Saturday 27th Nov Round Up

Saturday Round Up

AFC Stoneham U10 Girls Panthers 1 City Ladies Rubies 2

It appears under 10 girls and strong winds and freezing temperatures don’t mix. The girls really struggled with the conditions playing into the strong wind for the first half but took the lead through a fine solo goal from Mirela.

Despite having the better chances, City Ladies Rubies scored twice to take the lead, which they held on to thanks to some very good saves from their keeper.

The two teams meet again in the quarter final of the Plate.

AFC Stoneham U11 Girls

Tornadoes 4 Down Grange 1

What a morning! The wind chill was Baltic and we also had snow at the end, thank goodness and not during the game..!

Great experience for the girls to play on actual grass in that weather - sometimes we’re a little spoilt with 3G…proper grass roots football today!

Luckily we had a squad - a bare 9 today due to various reasons against a whole village ! The opponents had circa 16 players - Almost enough for two teams and plenty of fresh legs…

Our girls fitness and ability held the game today…

Realistically without taking anything away from Down Grange we should have won 25-0…We eventually lost count of opportunities where we could have finished however their keeper had a phenomenal game and really kept them in it…Her reactions, positioning and ability to read the shots is something that you just can’t teach…only enhance and get better…rightly so, our girls nominated her player of the day.

Millie Fear had a great game today scoring all 4 goals for us…that said opportunities were taken by several other players…just not enough oomph to put the ball in the back of the net.

All of the girls put a shift in today, no subs, they ran their hearts out….hence why we’ve been increasing the CV training on Thursdays by way of ‘mainly’ game scenarios to keep them engaged…As the girls are getting older and playing in a higher ability league against higher ability opponents they become harder to play against so we need to increase what we’re doing also to keep up and get ahead…

Potd: Selena great work and energy

U11 boys JPL v Portsmouth

The under 11s had a tough game today against Pompey in the Community in the JPL. An even first quarter where both teams squandered chances, ended with Pompey 1-0 up after a lapse in defence allowed them a free run at goal. The second quarter continued in the same vain, before a penalty made it 2-0 to Pompey. At this point, our boys came alive and a lovely assist from Jacob allowed Fin to score. 2-1.

Next some excellent play out wide and a whipped in cross allowed Tyler to smash one home. 2-2

An unlucky own goal made it 3-2 to Pompey before Josh stepped up and delivered a worldly free kick to bring things level again. 3-3.

In to the second half and a great counter attack sent Ablaye on his way to score for us. 4-3.

Both teams creating chances to score and in to the final quarter it was Pompey who took advantage of a wayward clearance to equalise 4-4.

The snow started and the wind picked up but that wouldn’t deter us, as another counter attack set Jacob on his way, who calmly rounded the keeper and kept his composure to slot home. 5-4.

Another devastating counter attack from us set Jacob on his way again who finished on the half volley, beating the oncoming keeper to make the final score 6-4.

What a game, what a result. Well done U11s.

U13 Girls match report

Home to 100% record top of the league Netley at a wet, bitterly cold, and windy Stoneham.

The weather made for a scrappy first half with the two teams cancelling each other out. Not many chances to report and defences on top.

Second half was similar but we started really strongly, then conceded an unfortunate goal, the defence a bit static the ball heading towards goal and it bounced off the post hit our defender and dribbled over the line… agonising! 0-1.

We kept the pressure on but struggled to create the clear cut chances against a strong and quick defence… until a shot from outside the box from Cherice Johnson went under the Netley GK and into the net!! The crowd went crazy wild and it was no less than the girls deserved. From that moment we grew in confidence and had the better of it but couldn’t find the winner.

FT AFC Stoneham 1-1 Netley Royals

5 games without defeat now for the girls!!

U14 Girls

Winchester Kites U14 Girls 2

AFC Stoneham Lionesses

U14 Girls 2

Another superb performance from all the girls today in Arctic like conditions, against top of the division Winchester Kites.

After a dominant first 25 mins playing uphill, against a gale force wind, Stoneham somehow found themselves a goal behind. To say this was against the run of play would certainly be an understatement, and it deflated the girls confidence for the rest of the half. To their credit though they came out 2nd half firing on all cylinders, once again playing the opposition off the pitch. Annabels

equaliser surely has to be goal of the season, and was followed up by more excellent play resulting in a 'determined' Emily Essex goal.

Quite how the Kites scored their equaliser with the last kick of the game, is still beyond me, and quite possibly the opposition.

An excellent game to watch, with attractive football being played by both teams, just a pity it was the wrong result.

So many deserve a special mention today, Angel & Annabel bossed the game in centre mid, Essex and Emily Harryman look to be a good partnership up front, Saoirse who quietly goes about her game week in week out. Finally Tia in her first game for the Purps.

Bring on the game against Pompey next week!

CoyP

U16 Girls

Another great team performance v Romsey from U16 Scorpions in awful conditions.

Another 2 goals from Mia Garwin, 1 from Julia Walczak, assists from Katie Babahami and 2 from Hannah Webb

U16 JPL

Final score 5-1 to AFC Stoneham and congratulations to the girls and coaches on a great win in what was a bitterly cold afternoon!!

Well done to all of our teams

#upthepurps

Sunday 28th Nov Round Up

Sunday Round Up

AFC Stoneham U8

Wow, What a game today. We were a man down with Henry being ill, but that didn’t stop us producing one of the best passing performances of the season. I told the boys to work hard as a team and they didn’t disappoint. Their passing, moment, and decision making was brilliant today. David produced some excellent saves and rushing out to keep a clean sheet. James and Oliver were as ever solid at the back and Oliver even got on the score sheet. Ollie and Lucas was excellent in midfield and breaking down their attacks. Jenson ‘the Goat’ was again on target with a hat-trick, but what pleased me most was his unselfish passing in front of goal. But my man of the match today went to Harry aka ‘little messi’ his footwork, passing and movement on and off the ball was a pleasure to watch, and also bagged himself a hat-trick. Well done Harry. Well done all of you. You all deserved the award today, very proud of you all.

AFC Stoneham U8 Spitfires

U8 Spitfires came up against our very own Wolves in a great game. Standard slow start by the Spitfires found us behind in the 1st quarter giving us an uphill battle. Created numerous chances but just would not go in were as Wolves took their chances so credit to them. Brody Hibberd and Henry Polkinghorne then found the back of net and Spitfires were back in the game winning the final 2 quarters but just ran out of time. Credit to Wolves and a good game played by both teams. POM went to Theo Yaldren who was full of energy and almost got himself a goal but was also excellent defending.

AFC Stoneham U8 Hurricanes

Today was Derby Day, the Hurricanes lined up against the Stoneham Lions...

The match had everything and was exciting to watch. The Hurricanes started on the front foot and dominated most of the possession in the right areas, fortunately the hard work paid off with a great individual goal from Jesse. The boys continued to amount the pressure in the next quater with a very defensive minded player scoring his first ever goal for the club 'Well done Sam!' .

The second half was a different game all together. The Lions came out strong and scored a few quick goals. The play was then end to end with both teams getting opportunities to take the win, but unfortunately for us it was the Lions who broke the deadlock . Well done Lions, a great game from all involved. Up the purps!

U9 Royals

The Royals carried on their good form with another great team performance vs Rodaway Rovers. Lucas started off the scoring with 2 goals including a goal of the season contender from nowhere! Nathaniel also scored tapping in at the back post. Special mention to Archer who saved one out of the top corner in the last minute from a freekick. MOTM today went to Oakley who was excellent in defence and midfield especially helping the team to play out from the back

U9 Panthers

U9 Panthers had a great game today, more than proving their worth following their recent promotion to the top division. After a shaky start we got in to our stride and goals from Antek and Jack, coupled with an excellent display across all positions, ensured we gave the opposition a really good game today. Players of the day were Harry, who is playing up a year and doesn’t look out of place after a really assured performance on the left side of midfield, and Charlie who has really started to excel in his preferred central midfield role, setting up countless attacks and being a pivotal player on the pitch. Well done Panthers

U10 Jaguars

v Hedge End Rangers.

It was a great start for the Jags first appearance since being promoted up the divisions.

After a quiet start (worried about new division) on a cold morning and with leaf covered pitch the Jags slowly grew into the game. With 3 players away this weekend the team rose to the challenge of playing in some unfamiliar positions.

A brace from Egit in the first half with a goal in reply from Hedge End saw the Jags go into the half time interval with a slender lead despite swandering lots of chances if front of goal.

A closer run second half saw the teams both adding one goal each to see the Jags running out winners in a great well fought encounter.

Onwards and upwards go purps.

MoM Charlie

Coaches player of the week Sammie

U10 Wolves

Every game of football asks questions of its players and today's were around opportunity and desire.

With none of the four main goal scorers playing, today gave an opportunity for others to impress. Midfielders Jude, Noah and Charlie are quickly learning their individual roles but made big strides today in learning the importance of teamwork and communication. But it was lone attacker Oskar P who really grabbed that opportunity and gave his best performance of the season so far. Linking with his midfield and working hard on his positioning, he often drove the play forward leading to goal scoring chances and Oskar himself having shots on target.

Further back, the defenders were being given a stern test by Whiteley Wanderers Hurricanes. After the unluckiest of first quarters and with 4 goals conceded in the first 20 minutes, many teams would then have been blown away! Could we still show desire? We certainly did, conceding just one more goal in the final 40 minutes helped by goalkeeper Reuben who made yet another finger-tip save and who came off his line well whenever needed.

Every single player showed great play at times, but Wolf of the Week, for grabbing that opportunity to really show what he can do, is Oskar P.

U10 Spitfires

A great team performance by the Under 10 spitfires today. A dominant first quarter saw the boys go one nil up with a goal from James. The pressure continued in the remaining quarters but several chances were missed and in the end a defender’s clearance lofted over Charlie’s head for a 2-1 loss. The boys were gutted at the end but should hold their heads up high for continuing to play football. MOM was Zack for his great play out wide.

U11 Knights

A chilly day for our home match welcoming Fawley Falcons to Stoneham Lane.

Another great performance today, the players are really starting to gel now, learn their positions and understand what we are trying to do on the pitch.

Solid defensively, hard working in midfield and clinical upfront, we passed the ball nicely and tried to play football. We are trying to be brave when in possession and to move the ball the ball quickly with confidence. When defending, we are getting back in numbers with everyone willing to run that extra yard.

Goals from Charlie Px3, Tom Sx2, Noah, Josh, Taylor, Charlie S.

Players of the day got to -

Conner for an excellent passing display and for working so hard both in midfield and on the right.

Tom for 2 quality finishes, being brave on the ball and for showing great skill.

Well done everyone!

Up the Knights!

U11 Jaguars

A well earned draw for the Jags today with some tough battles and an excellent defensive display. The game started with two quick fire goals, one from Freddie and one from Elliot both assisted by Owen who started today’s game in an unfamiliar centre midfield position however filled the spot superbly! John started the game in a centre forward role playing some lovely through balls in with some great battles in the middle of the park won him the man of the match performance! Defensively we were unlucky with both goals, however some great spells of play throughout the game against a well organised opposition. Fin made a crucial save late on in the game to keep us in it. Great performance by all the lads! #upthejags #upthepurps

U12 Spitfires

U12 Spitfires played away to Southbrook Jets in a very entertaining game which ended 6-6. Southbrook took the lead but then a wonder strike from Oliver Drew got the boys level with Harry Halligan & Makail Field scoring to put the Spitfires 3-1 up. A dubious goal pulled 1 back for Southbrook but then Harry Halligan scored his 2nd and Spitfires 4th taking a 4-2 lead into half time. A slow start to the 2nd half and a couple of mistakes found us 5-4 behind but the boys dug in and a wonderful strike from Harley Marjason got us back level @ 5-5. Southbrook then took the lead again but with the last kick of the game Harry Halligan got his hat-trick smashing home from 5 yards after a save from their GK from a great header by Seth Price. So proud of these boys’ spirit today fighting back when up against it and their never say die attitude. Well done Spitfires.

U12 Panthers

Under 12 Panthers got back to winning ways in a hard fought derby game against a much improved.

We ran out 4-1 winners with goals courtesy of a Jake hatrick and a well deserved goal from Isaac that he more than deserved for the effort put in today.

We were back playing as we had earlier in the season and need to ensure we carry that momentum forward into our upcoming games.

Man of the match went to Jake today but well done to all the boys

U13 Panthers

AFC Stoneham Panthers U13. 3

Fawley Falcon Jets U13 2

Fantastic performances all round today. The boys really turned it up a level. Fawley were unbeaten this season and we were unlucky to find ourselves 0-2 down from two penalties in the 1st half and first minute of the 2nd half.

The boys kept going and we were rewarded when Jude scored from a Karlos assist on 50 mins to bring us back into the game. Then Karlos scored from a saved Jude shot on 56 mins to make the game level. Jude then got his 2nd and the winner from a Jacob assist with 5 mins to go - amazing!

There were outstanding performances everywhere today.

Great game boys! Really proud of you all!

U13 Spitfires

FC Salisbury V AFC Stoneham Spitfires U13

The Spitfires were slow to warm up this morning. We had plenty of chances to score and came in half time 0-1 up (OG). Our defence were solid and never looked vulnerable. The boys got into the groove in the second half and played some lovely football. We went on to win 0-4 . Our scorers were Alfie Surmon , on his debut for the Spitfires, Logan Mcewan, Sean Light and an own goal.

U14 Knights

U14 Knights beat Romsey 1-0 at home this afternoon in the Tyro Div 1. The only goal in the match was a penalty taken by Elliot on 65 minutes.

Scrappy game but Stoneham had the majority of chances. Some brave saves from the opposition GK which kept us at bay until the penalty opportunity.

MOM Kenz for steping in between the posts at very short notice, being a calm presence and keeping a clean sheet.

U14 Royals

The Royals started slowly today and quickly saw themselves 1-0 down against a physically strong Totton team. Some well executed passes and a good finish saw the Royals 2-0 down at half time.

The break gave the team a chance to regroup, they came out with a different mindset and found themselves competing and creating opportunities. A worldly from outside of the box from Isaac Buchan closed the gap. The Royals had fought their way back into the game and had spells of being on top. Unfortunately after a great save, a deflection off of our player gave Totton the win at 3-1.

Super proud of all of the team today, they dug deep and didn’t give up.

MOM went to Greg Rolinson, Greg made some great saves today and kept the Royals in the game on several occasions, not bad for a stand in GK.

U14 Wolves

After our unlucky result last weekend losing 1 nil to top of the league, we hosted 2nd this weekend and unfortunately found ourselves again just on the wrong side of the result, despite boys playing some fantastic football the luck just stayed against us. Boys created many chances and defended super just caught out on a moment of lack of concentration, boys battled hard in first half and was unlucky not to break the deadlock. Second half started and was very end to end until before we knew it a long ball over the top saw our opponents take the lead, boys Continued to work hard before a lapse of concentration saw us concede again.

Boys Continued to battle and clawed 1 back but unfortunately just a consolation as final whistle went game over.

1-2

Motm went to Henry and max for some great football and good movements off the ball

U15 United

AFC Stoneham United U15s played at Oakley today in the PHYL. We had a limited squad due to recent injuries but that didn’t stop the boys digging in and working hard, after going 2 goals down a very resilient United dug in to run out 3-2 winners. All three goals were scored by Ali Nazari.

U16 Athletic

Cup games v Div 3 Littleton. 14-0

Callum Walford

Aidan Farndell

Alex Wilkie

Joel McNulty

Michael Shaw

Kyle Podolanski

Lennon Ayling

AFC Stoneham Ladies 5

Woking 0

Not the prettiest of performances today however we got the job done. @wokingfcladies made it difficult for us today but we extend our unbeaten league run to 7 games and move upto 2nd! #upthepurps

Goalscorers:

Harper

Buckingham (2)

Treweek (2)

Another top set of results from our teams.

Our coveted "Team of the day " goes to our U13 Panthers for a superb 3-2 win against previously unbeaten Fawley having been 2-0 down. Well done guys !

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Brockenhurst 1 AFC Stoneham 1 - Match report

Brockenhurst 1-1 AFC Stoneham

AFC Stoneham were held to a 1-1 draw on Saturday afternoon as Brockenhurst managed to snatch a late goal to deny AFC Stoneham the 3 points. James Phillips makes one change from Tuesday’s game against Bashley as Scott Hills comes in and replaces Diego Romero.

AFC Stoneham kick off for the first half, and come straight under pressure from Brockenhurst in the opening minutes of the game. Brockenhurst register the first attack at goal when Kieran O’Donnell, from 30 yards out- has a shot at goal but it’s well over the crossbar and results in a goal-kick. 11 minutes in Brockenhurst have the ball in the back of the net curtesy of Christie Ward but the linesman flag is up and is ruled out for offside.

With all the pressure from Brockenhurst, AFC Stoneham managed to win a penalty 35 yards out from goal. Jim Orvis plays a great ball into the box; Wiseman rises and meets the ball and headers it back and Scott Hills meets and hits it into the back of the net 1-0 to Stoneham on their first attack on goal. Stoneham in quick succession from the goal register another attack on goal when Ryan Penny shoots at goal from the edge of the box but it’s well wide and goes out for a goal kick.

With some of the pressure from the quick counter attacks from Stoneham, Brockenhurst find their rhythm again have a chance of levelling the score-line. When Kieran O’Donnell plays a great ball into the box where Christie Ward shoots but Tom Parker-Trott makes the save but the ball goes back into play and Jack Smith hits the rebound ball but Parker-Trott makes another great save and it goes out for a corner. Stoneham win another free kick in which Ben Clarke takes, he plays a ball into the box Cal Laycock meets the ball and lays it off to Duarte Martins who shoots but James Mayo saves.

HALF TIME – Brockenhurst 0-1 AFC Stoneham

AFC Stoneham start the second half brightly and are putting the pressure on hard for Brockenhurst as they have a few chances at goal but are ruled out for offside. Brockenhurst make the first change of the game in 52nd minute when Ronan Moore comes off and Joe Chamberlain comes on. Scott Hills finds himself in space on the edge of the box and half volleys the ball at the goal it causes some trouble for the keeper as he comes out to make the save. Brockenhurst make another 2 changes with AFC Stoneham making their first, for Stoneham we see Duarte Martins come off and replaced by Diego Romero. For Brockenhurst Lyle Simpson and Seung Woo-Yang make way for Matt Sheedy and Mitch Speechley-Price.

Another chance for AFC Stoneham when Jim Orvis plays the ball to Cal Laycock who shoots but there isnt another power behind the shot and it’s a comfortably save for the keep. Stoneham second change of the afternoon sees Ryan Penny off and Jake Thomson on. Quickly after the substitution AFC Stoneham nearly make it 2-0 when Cal Laycock has another shot at goal but again the keeper makes a decent save. AFC Stoneham make their third and final change 74 minutes in when Nathan Clements comes on and Scott Hills comes off.

Brockenhurst up their attack as a goal mouth scramble nearly results in a leveller for Brockenhurst but the AFC Stoneham defenders do well and clear the danger away. However, Brockenhurst go down to 10 men for the final 10 minutes of the game when Joe Chamberlain is sinbinned for dissent. Final few minutes of the game it looked like AFC Stoneham were going to be leaving with the 3 points but in the 89th minute Alex Haynes finds himself in space on the edge of the box and shoots and the ball goes into the back of the net, heartbreak for AFC Stoneham as they played really well in the second half.

Line-up for AFC Stoneham:-

Parker-Trott, Kerton, Dyer, Bulpitt, Wiseman, Clarke, Martins, Orvis, Laycock, Hills

Subs: -

Thomson, Clements, Galloway, Campbell, Romero

Ladies Match reports - 21/11/21

Sundays Ladies teams report

First team

Our ladies bounced back from last weeks FA Cup exit with a very good away point at top of the table AFC Bournemouth having been 2-0 down at half time. The top two in the Southern Region League battled out a 2-2 draw leaving both sides still unbeaten this season. We were almost back to our best this week with quality of football both in and out of possession and working hard in the transitions.

Goalscorers : Buckingham and Payne

Reserves

Toughest test of the season saw the purps run out 3-2 winners on Sunday at Hamble. Made things hard for ourselves at times but a fantastic team performances made the three points purple!!!

Well done to both squads and a special mention for Flo Yearsley on making her first team debut aged 16! This again shows the clear pathway at AFC Stoneham for young players

Goalscorers: Parker (2) and Gatehouse

#upthepurps

Great Oaks School - Southampton

Great Oaks School - Southampton

AFC Stoneham are proud and delighted to have been able to support Great Oaks School this year as one of our AFC Stoneham in the Community projects which supports local groups using the power of football to achieve this.

Our great coach Aaron who teaches the children said “these guys getting their first taste of being part of a football team has filled me with immense pride! Lots of goals, an incredible penalty save, and some great teamwork on display! The boys and girl were a credit to their school, and played their hearts out. Special thanks to AFC Stoneham who have supported the school through lunchtime clubs and providing kit for them. Memories these kids will cherish for a long time!

AFC Stoneham are proud to have partnered with Great Oaks School and look forward to supporting the children in giving them more experience of the “beautiful game” .

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AFC Stoneham 4 Bashley 1 - 23/11/21

AFC Stoneham 4

Bashley 1

Goalscorers: Orvis (pen), Martins, Dyer, Penny.

A very good win tonight at home to high flying Bashley.

First half goals from Jim Orvis , Duarte Martins and a superb Cade Dyer free kick gave us a 3-0 half time lead

Bashley pulled a goal back early in the 2nd half and had a lot of possession throughout the game however a great Ryan Penny chip sealed the win with 20 mins left.

Well done boys!

#upthepurps

AFC Stoneham 2 Bournemouth FC 1 - 13/11/21

AFC Stoneham vs Bournemouth Poppies

 AFC Stoneham continue there unbeaten run with a 2-1 win against Bournemouth Poppies on Saturday afternoon. The win extends there unbeaten reign by 8 wins on the bounce and pushes them up to 5th in the league.

 Before kick off both teams and supporters came together and payed their respects for remembrance day with a minutes silence and the laying of the wreath. AFC Stoneham started us off for the afternoon from kick off –but Bournemouth where the first out of the two teams to have a chance at goal. A free kick which Marcus Cullen takes, it meets the head of the defender and Tom Parker-Trott makes the save. AFC Stoneham had themselves some great chances too when Diego Romero finds some space and shoots but his shot is well over the crossbar and is out for a goal kick.

It didn’t take long for AFC Stoneham to find the opener, it took eight minutes for them to do so. Diego Romero plays the ball through but the defender picks up the short pass and clears the ball however the clearance was too short as it falls to the feet of Cal Laycock who plays, a quick pass which meets Jake Thomson at the back post and he  taps it in to the net making it 1-0 to Stoneham. Again AFC Stoneham have a  chance to make it 2-0 when Ryan Penny has a shot from the edge of the box but it goes wide of the post and out for a goal kick.

 AFC Stoneham had to wait just 11 minutes to add the scoreline again when Diego collects the ball from the Bournemouth half, he makes quick work of dribbling past the Bournemouth players before playing a perfect ball through on goal to Cal Laycock whois first to it and puts the ball into the back of the net making it 2-0 after 19 minutes. AFC Stoneham up the energy levels as well as the intensity and could have a few more goals before the break but Bournemouth hold on under the pressure and welcome the half time whistle.

 HALF TIME - AFC Stoneham 2-0 Bournemouth Poppies

 Bournemouth kick us off for the second half and once again put under pressure by Stoneham who have chances to make it 3-0when Tommy Barnes plays a great ball over to the right hand side to Diego who dribbles through Bournemouths midfield and passes to Cal who shoots but his shot hits the crossbar. Stoneham make there first substitution of the evening with Jake Thomson making way for Scott Hills. Scott Hills makes a quick impression with just being subbed on when he plays a perfect ball into the box in which Jim Orvis meets but his header just lacks the power behind it as Harry Gravett catches and clears the danger for Bournemouth.

 Bournemouth make there first substitution as well with Sami Garcia coming off and Elliot Hartnell Baker coming on. Bournemouth have there first real chance of the second half when Conor Jevon finds himself in some space and shoots but his shot is well over the crossbar and doesn’t cause Tom in goal any trouble. A second change for both sides is made with AFC Stoneham taking Cal Laycock off and Nathan Clements on and for Bournemouth Lee-Brad Hansel off and Jonny Efedje on. Bournemouth have another good attack at goal when Lewis Chamber puts a great ball into the box but Ronan Galloway is the quickest to the ball headers it out for a corner. AFC Stoneham make there third and final change for the afternoon where Diego Romero comes off for Duarte Martins.

 The pressure pays off for Bournemouth in the end as in the 82nd minute they are awarded a penalty after a slightly misjudged tackle, Tyrone Carkett scores and Bournemouth are back in the game 2-1. Bournemouth are quick on the attack as Marcus Cullen again from the edge of the box finds himself in space and tries a shot at goal Tom is quick to save. However there pressure is cut short as 8 minutes later the referee blows the whistle and it’s full time, giving Stoneham another win.

FULL TIME – AFC Stoneham 2-1 Bournemouth Poppies

 Line up for AFC Stoneham:-

Parker-Trott, Kerton, Barnes, Bainbridge, Galloway, Clarke, Romero, Orvis, Laycock, Penny, Thomson

 Subs:-

Hills, Clements, James, Dyer, Martins

Reporter : Emily Bird

AFC Stoneham 7 Fawley 2 - Russell Cotes Cup 16/11/21

AFC Stoneham 7-2 Fawley AFC

Russell Cotes Cup

AFC Stoneham comfortably ease into the next round of the Russell Cotes Cup with a well-earned 7-2

victory against Fawley AFC on Tuesday night. AFC Stoneham make 8 changes from the team that played

Bournemouth Poppies on Saturday afternoon, as well we also see some of the young players from

AFC Stoneham’s Development squad get a chance in the first team on the night.

AFC Stoneham start off brightly from kick off and have most of the chances at goal – when Ryan Penny

goes through on goal passes it to Duarte Martins who shoots but hits the post and goes out for a

goal kick. Another chance by Scott Hills goes a miss when he cuts inside and with his left foot shoots

but like previously it hits the bottom of the goal post and goes out for a goal kick. 8 minutes passes

and Scott hills buts AFC Stoneham 1-0 in the cup a great worked goal in which sees Jake Thomson

put in a good ball into the box from a corner in which Scott Hills shoots but takes a deflection off a

defender but the ball comes back to Hills feet and he puts it into the back of the net.

It takes just 4 minutes for AFC Stoneham to grab a second curtesy of Duarte Martins – Ryan Penny

plays the ball out to the right-hand side to Jake Thomson who brings it down on his chest and lays it

off to Duarte Martins who slots it into the back of the net making it 2-0 to Stoneham. A chance falls

to Scott Hills who collects the ball and passes it to Duarte Martins on the right, Martins plays a ball in

front of the goalmouth but no AFC Stoneham player can get on the end of it and the defender clears the

danger away. 16 minutes in Nathan Clements win the ball on the edge of the box and in space

shoots a low ball in the left-hand corner of the goal 3-0 to Stoneham.

Fawley have really come under pressure in the first 20 minutes of the game but they manage to have

a chance at goal when Dylan Knight finds himself in space and has a shot but his shot is well wide of

the goal and it causes no trouble for Ben Godwin in goal. For Stoneham the chances keep coming

when Cade Dyer plays a great ball into the box where Scott Hills meets the ball with his head but his

header hits the crossbar – a great chance to make it 4-0.

On the 26 th minute Nathan Clements makes it 4-0 to AFC Stoneham. Duarte Martins lays a good ball

off to Nathan Clements who at the edge of Fawley’s box shoots into the right-hand corner of the

goal. With all the action happening in Fawley’s halve of the pitch, Fawley manage to break free of

the constant pressure by Stoneham and come up with a good chance just before half-time. Nathan

Watkins plays a ball into the box but it is cleared away for a corner, Jack Stuttaro takes and Dylan

Knight headers it but Ben Godwin comes out and makes a great save.

Half Time AFC Stoneham 4-0 Fawley AFC.

Just before the start of the second half Fawley make the first substitution of the game with Jack

Stuttaro coming off and Sam Pithers coming on. AFC Stoneham start the second half lively just like in the

first half and come up with the first chance - when Jake Thomson, from a corner, plays a deep ball

into the box which falls to the feet of Scott Hills who shoots but the Lee Burch comes out and makes

the save. 50 minutes in Duarte Martins makes it 5-0, Jake Thomson pulls the keeper off his line and

lays the ball to his left into the path of Duarte who hits into the back of the net.

AFC Stoneham make their first substitution of the night with Jake Thomson making his way off for Ben

Backhurst. After the substitution we see Stoneham go 6-0, from a low range shot from the edge of

box curtesy of Duarte Martins once again. Soon after AFC Stoneham make another change with Duarte

Martins coming off and Jacob Gilpin taking his place alongside Stoneham Fawley make their second

change with James Clifton coming off and Jake Smith coming on. Fawley have a chance in the second

half to make it 6-1 when Tom Munday plays a great ball into the box and Sam Pithers, un marked,

has a free header and tucks it home to make it 6-1.

Fawley make their third and final substitution of the evening when Dane Sayce comes off and Jacob

Sheath comes on. Fawley temporarily go down to 10 men when Dylan Knight gets sinbinned for

what we assume is dissent by the player to the referee. A few chances come way for Stoneham but

none that really trouble the keeper.

Third and final substitution by Stoneham sees Nathan Clements make way for Diego Romero. Diego

plays a great ball over the top to Scott Hills who has to twist and turn to shake of the defenders

before he finally has some space to shoot and scores into the top left-hand corner of the goal 7-1 to

AFC Stoneham. 15 minutes later we see Fawley grab a second goal of the evening, James Elkins plays

some tricky football, he finally makes a past to Jake Smith on the edge of the box who side foots it

into the top right-hand corner of the goal.

Full Time AFC Stoneham 7-2 Fawley AFC

Line-up for AFC Stoneham

Godwin, Barnes, Dyer, Bulpitt, James, Wiseman, Clements, Thomson, Martins, Penny, Hills

Subs:-

Gilpin, Backhurst, Hammerton, Evans, Romero

Saturday 20th Nov - Round Up

SATURDAY ROUND UP

U7 Spitfires

U7 Spitfires continued their fine run of form against a very physical and organised side in Sholing Youth U7 White. The first quarter played out goalless with both teams testing each other out but with Sholing seeing more of the ball this continued in the second quarter but Spitfires managed to score 2 quick goals against the run of play with Jaydon and Donatello getting on the score sheet and we went in at half time with the lead. Sholing pulled one back after the break but the game was put out of reach by 2 quick goals by MOM Archie coupled with fine battling and defensive displays by Archie, Asher and Alfie before Finley capped off some great team passing with a goal.

U9 Girls

Under 9 girls continue to play amazingly and achieve positive results.

In our second game in division 1 we played away to an Alresford team who have been playing together for a season longer and the girls more than held there own.

It was an even 1st half with both teams failing to score from good play following some brilliant goalkeeping from both team.

We fell one behind in the 3rd quarter but through hard work and good play we got a deserved equaliser in the 4th Quarter.

Our goalscorer today was Chloe.

Shout out to Genevieve and Edith playing for the first time today, they were both brilliant and slotted in well with the other girl.

Girl of the game went to Genevieve.

Well done girls keep smiling.

Thanks to the parents too for their amazing support.

U10 Girls

AFC Stoneham Panthers U10 girls 5 Gosport Violets U10 girls 0

Emily opened the scoring for AFC Stoneham (her first goal in a couple of seasons) with a tidy finish from the edge of the box.

Jessica H scored two, the second a long distance free kick.

Jessica Prince also scored two - although the second took at least two deflections before rolling over the line.

A clean sheet was another plus. All 3 girls in goal (Abigail, Aimee and Imogen) attend extra goalkeeping sessions with first team keeper Tom and his help seems to be working!

Away team POM - Jessica H

Parents POM - Emily

Manager POM - Aimee

U11 Pumas

Whiteley 1 - 7 AFC Stoneham

Playing up a year, 9 a side, with no subs is no easy task but we grew into the game and ran out comfortable winners.

The focus today was retaining possession and our structure, and we did that really well. Despite conceding early on we didn’t panic and kept playing good football.

The game changed with two moments of quality, a shot from the edge of the box and some quick footwork and a slide rule pass and finish to put us 2-1 up. From there, we dominated the game.

Our 4 goalies were impressive today.

Aaliyah put in a 2020 throwback performance starting in goal then scoring two cracking goals. The first was all about pace and determination, the second a goal of the season contender from the edge of the box, absolute belter.

Next up, Erin, who is returning to form higher up the pitch as a 10, creating lots of opportunities for the team, scoring the opening goal and capping the performance off with a lovely L-Drag onto her right before slotting past the GK. Managers Player today, movement off the ball impressive.

Lauren showed great tenacity in midfield, won lots of headers and scored 2 goals but I think was most happy with her save on goal. Opposition player today, held your position brilliantly today.

Our final GK Abbi J gave us a nervy moment but came away with a clean sheet. Good in midfield, great in defence, made a big difference dropping back and showing lots of composure on the ball.

In defence, Sophie grew into the game, always calm on the ball and positive in her 1v1s. Always found space to receive from the goalie, really brave.

Roxy had a rock solid performance today and was positive in possession. Layla’s goal was a direct consequence of determination and positive passing. Put in a great midfield stint 2nd half.

Phoebe, dropped in at CDM and always showed for the ball. If I want anything from a player it’s a desire to receive the ball under pressure and release it to players in better positions. Our Veratti.

Tough shift out wide today, lots of graft required. Layla must’ve got bored hearing my voice but as always incredibly competitive and made her goal with sheer determination. Lots of quality on the ball too, played numerous breaking line passes.

Martha, up and down, taking players on, always holds her position and was up against their speed merchant No 12. Quietly did a great job today.

We’ve passed the ball better in the last 2 weeks than I’ve seen for a while which is important against bigger teams.

Keep the ball moving and we could win the league

U13 Girls

Away to Fordingbridge Turks who are unbeaten and beat us 2-1 early this season… a tough game ahead for our outstanding group of girls….

1st half we came out of the traps buzzing, our work rate was superb, no time on the ball for the opponent, we were swarming forward, wave after wave using our pace out wide…. What a start, we were dominant, then we got the goal. Sophie Freeman on the left squaring for Lillie Banks to fire home from close range. 0-1 up.

Defensively we stood firm, winning 1v1 battles and tackles across the pitch.

HT Fordingbridge 0-1 AFC Stoneham.

We were out working them but we asked for even more… more running more sprints, more effort. Wow, the girls gave it. Unbelievable to see.

Midfield and defence were performing at a new level. We had chances, their GK making a great save to deny Cherice.

Fordingbridge were hitting us on the break… but the defenders weren’t having any of it. Big tackles at the right time.

Our best performance so far this season….

FT Fordingbridge 0-1 AFC Stoneham

4 games unbeaten for the girls. Simply brilliant - all of them

U14 Boys Knights

U14 Knights beat Sway Juniors away 11-0 in the U15 Testway League Cup. Hatrick’s from Elliot & Ben, a brace for Brad and goals from Adrian, Kenz & Waseem with Kenz’s being an absolute thunderbolt from distance.

Mom was Kenz for a 2nd half performance to be proud of. Worked hard to get up and down the touch line and capped it off with the goal of the game.

Great sportsmanship from The Knights as well when they reduced their numbers to 8 players in the 2nd half to even the game out allowing the opposition more of the play .

This was an enjoyable morning out in the New Forest with ponies being shooed from the pitch & pony dung being shovelled off the pitch to allow kick off to commence!!

U16 Girls JPL

Today AFC Stoneham U16 JPL side had an away fixture in the Hampshire Cup against Eastleigh whites U16. Very positive start for the Purps, with a goal after 8 mins! The girls continued to apply pressure with Ede scoring a hatrick! Goals also coming from Molly Gladwell and Aimee Gritt.

Halftime the girls were a comfortable 7-0 up after some fantastic link up play and great finishing!

Second half, the manager changed the team up, and with one more goal coming from Kezia the game finished 8-0 with AFC Stoneham U16 jpl through to the next round of the Hampshire Cup

Some great results and match reports !

Well done to everyone

#upthepurps

Sunday 21st Nov - Round Up

Sunday Round Up

U8 Panthers

What a great game that was today. We asked them to go back to basics, with high energy and passing, like the start of the season. They didn’t disappoint. From the start, they pressed and got their rewards.

David was excellent in goal, with some important rushing out. Oliver and birthday boy James was great in defence with some good passing and clearing, and James even got himself a goal.

Lucas and Ollie was great in midfield with again some important tackles, good passing and fast pressing. Harry again showed great determination and nice footwork and also got on the scoresheet with a high press interception from their goal kick. Jenson ‘the Goat’ was again all over the pitch and was very unselfish when he could have scored himself, but still managed to score 2 goals. But man of the match today went to my Midfield General Henry. From the moment he stepped onto the pitch he was everywhere, tackling, passing, tracking back and shooting. He scored 4 times including direct from a corner. Well done Henry. Well done all of you, very proud today.

U8 Thunder

A superb first half performance against a newly promoted side who boost some really neat players.

Thunder started of really well playing some lovely football and pulling the opponent’s apart. A quick two goals from, one from Archie and the other from Harry settled the team down. Second quarter we came out playing again and after Harry needed his second of the game with a neat bottom corner strike, we felt the game was secure.

This was partly the reason we let the opposition back in the game as we stopped playing the football that we displayed in the first half.

However an Eryk press and tackle saw him put himself in front of goal and finished comfortably.

A second of the game for Archie rounded off a convincing display.

Well done boys!!

U8 Spitfires

U8 Spitfires came up against AFC Hiltingbury Hurricanes in a very entertaining which was end to end. Spitfires came from behind on numerous occasions even with decisions going against us. Brody Hibberd was on fires in front of goal as was Elliott Finch, Adriano Philips and even Henry Polkinghorne was on fire from the penalty spot after going on goal in for majority of game as our normal keeper was not available. So proud of these boys for there fight in the last few games. POM went to Zachary Curtis who was solid throughout.

U9 Royals

AFC Stoneham U9 Royals had a great game vs St Francis knights, who had previously given us our toughest game of the season. The boys battled well throughout in a tense end to end game that could’ve gone either way. Special mentions go to Oakley and Leo who were excellent in defence and to Nathaniel who ran his socks off up and down the wing. The goals came from Dexter and Lucas showing calm finishes from the edge of the box. MOTM today went to Archer who was solid in goal throughout with great distribution and box command. However an outstanding final quarter with multiple 1v1 saves saw him take the award, with Leo in a close second. A great performance and shows how the lads have improved individually and as a team!

U9 Spitfires

A good performance from the boys today against a spirited Millbrook Hurricanes team. The boys have really started to gel over the last couple of weeks. The performance was really positive and there was lots of passing and supporting play. Goals for Jakub, Reuben, Tomo & Marley. MotM was Sam. Well done boys!

U10 Wolves

Facing a strong, physical and well organised Netley Royals, the Wolves felt prepared for the task and confident of an upset!

The Royals were limited to 2 goals without reply. A disappointing result but a performance to be proud of.

Today we discovered 3 leaders, each given a team responsibility at the start and each of them delivered. Dominik controlled his back line in his first extended outing in central defence, when Jude moved into midfield his positioning and bravery were both excellent and Noah was suddenly fighting for every team cause.

Special mentions to Reuben who kept us in the game with 3 very special saves, one outstanding, and Dash who, in a pivotal 2nd quarter kept everything together by combining determined defending with his trade mark forward dribbles

The front 3, in various combinations of Oskar P, Adam, Finn, Noah and Jude passed as a team in the approach play and all we now lack is the final pass at the right time and we will have more goals galore!

Tyler played well in his first game in defence, Rayane continues to develop in defence and Rivers improved again this time in midfield.

Wolf of the Week, for his leadership qualities both in training this week and at today's match, is Jude.

U10 Spitfires

Top quality team performance from the Under 10 Spitfires today. Turned into a comfortable 5-0 win. Chamberlayne were restricted to only a few long range efforts, which then allowed Charlie to produce a couple of top draw saves. With goals from Forbsey, Alfie and a hat trick for Freds. MOTM went to Forbsey for his goal and all round composure on the ball throughout

U11 Lions

Brilliant performances from all today, a much needed confidence boosting victory. A special mention goes out to Maisy for her hat-full of goals but Man Of The Match was scooped up by Josh who didn’t put a foot wrong all game. A brilliant performance to warm up a cold Sunday morning. Up The Lions!

U12 Spitfires

U12 Spitfires played top of the league Millbrook who have a 100% record this season and the boys gave them a close run game and arguably were the better team. Score line was harsh on the boys who lost 4-2 but the performance was excellent. The score could have gone the other way but punished for a few mistakes.

Harry Halligan scoring both our goals and won POM but have to say the whole teams effort was a credit to the boys

U13 Spitfires

U13 AFC Stoneham Spitfires v Southside Wolves.

The whole team put in a fantastic effort today. We played some wonderful football and were unlucky to be 0-0 at half time. With the percentage of play swinging in our favour, we got the goal we deserved and went on to win the game 1-0. Goal scored by Logan. The whole team were outstanding and a credit to our club.

Well done Spitfires

U14 Panthers

U14 Panthers produced a great first half display on their way to beating Hiltingbury 2-1. The boys started on the front foot and controlled the game before taking the lead through the excellent Will Hosmer, who drifted past two players before slotting the ball into the back of the net. Shortly afterwards, Will was brought down inside the box following some great skill to draw in the defender. Will got to his feet and dispatched the resulting penalty to help the boys lead 2-0 at half time. The pattern of play continued through the opening phase of the second half, with Will having a chance to score a hat trick, however somehow his shot ended up over the bar. Hiltingbury then scored with 10 minutes left, however following this the game became very scrappy and the boys denied any further opportunities. The players voted Charlie Bellinger and Will as players of the match. Charlie was making his debut for the team, and was excellent throughout.

U14 Knights

U14 Knights beat Eastleigh in the Community 3-0 away from home in Tyro Div 1. Goals were scored by Adrian - free kick (30’), Will (53’) and Elliot (55’). MOM was Sam for his constant threat, work rate and support play

U14 Royals

Tough day at the office for The Royals. We never really turned up and the opposition wanted it more. We learnt a hard lesson in a 9-0 loss. Special thanks to Euan and Ollie for taking one for the team and doing a half each in goal.

U15 Spitfires

U15 Spitfires were excellent away to AFC Totton winning 4-3. After a slow 1st half boys went in 1-1 at half time then found themselves 3-1 down with 2 break away goals early in 2nd half. Boys then re-grouped and dominated the game and deservedly went on to win 4-3. Great performance. Goals were scored by Taylor Waters (hat trick) and Owen Leece. POM went to Fergus Mitchell-Moore who battled hard throughout.

U16 United

United 1 - 1 Hamble

Hindley (pen)

Sadler (MotM)

A scrappy, tetchy game today in which we were 0-1 at the break and fought hard in the second half to come away with a point.

U16 Galaxy

An improved display by Galaxy this afternoon has hopefully kick started their season. a committed attitude resulted in them winning their 1st point as they drew 2-2 with Littleton.

A great finish from Keiran Kandiah got them off the mark with the 2nd an OG after some excellent work from Davi de Paula.

Up the purps

U18 Rovers

A very good 4-0 win over Winchester City Black.

Goals: Wise 2, Sunley, Ingram (pen)

Ladies

Our Ladies bounced back from

last week recovering from a 2 goal deficit to earn a draw at top of the table AFC Bournemouth after dominating large parts of the game .

Goalscorers were Madi Payne and Alisha Buckingham.

Well done Ladies who now sit 3rd in the Womens Southern Regional League.

Our Ladies Development Squad also won at Hamble 3-2 in a league encounter .

Another superb set of weekend results!

Well done to every player and every team.

#upthepurps

Amesbury Town 2 AFC Stoneham 3

Amesbury Town 2 AFC Stoneham 3

Scorers: Wiseman, Hills and Clements (90+5)

Our first team held a comfortable 2-0 lead before we allowed the hosts back into the game with an equaliser on 72 mins.

With valuable points looking as if they had been dropped Nathan Clements ,who had come off the bench, making his first appearance for over a year due to injury scored the winner in the 5th minute of added time.

Well done Nath!!

Hampshire FA Trophy

QK Southampton 3 AFC Stoneham reserves 3

Won 6-5 on pens

Scorers: Cian Cleary (2) Kevin Ngombi

QK are flying high at top of the Hampshire League Div 1 with a 100%.

A great win for our young reserves !

Well done to both teams !!

#upthepurps

Sunday 7th Nov - Round Up part 2

Sunday Round Up - Part 2

U14 Knights

Knights lost 3-0 to unbeaten top of the table Millbrook at home in Tyro Div 1. The 3 goals came in a 5 minute spell in the first half. The second half saw no goals scored.

Mom was Ben for 2x solid performances at the back this weekend against 2 of the best teams we have faced all season.

All the boys deserved more today.

U14 Wolves

A fantastic performance under the lights from all the boys tonight after a nervy 10 mins boys started to control the game well. Created many chances throughout the 2nd half and saw the game out to win 2-0. Wonder goal from luke, and a 2nd from floyd.

Parents mom went to Max

Managers mom went to Alfie Pack

U14 Panthers

U14 Panthers played out an entertaining 3-3 draw at home to Romsey Cougars. The boys were very slow in starting and went 1-0 down early in the second half, and were thankful to stand in keeper Joe Phillips for keeping the score down until half time. The second half proved to be much improved, with the boys playing some good football and showing more energy off the ball and deservedly equalised through Matthew Riordan. The boys then took the lead after Tomi Mengyi headed a corner, however we’re pegged back shortly afterwards after a scramble in the box following a Romsey corner. The Panthers re took the lead through an own goal, again from a corner, but could not hold on, with another scramble after some poor defending allowed Romsey back in to equalise late on. Man of the Match was Tomi Mengyi after providing a great assist and goal.

U15 Spitfires

Spitfires played a great game away to Alresford Town Lions winning 4-3. Score line closer than it should have been as Tristan Sparkman, Taylor Waters & Fergus Mitchell-Moore putting us 3-1 at half time. Alresford fought back to level the game but a thunder bolt from Harry Cull won us the game. POM went to Tristan Sparkman not only for a wonderful cross/shot goal but was at the centre of all our attacks and chipped in with an assist as well as his goal. Great performance.

U16 United

From being comfortably 0-2 up at half-time, 60 seconds of madness midway through the second half allowed QK to get back to 2-2. But we keep our composure and deservedly got the winner in the final minute.

QK Southampton 2 - 3 United

Mullen (28)

Finch (38)

Gayton (79)

MotM - Rich

U16 Panthers

WOW...BRILLIANT ....

End of match report (surely not?)

But just incase you want to know more, as “hinted” at above, the U16 Panthers emphatically swept aside the league leaders Littleton, with the complete team performance.

Back to front, left to right, every player could have been awarded man of the match and to single out players seems unfair, but it would be remiss of me not to mention Cam Churcher in defence, Jude Cowan in midfield and Dylan Cross and Sam Holder up top.

The 5-1 margin truly didn’t flatter the boys, with goals from Dylan Whaley, Sam Holder, Dylan across and a brace from Man of the Match Luke Collins-Smith.

Well done boys and the management team!

WOW ...BRILLIANT

U18 Hampshire League

Fareham Town 0

AFC Stoneham 6

Scorers: Wise (2), MacLeod, Ingram, Sunley, Brown

Womens Southern Regional League

AFC Stoneham 7

Milton United 0

Goalscorers: Payne(3), Buckingham, Adkin, Inglis, Wood

Another great weekend of football !

Well done to all

#upthepurps

Sunday 7th Nov - Round Up part 1

Sunday Round Up- Part 1

U8 Spitfires

Spitfires came up against our very own Panthers in a good game of football played by both teams. Close game throughout but the Panthers ended stronger with some quick fire goals. Spitfires battled hard and Brody Hibberd on fire in front of goal. POM went to Adriano Philips who was solid throughout and at the centre of all our good play. Well done to not teams and congratulations to the Panthers.

U8 Jaguars

Jaguars were caught a bit off guard early on and conceded a silly goal initially. This seemed to liven them up and they began to get in to their stride.

Goals came from Sam (4),Leo (3), Avi (1) and Louis (1).

We were most proud to see the fruits of our labour from training. The boys played brilliantly as a team. The were all looking up and playing the simple pass rather than trying to over-complicate things.

There were some excellent assists as well as goals, showing that the work we have been doing on running the ball down the line and crossing it in to the middle is really paying dividends.

Leo took Player of the day for his work rate, assists and goals but all 7 boys who played today gave 100%.

Great job Jaguars!

U8 Hurricanes

Really entertaining game today against a good Millbrook team. The game was end to end with the lead changeing hands a number of times. We had some great link up play which was straight from the training ground this week. Zachary bagged a brace and Callum also converted from close range, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to win the game. Reggie was a nuisance for them in midfield and came close to scoring, but it came back off the post. Today's POM went to Reggie for his tackling, work rate and determination.

U8 Thunder

Played against a previously unbeaten opposition today.

First quarter we set off a little slow and found ourselves behind but after a bit of luck with an own goal and a cool, calm finish by Freddie the 1st quarter ended all square.

A goalless 2nd quarter meant the second half was all to play for. Eryk today showed great work rate and his tackling to break up play was immense. Two goals for them in the 3rd quarter put us on the back foot but the boys dug in and Harry scored a lovely goal to keep the game tight.

The 4th quarter was all Thunder.

Teddy slotted home to equalise and we piled on more pressure. Another disallowed goal followed towards the end meant the game ended in a draw.

A good performance by the boys who came away disappointed that they didn’t win.

U9 Panthers

U9 Panthers had a great first game in their new Red 1 division, playing out a fantastic competitive game against a great Winchester team. Both sets of players put on a great performance, highlighted by our player of the day, Tate, for a show stopping performance in goal. Jacob grabbed our goal today to cap an excellent team display. Well done Panthers

U9 Royals

Really competitive game vs Romsey Town Tigers today both sides having spells of dominance in the game. A well worked short free kick from Danny set up Henry to smash it home from the edge of the box. Aron also scored a proper strikers goal at the back post. Special mention to Archer for many 1v1 saves putting his body on the line. MOTM went to Dexter showing great skills, passing and a solid all round performance.

U10 Jaguars

Jaguars v Alresford

A really gritty performance from the Jaguars against a much improved Alresford who we played earlier in the season.

First half goals from Egit saw us take an early lead and allowed us to settle into the game.

Solid effort today from our defence and midfield along with good performances from our keepers Anders and Jacob again, giving the Jags another clean sheet.

MOM Harry

Coaches Player of the Week Jacob

U10 Wolves

As the Wolves lined up in gleaming purple, they sensed the inevitable triumph was about to happen. Surely, this day, this time!

Relief and euphoria! A final score of Wolves 8 Opponents 2. The Wolves had feasted in style!

The headlines will be about the goals, each one so well deserved, three from Oakley including one much celebrated direct from a corner, two each from the skills masters Adam and Finn and one OG. But the build-up play would often feature one-twos with Oskar P or well-timed support from Dash or Harry or even 'high-line' Alfie to create the overload.

Partnerships are being formed on the pitch and leaders are being discovered. Such things will be needed soon as we prowl yet deeper into the unknown.

Up at half-time, the instruction went out to win the second half with no room for complacency against one and briefly two extra 'mercy' opponents and the boys still delivered.

We learnt plenty about our defenders as well today. Rivers did a fine marking job, Rayane showed strength and balance whenever tackling facing his own goal, Harry was faultless in starting the match with his first ever quarter at Central Defence and Sweeper Keeper Noah made 3 excellent saves as he visibly grew in confidence.

But Wolf of the Week... for the first ever hat-trick by a Wolves player... is Oakley!

Congratulations and well done to everyone.

U10 Spitfires

A great performance today saw the U10 Spitfires come out on top against a good Winchester team. After a slow start goals from Alfie x2, Freddie x 2, Zack, Charlie and Joey sealed a 7-2 victory. Man of the match was a tough choice, but went to birthday boy Joey who made some great passes,looked confident driving forward and scored his first goal of the season. All in all it was a pleasure to watch the boys play today. Well done Spitfires.

U11 Royals

The boys played really well today and deserved the 3-2 win. The goals came from Allistair and Noah. The man of the match was Tom who made some terrific saves and kept us in the game.

U11 Knights

An early away match to Winchester City today saw an absolutely fantastic performance by the team.

Our passing and work rate was superb and some brilliant individual performances.

After being on the back foot for the opening 7/8 minutes, we then took control of the match, passing in triangles, being brave on the ball and passing to feet.

We did this and more today.

Goals from Charlie S x2, Tom, Noah, Charlie P x2.

Players of the day to Charlie S, his bravery on the ball and running at the defence was immense and 2 quality finishes.

Louis for work rate, being so strong in the middle of the park and his passing was spot on.

Great game!

Up the Knights!

U12 Panthers

U12 Panthers managed to get a late winner at home to Winsor today.

Having taken the lead in the first minute we found ourselves 4-2 down to score 3 late goals to win 5-4. The supporters enjoyed watching far more than the coaches.

Goalscorers today were Jake with 3, Zach and Sam White with a fantastic last minute goal to top it off.

Man of the match today went to Sam White who was by far our best player and topped it off with his amazing last minute winner.

Shout out to Ewan, Liam and Alfie who all played out of position today so thanks for doing us a favour

U12 Spitfires

Tough day for the U12 Spitfires against Romsey Town Cougars in a game where nothing seemed to come off and lost 4-0. Romsey’s GK made a few great saves in the game to keep us at bay. Overall both teams had numerous chances and credit to Romsey who took theirs well. We draw a line after today’s performance and come back stronger next week. POM went to Harley Marjason who battled hard throughout.

U12 SHARKS 4-1 BADDESLEY PARK CRISADERS

(HT 2-0)

Chiguvare (3)

Taheem

MotM - MacAskill

Parents MotM - Blakely

A fantastic game where the Sharks produced a dominant display showing the level that they are capable of playing at.

Chiguvare was played through by a great ball, from Hallett, beat the defence and shot from the edge of the area. His shot ricocheted off both posts and the underside of the bar before finding the back of the net.

Chiguvare then managed to out run defenders, once either side of half time, to get on the end of long balls to the slot the ball calmly into the bottom corner to complete his hat-trick.

With around ten minutes to go Taheem picked up a loose ball on the edge of the box, pivoted and smashed the ball into the bottom corner, leaving the keeper with no chance of saving.

Fantastic energy shown throughout by the Sharks today for a great team win.

Thank you Baddesley and we wish you all the best for the rest of the season.

Some great performances and well done to all of our young teams !

#upthepurps

Saturday 6th Nov - Round Up

Saturday Round Up

Boys U8 very local derby

U8 Wolves v U8 Spitfires

Wow, what a game it was today between two very competitive AFC Stoneham teams - Spitfires and Wolves!

Spitfires started strongly and took an early advantage with goals from Joseph and Donnatello. In the second quarter it was a different story with Wolves blasting out of the blocks and getting back on level terms.

The third quarter saw the momentum swing back towards Spitfires with goals from Donnatello and goal of the match from Asher which was created by a wonderfully accutate long pass from Donnatello.

The match was far from over going into the final quarter though and Wolves would not give up. They scored again and the match was fiercely competative until the final whistle. Wolves were very unlucky not to score in the dying seconds. The ball hit both posts but somehow it did not cross the line during the goal mouth scramble that followed.

The game was a real thrill for spectators of both teams not lleast because the game was played in such great spirits. Both teams should be very proud of themselves and were a credit to the club.

U9 Girls

U9 girls continued with our amazing start to the season to progress to the next round of the cup.

Today's goalscorers were Chloe with 2 and singles from Seren and Millie-Mae.

Another brilliant performance from each and every one of the girls who continue to make everyone proud. Girl of the game today went to Matilda for her brilliant all round performance and great positional awareness. Seren was voted oppositions player of the game.

Well done girls and keep smiling as you play

U11 Girls Tornadoes 6

U11 Southbrook 0

A great game today by the Tornadoes which saw fantastic passing, set pieces and formations generate a 6-0 win away to Southbrook leading to next round of the cup for the girls.

A well earned win

U12 Girls Panthers V Alton Panthers

Good, even first half, with the Panthers playing some really good football.

The girls were unlucky to concede a goal 10 minutes before half time.

HT 1-0 Alton

The girls started the second half with determination to turn the game around, and got the goals they deserved! Melina scored twice.

There could've been a third with Ella hitting the bar. The girls fully deserved the win, to progress to the next round of the Plate.

FT 2-1 AFC Stoneham.

Opposition player of the match went to Melina.

Parents player of the match went to the whole team, as they couldn't choose just one player.

U13 Girls

Cup action for the U13 girls, away at Netley Royals who sit top of our league with a perfect record so far. It would be a tough game ahead.

First half we started a little slow but soon increased our energy levels and created a couple of early opportunities. Then Netley scored with their first attack of the game, a fortuitous slice that lobbed over our GK. The girls then dominated the half and bossed the game, we were all over them, winning tackles, first to every ball, and using our pace out wide as we’d worked on in training. Despite the pressure and territory we couldn’t score. HT 1-0 down.

Team talk was easy. Out of possession, more of the same. In possession be a bit calmer. The goal will come!

Second half Netley sat back, and the girls continued their intensity and trying to create that chance… Finally the ball broke 12 yards out and Christiana Lambert drilled a half volley into the corner. What a finish. 1-1.

We pressed, we defended magnificently, so determined. The crowd was buoyant willing the girls on but the game finished 1-1….

PENALTIES…..

Lambert = Goal! Netley = Goal.

Reed = Miss, Netley = Saved!

Johnson = Goal!, Netley = Saved!

Banks = Goal!, Netley = Saved!

AFC STONEHAM WIN 3-1 ON PENALTIES !!

(Report of the day ! Exciting just reading it !)

Girls U14 Lionesses 4 Stubbington 0

A really solid performance from all the girls today, dominating possession for most of the game against an improved Stubbington side from last months match.

Some of the passages of play were excellent, the 1 touch passing through the lines was superb, resulting in 2 of the goals. The defence looked in total control and looked to pass the ball out from the back. The midfield and forwards linking up really well too.

The girls have really stepped up a level this season, and seem to be improving week on week. Long may this continue.

GoG Amy Coleman

Bring on the next round!

Boys U14 Knights

Playing up a year in the U15 Testway League Div 2 came back from 1-0 down to draw 1-1 away against Shooters Youth Blue.

This was an entertaining game to watch against a physically imposing opposition.

The goal was scored by Waseem (45’).

MOM was Jack for his non stop battling against a very big opposite number in the middle of the park.

Great performance from every player all across the pitch.

U14 Girls - Eagles

Away v City (Cup)

The Eagles put City straight under pressure from the off and moved the ball around well, gradually wearing down their defence but a strong keeper read the game well and was in the right place at the right time for every attack. We dominated for the most part, with Polly constantly shutting down in midfield and distributing the ball well, but we took a risk throwing our centre back up for a corner and were hit on the break, conceeding on the half hour mark.

The girls responded with immediate pressure and a clever attack which led to Lexie lobbing the keeper 2 minutes later for the equaliser. Our determination and work rate strengthened further and a dangerous pass across the box from Ailish found a confident Priya who's only intention was to break the net with a powerful shot, edging us ahead right before half time. 1-2.

We were just as passionate in the 2nd half, giving City no time on the ball and switching play to come at them from all angles. Another lob, this time from Elvin, extended our lead to 1-3 on 50', and we were unlucky not to add to that.

A well deserved win and the Eagles will definitely sleep well tonight!

1-3 full time.

MANAGERS POM: #5 Polly

SUPPORTERS POM: #17 Elvin

OPPOSITIONS POM: #3 Eva

U16 Scorpions

U16 scorpions had another great win in their 2nd round cup game v Havant & Waterlooville today.

Goals from Katie Balahami and Victoria Johnson, both assisted by Mia Garwin.

Players of match, goalkeeper Martyna Wozniak and Victoria Johnson

U16 Girls JPL

AFC Stoneham 2-0 City Ladies

An away fixture in a windy and blustery Farlington yesterday saw AFC Stoneham JPL U16’s battle to secure a win. With numerous shots on target it remained 0-0 at half-time. The girls continued to battle, with the wind on their side in the second half, And managed to score 2 goals from open play, from Ede and Kayleigh.

U18 Girls

Romsey Town 2

AFC Stoneham 7

Into the league cup semi final for the 18’s.

A slow start with AFC Stoneham not playing there usual fast tempo football. Romsey fought hard in midfield to break down our play. After some strong words at half time the team started stepping up and became more clinical with there finishes. Some excellent finishes from Madison. Managers player of the match Anita with two assists and a goal.

Vets

Hampshire Vets cup

AFC Stoneham Vets 2

Colden Common Vets 0

Henry Smith

Matt Vanderman

Well done to all of our teams on Saturday !

#upthepurps

Portsmouth FC away 30/11/21 7.45pm ko - Hampshire Senior Cup

Portsmouth FC v AFC Stoneham

Tuesday November 30th - 7.45pm kick off

Hampshire FA Senior Cup

After various discussions we can now confirm that our Hampshire FA Senior Cup game v Portsmouth FC will now be played at Fratton Park, Portsmouth on Tuesday November 30th with a 7.45pm kick off.

We would like to thank the Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley, Portsmouth FC and Hampshire FA for allowing this to happen

This will be a fantastic night for our club and a wonderful experience for our players and management team which will live on in the memory forever.

Despite being a "school night" we hope that many of our young players , managers , coaches, players parents and all of our supporters will be at Fratton Park cheering the team on .

Further details and ticket prices will be released next week.

Thank you

#upthepurps

Match Report 2/11/21 - Christchurch away

Christchurch 0-5 AFC Stoneham

 A rescheduled fixture saw AFC Stoneham travel to Christchurch on a cold and windy Tuesday evening. AFC Stoneham are looking to continue their recent winning form after beating Baffins Milton Rovers 3-0 last week. Two changes were made by The Purples with Ronan Galloway and Mat Bainbridge making way for Ben Clarke and Ryan Penny.

 AFC Stoneham started the first half brightly – first chance at goal came from Ryan Penny who collects the ball at the edge of the box and shoots but it goes wide. Christchurch had chances as well to make it 1-0 when Ethan Maddocks played the ball over the top of the Stoneham defence, Matthew Stephenson brings it down and shoots but it goes just wide of the post.

 16 minutes gone and AFC Stoneham win possession in there own half, a pass to Scott Hills on the left side sees him cross the ball into the path of Cal Laycock who chips it over the keeper who came running off his line and makes it 0-1 to The Purps. AFC Stoneham pile on the pressure after the goal and earn a free kick just on the inside of the halfway line on the right side, some quick one  touch football is shown but a loose pass is made and the keeper easily sweeps up the danger for Christchurch. Another chance goes astray to make it 0-2 when Jake Thomson presses the Christchurch defence and forces a mistake from the player, Thomson takes advantage from the mistake and crosses the ball into the box, Cal Laycock brings the ball down and has a shot at goal which skims the goalpost and it goes out for a goal kick.

 36 minutes into the first half Jim Orvis plays the ball into Christchurch’s box which ricochets off the defender and into the path of Scott Hills. Hills shoots but it hits the post, however Hills pounces on the rebound and once again has a shot at goal and this time buries it the bottom left hand corner making it 0-2 to Stoneham. Christchurch have a chance before the halftime whistle when Tyler Forbes from the edge of the box has a shot but it skims the top of the crossbar instead. At half time it is 0-2 to AFC Stoneham.

 HALF TIME – Christchurch 0 – 2 AFC Stoneham

 Christchurch kick us off for the second half and go on the attack straight away they have a few chances at goal but none that are a real threat for Tom Parker-Trott. AFC Stoneham win a free kick on the edge of the d – Jake Thomson takes his shot takes a deflection off the defensive wall and sends the keeper the wrong way making it 0-3.

 AFC Stoneham make there first change of the evening with Ryan Penny coming off for Diego Romero. Christchurch make a change as well with Jamie Power making way for Joe Stacey. Joe Stacey makes himself known quickly proving himself as an impact substitution when he retrieves the ball outside the penalty box and shoots at goal but it’s an easy save for Tom Parker-Trott.

 Second change of the evening for AFC Stoneham sees Tommy Barnes make way for Mat Bainbridge on 69 minutes, quickly after the change Stoneham’s Jake Thomson once again makes it 0-4. A great worked goal sees Parker-Trott’s goal kick headed over the top of the right back by Cal Laycock and flicked into the feet of Thomson who smashes it in the back of the net. 81st minute sees the third and final change for AFC Stoneham with Cal Laycock off and Duarte Martins on – only 9 minutes left on the clock.

 83rd minute arrived and sees once again a well worked goal for AFC Stoneham making in 0-5. A ball over the top of the defence by Diego Romero is brought down by Jake Thomson who crosses into the goalmouth in which Duarte Martins buries it in the back of the net.

 Full Time – Christchurch 0-5 AFC Stoneham

 Line up for AFC Stoneham

Parker-Trott, Kerton, Barnes, Bulpitt, Wiseman, Clarke, Penny, Orvis, Laycock, Thomson, Hills

 Subs – Clements, Bainbridge, Galloway, Martins, Romero

 Report by Emily Bird

Saturday 30th Oct - Round up

Saturday round up.

Not so many games this weekend due to half term

U7 Spitfires

U7 Spitfires played a good spirited game in torrential rain against U7 Tigers. Spitfires focus was on their shape and positional play and impressed with how they linked up, in front of goal. MOM went to Charlie Liburd showing great composure on the ball

U9 AFC Stoneham Knights JPL 3

U9 Proco 0

Knights won 3-0 vs Proco, an established JPL team, continuing their excellent form in their first season in the JPL. Some excellent team work, combined with some great defending at times ensured our clean sheet.

Goals from Antek and Jack secured the victory today. Man of the match today was Jacob for a great play in midfield, setting up counter attacks after winning the ball back in midfield. Well done Knights.

AFC Stoneham Lionesses Girls U14 1 Pompey 7

Well if ever there was a game of two halves that was it. The final score not representing how the game played out. A superb 1st half performance from the Purps saw them dominate a Pompey team who have scored 36 goals in the last 2 games, to just 1 goal (which was from a slip in the 'wet' conditions.) Every girl was superb and the way they played as a team was the best I've seen them play. A goal either side of half time effectively ended our chances and, a few heads went down it must be said. After getting a goal back at 4-1 a fightback was on the cards... only for their No 9 (GotG) to score straight from the kick off.

The scoreline flattered Pompey and our girls should be proud of they way they played today, if they keep on playing like they did 1st half, then theyll be right up at the top of the league at the end of the season.

AFC Stoneham Vets 10

Redlynch Vets 1

Ash Holland

Mikey Harris

Lee Hewett

A sublime performance from our Vets. Fantastic to see two of our junior team coaches scoring for the vets with Ashley Holland (U8) scoring 4 and Lee Hewett (U9) notching a hat trick along with Mikey Harris.

The game was also superbly refereed by our U7 Spitfires manager Matt Whale.

Great to see the above which very much epitomises what we are as a club

#upthepurps

#oneclub

Sunday 31st Oct - Round up

Sunday Round up

U8 Spitfires came up against our very own Thunder this morning in a great game of football. Enjoyable to watch with some great football played by both teams. Thunder dominated the 1st 2 quarters taking a well deserved 3 goal lead but Spitfires then started to play and fought back excellently to level the game. The match was looking to end as a draw but a penalty for handball in the last minute won it for the Thunder. Congratulations to the Thunder and well played by both teams. Goals scored for the Spitfires by Henry Polkinghorne, Brody Hibberd & Elliott Finch. POM went to Harvey Whyte who played well in goal and excellent in the last quarter when outfield. Up the Purps!

U8 Panthers

What a great game that was today!

It was an even match with both teams having chances to win the game.

Oliver and James defended superbly. Lucas was great in midfield with some important tackles. Ollie showed some good footwork and passing. Henry ‘midfield general’ was as ever all over the pitch enforcing and bagged himself a goal. Harry is also starting to show that bite in the tackle and got on the scoresheet. Jenson ‘the goat’ was a menace in attack and was unlucky not to get more than the one goal today. I think we must have hit the post and bar nearly double figures. But my man of the match was David. His rushing out, point blank saves and distribution was outstanding today, well done David. Again well done all of you.

Final score 3-3 .

U8 Jaguars and U8 Hurricanes

faced off today in this AFC Stoneham Derby.

Samuel opened the scoring for Jaguars in the first quarter but both teams started well and there was little to separate them early on. In the second quarter Hurricanes were rewarded for thier endeavour and levelled the scoring. The deadlock was broken by a wonder-goal by Avi for Jaguars, who ran the length of the pitch before rounding the keeper and tucking the ball home.

In the second half, Jaguars went from strength to strength.

Goals for Jaguars came from Samuel (x 4), Leo, Louis and Avi.

Player of the day for Jaguars went to Avi who played some brilliant football after being away for a couple of weeks. Avi, it's great to have you back

U8 AFC Stoneham United vs Windsor United green

Good game from both teams as the conditions eased off just in time for kick off. Goals from Alex, Elijah, Charlie and a double from macca helped the boys to a hard earned and pleasing win. 4 games without defeat with confidence and belief showing throughout.

U10 Spitfires

A 3-1 loss today for the U10 Spitfires despite some good football being played. Alfie put the spitfires 1-0 up and was man of the match for a battling performance in midfield. The boys will rue some missed chances and some defensive errors but should be commended for the way they continue to play as a team and play out from the back.

U10 Jaguars v U10 Royals

Today saw the derby rematch of our first ever game as a AFC Stoneham team. With very trying blustery gales this was a very competitive game.

Goals from our star strikers Egit and Will along with a long awaited goal from our captain Alex saw the Jaguars seal a win despite a valiant effort from our opponents.

This game was a great advert from two very well matched AFC Stoneham teams.

Jags MoM Egit

Jags Coaches player Charlie

U10 Wolves

United in adversity, the drenched and sodden Wolves ran out on to the pitch hungry for prey. So near did they come. So near indeed!

It was quite simply the best performance of the season so far. They had learnt well from training. Play as a team and control the press.

The defence, marshalled by Alfie, made a great shield for Noah who was making his debut in goal, and Noah had a good game, in particular when coming off his line on more than one occasion like a 'sweeper keeper' to clear a dangerous through ball that threatened a goal. But right defender Dominik is Wolf of the Week as he continues to learn from training and capped it off today with a fine display.

Midfielders Adam, Finn and Harry were creating chances. Everything going to plan!

When a shot is missed, it's too easy to blame the shooter. But they still must have been in the right place at the right time to get the opportunity. So, special mentions to both attackers, Tyler and Oskar P, for good positioning and attempts at goal.

Goalless it remained until the very end when a cross shot from Brendon 66 found our net.

The final whistle. A 1-0 defeat to the team at the top who are to be promoted from next week. The out of luck Wolves withdrew from the scene, but next time, they just might be hungrier than ever.

U11 Jaguars

Another solid performance from the jags today against a well drilled Hamble side. We started strong with leading scorer Elliot adding to his tally. Freddie then chipped in with a lovely solo goal including a nutmeg to increase the deficit. Hamble pushed back but the midfield and defence had a solid game throughout the 60 minutes. The purps pushed on with owen slotting his penalty away with confidence.

Motm today was Owen who not only contributed with goals and build up play but tracked back and won the ball in key areas.

#upthejags #upthepurps

United U15- Peter Houseman League

We travelled to Reading today to play Calcot United and came away with a well earned 4-1 win. Goals from George S, Aaron C, Sam T and Stanley P.

U16 UNITED

A great second half saw Utd come back from 1-2 down at the break to take the points today at home to Sholing.

Stoneham Utd 4 - 2 Sholing

Finch

Gayton

Montenegro

Well done to all of our teams !

Saturday 9th Oct - Girls Round Up

Girls Round Up - Saturday

U9 Girls

U9 girls continued our amazing run in a tough game away to Down Grange. We were down to just 7 players today due to some illness but the girls worked hard as a team, played some great football and got the result the efforts deserved.

Everyone played amazingly and a Millie-Mae hatrick got us over the line.

Girl of the game this week went to Millie-Mae for her goals and also some great saves when she went in goal.

Well done girls

U10 Panthers

U10 Panthers - a heavy defeat today agains a very strong Moordown side who have been playing league football for 2 seasons now.

Didn’t help that we had no subs due to Covid cases. Despite a tough game the girls kept going to the end. Jessica H score our only goal from a free kick.

Away POM - Emily

Parents POM - Georgia

Managers POM - Imogen

U11 Girls

AFC Stoneham Tornadoes 2

Whiteley Wanderers 1

A well won victory which should have seen several more goals scored by the Tornadoes dominating the game from the off. A keeper fumble ball over the line and clear penalty were just two chances that should have gone our way.

Whiteley were a strong team but we held on for the 3 points by a strong Tornadoes performance.

U11 Girls

AFC Stoneham Pumas 5

Down Grange 0

Cracking performance on a dreadful pitch. Not a surface for passing football but we still moved the ball really well. Big respect to the players.

We dominated from start to finish and I’m not sure we lost a tackle. Their goalie was their MoM which says it all.

Our defence has become the bedrock of our team, Abbi, Amelie, Roxy, Sophie and a cameo at LWB from Nancy, played superbly both in and out of possession. I wouldn’t swap them for anyone in the league and love their tekkers

In midfield we dominated, Phoebe played like Roy Keane, even being told to ‘calm down’ and was often outnumbered but won the ball. All action performance from Nancy, did everything but score today and even chats with me whilst playing Erin enjoyed playing higher up the pitch in CAM, lovely passing, great finish and the back heel pass. Loved the confidence.

Most of the goals came from wide areas today. Aaliyah with a determined performance and brilliant goal. Lauren grabbed MoM with 2 goals and 2 assists despite the and linked up brilliantly with Erin and Abbie 2nd half.

Layla secured Opposition player with a powerful performance, direct and brave, on another day would’ve scored more and wasn’t even fit.

Abbie rounded off the game with a clinical finish for the 5th. Worked hard as always and her link up play made all the difference after half-time, allowed the midfield to create havoc.

Thank you to Waca for his co-management today. He told Erin to stop passing and she scored within 2 minutes so proved his worth. Kev as ever faultless Lino and defensive coach

Match report U13G girls

Away to Alresford in the mist.

A last minute venue change and we had to play 9-a-side with 7 subs!

We started very slowly and found ourselves 1-0 down but we grew into the game and hit back with a goal from Lillie Banks. HT 1-1.

Into the second half we had to change most of the team, unfortunately we conceded two goals. But the girls dug in and kept pressing to get one back. We did, Hetti Webb scoring 3 minutes from time but we couldn’t get the equaliser.

FT ALRESFORD 3-2 AFC STONEHAM

U14's GIRLS - EAGLES

Away v Vectis Youth (I.O.W)

It was a tiring and expensive trip over to the island today to face a strong Vectis side, but fun all the same!

Barely time for a warm up, our girls began their fixture on an uphill slope and overgrown grass on a huge pitch, so we were heavy underfoot from the off. A few girls not back to 100% and with our dependable captain unwell, we faced a tough one.

Vectis were quick to take advantage of the downward slope and sun behind them, slotting home on 7 minutes. We impressed going forward with Ailish especially terrorising down (or up!!) the right wing and creating problems for their otherwise strong defence, but we were unable to get in behind to take advantage of our chances. Vectis found the back of the net a minute from half time to go into the break more comfortably.

We came at them second half and created several chances but never really tested the keeper. Vectis took advantage of a rare corner 10 minutes from time with a cross fired into the box, ricochetting off our defence and into our own net; nothing we could have done about that one! Full time, 3-0.

We met our match today and the better team on the day won, well done Vectis Youth!

MANAGERS POM: #9 Ailish

SUPPORTERS POM: #16 Tanesha

OPPOSITIONS POM: #9 Ailish

U16 JPL Girls

Our U16 JPL girls travelled to Dartford for an away fixture against Kent United girls.

A solid performance throughout, saw the AFC Stoneham girls dominate in front of goal with a number of girls getting on the score sheet, And Ede getting a hatrick

A fantastic performance all round and a well deserved and comfortable win.

Kent United girls U16 1

AFC Stoneham U16 8

Well done to all of our girls teams !

#upthepurps

Sunday 10th Oct - Round up Part 2

Sunday Round Up

Part 2

U12-U16

U12 Panthers

Panthers continued our impressive start to the season with a win in the derby against the Sharks.

Kept our first clean sheet of the season and all 6 goals were brilliant finishes. Goalscorers today were Jake with 3, Joey with 2 and Alfie with a single.

Great performance from everyone single player today man of the match went to Joey Gibson for 2 fantastic finishes and a good hard working game on the pitch

U13 Panthers

Hampshire Cup 1st Round:

AFC Stoneham Panthers U13s 3 -0 Hayling At Andrews White U13s.

Great team performance today. We looked solid at the back, kept our shape and used our wide players well.

We took the lead after 22 mins with a goal from David and an assist from Jude to make it 1-0 by half time. We stretched the lead in the 2nd half after an own goal from a cross down the right from Harry on 42 mins. Jude then made it 3-0 on 25 mins with a light assist coming from Teddy.

Man-of-the-match went to George Hillyear.

U14 Panthers

U14 Panthers put in an awesome performance in the Hampshire Cup, beating Millbrook 2-1. The boys started on the front foot and created a number of chances before going 1-0 up through Will Hosmer, who slotted home after some great pressing forced a mistake. Shortly afterwards Kunashe Musonza was pulled back in the box, and slotted home the resulting penalty for 2-0. The boys continued to create chances in the second half, and really should’ve been out of sight before Millbrook pulled a goal back following a scramble after a free kick. The boys stood firm though and saw out the game.

The boys really deserved a good result after some decent performances with no end product recently, and hopefully this can be a springboard into the upcoming games. Kunashe and Will were voted players of the game.

U14 Royals

The Royals lost 3-1 today to a Portsmouth team in a much higher division. We played our best football and didn't shy away from any challenges with a physical team. 2-0 down at half time we had a great 2nd half with one goal each. Player of the Match was Euan Snelgar for showing great effort and tenacity in defence. Royals' goal was scored by Ollie Brading.

U14 Wolves

Hopefully a lesson we'll learned today, boys went into the cup game very confident, wasn't the most pleasant game to watch, boys created many chances in the first half but couldn't hit the target. Second half was a big improvement with moments of good football but again unable to hit the back of the net. Chances came and came before max managed to strike 1 past to take the lead with 7 minutes to play. Fair play to southside they continued to pressure the boys playing some good football saw a cross put into our own net.

Full time came and boys refocused to finally see the game out on penalties 4-2.

Parents Motm went to Lennon.

U14 Knights

U14 Knights are through to the next round of the Hampshire Cup after beating Whiteley Wanderers 7-1 at home on the Stadia pitch. Goals were from Ewan, Elliot (2 goals), Will, Waseem, Sam & Ben.

MoM was Will for dominating his position, creating several chances and scoring a lovely bicycle kick.

U15 Spitfires

Spitfires came up against 2nd in the league Marchwood Rangers at home. After 3 defeats in a row we needed to change this around as their efforts have not deserved them to be on the losing side and they did just that. An excellent display by all the boys saw them come out 5-2 winners. From the GK to forwards everyone put in a great effort and team spirit was amazing. In a physical game the boys got on and just played their football and deserved the win with our defence looking solid throughout. Goals from Taylor Waters (3), Samuel Lawrie & Ollie Payne. POM went to Harry Cull for a solid defensive display but also contributed going forward with some excellent passing. Really impressed today and pleased for the boys.

#upthepurps