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Under-15s reports 2004-05

The Under 15's recorded an excellent 5-1 away win against Belmont United Ladies in the HGFL.

A double strike by Bonnie Cullinan put Spurs 2-0 up early in the first half before Belmont scrambled a goal into the Spurs net just before the break to get back into the game.  

However, Spurs dominated the second half with midfielder Kelly Farace striking home two goals from the edge of the box plus a well taken goal from substitute Sam Garner sealing an excellent victory.

Buntingford Cougars  1    Denham United  15
Harpenden  1     Queens Park Rangers  3
Hemel Hempstead  2    Chesham United 1
Luton Town Belles  8    Northwood  0
St Albans Rangers  0    Princes Park  3

Second half substitute Julia Colley bagged a second half hat-trick as the Under 15's put in a top performance against an experienced Harpenden side in the HGFL.

Spurs started the game in bright form and were 2-0 in the first seven minutes through goals from Jessica Richards and Renee Johnson-Allen.  Colley opened her account just after the break to put Spurs 3-0 up before a determined fight back saw Harpenden score twice, but it was Colley who steady the ship scoring twice more to complete her hat-trick in the closing stages.

Denham United  2    Belmont United  1
Northwood  11    Buntingford Cougars  0
Princes Park  1    Chesham United  8
St Albans Rangers  0    Hemel Hempstead  15

The Under 15's continued their unbeaten run with an excellent 4-2 victory over Chesham United Ladies in the HGFL.  

Bonnie Cullinan opened the scoring after 10 minutes following up after a good save from the Chesham keeper.

Chesham then caught Spurs asleep before the break and took a 2-1 lead going into the break.  After the break, Spurs lifted their game again and a brace from Bonnie Cullinan put Spurs back in the lead and completed her hat-trick.  

Renee Johnson-Allen completed the scoring with a sizzling 25 yard volley to see Spurs run out 4-2 winners.

Belmont United  1    Hemel Hempstead  5
Buntingford Cougars  3    Princes Park  2
Harpenden  12    St Albans Rangers  0
Luton Town Belles  6    Denham United  2
Queens Park Rangers  15    Charlton Pinnacle Scholars  0

In a scrappy game of few chances, the U15's kept their undefeated record intact with a 0-0 draw against Harpenden in the HGFL.

The Under 15's proved the comeback kids this weekend after coming back from a 3-0 half time deficit to win 4-3 over previously unbeaten Hemel Hempstead Girls. 

After a lack lustre first half peppered with Spurs defensive errors, manager Alex Fearon's half time team talk kicked Spurs back into life.  The key to Spurs success were a series of excellent corner kicks from Bonnie Cullinan that Spurs converted through Lillie Chapman, Jessica Richards and Julia Colley.  

It was left to Renee Johnson-Allen to put Spurs in front within five minutes to go and the girls held on despite a late Hemel rally to remain unbeaten in the HGFL.

A goal-filled game saw Spurs move on in style with a crushing win over Denham United, who valiantly made a game of it right to the end.

It took only five minutes for Bonnie Cullinan to open the scoring with a neat turn and shot into the top left hand corner out fo the keeper's reach and then soon after rasped a shot just past the post.  On 13 minutes, Denham dragged themselves back into the game with a scrambled goal from a corner.

Becky Williams saved a firm shot on the quarter of an hour, but stood no hope of the long shot that gave Denham the lead.  They hit the post in their next attack, but were pegged back in the 22nd minute, when Bonnie drilled home a shot from the edge of the box.

Two minutes later and Tottenham's great offensive play paid dividends to take the lead through Jessica Richards fine shot.  And the play was almost repeated a minute later with Bonnie putting Jessica through to finish in style to make it 4-2.  Four became five on 27 minutes, with Renee Johnson-Allen firing a trademark bullet shot home form outside the box, leaving the United keeper helpless.

Becky made two good saves - one at the feet of a Denham forward and another from a volley from six yards out, as the visitors threw everything at Spurs.

Spurs started the second half the way they had played the first and knocking the ball about confidently, they brought a double save from the visiting keeper from Kelly Farace and Bonnie in the first minute, but soon Denham narrowed the margin with a fifth minute goal.

Halfway through the half, Denham brought it back to 5-4 and they realised they might be in with a chance fo getting something from the game.  However, Spurs stepped up another gear and put together some flowing moves to force Denham back.

A scramble from a corner saw the keeper deny Rochelle Alexandra and then the same player and Julia Colley were thwarted by defending blocks from a free-kick.  Becky was called upon to tip a straightforward shot over the top and then Spurs drew away from their opponents.  A loose ball on the edge of the area was met with a pile-driver of a shot from Renee on 73 minutes, that almost ripped a hole in the net to make the score 6-4.

Julia Colley was running the Denham defence ragged and her right wing cross was touched past the keeper for the seventh Spurs goal and Bonnie's hat-trick in the last minute.  Then the goal of the game, with a neat move featuring a back-heel from Renee to Julia, who raced away, avoiding a despairing lunge from a Denham defender, to rifle a shot past the goalie for a very well-worked goal.

With the game well into injury time, Denham grabbed a consolation fifth, but the Spurs girls were well satisfied with their win against a team who were determined to get something out of the game.  Manager Alex Fearon said, "I was pleased that the team played with some excellent passing moves in the 'Tottenham Way', which is success with style." 

Spurs picked up in the second half and had a few good breakthroughs on the QPR goal.  We had to wait until a late corner which Julia Colley bundled into their goal to get on the score sheet. 

It was a tough physical game which left the QPR goalie replaced with a dislocated shoulder and saw two Spurs defenders with injuries.  The team put up a good fight chasing the game especially in the first half, but lacked the confidence shown in previous games.

A wake up call for the U15's after enjoying their recent success, but then there's always the away game ...

Neil Marshall

It took two minutes for Tottenham to open the scoring with Bonnie Cullinan driving the ball past the Charlton keeper.  Although Spurs had the numerical advantage of ten players against Charlton's eight, they did not make it pay in the first half, with only a couple of shots wide and a drive over the bar from Rochelle Alexandra after being set up by Julia Colley to show for their possession.

Manager Alex Fearon's half time team talk did the trick and the players passed the ball a lot better in the second half to make the possession tell.

Two minutes into the second half, Julia's shot was saved and Bonnie hit a right wing cross from the rebound that the keeper carried over the line to make it 2-0.  Three minutes later and it was three, with Julia played in down the left channel to drill the ball home low into the corner of the net.

Sam Garner pounced on a loose ball in the goalmouth, as the defence left it for each other to clear and fired home number four in the ninth minute of the half.  Renee Johnson-Allen slotted a through ball to Bonnie two minutes later for her to slide the ball past the keeper as she came out to make it 5-0.

Charlton still tried to attack the Tottenham goal, but found Renee in the way and Lizzie Lodge made some good saves as stand-in keeper.  This laid the foundations for the girls to play a bit and when Lizzie De Asha exchanged passes with Julia on the left wing, she ran half the length of the pitch and finished clinically past the goalie to score a memorable 57th minute goal.

Renee got in on the act on the hour, when she received a goal-kick from the Charlton keeper and rammed a pocket shot past her to take the score to 7-0.  The eighth was scored by Renee again when the keeper dropped a Sam cross at her feet a minute later and in the 64th minute, Sam notched the next goal when her initial shot came back off the post, but she was fast enough to respond and slot home at the near post.

With time running out, Spurs continued to press forward and were rewarded with four goals in the last eight minutes.  Bonnie completed her hat-trick with a cool finish after being put through the middle by Renee, then Sam got her treble with a goal snaffled from an intercepted back-pass with five minutes left.

A left wing corner was swung directly into the net by Julia in the 77th minute and the scoring spree was completed by Sam Garner's fourth, when she broke down the right wing, won a tackle with the keeper and put the bal in from a narrow angle wide on the right.

Spurs had the ability to use the space and the extra two players, but it took until the second half when the Charlton girls ran out of steam for the Tottenham side to make the most of that advantage.

The girls found themselves 1-0 down to the visitors soon after the start, but fought their way back to claim a famous Cup win thanks to goals from Bonnie Cullinan and Jessie Richards.

With league points at stake, Hemel made the most of home advantage and pushed Spurs back from the start.  Their determination was matched by the Tottenham girls but on the day the play went Hemel’s way and they ran out 2-1 winners, despite Renee Johnson-Allen's firmly struck goal, leaving Tottenham to contest the race for second place behind QPR.