Tourists meet their match
Reporter: Youth football
Date published: 10 September 2008
WELCOME: Moorside under-13s captain Connor Byrne (above, left) and Aaron Dalli, from the Malta touring team.
CHADDY Hoppers and Moorside met international opposition when a group of youngsters from Malta spent a week in this country.
Hoppers’ under-nines Green team won 6-2, with two goals apiece from Patrick Scott, Jakub Dinnen and Jac Bromby.
Josh Lindsay scored a hat-trick for under-12s Blue, who recorded a 7-1 victory. Further goals came from Nathan Randle, Zac Douglas, Dan Ratcliff and Matthew Queenan.
And Moorside under-13s made it a treble for the town teams thanks to a 6-1 success.
Despite the defeats and the weather, the tourists enjoyed their visit. As well as playing other friendly matches, they also managed to cram in a couple of Premier League games before heading home.
TONY Carss, the ex-Latics and Huddersfield Town player, currently coaching at Huddersfield, is running a new soccer school at Royton and Crompton Astro on Saturdays from noon to 1.30pm.
He is working in partnership with Heyside Juniors and the soccer school is open to all ages.
The former midfielder is a UEFA ‘B’ qualified coach and has completed part one of the UEFA A Licence. Each session costs £3.
For more details, contact Tony on 07951 760259 or Steve on 07784 248499.
A TEAM of football-mad youngsters from Canada is on the look-out for fixtures in Oldham.
The team of under-16s boys from Regina, Saskatchewan, hope to visit England towards the end of next June and would like to hear from any club willing to host them and set up fixtures.
Contact David Jenkins by email: d.jenkins@sasktel.net
