The start of the new phase of the league was kicked off at a new venue, Stoneywood, in perfect conditions for football, with the only exception being a heavy pitch.
Starting team : Michael, Chris, Alex, Reece, Jordan, Matt, Fraser & Martyn.
Colts almost directly from the Stoneywood kick-off. A lofted clearance saw Fraser with room on the right. He provided a through ball to Martyn who calmly stroked the ball past the helpless keeper.
Within a minute Colts doubled their lead. Another great through ball, this time from a long kick out by Michael, left Fraser with a one on one with the keeper and he too calmly placed the ball past the diving keeper.
From here I'm starting to struggle to remember the order of the goals (notepad required for the next match) but Fraser scored again after some good play by Colts.
At this point Colts had the game all their own way and were breaking forward with ease. The Stoneywood keeper made a few good saves to keep Colts in check, and a few timely tackles from their defence hindered the Colts progress.
Colts were not without their own problems with several players trying their luck, but some poor finishing prevented an even bigger score.
Matt was next on the score sheet with a fine run and shot leaving the keeper no chance.
Colts were finding some much space down the right of the field it was only a matter of time though before Fraser completed his hat-trick with a fine finish.
Colts made 2 immediate changes with Fraser and Jordan making way for Craig and Ross.
As a result of these changes some confusion resulted in the Colts box from a Stoneywood corner allowing them in to grab what may have become a lifeline.
After another fine move by Colts leading to a good save by the Stoneywood keeper, Reece was on hand to fire in the loose ball to make it 6-1 and restore the 5 goal cushion.
Matt had another chance and stoked the ball past the diving keeper to take the tally to 7.
Martyn was then replaced by Stuart.
As the half was nearing a finish Stuart was presented with a shot at goal and scored via the post and the help of the Stoneywood keepers back.
Colts even managed to have a claim for a penalty (of the stone wall variety) before the end of the half when Stuart was recklessly taken down from behind, but the referee turned this down.
Half Time : Stoneywood 1 Colts 8
Another 3 changes were made with Alex making way for Fraser, Matt for Jordan and Reece for Martyn.
Stoneywood were given the nod to field an extra player this half given the score.
Colts were a lot less eager to close down in the second half, but credit to Stoneywood as they seemed to raise their game, but perhaps a little to eager at times.
Colts were to pay an early penalty for not clearing their line when Stoneywood grabbed another goal back after a scramble in the Colts box.
Colts continued to make heavy weather with the fluency of their play gone and no grit in midfield. This may partly be due to the wholesale changes being made by the coaches.
Stoneywood got another goal deservedly from the pressure they were applying, but this was due to a mix up between Michael and Craig. Michael came for the ball, but Craig tried to clear only to miss hit it into his own goal, 8-3.
Chris was getting forward more and more and even had a few runs in to the Stoneywood box, but with nothing to come from these efforts.
More changes were made with Reece replacing Stuart up front, Matt replacing Ross and Alex replacing Chris.
Some good link up play between Reece and Matt made several chances, but no clear efforts on goal.
Alex had a great run from his own half leading to shot which narrowly went past the near post.
Full Time : Stoneywood 3 Colts 8
A great performance today, with a few players putting in their best games so far. A few players were tried in some unfamiliar positions which was good to see and gives us coaches some good options for future games. One lesson from today's game though is despite the score you can never play as if the game is won by half time. We need to keep the same effort from first whistle to last.
Great team effort, keep up the good work.
No Logan today as he was away on holiday.
28 Jan 2008
Stoneywood 3 Ellon Meadows Colts 8
21 Jan 2008
Directions to next match: Stoneywood BC Away
Our next match is away to Stoneywood BC, new to our fixtures for this season.
They play their matches at the old Stoneywood Social Club pitches at Stoneywood.
Directions:
From Dyce: Head straight through Dyce and on to Stoneywood. After the new traffic lights at the Stoneywood Mills (Woodside Bar) continue straight on for approx 200 yrds. On your left there is a turning to a boarded up building, take this turning and park in the car park. The match will be played on the grass field off to the right of the car park.
From Aberdeen: Head out towards Dyce. Turn right at the McDonalds roundabout. Continue on towards Stoneywood. There is a turning on your left under a low bridge, there is also a turning on your right to a boarded up building, take this turning and park in the car park. The match will be played on the grass field off to the right of the car park.
Match kick-off is 10:30 so please be there no later than 10:00.
17 Jan 2008
2008 Spring Season Fixtures
The fixtures are now in for the new season.
They can be seen at the 'Fixtrures' section of this page.
Out season starts with a new team to us, away to Stoneywood on 27th January.
Best of luck to the boys, I'm looking forward to it already!
Results 2007 Autumn Season
16/09 v BoD SC (A) A-A
23/09 v Westdyke Th'le (H) 1-4
30/09 v N'machar Colts (H) 0-4
07/10 v Kemnay FC (H) 1-6
14/10 v Donside Juvenile (A) 7-1
21/10 v EM VOID (Free Week)
28/10 v S'haven Madrid (A) 3-2
04/11 v Cove BC Colts (H) 3-1
11/11 v Byron Utd (A) OFF
18/11 v Culter BC Colts (H) 1-1
25/11 v Fernhill Rovers (H) 2-2
02/12 v Dee BC (A) OFF
09/12 v F'burgh Link-up (H) OFF
16/12 v Colony Colts (A) 4-3