Solihull Moors Y&J Pick of the Weekend Sat 11th & Sun 12th Nov 2017

There was no Nerf Junior Premier League action this week for our high flying U16s team run by Pete Bailey & Riccardo Scimeca. Instead they travelled over to Tipton Youth to represent the club in the Birmingham County FA Minor Cup Round 2 after a bye in the first round. Moors gained safe passage to Round 3 with a thrilling 3:6 victory over the current MJPL side to keep their fantastic start to the season going.

In the MJPL this week, the teams managed 4 wins out of 7. Starting with Darren Wilby’s U12s team hosting Mickleover Sports. In a tight game, Moors managed to get that decisive goal to take all 3 points with a 1:0 victory. In the same division our other Moors U12s team run by Gary Bird travelled away to Ambleside Juniors Allstars, & managed to run out 2:3 winners, & kept them in touching distance of Darren’s side with both in 9th & 10th places respectively. In the U14s section, Andy Reeds side managed to keep the recent momentum going with them hosting Mansfield Town Youth & completing a comfortable 3:0 win. Simon Prosser’s U15s side hosted MYD GNG at their Shirley Town FC base, winning 4:2 to take them up to 3rd spot in their division.

In the Girls section, both U12s & U13s were the only competitive games played & both lost out to Counden (U12s) 3:0, & U13s crashed at home to top of the table side AFC Telford 0:5.

In the Sunday section, we had yet another Autumn Cup claimed by this time our U10s side coached by Lee Osborne! In their final game, they drew to Redditch Borough 3:3, but it was just enough to claim another trophy for the club, with 3 in the last 2 weeks achieved! Andy Skipp’s U12s side travelled to Oscott Rangers this week & kept themselves in contention for the title, winning comfortably 0:9 & remain in 2nd place behind top of the table Coleshill Town with a game in hand, who narrowly beat Anthony Eaton’s U12s team 1:2, keeping them in 3rd position. Gaz Davies U13s side remaining top of the league this week again despite a hard fought 2:2 draw to battling Leafield Athletic, keeping them 3 points ahead with 2nd placed Broadway Raiders finding themselves with a game in hand. In the same division Dave Howells U13s side swept aside struggling Redditch United with a comfortable 1:10 away victory with a few games in hand still to play. In the U14s section, Carl Brigden’s side travelled to struggling Maypole Lions in a local derby, seeing many of the Moors players returning to their old stomping ground. Moor ran out 3:6 winners to keeping them in the title race still, with claiming their game in hand, that would take them within 3 points of top side Bromford Lions.

Solihull Moors Y&J Pick of the Weekend Sat 4th & Sun 5th Nov 2017

A great weekend for the Youth & Junior Section this week!

Starting in the Saturday JPL section, Pete Bailey & Riccardo Scimeca’s Stourbridge FC, kept an impressive run for the season going with a 1:1 draw at home to Stourbridge FC, still unbeaten for the season & a massive boost going into their County Cup game next weekend versus Tipton Youth.  The U12s still continue to push for their first win of the season with their newly formed side, in a formidable standard of opposition in this league as they lost out 4:2 away to Yate Development Centre.

In the Girls section it was almost a clean sweep this week, with 3 out of the 4 teams racking up wins. The superb new U12s team coached by Simon Burke, continued there impressive start to life in the Central Warwickshire Girls League with a 0:2 away victory over local rivals Redditch Borough. The U13s team ran out comfortable 5:1 winners hosting struggling, but much improved Callowbrook Swifts side, seeing Star Player Katie Jamieson with a hatrick from centre midfield & Grace Barsby grabbing a brace. Gaz Davies’ U14s girls side crushed Counden Court at home 8:1, with goals coming from Star Player Emily Davies (4), Morgan Reeves (3) & Captain Leah Bryan grabbing the other.

The Saturday MJPL section saw 2 games fall foul to the weather already(!) The U15s & U18s going without a game due to water logged pitches. Darren Wilby’s U12s team comfortably defeated Leek Wooten away 1:5. Gary Bird’s U12s side narrowly defeated Chasetown Youth at home 1:0, & Andy Reed’s U14s side travelled away to FC Premier & comfortably beat Premier 2:11.

In the Sunday CWYFL section we saw the crowing of 2 sets of champions in the Autumn Development Cups!  Markos Kyprianou saw his U10s team claim the Autumn Cup & their first ever silverware winning their 4th game of this cup section comfortably 4:1 at home to Bartley Red South, making it 4 wins out of 4! Ant Hasker saw his U11s side continue to go unbeaten this season, when they travelled to Boldmere Falcons for their 6th & final game knowing anything other than a win would see them finish runners up in their Autumn Cup Grey Group section. 3:1 down at half time, the lads picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, & ran home 3:5 winners to claim a simply fantastic title win, having also come back from 1:5 down in the previous game to West Hagley to draw 7:7.  In the U12s Division 3, housing 2 Moors teams, both continued to press for the top of the table spot, sitting respectively in positions 2 & 3. 2nd placed Andy Skipp’s side travelled to Sheldon Royals & ran out 4:6 winners, whilst Anthony Eaton’s U12s side hosted Catshill, & in a tight game Moors ended up 1:0 winners.  Gaz Davies’ U13s side travelled over to Edgbaston Eagles this week & jumped to top of the league after a narrow 2:3 victory to continue their impressive start to the season. Last but not least, Jamie Kirk’s U15s side travelled to Boldmere Falcons, & kept themselves top of the table with a comfortable 0:2 victory, which sees them continuing their 5 game unbeaten run in the league.

Solihull Moors Y&J Pick of the Weekend Sat 21st & Sun 22nd Jan 2017

This week saw a lack of games on Saturday, so all attention was drawn to the Sunday section this week.

Game of the day went to Ant Hasker’s U11s team playing in the Autumn Cup (Grey Group) versus joint top side West Hagley in a 14 goal thriller! A win for either side would see them surely crown champions. At half time, Moors were looking at Runners-up spot 1:5 down. 3 minutes in it was 2:5, but then followed another Hagley goal for 2:6. Looking down & out, Moors then made an incredible comeback in the space of 9 minutes that saw the 2:6 scoreline turn around to 7:6 in front, helped by a Kyron Creswick 4 minute hatrick, to add to his first goal. Just as it was looking as though Moors would claim another audacious 3 points, West Hagley scored in the final moments of the game to take a share of the spoils 7:7! Both teams have 1 fixture left against the tricky Boldmere Falcons, with West Hagley facing them first next week, Moors the week after – watch this space!

Elsewhere, Lee Osborne’s U10s side racked up 11 goals in their Autumn Cup fixture away versus Catshill Blues in a final 1:11 scoreline.

Dean William’s U12s ran out 6:0 winners against local rivals Lyndon Colts in their league fixture.

Gaz Davies’ U13s side continued a rich reign of form, completing a 10:2 win in the league to go joint top with Broadway Raiders & SJB Juniors, with SJB Juniors next up for Gaz’s side.

Mark Caffery & Carl Brigden’s U14s went over to Maypole Juniors in their league fixture continuing their fine run also, with a comfortable 6:1 victory, to keep the pressure on at the top end of the league.

Jamie Kirk’s U15s team continued their spell at the top of Division 1, with another comfortable victory, this time away to Cadbury Athletic winning 1:5.

 

Solihull Moors Y&J Pick of the Weekend Sat 14th & Sun 15th Oct 2017

The U16s Junior Premier League side continued with the rich vein of form, travelling over to Birmingham City this weekend, coming away comfortable 2:0 winners yet again, to take their season against the Blues to 8 goals for & none conceded. The lads are having a fantastic season so far, & are looking forward to an internal friendly shortly with one of our U18s Academy teams.

In the MJPL section, there were 5 wins, 1 loss & 1 draw, for a superb weekend of results for the section. Gary Bird’s U12s battered 15 past Nunnery Wood Colts for 15:1 win. Andy Reed’s U14s won away to Rugby Town Juniors 1:2 to chalk up their first win of the season. Tom Coggan’s U14s side continued their great start with another 1:6 victory hosting Redditch United. Simon Prosser’s U15s side travelled away to Haunchwood Sports Juniors also winning 1:6. Josh Wright’s U18s Academy side managed to grab their first 3 points of the season with a hard fought 1:2 away win over Black country side Bilbrook Juniors.

Only 1 win in the Girls section this week, which saw our impressive raw U12s team run out 1:6 winners to newly created Starland St Annes, who started their season playing in an age group higher, dropping down to their correct age group after only 4 games.

In the CWYFL Sunday boys league, it was Cup week for most teams, with a mix bag of results. 2 of our U7s teams both won & then lost their 2nd games. Brett Walton’s U9s team travelled over to Boldmere St Michaels & came away 3:4 victors is a thrilling game. Ant Hasker’s U11s team continued their long run without loss, narrowly defeating a very spirited Leafield Athletic side 1:2, to go joint top of the league with West Hagley. The next match up sees the U11s host West Hagley, which would surely see the winners claiming the Grey group Autumn Cup.  1 win from 5 possible in the U12s saw Anthony Eaton’s side defeat Knowle Juniors on their travels 2:3. 2 wins for the U13s teams, with Dave Howell’s side beating Edgbaston Eagles away 1:4, & Gaz Davies’ side host Holly Lane United, winning 7:5 in another thrilling match up.  The U14s saw 2 out of 3 wins also.  Nick Jamieson’s side hosted Chelmsley Colts in the League Cup running out 3:2 winners, whilst Carl Brigden’s U14s travelled to Redditch Borough in the League Cup also, narrowly winning 1:2 in a hotly contested game. Yet again it was 2 wins out of 3 for the U15s, with Ian Farrell’s men crushing Sporting Fc in the League Shield at home 10:0. Jamie Kirk’s side travelled over to Coleshill Town’s impressive new 3G pitch, & enjoyed every minute running out 3:9 winners to continue there season at the top of Division 1.