A surprise defeat for the Blues at home on a windy day with torrential downpours. The game began with the Blues on the attack and a shot by James Dean went just wide of the post. Undeterred he took another shot, this time hitting the corner of the post. Continue reading »
Consolation Cup Final- A sweet victory for the Brierfield Celtic team, giving the Yellows their first defeat of the season! A tremendous, yet nail-biting game, with every player deserving their moment of glory, on and off the pitch.
From the start, the skill of keeper Ollie Barker was tested with a brilliant save, seconds in. A clearance by Thomas Halstead and then Nathan Allan protected the goal line, but the determined Yellows again took a shot saved by Ollie. Continue reading »
Securing second place in the table, the Blues made another resounding victory with goals from James Dean, Max Abbott, Jack McBride and an unfortunate own goal for the Eagles. Brilliant effort lads!
Man of the Match- James Dean
Managers Men of the Match- the whole team again!
A resounding victory for the Blues with two goals from Nathan Allan, a goal from Max Abbott, and a first goal for the Blues, for Luke Hutton. In celebration, Luke revealed a tee shirt he had made for his Grandma who had died that week. A fantastic team effort all round. Well done lads- let’s keep this up!
Man of the Match- Will Sledding
Manager’s Men of the Match- the whole team!!
An exciting game, starting with some great defending from Thomas Halstead. The ball kept in by Jude Mercer was chased by James Dean, passing to Max Abbott who took the first shot of the match, just skimming the post. In another attempt, James took a shot, just over the cross bar. A block and then a clearance from Will Sledding, backed up by James, stopped the Blacks from taking the lead. Nathan Allan took a great run up-field but was closed down for a corner by the Black’s defence. Continue reading »
An exciting game with the Blues’ defence put straight to the test, Will Sledding and Thomas Halstead both making brilliant clearances. The Blues’ immediately took control of the game with some excellent passing from Jude Mercer to Thomas and Nathan Allan. The Blacks briefly regained possession but gave away a free kick. Nathan took a shot from the free kick, right on target, with an excellent finish from James Dean- 1-0. Bailey Coupland and James then took a run upfield. James took the first shot on goal, saved by the Black’s keeper. Bailey then took another shot, again saved by the keeper. Determined, Bailey took one last shot but the ball hit the post. Continue reading »
A one all draw for the Blues. Nathan Allan took the lead for the Blues, but the Eagles equalised on a penalty. Some stunning saves made by Blues keeper Ollie Barker and constantly reliable defending from Will Sledding and Thomas Halstead.
Keep up the team work lads as we approach the end of the season and the Consolation Cup Final.
Man of the Match- Ollie Barker
Manager’s Man of the Match- Will Sledding
Well done lads, a great win and well deserved. Continue reading »
Consolation Cup Semi- Final
A well earned victory today for the BCFC Blues, and exciting game to the end. Readstone began on the attack, to be met by the ever strong defence of Will Sledding and Thomas Halstead. Jude Mercer made the first run up the wing, but was closed down by the opposition defence. From a corner by Max Abbott, James Dean intercepted the goal kick, winning another corner. Max again took the corner, making a great pass to Jude who shot the ball into the back of the net giving the BCFC lads the lead. The opposition fought back, facing a clearance from Nathan Allan and Will. Continue reading »
A great day today for the Blues against a team much improved since our last fixture. The Blacks started the game on the attack, with a shot on goal just wide. Max Abbott intercepted a Black ball, passing to Jude Mercer who took a shot on target, saved by their keeper. Undeterred, Jude took a second shot, to be met by another save from the Pendle Forest keeper. Great defending from Nathan Allan, on two occasions, gained possession, passing to Jude, who headed the ball to Bailey Coupland. Bailey set off on another of his great runs up-field, but was closed down by the Black’s defence.
Again, intercepting the ball, Max made a great pass to James Dean who shot just wide of the post.
Seconds later, a powerful goal kick from Ollie Barker, was met by Nathan, who took a great run on goal, but was closed down by the much improved Pendle Forest defence. Seizing the opportunity, Max again intercepted and made a skilful pass to James who scored the first goal for the Blues.
A pass from Jude to Bailey saw Bailey take another run on goal, only to be stopped in his tracks again by the Blacks. A superb clearance to James from Will Sledding, set James up with another chance to score again, but unluckily the ball skimmed the post. Undeterred, the Blues continued their pursuit for glory- when Thomas took a fantastic shot on goal, which skimmed over the crossbar. Jack McBride, regained possession for the Blues and took a great shot, saved by the Black’s keeper. Still on the attack, Jude took a volley shot, but again the keeper saved it. The Black’s took advantage of the goal kick taking a run up field, to be met by a clearance from Luke Hutton, and again by Jack. Still defending brilliantly, a Black corner was headed by Thomas, then cleared by Will, keeping the score line stable. From another Black corner, Nathan took control of the ball passing to Luke who took shot, just wide.
Half Time score 0-1.
The Blues started the second half on the attack. A shot from Jack on goal, went just wide and Will blocked a Black’s attempt to regain possession. A powerful shot by Bailey was saved by the Black’s keeper, and on the rebound, Jude hit the post. Undeterred, Bailey took another shot, scoring the second goal for the Blues. Again, putting the Pendle Forest team under pressure, Max took a shot, saved by the opposition keeper, Thomas cleared the goal kick, and persistent, Max kept great control of the ball, scoring the third goal of the game. A shot from Jude was saved by the keeper, and on the rebound, a shot from James was saved too. Will blocked any attempt by the Blacks to pose any threat and then Jude scored the fourth goal of the match. Blues goalie Ollie was briefly put to the test again, punching out a shot, then, making a great save. Then fantastic passing from Bailey to Jude, to James, set James up to score the fifth goal.
Full time score 0-5 to the Blues. A fantastic team effort again lads- and a well earned win.
Man of the Match- Jude Mercer
Manager’s Man of the Match- James Dean