Southport U19s Vs Fleetwood Academy
Result : 1 - 4
Football Conference Youth Alliance
Football Conference Youth Alliance
Fleetwood recorded their second win in two during a below par performance, which still proved enough to secure a 4-1 score line against their Conference neighbours Southport. The game was played at Haig Avenue and the warm up showed the quality of the pitch should of allowed Town to show the technical passing abilities that they are capable of. This only happened in spells throughout the game.
From the kick off Port looked determined to upset the town youngsters good start to the season and during the first 5 minutes created opportunities from three corners, which Town cleared with difficulty. It was from a corner on the 8th minute that Port took the lead. With Town again having difficulties in clearing their lines a strike through a crowded box found the back of the net. It wasn't till the 20th minute of the game that Town created some good passing movement to release Vivian into the box but the move came to nothing, two minutes later a similar movement released Duffield to run at the keeper who brought him down in the area. From the resultant Penalty, Christensen converted calmly to level the game. This spurred Town on and only three minutes later with skill and composer Few netted a cooly taken lob from the edge of the box. The score remained the same until half time.
The second half started the same as the first, with Town placing themselves under pressure with some loose passing and lack of cohesion. Port were winning a number of battles in the middle third, but the Town defense stood strong and never looked like conceding. A change in formation and three substitutions within 10 minutes of each other instilled more life into Town. This resulted in some final third pressure and another composed finish, this time from Liam Wynn who finished off a good move by netting his first Academy goal and second club goal for the season. Substitute Andy Higgins scored his first of the season with a well taken strike across the keeper into the bottom corner. During the final 10 minutes Town showed signs of what they are capable of and could of extended the score line further if not for some poor finishing and good defensive work from Port.
A good result on the back of a lower level performance. Now the squad needs to reflect on individual performances to ensure development for the next group of fixtures. Next up for the Academy squad will be Spalding United at home 29th September to be played at AFC Blackpool.
Man of the match for a composed game in the heart of defense was Philip Roskell.
Squad : R. Mainwaring, A. Bennett, S. Christensen, P. Roskell, L. Thewlis, T. Croston, L. Wynn, J. Few, R. Tanser, B. Duffield, C. Vivian, Subs G. Dell (55), J. Higgins (63), G. King (67)
Unused Subs C McGough, J. Smith
Scorers : Christensen, Few, Wynn, Higgins
| 2010-2011 Season | ||||||||
| Football Conference Youth Alliance | ||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
| 1 | FC United of Manchester | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Stalybridge Celtic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Birmingham City Blues | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FC Halifax Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Tamworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Boston United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ilkeston Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MMU/Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Chasetown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Southport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Spalding United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
