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St Albans City Youth FC

Annual 6 A Side 2007

Over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd June, St Albans City Youth FC hosted their annual six-a-side tournament at Sandringham School in which 140 teams took part with over 1,200 girls and boys playing football over the two days with ages for the girls from Under 11's to Under 13's and boys from Under 8's to Under 12's.

The Under 8's played in a Fairplay Festival click here for details >>>

Boys Under 12's Report  Boys Under 11's Report

Boys Under 10's Report  Boys Under 9's Report

Girls Under 13's Report  Girls Under 12's Report  Girls Under 11's Report

Tournament Honours

Click here to go to gallery of pictures from the weekend

    The Former St Albans City Youth Player and now Peterborough Striker Craig Mackail-Smith was there both days to present the trophies.

Boys Tournament

Under 12's

In Group A of the Under 12's Tournament the Under 12's 'D' team started with a 1-0 defeat against Barnfield Colts, but they then hit back with a 2-1 win over Fairland's Youth 'A' with a goals from Lewis Henderson and Tom Li.  They then lost 1-0 to Loughton FC in their third group match. Then in their fourth group game they defeated Watford Youth Sports 'B' with Matt Balasi scoring the only goal of the game. In their final match they drew 1-1 with Hammer Youth 'B' with Nathan Watkins scoring a fine equaliser from ten yards.

The Under 12's 'C' drew 0-0 against Watford Youth 'A', they then lost 3-0 to Omonia Whites and 2-0 to Headstone Manor 'A'. They then drew 1-1 with Flamstead with Harry Seeby scoring, in their final group match they beat local rivals Harvesters Blue 2-1 with goals from Tommy Hudson and Luke Yaxley.

In their first match in Group D the Under 12's 'B' played eventual runners up Fairland's Youth and beat them by four goals to nil, the goal scorers were Ben Blight 2, Cormac O'Regan and Oliver Marjoram. In their next game they lost 1-0 to Hammer Youth before hitting back in their third match with another 4-0 victory, this time beating Hemel Youth White with goals from Luca Smaldone, Ben Blight and a brace from Cormac O'Regan. This was followed by a 2-0 victory over Islington and Tuffnell Youth with Ben Blight scoring both goals. In their last group match they drew 1-1 with Caddington Youth with a goal from Cormac O'Regan.

In Group 'A' the Under 12's 'D' finished in 4th place with 7 points whilst the winners were Barnfield Colts on 13 points, with runners-up going to Loughton FC with 12 points.

Harvesters Black finished on top spot in Group 'B' with 12 points with the Under 12's 'A' finishing as runners-up on 7 points.

Headstone Manor topped Group 'C' with 13 points with harvesters Blue second on 9 points, the Under 12's 'C' finished in 5th place with 5 points.

The winners of Group 'D' were the Under 12's 'B' with 10 points with Fairland's Youth in second place also with 10 points, St Albans winning the group on goal difference.

In the Quarter Finals Barnfield beat Fairland's 2-0, Harvesters Black lost 2-1 to Harvesters Blue, St Albans City 'B' lost 1-0 to Loughton and St Albans 'A' won against Headstone.

In the Semi Finals Barnfield beat Loughton 2-1 and St Albans won 5-4 on Penalties after extra time against Harvesters Blue.

Barnfield Colts were the St Albans opponents in the final, and the home side took a quick lead with Jack McNamara flicking home a Dominic Watkins drive to send the keeper the wrong way. The lads comfortably played out the rest of the match to win the trophy to add to the Herts Inter-league, County Cup and Red Division titles, which was presented by former St Albans City Youth and current Peterborough United player Craig Mackail-Smith.

Under 11's

The St Albans 'A' squad drew 0-0 in their first match in Group 'A' against Leverstock Green, in their second match they beat London Colney 2-0 with both goals coming from Hugo Harding. In their third match they had another draw, this time 1-1 against Knebworth, with a goal from Conor McGowan, they then beat Headstone Manor 1-0 with Harding scoring another goal.. Playing Flamstead in their final match they drew 0-0 to finish unbeaten in the group and earning a quarter final place. In the quarter final they lost 3-0 to Headstone Manor 'B' after extra time with Charlie Halls scoring a great hat-trick. Leverstock Grean finished top of the group with 11 points.

In group 'B' the 'C' squad finished in second place with three wins, firstly a 1-0 win over Luton Borough with Andy Cox scoring. This was followed by a 2-0 win over Belmont with goals from Noah Grisenthwaite and Gus Mallet, plus a 3-0 victory over Wheathampstead Tigers with Grisenthwaite scoring two goals and the third coming from Morgan Williams.  They then lost 3-1 against Watford Youth Sports with Grisenthwaite scoring their only goal of the match.  This was followed by a 2-0 defeat against group winners Letchworth Clarets who finished on 13 points.

In the Quarter Finals the 'C' Squad lost 2-0 to Knebworth Youth 'A; with goals from George Ironton and Jack Vasey. Letchworth Clarets won their Quarter Final 3-0 against Cuffley.

The 'B' Squad played in Group 'D', in their first match they lost 1-0 to Cuffley, then 3-1 to Letchworth Clarets with Luke Ferdinand scoring. They then lost 4-2 to Headstone Manor but in their final match they beat London Colney 1-0.

Leverstock Green, in the fourth Quarter Final beat Cuffley Youth 2-0.

In the Semi Final Headstone Manor with a goal from Tom Heffernan won 1-0 against Leverstock Green, in the other Semi Knebworth beat Letchworth 3-0 with goals from George Ironton, Bobby Le Fevre and Ian Rees.

The final was played between Headstone Manor and Knebworth with Knebworth winning 4-3 on penalties after extra time.

Under 10's

The City Youth 'A' Squad drew 0-0 in their opening match against Welwyn Pegasus. In their second game the drew 2-2 against London Colney Colts with goals from Daniel Gooding and Sofiane Alakhal. In their third match they beat Bury Rangers 4-0 with Brad Kelly-Keener scoring a Hat Trick. They then drew  0-0 with group winners Wheathampstead Pumas but in their last game they lost 4-0 to St Albans Rangers.

In Group 'C' a goal from Chris Litchfield earned the 'B' Squad a 1-1 draw against Wheathamstead Tigers. They then had two 0-0 draws against Tring Tornadoes and St Albans Rangers. They then lost 2-1 after a close game against Bury Rangers with the goal coming from Jack Collard. In their last match they lost 3-1 to Little Gaddesden with Saul Beels scoring.

The third City Youth Under 10's Squad ('C') were in Group 'D', they lost three matches, first 2-0 against Welwyn Pegasus, then 2-0 against Little Gaddesden and 5-0 against group winners AFC Dunstable.  This was followed by a 0-0 draw against Flamstead and finally a 2-1 victory over Tring Tornadoes with two goals from Callum Glennister.

In the Semi Finals Little Gaddesden won 2-0 against AFC Dunstable with goals from Chris Cullen and James Cullimore. In the other Semi a great hat trick from Richard Butler saw Watford Youth beat Wheathamstead Pumas 3-0.

Little Gaddesden won the Final with Chris Cullen scoring the only goal against Watford Youth.

Under 9's

After a close game the City Youth 'B' Squad lost 1-0 to Flamstead Youth and 3-0 to Tring Tornadoes. They then drew 0-0 with Sherradswood and also drew 0-0 with Headstone Manor.

The Under 9's 'A' Squad lost their first match in Group 'D' 2-1 to Wodson Park with Hugo Harding scoring for the Saints. They were then held to a 0-0 draw against Letchworth Garden City Eagles. A goal from Joe Lowthian gave the 'A' Squad a 1-0 win over Wheathamstead whilst in their next match they beat London Colney 2-0 with goals from Alex Levy and Hugo Harding. Harding also scored in the 3-1 win over Comet Sports with further goals from Joe Lowthian and Max Bull.

The Semi Final between Letchworth and Comet Sports saw Letchworth win 3-1 with goals from Marcus Gillham 2 and Cameron Ward. Rowan Hill scored for Comet's. In the other Semi Final Stevenage beat Sherradswood 3-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

The Under 9's Final finished 1-1 with Lee Northfield scoring for Letchworth and Harry Swanston for Stevenage. The match then went to penalties with Letchworth winning 3-1.

Girls Tournament

Under 13's

In their first match the Under 13's Girls played Hayes Gate with Amy Farmer scoring all the goals in a 4-0 victory.

Their second match was against Potters Bar, this time Hayley ladd scored a Hat trick in a 5-0 win, with the other goals coming from Sami May.

Hayley Ladd setup Abigail Kemball-Cook to score the first of her two goals as the Under 13's Girls defeated St Albans Rangers 2-1. Next they played Hatfield Legion Belles 'A' and won 4-1 with goals from Juliet parker 2, Abigail Kemball-Cook and Amy Farmer. In their final match they played Hatfield's 'B' team and won 2-0 with goals from Hayley Ladd and Abigail Kemball-Cook to win the tournament with five wins and 17 goals scored.

Under 12's

In the Under 12's Age Group City Youth field two teams with the 'B' team winning the group to take the trophy, the 'A' team finished in fifth place.

The 'B' Squad played Bedwell and won 3-1 with Megan Cockhill scoring two fine goals plus one from Clara Ryan. They then played their club mates the 'A' team and lost 2-1 despite a late rally when Clara Ryan pulled a goal back. Holly Palfrey and Stephanie Allen scored for the 'A' team. The 'B' team then went on to win 2-0 over Enfield Town ladies with two goals from Megan Cockhill. In their fourth match they beat Hitchin Town belles 2-0 with goals from Clara Ryan and Nadia Hossen.

In their final match they had to win to take the trophy and they finally defeated Hemel Hempstead 1-0 with Megan Cockhill scoring.

The Under 12's 'A' had a 1-0 victory over Enfield Town Ladies with Stephanie Allen scoring. After their win over the 'B' team they suffered two defeats in the next three matches going down 1-0 against Hemel Hempstead and 2-0 to Hitchin Town belles. They then had a 0-0 draw against Bedwell.

Under 11's

The newly formed Under 11's team played four matches , but unfortunately they lost them all. However they did find a young star in the Player of the Tournament Lorna Gear, the goal keeper who made a string of great saves during the tournament..

The winners of the Under 11's Age group were Harvesters with three wins and one draw, scoring 18 goals and conceding only one.

 

2007 Honours
  Winners Runners up
Under 11 Girls Harvesters  Bedwell
Under 12 Girls St Albans City Youth  Enfield Town
Under 13 Girls St Albans City Youth Hayes Gate
Under 9 Boys Letchworth G C  Stevenage Borough
Under 10 Boys Little Gaddesden Watford Youth Sports
Under 11 Boys Knebworth    Headstone Manor
Under 12 Boys St Albans City Youth Barnfield Colts

 

        

 

 

 

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