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Match Reports:

Young nuts and bolts in commanding form

Ashford Town u 12’s 14  Park Farm 0

A superb display from the Ashford youngsters saw them trounce their Park Farm counterparts this weekend.

As per usual Town start on the front-foot and took the lead when the prolific Kieran Shrimpton latched onto a long ball forward and found the net at the third time of trying. Two minutes later Ryan Mairs doubled the Town lead as Park Farm already looked beaten. Town extended their lead straight from the restart when Connor Hales won the ball in midfield and again released Shrimpton to score his second of the day.

The midfield play from Aidan Shell, Jake Foad and Mairs set the tone throughout, as their fighting abilities put Park Farm under pressure all game. Town led 3-0 at the break. The second-half saw the floodgates open.

The pick of the second-half goals came from Harry Back, who impressed throughout up-front with Shrimpton, and made it four before Eamon Plowright struck his first goal for the club to make it five. Park Farm finally woke up after this but their attempts at attacking were thwarted by Thomas Peak and Jack Guy in the Ashford defence.

Town’s goal of the game from Rudi Beerensson. A flowing football move involving Guy, Peak and Kyle Snow allowed the winger to strike late on. Ashford ran out comprehensive winners.

There is now only one game to go against Betteshanger and Ashford Town will need to be on top form if they are going to break into the top three.

Team: Conor Hales, Jack Guy, Ryan Mairs, Kieran Shrimpton, Harry Back, Aidan Shell, Thomas Peak, Kyle Snow, Rudi Beerensso , Rhys Threadingham, Jake Foad, Eamon Plowright and Keiran Wrightling.

Man of the Match: Thomas Peak

 

 

Ashford town u 12’s 4-2 Folkestone Invicta

The Town youngsters avenged a defeat at Folkestone last season by beating their rivals in damp conditions this weekend.

Town started on the front-foot and a fine through ball from Sam Metland released Kieran Shrimpton who calmly slotted the home side into the lead.

The back four linked up very well, holding Folkestone off even in the poor playing conditions, due to the amount of mud on the pitch. Jack Guy and Thomas Peak where strong all the way though the match. Town doubled their lead soon after, with Shrimpton setting up his strike partner Harry Back to give Ashford a two goal cushion at the interval.

In the second half Folkestone came back at Town putting more pressure on Ashford's back four, and the visitors pulled a goal back early in the second half.

Town responded well and Conor Hales extended their lead again finishing off another fine passing move. Folkestone fought back again and reduced the deficit again midway through the second half to leave Town with an edgy last ten minutes. However, the home side kept their nerve and secured the points when Shrimpton latched onto a Back pass and finished well.

Ashford's Manager (Dave Olsen) was very pleased with the team effort despite the terrible pitch conditions.

Players: Kieran Wheeler, Rudi Beerensson, Jack Guy, Thomas Peak, Rhys Threadingham, Conor Hales, Jamie Gore, Harry Back, Ryan Mairs, Sam Metland, Aidan Shell, Jake Foad, Kieran Shrimpton.

Man of the match (shared): Thomas Peak and Jack Guy.

 

 

Ashford Town U12 4-3 Deal Town Rangers - East Kent Youth League Division 2

Town visited Deal on Sunday for their first match in three weeks with a depleted squad and in the knowledge that the game was to be a 70 minute match on a full size pitch

The encounter started evenly before the Nuts and Bolts young guns took control. With twenty minutes on the clock Jake Foad converted a fine cross from Jamie Gore to give the away side the lead

With Ashford keeping their shape Deal try to advance but are denied by some good defending from Rudi Beerensson, Jake Guy, Rhys Threadingham and Thomas Peak.

Ashford doubled their lead five minutes later. Excellent work by Ryan Mairs setup Kieran Shrimpton, who calmly finished after having a clear run on goal.

The visitors continued to press on for the rest of the half, but failed to convert some decent chances. Deal hit the upright just before the break to remind Town that they still had work to do.

Two minutes into the second half Shrimpton grabbed his second drilling home from an almost impossible angle after more good work by Gore. Ashford were cruising

Deal fought back and pulled one back on 52 minutes, and began to pile the pressure on. Replacement ‘keeper Sam Baker made some top saves to keep Ashford’s lead intact.

On the hour Ashford increased their lead further when Shrimpton completed a fine hat-trick with a superb lob.

Ashford looked comfortable until two dubious penalties were awarded and converted by the home side to reduce the deficit to 4-3. However, fine defending and excellent fitness levels saw Town through to a deserved victory.

East Kent Components man of the match : Kieran Shrimpton

Squad: Kieran Wheeler (GK),Rhys Threadingham,Thomas Peak,Jack Guy,Rudi Beerensson,Jamie Gore,Ryan Mairs,Jake Foad,Sam Metland,Kieran Shrimpton(Capt),Kyle Snow

Sub used:.Sam Barker

 

Ashford Town U12's 6   Dover U12's 0

11th November

At beginning of the game, Ashford started with good team play, however after the first 10 minutes into the game, the shape of the team was lost. The team's effort dropped, and the keeper was continuously put on the spot with the ball coming to him from all directions. Although there was some noticeable good points for example when Ryan Mairs kicked the ball out to the half way mark, then Kieran Shrimpton got a good first touch and moves towards the goal as he did on many occasions, but was unlucky to score.
Dover's Center back made some good movements with the ball, and kept Ashford on it's toes for most of the game. Ashford tried to bounce back but with no success.
The Dover Team became more dominant as the game progressed, but unfortunately with just 15 minutes left in the game, one of the Dover players went down with a serious injury.
The final result meant that Dover won 6:0.

Ashford Town U12’s 9     Park Farm Rangers 0

4th Nov Home - East Kent Youth League Division 2

 

Town under 12's made a quick start at home to local club Park Farm Rangers in Division 2 of the East Kent Youth League and dominated throughout as they ran out easy winners.

A pass down the left flank by Jamie Gore put Kieran Shrimpton in on goal and his lob put the home side ahead on three minutes.

Shrimpton nearly grabbed a second a minute later when he latched onto a fine Sam Metland pass, but the forward saw his effort miss the target. However, within 15 minutes Town killed the game off. Two similar close range finishes from Ryan Mairs and Kyle Snow put the Nuts and Bolts three up. Snow came close to scoring his second shortly after but his drive was smartly tipped over the bar by the Park Farm keeper.

Town extended their lead on 24 minutes, a poor clearance out fell to Harry Back who lobbed the ‘keeper from 18 yards to score his first of the game.

Another fine move put Ashford’s young guns further ahead. Mairs found Shrimpton with space in the box, and his cool left foot finish put Town in total control.

Ten minutes later strong run down the right by Metland was halted in the penalty box by a Park Farm defender and Ashford were awarded a penalty. Back converted for his second to give Town a commanding 6-0 lead at half-time.

The match was more evenly contested in the second period as it became more of a competitive game with the tackled flying in.

The goal of the game came on 46 minutes. The ball was sent into the box and expertly finished by a fine lob by Metland to extend the lead to 7 - 0.

Sam Baker remained alert in the Ashford goal, and made a fine save from the only real threat posed by the visitors all game.

Snow hit the post with a header before Town grabbed their eighth. Jamie Gore saw his effort well saved by the rebound fell to Mairs for a simple tap-in

Conor Hales completed the rout late on to finish off a blistering display from the youngsters.

A special thanks goes to Greg Conlon who made his first refereeing debut and did a fine job.

East Kent Components man of the match : Rhys Threadingham

Squad:

Sam Baker(GK), Rhys Threadingham, Thomas Peak, Jack Guy, Matthew Missons, Harry Back, Jamie Gore, Ryan Mairs, Sam Metland, Kieran Shrimpton(Capt), Kyle Snow

Subs used: Rudi Beerensson, Conor Hales, Jake Foad.

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Man of the Match : Connor Hales

Ashford Town under 12

Ashford Town under 12’s 4 - 2 Dover Ranger Colts

Ashford start slowly as though they have just woken up on a Sunday afternoon nap. Things start to move with Jack Guy and Connor Hales. The ball the bobbling about in the midfield, and the pace is slow and painful for Ashford.

Then, with a spring of life, Ashford's Rhys Threadingham, Carl Snow and Kieran Shrimpton storm past Dover's defence which lets Kieran slot the ball into the back of the net.

Dover came out with all guns blazing, making a good break through. However Sam Baker (Ashford) blocks the shot from the Dover Striker with safe hands. There was also good headers from Ashford Midfielder Aidan Shell. Ashford started to look good going forward as Sam Metland passes a great ball through to Kieran Shrimpton and again skips past the Dover defence scoring his second goal of the match, just as half time approaches.

In the Second Half, Dover came out with a few changes. Ten minutes into the game Dover win a corner from which they manage to score a very soft goal, with no pressure from Ashford.

Ashford seemed to get a bit of passion through the game because there was some really good football, especially from Jamie Gore on the left. This resulted in a lovely flick over the defence, then passing to Matthew Misson who passes a great through ball to Aidan Shell who scored his first goal of the match.

This seems to give Dover a lot to think about but while Dover are still thinking, Ashford are still moving the ball from left to right and the ball falls to Connor Hales who crosses a pin-point ball onto Aidan Shell's head, which beats the Dover's Keeper.

The superb effort of Ashford's players resulted in a positive score of 4-2.

Players:

Sam Baker, Rudi Beerenson, Jamie Gore, Jack Guy, Connor Hales, Ryan Mair, Matthew Missons, Sam Metland, Aidan Shell, Rhys Threadingham, Kyle Snow,Kieran Shrimpton

 

Ashord Town U12           1

Bettshanger c/w U12      1   

9th September 2007

East Kent Youth League Division 2

As this was the first competitive performance for the new squad that had a number of new faces following several departures from last year's squad, this was going to need a hard effort by all to gain a result from a well organized Bettshanger team.  What it did turn out to be was a solid team performance from the young Nuts and Bolts.

From the start, both teams gave an entertaining performance with some solid tackling and creative passing.

As the half progressed with the ball evenly contested there was not much to separate from both teams.  A couple of chances from Bettshanger at goal were kept out by Ryan Mairs, who is awarded special praise as he is generally an outfield player but stood in as Town's keeper, and made some important saves when was called upon.

On 20 minutes the dead lock was broken when a shot from outside Town's box, was not shut down quickly enough defensively and although the ball was saved by Ryan it sadly spun out of his grasp and fell to an on running striker who placed the ball in at close range to make it 1-0 to Bettshanger.

Ashford tried to break through with Aidan Shell and Kyle Snow in the middle providing the passes which were just breaking down at the last line of defending and Harry Back, making some strong runs with the ball down the left wing, was denied by the Bettshanger defender.

On 28 minutes the ball was put through from Aidan down the left flank just in Betteshanger half and fed the ball into a open space to allow Jamie Gore to run onto and make a run with the ball at his feet, closely tracked by a defender.  He kept running towards the Betteshanger goal and drilled home his left footed shot across the goal to draw level.

The second half was again to be a close affair with not much to be offered to either team.  When called upon, defending by Rhys Threadingham, Thomas Peak, Jack Guy and Rudi Beerensson all kept out breaks from the attacking away team.

There was some hard running by Sam Metland,J ake Foad and Jamie Gore from passes made by Rhys Threadingham down the right flank and from Rudi Beerensson on the left but were all denied by close marking at the edge of the Bettshanger box.

A special thank you to Tim Holman from Great Chart to stand in to referee the fixture.

East Kent Components men of the match: Thomas Peak & Jack Guy

Squad:  Ryan Mairs (GK), Rhys Threadingham, Thomas Peak, Jack Guy, Rudi Beerensson, Harry Back, Aidan Shell, Kyle Snow, Jake Foad, Matthew Missons, Sam Metland.

Sub used: Jamie Gore