The under 10’s travelled to local rivals Newton Aycliffe on Sunday and were without regular goal keeper Aidan.
Zach stepped up and played between the sticks which proved to work out well as he made a string of good saves throughout the game.
Ferryhill were soon on top and dominated play, as in the previous game chance after chance came and went but the away team just couldn’t find the net. Carlton was as solid as ever with George and William playing probing passes into Jamie, Marc and Aaron but they just couldn’t open the scoring.
The Aycliffe defence and especially keeper kept them out and the score remained goalless for the first half.
Early in the second half and against the run of play, Aycliffe scored. Ferryhill couldn’t clear their lines and an effort from the edge of the box found the bottom corner.
Wave after wave of Ferryhill attack forced the play and eventually a penalty was awarded which William coolly dispatched sending the keeper the wrong way. There were still more chances created for both teams but the game ended 1-1 in a hard fought contest. Zach took man-of-the-match for his goalkeeping exploits.
The second game was an exciting encounter. Marc took over in goal with Sam and Addison coming in at the back. Noah and John Robert were in mid eld alongside Jamie.
Zach, out of goal, was up front taking players on and attacking at every opportunity.
Aycliffe went 1-0 up but the next chance was the highlight of the half. A free kick was awarded to Ferryhill just outside the box and Addison was called up from the back to take it.
Three steps forward and the ball smashed into the back of the net, it couldn’t have been hit any better. Aycliffe attacked again and re-took the lead.
But back came Ferryhill. A corner from the right found Noah on the edge of the box and he hit a perfect volley into the roof of the net to make the scores 2-2 at the interval.
George took over in goal in the second half and proceeded to keep a clean sheet as Ferryhill took full control.
Firstly Addison, up for another corner, picked the ball up and took it past what seemed like the whole Aycliffe team and his determination saw Ferryhill take the lead.
A fourth and final goal came from Aaron as he went one-on-one with the keeper and slotted it past him to wrap up the win. Man-of-the-match was Addison, just pipping Noah to it.
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