South East Region Cup      Hutchison Vale u 13's V Blackburn United u 13's

Hutchison Vale u 13's -18   Blackburn United -1

A home tie this week at the impressive Edinburgh Academy pitches.

Hutchie put on a show more than worthy of the surroundings, at times the movement passing awareness and finishing were outstanding. 

Whilst there were eighteen goals scored amongst the boys the one thing that stood out from the performance was the team work and attitude. Every single player did their job, encouraged team mates and displayed a dignified and mature attitude to the performance and outcome.

Now to the goals.

The first goal arrived early a ball into the box was controlled by Lewis , he laid the ball into the path of Aidan who made no mistake with a brilliant high shot into top corner. 1-0.

The second was all about awareness and support, James got forward well, outpaced the full back and struck an unstoppable shot from a tight angle. 2-0.

Cammy M and Murray combined well to set up Lewis who shot just wide.

No 3. Aidan again shot from distance the shot was blocked and fell to Sean who reacted quickest and hit a hard shot into net despite a good effort from the keeper. 3-0.

No 4 involved Sean again this time he was provider passing to Ethan who finished well.

No 5 was down to Ethan he picked up goal the goal kick looked up and hit a shot high into the net. 5-0.

No 6 was that man again (well boy) Ethan he used his pace to latch onto a through ball side stepped the keeper took another couple of steps and rolled the ball into the empty net. 6-0.

No 7 was from the training ground. A short corner by Sean to Brandon who delivered a brilliant driven cross into box where Callum timed his run to head home. 7-0.

A superb first half performance was spoiled a little with a goal Cammy and the defence will not have been happy with (and the coaches ) The defence were caught twice in possession on the edge of the box the second time the ball was touched on to the forward who hit a looping shot high past Cammy (who later claimed he got his fingers to it!) 

The half was finished with another Hutchie goal. A corner was cleared by the defender and keeper, the ball spun high in the air and Lewis reacted well and showed great skill and awareness by flicking the ball with his back to goal into the air and just under the bar to make it 8-1.

The second half started with another quick goal. Reagan ran onto a through ball composed himself and smashed a low shot into the bottom corner. 9-1.

No 10 was an own goal a whipped cross from Alex was sliced into his own net by the defender. 10-1.

Alex was enjoing a lot of ball and was instrumental in the flow of the second half.

The second half was dominated by Hutchie the full backs James and Cammy M were supporting the front boys well, in the middle Sam was delivering superb passes to the flanks. The fitness of the Hutchie team was evident as Blackburn were finding it difficult to get into the game.      

No 11 came from Aidan who placed a superb free kick into the top corner from around 25 yards.

David got in on the act for no 12 showing good pace before side footing past the keeper. 12-1.

No 13 was like a fifa 10 goal (the boys will know what i mean) Reagan controlled the ball well and delivered a lovely chipped shot over the keeper.  13-1.

No 14 was scored by Cammy B (not the goalie obviously!) he peeled off to the back post from a corner and when the ball landed at his feet he showed a stikers instinct and chipped a lovely shot high into the net. 14-1.

No 15 was down to Murray his first shot from James cross was saved by the keeper, the ball broke back to Murray and he finished from close range.

No 16 was a piece of good skill from Reagan he lifted the ball over the defenders challenge and squared to David who as all good strikers do made sapce fro himself and finished well from around eight yards.

No 17 was a strong run from Sean who evaded a couple of challanges before smashing the ball into the bottom corner from just inside the box.

No 18 and the final goal wa perhaps the pick of them all, James picked up ball from the touch line cut inside taking a couple of defenders with him then hit a brillant shot accross the face of the goal finding the far corner of the net.

If this report has missed any boys out then those who watched will agree that it was a team effort, when you consider that there was not a single goal keeping error in any of the 18 goals it demonstrated how well the goals were taken.

Another first class performance which really was a joy to watch at times.