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Courtesy of:- Ray Lo, and the Spurs List.
FA Premier Academy League U17 Group A
Spurs Lodge, Chigwell
Saturday 16th February 2002, 12 noon
SPURS v BRISTOL CITY
(White/Blue) (Red/Red)
4-4-2 3-5-2
1(1) 0(0)
Paul Rutherford 1 David Coupe
Daniel Perry 2 John Butler
Ricky Dobson 3 Matthew Aubrey
Lee Barnett 4 Craig Loxton
Danny Foster(C) 5 Peter Folkes
David Tyrie 6 Ryan Harley
Joe Watson 7 Joe Aninsah
Jonathon Black 8 Cole Skuse
Michael Malcolm 9 Tom Jacobs
Mark Yeates 10 Leroy Lita
Mario Noto 11 Barry Elmore
David Hicks 12 Jordan Pollinger
(7)79Mins
Nicky Eyre 13 Grant Monelle
(5)79Mins
Owen Price 14 Sam Bailey
(7)77Mins
Gareth Jenkins 15
Tim Ford 16
Scorer:- Malcolm 10
Booked:- Lita 45 (Dissent)
It was a sunny morning which started with a chilly wind but warmed up as
the game wore on. Andy Porter was present, as well as Ray Clemence and a
number of the Spurs staff. Colin Calderwood and John Gorman as well as
Teddy spent some time watching as Jimmy Neighbour's lads who had a hard fought
game.
Spurs lined up with Foster and Tyrie at the back flanked by Perry on the
right and Dobson on the left. Barnett and Black played in the centre with
Watson and Noto outside of them. Malcolm and Yeates again played up front.
The game started with Spurs playing with the sun at their backs and they
showed good attacking play from the start. Both the front two harried the
back three of the Robins' defence with support from Noto. The midfield was
crowded with a lot of the play breaking down due to the quick closing down
of players on the ball. It turned into a physical battle with little
creative football, but a lot of the lost possession was due to careless
balls when not under pressure at the back.
Spurs took the lead from a corner following a fierce drive by Yeates which was turned round the post by Coupe.
Barnett played a one-two with Noto before centering for Yeates to flick on
to Malcolm, who slotted home at the far post. Spurs should have doubled the
lead when a dummy by Malcolm allowed Noto to pierce the defence, but his
square ball was completely missed by Black 10 yards out.
The second half saw the visitors begin to get their game together and
cause more of a threat to Rutherford. City had a couple of good chances to
equalise. It wasn't until after City made a double substitution to increase
their attacking threat that they allowed Spurs back in by giving them more
room at the back. Price came on and played down the right and his second
run produced a great low ball across the face of the goal which Malcolm
just failed to reach.
This was a scrappy affair with Spurs unable to maintain possession or
string a couple of passes together. This, coupled with the many unforced
errors, meant that the good work by the front two was restricted by a lack
of service as well as undue pressure at the back. Spurs looked to have the
better team but struggled to dominate. Next week it is the U-19 team at home to
Chelsea.
Ray
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