Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Goal Scoring To Date After 10 Games

After 10 games - & LYFDA and 3 friendlies our record is as follows ;-

LIAM CRICHTON - 12 goals
SCOTT MITCHELL - 11 goals
RYAN KELLY - 10 goals
SAM HILL - 6 goals
JACK KERR - 6 goals
DREW WATSON - 5 goals
DARREN SMITH - 3 goals
THOMAS McGUIRE - 3 goals
GARY McCULLOCH - 1 goal
CAMERON GIBSON - 1 goal
SCOTT GRAHAM - 1 goal
DEAN ARROL - 1 goal

Played 10 - Won 10 - Lost 0 - Drawn 0 - Scored 60 - Conceded 24

EKYC 2 Partick Thistle 1

The game was played in freezing conditions, which made the surface very slippy, but we decided to continue with the match to give the boys some much needed match practice.

The game was played over 2 half hours, at 9 a-side on the astro turf at Ballerup.
All the players were given the same play time. The team that started was ;
KINIBURGH, ARROL, McCULLOCH, GRAHAM, CRICHTON, KERR, KELLY, HILL and GIBSON.

The boys struggled to cope with the slippery surface early on and were a goal down within 10 minutes. As they got used to the surface they started to play some good attacking football and some of the passes were great to see. The boys never looked like they had not played for 4 weeks, and were soon keeping Thistle penned in their own half.

After 20 minutes SCOTT MITCHELL was brought on as a sub and with his first touch of the ball he hammered it low past the diving keeper to equalise. Trialist Ross McDonagh was then introduced, and he showed some great touches, and did not look out of place. The half finished with an entirely differant side with the exception of James Kinniburgh in goals.

In the second half, it got colder, if that was possible, and the boys were rotated contstantly. These changes did not alter the flow of the game and DEAN ARROL then scored his first of the season, with a run from his own half, as the defenders backed off, he fired a shot low into the bottom left hand corner.

The remainder of the game was fairly even, and towards the end the ground conditions worsened, but still we tried to play the passing game.

This was a great result considering we had not played for 4 weeks and the conditions.

Hopefully, we will have a game this weekend, weather permitting.

It is a 1000 kick off against Quarter Athletic at Hamilton Palace.

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Friendly match v Partick Thistle - 29/11/05

On Tuesday 29 November, a friendly has been arranged with Partick Thistle under 12's to be played at Ballerup astro turf between 8pm and 9pm.

Tarining will be as ussual at Clarmont, starting at 6pm but will stop at 7.30pm. We will then travel the short distance to Ballerup for a 8.00pm kick off.

The match will be on a half pitch, and will be 9 a side, with the 7 a side goals. It has been arranged to let the boys get back into playing out doors again, due to the recent matches being cancelled.

If anyone cannot make it then it is not a problem.

Netherton(claret) v EKYC - Sunday 27 November

This Sundays game against Netherton(claret) has been arranged with a 0915 kick off away at Shields Road, Wishaw, which is the pitch we played the Netherton(amber) side on at the rear of Muirhouse flats.

We will be meeting at 0815 at Hairmyres Train Station Car Park. Anyone travelling straight to the ground, be there for 0845.

Hopefully the game will be on, but due to the weather I ask that everyone checks in on Saturday night.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Christmas Night Out

As you will have seen from the recent letter we sent out, the boys will again be attending Murray Park, the training ground of Rangers FC for their Christmas treat. This will include a tour of the facilities and a 1 and a half hour training session with a club coach. It was a great success last year, and I hope everyone will be able to make it again this year.

Matches Cancelled Re Bad Weather

The recent matches against Baillieston Juniors and Claremont AFC were both cancelled due to the frozen state of the pitches at Hamilton Palace and Brancumhall. We have tried to arrange mid week matches but due to block bookings on all the local astro pitches it has proved impossible. The boys must be very frustrated as the past 2 Sundays have been very late call offs.
This week we are due to travel to Netherton to play Netherton(claret). Lets hope the cold snap ends and allows us a match.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Aston Villa Colts v EKYC - Match Cancelled

Due to the bad weather, this Sundays match against Aston Villa Colts due to be played at Hamilton Palace has been called off. Training will be as usual on Tuesday 6-8pm at Clairmont High School.