Alveston 4v1 Southam 2 Oct 2010 - Match Report

Alveston under 11's produced an outstanding display away at Southam to claim all three points, with a well deserved 4-1 win. In difficult conditions, and with the wind at their backs, it was the home side who started strongly, but with Isaac Downes in commanding form in goal, and Jake Greaves, Jordon Pace and Dan Malone all superb at the back, not only putting in some crunching tackles, but also looking to play the ball to feet wherever possible, they provided Alveston with a platform to build from. It was from such a move that Alveston created their first chance of the game, when good link up play between Dan Malone, Jamie Stephens & Matty Rickett released Alan Mackinnon down the right hand side, and his cross found the on-rushing Billy Dingley who fired wide. 

Josh Humphriss and Jamie Stephens were causing all sorts of problems for the home defence, and when Alex Connor played a delightful ball into the path of Josh on the left hand side of the box, Luke Hurst had to be at his best to keep the shot out. However, he could do nothing to prevent Alveston taking the lead, when a free kick from Matty Rickett found Josh Humphriss just inside the area, who's sublime first touch turned the defender before he unleashed an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net. 

After the break it was the home side who started well, and were soon level when the referee awarded a penalty when he felt Jamie Ford was upended in the box. Connor Bowmaster calmly firing into the the bottom right hand corner, leaving Isaac Downes with no chance. Alveston responded brilliantly, with Matty Rickett, Billy Dingley and Roshen Foley taking control of the centre of the midfield and orchestrating all their attacks, and it wasn't long before they re-took the lead, when from some good work down the left by Joe Vose and Jordon Pace set up Josh Humphriss, who from the left hand edge of the area, curled a superb shot into the far corner of the net. 

Alveston continued to press, harrying every Southam player with the ball and forcing them into errors. Some good interplay between Matty Rickett, Billy Dingley & Roshen Foley forced the southam midfield into some desperate lunges, and from one of these Alveston were awarded a free kick some 25 yards out. From this distance, you would normally expect the ball to be clipped into the box, however, Josh Humphriss claimed his hat-trick when he unleashed a thunderbolt of a free kick, which flew into the top corner of the net, leaving the home keeper, Luke Hurst, rooted to the spot. 

It was all Alveston now, with Alan Mackinnon, Jamie Stephens and Matty Rickett all going close. With only 5 minutes remaining another well worked move down the Alveston right, involving the impressive Jamie Stephens, set Josh Humphriss away and when his cross was fumbled by the home keeper, Harry Spencer was on hand to guide the ball into an empty net.

Photos Alveston 7v1 Whitley Juniors Sunday 26 September 2010

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League Tables for Division A as 25 Sep 2010

Alveston v Whitley Juniors is the next home game on Sunday 26 September at 11.00

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League Tables for Divisions A as 15 Sep 2010

Here is the latest League Table Division A and Matrix courtesy of Mount Nod FC. Just click the image for a larger view.

Alveston 0v1 Coundon Court 12 Sep 2010 Photos

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Welcome to Alveston 2000

Alveston2000 is for everyone who follows Alveston Juniors Under 11s football team in 2010-11. 

The team now play their matches in The John Bryan Coventry Minor League (Under 11 - Division A) which comprises of: Alveston Juniors, Brinklow Juniors, Chapelfields Colts, Coundon Court, Coventry Copsewood Junior, Coventry Jaguar Youth, Coventry Sphinx Juniors, Mount Nod Junior, Southam United Minor, Stratford Town Colts and Whitley Juniors.

The Southam Saints and their website

It seems that Southam Minors are called Southam Saints. Many thanks to Mount Nod for updating us with this information.

See their website from the teams list to the right of this page. Southam also produce a full league table (with goal difference).

Division A - Results after Game Two (for some teams)

Following on from the Wednesday night fixtures, no team has yet played two and won two.

Coundon Court who visit Alveston on this Sunday lost 2-3 to a visiting Southam United Minors. That leaves Mount Nod and Stratford at the top and Whitley Juniors yet to play a game.

Finally, Coventry Jaguar Youth record the highest goals scored of the season with seven and unfortunately it's two games, two losses for Chapelfields Colts and Coventry Copsewood Junior.

Aveston 2-1 Coventry Copsewood from the Stratford Herald

The Stratford Herald has published the Alveston Team photo and match report for the first league game of the season which took place on Sunday 5 September 2010. Full text from the article reads:

Alveston U11s began the new season with a 2-1 win over Coventry Copsewood

Alveston U11s got their season off to a winning start, with a hard fought 2-1 win over Coventry Copsewood. In their first ever game both at 11-a-side and in the First Division of the Coventry League, Alveston started brightly and were soon ahead when a through ball from Roshen Foley sent his striking partner Harry Spencer in on goal, and he coolly slotted the ball under the advancing keeper. 

Copsewood responded strongly, and it took a superb covering tackle from Alex Connor to keep the home team ahead. Alveston struggled to get their passing game going, and were soon punished when from a long ball their defence was caught square and Luke Strong netted. The goal unsettled Alveston, and they were thankful to their defence of Alex Connor, Jake Greaves and Jordon Pace as well as keeper Isaac Downes, that they went in level at halft ime. 

The second half saw a much improved Alveston side as they came to terms with the pace and physicality of the game. Billy Dingley and Matty Rickett started to control the midfield, feeding Josh Humphriss who crested havoc and panic in the Copsewood defence. 

Alan Mackinnon put in some crunching tackles and Jamie Stephens continued to probe down the left-hand side. The home side were now creating all the chances. Dingley split the defence with an exquisite pass which Humphriss only just failed to convert and Aaron Taplin delivered a great cross from the right which Spencer worked the keeper. 

However, it wasn’t long before their dominance paid off. Matty Rickett found Humphriss on the left hand side of the area, and he cut inside before firing an unstoppable shot into the far corner.

Division A (Week One) Results and News

As we know Alveston won 2-1 against Coventry Copsewood on Sunday 5 September. This is how the league table looked a few days ago. Having eleven teams in the league will mean one team is on standby each week.

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To find out the news and results, see The John Bryan League website called  www.coventryminorleague.com. There are a few different menu options, but at time of writing only the FIXTURES, TABLES and MATRIX options give any information.

There two sets of fixtures available. There is a midweek set Wed 8 Sept (which see Alveston on standby) and Sun 12 Sept.

Finally, the draw for the knock out cup was made a while ago seeing Alveston playing Firefighters. Dates to be arranged.