Pudsey Juniors U-16s 5
Bramley Phoenix U-16s 5

Date: Sunday, February 3

Competition: Leeds & District FA League 2

Bramley went into this game on the back of a good win against Calverley a couple of weeks ago.

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Bramley started well and were making Pudsey work hard by keeping possession of the ball. The early pressure paid off when Matty Wheeldon finished off a good build up to put the visitors one up.

Pudsey kept up the pressure but were unable to break down the Bramley defence who looked very strong – however a stroke of luck played a part in Pudsey's equaliser when a wind assisted corner evaded everyone and found the back of the next.

Unlike other games Bramley kept their composure and were soon ahead again when Joe Hirst out-jumped the Pudsey defence and powered home a Gibbo corner.

Again Pudsey put Bramley under pressure and converted a chance to drag the scores level at half time.

Bramley made a change upfront and Danny Cawkwell made a return from a lengthy absence – the change soon paid off when early in the second half Danny skipped past a couple challenges and planted his shot under the advancing Pudsey goalkeeper in to the bottom corner of the net.
All credit to Pudsey they kept battling away and again they took reward from this pressure when they forced an equaliser.

At the other end Matty Wheeldon converted yet another chance to put the visitors 4-3 up – unfortunately for Bramley they couldn't kill the game off and fell victim to a mix up in defence which resulted in yet another equaliser for Pudsey.

With 10 minutes remaining Bramley pushed forward yet again and Matty Wheeldon latched onto a long ball and coolly slotted home his shot to take Bramley into a 5-4 lead. Pudsey threw everything at Bramley and from a corner managed to equalise for the fifth time when Bramley failed to clear the danger.

Overall a draw was probably a fair result although Bramley were disappointed not to walk away with all three points. Hopefully this will now kick-start their season.

Team: Ryan Friend, Ross Whittaker, Andy Oliver, Joe Hirst, Jonny Reid, Joe Bamford, Gibbo, Matty Illingworth, Stephen Prince, Matty Wheeldon, Mikey Ash, Nav Shukia, Danny Cawkwell, Danny Waring, Dean Ash
Man of the Match: Entire team.