Stopfordian 2010–2011 - Stockport Grammar School

The Stopfordian 2010–2011
David Bennett. David Wright, Paddy Lavin and Khalid Tayan
were excellent in midfield and Chris Spencer and Ed Appleby
offered goal threats up front. The wins versus Bury and
Wilmslow were particularly satisfying. Well done!
R. Young
3rd XI
Lost to King’s Chester 4-2 Rowson, Lightfoot
Lost to Bury 6-1 Lightfoot
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helped see them off. Our defence was also looking solid;
Ryan Jude, Shola Odusanya, Ciaran Johnson and Jed
Holloway all played their parts against the Altrincham attack.
An undeserved defeat to Wilmslow at home followed, but this
did not stop us from dissecting Sandbach the following week.
We led 6-0 with 10 minutes remaining, but careless
complacency led us to concede three late goals. Aaron
McRoberts and Michael Schofield proved crucial, organising
the midfield with telepathic-like communication.
The first game of the season provided us with perhaps the
toughest challenge of the season; we came up against a
strong, consistent Manchester Grammar side, who had played
considerably more matches at this point. After an exciting,
close encounter, Stockport fell victim to constantly chasing the
game and, despite a late rush, could not overturn a 3-4 loss.
The score line however flattered MGS, as we looked
encouragingly sharp for a first game.
We took our encouraging start to Altrincham, brushing aside a
hard working opposition with a 3-1 win. A solid performance
by Kim Kothari in the net kept us in the game; goals from
forward Marcus Hodson and a brace from Rory Donnelly
The penultimate game of the season took us to Cheadle
Hulme, a much anticipated fixture. We were now playing in
our prime and led 2-0 comfortably at the break. Cheadle
pressed on, but we were resilient and proved the superior side
By the final game of the season the team had picked up
momentum and showed no mercy towards a makeshift North
Cestrian team, netting 11 goals in an emphatically one-sided
affair. It was a blinding performance in which top scorer of
the season, Faisal Tayan, bagged four goals with fantastic
movement, strength and finishing. Frustration got the better
of North Cestrian, who were shown two red cards.
Overall a fantastic season!
Cathal Berragan (4D)
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The U14 football team had a great season losing only one game.
The squad was virtually the same as last year with a few new
players coming in to add depth and competition with the
most notable being a new keeper (Sam Haley). We all hoped
to build on our success of last year and were enthusiastic to
beat the teams that managed to win against us last season.
The season started well with a home game against Sandbach,
a game which we won 2-1. It was a hard-fought victory but
well deserved. Having lost to Sandbach in the First Year, we
drew with them in the Second Year and this win showed the
teams progress.
The team came into the second game with good spirits and
were confident of winning the match but unfortunately we
deservedly lost, with our worst performance of the season.
Our hopes took a step back, particularly as we were to face
one of the best schools in England at our age group in the
next game.
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