Yellows Captain Jack Hutchinson secured all 3 points for Gonerby Yellows, scoring his first goal of the season when he converted a penalty in the second half of a tight Friday night game out at Colsterworth - their final league game of the 2007/08 season.
The Gonerby management team had set the Yellows the target of winning their last 4 games of the season, and following 3 straight wins confidence was high, but this was going to be a tough last game as they had never beaten Colsterworth in any of their previous league games in the last 3 seasons.
Colsterworth started the brighter, putting Gonerby under pressure for the first 10 minutes but their defence held firm with Man of the match goalkeeper Jake 'safehands' Dowling, and Josh Hubbard helping Jack Hutchinson to steady the ship. Gonerby slowly picked up the pace, and started to match Colsterworths battling spirit, and scored first when
Sam Angeloni. Colsterworth came back quickly to equalise, but the yellows were now in the grove with Oliver Hutchinson Elliott Brown and James Carter passing the ball well, to create an opportunity for Sam Rose to weave through the Colsterworth defence to make it 2-1. Colsterworth again came back to equalise, but Gonerby continued to battle with Elliot Hutchinson leading the line well, and Will Mayer back on to tidy things up in midfield. After the penalty,
Colsterworth went looking again for a third equaliser, but Jake Dowling was in great form between the posts and kept any efforts the home team had out, for the Yellows to finish the season in fourth place.
The Yellows coaches,Steve, George & Andy would like to thank the boys for all their efforts this season, and look forward to taking them forward into the eleven a-side league next year.

Squad : Dowling (MoM), J.Hutchinson (1), E.Hutchinson, Mayer, Hubbard, Brown, Rose (1), O.Hutchinson Carter, Angeloni (1)

Gonerby completed their home fixtures and extended their winning run to 3 games with a fine performance against Bingham Reds. Bingham started brightly, creating some good opportunities, but the Yellows defence held firm with joint man of the match Josh Hubbard taking the game to Bingham, with some strong tackling, running and distribution. Gonerby started to string some good passes together, with Oliver Hutchinson pulling the strings in midfield, alongside James Carter, which eventually lead to Sam Angeloni latching on to a pass, and slotting the first goal past the Bingham keeper.
Gonerby continued on the front foot, and finally got a second goal at the end of the half when Elliott Brown
fired in a long range effort into the roof of the Bingham net.
After the turn-around Gonerby continued on the attack, with Will Mayer and Elliot Hutchinson coming close, but it was joint Man of the Match Sam Rose who capped off a fine individual performance, with a great dribble and shot for the Yellows third. Gonerby then shuffled things around, bringing Jake Dowling out of goal to play in midfield, with Captain Jack Hutchinson moving up front as striker. Gonerby's final goal came from another corner with Josh Hubbard pouncing on a loose ball to turn and fire in from close range to leave the final score 4 nil to the yellows.

Squad : Dowling, J.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, Mayer, Hubbard (1, MoM), Brown (1)
Rose (1, MoM), Angeloni (1), Carter

Grantham Youth Football League U10's : Cranwell 0 v 3 Gonerby Yellows

Gonerby Yellows travelled to Cranwell for their first game for sometime, hoping to continue the great
form they showed last time out when beating Ketton. The opening period of the game was well contested
with both sides trying to get the upper hand, but Gonerby began to build up the pressure based upon the solid defensive trio of Jack Hutchinson, Josh Hubbard & keeper and joint man of the match Jake Dowling.
Playing with the wind, Elliot Hutchinson came close a couple of times when he got on the end of long
balls from Hubbard & Dowling, but a great passing move involving Mayer, Angeloni and E Hutchinson resulted in a corner, from which after a spell of pinball Sam Angeloni was on hand to slot in the opening goal.
Gonerby then changed their midfield, and after the turnaround Elliott Brown latched onto a kick from the
Cranwell keeper to hit it back past him to increase Gonerby's lead. With joint Man of the Match James Carter running the midfield and Sam Rose showing great skill down the wing, Oliver Hutchinson headed the Yellows third, following a great cross from Angeloni. Both teams continued to compete, but Gonerby's superior numbers began to tell in the final minutes, but Cranwell showed great spirit never giving up. The match ended with Gonerby 3 nil winners.

Gonerby: Carter (MoM), Mayer, Hubbard, Brown (1), J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson (1),
Angeloni (1), Rose, Dowling (MoM).

In a really tight and competitive game played in a great spirit by both teams, Gonerby came
out winners when joint man of the match Elliot Hutchinson stabbed home from close range,
from his brother Oliver's header, which came from a superb cross by Elliot Brown.
Yellows started well, with a new defensive pairing of Jack Hutchinson and (joint man of the match)
Josh Hubbard stopping the Ketton attacks and building a foundation for Brown, Sam Rose and
Sam Angeloni to build on. The inclusion of Will Mayer & James Carter gave Hubbard the chance to push forward,
and Carter himself came close to opening the scoring with a fine long range shot.
Jake Dowling was in good form between the posts, saving anything Ketton could throw at him, and with
15 minutes to go Gonerby scored and held on until the final whistle to record a home victory.

Gonerby Squad : Dowling, Mayer, Rose, Hubbard (MoM), E.Hutchinson (MoM, 1), O.Hutchinson,
J.Hutchinson, Brown, Angeloni, Carter

Who would be a football manager? A question I asked myself after the Yellows suffered their worst league defeat ever on Sunday at home to Barrowby Kites. In a mirror of the Manchester United v Arsenal cup tie the night before, only one team was interested in competing in this game - unfortunately this was not Gonerby (Arsenal), who fell behind after less than a minute, and were two down before 5 minutes were up. Barrowby's attacking was clinical, while Gonerby offered little in reply and it was no surprise when Barrowby scored three more goals before half-time to lead 5-0.
A shake up in the Gonerby ranks had little effect in the second half, with Barrowby going further ahead with two more goals, before Gonerby finally managed to exert some pressure and get some passing going, ending in Elliott Brown finding the net following a strong run and shot from the right wing.
Barrowby finished the scoring with their eighth goal.
After this performance, Gonerby can only get better - I hope !
Gonerby : Dowling, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, Rose, Carter, Mayer, Hubbard, Angeloni, Brown (1)

Sometimes the roll of the dice are with you, sometimes you could play all day and not get a double six. So it was for Gonerby Yellows when they travelled to Ketton this week only to come away with little for all their effort and pressure on the Ketton goal.
Playing up the slope and against the wind in the first half, the home team started brightly with Gonerby showing little urgency in the tackle or for the ball, and had keeper Jake 'safe hands' Dowling to thank for keeping them in the game, but eventually they fell behind when the Ketton pressure finally paid off. This seemed to be the trigger
Gonerby needed and following a trade mark run from the wing, Elliott Brown lashed in Gonerby's equaliser with 30 seconds. Gonerby then picked up the pace, getting their passing game going with Elliot Hutchinson and Sam Angeloni both missing chances, while Ketton seemed happy to play on the break, a tactic that paid off when their captain fired in an unstoppable shot to lead 2-1 at the break.
The second half was spent almost entirely in the Ketton half, with joint men of the match James Carter & Jack Hutchinson providing the base from defence for the waves of attacks on Ketton's goal to start. Brown, Rose, Mayer, Hubbard, Hutchinson(s) and Carter all had good attempts but the equalising goal proved elusive, with Ketton scoring on the break to give final score an flattering look.

Gonerby : Dowling, J.Hutchinson (MoM), E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, J.Carter (MoM),
Mayer, Rose, Brown (1), Hubbard, Angeloni

Gonerby Yellows took a full squad to Bottesford, and continued on their improvement since the Christmas
break with a fine performance from the whole team, starting from the back with man of the match keeper
Jake 'safe hands' Dowling and skipper Jack Hutchinson laying the foundation for the rest of the team to play positive attacking football, with six different players on the score sheet.
Gonerby started well with Elliot Hutchinson showing great touch and vision up front, laying the ball back
to Will Mayer to curl a shot into the top right hand-corner to open Gonerbys account, with Josh Hubbard
adding a second shortly afterwards. Bottesford played on the counter attack and scored to bring themselves
back into the game, but Sam Angeloni was on hand to break through the home teams defence to smash in
Gonerby's third. Bottesford did not give up, and scored again to keep the difference to one goal, but the Yellows went in 4-2 in the lead at half-time when Sam Rose was on hand to force the ball over the line.
Against the wind in the second half, Gonerby continued to put pressure on the home team with Elliott Brown, Oliver Hutchinson & James Carter working hard in midfield, with Elliott Brown getting reward for all his efforts with a goal from close range. Gonerby's final goal came after a fine passing move saw Elliot Hutchinson unmarked at the far post to tap in the sixth.

Squad : Dowling (MoM), J.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson (1), Mayer (1), Hubbard (1), Brown (1)
Rose (1), Angeloni (1), Carter

"Football, bloody hell" to quote Sir Alex Ferguson. An understrength Gonerby side, playing a home game on an unfamilar pitch put their parents & supporters through the emotional mangle against Navenby.
Playing a new attacking formation Gonerby started the brighter, playing some great passing football prompted
by Oliver Hutchinson in midfield, and the twin attack of Elliot Hutchinson & Sam Angeloni, which lead to the
yellows going two goals up within the first 10 minutes through Elliot & Oliver Hutchinson. Gonerby continued to attack, with Navenby looking to catch the yellows on the break, but man of the match Elliott Brown drove Gonerby on, winning the ball in defence, and then running at Navenby with pace.
Gonerby extended their lead ten minutes into the second half, when Sam Angeloni fired into the top right corner of the Navenby goal. Navenby, never gave up, and came back strongly to score twice and could have had more success if it had not been for the excellence of the Gonerby keeper, Jake 'safe hands' Dowling who pulled off a match winning one handed save to his left towards the end of the game to secure the points for Gonerby.

Gonerby: Dowling, Mayer, J.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson (1), E.Hutchinson (1), Hubbard, Brown (MoM, 1), Angeloni (1)

New year, same result for Gonerby Yellows at Barrowby in a very tight match loosing by a single goal.
With the 6 week Christmas lay off Gonerby started slowly, with Barrowby applying almost constant pressure on the Gonerby goal for the first 20 minutes, without really creating many clear cut chances, but through some hesitant Gonerby defending and the strong wind, Barrowby managed to squeeze the ball along the line and into the net. The introduction of Sam Rose added spark to the yellows and they ended the half battling their way back into the game.
In the second half, with the wind behind them Gonerby started to attack with more purpose based on the great work of the back three of keeper Jake Dowling, captain Jack Hutchinson and man of the match Will Mayer who pushed the team forward, but they lacked the cutting edge.
Josh Hubbard, Elliot Hutchinson and Sam Angeloni all had half-chances but nothing to get Gonerby the draw they deserved.

Gonerby: Dowling, Carter, Mayer (MoM), Hubbard, Brown, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson,
Rose

In a re-match from the previous weeks league meeting, Gonerby Yellows travelled to Cranwell for a knock-out cup quarter final match, but left asking what else could they have done to progress to the quarter final.
The first half was a tight affair, with Gonerby's defence of Jake Dowling in goal, and Jack Hutchinson, Will Mayer & James Carter in defence coping with the Cranwell attack. The closest chance in the first half fell to Josh Hubbard who smashed a fine shot from outside the box past the keeper, only to see it hit the crossbar.
The second half saw the Yellows dominate possession and spend most of the half camped in the Cranwell half, winning a succession of corners that Man of the match Angeloni fired in, but no-one was able to find the finishing touch. Hubbard then matched his first half effort, hitting the crossbar again, and following a fine passing move involving Rose and Oliver Hutchinson, Elliott Brown hit the side netting. With 7 minutes to go Cranwell took their chance scoring on the break. Gonerby pushed on to get the equaliser with Elliot Hutchinson leading the attack but they were unable to make their pressure count, and ended up on the wrong side of a one nil score line.
A trip to Wembley in May will have to wait another year for the Yellows.

Gonerby: Dowling, Carter, Mayer, Hubbard, Brown, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, Angeloni (MoM), Rose

Gonerby Yellows welcomed Jake "safe hands" Dowling back between the posts for the visit of Cranwell, and with Captain Jack Hutchinson put in a fine performance that earned them the joint man of the match award, and kept Cranwell off the score sheet.
Gonerby started strongly with birthday boy James Carter pushing forward from defence to start Gonerby on the front foot, but despite the pressure, and several excellent Angeloni corners they were unable to make this count, and this encouraged Cranwell who started to build attacks with some good passing in midfield. Both teams were unable to make the most of their chances and the first half ended scoreless.
Gonerby came out fired up for the second half, putting pressure on the Cranwell goal, and this paid off when an Angeloni cross was turned into his goal, by the Cranwell keeper. This gave the Yellows extra confidence, with Mayer, Brown, Rose and Oliver Hutchinson all looking to push on from midfield, which produced a series of corners, from which Hubbard crashed in a header from a great Angeloni corner. As Cranwell began to look tired, Gonerby had more chances, with the Cranwell keeper keeping out Elliot Hutchinson on more than one occasion.
The game ended with a two nil win to Gonerby, setting things up nicely for both teams as they meet again
next week at Cranwell in the cup.

Gonerby: Dowling (MoM), Carter, Mayer, Hubbard (1), Brown, J.Hutchinson (MoM), E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, Angeloni (1), Rose

Gonerby Yellows travelled to Bingham and produced their best display of the season so far, out playing
Bingham for large stretches of the game, with stand in keeper and joint man of the match Oliver Hutchinson
coming to their rescue when needed to keep a clean sheet.
The opening stages were tight and competitive but Gonerby gradually began to exert pressure with Captain Jack Hutchinson back to his best, and great battling in midfield from Elliot Brown, Sam Rose and joint man of the match Josh Hubbard, who scored the Yellows first smashing in a header from a pin-point Sam Angeloni cross.
With the wind in the second half, Gonerby continued to press with Angeloni once again providing a cross for
Hubbard to head in for Gonerby's second. With Elliot Hutchinson now leading the line for Gonerby and James Carter pushing forward from defence, it was only a matter of time before the Yellows scored again, with Josh Hubbard firing in a great half volley from just inside the box to complete his hat-trick. Bingham never gave up and came close in the final minutes, but Gonerby stuck to their task to record their second league victory of the season, in the cold, wet & windy conditions.

Gonerby: Carter, Mayer, Hubbard (3 - MoM), Brown, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson (MoM),
Angeloni, Rose.

Following a minutes silence Great Gonerby got off to a flying start. Within 4mins Elliott Brown beat the Ponton keeper with a fine chip from outside the penalty box. The rest of the first half was very competitive with both sides going close to scoring. The second half started with Great Ponton’s Jack Perry scoring the equaliser within a minute of the re-start. Again both sides battled to secure a winner and the deadlock was finally broken on 51mins when Josh Hubbard broke into the box and slotted home from close range. The match was sealed in the 59 min when Elliot Hutchinson was fouled in the box. The resulting penalty was blasted in by Sam Angeloni.

Gonerby Man of Match – Will Mayer

Gonerby: Dowling, Carter, Mayer (MoM), Hubbard (1), Brown (1), J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson,
Angeloni (1).

Gonerby Yellows turned up, but failed to turn out in what ended up being their worst performance as a team for some time.
They quickly went behind after only 3 minutes, when Colsterworth scored from a looping header from a near post corner, however it then took them another 20 minutes to get their second thanks mainly to the efforts of Gonerby's Man of the match Will Mayer, assisted by Jack Hutchinson & keeper Jake Dowling.
Entering the second half 2-0 down, Gonerby failed to pick up the pace despite Will Mayer hitting the woodwork for a secound time in the game with Colsterworth extending their lead by another two goals.
Finally, Gonerby woke-up and started to play, with Hubbard, Rose, Angeloni and Oliver & Elliot Hutchinson finding their men with passes and putting pressure on the Colsterworth defence, which lead to Elliott Brown scoring for Gonerby. Gonerby pushed forward in the remaining 8 minutes but were unable to add to the score.

Gonerby : Dowling, Mayer (MoM), J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, Hubbard, Brown (1), Angeloni, Rose,

Gonerby Yellows ran out on the wrong end of a 3-2 score line at Barrowby, in a game where both teams struggled to find any decent form or team play for most of the game.
Barrowby started the stronger, with Gonerby making a series of mistakes which eventually lead to Barrowby's opening goal. Gonerby then started to pick up the pieces, with keeper Jake Dowling, Captain Jack Hutchinson, Will Mayer & James Carter leading the way in defence to keep the score at 0-1 up to half-time.
After the turn-around the game remained scrappy with few chances to either team, but Barrowby took the one that came their way to lead 2-0. Then with 10 minutes to go, Gonerby moved up several notches and started to play their passing game, lead by Josh Hubbard, Elliott Brown & Elliot Hutchinson, and eventually got on the score sheet when Oliver Hutchinson was on hand to slot in from close range when the Barrowby keeper was only able to push out a Gonerby shot.
This set things up for a dramatic final few minutes, with Barrowby conceding a free kick 20 meters out. Gonerby Man of the match, Sam Angeloni, who had not stopped running all game, stepped up to fire the dead ball into the top right hand corner, to level the score at 2-2.
But in a final twist, Barrowby were awarded a penalty for handball when the ball hit a Gonerby player
on the arm, which they converted to win the game 3-2.

Gonerby: Dowling, Carter, Mayer, Hubbard, Brown, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson (1), Angeloni (MoM,1)

A depleted Bourne Town travelled to Gonerby for a friendly, but found the home side in the their best form of the season so far. Gonerby went on the attack from the start with some great exchange of passes, which led to captain Sam Angeloni seeing the ball in from close range after only 3 minutes. Gonerby continued to pile on the pressure, with joint men of the match Oliver Hutchinson & Sam Rose driving the Yellows forward and forcing Bourne into conceding two own goals, to finish the half 3-0 in the lead.

The second half saw Gonerby continuing on the front foot, with Josh Hubbard firing in, before Will Mayer scored from a corner, followed by a second from Angeloni, and a first for Sam Rose. Gonerby continued to push forward, trying to fashion a goal for Jack Hutchinson, but it was keeper Jake Dowling who ended the scoring smashing Gonerby's eighth from outside the box.

Gonerby: Dowling (1), J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson (MoM), Mayer (1), Rose (1, MoM), Carter, Brown, Angeloni (2), Hubbard (1).

In a tight game where Gonerby Yellows saw most of the ball, but Bottesford had the better of the chances, a one all draw was a fair result for both sides.

Gonerby started the stronger with Sam Rose & Elliot Hutchinson working well up front and Will Mayer and Elliott Brown winning possession in midfield. Just as Bottesford started to find their feet, Brown scored a fine solo goal picking up the ball on the half-way line, beating three defenders to slot home coolly past the visitors keeper.
Bottesford picked up the pace in the second half, with the Gonerby defence of Jack Hutchinson and Man of the Match James Carter and keeper Jake 'safe hands' Dowling working hard to keep the Gonerby lead, but Bottesford eventually broke away to score an equaliser.
Gonerby pushed for the winner with Sam Angeloni and Oliver Hutchinson working hard to find an opening, but the referees whistle brought the game to an end and 1-1 draw.

Gonerby: Dowling, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, Mayer, Rose, Carter (MoM), Brown (1), Angeloni.

Gonerby Yellows travelled to Navenby for an afternoon kick-off looking to get their season started, after last weeks defeat. However kicking into a strong wing in the first half, things did not start well as Navenby established a two goal lead. However kicking off after Navenby's second goal, Gonerby scored within seconds when Sam Angeloni latched onto a through ball from Josh Hubbard to score. Changes up front saw Gonerby continue to push forward, with Elliott Brown, Sam Rose & Elliot Hutchinson combining well, leading to Rose scoring Gonerby's second, making the half-time score 2-2.
With the wind at their backs Gonerby dominated the early exchanges in the second half, with Oliver Hutchinson and Angeloni combining well, however it was Navenby who took the lead 3-2 against the run of play. Gonerby re-adjusted at the back with James Carter, Will Mayer & Jack Hutchinson all blocking Navenby out, before Elliott Brown went on a trade mark run to score from the narrowest of angles for Gonerby to draw level at 3 -3.
Gonerby then forced a series of corners with man of the match, Josh Hubbard latching on to a fine delivery from Angeloni to fire a thunderbolt header into the roof of the Navenby net. It was then time for Gonerby's
keeper Jake 'safehands' Dowling to star, stopping two excellent attempts by Navenby to keep Gonerby in the lead. Hubbard confirmed the win for Gonerby with a penalty in the final minute, to leave the final score 5 -3 to Gonerby to earn them their first 3 points of the season.

Gonerby: Dowling, J.Hutchinson, E.Hutchinson, O.Hutchinson, Mayer, Rose (1),
Hubbard (2, MoM), Carter, Brown (1), Angeloni (1).