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Thurs 26th Jan 2012
SCFYL Corinthian Div U18
AFC DUNSTABLE 2 v 5 BERKHAMSTED
A Courtney Hart treble contributed to a great team performance for the Youth Team as they downed AFC Dunstable at Creasey Park on Thursday evening.
After a very tight first half, where the boys were asked to play three different formations, the game exploded into life in the second period as the hosts took the lead, however, with Berko holding their nerve and continuing to play, they were quickly back in the game.
After the equalizer, Berko turned up the heat and scored three times without reply as their good passing paid dividends.
The hosts got one back to make it 4-2, but with five minutes remaining, Berko killed the game with their fifth of the night. George Mcausland and Jordan Aikman on the score sheet with Hart.
A superb team performance left manager Joe Sweeney very happy.
It wrapped up a great week for the club after wins for the First Team and Reserves.
Squad: Grinstead. Beard. Smith. Osborne.Seodi. Chance. Mcausland. King. Turner. Aikman. Hart.
Subs used: Twelves. Lewis. Pereira. Unused: Calverly. Lee.
Hatfield Town v Comrades
Sat 21st Jan 2012
Molten Spartan South Midlands Premier
HATFIELD TOWN 1 v 5 BERKHAMSTED
With Tyler Hatherly suspended, Mick Vipond gave first starts to recent signings Ivailo Dimitrov from Aylesbury United and Kerkstun Macpherson from Broxbourne Borough.
Macpherson had an immediate impact getting his first goal for Berko by putting them in front in just the 5th minute with a long shot from out wide that judged the heavy wind well and curled into the net. Some sloppy defending from the Comrades allowed Lee Newman to equalise on 28 minutes to leave the scores level at the half way mark.
Top scorer Lawrence Bunker put Berko back in front in the 56th minute netting from 6 yards out after Josh Smith cut the ball back into his path. The introduction of substitutes Matt Wardle, back after a long injury lay off and Aaron Usmani saw the visitors playing good football and dominating the second half. Wardle set up Josh Chamberlain who extended the lead to 3-1.
Hatfield did hit the post from a free kick, but then lost their discipline and had a man sent off for kicking and another got a red card as the last defender brought down Bunker, who dispatched the resulting spot kick to make it 4-1.
In injury time Usmani added a fifth goal as Berko made maximum use of their two man advantage and moved up above Aylesbury United in the league table.
Berko: Farmer, Teasdale, Chamberlain, Rose, Skinner, Welling, Smith, Hawes, Bunker, Macpherson, Dimitrov Subs. Used Wardle, Usmani & Davies not used Rodrigoe & Gavin.
The Reserves also had a fine win as they defeated Leighton Town 4-1 at Broadwater. Rowan Taylor 2, Jim Carmichael and Scott McPherson getting the goals. Report on Reserves page.
Match reports
Please accept our apologies for the match report links not functioning for the last two First Team matches.
The reports are now published in full, further down this page.
Player news
The Club has seen a flurry of player movement over the last few weeks, so here are the details.
Mick Vipond has been busy strengthening his squad and after bringing in defenders Leon Skinner and Mark Teasdale during December, he has added forwards, Ivailo Dimitrov from Aylesbury Utd and Kerkstun Macpherson from Broxbourne Borough.
There is further good news as centre back Jim Carmichael has agreed to re sign from Ampthill Town and midfielder Dale Sears is back in training after a long lay off due to injury.
The Club welcomes all our new players and hope they will contribute to keeping the Club moving ever forward.
Ross Clemo has rejoined his previous club Wodson Park and Russ Clark has transferred to Aylesbury Utd in search of a regular first team place. We thank them for their efforts.
Saturday 14th January
The First team away game against Aylesbury Utd is postponed.
The Reserves home match was called off by the match official at 2.30pm. He was unhappy with part of the pitch at the Canal end.
Youth v Borehamwood
Weds 11th Jan 2012
SCFYL Corinthian Div U18
BERKHAMSTED 1 v 3 BOREHAM WOOD
Another improved performance saw the Youth team eventually succumb to Champions elect Boreham wood at Broadwater.
Jordan Aikman scored for the Comrades as they recovered well from going three behind in the first twenty five minutes and Manager Joe Sweeney was pleased with the character his young squad showed as they competed strongly for the remainder of the match.
Squad: Calverly. Seodi. Osborne. Smith. Beard. Aikman. Macausland. Chance. Turner. Lewis. Hart.
Subs: King. Lee. Barnes. Periera.
Youth fixture update
The Youth team match will now be on Wednesday 11th Jan kick off 7.30pm at Broadwater, as Borehamwood are having problems making their pitch playable after recent verti draining work.
Latest results
Sat 7th Jan 2012
Molten Spartan South Midlands Premier
BERKHAMSTED 0 v 0 COLNEY HEATH
The Comrades kept their second consecutive clean sheet on Saturday, but ended up sharing the points as they could not get the winning goal in a game where chances were at a premium.
The defences were on top especially in the first half with new skipper Leon Skinner starring. There might have been a goal, if only the referee had played advantage, when Lawrence Bunker and Aaron Usmani had beaten the defence and were lining up a shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Ed Farmer had to be at his best to pull off a fine double save, initially denying a header and then managing to tip a follow up shot over the cross bar. The home side had free kicks in dangerous positions several times but Bunker twice struck the defensive wall.
Mick Vipond made a double substitution at half time introducing Josh Chamberlain at left back for the injured Lewis Rodrigoe and Mark Welling for Jon Davies. Berko kept possession better in the second half but still could not make the breakthrough.
Both managers, Mick Vipond for Berko and ex Hemel Hempstead Town manager Gary Phillips for Heath, made changes to try and get the three points. Kerkstun Macpherson showed a good turn of pace when he came on for Usmani, making his debut after signing from Broxbourne Borough. Tyler Hatherly was making regular inroads into the experienced Colney defence, but the final ball always eluded the forwards.
Meanwhile at the railway end, the experienced Ian Cooper looked dangerous when he and Ricky Perks came on as substitutes for the visitors. But too often they were caught in the offside trap. At the railway end Josh Smith went through several challenges but lost the ball just as he was about to shoot. And so the game finished in stalemate.
The Comrades will have to wait until next Saturday to try again at making progress back up the table when they make their way to LeightonTown to play Aylesbury United the team just above them in the Premier division table. Berko hope to be at full strength.
Berko: Farmer, Teasdale, Rodrigoe (Chamberlain), Rose, Skinner, Smith, Davies (Welling), Hawes, Bunker, Hatherly, Usmani (Macpherson). Subs not used: Wardle & Dimitrov
The Reserves faced table toppers Chalfont St Peter and put in a spirited performance before going down 4-2. Chris Chance scoring both our goals. Report now on Reserves page.
The Youth Team beat Harpenden Town 5 -2 in a friendly on Friday evening.
February fixtures
The First Team have three away games in the February fixtures released by the League. Details updated on the link.
Youth Team latest
The scheduled Youth team fixtures have been released and can be found on the Youth Team fixtures link.
As usual, these are subject to change at short notice, so please check the website on day of match, if you are intending to come along.
