U11 Youth - Walton & Hersham Utd FC U9 Colts

So, a depleted U9 Youth side lost away 4-0 to a Walton & Hersham Utd side we played off the park for most of the game. We started the day with two players missing, then Isaac (goalkeeper) failed a late fitness test which left us with 6 fit players. Thankfully Tom Hawkins stepped up (2 age levels) to play in goal for us to ensure we could fulfil the fixture.

We lost each quarter 1-0. Most of their goals came from their goalkeeper booting the ball up into the flight path for Heathrow and landing it not far away from our box for a striker to pick up the bouncing ball and pass it in the net. The goal final one coming from 35 yarder worldie into the top corner in the last seconds when we were organising for a throw that didn’t get given. 

We hit both posts, missed a penalty and had what must’ve been close to 80% possession in the second half and we just couldn’t convert. Ari got badly winded and soldiered on, and Gabe got hit point blank in the face by an Ari shot, which left him with a bleeding nose that wouldn’t stop, so he had to go off and we played a 6v6 for the last 3+ mins.

I can’t stress how good some of the football we played in parts of the match today. Player of the match Harrison was instrumental in some of our best moves with the team passing from keeper, defender, playmaker, winger and striker, one end of the pitch to the other. I can’t ask them to do anymore than that. The only thing missing was a goal today. The boys run the themselves ragged on a pitch where you couldn’t see any lines, with no subs in what turned out to be hot sunshine after a 20 minute kickoff delay. Wished they had got the goals they deserved for the football they played today. It would’ve been 3-3 going into that last quarter, but hey ho it was not to be. We look forward to entertaining a Woking side at home next weekend!