Ketani shines as Hulme get their first victory

Hulme U'12 5 - St Joseph's 2
Goalkeeper Simon Ketani was the hero as Hulme grabbed their first victory this season. It was mostly one sided in the first half, however it took ten minutes for Patrick Flanagan to score the opener. Five minutes later he grabbed his second with a sharp finish into the bottom corner past the sprawling keeper. Hulme led two nil at half time.

Three minutes into the second half Patrick Flanagan scored his third as Mr Hurst's half time team talk paid off. However St Joseph's got back into the game with a cracker into the top corner. However, hopes of a come back were soon quashed when Hulme scored their fourth; Charlie Kennedy broke down the right side and blasted the ball into the roof of the net. Keitel Howarth scored a fifth for Hulme with a calm finish and the game was all over, despite St Joseph's getting a late consolation to make the final score 5-2. The manager gave Man of the Match to Harry Gledhill.

Good luck Year 7

The year 7 start their season with an A and B team game against Crompton House on Thursday 16 September. Kick off is at 4pm at home.

A big week in the cups!

Good luck to the following teams this week:


1st XI play Latymer Upper on Wednesday in the second round of the Boodles ISFA Cup.

The U'14 play Meols Cop in the second round of the English Schools Cup on Wednesday
and
Also in the English Schools cup the U'12 play Siddal Moor in the second round on Thursday.
Three wins out of three would be nice!

U'12 Skipper reviews the St Joseph's game.

A great first half with only a few marginal errors caused us to be one down at half time. We tried hard in the second half, but after ten minutes St Joseph's scored again from a break. Two minutes later St Joseph's scored again when a shot from the edge of the area skidded through our keepers legs. But we didn't give up and within a minute "bang!" Daniyaal shot into the bottom left-hand corner. Ellis was unlucky not to score a second for Hulme. Unfortunately, St Joseph's scored two more before the end to make the final score 1-5. We could of and should of done better!

U'12 Captain shares his thoughts on the Bolton Match

The U'12 team travelled to Bolton for their first game of the season. The squad of fourteen had never played together and Bolton were an outstanding team. From the beginning of the game you could tell Bolton were stronger. They had alot of movement and we found it hard to defend. By half time Bolton were leading 5-0; not a good first half for Hulme.
In the second half Hulme got their act together and look much stronger. We defended many attacks and a superb goal scored by Danyaal Naheem soon followed. It was a goal that easily matched the skill of Bolton. Well done Danyaal!.
The final score was Bolton 7 Hulme 1. Considering none of the Hulme players had played together before - and in fact barely new each others names - scoring one goal and not allowing more than 7 in was a fair result overall. Man of the Match was Bradley Cruse. Well done lads!
By Chris Stringer