St Mary’s most recent games got off to a bad start last week when they discovered that they had seven goal posts stolen – four of which were taken out of the ground and three of which were chained and locked to trees.
A spokesperson for the club commented, “They will cost about £800 a pair to replace and could only be worth £40 or £50 scrap.
“It has now given us a problem as we already did not have enough pitches so we will have to borrow some goals or pay more money to rent other pitches in the area.”
Last weekend 18 games were played by St Mary’s teams with a good weekend of 9 wins and 4 draws.
The Under 7s drew 1-1 with Marton FC with Dylan Nicholson scoring and getting the man-of-the-match award.
The Under 8s also drew 3-3 against Greatham with goals from Oliver Johnson and Jack Purdham with Will Barnham getting the MOM.
The Under 9As lost 3-1 against Greatham with Aaron Willoughby scoring. The Under 9Bs won 7-0 away at Ferryhill with goals from Liam Robson Lewis Poppleton, Curtis Curl and MOM Jai Aldus.
The Under 10As won 3-0 against 21st Allstars with goals from Carl Stout and Ben Mason.
The Under 10Bs drew 1-1 against Wynyard Village with the St. Mary’s goal coming from Liam Sharp.
The Under 11s lost 4-1 against Redcar with Mackenzie Spensley scoring and Jack Blacklock getting MOM.
The Under 12As lost 2-1 against North Ormesby with Miles Swift scoring. The Under 12Bs had a good result away at top-of-the league Middleton Rangers with a 3-3 draw. Goals came from Sam Parnaby,
MOM Gareth McMahon and Owen Robinson.
The Under 13As kept their winning run up with a 5-1 win against Mount Pleasant with goals from Rory McLuskey, Jack Dixon, Jack Pollard and Mark Brown with MOM going to Matthew Raisbeck.
The Under 13Bs lost 7-1 against Washington Whites in the County Cup while Under 14As had an excellent 4-3 win against Marton Hall Drive. Goals were scored by Ryan Matthews, Lewis MIlner and Jake Findley with MOM going to Matty Price.
The Under 14Bs won 3-0 against Nunthorpe with goals from Brandon Wilson and Jack deacon with MOM going to Benito Henry.
The Under 15s had an excellent win away at Richmond by 3 goals to 1 with scorers James Lupton, Tony Hindmarch and Ross Hull and the Under 16As played an excellent game against Brinkburn and came away with a 5-0 win with goals from Ryan May, Sam Dixon and Scott Stainton. MOM went to Lewis Rowel for the 3rd week in a row.
The Under 16Bs won 6-0 against Billingham with 4 goals from Christian Taylor and 1 each from Thomas Knowles and Adam Verner. The Angels Under 10s had a tremendous 5-0 win over Spraire Lasses with goals from player-of-the-match Megan Smart, Elisha Wakes and Bethany.
The Under 9s lost 5-0 to Consett Under 10s with Mia Cooper starring while the Under 12s and 14’s were without a game last weekend.
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