MATCH REPORTS
Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Grays
Athletic F.C. 0 v 1 Leyton F.C..
Sunday
20th January 2008
Another
frustrating game where the opposition set their stall out to close down
our game whilst trying to catch us on the counter attack. Like the Ilford
game we had the lions share of the match with plenty of chances being
ground out from the midfield battle.
However, it was not until the 60th minute that the breakthrough came for
Leyton when Randy Toto flicked on James Jaconelli's long throw into the
box for JACK COOK to react first by shooting
the ball past the helpless keeper to make it 0-1.
After that Grays came out fighting and played a much more attacking formation.
However, the boys from Leyton were rarely under any form of pressure throughout
this game and simply continued to play out the remainder of the match
as they had played all day.
Well
done Leyton!!!!!!
Not
pretty, but a very good win against a side who gave us one of our most
difficult challenges last year.
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Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Leyton
F.C. 0 v 0 Ilford F.C.
Sunday
6th January 2008
A good game
for the neutral but very frustrating if connected with Leyton.
To
say that this game was one sided would be an understatement, but Ilford
came with a game plan to contain and frustrate us and to some extent this
worked. However, there is no doubt in my mind that the two points we dropped
were simply due to a lack of composure in front of goal and a very good
performance from Jack Stone in goal for Ilford. To break down the game,
we must have had 70% of the play, with 34 shots, 7 corners and 5 free
kicks, against Ilford's 10 shots, 1 corner and 4 free kicks. We played
some really good football at times, but at other times we let ourselves
down with kick and rush panic football. Hopefully our lack of goals is
down to this being our first game since the 3rd December and a lack of
training over the Christmas period. Either way we will certainly have
to work harder on our shooting, as we could have easily been in to double
figures with at least 5 of our opportunities being virtual one on ones
with the keeper.
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London
F.A. Cup Third Round
Leyton
F.C. 8 v 1 Loass F.C.
Sunday
11th November 2007
In
form Leyton continued there impressive season with a massive 8-1 win against
Leyton Orients LOASS F.C. in the Third Round of the London F.A. Cup. Leyton
dominated the proceedings from start to finish and bagged a hat full of
goals from a range of different players. STEPHAN BRYAN
(2) PHILIP ROBERTS (2) JAMES JACONELLI,
RANDY TOTO, JACK COOK and VEDAT
EZEL. Goal Keepers Kevin Pambani and Reece Samuels were
excellent when called upon, but had little to do for the most part. Liam
Foster, Dominik Carter, Ryan Melaugh and George Cornhill were fantastic
in defence and rarely allowed LOASS in to their defending third. However
the central midfield trio of Josh Russell, Jack Cook and James Jaconelli
had the most work to do and did extremely well to control the game from
start to finish. Philip Roberts, Billy English and Ife Ogunbayo kept LOASS
busy down the flanks, whilst strikers Randy Toto, Stephen Bryan, Aron
Wickham and Vedat Ezel kept the LOASS back line firmly in check throughout.
This fine performance extended Leyton winning streak to eight straight
wins in all competitions and leaves them going in to the quarter finals
on the 2nd December as the only team left in the competition from East
London and Essex.
Manager
Derwent was delighted with the performance, but said that their great
start to the season had attracted the interests of a number of professional
clubs and he now fears that he could lose up to 6 or 7 players to academy
trials before the next round and will be holding a number of open trials
over the coming weeks. Anyone who is interested in gaining a trial should
contact Derwent directly on 020 8500 0601.
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Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Leyton
F.C. 4 v 1 Sawbridgeworth F.C.
Sunday
4th November 2007
This
was a good game, played in the right spirit by two sides looking to play
football in the right way, whilst competing well with each other.
However, Leyton are very much in form at the moment and took control of
the game early with a 2-0 goal lead through PHILIP ROBERTS.
Sawbridgeworth managed to snatch a goal back shortly before half time
with a wonder strike from some distance outside of the area to make it
2-1 at the break.
When the second half opened Leyton immediately regained full control scoring
an early goal through LIAM FOSTER. Liam finished
from close range off the keeper to make it 3-1, following an excellent
save by the keeper from his initial header .
STEPHEN BRYAN then rounded the day off with
a well take strike past the advancing keeper to make the final score 4-1
and maintain Leyton's current superb record of 7 wins from 7 games.
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Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Leyton
F.C. 6 v Chelmsford CityF.C.
Sunday
13th October 2007
Leyton
FC continued their excellent start to this seasons U14 Eastern Junior
Alliance League campaign, with an emphatic 6-1 win over Chelmsford City
FC.
Leyton
were always the dominant side in this encounter, but Chelmsford came to
do battle, and battle they did.
This
was not an easy win for Leyton and it took an excellent cross from Randy
Toto for Leyton to open the scoring as Philip Roberts headed home to make
it 1-0.
Shortly
after, confusion in the Leyton defense enabled Chelmsford to snatch a
goal back from close range and as the half came to a close, Kevin Pambani
pulled off an outstanding one handed save to ensure the half time score
remained at 1-1.
When
the second half opened Chelmsford tried hard to take the game to Leyton
and hit the post early on. For the next 10 or so minutes the game was
fairly even until James Jaconelli latched on to a Billy English through
ball to round the keeper and slot the ball home to make it 2-1.
Within
minutes James Jaconelli turned provider with and excellent reverse cross,
which Randy Toto did extremely well to finish first time with the outside
of his right boot to make it 3-1.
Arron
Wickham then picked out Randy Toto again and as he received the ball on
the edge of the six yard box, he jinked and turned to shoot past the Chelmsford
keeper making it 4-1.
Then
Randy Toto completed his hat trick by neatly slotting past the advancing
keeper as Liam Foster fed the ball in to his run to make it 5-1.
Then
James Jaconelli rounded off the day with an outstanding individual goal
after receiving the ball from Jack Cook on the half way line, he flicked
the ball over the head of the last defender, out ran him to the edge of
the 18 yard box before chipping the ball up over the advancing Chelmsford
keeper and in to the back of the net, making the final score 6-1.
However,
the score line does not reflect the game. Chelmsford gave a very good
account of themselves and had it not been for some outstanding defending
from Liam Foster, Dominik Carter and Ryan Melaugh, plus the outstanding
goal keeping of Kevin Pambani, the score might well have been different.
Leyton
FC
Kevin Pambani, Dominik Carter, Ryan Melaugh, Liam Foster, Ashley Augustin,
Josh Russell, Jack Cook, James Jaconelli, Billy English, Ife Ogunbayo,
Stephen Bryan, Randy Toto, Arron Wickham, Jo Obersteller, Philip Roberts.
Manager Derwent Jaconelli.
Scorers
– Randy Toto 3, James Jaconelli 2, Philip Roberts 1
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LONDON
FA U14 CUP SECOND ROUND
LEYTON F.C. 19 V 0 WALTHAM FOREST UTD F.C.
Sunday30th
September 2007
Waltham
Forrest United FC proved to be no mach for in form Leyton, who dominated
the proceeding from start to finish. In fact, Leyton enjoyed so much early
possession that it was only ever going to be a matter of time before the
goals started to come and when they did, some of them were of the highest
order.
James
Jaconelli scored 6 and assisted 1, Arron Wickham scored 4 and assisted
3, Josh Russell scored 2 and assisted 2, Philip Roberts scored 2 and assisted
2, Randy Toto scored 1 and assisted 4, Stephen Bryan scored 1 and assisted
2, Ryan Melaugh scored 1 and assisted 2, Ashley Augustin scored 1, Ife
Ogunbayo scored 1 and assisted 2 and Jack Cook assisted 1.
Kevin
Pambani had little to do in goal, and although Billy English, Liam Foster,
Jack Cook and Dominic Carter did not score, but they were all fully involved
in the build up play to over half the goals scored.
Leyton
produced what can only be described as an outstanding all round team performance
to continue their run of form, 4 wins in 4 games, and the most pleasing
thing of all is that when they were winning 10-0, they retained their
shape by holding their positions and remaining composed and in control
at all times.
Goal
scorers
J
Jaconelli (6) A Wickham (4) J Russell (2) P Roberts (2) R Toto (1) S Bryan
(1)
R Melaugh (1) A Augustin (1) I Ogunbayo (1)
Next
round of the Cup is Sunday 21 October 2007 (Draw Wed 3rd October)
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Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Leyton
F.C. 1-0 Grays Athletic F.C.
Sunday
23rd September 2007
Grays
came on strong for the first 5-10 minutes, but once Leyton had withered
the initial storm, they began to control the game. Leyton never had it
all their own way as Grays put up a remarkable fight to take the game
into the half time break at 0-0.
When
the second half opened Leyton were still buoyant and again took the game
to Grays, however Grays worked very hard and did well to counter on the
break on a number of occasions.
But
with 10 minutes remaining a clever flick from James Jaconelli allowed
Randy Toto the space and time to pick out the run of Arron Wickham , who
did not disappoint by neatly slipping the ball past the advancing keeper
to make it 1-0.
Grays
worked hard to try and salvage a point, but Leyton remained composed and
in control to take all three points.
That
win makes it 9 points from 3 games and takes Leyton to the top of the
Eastern Junior Alliance League.
Leyton
are back in action next Sunday 30 September when they face Waltham Forest
United in the London FA Cup. Ko 1500
Leyton
F.C.
Kevin Pambani, Reecs Samuel, Domenic Carter, Ryan Melaugh, Billy English,
Jack Cook, James Jaconelli, Ashley Augustin, Ife Ogunbayo, Stephen Bryan,
Randy Toto, Philip Roberts, Josh Russell, Arron Wickham, Robbie Rees,
George Cornhill.
Manager Derwent Jaconelli.
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Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Maldon Town F.C. 2 v 3 Leyton F.C.
Sunday
16th September 2007
Leyton
FC’s newly formed U14 Eastern Junior Alliance squad has got off
to a flying start with back to back wins over Ilford FC at home and Maldon
Town FC away, giving the boys maximum points from their first two games
Goals
from Dominik Carter, Ryan Melaugh, Randy Toto and James Jaconelli all
helped to seal the two victories in what is generally regarded as the
highest standard of competitive league football at this age.
Leyton
dominated both games with some outstanding individual performances from
a number of talented players. Stephen Bryan was always a threat up front
and even though he did not score, he was involved in much of the play
and linked up well with Randy Toto who was a constant threat.
The
midfield of Billly English, Philip Roberts, Jack Cook, James Jaconelli,
Ife Ogunbayo, Josh Russell and Ashley Augustin, had complete control of
both games and produced many opportunities for their team mates.
Leyton
defended well a team, but a special mention has to go to Liam Foster,
Domenic Carter, Ryan Melaugh and Joe Obersteller who were all outstanding
when called upon, as were both goalkeepers, Kevin Pambani and Reece Samuels.
In fact, both had to pull off one or two crucial saves to keep Leyton
in each game during brief periods of pressure.
Manager
Derwent is delighted with the start that his team has made and has put
some of the success down to a pre-season trip to Malta, where the boys
played friendly matches against local academy sides and the Maltese National
Team in the National centenary Stadium.
The
boys lost 6-1 to Malta and 4-2 to Hibernians; however, once the boys got
used to the 35 degree touchline temperatures, they managed to beat Hibernians
3-2 in a return match.
All
in the entire trip was a fantastic occasion for all of the boys and when
you consider that the Maltese National Team recently drew matches 2-2
with Italy and 1-1 with France, you have to say that the boys did extremely
well.
Leyton
FC U14’s are back in action this coming Sunday 23 September 2007
versus Grays Athletic FC at the Leyton Stadium in Lea Bridge Road. Full
details of this fixture can be found on the club web site, www.leytonfc.co.uk
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Eastern
Junior Alliance - South Central U14
Leyton F.C. 2-1 Ilford F.C.
Sunday
9th September 2007
Leyton
U14’s got off to a good start in what was their very first match
at the Leyton Stadium.
As
the match opened Ilford seemed to want to take immediate control, but
Leyton remained composed and soon began to pass the ball well, creating
a number of opportunities.
The
match was well competed by both teams, however, the boys from Leyton had
the lions share of possession with Jaconelli, Toto,, Bryan, English, Augustin
and Cook, all having good opportunities to put the home side ahead. In
fact, had the finishing been better, and had the Ilford keeper not had
such a good game, Leyton could well have gone in to the half time break
2 or 3 goals in front.
However,
the breakthrough eventually came on 30m after a sustained period of pressure
produced a corner kick, and as the ball dropped in to the box, Carter
was first to react and flick the ball in to the back of the net passed
the advancing keeper and defender, to send the home side in to the break
with a 1-0 advantage.
Both
teams made changes to their second half line up, but it was Ilford who
started strongest and within 5 minutes had forced a corner which they
too managed to convert to level the score at 1-1. But Leyton soon resumed
control of the match and again began to work the Ilford keeper.
Leyton
were then hit with a couple of injuries and had to make further changes.
However, both replacement players did extremely well to catch the pace
of the game early were both fully involved and played a lage role in the
remainder of the game.
With
10m remaining Leyton were still applying pressure, but still finding it
hard to break down Ilford‘s solid defence keeper. Then out of the
blue, Melaugh let fly with a speculative lob shot from almost the half
way line and as the keeper looked to have save it, the ball spun into
the roof of the net to give Leyton a 2-1 advantage.
Ilford
tried hard to recover from this, but could not find a way through Leyton’s
midfield and defence and to make matters even more difficult for them,
as Leyton regained possession, they attacked in numbers forcing Ilford
to get back and defend.
As
the final whistle blew, the boys from Leyton were jubilant to have achieved
a winning start to this very competitive campaign and against a good Ilford
side.
Manager,
Derwent Jaconelli, was thrilled by the performance and overall composure
of his team, who showed great ability and maturity in their approach.
Leyton
FC
Kevin
Pambani (GK) Reece Samuel (GK) Dominik Carter, Ryan Melaugh, Ashley Augustin,
Jack Cook, Ife Ogunbayo, Philip Roberts, Liam Foster, Randy Toto, James
Jaconelli, Stephen Bryan, Josh Russell, Billy English, Joe Oberstellar,
Robbie Rees.
Manager Derwent Jaconelli.
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