Under 10s Rangers Reports - 2004-05

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 Sat Apr 16: Friendly
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1
Pencombe - 6
No report available.

Sat Feb 12: Supplementary Cup - Round 1
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Pencombe - 4
No report available.

Sat Feb 05: League Match 19
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Ross Juniors - 11
No report available.

Sat Jan 29: Friendly
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1 (Summers 22')
Ledbury Swifts - 6 (Crichard 7', Rooke 12' 14', OG 26', Preece 40', Merryman 50') 
With both U10 teams having no league commitments they kept up their momentum with an entertaining friendly at Ross Road. Both sides started well and it took a free kick in the Rangers' half to break the deadlock; a well-struck shot from Joe Crichard just evaded James Godsall's reach and flew into the top corner of the net. Rangers replied quickly with a good run from Frazer Williams and Luke Summers which won a corner, but this was quickly cleared by Jake Cory to Michael Arlott who set up another run for Crichard; he squared the ball inside to Matthew Rooke who chipped it over Godsall's head for number two. Moments later Crichard had another shot blocked well by Godsall, only for Rooke to latch onto the rebound for the third. Rangers refused to give up and countered quickly but their attack was foiled by Anthony Watkins who fed the ball back out to Rooke; he squared to David Nash who let fly with a stinging long-range shot which pulled out an excellent save from Godsall. Moments later Rangers won a free kick in the Swifts half; Williams' cross was deftly volleyed home by Summers to make it 3-1 at half-time. Rangers' resurgance was dealt a blow one minute after the break when a Crichard corner was deflected into the net by a defender to make it 4-1 but their determination saw a good period of even play with shots from Williams and Heather Brittan pulling good saves from Patrick Merryman. With ten minutes left Rangers were caught on the break; David Preece played a neat one-two with Rooke before firing the ball home for number five. Swifts swapped keepers for the last few minutes and Rangers were unlucky not to get a second after a corner; despite a goalmouth scramble and three shots, they were unable to increase their tally. From the clearance Swifts won a corner which was turned just wide by Merryman, but he got on the score-sheet in the dying moments after another break in midfield saw him left unmarked in the box and he slotted Rooke's cross home for Swifts' sixth. Final score 6-1 but an entertaining and battling performance from both sides. 

Sat Jan 22: League Match 18
Westfields - 4 
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
No report available 

Sat Jan 15: League Match 17
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1 (Williams)
Hereford Lads Club - 1 (Maul)
Rangers hoped to move away from the bottom of the table in this clash, but those hopes took a knock early on when a long range shot from William Maul cleared the five of James Godsall in the Ledbury goal to give Lads Club the advantage. However Rangers started to close down their opponents' attack with more urgency and Heather Britten made some good breaks up the left wing. Sustained pressure from Lads Club was repeatedly repelled by the stout defending of Nick Gibbons and Peter Dixon, with Godsall dealing confidently with some high crosses. Half time arrived with the score still 1-0 and Ledbury were hoping to take advantage of the slope and wind at their backs in the second half. Lads Club had different ideas and were soon on the attack again, with many goal-mouth scrambles resulting from the constant pressure. Godsall kept the home side's hopes alive with safe handling and good shot stopping from the efforts raining in. As time was running out, some good passing between James Swanston and Luke Summers resulted in a cross to Frazer Williams on the edge of the area; his shot sped past the despairing dive of the keeper to give Rangers as well-deserved equaliser.

Sat Jan 08: League Match 16
Wellington - 4
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Match report will appear here if available

Sat Dec 11: League Match 15
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Bromyard Town - 0
No report available

Sat Dec 11: League Match 14
Pencombe - 1
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 2
No report available

Sat Dec 04: League Match 13
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Ledbury Swifts - 4 (Brown 2, Arlott, Nash) 
Three goals in three minutes settled this derby early on, but Rangers fought back strongly to ensure the match did not turn into a rout. Swifts laid siege to the Rangers' goal for the first ten minutes, and good passing play between Ben Brown, Matthew Rooke, Michael Arlott and David Preece led to a shot on goal within the first minute. After three failed attempts on goal, Brown got round the Rangers' defence and squared the ball to Rooke; his shot was blocked by James Godsall, but Brown followed up to tap home for Swifts' first. Rooke also created the second after a good through ball from Luke Williams sent him on an excellent jinking run down the right wing, again his shot was saved, and this time Arlott was on hand to net the rebound. A minute later Arlott was put clear by David Nash and turned provider with an inch-perfect cross which was volleyed home by Brown. At this point Rangers would have been forgiven for letting their heads drop, but while Swifts continued to move the ball around well and make attempts to increase their lead, Rangers quietly re-organised and began to get the measure of the Swifts' attack. It was after the interval that they had their best spell of play; Frazer Williams and Peter Dixon defended robustly, while Godsall continued to deny the Swifts in goal. Seven minutes into the second half, Heather Britton left the Swifts defence standing and let fly a stinging shot which Swifts' keeper Patrick Merryman had to go full stretch to keep out. Rangers continued to look for the chance to break, while Swifts continued to be foiled up front, until they won a corner with nine minutes left; Brown's kick was blocked, Rangers failed to clear, and in the scramble, Nash knocked the ball home. Rangers continued to fight for a goal right to the end, winning two late corners, but it was Swifts who ran out the winners, 4-0. 

Sat Nov 27: League Match 12
FC Phoenix Jets - 4 () 
Ledbury Swifts Rangers- 2
No report available

Sat Nov 20: League Match 11
Ledbury Swifts Rangers- 0
Bartestree Rangers - 4 (King 3, Cox) 
No report available

Sat Nov 13: League Match 10
Leominster Minors - 8 (Stocker, Phillips, Cornes, Griffiths 4, Sharp) 
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
No report available

Sat Nov 06: League Match 9
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Golden Valley Juniors - 2 
No report available

Sat Oct 30: League Match 8
Hereford Lads Club Colts -1 
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0 
No report available

Sat Oct 23: League Match 7
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1 (Swanston)
Hinton -8 (Mussell 3, Powell 2, Jones, Blackburne, Lewis)
No report available

Sat Oct 16: League Match 6
Weobley -1 (Catada)
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1 (Summers)
No report available

Sat Oct 09: Mailes Cup Round 1
Wellington -7 (Sayce 3, Skinner 3, Bonella)
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1 (Swanston)
No report available

Sat Oct 02: League Match 5
Belmont Falcons -2 (Matthew 2)
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1 (Gibbons)
No report available

Sat Sep 25: League Match 4
FC Phoenix Sharks -10 (Rawcliffe 3, Oakley 2, Price 2, Tweddell, Perring, James)
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
No report available

Sat Sep 18: League Match 3
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Bartestree Dynamo - 12
No report available

Wed Sep 15: League Match 2
Belmont Hawks - 7
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 1
No report available

Sat Sep 11: League Match 1
Ledbury Swifts Rangers - 0
Kington Town - 8 (Williams 3, Goodey, Price, Morris, Johnson, Eckley)
No report available