In their most recent fixture, St Mary’s Under 15 Kings faced an excellent performance from the Tibs team, who had to win to keep in the promotion hunt, while St Mary’s needed only a draw. The game ended 1-1 in a cup final atmosphere with Gareth McMahon scoring the all important goal. With chances at both ends hitting the bar and post, a draw was a fair result.
The Under 15 Kings have now accomplished an incredible fete of three promotions in three years running, from the 4th to the 1st division.
The Under 7s finished their season unbeaten against Mount Pleasant Rangers, with goals from Liam Cunningham, Cobie Woods and man-of-the-match Charlie Berry. The teams are now splitting into two, an Aces and a Kings team, to give the players more playing time to help improve their game.
The Under 8s had a great 2-1 win away at 21st Allstars with man-of-the-match Dylan Pallister scoring both.
The Under 9 Aces played a great local derby againt Under 9 St Mary’s Kings and, in a magnificent game, ended in a fair draw with chances at both ends. Goal scorers were MOM Luke Pinkney, Danny Shaw and Finley Stevens for the Aces and Joe Yorke (2) and Rhys Powton for the Kings, with Jake Dobinson MOM.
The U10 Aces were very unlucky to lose in their last game 2-1 against Leven, with Ryan Byrne scoring.
The U10 Kings had a great 2-0 win over Seaton Lions, with goals from Joseph Foster and Sonny Richardson, followed by another 2-0 win over Stockton, with goals from Joseph Foster and Robson Clarey.
The U11s beat Kader 3-1 with goals from Oliver Johnson (2) and Corbyn Mitchell.
The U12 Kings had a great 3-0 win to make it 7 wins out of 8 over Greatham.
The U12 Aces had two great wins, beating Nunthorpe 1-0 thanks to a Ben Shaw goal and then St. Francis 5-1 with goals from MOM Aaron Willoughby (2), Ben Shaw, Liam Robson and Tom Aldsworth.
The U13s had a great 10-2 victory over Redcar to leave them still unbeaten this year.
The U14s also had a great 6-1 away win at Spraire Lads with goals from Jack Blacklock (3), and Cameron Hall-Brown (3). The U15 Aces had a great 1-0 win over Richmond Town with Steven Taylor getting the all important goal.
The U16s had an unbelievable game against Guisborough eventually losing 7-6.
The Angels U15s drew 4-4 against Redcar.
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