Youth football: Top spot is going to the Chapel

Northchapel 4 Pagham 1

Northchapel went

second in the league after a convincing 4-1 victory over Pagham Youth.

Dominic Groves opened the scoring with a penalty and Liam Kitchener scored a brilliant header to double Chapel’s lead.

Groves got his second from a corner and Archie Challen’s solo goal made it 4-0 to Chapel.

Although Pagham pulled back a consolation goal in the second half, Chapel remained strong throughout to seal an excellent result. Man of the match was Dean Bicknell.

NORTHCHAPEL: Meritt-Smith, Bicknell, Biggs, Carr, Clayton, Thorpe, Taylor, Groves, Kitchener, Thornley, Poste, Challen, Banting.

UNDER-15

Regis 2000 8

Wick Dynamos Juniors 2

This win was not as emphatic as the scoreline suggests and Wick put in a gutsy performance.

In wet and heavy conditions, Regis took the lead midway through the first half with a well-taken goal from Ben Haines.

Livewire Billy Stevens added two before half-time with the visitors looking threatening on the break.

In the second half, with the pitch cutting up rapidly, Regis added to the score through Ryan Barratt and Michael Charman.

Wick replied with a deflected shot but that was followed by two more for the home side from Charman and Stevens, the latter completing a deserved hat-trick to cap an excellent individual performance.

Wick scored another consolation with a cracking shot before Dan Watson completed the scoring for Regis, who also missed two penalties.

REGIS: Tribe, Gonzalez, Marland, Shea, Charles, Haines, Barratt, Parham, Vandriel, Stevens, Watson, Charman.

Oakwood Youth 8

Pagham Youth 3

Pagham came up against a very strong side in Oakwood and were under pressure from very early on.

But against the run of play, Pagham took the lead on 15 minutes when Luke Vincent smashed home from the edge of the area.

Oakwood equalised not long after and then got a second to go in at the break 2-1 up.

In the second half, Pagham were put under pressure straight away and it wasn’t long before they found themselves 6-1 behind – but to their credit they kept battling and reduced the deficit with goals from Charlie McLinden and Curtis Poole before Oakwood scored twice more to seal victory.

PAGHAM: Carter, Lane, Gosbee, Southerton, C Richardson, Guimaraes, Poole, Collino, Edwards, Vincent, McLinden, Matthews, W Richardson.

Pagham Youth 0

Bourne Spts A 0

The result was probably a fair reflection of the game as the teams were evenly matched in all departments.

Bourne had the early pressure but Pagham grew more confident and were more than a match for their opponents in the first half.

In the second half Pagham created numerous chances but couldn’t find the net.

Pagham defender Johnny Gosbee had an outstanding game. Each side had a great chance to win in the final few minutes.

PAGHAM: Carter, Lane, Gosbee, Southerton, Strachan, Poole, Collino, Edwards, Vincent, Guimaraes, McLinden, Matthews, Palmer.