Middleton Rangers
Ranger's match report's for March
Belle Vue 10 - Middleton Rangers U12's 0 A Rangers team weakened by injury's only had 9 men to start this difficult fixture but made good use of the wind early in the first half and played some good forward balls to make use of the wind. Whilst at the same time Belle Vue took some time to get used to the conditions when they finally did the scored a good opener with some good passing play down the right hand side. the first half continued like this with Bell Vue making good use of the extra numbers but struggling against the wind. The second half started with Rangers when Adam Harris had to leave the pitch due to an illness he had been battling with all week. Bell Vue came at Rangers from the start and could have scored at lot more goals but for Rangers good offside play and strong defending although with only 8 men on the pitch it was always going to be a difficult half and rangers did well with Allenby making some good saves and Bradford defending
well at the back but rangers could not cope with the high winds and where stuggling to get the ball out of there half. Team:- Allenby, Swainston, Harris, Tidy, Bradford, Hepple, Gill, Hamilton, Gill. MoM for Rangers Dean Smith.
Prissick Rovers 0 V Middleton Rangers U11's 3Middleton Rangers U11âs clinched promotion winning 16 games out of 16 in their league so far this season. At a wind swept Middlesbrough park they put on a fighting performance against second placed Prissick clinching a 3-0 victory. Middleton took an early lead after Mitchell Armin slotted the ball home. Will Hughes, Bradley Bell & Matty Anderson all went very close for Middleton, before Luca Dunn bravely headed Middleton 2-0 up collecting stud marks on his cheek in the process. Middletons third goal came from a superb Will Hughes ( Man of the Match ) cross which was sweetly tapped home by Aaron Chapman for 3-0 Rangers half time lead.The second
half saw Middleton playing against the gale force wind. The defence of Josh Ferguson, George Musty , Matty Anderson & Callum Bensley alongside keeper Andrew Morrison were superb, as they thwarted Prissicks push to get back into the match. As the half went on Middleton became dominant as their midfield & forwards pinned Prissick back towards their own goal. This was an outstanding team effort wrapping up promotion, & hopefully the title will come their way next weekend.Team - Andrew Morrision. Alex Scott, Rory Hunter, Matty Anderson, George Musty, Callum Bensley, Josh Ferguson, Joe Abbott, Mitchell Armin, Bradley Bell, Jake Richardson, Will Hughes, Luca Dunn, Torrin MacKay, Jake Johnson Leven Athletic 3 V Middleton Rangers U14's 2The first round of this title race clash went to Leven. A first minute goal gave Leven the lead, in a half where a depleted Middleton team seamed to play in second gear. Half way
through the half Leven were awarded a penalty which Rangers keeper Andy Hunt saved brilliantly. With the last kick of the half Leven increased their lead to 2-0.A more spirited performance ensued from Rangers in the second half. They pushed further up the pitch and battled harder for the ball. This resulted in Ryan Gayles scoring from an in-swinging corner for 2-1. However Leven hit back to take the score to 3-1. Andrew Hunt the Middleton keeper then had to be replaced after breaking his arm in two places. In the later stages Middleton stepped up a gear. They won several corners in a row and unfortunately missed a penalty. Craig Abbott scored a late goal for Middleton for a final score of 3-2 to Leven, with the return promotion battle due in a few weeks time.Team - Hunt, Anderson, Meki, Hall, Turnbull, Binks, Gayles, Dodds, Cardus, Abbott, Noble, Bowman, Gent.
Middleton Ranger's U8's
Away to Belle Vue of Hatlepool
Lost 3-0 HOW???
Leo KING hit the crossbar and had two good saves for their goalie. We created many chances playing attacking football which resulted in 12 corners to their 2. Don't know how we did not score in this game.
Leo KING Man of the Match for Middleton.
TEAM; Adam SCOTT, George ROBINSON, James WALLIS, Mark ROSS, Harry BATES, Leo KING, Taylor COAD.
Friendly game lost 2-1.
Played very well and should have at least drew this one if not won it.
Harry BATES magical little run into the box lead to him been brought down for a Penalty which he stood up and scored it.
They also had two or three very good chances at goal and really should have scored again.
Charlie WALKER man of the Match for Middleton.
TEAM; Tom ENGLISH, Chloe MARTIN, Leo KING(George ROBINSON), Charlie WALKER , Lucas WALLER, Harry BATES, Josh YOUNG,
GOAL ; Harry BATES (Pen) .
Cargo Fleet 0 V Middleton Rangers U11's 5
League leaders Middleton secured the league championship title after a hard working win at Cargo Fleet. This result means Middleton have won 17 games out of 17 this season. Despite winning the first home fixtrue 20-0, this was a very different, and more even game. In an edgy first half which swung end to end, Middleton missed a number of close chances & Cargo Fleet were held at bay by Middletons strong defence who once again kept a clean sheet. However, Rangers wrapped up the half when Aaron Chapman fired home a free kick for a 1-0 half time lead.
The second half saw more of the usual Middleton play emerge. They became dominant and eventually overran Cargo Fleet. This lead to goals by Bradley Bell, three from prolific scorer Luca Dunn, and another strike from Aaron Chapman putting Rangers 5-0 in front. In a remarkable season Middleton have scored over 150 goals whilst conceding an average of just one goal per game. A big thank you goes out to parent - Wayne Armin for agreeing to step in to referee the game at short notice
Team - Andrew Morrision. Alex Scott, Rory Hunter, Matty Anderson, George Musty, Callum Bensley, Josh Ferguson, Joe Abbott, Mitchell Armin, Bradley Bell, Jake Richardson, Will Hughes, Luca Dunn, Torrin MacKay, Jake Johnson.
Under 10's B Team Match report 8/03/08 Rangers had finished second in the league and now entered into the Farrington
Detached Trophy Cup competition for the league. The First game was against Fulwell Flyers. Now in League 2 the games were going to be tougher. The game got underway and the wind was howling, Rangers got there passing game underway. Flowing movement of the ball and crisp passing was looking good. The opening goal came from another great passing move and ended with a crisp strike into the back of the net from Nathan Stephenson. The second goal from Rangers came from a great run by Lewis Macdonald and ended with a great strike with his left foot into the top of the net. The second half continued with pressure from Rangers, but a break from Fulwell ended with a corner. A lovely cross with missed by the defence and it was some hope for Fulwell. Rangers upped the pace and continued to put the pressure on, and this ended with a Lewis Rees cross being deflected into the back of the net. Some great defensive work from Alexander Nelson helped to stabilise
Rangers at the back. Final Score Rangers 3 Fulwell 1 The second match of the day was against Houghton Boys. From the kick off Rangers were putting Houghton under pressure. This was quickly rewarded with a deflected backheel into the goal from Lewis Rees. Further pressure ended with a easy finish from Lewis MacDonald. Then came a poachers goal from Kieron Cormack, this was then followed with a Fantastic Solo run from Kieron Cormack, picking up the ball at the halfway line and then continue past 2 defenders and then rounded the keeper and slotted the ball home for a great individual goal. The second half got underway and Houghton piled the pressure on, the defence of Calum Bates and Alex Cox stood firm but had to work hard. Final score Ranger's 4 Houghton 0. A great test for Rangers of what will be a tough cup competition.
Spraire Lads u9's 0 Middleton Rangers u9's 1
Middleton Rangers u9's sponsored by Magnet Trade continued their recent run of good form wirth a 1-0 victory over Spraire Lads. Middleton attacked from the start and were rewarded when birthday boy Jake Charlton scored after some good work from Tom Snowden. Middleton continued to press for a second goal and were unlucky on a number of occasions and they nearly had a scare when Spraire Lads broke away and just failed to equalise. Another very good all round team performance with Rhys King just shading man of the match.
Team: Owen Heilbron, James Green, Jack Cooper, Rhys King, Tom Snowden, Coel Young, Jake Charlton, Ross Hamilton
In the second game Spraire Lads ran out 4-1 victors with Middleton's consolation coming from Owen Heilbron.
Middleton Rangers U14's 3 V Trimdon United 2
League leaders Middleton kept the intense pressure on their rivals at Brompton & Leven with a hard fought win against Trimdon. Despite an unrelenting wind both teams served up a tremendous competitive game. Middleton took the lead after midfielder Richard Herrington fired home a super half volley from 25m into the corner of Trimdons net for 1-0. This was followed closely by nearer misses from Rangers Ryan Gayles, Ryan Dodds & Jack Binks as pressure mounted. Eventually Liam Gent managed to fire in to the roof of Trimdons net to increase the lead to 2-0. However , Trimdon hit back to bring a 2-1 half time scoreline.
The second half saw Middleton playing against the wind. Rangers had to dig deep to keep Trimdon at bay, as United played long balls onto Middletons back line. Beej Turnbull just missed a long shot from 30m midway through the half, before a superb Richard Herrington through ball was slotted home by Craig Abbott for a 3-1 Rangers lead. Trimdon once again hit back scoring after a goalmouth scramble 3-2. A nervous last ten minutes ensued but Middleton held firm to ensure they took all three points to remain top.
Team - Dinsdale, Hunt, Anderson, Meki, Hall, Turnbull, Binks, Herrington, Gayles, Dodds, Cardus, Abbott, Noble, Bowman, Gent, Piper.
Middleton Rangers U11's 8 V Harwick Youth 1
League champions Middleton produced another fine performance against their third placed rivals, to keep their impressive run of 18 wins out of 18 league games going. In the early stages Hardwick brought a fine full stretch save out of Rangers goalkeeper and Man of the Match Alex Scott. From this point on Middleton stepped up a gear leading to a flurry of Rangers goals .Luca Dunn slotted home from close range for 1-0. A superb Will Hughes cross was slotted home by Aaron Chapman for 2-0. Luca then scored his second of the game 3-0, and a near replica of the second goal saw another Hughes cross being tapped home by Dunn for his hat trick and a 4-0 scoreline. Mitchell Armin then fired home for a 5-0 Middleton half time lead.
Middleton started the second half with enforced changes due to sickness & injury. However this saw a determined effort from them as Hardwick threw everything they had at Middleton. This Hardwick pressure allowed them to pull a goal back to 5-1 . The goal of the game saw a long goal kick from Alex Scott falling to Aaron Chapman who slammed it home for 6-1. Joe Abbott then increased Middletons lead to 7-1. Aaron Chapman secured his hat trick as Middleton went 8-1 in the lead. This was gritty second half performance by Rangers who demonstrated there worthy title credentials.
Team - Andrew Morrision. Alex Scott, Rory Hunter, Matty Anderson, George Musty, Callum Bensley, Josh Ferguson, Joe Abbott, Mitchell Armin, Bradley Bell, Jake Richardson, Will Hughes, Luca Dunn, Torrin MacKay.
Under 10's B Team Match report Rangers were up against Houghton Boys Tigers for the first match who were in League one at the start of the season. This was the third match of the Cup. The game was underway and for a change the wind was blowing. Some crisp passing from rangers was proving the diference. Tigers were strong in the challenges and proving a good test for rangers. The scoring was opened by Kieron Cormack with his blistering pace making the difference. Next came a quick double from Nathan Stephenson with the
second a thunderbolt into the back of the next. Some lovely running down the wing and a sweetly struck shot from Lewis Rees stretched the lead. Tigers did put pressure on the defence but Callum Bates and Alexander Nelson held firm under some strong challenges even though Callum was giving away a foot in height. Nathan Stephenson completed his hatrick with the next and the game was sealed with a beautiful strike into the back of the net by Max Tennant. Final score Rangers 6 - Tigers 0. The next challenge for Rangers came from Lumley FC Alpha. Another ex league one team for rangers to tackle. The whistle started the game and Rangers were quick off the blocks and got the passing going and were looking slick. Rangers were piling the pressure on but could not make the breakthrough. It was a great linkup that enabled Lewis Rees to slot home the opening goal with ease. The game remained 1 - 0 for the rest of the first half. Max tennant came on
for the second half and stretched the lead with some fantastic passing with Nathan Stephenson and Lewis Macdonald linking up for Max to slot home with precision accuracy, Max was again on the score sheet when Nathan Stephenson hit a long range shot which hit the post and Max pounced on the rebound for his second. Rangers continued to pressure Lumley but their defence was holding out well with some fantastic saves from the keeper denying Max his hatrick. Final score Rangers 3 - Lumley 0.
Middleton Rangers u'9s vs St Francis Middleton Rangers sponsored by Magnet trade took on fourth placed St Francis and following an end to end game
with superb football ran out 2 -1 winners. Middleton continued their recent excellent play but went behind to an unfortunate own goal. Rangers had some good chances, Rhys King smashing one against the bar and Jake Charlton going close. In the second half Rangers continued to press with man of the match Tom Snowden outstanding in midfield. Middleton equalised through Jake Charlton and with minutes to go Tom Snowden burst through the defence and slotted it in the corner; once again a tremendous team effort. Cameron Brown, Jack Cooper, James Green, Coel Young, Rhys King, Tom Snowden, Jake Charlton. In the second game Middleton played some great passing football and went close on many occasions but fell behind. Ross Hamilton equalised with a thunderbolt of a
shot and in the second half Rangers again came from behind with Hamilton getting his second; the match finishing all square. Hardwick Youth U8's V Middleton Ranger's U8's Three quick goals stunned the U8's this weekend, after an excellent performance the previous week.In second half middleton had more of the play, with Charlie walker running the ball all the way, up field, only to be tharted by the Hardwick
keeper.Final score 4.0 HardwickIn the second game Ranger's ended up losing 2.1. The goal being scored from a penaltyfrom from Harry Bates.Team Adam, Harry B, Harry H, Chloe, Taylor, Lucas, Lewis, Mark, Tom, Leo, James, Charlie. All Stars 1 Middleton Rangers 1TJFA U10s League 2Middleton
Rangers returned back to their recent form after their last uncharacteristic performance. Middleton stamped their authority from the kick-off with Haani forcing a good save and then later hitting the post from the left wing. Danny (birthday boy) playing as striker terrorised the All Stars defence being fouled on a number of occasions before winning and scoring the penalty. Alistair and Harry gave very little away limiting the opposition to very few chances with Connor in goal called on on a few rare occasions. Ben and Matty covered lots of ground supporting the defence and attack.The second half was a more evenly contested half and the All Stars managed to find their way back into the game with an equaliser. Middleton didn't let their heads drop and finished the game strongly with chances for Matty and substitute Saafi. An exciting and well contested game finished with a well earned point for Rangers away from home.
UNDER 8'S END SEASON IN STYLE!
Home game against Hardwick Youth on Sunday 30th March saw the Under 8's final game of the season end in victory.
Rangers went 1-0 down after starting brightly and playing the better football of the two teams. Mark ROSS who was today's Man of the Match' and he scored the equaliser in the first half with a low drive past the Hardwick goalie for what was his first goal of the season. Half time saw both sides go in all square 1-1.
The second half was pretty much the same as the first for Rangers playing nice football and creating chance after chance with good saves from their goalie denying Taylor COAD, Leo KING and Mark ROSS. Hardwick also their own chances but strong defending by the ever improving Charlie WALKER and his partner George ROBINSON as well as James WALLIS helped to keep things tight at the back. Then a bit of luck for Rangers saw Sub Harry BATES come of the bench to score his 3rd goal in 3 games after a corner caused problems for Hardwick in the box Harry BATES put Rangers in front 2-1.
Unfortunately Hardwick scored an equaliser almost straight away from kick-off to make it 2-2.
However Rangers kept going and created more than enough chances to win the game and when Adam SCOTT made a brilliant diving save tipping the ball round the post it looked like a draw was inevitable. Then with 2 mins to go Mark ROSS picked up the ball on the right hand side of the box and saw his shot towards goal deflect off a defenders head and loop over the goalie and into the back of the net for what was to be the winning goal and his second of the game.
This put Rangers back in front and gave little time for Hardwick to reply. Final result 3-2.
TEAM; Adam SCOTT, George ROBINSON, Charlie WALKER, Mark ROSS, James WALLIS, Taylor COAD, Leo KING,
(Sub on; Harry BATES)
GOALS; Mark ROSS (2), Harry BATES.
Newton Aycliffe Youth U9's vs Middleton Rangers U9's
Middleton secured a battling 3-1 victory on a difficult pitch. They weren't put off their stride even though they went behind in the first minute following a sliced clearance ending up in the net. Jake Charlton equalised, converting from close range, but Middleton couldn't add to this goal and the half finished all square. In the second half Middleton got on top and eventually made their pressure count, Rhys King added a second after the home keeper had made a good save, King then added a third with a great header from a corner, Aycliffe kept going till the end and had a couple of good chances but man of the match Cameron Brown made three outstanding saves. Team;
Cameron Brown, Jack Cooper, James Green, Coel Young, Tom Snowden, Rhys King, Jake Charlton, Ross Hamilton.
In the second game Middleton ran out 3-0 winners and were outstanding, particularly Cameron Durent in defence. Ross Hamilton scored twice and Michael Cahill with a stunning shot to the top corner rounded off the scoring; another excellent performance from all. Team; Jamie Nelson, Cameron Durent, Ben Haulett, Tyler Wilson, Owen Heilbron, Michael Cahill.
The U10s A team continued their great run of form with an excellent 2-0 win away to Newton Aycliffe Youth. This means we have now taken 11 points from the last 6 games, to put this into context the team had taken only 3 points from the previous 12 games.
Middleton had a shaky start with Aycliffe putting some high balls into a strong wind causing the midfield and defence to make some uncharacteristic errors. However the team soon settled and started to dominate the midfield with Danny and Haani putting some good low balls through to Connor Ward-Playford while Alistair, Ben and Aidan Kennedy were solid in defence.
This tactic played off when Connor WP hit a great long range strike to give Middleton an early lead, the team continued to press and were unlucky not to score again before half time.
Aycliffe came out fighting in the second half and had several chances to equalise had it not been for some excellent saving tackles from the Middleton keeper Connor Pearce and some valiant defending from Alistair and Joe.
With Aycliffe pressing forward a breakaway was always on the cards and that is exactly what happened 5 minutes from time when Saafi played a great ball through to Connor WP who cooly chipped the Aycliffe keeper for his and Middletons second of the day.
The last 5 minutes again saw some frenetic attacking from a tired Aycliffe Youth but the Middleton team defended in strength giving the home side no way through.
Final score Newton Aycliffe Youth 0 - Middleton Rangers 2.
MoM Connor Ward-Playford.
Under 10's B match report 29/03/0
Two games planned and the first was against Sunderland who were fellow
promotees at the end of the league.
The game got underway Rangers were straight into Sunderland, some early
pressure was creating chances but not the final goal, Rangers were a
little out of touch with the slick passing they normally have but we
challenging all the time, a corner on the end of the first half came out
to Alex Cox who struck it sweetly into the bottom corner only to be
ruled out by the Referee as he had also blown for the end of the first
half, is it the week of the Ref. The second half was more of the same as
constant pressure from Rangers but they could not put the ball in the
net, no matter how hard they tried. Final Score 0 - 0.
The second game had Rangers against Seaham, from the off Rangers wanted
to press and make up for the dropped points in the previous game. It was
Lewis Rees who opened the scoring and got them up and running, the first
half ended 1 - 0, the second half continued in the same way, lots of
pressure from Rangers but the goal door was not open today, lots of
shots and posession but not the usual amount of goals. A long ball
through the middle from Andrew Macnab in goal finished with a lovely lob
over the keeper from Davy Parker. Final score 2 - 0, not the best day at
the office for the lads.
Guisborough 1 Middleton Rangers U11's 2
Champions Middleton went to second placed Guisborough with most of the defence missing due to school activities. However the re-arranged team still found enough to overcome their rivals. The game swung end to end until Bradley Bell crossed to team mate Luca Dunn who slotted the ball home for a 1-0 half time lead.
The second half was just as competitive as the first with Rangers hitting the bar early on. Midway through the half Bradley Bell slotted home Rangers second goal for a 2-0 lead. As the game came into its final stages heavy Guisborough pressure mounted allowing them to win a penalty that was converted for a final score of 2-1 to Rangers. Middleton have now won 19 games out of 19 with their remaining fixture of the season to come.
Team - Rory Hunter, George Musty, , Josh Ferguson, Torren McKay, Joe Abbott, Mitchell Armin, Will Hughes, Jake Richardson, Aaron Chapman, Bradley Bell, Luca Dunn, Callum Crang.
Middleton U13"A" 7 St.Francis 2000 5 March 30th 2008
Middleton continued their inconsistent form by producing a fantastic display of attacking football that totally belied their age as they tore into St.Francis from the first whistle.Both halves were played in a fantastic spirit as St.Francis did well to stay Middleton who lead the game from start to finish ,but at times were pegged back by some great determination from the opponents.The teams produced a twelve goal thriller with great performances for Middleton coming from,Conner Goodfellow,Connor Geldart,Haydn Mckenna and Carl Wigham to try and stop their agile speedy opponents.In Midfield Kyle Hacking,Danny Paylor,Gavin Watson and debutant Danny Hodgson performed well with non stop tackling and creating.While up front Jack Thubron and Thomas Waldock combined superbly on numerous occasions to create bags of chances for each other.Thomas stole the show on this occasion as he bagged himself a double hat trick but Jack wasn't to be outdone as he grabbed the last goal of the game with a sublime run and chip over the advancing keeper.For his goals Thomas won the man of the match award,but their was plenty of superb players throughout the game.
Team:Danny Gladstone , Gavin Watson , Carl Wigham , Haydn Mckenna , Connor Geldart , Kyle Hacking , Danny Paylor , Conner Goodfellow , Danny Hodgson , Jack Thubron,Thomas Waldock.
Brompton Juniors 1 V Middleton Rangers U14's 1
This was a cracking game between the first & second placed clubs in the division. Rangers nearly took an early lead after striker Craig Abbott put the ball just round Juniors post. Middleton had long periods of play but Brompton threatened throughout by launching fast breaks and hitting Middleton at speed. Middleton were depleted in numbers and this eventually told when Brompton struck with a quick break and slotted the ball home for 1-0. Rangers dug seep and pushed up the pitch, eventually this brought success as striker Craig Abbott lobbed the on-coming keeper to level the score at half time 1-1.
The second half was similar to the first with Rangers taking the game to Brompton. The numerical advantage in favour of Brompton started to show late in the game, and outstanding Rangers defence & midfield work thwarted Brompton's lightening attacks. As the game finished both teams started to grow tired, as one of the best games of the season ended 1-1. The promotion battle appears to going to the wire.
Team - Richard Dinsdale, Andy Hunt, John Meki, James Anderson, Shane Hall, Jack Binks, Liam Gent, Beej Turnbull, Richard Herrington, Ryan Gayles, Ryan Dodds, Taylor Cardus, Mike Noble, Tom Bowman, Kyle Piper, Craig Abbott.
6:18pm Monday 21st April 2008
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