days Captain Palmer palmed out an excellent striker from the attacking Hucknall |
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All Cup Final Results now updated including the u8 Festivals on the Cup Draws 2008 page. New page to the left is the YEL Honours which includes this seasons Sportsmanship Winners The YEL Committee would like to thank all Teams for their support this season and remind you the AGM is on the 16 June 2008 YEL Application Forms for 2008/09 have now been sent to Club Secretaries, any Club that have not received them please email Admin Clerk. all applications have to be received by 31 May 2008. Divisions 2008/09 - The new Divisions will be provisionally set late June by the YEL Divisional Committee, all teams finishing First or Second (incl joint) outside Division One are automatically promoted. Relegation is usually a minimum of 2 teams but this is completely at Committee discretion and will depend on a number of factors including how many teams enter an age group. |
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Under 10 Whites Penalty Agony |
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Sunday, 04 November 2007 |
In todays FA Shield game the Clifton Fc under 10 whites felt the agony of a penalty shoot out.
Like Psycho and Waddle in Italia 90, Roberto Baggio in USA 94, Southall in Euro 96, Batty in France 1998, Beckham in Portugal 2004, Lampard in Germany 2006, not to mention Diana Ross in the opening ceremony of the world cup in USA in 94, the mighty whites yesterday sufferered the agonies and heartbreak of defeat in a penalty shhot out against Wollaton Hall. The game was played at a frantic pace throughout in a match that had the crowd chewing their finger nails right down to the 12th and final penalty kick. Wollaton started the stronger and took a somewhat fortuitous lead with a deflected shot that squirmed through stand in keeper Luca's legs as he desperately tried to prevent the ball from crossing the line. The whites came back strongly and pressed forward as they went for the equaliser. Reo forced a good save from the Wollaton keeper and headed just over from a corner,
whilst the two wide men, Shay and Louis, both went on mesmerising runs that ended in Wollaton hacking the ball away from in front of their own goal. The teams turned around at 1-0 and the game was still hanging finely in the balance. Birthday boy Dylan came on for Reo and caused panic in the Wollaton rearguard, twice going close with brave efforts.
The breakthrough looked inevitable and it finally came from the foot of capatain "Marvel" Makade who sent a free kick into the top corner following a slight deflection. At 1-1 the game swung back in Wollaton's favour and the defence, ably led by Man of the Match Conor and recently appointed City boys Under 10s captain Gizzy, had to be on their best form to repel waves of Wollaton attacks. When Wollaton finally broke through Luca stood up bravely and parried with his feet.
The action then swung to the other end of the pitch and Damon lofted a great ball over the keeper's head that Shay was just unable to convert as he narrowly avoided collision with the post. Reo then raced on to a great Louis through ball, only for the Wollaton keeper to pull off a fine save. It seemed almost inevitable that the game would go into extra time and this proved to be the case as both teams tired. Extra time came and went in a whirl as both managers used their substitutes as they tried to find a winner that would spare their boys the trials of a penalty shoot out. Alas it was not to be and the match had to be decided by the lottery known as penalty kicks.
Luca performed heroics, keeping out 2 Wollaton penalties, but the Wollaton goalkeeper more than matched him and, with the score tied at 3-3 after 5 penalties each, Wollaton snatched victory with a hard hit penalty and the mighty Whites were out! How many times have we heard that a penalty shoot out is no way to decide a cup tie, but until an alternative is discovered, then we just have to live with it. Both teams put in a tremendous performance which was greatly appreciated by everyone who had stayed at Charnwood until 1.30 to see its conclusion!! The boys put in a phenomenal amount of effort and certainly did not deserve to lose in this manner, but football can be cruel at times and we have to learn from this.
The worst thing is that we will not even be able to go off and earn thousands making a tv advert for pizza hut, like Pearce, Waddle and Southgate!! It was great to have Shay back in the team, his pace, skill and determination are a welcome addition and he was the worthy winner of the Manager's player of the match.
As already mentioned, Conor was Man of the match following a brave display, sometimes putting his head in places in which a lot of players would hesitate to use their feet. We had great support from the side and as the tension mounted there were fears that Makade's baby brother or sister was going to come early and that would have a been a first, even for Clifton FC, a baby delivered pitchside during a penalty shoot out. Mind you, I don't know who would have delivered the baby or gone to fetch the ambulance, as we were all focussing on the match!!!
The boys showed tremendous character and although one or two tears were shed at the end, they were all in fine voice as they sang Dilbert happy birthday and were further cheered as he shared his birthday minstrels with his team mates,which once again speaks volumes for the spirit that we have in the team. So next week we make the trip up and over the hill to Carlton, looking to get points on the board in the league in what is proving to be an extremely challenging and interesting season.
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