Tottenham Hotspur Ladies FC -

Under-14s reports 2003-04

Bonnie Cullinan lead the way with two goals, with Charmaine Goodwin scoring her first goal for the club. 

Emma Marshall and Rochelle Alexandra put in excellent performances at the heart of the Spurs defence.

Hitchin Town  1   Harpenden  4
Northwood  1    Hemel Hempstead  7
QPR v Buntingford - Postponed
St Albans Rangers  1    Denham United  7 

Buntingford  0    Hemel Hempstead  3
Harpenden  v  Denham United  -  postponed
Northwood  0    Hitchin Town  8

Free-scoring centre forward Bonnie Cullinan bagged a hat-trick with Kelly Farace supplying Tottenham's other goal.

Luton Town  10    St Albans Rangers  0
QPR  3    Denham United  1

Group A
Northwood  7    St. Albans Rangers  0

Group B
QPR v  Hemel Hempstead  - postponed
Hitchin Town  3    Harpenden  1

Group A
Denham United  -    Buntingford  -

Group B
Luton Town Belles  -    Harpenden  -
Hemel Hempstead  -    Hitchin Town  -

A good start to the game saw Tottenham take the lead after just six minutes, when Renee Johnson-Allen returned a cleared free-kick past the keeper with a fine drive.  Denham came back with a couple of opportunities, but failed to convert them as the Spurs defence stood firm.

In the 18th minute a right wing corner was headed onto the crossbar by Bonnie Cullinan and the ball fell invitingly for Lillie Chapman, but in trying to force the ball home as it came to her quickly, her knee took the ball back against the bar and away.

Renee hit another shot from distance that the keeper held well, shortly after she had to be spoken to by the referee for confronting Cullinan after a free kick had been awarded for the ball being kicked out of her hands.  Abi Hutchinson-McKay made a block in her own penalty area to stop a scramble developing into anything more, while Rochelle Alexandra was reading the Denham play well to intercept their balls into the danger areas.

Four minutes before the interval, a ball in from the right found a Denham player just five yards out and her drive beat Becky Williams save to tie the scores.  Shortly after the start of the second half, Denham took the lead.  A wind-assisted ball through the middle of the Tottenham back four ended with a shot past Becky although she again got a hand to it.

Spurs faced a lot of pressure as they battled against a strengthening wind, but in the tenth minute of the half, a break on the right wing by Jessica Richards produced a low ball into the six yard box, which the keeper could not hold and Jodie Smith was on the spot to tap the ball over the line to make it 2-2.

As the half went on, the play switched from end to end and it was Denham who got the next break, when the ball broke to one of their players and a low shot beat Williams to give Denham the lead again.  But Tottenham were not finished, as, straight from the kick off, they went up the other end and Bonnie Cullinan hit the bar with a shot from outside the area.  Unfortunately, it summed up the side's luck on the day and the visitors took the few chances their pressure produced, while Tottenham were left to reflect on the chances that went begging.

Group A
Buntingford  -    Northwood  -

Group B
Hitchin Town  -    Luton Town Belles  -
Harpenden  -    QPR  -

Lizzie De Asha was scorer of the Spurs consolation goal.

Buntingford Cougars  0    Northwood  9
Harpenden  1    Luton Town Belles  0
Hitchin Belles  6    Denham United  0

A first half goal by Kelly Farace put Spurs one up at the break and further goals followed after the interval from Bonnie Cullinan, another from Kelly Farace, Jessica Richards and Rebecca Williams.

League
Buntingford Cougars  0    Harpenden  13

Group A
St. Albans Rangers 0    Denham United  7

Group B
QPR  4    Hitchin Town  2
Hemel Hempstead  4    Luton Town Belles  0

QPR  5    Luton Town Belles  0

League Cup - Group A

Buntingford Cougars 1 v 3 St Albans Rangers
Denham United 4 v 0 Northwood

League Cup - Group B

Harpenden  0    Hemel Hempstead  0
Luton Town Belles  1    Queens Park Rangers  6

The ever-improving Charmaine Goodwin bagged a hat trick, with doubles from Kelly Farace and Rebecca Williams and a screamer from Lizzie Lodge.

Harpenden  3    Denham United  3

Group B

Hitchin Belles 1     Luton Town Belles  2
Queens Park Rangers v Hemel Hempstead - Postponed 

Bonnie Cullinan was on hot scoring form again bagging four goals, ably assisted by a Jessica Richards hat-trick and further goals from Lizzie Lodge and Lizzie De Asha wrapped up the result with the defence keeping a clean sheet. 

Spurs now meet QPR Ladies in the semi-final.