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7th May 2008
Bradford
City U 12’s 6-0 Westend
Tigers U12’s (L)
The under 12's complete their great season with a convincing
win over Westend Tigers. City secured 3rd place this season which is a great achievement. Well done girls
27th April
2008
Silsden
U12’s 3-1 Bradford City U 12’s (L)
U12's switched off in the last 5 minutes and conseeded 3 to lose 3-1
in a top of the table clash!
20th April 2008
Bradford
City U 12’s 0-1 Silsden U12’s (L)
17th April 2008
Bradford
City U 12’s 3-2 Horsforth St MargretsU12’s
(L)
12th April
2008
Bradford
City U 12’s 8-0 Westend Tigers U12’s
(L)
City showed that they hadn’t lost any of their passion to win the league even after
a long spell without a competitive game
Today’s opponents West End Tigers are struggling in league 3 but they made City work
for the result especially in the first 15 minutes of the game..
Lavinia White scored City’s first, with a fine glancing header after the Tiger defence
blocked Rosie McDonnel’s initial goal bound shot.
Bradford’s nerves were calmed and shortly after Natasha Wilkinson banged in the second, for her seventh of the season.
City continued to press, forcing the Tiger’s goalkeeper into several fine saves with efforts from City players Sallie O’Brien,
(who looked threatening from the start), and Rosie McDonnell who showed some fine first touches and great attacking dribbles
into the heart of the Tiger defence andt was extremely unfortunate not to get on the score sheet.
Maariyah Nazir who played in the heart of midfield for the first time today did well playing
some neat passes to set up attacks, and showed that she not afraid to get stuck into the thick of things
Bradford defenders and goalkeeper Lauren Brady, Maham Karim and Molly Bloodworth
respectively soaked up any pressure from the Tigers attack, the two defenders constantly blocking and tackling City out of
trouble. Molly Bloodworth continued to grow in stature distributing the ball well for Bradford to set up attacks
Half time 3-0
In
the second half the whole City team started to play some attractive football maintaining possession of the ball extremely
well, passing and moving the ball confidently from the back to the front I’m sure all the parents and supporters watching were
impressed with what they saw!
Red hot Lavinia White, scorer of six goals, appeared to be all over the park today especially
down the right hand side taking on the Tigers strongest player and supplying several pinpoint crosses for the City strike
force.
In front of goal she was deadly, the pick of the goals was a cheeky chip over the Tiger’s
goalkeeper from 20yards. 44 goals for the season, can she finish with over 50?
Even
though the Tigers were well beaten, they continue to attack City goal on the counter attacking well on a couple of occasions.
Natasha
Wilkinson was in the right place at the right time, latching onto a fumble from the opponent’s goalkeeper and scored
that goal rounded off a comfortable win for City. WELL DONE GIRLS, same again on Thursday
Final Score 8-0
MOTM:
Natasha Wilkinson
9th March
2008
Middleton U12’s 2-2 Bradford City U 12’s (L)
report to follow
2nd March 2008
Bradford City U 12’s 7-0 Middleton U12’s (L)
On a difficult day for playing football due to the windy conditions, City were up against a new
look Middleton team who have recently enjoyed a good run of results. Middleton caused
City problems from the off but fell behind due to Lavinia White goal 5minutes into proceedings. City began to get more of
the ball and Georgia Clipson got a further two goals for the home team.
Bradford went in 3-0 at the interval, now faced having the wind against them but this didn’t
seem to faze City as they started to play some good football, playing the ball along the ground, passing and supporting each
other throughout the pitch. Everyone worked hard and City began to dominate the game leaving Middleton chasing shadows at
times.
Middleton’s goal was peppered with shots, Lavinia White hitting the crossbar, post and unfortunately
placed a penalty wide after a Middleton player handballed a goal bound shot on the line. Georgia Clipson was unlucky not to
add more goals, until Rosie McDonnell (2) and Natasha Wilkinson (2) sealed a superb second half performance from Bradford. Hats off to Middleton
who kept on fighting to the end
Well done Molly Bloodworth a well deserved clean sheet . She made important saves in goal, helped
by a strong defence of Lauren Brady, Maham Karim and Maariyah Nazir who all made excellent tackles and blocks
Final score 7-0, same again next week!
MOTM: Team effort
27th January
2008
Gomersal & Cleckheaton
12’s 1-14 Bradford City U 12’s (L)
A
relocated game saw City gain home advantage against Gomersal & Cleckheaton on a blustery Sunday morning.
Bradford
welcomed back midfield general Georgia Clipson for today’s encounterand newly positioned striker Rosie McDonnell carried
on from where she left off last week getting the game off to a flying start with two fine solo goals. Rosie was too hot to
handle for G&C down the left hand side, notching up 6 goals in total in a fantastic display..
Lavinia
White constantly caused problems on the right wing, she in turn finished the game with 4, two in each half, City came in at
half time 5-1up and now had the wind on their backs and went on to dominate a brave C&G team.
Lauren Brady and Maham Karim were again water tight (well most of the time)
in defence, Maariyah Nazir continued to perform well in midfield,
alongside Sallie O’Brien who scored 2 goals, with runs out of midfield. Uroosa Rani Ali again put in a gallant effort
and was unlucky not to get on the score sheet.
Georgia Clipson gave a sterling performance, ending the game
with 2 goals and was unfortunate not to score more, after skillfully rounding the C&G goalkeeper twice.
Molly Bloodworth had a quieter game in goal but cleaned up well
when duty called.
Final Score 14-1, three consecutive wins for City in 2008, keep
up the good work girls
Next fixture: Horsforth St.Margarets (Applerly
Bridge)
MOTM: Rosie McDonnell
20th January
2008
Hemworth Miners 12’s 1-6
Bradford City
U 12’s (C)
Bradford City girls were on their travels after drawing unknown Hemsworth Miners from Division 1 away
in the Shield, but they weren’t fazed when for the first 15 minutes they played with only 5 players and even found themselves
a goal up thanks to Rosie McDonnell.
When the team was back to full strength, Hemsworth were causing City problems until
Lavinia White scored and Rosie McDonnell with an exquisite finish made it 3 0 by half time.
City
came out for the second half and played some excellent attacking football, working well as a team and being a constant threat
to the Miners defence.
Sallie
O’Brien went on to score two fine goals and Lavina White not to be out done by Rosie McDonnell’s first half effort
sealed things with a 15-yard pile driver.
Lauren
Brady who covered every blade of grass was superb in the heart of the defence, and Maham Karim also put in a solid performance
in defence. In the last five minutes he Miners managed to get one back which was unfortunate for Molly Bloodworth who as City
shot stopper gave a sterling performance between the posts
Strong
support was given by other team members Maariyah Nazir and Uroosa Rani Ali
MOTM: Lauren Brady
1 Molly Bloodworth
2 Lauren Brady
3 Maham Karim
4 Uroosa Rani Ali
5 Maariyah Nazir
6 Sallie O’Brien
7 Rosie McDonnell
8 Lavinia White
13th January
2008
Leeds City Vixens 12’s 1-4 Bradford City U 12’s (L)
25th November
2007
Shelf U 12’s 3-3
Bradford City
U 12’s (L)
11th November
2007
Bradford City U 12’s 9-2 Shelf U 12’s(L)
Georgia Clipson 3
Rosie McDonnell
2
Lavinia White 4
Second
place Bradford were at home to third place Shelf in an encounter which promised
much. Bradford started brightly and created some good chances but Shelf
looked threatening on the break. With 10 minutes gone it was Shelf who took the lead and two minutes later scored again to
make it 2-0 to the visitors. Shelf’s tactic of playing two up front had caused some concerns in the Bradford defence
but from this second goal Natasha Wilkinson, Maham Karim, and Molly Bloodworth making her first start in nets, grew in understanding
and gave excellent performances.
City
soon put the shock of the two goals behind them and continued to cause problems for the Shelf defence. In the last ten minutes
of the half Bradford’s good football came to fruition with a goal a piece
for Georgia, Rosie and Lavinia to snatch a halftime lead.
At halftime
one change was made with the hard working Sally O’Brien making way for Uroosa Rani Ali. The game continued in much the
same pattern in front with Bradford having the larger share of possession, but Shelf looking
to break. Bradford were now well marshalled by a confident defence ably supported
by the midfield of Rosie, Georgia and Uroosa who got back well when needed. The next goal was always going to be crucial and it didn’t
come until the last quarter of the game. Another good move by Bradford
resulted in a goal for Georgia
and it proved a turning point. Georgia
soon got another to seal her hat trick. Lavinia not to be out done added to her score to
seal her own hat trick. Rosie added another
before Lavinia completed the scoring and Bradford ended up comfortable
winners with a 9-2 score line.
Another
good result for Bradford U12’s who remain second in the league on goal
difference, and have a week off next week before a trip to Silsden the week after.
7th October
2007
Horsforth St.Margarets U12's 4-2 Bradford City U12's
For the third game of
the season Bradford City Under 12’s made the short journey To Horsforth St Margarets.
Maham had been involved in a car crash during the week and although not seriously injured she was not fit to play.
(We all send you Maham, our best wishes and hope for a speedy recovery). This left us with only 6 players. (Please see message
at the end).
Despite being one player
short City battled well and had the best of the early exchanges. Halfway through
the half Horsforth opened the scoring and quickly added a second. Still the magnificent 6 battled away and looked the better team. Despite going close on several occasions City were unlucky up front and it
was Horsforth who scored again.
With a few minutes to
go to half time Lavinia calmly scored the goal we deserved.The teams went into the halftime break with Horsforth 3-1 in front.
City opened the second
half brightly and some good play by Georgina was rewarded by another excellent finish by Lavinia. The girls sensed they could turn this game around and continued
to dominate large periods of the game. With % minutes to go they were caught on the break and Horsforth ended the game 4-2
winners. All the Bradford
parents and supporters were full of praise for the girls who had played really well and hadn’t let circumstances prevent
them from putting in a great performance. Rosie’s mum summed it up by saying ‘they were six of the best’.
IMORTANT
MESSAGE
The
heart of any club, in my opinion are the juniors, especially the younger teams like the under 12’s and we really need
to make sure that we give them the help and the support they need. At the moment for a 7 aside league we only have 8 players
and no goalkeeper. I would ask everyone to spread the word that we are desperate for girls from 7-11 (we are trying to get
an under 10’s going as well). Please help us find some extra players. The
girls are doing great and playing good football and are capable of doing well in the league.
It’s such a shame we are handicapped by numbers
30th September
Bradford City U12’s 1-3
Westend Lions (Cup: 1st round)
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23rd September
Bradford City U12’s 14-1
Gomersal & Cleckheaton
Amy Gray (18)
Lavinia White (20,23,26,30,35,38,45,51,59 )
Natasha Wilkinson (42,
55)
Georgia Clipson (48,56)
Following an impressive away
win in the opening fixture of the season last week, the under 12’s were
hopeful that they could build on
that performance with the visit of Cleckheaton & Gomersal.
The first fifteen minutes
were played largely in the visitors’ half and City created several chances but the visitors’ keeper made some
impressive saves. Lavinia started in defence but at the mid point of the half
she was moved up front. The effect of this was dramatic and immediate. After some impressive play Lavinia played a nice pass
to Amy who calmly slotted home. The whole team continued to play well but Lavinia capitalised on our chances and scored 4
before half time. City went in with an impressive 5-0 lead.
Uroosa kindly switched with
Natasha in the goals at halftime to let her get a little more involved in the action. Lavinia started the second half as she
ended the first, with a goal, and City were 6 to the good. Cleckheaton & Gomersal battled all game and were rewarded with
a goal from a free kick. This did not deter City and Lavinia was soon on the score sheet again. Four minutes later. Natasha
took the ball out of defence and just kept on going. Heading in a straight line she ploughed through the opposition before
blasting the ball into the net. Lavinia got another before Georgia scored
a well deserved goal.
City were pressing forward
throughout the second half and Maham impressed on a couple of occasions when she was the sole defender as Cleckheaton &
Gomersal counter attacked. On each occasion she defended brilliantly. Amy and Maariyah worked hard on the wings all game and
linked well with Georgia in the centre Uroosa played in attack defence and goal to show how versatile
she is. Natasha and Georgia both got another goal each, while Lavinia scored another 2 making it a triple hat trick.
Two wins out of two and two
good performances. The under 12’s with their new coach/manager Matt Reynolds have made an excellent start to the season.
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16th September
Burley Trojans 1-2 Bradford City U12's (L)
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