Flegg High U12 boys travelled to Caister High School expecting a good result. Mr. Lyn put out a strong first eleven team, going full throttle from the start. Caister took the early lead when the ball was played into the Flegg area and a Caister striker put the ball into the Flegg net. Soon after the Caister opening goal, Flegg got an equaliser after the ball was played through to Alex Philpot, who sprinted past the last Caister defender and slotted the ball home, past the stranded Caister ‘keeper. A few minutes later, the ball was smacked into Callum Rayman’s face and he had to come off. The half-time whistle was blown and the teams gathered round their managers. Mr. Lyn encouraged the Flegg team and the away team went out positive and confident. Mid-way through the second half, the ball was played back the the Caister defender, just outside his own area on Flegg’s left-hand side. The striker, Callum Rivett, closed him down and won the ball. He looked up and spotted the Flegg goalscorer, Alex, in the area. He crossed the ball left footed and Alex controlled it and neatly hit the ball into the Caister goal. A few minutes later, Caister were back on level terms after the Caister midfielder crossed the ball. A Caister player ran onto it and slotted the ball through the Flegg ‘keeper’s legs. Flegg looked on in horror as Caister drew level. After that, Caister piled on the pressure, but could not find a way past Flegg’s strong defence. The final whistle was blown and both teams won a well-deserved point. The final score was 2-2, with Flegg now with 4 points. Mr. Lyn said after the game: ‘ The defence played extremely well, the midfielders found the strikers well and the strikers played very well. Our ‘keeper kept us in the game.’

Toby Bilton

Great Yarmouth U13 V Flegg High U13

On Thursday 25th September, the Year 8’s travelled to Great Yarmouth, to play against them in a league match.

 Flegg got off to a bright start, causing the Yarmouth defence many problems. From Kick Off, Flegg had most of the possession, which proved to pay off. After some attacking runs down the left hand side from Will Spinks, the team went on to score the first goal of the game. This gave the team a real boost, and after a strong run from Ben Allen, he was fouled by the Yarmouth defence, to earn the team a penalty, which Henry White placed into the bottom right corner.

With the team now bursting with confidence, Henry and Will combined from a corner to get the third goal of the game, and Will’s second. Flegg then went on to get two more before the half time wistle through Shaun Wallace.

 Before the second half kicked off, an on form Ollie Tyrell came off, as Matthew Currant came on at left back for him. Also, a hard working Ben Allen came off, as Russell Roberts came on upfront for him.

The Year 8’s continued to show great confidence, as a solid back four denied the Yarmouth attackers an eye at goal, with any shots or crosses collected by a superb Goalkeeper in Matthew Wright.

The second half saw some attacking football from Flegg result in Shaun’s third goal of the game, and the teams 6th. Will Spinks got his hatrick as he was the first to react to a long shot from the Flegg forwards.

A hard working Joe Youngs was then taken off for Matthew Lee. Shaun then grabbed his fourth goal of the game after his shot fired off the Yarmouth keepers foot, and into the net.

A hard tackling Ollie Sayer then came off, as Ben Allen came back on to join the strike force, as the three stickers looked to make the score higher. With the defence staying solid through the hole of the game, the Year 8’s managed to keep a well earned clean sheet. And when the final whistle blew, Flegg were delighted to know that there hard work had paid of in an 8-0 victory.