U15's GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
10th Sept. Ashton Athletic 6 v 0 Brierfield Celtic
The 1st Round saw Brierfield Celtic of Burnley meet Ashton at Brocstedes Park where Ashton looked comfortable, taking a 2-0 lead at Half time with goals from Connor Callinan and Matty Rochford, then with the introduction of substitute Michael Taylor (“Tay”) for the 2nd half, went on to dominate the game, with great finishing from Tay who scored 4 goals to end the match 6-0 to Ashton.
1st Oct. Moston Brook 2 v 4 Ashton Athletic
The 2nd Round took us to an away tie with Moston Brook A.F.C., of Manchester,
Ashton dominated for much of the game, went 2-0 up in the first half, both goals from Tay, only to allow Moston back into the game conceding just before half time to go in 2-1 up. Had a good start to the second half, Tay scoring early from a long range effort to make it 3-1, but another lapse in concentration allowed Moston to bring it back to 3-2, before Tay wrapped the game up with a well worked 4th Goal."Tay`s" Lancs. Cup form continues with 8 Goals! in 2 games, thanks to good support play and team work from the whole squad.
Ashton Athletic U-15s in the last 16 of Lancs. Youth Cup
22nd Oct. Southport 1 v 2 Ashton Athletic
The 3rd Round saw us drawn away again, to Southport F.C. Juniors for what appeared to be sterner opposition, their website statistics shown that they were so far unbeaten in cup and league this season. The first half produced a fairly even game with chances from both teams, with Ashton probably creating the more chances but coming up against some good defensive work from Southport’s No.5, a dominant strong Centre Half who restricted our Strikers efforts and kept Southport in the game, while Ashton defended well against Southport’s efforts. Goalkeeper Anthony Burns making good saves and handled the ball well from Southport’s mainly long range efforts and Ryan Neafcy cleared off the line from a Southport corner.
The first goal from either side looked to be crucial.
Late in the first half the breakthrough finally came for Ashton, Tom Starr picked up the ball in central midfield, and with a defence splitting pass, picked out Michael Taylor who was playing on the shoulder of the last defender, Tay received the ball, took a touch to bring it down and with good control slotted it past the keeper to make it 1-0 to Ashton.
Early in the 2nd half Tay made it 2-0 running onto a long ball with only the keeper to beat. Ashton created more chances, but again Southport’s No.5, centre half and captain made it hard for our attackers. As the game went on, legs tired, and Ashton gave away a free kick on the edge of our box, Southport hit a hard driven free kick which broke our 4 man wall and squeezed in to the net at the near post with 15 mins. to go.
The goal lifted Southport, and they believed they could get another, throwing everyone forward in search of the equaliser. With about 5 mins normal time to go Southport won a corner, their Goalkeeper stormed up field Peter Schmichael like, in search of a goal, the corner was cleared up field with the keeper stranded, Tay ran onto the ball just over the half way line and as he passed the ball into an empty net, the referee blew his whistle to bring the play back and award a free kick to Ashton for a foul on the edge of their own box. The players and spectators appeals for advantage were dismissed, robbing Tay of his hatrick.
The remaining time plus stoppages saw a hectic, end to end finish to the game with tired players from both sides giving their all, with Ashton getting a deserved 2-1 win.
A good solid performance throughout the squad, who are working hard for each other, improving in confidence, with a good defensive unit and playing some good passing football and creating good chances, scoring 12 goals in the three ties.
Michael Taylor benefiting from some good play with 10 Goals to his name so far in the competition.
Ashton U-15s now face Euxton Villa or Barrow Celtic at home in the last 16 stage of the competition.
The U-15s have made a good start to the season, with some good performances in the League, notably the 2-0 win against last seasons champions Springview and scoring 10 goals against Golborne Sports.
Hopefully we can be consistent with our current good form and have a successful season.
The 1st Round saw Brierfield Celtic of Burnley meet Ashton at Brocstedes Park where Ashton looked comfortable, taking a 2-0 lead at Half time with goals from Connor Callinan and Matty Rochford, then with the introduction of substitute Michael Taylor (“Tay”) for the 2nd half, went on to dominate the game, with great finishing from Tay who scored 4 goals to end the match 6-0 to Ashton.
1st Oct. Moston Brook 2 v 4 Ashton Athletic
The 2nd Round took us to an away tie with Moston Brook A.F.C., of Manchester,
Ashton dominated for much of the game, went 2-0 up in the first half, both goals from Tay, only to allow Moston back into the game conceding just before half time to go in 2-1 up. Had a good start to the second half, Tay scoring early from a long range effort to make it 3-1, but another lapse in concentration allowed Moston to bring it back to 3-2, before Tay wrapped the game up with a well worked 4th Goal."Tay`s" Lancs. Cup form continues with 8 Goals! in 2 games, thanks to good support play and team work from the whole squad.
Ashton Athletic U-15s in the last 16 of Lancs. Youth Cup
22nd Oct. Southport 1 v 2 Ashton Athletic
The 3rd Round saw us drawn away again, to Southport F.C. Juniors for what appeared to be sterner opposition, their website statistics shown that they were so far unbeaten in cup and league this season. The first half produced a fairly even game with chances from both teams, with Ashton probably creating the more chances but coming up against some good defensive work from Southport’s No.5, a dominant strong Centre Half who restricted our Strikers efforts and kept Southport in the game, while Ashton defended well against Southport’s efforts. Goalkeeper Anthony Burns making good saves and handled the ball well from Southport’s mainly long range efforts and Ryan Neafcy cleared off the line from a Southport corner.
The first goal from either side looked to be crucial.
Late in the first half the breakthrough finally came for Ashton, Tom Starr picked up the ball in central midfield, and with a defence splitting pass, picked out Michael Taylor who was playing on the shoulder of the last defender, Tay received the ball, took a touch to bring it down and with good control slotted it past the keeper to make it 1-0 to Ashton.
Early in the 2nd half Tay made it 2-0 running onto a long ball with only the keeper to beat. Ashton created more chances, but again Southport’s No.5, centre half and captain made it hard for our attackers. As the game went on, legs tired, and Ashton gave away a free kick on the edge of our box, Southport hit a hard driven free kick which broke our 4 man wall and squeezed in to the net at the near post with 15 mins. to go.
The goal lifted Southport, and they believed they could get another, throwing everyone forward in search of the equaliser. With about 5 mins normal time to go Southport won a corner, their Goalkeeper stormed up field Peter Schmichael like, in search of a goal, the corner was cleared up field with the keeper stranded, Tay ran onto the ball just over the half way line and as he passed the ball into an empty net, the referee blew his whistle to bring the play back and award a free kick to Ashton for a foul on the edge of their own box. The players and spectators appeals for advantage were dismissed, robbing Tay of his hatrick.
The remaining time plus stoppages saw a hectic, end to end finish to the game with tired players from both sides giving their all, with Ashton getting a deserved 2-1 win.
A good solid performance throughout the squad, who are working hard for each other, improving in confidence, with a good defensive unit and playing some good passing football and creating good chances, scoring 12 goals in the three ties.
Michael Taylor benefiting from some good play with 10 Goals to his name so far in the competition.
Ashton U-15s now face Euxton Villa or Barrow Celtic at home in the last 16 stage of the competition.
The U-15s have made a good start to the season, with some good performances in the League, notably the 2-0 win against last seasons champions Springview and scoring 10 goals against Golborne Sports.
Hopefully we can be consistent with our current good form and have a successful season.
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