On Sunday morning the under 10’s made the 70 mile round trip to face Redcar Athletic from the North Riding Division 3 in the cup.

Fortunately as the game kicked off it stopped raining and brightened up. Ferryhill also started brightly and spent most of the first 20 minutes in the Redcar half. Plenty of chances were created with four converted in Ferryhill’s favour with no reply. The second half was almost the same. Redcar came into it a bit more but couldn’t find the net and the only second half goal was also Ferryhill’s, making it 5-0 to the away team who progress to the next round.

Coach Paul McKeown said: “Goals came from Zach (3), Jamie and Marc but a clean sheet for the whole team is just as pleasing. The whole squad were involved in the performance.”

The second game saw more rotation of the squad but more of the same on the pitch.

The first half was a tighter a air with end to end football but little in terms of goals.

As the match wore on, Ferryhill began to dominate with possession and chances.

They took a 2-0 lead before Redcar managed to get one back. This didn’t deter the away team and they piled on the pressure, finally running out 5-1 winners. Goals came from Aaron (2), Aidan (2) and Zach.

Paul added: “It was two enjoyable games and worth the trip. All ten players had plenty of game time and put in some superb performances.”