Our U15s today beat Chippenham Town Youth 6-3 at Kingswood.

It was a fantastic performance by all the boys, with Jake Brady and Ayman Zaid making good debuts.

The whole team showed great fighting spirit to come back from two goals down after less than 10 minutes, to lead 3-2 at half time. Chris Day scored the first two goals, with Joe Pilgrim scoring the third to put the U15s in the lead at the break.

Soon after half-time, Chippenham equalised and the Larks’ self-belief wavered again, but they carried on battling and got their reward with a further two quick goals from Chris Day to go 5-3 up and make the game safe. Chris rounded off a great personal performance by scoring his fifth just before the end.

Though the goals were shared by just two of our players, every one of the boys was an important part of a great team performance. Jake Horwood and Dan Roberts played up front for much of the game and gave the opposition defenders a difficult time were occasionally unlucky to score. Joe Pilgrim and Dan Keevill both worked very hard in central midfield and had influential games. Josh White and Tom Dyke competed well in midfield and showed some nice touches. Unfortunately, Tom’s game was cut short when he received a bang on the knee. In defence, Matt Owen, Steve McGill, Russell Forster and Joe Payne all played really well, making tackle after tackle to win the ball or clear their lines. Matt Rabenda in goal also did well in goal, facing the best corners taken against the U15s by any team so far this season.

In the quest to maintain their status in the Green Division for 08-09, this was a really important win for the U15s and all the boys can feel proud of a great performance!!

Well done one and all - more of the same please in our next game!!

Best wishes, Tony U15s Coach