Sunday 15/3/2008
Wellingborough Town Earls Barton

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Sunday 09/3/2008
Volta FC 1-2 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Kaise, Michael

MOTM:Raph

Wellingborough Town started well and went ahead through Kaise after a well worked corner. Wellingborough dominated during the first half with the two central midfielders MOTM Raph, and Charlie winning most 50/50 balls.

Ben worked hard on the right side of midfield and was backed up by Jack W who played well at right back and made lots of forward runs.

Kaise came close with headers on a couple of occasions, after some good balls from Charlie.

Jack had a great game on the left side of midfield and outskilled his opponenet on several occasions.

Wellingborough Towns second goal came from one such move when Jack whipped ina cross which found the head of Michael for his 32nd goal of the season.

0-2 Wellingborough at HT.

Wellingborough went to sleep in the second half and lacked discipline when it came to defending. The midfielders wanted to get in on the goals and this put pressure on the defenders.

Matthew had a good game at centre back and made lots of important tackles and interceptions. Volta played better in the second half and caught Wellingborough on the break to take the score 1-2.

Jim had a good game at left back and was determined not to let his classmates have the bragging rights on Monday at school.

Ryan chased everything down up front and tried hard to poach a goal.

At the other end, Joseph had very little to do and tried had to use his areas a lot more rather than sticking to his line.

A good game and a well deserved and fought out victory for Wellingborough Town. Final score Volta FC 1-2 Wellingborough Town.

Click here to read the Volta Managers view of the game.

Sunday 02/3/2008
Wellingborough Town 1-3 Grange United

Goal Scorers: Michael

Wellingborough Town struggled for a side today through one reason or another and just about managed to scrape together 11 players.

Wellingborough started well and went ahead through Michael Dryden after 10 minutes. Grange fought back and were never out of an evenly contested first half, equalizing after beating the Wellingborough Offside trap.

Grange then scored again before the break 1-2 HT.

Grange were awarded a Penalty in early into the second half after a Wellingborough player was judged to have handled the ball. The Penalty was converted to take the score to 1-3.

Wellingborough battled at times but were out played in several areas of the pitch, not through ability, because we put some good passing together at times, but out played through aggression

Grange wanted to win more than Wellingborough and in the end, the better team on the day won.

With two games to go, and fingers crossed a few players back, I hope to see a return to the fight that we showed earlier in the season.

Sunday 24/2/2008
Rushden Rangers - Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Ben, Ryan

MOTM:Kaise

A good game today which was closer at times than the score line suggests.

Kicking with the wind, Rushden were by far the better team in the first half, beating Wellingborough to every ball.  Rushden went into a 3-0 lead at half time with two long range efforts that were carried with the wind. 

Wellingborough came out fighting in the second half and scored within seconds through a determined Ben.

The game evened itself out with both teams scoring tit for tat, the Wellingborough goal through Ryan.

Special mention to MOTM Kaise who put in a fine effort in defence. Raph also had a very good game in midfield and put in some fine tackles.

Also a last mention to Taylor. Thought you were going to phone me after the cup final mate :O) ?

Sunday 17/2/2008
Wellingborough Town 8-0 Corby Kingswood

Goal Scorers: Michael 4, Ryan 3, Taylor

MOTM: Brady

A huge improvement in effort over last weeks performance helped Wellingborough to secure a 8-0 victory.

Wellingborough were first to everything in midfield with Raphael and Taylor battling for every loose ball in the midfield and feeding the wide attacking players, Ben and Jack both who looked dangerous in going forward.

Taylor chipped in with one of the first half goals finishing after Jack did some good work on the left.

Over on the right, Ben setup one of Michael's four goals after splitting the defence with a clever pass for Michael to cleverly run on to.

Ryan had a good game up front alongside Michael and completed a nice Hat Trick.

The defence did not have too much to do, Matthew and Jim each had a half at Left back and both did well, Jack had a good game on the right and was keen to get forward to help with the Wellingborough attacks.

Kaise was solid as ever at centre back and made several penetrating runs through the middle of the Corby defence. Man of The MAtch Brady was solid at the back and showed a 100% improvement in his determination to tackle, win headers, track back and mark tightly. Well done Brady - Keep it up.

I think Joseph had one save to make all game and one back pass to deal with. Needless to say he did not put a foot wrong.

Well done boys, keep it up!

Saturday 10/2/2008
Grammarians 5-4 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Michael 3, Ryan

MOTM: Kaise & Michael

A good show of Character by Grammarians to come back from 0-3 down to win 5-4.

Wellingborough Started well storming into a 3-0 lead with two goals from Michael and one from Ryan. Wellingborough even missed a penalty and still looked comfortable. 

Grammarians pulled one back before half time and Wellingborough's game went down hill from here.

Grammarians dominated the second half and looked like scoring at every opportunity. The Wellingborough defenders failed to defend, the strikers failed to finish and the midfield failed to much anything really. Grammarians stormed into a 5-3 lead.

Wellingborough woke up at this point and started to play pulling a late goal back through Michael but it was too little too late.

Well done to the boys from Grammarians who showed great character.

Special mention to Kaise and Michael; the only two Wellingborough Town players who played their hearts out and gave everything for the team.

Sunday 3/2/2008
Wellingborough Town 6-3 Danesholme Vikings

Goal Scorers: Michael 4, Charlie, Jack P.

MOTM: Jack P

A good game today with both teams performing well in windy conditions.

Wellingborough started this game well, passing the ball in midfield and keeping possession. With the wind behind them most of the attacking was coming from Wellingborough who took the lead through Michael.

With the pressure that Wellingborough were forcing and wind behind them Kaise switched from centre back to centre forward to use his devastating pace. Kaise chased a ball played by Matthew Percival and stormed through the Danesholme defence to set Jack up who tapped in.

Wellingborough came close a few more times with similar moves with Kaise leaving the defence metres behind.

Danesholme looked dangerous on the break and with Wellingborough making some changes at the back pulled one back.

Michael then extended Wellingborough lead after some good work by Matthew who made a fair challenge on the Keeper to win the ball. Danesholme then pulled another back after some lazy defending from the Wellingborough midfield who failed to close down a cross / shot which blew in with the wind.

3-2 at half time.

Kicking into the wind in the second half Wellingborough struggled to clear their lines and the game became a bit more scrappy.

Wellingborough scored through Charlie shortly after the break and Danesholme pulled it back to 4-3, again with the conditions playing a big part.

After some good work from the midfield, Michael beat the defence for pace before calmly slotting home for his Hat Trick.

Jack really started to impose himself on the game making important tackles and some powerful runs forward. After beating a player in the box his high looping shot was destined for the roof of the net, the wind however blew his shot onto the far post for Michael to convert for a poachers goal.

I am going to give a special mention to Matthew P who worked really hard in three different positions during the game, Taylor who has shown a fantastic attitude during the last couple of games and Jim who was solid at left back and missed by the team when subbed off.

A good game played in good spirit by both teams of players. Well done boys.

Sunday 13/1/2008
Great Doddington 1-2 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Ben, Charlie

MOTM: Michael

This was a fantastic game of football where both teams battled hard from start to finish, and no team deserved to win or lose.

With Wellingborough Town not having a game since November it was not surprising to see Great Doddington starting the brighter.

Kicking down the slope, Great Doddington looked for balls over the top but Kaise did well to thwart most attacks with his strength and speed.

Wellingborough dragged themselves into the game with Michael looking particularly menacing up front with some good breaks and movement. The Doddington keeper did well to keep a number of Wellingborough shots from Michael, Zak and Ryan out of the net.

Great Doddington took the lead after some poor communication from Wellingborough on the edge of the box. Nobody took responsibility to clear a dropping ball from a free kick and a Doddington player was fastest to react.

Wellingborough equalized towards the end of the first half. If you wanted a particular player to score in this game it was Ben who had been wound up by his Doddington class mates all week.

Showing determination, pace, strength and a fine finish Ben stormed through the Doddington defence despite being pulled back to finish a fine solo goal in style.

1-1 Half Time.

With slope in their favour, Wellingborough Town thought the second half would be a lot easier.

Charlie scored what turned out to be the winner with a well struck high curling effort that went in from the inside of the post.

Wellingborough should have wrapped things up from here but sat back and failed to win the ball in the middle of the pitch.

With plenty of chances from both sides both keepers did extremely well to keep their sides in the game, Joseph in particular made at least three one on one saves.

Credit to both teams this really was a good game played in the spirit of the game.

Well Done Boys!

Sunday 02/12/2007
Burton Youth 0-6 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Ben (2), Jack P, Ryan Zak, Matthew P

MOTM: Ijuha

An average game for Wellingborough Town against a hugely improved Burton Youth team.

Wellingborough dominated the game but after thrashing Burton a couple of weeks ago all players had goals in their eyes.

Wellingborough did not pass the ball well and were very slow to start. We failed to close down the Burton side quick enough and gave them far to much time on the ball.

Wellingborough went ahead in the first half with two goals from Tuthill and also Percival and Betts.

Burton have improved a lot over the last two weeks and did well to keep the score as respectable as it was. Wellingborough on the other hand looked rusty after a weeks break and were wasteful in front to of goal.

MOTM Ijuha deserves singling out as he had a terrific game in midfield creating many attacking opportunities for Wellingborough. The often over looked defensive paring of Kaise and Jack W also did well with very little help from a lethargic midfield.

Further goals in the second half from Patmore and Becker wrapped things up.

Sunday 18/11/2007
Wellingborough Town 19-0 Burton Youth

Goal Scorers: Michael (6), Jack P (4), Ben (2), Jack W (2), Ryan (2), Kaise, Zak, Charlie,

MOTM: Ben Tuthill.

A strong performance from Wellingborough Town gave them a 19-0 victory over Burton Youth.

Wellingborough Town started well with goals flying in at regular intervals. To be honest I lost count of the goals at 16 and have little recollection of the order in which they were scored.

Wellingborough passed the ball well with width and MOM Ben played particularly well in the first half, attacking the right flank and delivering well in to the middle.

Charlie did well on the left flank with a similar tactic of beating his defender out wide and delivering in to the three forwards to finish.

The three strikers of Jack, Ryan and Michael all did well and put most of their chances away.

I do recall an ecstatic Kaise putting away his well deserved first goal for the club with a net breaker and Imagine he is still smiling now!

9-0 Wellingborough at Half Time.

The second half was much of the same for Wellingborough.

With the wind behind them every ball that was played over the top or through the Burton defence was a goal scoring opportunity.

The substitutes of Zak, Matthew P, Jim and Tailor all played well and did what was asked of them.

Raph did particularly well in the holding midfield role and was devastated to be substituted off without scoring. He did his job well and made his tackles and even a game like today is not all about scoring goals.

Special Mention to Manageress Burton who have stuck through some hard times and tried hard throughout the game.

Sunday 11/11/2007
Wellingborough Town 6-2 Rushden Rangers

Goal Scorers: Michael (3), Ben, Ijuha, Ryan

MOTM: Team.

A good team performance from Wellingborough Town who controlled this game in difficult conditions.

Wellingborough got the ball on the floor and passed it very, Very well, both short and long. This was the difference between the two teams and this is why the scoreline was as it is.

Jack, Charlie and Jim were all linking up well on the left with some excellent quick short passing and movement. Whilst on the right Ijuha, Ben and Jack W worked well attacking the space on the flanks with pace and support.

A back in form Ben opened the scoring early in the first after he calmly broke clear of the defence and beat the Keeper.

Shortly after some good passing on the left between Jim, and Charlie opened the space for Jack to deliver a cross which was superbly finished by Michael.

Wellingborough were constantly threatening the Rushden Rangers goal as the wind was behind them and every ball over the top of through the defence looked like a goal scoring opportunity.

When a ball through the middle was played to Jack he found himself with plenty of time to pick his spot and shoot. Michael was in the path of the ball and reflected the shot into the net.

3-0 Wellingborough Town at Half time.

With the wind with Rushden in the second half Wellingborough changed their shape and played with a sweeper. Kaise did an excellent job in this role and it has to be mentioned that he marked the Rushden star player out of the game.

Raph had an excellent game in defence and made his tackles as well as supporting the his central partner and full back when required.

Rushden pulled one back through a penalty before Ijuha restored the lead for Wellingborough.

Rushden pulled another back though a free kick but Wellingborough were still in control of the game.

After another through ball found Ryan he scored the best goal of the game with a chip over the head of the Keeper.

Matthew P did well in the second half and covered a lot of ground and all though Taylor did not have too many chances he played his part for the team and chased everything all over the pitch.

Wellingborough wrapped things up with a simple tap in to complete his second hat trick in successive weeks when the Rushden keeper failed to clear a back pass.

Special mention to Joseph in goal who kept his concentration well during the game and is starting to command his area once again.

Well done boys!

Sunday 04/11/2007
Corby Kingswood 0-3 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Michael (3)

MOTM: Michael

Corby started the better of the two teams but Wellingborough Town grew stronger as the game progressed and won 3-0 through a Michael Dryden Hat-trick.

Dryden coolly finished to put Wellingborough Town ahead mid way through the first half.

1-0 Wellingborough Town at Half Time.

A second cool finish from Dryden doubled the lead shortly into the second half.

A well worked corner was finished by Dryden with a spectacular overhead kick.

Credit to Kingswood who showed great character and continued to battle right to the end.

Next Game: Home V Rushden Rangers

Sunday 28/10/2007
Wellingborough Town 5 - 1 Grammarians

Goal Scorers: Ijuha (2), Ryan, Zak, Michael

MOTM: Ryan

A good second half performance lead to a Wellingborough Town victory over local rivals Grammarians.

In high winds both teams did well during the first half to keep the ball on the ground and play football. The start of the first half was evenly balanced with both teams threatening. As the game progressed Wellingborough took more control of the midfield and started to dominate.

Michael Dryden put Wellingborough ahead after a fine run from Ben cut the grammarians defence open

1-0 Half Time.

Kicking with the wind in the second half Wellingborough controlled the game. Grammarians struggled with balls played through the defence and over the top of the defence as everything carried with the wind.

Ryan calmly slotted past the keeper after one such through ball as did Ijuha.

Wellingborough were served a taste of their own medicine after not holding their line during a free kick and getting caught out with a ball over the top. Kaise slipped the ball past the helpless Charlie to score an Own goal.

Zak finished in a goal mouth scramble after a good cross from Jack in a wide area.

Ijuha saved the best goal to last after beating the defence and chipping the Keeper from the six yard box as he dived for the ball.

A good performance from Wellingborough Town, well done boys!

Next Game: Away V Corby Kingswood
(Abington Road, Corby).

Sunday 14/10/2007
Danesholm Vikings 1 - 6 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Ijuha (3), Ryan, Zak, OG

MOTM: Ijuha

Wellingborough Town put in a strong performance today to glide past Danesholm Vikings.

Kicking down the slope in the first half Wellingborough Town started well and took an early lead when an Ijuha cross was deflected into the Danesholm net.

Wellingborough had plenty of chances to increase this lead with Michael heading over, the keeper saving well from Ben and Ryan coming close on several occasions.

Wellingborough enjoyed considerable success on the left with Jack beating his man and creating lots of opportunities for the forwards.

Ijuha scored a further two goals to give Wellingborough a 3-0 lead at half time.

Danesholm came out the stronger after half time but Wellingborough were quick on the break.

Ryan scored after breaking clear of the defence and Ijuha completed his hat trick soon after.

Zak finished things off by tapping in a shot from Jack.

Danesholm never gave up and pulled one back towards the end.

Next Game: Away V Corby Hellenic Fisher (League Cup)
(Burghley Drive, Corby).

Sunday 07/10/2007
Earls Barton 2 - 0 Wellingborough Town

MOTM: Ijuha

Wellingborough Town had most of the possession during this game but could not find the net.

Earls Barton took the lead early on after the Wellingborough keeper saw the ball bounce over his head.

Earls Barton's possession came when their referee (a club member and not neutrally appointed) awarded numerous generous free kicks to break up the Wellingborough pressure. A Penalty was awarded by the referee from the half way line; Charlie Toon saved the penalty well

1-0 Earls Barton at Half Time.

Earls Barton relied on 'play acting' in the second half to waste as much time as possible, with the referee awarding a Barton free kick even when two of their own players collided with each other.

Wellingborough were never going to win this game with the most one sided refereeing I have seen in a long time. Every Wellingborough attack which offered any kind of penetration was blown up for some kind of infringement.

A second Earls Barton penalty (awarded from inside the Barton half!) secured the win.

The Wellingborough Town players can hold their heads up high and take pride in the knowledge that when we meet for the return fixture, an FA Qualified neutral referee will be used by the club.

Next Game: Away V Danesholme Vikings
(Motala Close, Danesholme Corby).

Sunday 30/9/2007
Wellingborough Town 2-1 Volta FC

Goal Scorers: Ijuha, Michael

MOTM: Brady

Wellingborough Town beat Volta FC in a good end to end game of football.

Wellingborough started the game slowly and were lucky to see a Volta goal disallowed for offside.

As the half went on Wellingborough grew stronger and took the lead on the stroke of half time through Ijuha.

1-0 Half Time.

Wellingborough started well in the second half with Michael putting Wellingborough ahead.

Volta came close several times but stand in Keeper Zak did very well in goal. Brady also helped out clearing from the line during a Volta corner.

Volta pulled one back through a penalty mid way through the second half.

2-1 Full time.

Sunday 23/9/2007
Grange United 3-3 Wellingborough Town

Goal Scorers: Ijuha, Matthew P, Ryan

MOTM: Kaise

A well contested game which ended in a fair 3-3 result.

Wellingborough Town started well with lots of possession. The Wellingborough back four of Jack, Brady, Kaise and Charlie held their line well to catch Grange offside time and time again.

After a good build up, Ijuha ran on to a good defence splitting ball from Ryan to beat the Keeper putting Wellingborough ahead.

0-1 at half time.

Grange came out in the second half and equalized 1-1. Soon after this Grange went ahead 2-1 after Wellingborough failed to clear their lines.

Wellingborough Town once again showed good spirit with a goal from Matthew, who found the net after and Ijuha cross / shot carried in the wind.

Straight from the KO Wellingborough Town took the initiative and Ryan put Wellingborough ahead with a well taken finish.

Grange Equalized late on to level a very good game.

Sunday 16/9/2007
Wellingborough Town 3-3 Great Doddington

Goal Scorers: Michael, Jack P, Ryan

MOTM: Team

An old football cliche but this really was game of two halves. having played many friendlies and one league game already, Great Doddington started the much brighter team, whilst Wellingborough Town were suffering from 1st day nerves and looked like eleven bunnies caught in headlamps.

Doddington looked like they were going to score with every attack with Wellingborough failing to carry out the basics of the game. Doddington eased into a 0-3 lead and matters were not helped when Jack and Brady limped off injured.

A glimmer of hope was offered just before half time when Ijuha beat the defence and crossed for Michael to tap home. 1-3 Half Time.

The second half was a totally different story. The centre back pairing of Raph and Kaise looked more comfortable and the fullback of Jack (playing his first game for Wellingborough) and Matthew more organized and determined.

The midfield was dominated by Ben and Charlie whilst Jack decided his injury wasn't quite so severe and caused problems on the left penetrating the Doddington defence. It was one such powerful run that gave Wellingborough the well deserved second when Jack lobbed the Keeper from Outside the box.

Jim came on for Michael on the right and Taylor for Matthew, all of whom had excellent games.

Ben was incorrectly judged to have been offside and slotted the ball home following a determined run.

Ryan finally scored the equalizer after being slotted the ball from the excellent Ijuha. He made no mistake in getting across the last defender and putting the ball home.

Wellingborough came close on several more occasions when the boys fitness really started to tell.

Many thanks to all of the parents and supporters who cheered the boys on.

Excellent come back, but we really should not have been three goals down to start off with.