ALLIEDS MATCH REPORTS 2005-06
06/05/2006:
Allieds celebrate
success with awards
night
Northwood Under 18's
celebrated a successful
season when they had
their awards night at
the club. The awards were
compered by Kevin Duffy,
and first team manager
Colin Payne
gave an excellent
speech. Sam Hurrell, who
played for the Reserves
last season and has just
gained a one-year
contract extension as a
pro at Chelsea, made the
main awards with Colin
Payne. Representatives
from the Allied Counties
League presented awards
to all the
championship-winning
team.
The Special Awards were as follows:
Manager's
Player of the Year: James Glass
Players'
Player of the Year: Daniel Hawes
Spectators'
Player of the Year: was shared by Adam Gill and
Shane ONeill (GK)
Most improved
player: Terry Hogan
Top
goalscorer in Allied Counties Central Division: Ashley
Aimakhu (Northwood 13 plus London Colney 6)
Top
Goalscorer all Northwood games: Elliot Buchanan (Allieds
14 plus Reserves 2)
Well done to all the award winners, in
fact well done to all the players and the management team for a
great season!
2nd May:
Northwood 5
Henley Town 2
The Northwood Allied Counties
team showed a lot of character to bounce
back after a very disappointing l acklustre
first half performance in this game, which
saw the Under 18 side go two goals down. The
first was a superbly taken free kick form 25
yards which gave Shane O’Neill in goal no
chance on 15 minutes.
Then on 29 minutes, after a mix up in the
Woods' defence, Henley deservedly went 2-0
up with a good finish: this very talented
Henley team also hit a post, with the Woods'
team still not at the races.
Northwood did have their
chances but had to wait until the 44th
minute when Ashley Aimakhu headed home a
Billy Baker cross to reduce the arrears for
a 1-2 half time score line.
The young
Woods were much better in the
second half after an interval discussion and
sort out. Following some great work from
Luke Lynam and James Glass, Aimakhu scored
the go al of the game when he smashed the
ball into the top right hand corner on 49
minutes.
Shane O’Neill put the young
Woods 3-2 up when he also smashed the ball
in off the underside of the crossbar in the
58th minute. Elliot Buchanan then set up
Aimakhu for his hat-trick on 74 minutes:
this was his 17th goal since joining the
team in December, and he has now scored in
the last eight successive games - another
good signing by Tony Day.
Good play from Greg Dinham in
the 88th minute set up Daniel Hawes to
complete the scoring, giving his team a fine
5-2 victory and their tenth win on the
bounce. Great credit must go to the squad
for a fine season; the lads lost just one
game in the league, and that was way back on
September 14th.
NORTHWOOD:
O’Neill,
Brown, Hogan, Gill, Lynam, Baker (Sexton 65), O’Neill,
Hawes, Buchanan, Aimakhu (Dinham 76), Glass (Campbell 69).
Subs not used Duffy, Poole.
19th April:
Northwood 5 Marlow 0
With the title already secured,
the Under 18's recorded their ninth straight
victory as they go from strength to strength -
they now top the table by seven points with one
game remaining. Ashley Aimakhu continued his
fine goal scoring form when hitting two more
goals - that’s ten from his last nine matches -
and man of the match Elliot Buchanan smashed a
superb hat-trick, as the young Woods ran riot in
the second half.
Buchanan opened the scoring on
five minutes with a right foot volley from 20
yards hitting the top right hand corner of the
net, and several other chances were made, but
the final cutting edge was missing as the Woods
appeared to go through the motions in the first
half.
A much sharper Northwood side
turned out for the second half, and on 49
minutes Aimakhu smashed his first from close
range to put his team 2-0 up. Buchanan was
unlucky when striking the post on 54 minutes,
and nine minutes later Shane O’Neil also hit a
post as the young Woods dominated.
James Glass missed a couple of
good chances before on 75 minutes unselfishly
setting up Aimakhu, who showed him how to find
the net to make it 3-0. Then on 84 minutes the
unlucky Aimakhu was hauled down just as he was
about to get his third: a penalty was awarded
and the Marlow player dismissed. Buchanan
stepped up to send the keeper the wrong way for
4-0, and three minutes from the end, he
completed his hat-trick and wrapped up the
scoring with one of his speciality free kicks
from 25 yards.
NORTHWOOD: O’Neill
(Poole 65), Brown, Hogan, Gill (Duffy 65), Lynam,
Dinham (Campbell 55), O’Neill, Hawes, Buchanan
(Campbell 75), Aimakhu, Glass. Subs not used White,
Ohene.
12th April:
Northwood 4 Maidenhead United 1
The Under 18's notched their eighth successive
victory by beating Maidenhead United 4-1 at Chestnut
Avenue. With the victory came the Central Division
title, Northwood moving four points clear at the top
with two games (both at home) still to play.
It was an excellent first-half performance that won
the youngsters the three points on this occasion.
Playing with a terrific tempo, a great move
 resulted
in Shane O'Neill giving the Woods a tenth-minute
lead and six minutes later, left-back Luke Lynam got
in on the act when he fired home a loose ball after
his original shot had been saved by the Maidenhead
goalkeeper.
James Glass went close to adding a third goal before
the Magpies were given a lifeline when awarded a
penalty for some pushing in the box that the referee
was alone in spotting. Having successfully
converted, Maidenhead were then rocked back again
two minutes later. Adam Gill started a move out of
defence and Elliott Buchanan played a ball across
the six-yard box where Dave Sexton ghosted in to
make it 3-1.
Chances came thick and fast, with Man-of-the-Match
Shane O'Neill going close on a couple of occasions,
while the visitors' keeper made two excellent saves
from Adam Gill and Ashley Aimakhu.
In the second-half the Woods were well in control
for the first twenty-five minutes, but failed to add
to the scoring as James Glass and Elliott Buchanan
missed the target. On 72 minutes, O'Neill impressed
again with some superb control of a cross but then
blotted his copybook by putting his close-range shot
wide of the post.
The fourth and final goal came after 76 minutes when
Ashley Aimakhu broke through to score for the fifth
successive game. The Maidenhead 'keeper was injured
at the same time and had to be replaced for the
final fifteen minutes but it was the Magpies who
threaten most in the closing stages, missing a
couple of half-chances.
In the end, the Woods can be very pleased with their
performance and can now look forward to playing in
the elite Premier Division of the Allied Counties
League next season. Congratulations to all the
players and the management team of Tony Day, Dave
Lester, Ray Flegg and Gary Grey.
NORTHWOOD:
Shane
O'Neill, Billy Baker (Daniel Brown), Luke Lynam, Daniel
Hawes, Terry Hogan, Adam Gill, Dave Sexton (Theo Ohene),
Shane O'Neill, Ashley Aimakhu, James Glass, Elliott
Buchanan.
Report by Alan Evans
5th April:
Henley Town 1 Northwood 4
The Under 18's moved to the top of the Allied
Counties League with another great away performance,
this time at fellow title-chasers Henley, and the
team now require just one victory from three home
games to bring the league title to Chestnut Avenue.
The team is going from strength to strength, and had
this game under control throughout, only a string of
super saves from the Henley keeper keeping the score
down to four.
Early on, Daniel Hawes hit the bar from 30 yards,
and both Billy Baker and James Glass had fine
efforts saved. But then Elliott Buchanan set the
Woods on their way in the 18th minute after Ashley
Aimakhu effort was well saved. Aimakhu then doubled
the lead on 30 minutes when he finished well under
pressure.
Henley pulled one back five minutes before half-time
with a well taken goal, to give the young Woods
something to think about at the interval.
Northwood regrouped at half time and went on to
completely dominate the second half. Aimakhu scored
his second and Woods' third on 49 minutes, and then
the unlucky Glass finally found the net in the 55th
minute for Northwood’s fourth.
Again and again the young Woods attacked the Henley
goal, but found the home keeper in fine form to deny
them any further goals.
This was a
smashing all-round team performance.
NORTHWOOD: O’Neill,
Brown, Hogan, Gill, Lynam, Baker (O’Neill 65), Sexton,
Hawes, Buchanan (Campbell 75), Aimakhu, Glass (Ohene
60). Subs not used: Poole, Duffy.
29th March:
Maidenhead United 0 Northwood 3
The
Under 18's moved up to second in the league with another
polished away performance, putting themselves in a great
position with four games remaining: just two wins are
needed to take the title, but they must beat
third-placed Henley away in a mouth-watering fixture
next Wednesday evening.
The
team started very slowly this week at Maidenhead, and it
was against the run of play when they took the lead: Nicky Pearce broke from
right back, his pass split the defence to set James
Glass on his way, and his pinpoint cross found Ashley Aimakhu,
who was able to tap home after 19 minutes,
On 38
minutes a speciality Elliott Buchanan 20 yard free kick
was the highlight of the evening, curling the ball with pace
into the top right hand corner, top class, to give the
young Woods a 2-0 - but maybe fortuitous - half time
lead,
The
second half was much improved, and Northwood had several
chances to increase the lead, but had to wait until the
84th minute when Shane Campbell, who came on at half-time, went on a great run. He went round three
players
before coolly slotting past the keeper for another
superb 3-0 away win.
A
special mention for the defence, as all of them put in
excellent displays just as in previous weeks, giving
keeper Shane O’Neill yet another quiet night.
NORTHWOOD:
O’Neill,
Pearce, Hawes, Gill, Lynam, Baker (Campbell 45), Sexton,
Brown, Buchanan, Aimakhu (White 76), Glass (Dinham 65),
Sub not used: Poole.
22nd March:
Marlow 0 Northwood 3
A super
first half team performance saw the Under 18's to their
fifth straight win, to close in on the teams above them in
the league. Captain Daniel Brown could not take part after
injuring himself earlier in the day, so Daniel Hawes took
over the arm band, and led the team superbly.
James
Glass, Ashley Aimakhu, and the commanding Adam Gill were
very unlucky not to score early on as the young Woods team
took control.
Then on 17
minutes Elliott Buchanan whipped in a cross for Aimakhu to
score on the near post; Glass made it 2-0 on 26 minutes
after a great team move, then Shane O’Neill completed the
scoring with a well-taken goal,
Marlow
were always dangerous in a very entertaining first half, and
Woods Keeper Shane O’Neill had to made a great one-on-one
save to keep the score 3-0 at the interval.
Northwood
kept control of the game in the second half, with defenders
Baker, Hogan, Gill, and Lynam in excellent form, stopping
every thing thrown at them and then setting up play. Chances
went begging as Woods tried to increase the scoreline, the
best effort coming from a Buchanan shot from 25 yards which
rebounded of the underside of the cross bar.
NORTHWOOD:
O'Neill, Baker, Hogan,
Gill, Lynam, Glass, O’Neill (White), Hawes, Buchanan,
Sexton, Aimakhu (Ohern). Subs not used: Poole, Dinham,
Campbell.
15th March:
Burnham 1 Northwood 4
A goal after
only two minutes from Shane O’Neill set the Under 18's Allied
Counties team on their way to victory, and closes the gap at the
top of the table to seven points with four games in hand.
All the
players performed very well, especially at the back with
goalkeeper Shane O’Neill not having a save to make all game, The
Northwood team dominated throughout, and had two goals ruled
out, before finally on 32 minutes they increased the score line,
Ashley Aimakhu beating the offside trap to slot past the keeper.
Three minutes
later the same happened, this time he took it around the keeper
before blasting the ball into the net for his second. Then on 40
minutes Elliott Buchanan smashed home from out wide on the right
to give the Woods a cracking 0-4 half time lead.
One change was
made at half time, with Dave Sexton coming on for Theo Ohern,
and although no more goals were scored, Northwood played their
best football making numerous chances. Shane O’Neill (midfield)
was having a superb game, his best since joining, making several
openings for his team mates, only to see the Burnham keeper make
some fine saves,
Burnham scored
a consolation goal on 78 minutes when the ball looped high over
O’Neill (keeper), and just underneath the cross bar.
The team is
bonding well & getting stronger with every game, leaving the
Under 18 management delighted and very pleased with the boys’
progress.
NORTHWOOD:
O’Neill, Brown, Hogan, Gill,
Lynam, Glass (Campbell), O’Neill, Hawes, Buchanan, Ohern
(Sexton), Aimakhu (Dinham). Subs not used: Poole, Baker.
9th February: Northwood
2 Wokingham
& Emmbrook 0
This was
another good result for
the youth boys as they
completed the double
over a very good
Wokingham team.
Wokingham
started the better, with some fine passing causing Northwood plenty of
problems without threatening the home goal. Woods started to come more
into the game, though, and a fine move involving Shane O’Neill resulted
in them taking the lead. O’Neill put Elliott Buchanan through on the
left, his pinpoint cross finding James Glass to fire home from six yards
after 20 minutes.
Soon
after, Glass headed home for a second but this was ruled out for
offside. Northwood continued to make most of the chances as the half
wore on but couldn’t improve the score line.
Wokingham
again started much the better at the opening of the second half, but
Adam Gill and Terry Hogan were in fine form in the centre of the
Northwood defence, stopping all Wokingham could sling at them.
The game
flowed from end to end, and Theo Ohern had a fine chance, only to be
chopped down by the Wokingham keeper, who was lucky to stay on the
pitch. The visiting number one then made a great save from the free kick
as Buchanan curled it with pace at the top right hand corner from the
edge of the box.
But
Buchanan wasn’t to be denied, and he sealed victory five minutes later
with an even better free kick, this time 22 yards out, hammering it into
the opposite corner to seal a fine 2-0 victory.
NORTHWOOD: O’Neill, Brown, Gill, Hogan, Campbell, Baker (Dinham),
Hawes, O’Neill (Sexton), Buchanan, Ohern, Glass (O’Flynn). Subs. not
used: Riley & Poole.
25th January: Wokingham
& Emmbrook 0 Northwood
3
Woods' Allied Counties
side gained an excellent
3-0 win at Wokingham &
Emmbrook with a
workmanlike performance.
Shane O'Neill scored on
his debut, and the other
goals came from Theo
Ahern and Greg Dinham.
Manager
Ray Flegg said that he
was very pleased with
the result.
12th January: Northwood
4 Burnham 1
The Woods' Allied
Counties League side
moved up into third
place in the table after
an impressive 4-1 home
win against Burnham.
The goals came from
Elliott Buchanan, James
Glass, Theo Ohene, and
Ashley Aimakhu.
13th December: Potters
Bar Town 3 Northwood 2 (after extra time)
Woods’
Allied Counties side threw away a two-goal lead at Potters Bar Town to
crash out of the Middlesex Senior Youth Cup at the quarter-final stage.
Northwood took the lead in the 3rd minute when Bill Baker was left
unmarked on the six-yard line to covert a simple cross. The home side
did little to indicate that they would be capable of getting level,
until the 30th minute when they hit the crossbar in a rare attack. But
in the 39th minute the Woods extended their lead with a coolly taken
penalty for Baker’s second following a foul on forward Theo Ohene.
Had our
youngsters taken the two-goal lead into the break they might have
prevented the comeback, but two minutes before the break they failed to
clear a straightforward free kick launched into the box and in the
confusion scored an own goal.
In the
54th minute Woods had a goal disallowed and after the hour mark Potters
Bar finally came more into the game. And with just sixteen minutes left
Lee Tidiman headed home a corner to bring the sides level. Then in extra
time Tom Allian scored either side of the break to present victory to
Potters Bar, amid great disappointment for the Northwood squad.
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