Stoke bought a team of 9 players against a team of 17 for Burton. Burton had been swelled by some new arrivals during preseason training and this was a good start for these newcomers who have been welcomed into the team by players and supporters from last season.

With the number of players that Burton could field, the team was split into 2 with players playing a full match and then a complete change of team for the second match. The third match was played with a mixture of the team with rolling substitutions.

There was an excellent turnout from the Burton players parents, although some had to miss parts of the game due to kitchen duty back at the clubhouse (thankfully there were no reports of anyone going down with food poisoning)!!

As the match went on the weather played its part and the day ended in bright sunshine. Burton won all 3 matches and continued the form shown last year.

The new players settled in well and the returning players showed they had remembered what to do, although with the new format of 6-a-side and a large pitch all players realised that they would have to do ALOT of running.

What really impressed the coaches was the intensity of the Burton U8's not only in attack but more impressively in defence, this led to a number of turnovers as Burton managed
to get 7 Tags off the Stoke team and force the turnover.

A good winning performance

Match 1
Burton 6 - Stoke 5

Scorers - Alex Garrett 4, Ethan Pepperell 2

Match 2
Burton 8 - Stoke 1

Scorers - Anthony Bryan 5, Bruce Drinkwater, Huw Lauben, Micheal Feenan

Match 3
Burton 7 - Stoke 6

Scorers - Bruce Drinkwater 2, Alex Garrett 2, Anthony Bryan, Billy Forester, Huw Lauben

Team: Ben Smith, Alex Garrett, Mitchell Walkman, Huw Lauben, Anthony Bryan, Micheal Feenan, Daniel Smith, Archie Fotheringham, Bruce Drinkwater, Billy Montgomery, Billy Forester, Ethan Pepperell, Harvey Day, Jemima Brown, Hope Cartwright, Jake Geering, Jack Tandy

Match details

Match date

Sun 07 Oct 2012

Kickoff

11:00

Team overview