Time for well deserved R&R.

Well done to all of you who have played for school this half term - have a good break.

Hats off to the 15's but unlucky to the rest!

In the cups this week Congratulations go to the U'15 who beat St Bedes College 1-0 in the Rensburg Sheppards U'15 ISFA Cup. The winning goal scored by Sam Mellor.

But unfortunately despite valiant efforts there were three loses in the other games:
U'16 lost 0-4 to North Chadderton in the OLdham Schools
U'14 lost 0-2 to Harper Green in the English Schools
U'13 lost in a hostile atmosphere at Kaskenmore 5-4 on penalties after it being 0-0 after normal time and 1-1 after extra time.

Another big week in the cups

This week there are four cup fixtures:
On Wednesday 21 October
U'16 v North Chadderton - Oldham Schools Cup 1st round - Home kick off 3:45pm
U'14 v Harper Green School - English Schools 3rd round - Home kick off 3:30pm

On Thursday 22 October
U'15 v St Bedes - Resburg Sheppard ISFA Cup 2nd round - Home kick off 2:15pm
U'12 v Kaskenmoor - Oldham Schools Cup 1st round - Away kick off 3:30pm

Good luck to all four teams

U'15 draw brings a big report

For the first 15 minutes, Hulme were dominant and took an early lead against last season’s Oldham Schools’ Cup winners. Bradley Cryer reached the byline and pulled back a low cross which was confidently converted by Sam Mellor from the edge of the box, a move rehearsed in training earlier in the week. Crompton House fought back hard and equalised largely thanks to an unfortunate deflection off Sam Flanaghan and an untimely slip by Chris Claydon which left us watching the ball trickle over the line as if in slow motion. Crompton House then enjoyed a sustained period of pressure and took the lead shortly before half time.

Hulme started the second half as they did the first, and the pendulum swung back in their favour. An excellent header back across the face of Crompton’s goal was volleyed home magnificently by Bradley Cryer. Hulme had their tales up and narrowly missed a number of clear cut chances to take the lead but it was Crompton House who converted next from a poorly defended corner. Hulme rallied and were determined to take something from the game. A trademark long free kick from Nathan Coverley saw Man of the Match Jake Riley beat the defence and drive a low shot home for a well deserved equaliser with one of the last kicks of the game. An excellent match for all involved, although it is worth noting for the future that oCrompton House had 6 players missing for this fixture as they were playing for the town team.

The story so far:

Leading goalscorers: Jake Riley (4) Brad Cryer (3)
Most Man of the Match Awards: Sam Fanaghan (2) Jake Riley (2)
Highest match performance scores: Sam Flanaghan (8.5)
Nathan Coverley (8.429)
Jake Riley (8.4)

Results against Crompton House

1st XI won 4-0
Scoreres: James Summers, Jamie Paul (2), Adam Gledhill
Man of the Match: Danny Harrop
2nd XI lost 1-0
Man of the Match: Luke Butler
U'15 drew 3-3
Scorers: Sam Mellor, Natan Coverley, Jake Riley
Man of the Match: Jake Riley
U'14 won 3-0 in the Oldham Schools Cup
Scorers: Obi Ebizie, Adam Wilk, Oliver Crowley
Man of the Match: Joe Gledhill
U'13 lost 1-0
Man of the Match: Ollie Higgins
U'12 won 3-2
Scorers: Daniyaal Naeem (2), Ben Walton
Man of the Match: Ben Walton

Matches this Saturday - 17 October

Matches this Saturday are against Crompton House;
1st XI, U'14 and U'12 are at home. 1st XI are asked to arrive by 9.15am the other two teams should arrive by 9.30am
2nd XI, U'15 and U'13 are at Crompton House. Players must make there own way to Crompton House and should arrive by 9.15am.

Good luck to all the teams but especially the U'14 who are playing in the Oldham Schools Cup.

Ollie's U'13 report on Blue Coat

Good victory lads we played well as a team and deserved a win in the end.We managed to get the ball moving in the bigger spaces because of the pitch size.We really didn't need to concede though but we showed good bouncebackability and Will and Tom went on to score two more after my first.We really missed Hamza so thanks to Ollie and Omar for filling in there,but Heggi and Ben definatley deserved man of the match they played out of their skins lets have the same every game guys.

A difficult week in the cups.

Despite great efforts by the whole squad the 1st XI crashed out of two cup competitions this week:
On Monday they lost 2-4 in extra-time to Thornleigh College in the English Schools Cup.
Goals were scored by Jamie Paul and Zak Forster.
On Wednesday they lost 1-2 to Bolton School in the Greater Manchester Schools Cup. Michael Tomlinson scoring the equaliser mid-way through the second half.

Hulme come out on top at Ramblers

After the appalling midweek encounter at Latymer Upper, the boys really had a point to prove. The trip to Liverpool was always a difficult prospect with the opposition being open age. As the boys stepped onto the pitch, many comments were passed on the quality, after the shower the night before the ball was running smoothly along the surface. The game got under way and Hulme began to dominate from the off. The ball began to slide around Ramblers without any real opposing threat. Midway through the first half Jordan Marsh picked up the ball on the edge of the opposition area shooting goal ward only to be blocked by a Liverpool defender. He then quickly collected the deflected ball to power the ball over the keepers head into the back of the net. Soon after the restart Danny Orr fired a thunderbolt of a shot only to ricocheted off the cross bar. After some sensational runs from Jamie Paul and near misses from several players Bradley Ashford collected the ball towards the corner flag and attempted a whipped cross which luckily for him, ended up floating into the top corner of the net. Soon after Josh Mcconnell surged down the left flank, cutting inside and used some tricky footwork before being brought down, only for the referee to dismiss his claims of a penalty. He recieves a 9.5 for his theatrical performance. Then a quick passage of play between Danny Orr and Jamie Paul led to the third; with only minutes until half time, Danny Orr played a clever ball through the heart of the Ramblers defence, only for Jamie Paul to run onto and smash the ball past the opposition keeper. Hulme led 3-0 at half way point, with compliments from Mr Marshall.
Hulme made a number of changes at the half with Zak Forster, Thomas Chapman, Jake Crawley replacing James Summers, Josh Mcconnell and Danny Orr. Ramblers started brightly and created a number of good spells of possession. However the heart of Hulmes defence kept strong, with notable effort and determination from Danny Harrop and Brad Norcross. Another quick move combined with pressure on the Ramblers back four applied by the goal hungry Thomas Chapman and clever play created by Michael Tomlinson led to Hulmes next goal. Intercepting possession on the half way line, Michael carried the ball before placing an intelligent ball right through the middle of Ramblers defence, only for Jamie Paul to slot cooly past the helpless Ramblers keeper for his second and Hulmes fourth goal. At this point Mr Marshall decided to let some of the starters to the game have a rest. He brought off Jamie Paul, Danny Harrop and Michael Tomlinson who had all put in a shift for their team, they were replaced by James Summers, Brad Ashford and Josh Mcconnell. At this point Hulme seemed to lose focus and conceded their first when the Ramblers striker walked through the Hulme defence to slot the ball right through Tyler Moultons legs. Immediately after the restart Ramblers scored again when a rush of blood from Tyler Moulton as he failed in his attempt to clear the ball 25 yards out of his penalty area, only gave the Ramblers player the opportunity to shoot at an open net. Again after this Hulmes heads dropped as the Ramblers striker struck an unstoppable strike on the edge of the box into the top corner of the goal. Hulme were in great danger of letting a great lead slip, until the frustrated Jake Crawley applied some sheer brilliance to the game with a succsession of turns before smashing a 30 yard screamer into the top corner to kill the game off. Overall the boys displayed as strong performance against an experienced side. Leader of the shower conference team Daniel Harrop awarded the Ramblers showers an 8.5. We look forward to a tough cup encounter on monday. Man of the Match - Jamie Paul

Today's results - Saturday 10 October

1st XI v Liverpool Ramblers
Hulme 5 Ramblers 3
Scorers: Jamie Paul (2), Bradley Ashford, Jordan Marsh and Jake Crawley.
Man of the Match: Jamie Paul
Performances of Note: Bradley Norcross, Danny Harrop, Jake Crawley, Michael Tomlinson.
U'15
Hulme 1 Blue Coat, Oldham 1
U'14
Hulme 4 Blue Coat, Oldham 0
Scorers: Adam Wilk gets the first hat-trick of the season! Jordan Tinker
Man of the Match: George Tilley
U'13
Hulme 3 Blue Coat, Oldham 1
U'12
Hulme 2 Blue Coat, Oldham 6

More details will follow over the next few days.

Mixed Bag of Results in the Cups

Congratulations to the:
U'14 team who beat Meol's Cop 5-1 in the ESFA Cup - goals were scored by Adam Wilk (2), Oliver Crowley, Bradley Miles and Obi Ebizie.
U'12 team who beat Siddal Moor 3-1 also in the second round of the ESFA Cup - this first win of the season was sealed with goals from Daniyaal Naheem (2) and Callum McNally.

A dissapointing result for the 1st XI in there 2nd round Boodles ISFA Cup match. The team lost 7-0 at Latymer Upper in London.

Matches this Saturday - 10 October 2009

Matches this Saturday:
1st XI v Liverpool Ramblers (away) - Mini-bus leaves at 9am
U'15 and U'13 at home to Blue Coat - players should arrive by 9:30am
U'14 and U'12 away to Blue Coat Oldham - players should meet at Blue Coat at 9:30am
PLEASE REMEMBER IT IS OPEN MORNING -parking will be limited

2nd Round of the ISFA cup

Hulme - 0
Latymer - 7

Bookings - Bradley Norcross, Josh McConnell, Michael Tomlinson, Danniel Harrop

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!

First XI match report

After the poor training session on Tuesday night, allot of the lads had to turn their performances' around if we wanted to pull a result out at MGS. Wednesday afternoon everyone showed they wanted this result, and most of all wanted to perform.
Many rumours were being thrown around all week mentioning that we were playing their 2nd XI, due to the first team having a cup game mid week, but all we were concerned about was getting a result.
Both teams started the game very well, keeping the ball and showing good possession. Manchester Grammar had the first chances of the game but Hulme's defence fended off there opportunities, with notable performances from Jordan Marsh.
After around 25 minutes into the first half, MGS scored from an excellent long ball over the top which one of MGS' strikers latched onto and chipped over Adam Myers. 1-0 MGS.
After the first goal, the game begun to drop off, and slow down, Hulme becoming frustrated by the good possession of MGS, but after a while Hulme got back into the game and made some good chances through Micheal Tomlinson and Danny Orr with a good snap shot from James Summers.
Hulme began to start battling and pressed on more but after a lapse in defence Danny Harrop (apparently) brought down their centre forward down in the boxed and they were evidently awarded a penalty which they converted. 2-0 MGS and half time loomed.
During the half time break Mr Marshall gave the lads some words of wisdom and psyched us into the 2nd half.
We started the half well making some good runs and began to break the MGS defence down very well. James Summers and Micheal Tomlinson making the Manchester Grammar goalkeeper make some outstanding saves, but the time would eventually come when Hulme would score.
after breaking down one of MGS' attacks, Hulme was able to counter attack down Manchester's right wing through Jamie Paul and James Summers which Summers was able to slot accross to which Danny Harrop (believe it or not) netted home after a superb full length pitch run from centre back. 2-1 MGS
Hulme felt they were back in the game and stepped up their game dramatically. after a few more chance created MGS' goalkeeper was able to tip an effort round the post to which Hulme was awarded a corner. James Summers whipped it in and Danny Harrop (yes him again) powered home a header to bring the game level. From then on MGS began to attack very well but some great defending from Jordan Marsh and Jake Crawley made it very difficult for them to take the lead.

Captains man of the match - Jordan Marsh
Notable performances - Micheal Tomlinson, Danny Orr, James Summers and Jamie Paul

Results against MGS - Saturday 3 October

Matches were against Manchester Grammar School:
1st XI drew 2-2
Scorer: Danny Harrop (2)
Man of the Match: Danny Orr
2nd XI drew 1-1
Scorer: Danny Mills
Man of the Match: Robert Shaw
U'15 lost 3-0
Man of the Match: Sam Flanagan
U'14 lost 5-1
Scorer: Adam Wilk
Man of the Match: Josh Sutton
U'13 lost 6-2
Scorer: Tom Travis
Man of the Match: Sam Wilson
U'12 lost 5-2
Scorers: Daniyaal Naheem and Ben Wilson
Man of the Match: Aaron Rogers