Lee Rangers Under 14A

Lee Rangers Under 14A

Welcome to the U14A page of the Lee Rangers Website.  This season we have a healthy squad of 19 Players, an amalgamation of the previous year's U13A and U13B.

This season the team's training program will benefit from 3 qualified Level 1 Coaches. Dave Orpin (Manager and Level 1 Coach), Kevin Palmer (Manager's Assistant), Andy Whitehead (Coach), Adrian Dykes (Level 1 Coach) and Steve Balchin (Level 1 Coach).

We have an excellent group of dedication parents and players, who are friendly and like having fun. We hold many social activities to help raise money for the boys to go on tour and welcome anyone that wishes to join us.   

We train on Tuesday Evenings 6pm-7pm (Oct-Apr at HMS Sultan, Apr–Sep at Lee Recreation Ground).

4th October 2008 Lee Rangers A 10 v 0 Portchester AFC

From the very first minutes Portchester looked like they could be trouble.  They ran at the defense with the ball, but with the skill we now have in our back four in Jim, Jamie, Brad and Andrew, they were hard pushed to get the ball as far as Nozzer in goal.   But they certainly had their moments. However our attack was in fighting mood as well and the skill shown by Josh S and Sam on the wings, by Joe B and Josh C in mid field really allowed Brandon and George to push forward to the goal and goals in plenty came.

After only 8 minutes a corner by Josh S allowed Brandon the simplest of headers into the goal, which he calmly put away, and 2 minutes later Josh crossed the ball and George tucked it passed the goalie.  We were 2 goals up.   Portchester continued to attack but this left them exposed at the back and 5 minutes after the last goal Brandon took the ball round the goalie and slotted it home, 3 -0.  It only took another 5 minutes before Brandon went on the score his hat trick (again) by shooting the ball into the right hand corner of the net, 4 – 0.   Not to be out done, Josh S calmly put the ball into the back of the net from a pass from the right wing. And Brandon kept on the scoring path with his 4th goal.

The score at half time 6 – 0.  Wow!

Goals were slightly harder to come by in the second half as Portchester with renewed vigor continued to attack our goal, but our defense were up to each attack.  With some new legs on during the second half this gave the attack, which had worked so hard in the first half new pace, and Brandon lead the way with the second half goals by scoring an easy goal from the right wing, his personal tally 4 goals now.  Not to be out done Lewis on the right took advantage of a scramble in the goal and popped one passed the goalie, well done Lewis.  Having got a taste of how it is done he then went on to score another 2, this time well taken from the right shooting passed the goalie. A good hat trick

By now, Nozzer was bored in goal and Brandon took over the task of guarding the goal so that Nozzer could go onto the field to play.  He wanted this opportunity so that he could go and score his own goal!!  Latching onto a cross from Liam on the left wing, Nozzer shot the ball passed the goalie and was able to celebrate.

The final score of 10 – 0 did not fully do justice to the playing skills of Portchester but it does show that Lee Rangers is able to take full advantage of opportunities and put goals into the net, were it all counts.

27/09/08: Lee Rangers A 4 v 2 Lee Rangers B

This was a very local derby with both 14 sides playing well. It was a fairly but hard fought match of two very different halves.

The first few minutes saw the players settling into the game but it did not take Lee Rangers A to go one up with Sam going down the middle and popping the ball passed the goalie. Then the game began to flow. Both sides making attacking moves and defending well. There were some excellent runs from the wings but Lee Rangers B were gallant in not letting the ball through. However, with one such run Sam passed the ball across the goal and all Brandon had to do was tap it in which he obligingly did, 2-0. This set Brandon on his way to a first half hat trick which he completed in the 20th and 25th minutes following crosses from Josh S and excellent mid field work.

So the score at half time a healthy 4 - 0 lead! This is always a dangerous position for Lee Rangers A to be in as they now seem to think that they can take their foot off the pedal and proceeded to do so. Lee Rangers B took full advantage of this starting making more attacking moves resulting in 2 quick goals. This shook the A side a bit and towards the middle of the second half they started to play again and succeeded in holding onto the lead.

An eventful game, congratulations to Brandon on his hat trick, but, please, no more heart stopping moments.

20/09/08 AFC Dynamo 1 vs 7 Lee Rangers (League Cup 1st Round)

This game started slow with a completely different team from last week, as the game flowed on we started to improve with some great football being played.  Matt opened the scoring with a great header followed shortly after by Sam scoring his first goal. Due to some errors at the back AFC Dynamo manage to slip past us and score. The team had finally woke up and were playing with some good passes,  Sam scored his second goal and not long after that Lewis scored his first goal leaving the score 1 - 4 in the first half.

With big changes at half time things seems to settle down a bit, George came on to score two goals, followed by Josh C the score was now 1 - 7.  AFC Dynamo did not give up and continued to battle and danger us at the back.

Well done lads but you need to focus and communicate more on pitch.

13/09/08 Lee Rangers A 4 -v- 0 Clanfield

Our first game back in the new season and this was a tough match against a good footballing side and it took Lee most of the first half to make headway in a fiercely contested game.   However, midway through the half Josh Saunders rose to connect with a corner from Sam and the first goal was scored.  This put Lee in good heart and the football began to flow.  Clanfield were dangerous on the attack but the defense of Liam, Jamie, Brad and Andrew meant that Nozzer in goal was rarely tested.  During the first half Lee took control and Brandon was pushing forward with Lewis but goals did not come.   Then shortly before half time, an excellent tackle from Andrew put Josh S on the ball, who passed it the Brandon and he slotted it home, 2-0 at last.   Matt and Josh C worked hard in midfield to keep the ball, and tried to open the game up to the wings.

After the break, Dave decided it was time to start the changes and Josh Whitehead coming into defense swopping into right back with Liam at left.   George also came on in attack and shortly after, with Jim coming on, Liam came off and Josh came to play left back and Jim filled the right back slot.   This interrupted the flow of play for a moment but then Lee started attacking again.   Joe B came on into mid field and Lee continued to push forward.   The sustained pressure paid off with George carrying the ball forward and shooting passed their goalie, leaving the defense behind him.   Kieran came on to play right wing, and Lee made the most of the new legs on continue to attack with Brandon making some good running.   With most of the play in their half, Clanfield continuing to push us backwards when they could, the play continued and Lee were finally rewarded with a fourth goal from Brandon, an excellent shot into the net.

Lee Rangers A -v- Andover 8/12/07

The weather was filthy, driving rain and freezing cold but the Ref said the game was on and Lee were certainly ready to play.  This was a quarter final of the Hampshire Cup and Lee wanted to go at least one better than last year when they went out at this stage.

From the start Lee showed the grit and determination that this game was going to take to win and Nozzer quickly shot the ball into the right hand corner after 10 minutes of the game.   Phew - at least we had the lead.  Ten minutes after that Jordan shot which was deflected and Nozzer pounced to push to ball past the keeper, we were 2-0 up.   Still the rain came and the pitch became water logged but everyone kept running as best they could.   Just before half time Jordan passed the ball out to Josh S who sweetly placed the ball high into the net from the left hand side of the goal.   Unbelieveably we were 3-0 up at half time.

We did not except Andover to lie down and take this and so it proved as quickly into the second half they scored and were determined to capitalise as best they could on this, but the defence was quick to react to any further attack except for one tricky moment when the defence was beaten but the ball got stuck in a puddle on the gaol line and was cleared by Jim.

Half way through the second half Kieran passed a ball to the feet of the sprinting Brad who fired it passed the keeper, we were now 4-1 up and Brad to complete his day scored one more before the final whistle.

This was an excellent win for Lee in atrocious conditions in which both sides suffered in the cold and rain but Lee were more determined than Andover and deservedly came out winners.