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Under-10's Whites reports 2005-06

The Under 10 Whites kicked off their first ever game on Saturday when an excellent 8-0 friendly victory over Harvesters. 

From the off, Tottenham played an excellent passing game and were ahead after two minutes through a well taken goal by Alison Hastings-Woodward.  

Georgia Miller then went onto be the star of the show scoring five goals and working tirelessly throughout. 

The defence of goalkeeper Naomi Coulson, Kayla Miles, Rhiannon Bassett and Kathleen Jackson were resolute throughout and built a series of plays from the back.  Captain Tara Sandford was the engine in midfield and also bagged two goals in the progress whilst Evie Rose, Kitty Chapman and Jacqueline McLucas were a constant threat from wide midfield positions.  

An encouraging opening performance.

GLENN WEAVER

Spurs Under-10s ran out 3-0 winners in a Cup tie between two sides both playing their first competitive match.

Spurs played well in the opening exchanges, with Georgia Miller lively in attack, but having two efforts go wide and two others well saved by the Denham keeper. The visiting keeper was very busy, as she also made two good stops from Hannah Fenton-Burgess and Georgia again.  Spurs made the breakthrough in the 22nd minute though.  A corner kick was worked short from Evie Rose to Hannah, who cut inside into the right hand corner of the area and unleashed a shot that flew through some defenders and past the keeper to give Spurs the lead.

The lead was doubled inside the first minute of the second half, when captain Tara Sandford found Hannah upfield and she set up Georgia to hit the second goal.  Once more the keeper did well to intercept a square pass from Hannah that had Georgia waiting to put the ball into the net.  Fourteen minutes into the second half, Georgia Miller took the ball through the middle of the Denham defence and shot home to make the score 3-0.  

Hannah had three good chances to score, but was wide with one, was denied by the goalie and saw the other opportunity touched onto the post by the keeper.  Denham were not restricted to their own half and broke out in the second half to bring Kayla Miles and Rhiannon Bassett into action to stop them threatening Kitty Chapman's goal.

A pleasing win for the Whites, with a good amount of passing in the game and some very good finishing, while the defence held firm, even when Rhiannon had to leave the field for a short while.  It was a good game and Denham never gave up at any time in the match.

The Under 10 Whites put on a first class show in winning 12-1 at Bedwell Rangers in the Chairman's Cup on Saturday.

Evie Rose showed she is improving with every game, in what was an excellent all round team display, the goalscoring ability of Georgia Miller with eight goals ably supported by the ever improving Hannah Fenton-Burgess with four goals shone through.

GLENN WEAVER

Despite a 7-0 defeat to Luton Town Belles, the Under 10 Whites progressed through to the next phase of the Chairman's Cup on Saturday.

With only six players fit for the game, Spurs put up a brave show with reserve keeper Evie Rose making several good saves.  Defender Kayla Miles was the Spurs player of the match for her strong battling performance throughout.

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The Under 10's played their first HFGL league game Saturday and came out solid 3-0 winners against Buntingford Cougars, with the fixture marking the debuts of Tyesha Charles and Christie Page.

The Spurs goal-scorers were Georgia Miller 2 and Hannah Fenton-Burgess, while Tara Sandford was the Spurs Player of the Match for her excellent midfield performance in a game that saw Spurs dominate, but with the Cougars putting up a good performance.

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Garston Ladies  0     Hitchin Town Belles  3     
Enfield Town Ladies  0     Tottenham Hotspur Blues  5     

The Under 10s Whites maintained their 100% league record with a 1-0 victory over Hitchin Town Belles.

Spurs build up play was excellent from the start, but they found it extremely hard to get behind a well-disciplined Hitchin defence.  It wasn't until midway through the first half that Spurs took the lead when Hannah Fenton-Burgess crossed back for Georgia Miller to tuck the ball away.

Hitchin came out more attack minded in the second half, but the Spurs defence held strong to maintain the 1-0 advantage to the end.  Kathleen Jackson was the Spurs Player of the Match for her polished defensive performance.

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Tottenham Hotspur Blues  7     Denham United Wildcats  0     
Buntingford Cougars  0     Luton Town Belles  6    

Georgia Miller finished off four super goals as the Under 10 Whites maintained their unbeaten league run against Garston Ladies with a 6-1 victory.

Either side of Georgia's four goals, captain Tara Sandford and Hannah Fenton-Burgess grabbed the first and last goals respectively.

Kathleen Jackson was joint Player of the Match with Georgia Miller for a solid performance in the Spurs midfield / defence.

GLENN WEAVER

Tottenham Hotspur Blues  7     Buntingford Cougars  0     
Denham United Wildcats  0     Luton Town Belles  2    

A good performance by the Spurs Ladies Under-10 Whites was not enough to stem the tide as Luton Town Belles ran out winners in this HGFL match.

Having lost 0-7 earlier in the season, Spurs were keen to prove that was a result of them being under-strength and within four minutes they took the lead when Tara Sandford forced the keeper to save and Hannah Fenton-Burgess was alert to knock the rebound over the diving keeper into the net.

The lead lasted just three minutes, with a Luton player converting a returned clearance past Kitty Chapman.  Another three minutes and another Luton goal arrived to give them the lead.  A break left Kitty unprotected and the ball beat her attempt to stop it and went into the net.  Luton were pressing forward and having rounded Kitty, a Luton forward must have thought she had scored, but a saving tackle by Rhiannon Bassett prevented Tottenham going further behind.  Another good chance for Luton saw Georgia Miller helping out back in defence making a clearance, just as one of the Belles looked favourite to score.

Right on half-time, Luton could have gone further ahead, but when a shot came back off a post, the ball fell to a Luton player in front of an open goal, but their shot went over the bar.

Spurs regrouped at the break and in the second half passed the ball better.  A good move involving Hannah, Georgia and Tara ended with the captain hitting a shot just wide of the post.  Against the run of play in this half, Luton took a throw-in and the ball ended up in the net with a shot off the post to make it 1-3.

Christie Page was putting in some hard work in midfield and had a shot well-saved by the keeper and Kathleen Jackson also tested the Luton goalie with a long shot.  With time running out, Spurs pushed to get back into the game with Georgia making a run from her own half and at the end of it, she fired her shot only just off target.  

As the seconds ticked away, Luton broke again to take a shot from a narrow angle that left Kitty beaten to hand Luton a 1-4 win, which was a little hard on the Spurs team, who made a good effort against a sound Luton side.

Garston Ladies  P    Tottenham Hotspur Blues  P     
Buntingford Cougars  0      Denham United Wildcats  4     
Hitchin Town Belles  0     Enfield Town Ladies  4     

The Under 10's won a thrilling 4-3 victory over Denham United Wildcats in the HGFL on Saturday.

Denham started the stronger of the two sides and were only kept at bay by the goalkeeping of Kitty Chapman and defenders Rhiannon Bassett and Kayla Miles. 

Spurs took the lead through an excellent solo run from Georgia Miller midway through the first half.

In the second half, Spurs started brightly and went into a three nil lead from goals from Miller and Hannah Fenton-Burgess. However, Denham quickly came back into the game to reduce the arrears to two.  A well taken goal by Fenton Burgess put Spurs back into a 4-1 lead before Denham United put a great fight in the closing stages with a further two goals.

An excellent game by both sides, well refereed and play in a great spirit.
Spurs would also like to thank Denham for their hospitality on the day. It was much appreciated.

GLENN  WEAVER

Hitchin Town Belles  0     Tottenham Hotspur Blues  6     
Luton Town Belles  7    Garston Ladies  1     
Enfield Town Ladies  3      Buntingford Cougars  0