Under 18 Team Match Reports for Season 2009-2010

Wednesday 18th November - Ridgeons Youth League Central Division
Felixstowe & Walton United   3 - 3  Framlingham Town   (2-2)

Team: Noon, Wainwright, Murray, Sutton ( Boggis),  Butcher (capt),  Kemp, Hewitt, Dawson, Barber, Taylor, Clover (Mackenzie)  
Subs not used: Curle, White

First of all full apologies to Alex for not getting his surname correct for the 3^rd goal vs Walsham, I tend to get my Taylors mixed with me Millers with my Whizz’s but after his Mum put me right it will never happen again - Sorry Mum and Alex. 

Kev was back in the dug out fresh from his rock and roll evening and it was good to see manger Clarke on parade so soon after his surgery. Big Al in for the late running Mackenzie who was on school duty collecting all those certificates (hope they where worth it Matt) was the only change from the previous weeks great performance over Walsham and a fair size crowd of 40 plus waited for the entrance of the teams.

We started as we left off last week with some good passing and movement which quickly lead’s to Adam putting a through ball to Whizz Taylor who sprints clear of his marker and fires home across the face of goal into the right hand corner, pure pace and a solid finish  ( is that ok Mum )  1-0
But Framlingham are no pushovers this season and they bounce back, Murray concedes two rash free kicks and from one of these a Fram player heads narrowly over.
We make ground down the left Barbs finds Butch who makes a run and crosses, Barber has also made good ground and receives the cross and is about to unleash a shot when he is felled in the area, Kyle Clover steps up and converts the Penalty 2-0 its all going to plan. 

Taylor’s persistence wins him the ball deep in the Fram area but his shot from a sharp angle is well taken by the keeper. Then someone somewhere turns the tap off and Framlingham take control. Murray makes some good clearances before Noon has to make his first save of the night a great tip over from a edge of the box curler. The resulting corner turns into a bit of a scramble before a shot comes in and again Tom makes a good stop before the ball is cleared he follows this with a good catch from a high dangerous ball into the area as Felixstowe toil hard to keep the Fram team at bay. 

The lads try to respond with quick breaks and Whizz our most dangerous player fires just wide, both teams are looking better going forward than they are defending but it is Fram who are looking the more likely as we struggle to hold onto the ball and are a yard off the Fram midfield and strikers letting them turn and play in acres of space.
Fxt are still getting in some crosses that are not being dealt with by the Fram defence but we have no on one hand to make them pay. We continue to give poor distribution from the back and a poor Weenie pass is intercepted and the resulting shot goes just wide.

It’s the skippers turn next to loose the ball ten yards outside our area, the ball is blasted into the box Noon parries the shot, but it falls to an unmarked Fram player who tucks the ball away, a goal that was always on the cards and puts the visitors right back into the match.
One become two very quickly the ball is played into the area a Fram striker gets between the defence and Tom and confidently nods the ball over Noons head for the equalizer, a poor goal to give away but much deserved by a rampant Fram team.

Adam and Whizz combine well and a high cross is launched into our opponents area but again we have no one on the end of it, and Fram clear their lines. It’s a bit end to end now and Josh Hewitt makes a great tackle on a Fram player in full flight  as he  bears down on our area, not only does he win the ball but distributes well, we need more of this sort of attitude tonight if we are going to get anything from this game.
At the other end Barbs is through on goal courtesy of a Taylor pass but shoots a bit early and the ball goes across the face of goal and wide. Hewitt continues to put in the challenges as Fram push on for the lead and nearly get it from a corner as an unmarked man heads strongly over the bar when he should have done better.
Boggis appears for the injured Sutton who has found it hard to get into the game and just before HT Noon tips a drooping header over the bar that has resulted from another corner.

HT and we need it to regroup unless we get lot better this game is gone. Matt Mackenzie is on for Kyle who is feeling his injury from last year better safe than sorry. And the game explodes into life as a speculative shot strikes our bar, we bounce back a free kick finds Matt he holds off defenders until the ball is then nicked away from him it falls to Butch who fires into the keepers hands.
But it is still the Fram midfield that is running the show and we have to defend desperately at times to keep them out.

We are still having our moments as Butch and Matt combine well with some one touch play and create a shooting chance for Taylor who shoots just wide, Josh then has a effort blocked and wins a corner, unfortunately this leads to 3 chances for a decent cross being wasted. This looks much better from the boys now as Whizz hits the by line pulls back and just as Mackenzie is about to pull the trigger a Fram players clears. But Fram are quick to respond a free kick is met by a strong shot that Weenie slides in and diverts for a corner, the corner is scrambled away but is won by a Fram player who walks through the middle of our defence and gives Tom no chance as he places the ball wide of him and into the net to give Fram the lead 3-2 and it does not look good.

Fram are looking good but we start to get our right hand side working Kempy puts in a good ball to Matt who has to be tackled strongly to stop him shooting. And soon after the move is repeated Kemp into Mackenzie the ball comes back out to George who fires in a cross cum shot it takes a small deflection off a defenders foot and makes its way to the far post where Barbs is on hand to knock in and get us back into the game 3-3.

The tap is turned on again with 15 mins to go, we win free kicks either side of the field but they come to nothing, Kempy makes a great cross field pass finds Barbs but he is tackled and wins a corner, All of a sudden Fram look tired and only one  team look like winning. Mackenzie again receives a pass from George Kemp makes his way into the area but is off balance as his shot goes wide. Barber breaks through his shot is blocked by the keeper but unluckily for us falls to a Fram player and is eventually cleared. Taylor Crosses from the left Mackenzie rises but his header lacks power and is cleared for a corner which again is wasted.
We are rampant now down both flanks but the ball is just not dropping for us and our last chance is a free kick on the edge of the area as Dawson is felled after another good run and cross from Kempy, He takes the F/K  himself but blazes over.

Final whistle goes in a game we could have won in the end but that would have been harsh on a Fram team who controlled the match  for long periods. On the night are distribution from the back was poor and we where outfought in midfield, but credit we found a 2^nd wind and fought back for a draw.
So from a great performance to very a ordinary one as I said before this will be a very much up and down season with plenty of close games. 

MOM no doubt Alex Taylor amazing work rate and a good goal.

Colin Butcher

Thursday 12th November - Ridgeons Youth League Central Division
Walsham le Willows   2 - 4  Felixstowe & Walton United   (1-1)
Playing their first game for five weeks the Seasiders returned from Summer Road with all three points, and the first defeat of the season for Walsham, thanks to goals from Clover 2, Dawson & Miller

Team: Noon, Wainwright, Sutton, Mackenzie, Butcher ( capt ), Kemp, Hewitt, Dawson, Barber, Clover, Taylor.
Subs Banthorpe, Canhan 

Away to a confident unbeaten Walsham, 5 defenders missing and a number of other players unavailable on a wet and windy night, and to top it all Big Kev had decided an Indian Elvis night was too good an opportunity to miss, had bad vibes lurking about this game in the  back of my mind. 

Not so Manager Clarke, the goal machine Mackenzie to partner new boy Sutton at the heart of our defence, with Barber making his 1^st  start of the season at left Mid and the resurgent Kyle Clover to fit in just behind Whizz up front. A good size crowd with plenty of away support making the journey took to the stands as the game got underway. 

Walsham are quick into their stride and it takes a great tackle form Darryl Sutton to stop a strong Walsham run, and this is followed with a good intercepted clearance from Hewitt as he back tracks into our area. The game settles down and our first attempt on goal comes from a rasping shot from Butch that just clears the bar from 25yds. But on a night that is not made for football the Fxt lads are playing some nice flowing stuff and trying to open the Walsham defence up with some good through balls. Whizz Taylor is next to have a crack but his shot is deflected wide. 

Matt has started well at the back winning everything in the air while Daz is doing the same on the ground, what a football genius this man Clarke is. Both teams are playing good passing football as the game flows from end to end without either of the Keepers getting too much involved.
A free kick is conceded 25 yds out, a two man wall plenty of players behind the ball, no problem the Walsham striker steps up curls with pace and the ball goes into the top left hand corner giving Tom no chance, one of the best free kicks I have ever seen at this level. 1-0 down ! 

We strike back Kyle gets behind the defence pulls the ball back and the ever eager Kemp fires wide. But it is Walsham with their tails up and a corner is met with a lovely volley that is blocked and finally cleared but you fear that if Walsham get a 2^nd the game could go away from us. Possible it is the fact that they have played together a few more times than us this season for their player awareness is good, but we are working hard all through the team to stem  Walsham as they continue to look the more dangerous. And no one more than the Dynamo Hewitt who is working his socks off in central midfield. 

The game is good but tough, competitive tackles coming in from both teams, but we have Maurice Schrivner as the ref and unlike many others he is not blowing up at the first sign of contact and the game is left to flow. Felixstowe start to get a foothold, Butch wins a free kick after a mazy run, Dawson squares the ball to Mackenzie who sends it out wide to Weenie he finds Kemp who crosses the ball it bobbles around before Taylor knocks it back to Clover who picks his spot and passes the ball into the net 1-1 a fine goal and just before HT. 

You only have time to take your seat when Adam Dawson has the ball 35 yds out he cracks one and like an arching arrow it drops just under the bar and into the net a great effort and we take the lead 2-1. This spurs us on and we take the game to Walsham a great through ball from George just has just too much pace on it and it goes through to the keeper. But Walsham are no mugs and they push on a scramble in our area and a bit of indecison leads to a Walsham player having a shot that strikes our bar, and it is not long after when a free kick is won on the right hand side of our box, the ball is floated over and a unmarked Walsham player heads powerfully into our net all square again 2-2. 

Felixstowe do not hold back and produce some good passing moves down our left with Barbs in the thick of things, and Whizz running himself into the ground. While Sutton continues to impress with his no nonsense tackles at the back. Kempy carries the ball inside from the right finds Barber out on the left he hooks in the cross, Adam has a shot blocked the rebound falls to Taylor who stabs home and the lead is restored 3-2  What a game ‘ long live Elvis’. 

A Free kick is given away 25 yds out surely not,  same lad strikes the ball sweetly but this time Noon at full stretch palms away for a corner ‘ good save’ and from the resulting corner the header goes wide, Walsham are not done yet and soon after, Tom makes another stop with his legs as a Walsham player breaks through.
Our turn for a free kick Weenie strikes the ball it does not have much height it is played back out to Kyle who from the edge of the area again just picks his spot inside the right hand post  for his 2^nd  again a very cool finish and the breathing space we need 4-2.

Walsham play right to the end and one mazy run sees a striker go past 4 or 5 of our players before his shot is well stopped by the well positioned Noon. The final whistle goes on what has been a excellent performance by the Felixstowe Boys in a very entertaining game full of good football and overseen by three good officials.
This is going to be a very tough league this season with many of the teams on a par, but manager Clarke can take great heart from this match and from the team performance when down to his last 11 regulars.

From my point of view one of the best performances from our U18s for a long time, no MOM it would be unfair to pick one lad out on a night like this. Unfortunately those vibes came back to haunt me two days later, funny old game !

Colin Butcher

Thursday 8th October - Ridgeons Youth League Central Division
Woodbridge Town   4 - 1   Felixstowe & Walton United  
Liam Butcher scored the Seasiders goal in a 4-1 defeat at Notcutts Park as the Woodpeckers went to the top of the table.

Team: Dawson: Curle, Boggis, Murray, Wainwright, Taylor, Sutton (Hallinan), Clover (Barber), Hewitt, Butcher(capt) Mackenzie.

After spending a hour with Hopalong in Tesco’s it was a relief to get to the ground on time. An enforced change saw Dawson in goal replacing the work tied Noon and start’s for Darryl Sutton  and a welcome comeback for Kyle Clover after his broken leg in January of this year.

A 5 man midfield with Mackenzie the lone runner up top kicked the game off on a very green, lush looking surface so unlike what Dellwood is offering at present. The first 20 minutes of the game are very tight with no team really getting hold of the ball, a Hewitt excursion into the area results in the loose ball being fired into the keeper’s waiting arms after a shot from Mackenzie.
Kyle gets in his first telling pass that puts Butch away but he is well tackled as the game ebbs from end to end, A king Curle throw wins a corner and after action from Taylor, who then plays a good one two with Butch but the resulting shot goes wide as we continue to look dangerous going forward.

Clover is coming into the game and takes a few knocks his Mum and Dad hold their breath but he comes away unhurt and ready to carry on. Woodbridge begin to find space and then as Woodbridge do play some nice passing football, and both big Al and Josh have to make  good clearances from dangerous looking crosses.
A great through ball down our left puts the Woodbridge winger clear and it takes a good diving save by Adam going to his right to keep the scores level, and soon after a another effort from Woodbridge is deflected just over our bar as the pressure begins to mount.

Darryl shows his strength and wins two hard tackles that ends up putting Matt in a shooting position his shot hits the keeper and goes for a corner. Clover who I understand has become a bit of a X box addict in his absence from Football wins a heavy tackle and comes away unscathed which must be a boost to his confidence. We are having a lot of possession in  and around the Woodbridge area without any clean strikes on goal and it is from one of these phases that Woodbridge break with pace down our right, challenges are made but clearances are not and the ball ends up at the feet of a striker 6 yds out and placed into the far corner of our net ‘ a sloppy goal to concede’  0-1  

We respond and Hewitt fires in a shot but the keeper is well positioned and takes with ease, Woodbridge are on top as we seem to lose our shape a bit and  Some of our players are not even facing the right way as a quick free kick comes in Dawson in goal just gets a hand to push out the cross the ball comes back as a shot but goes over our bar, And he is on hand again to make a fine save from a long distance effort as  we let our opponents have the space to play , We need to up our game as we are not  showing the same  energy level as in the past 2 fixtures.

Again the Wide Woodbridge player gets in on our left and Adam produces a good stop as the ball goes for a corner. A high clearance from Josh puts Matt away and hopes are high but the defender does well and he is unable to get off a shot. Whizz Taylor shoots from distance before a good cross from Seb is met with a looping header from Butch the keeper catches but carries the ball over the line it is seen by the watchfull linesman and the goal is given 1-1

Boggy and Murray make good saving tackles that keeps us on level terms as the half time whistle is blown we have had a fair proportion of the play but Woodbridge look to be the more likely team and much more decisive on the attack. 

The 2^nd half starts and I am optimistic if we can get the next goal this game is winnable. Seb Curle is called on early to clear off our line, as at the other end Butch gets round the back of the Woodbridge Defence but shoots into the side netting. Alex Taylor puts Mackenzie in with a great pass but the Woodbridge keeper just gets to the ball first and clears.
Woodbridge win a corner it is slung over and nodded in by a unmarked man easy as that 2-1 down.

We need to score next and Matt has a double chance as he finds space to shoot, keeper saves the ball comes back to Matt and this time his header again finds the keeper you feel he is not having the run of the ball these last few weeks that strikers even with his goal scoring record need i'm sure this will no last long.
Butcher is booked ching ching £ 8.00 one thing is sure he will never follow his brother to Australia he will never be able to afford it.  

Again Sutton shows his strength and what he is capable of once he settles in by winning  a free kick after a good run beating off several opponents. Woodbridge are so fast and direct on the break and Boggy is at his best when stopping one of these attacks with a great tackle and Adam then makes a good stop from a shot after another break down our left. At the other end we are still having half chances but the shooting is lacking power and accuracy as Matt fire wide after a nod on by Kyle. The dynamo Hewitt is trying hard to keep things moving in midfield, as some around him are feeling the pace.

Woodbridge nearly finish the game off as Dawson makes a great save from a 20 yd shot which sees  the resulting corner  deflected onto our bar from a header. Felixstowe begin to give the ball away creating Woodbridge pressure and presenting them corners and it is only Adam again saving a good ground shot at his near post that is keeping us in the game. But still we have one more chance to even things up Hewitt puts Whizz away he shoots across goal  but  the ball just goes past the far post. This spurs the Woodpeckers on and a great solo run that is not closed down when it should  be sees Adam rounded but Weenie is on hand to clear off the line. Hallinan replaces the tiring Sutton as a Josh corner is flicked on by Butch but no one is on hand at the far post.

Woodbridge break fast this time down our right again we do not respond quick enough the striker hits the by line turns pulls the ball back and it is tucked away to give Woodbridge  The decisive 3^rd goal.  1-3
Liam Barber replaces Kyle and everyone must be happy with his performance on return from such a horrid injury ‘ Well done Kyle’
Weenie himself returning after a bout of tonsillitis is caught in possession knocked of the ball and from the resulting cross the impressive Woodbridge no 9 turns and fires in the killer Goal  1-4

Hallinan has time for his shot to be just deflected over from a cross before the whistle goes. Woodbridge have been more direct and decisive up front while their defence have been I step in front of us at the back, saying that we had enough of the ball in and around their area to perhaps have put a few more goals on our debit sheet. Again this game proves the pace of Football at this level and how hard this season will be for the lads but as long as they learn and improve Manager Clarke and the club will be happy.

My MOM no doubt Adam Dawson good in goal but perhaps missed in midfield. 

Wednesday 23rd September - FA Youth Cup
Felixstowe & Walton United  1 -2  Needham Market  (after extra time)
Ellis Barber converted from Henry's cross twelve minutes into extra time to take Needham through to the next round of the FA Youth cup.
Needham started strongly with Guy Dugdale scoring the opening goal for the visitors after 12 minutes and they could have been further ahead but for a number of fine saves from Noon in the home goal. Felixstowe steadily increased their share of possession and chances were created by both teams but failed to be converted until 12 minutes from time when Butcher's shot came back off the far post and Matt Mackenzie was on hand to bundle the ball home from close range. The visiting keeper produced a flying save to deny Mackenzie and ensure extra time where Barber provided the vital goal.

Team: Noon, Curle, Boggis, Murray (Monson ), Wainwright, White ( Kemp), Dawson, Hewitt: Butcher (Capt), Mackenzie, Taylor ( Hallinan )
Subs not used : Barber 

Needham where the visitors for this Youth Cup game with a squad featuring some of the best u17’s in the area, a team that also represents Needham at reserve level so for the 2^nd year running a tough mountain to climb for the Felixstowe lads.
The game starts at a fierce pace with Butch getting in the first cross that is well taken by the Needham keeper, this spurs on Needham and some good strong running and sharp passing see them take a early hold on the game with first Boggy getting in a good headed clearance before Tom Noon starts what was to be a long nights work with a good stop from long range.
The Needham strikers, the big powerful Remi and the smaller Liart Henry need close marking and both fire in strong long shot’s one is taken by Noon the other misses the Target both are warnings we need to take heed off. Tom follows this up with a good clean take from a cross, before Fxt get their first corner which Murray gets his head to but the ball is scrambled away.

We finally get Whizz Taylor into the game down the left but we are finding it hard to keep possession due to a mixture of close marking and the amount of energy Needham are showing at this stage of the game. Just as we seemed to have withstood the  early pressure  the ball is again lost to easily on the half way line, Needham break down our left the ball is pulled back from the touchline for Dugdale who was only sitting in my house having a pizza a hour earlier to tuck away the goal ‘that’s thanks for you ‘Needham take a deserved lead and the task gets harder.
We raise our game but Needham continue to break fast and are looking very dangerous, we manage to scramble away a corner but still can not get any sort of possession and it takes a Noon save as Remi shoots on the turn to keep the deficit at only one.

We begin to win a lot of free kicks on our right they are flighted well by Dawson but too easily cleared by our visitors defence a fact that does not change all night. Slowly we start to get into the game a mazy run down the left and a good cross by Butch is met by Matt but his header does not get the power it normally has and is Cleared off the line. This spurs as on but it still takes a mixture of a good save from Noon and a brave block from Weenie that keeps Remi out as our defence continue to thaught Needham getting that crucial 2^nd goal.  A old saying but the next goal scored is going to be the crucial one in this fast entertaining game. The dynamo called Hewitt send’s a good ball to Butch and his shot cum cross just goes wide of the far post.  The strong Remi again puts in a very heavy challenge that goes unpunished as the game hots up with both benches getting quite vocal.
Matt and Alex combine well down the right the ball is crossed on the deck to Butch and with the goal gaping he somehow fires wide from 6 yards despite all the Needham pressure we should now have been in the lead. Butch puts Alex away down the left he crosses the keeper fumbles and Tom White is unable to touch the ball over the line and after a scramble the ball is cleared.
Half time arrives,  still one down but we have forced ourselves back into the game showing a real fighting spirit.                Ht 0-1 

George Kemp is on for Tom White, And we get a early scare, a up and under puts Liart  beyond our defence but his shot lacks power and Tom takes with comfort. Curle at right back makes a solid tackle, As Taylor has a race to the ball with their keeper, the keeper just wins and the ball is cleared. The same happens again this time Mackenzie runs down the keeper the ball breaks to Alex who shoots wide of the left post ‘ not a easy chance’.
The free kicks keep coming and  the Needham keeper drops the ball in a packed area Butch gets a toe to it but a Needham defender is well positioned to clear off the line.
The play goes back to the other end and Tom is brave to take at the feet of the big centre forward, Alex Taylor then plays a great cross field ball it finds Butch who hits a low shot that hits the post and goes to safety. Taylor then gets in another cross but again there is no one in and around the 6 yd box to punish Needham.

Felixstowe have really turned it on in the opening 25 mins of the 2^nd half and Manager Clarke must be pleased as to how the boys have responded in this game against a very fit and slick Needham outfit who you feel are better going forward then they are in defence. But now its Needhams turn to put the pressure on again Weenie gets in a great stop to concede a corner, before Leart breaks through and fires his shot across and wide of Noons goal, He then supplies the cross that perhaps could have finished the game but the incoming Needham player hits the post with his shot.
Noon punches away a free kick as the game now becomes full blooded , A great  nights Entertainment for the fair sized crowd and Tom in goal is having a blinder again producing a good stop with a Needham striker closing in on the ball. 

Needham are putting on the pressure and Murray clears long a dangerous free kick that Dawson picks up for Fxt but his effort on goal is high. He tries again but this time he fires wide as the game enters the last 15 mins. A move develops down the left Weenie to Butch who crosses the ball it comes off the far post and onto Matt Mackenzie’s chest and into the goal for a very much deserved equalizer 1-1 it’s the 1^st time all night the ball has run kindly for Matt. A Dawson cross if headed well by Mackenzie and brings a good save from the Needham Keeper as Felixstowe strive to find a winner. What a game Needham strike back a cross goes straight across our 6 yd box  no one makes contact, Butch at the other end has a great run and cross Mackenzie as usual is on the end of it but his header goes wide.
Josh Hewitt is showing a amazing work rate as many around him are beginning to die, the pace of the game has been superb. Again Alex  goes for a loose ball with the keeper the ball breaks loose into no mans land and Needham clear.

Tom Noon who has had a tremendous game again bravely makes a block at a forwards feet, Ref gives a corner when all could see it was a goal kick, the minutes are Ticking away a goal now and it will be all over the corner is cleared and the whistle goes, extra time here we come. 

I don’t know if it’s the fitness level as the Needham outfit train 5 days a week but they get on top in extra time, a great headed stop by Weenie leads to a corner which is headed over our bar when it should have been in the net, and from another corner that results from a Noon save the scene is repeated with another header flying over and the warning signs begin to buzz.

Hallinan comes on for Alex. We strike back Weenie puts over a good cross and  Matt shots into side netting. Liart Henry is put away down our left he weaves past two of our defenders to the by line pulls the ball back and there is Needhams Barber to tuck away the ball 1-2.
Monson replaces the cramped Murray who has had a fine game as we enter the the 2^nd period of extra time. There are now a lot of very tired legs on the field and while we continue to defend strongly with Big George clearing a corner well, we do not look like scoring in this period, despite the never say die running of Hewitt and Dawson in central midfield.  

The final whistle end’s a match that is a credit to Youth Football and enjoyed by all who where watching. Despite being very down over the defeat the Felixstowe boys can take a lot of pride from the performance WELL DONE LADS. 

My MOM no doubt was Tom Noon who has been excellent. Followed by many more fine performances. Manager Clarke’s MOM Josh the dynamo Hewitt.

Thursday 17th September - Ridgeons Youth League Central Division
Diss Town  0 - 5  Felixstowe & Walton United   (0-2)
An excellent start to the season for the Under18s as they go Nap at Brewers Green Lane. Goals coming from Adam Dawson, Sam Bogis, Alex Taylor, Oli Hallinan and Matt Mackenzie.
Team : Noon, Curle, Boggis, Munson, Wainwright, White, Dawson (Hallinan), Hewitt, Butcher, (Capt), Taylor (Barber), Mackenzie.

A new look team with many new faces playing in their first Ridgeons league game. So with not really knowing what to expect the boys kicked of the season with all last season’s management team keeping their heads above the recession and again in charge of the goings on with the u18s. 

An early corner was curled in by Butch but was taken well by the keeper as the boys started well with Weenie making some telling passes with his trusty left peg one of these resulting in winning another corner which came to nothing. We did not have long to wait to thrill at the pace of Alex Taylor as he sped down the left, his cross was cleared but found Adam Dawson who joined us from Woodbridge pre season  on the edge of the area who cracked in a shot that just went wide. Diss’s first attack resulted in a good clearance from Boggy also making his Ridgeons League debut after coming through the ranks. 

It is a impressive start with Felixstowe having all the ball, and the Diss players seeming happy to find touch, which suited our new right back Seb who has a wicked long throw and will now be known in the reports as  King Curle. All it needs now is for someone to tell the rest of the team as the ball seemed to sail right over their heads, but I’m sure Manager Clarke refreshed now after his many summer holidays will sort this out.  

14 minutes into the game a Fxt free kick is cleared, again it falls to Adam Dawson this time his shot from distance finds the top right hand corner of the net and the season is up and running 1-0 a great strike.  Taylor now known as Whizz is like a magnet on the ball and he finds his striking partner Mackenzie who has broken into the 1^st team squad this season with a good cross but Matt’s shot is blocked, from the resulting corner taken by Dawson Boggy is on hand to nod in from at least 2 yards, A debut goal 2-0. 

King Curle puts a long ball through to the Green boots who is challenged the ball, breaks to Matt whose shot is pushed away for a corner from which he gets in another strike that again is diverted for a corner. Matt continues to pepper the goal with his latest strike going over, if there is one sure bet in this game the score sheet will have Mackenzie on it before the end. Half hour gone and Tom Noon without a E gets his 1^st touch of the ball, Lol make a comment it’s his first touch in 75 mins after the Res great 2^nd half performance vs Sudbury at the weekend. 

Butch has two good runs down the left both times he is upended by the coppery haired right back, It’s quite nice to see him on the end of a tackle again. He follows this up with a bit of trickery that goes wrong just outside his own area and Diss get their first shot that fly’s over Noon’s bar. Diss stick to their task and make some good saving tackles and the same goes on at the other end as Boggy stops a strong run by the willing Diss no 10 with a strong challenge.
Diss win a corner that is cleared Matt collects the ball turns the defender makes a twenty yard run and from about 20 yards blasts in a shot it strikes the bar rebounds down but does not cross the line, A great bit of personal play.
Butch has the ball in the net following a Matt header but is offside, before Mackenzie is again denied by a save after he bustles into the area. Ht 2-0 

The 2^nd half starts where the 1^st finished Mackenzie breaks through and this time his shot strikes the post with the keeper well beaten. Diss goes straight onto the attack and Tom clears well. We start to get it together on the left Butch crosses and the Whizz shoots just wide but he makes up for it soon after, this time Matt crosses from the left White of the green boots does not control, the ball falls to Taylor who fires into the net 3-0.
Soon after a mazy run from Butch and a good cross and yes it finally happens Mackenzie is on hand to nod home 4-0, on another night he could have had five. And I am sure those nights will come.
The cramped up Taylor who had put so much into the game is replaced with Liam Barber. Diss do not give up and a shot goes wide, They then have a spot of pressure that gives big George Munson who has had a very good game at the back the opportunity to prove himself in the air with two very good headed clearances under pressure. A 2^nd change see’s Martlesham new boy Ollie Hallinan on for Adam Dawson who has had a fine game. 

Diss still continue to battle and a solo run into our area nearly gives them a goal but the shot is wide. The game begins to die as Felixstowe still remain in control and then a 1^st  Matt Mackenzie gets booked, join the club Matt it gets easier the next time. Tom Noon without a E earns his money as he bravely blocks at a forwards feet to keep his goal intact. There is just time for Liam Barber to cross high into the box, Mackenzie strikes keeper saves Hallinan taps in for 5-0. 

So a win to start everyone knows their will be harder tasks ahead but you can do no more than play well and win a game against a team that kept going to the end. No MOM for me but a good all round team performance with the new pairing up front of Mackenzie and  Taylor looking sharp and the young Centre Backs of Boggy and Big George giving some selection problems for Manager Clarke.

Manager Clarkes MOM Whizz Taylor.

Bye for now
Colin Butcher