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Sunday March 7th
AFC Dronfield v Brampton Dynamo's
Match Postponed
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Sunday February 28th
Dronfield Town 2 - 1 AFC Dronfield
AFC U14s narrowly lost a hard fought local derby against close rivals Dronfield Town. Playing up the slope in the 1st half AFC went behind to a well worked set piece before Stephen Kerry forced home an equaliser. Good chances were squandered and a series of excellent saves from the Town keeper kept AFC at bay and they could not reply to the opposition's 2nd half goal.
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Sunday February 14th
AFC Dronfield 2 - 2 Thostles
AFC U14s fought out 2-2 draw against in the form Thostles. Despite missing a key player AFC took an early lead through top scorer Tom Ballard. With conditions in their favour Thostles fought back to establish a 2-1 half time advantage. AFC worked hard in the 2nd half and were rewarded with a Stephen Kerry equaliser, following good work by Tom Crown.
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Sunday February 7th
AFC Dronfield 5 - 0 Chapeltown Athletic
AFC U14s returned to winning ways with a comprehensive defeat of Chapeltown Athletic.
Oliver Bates opened the scoring with a fine goal after receiving a defence splitting pass from Tom Crown. Oliver Bright soon added two more with powerful strikes. Stephen Kerry also notched a double, both following good work by Tom Ballard. Travis Cartwright and Tom Jones were strong in defence but the Man of the Match for his tireless running was Paul Hebblethwaite.
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Sunday January 31st
Match Postponed
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Sunday January 24th
Rotherham Phoenix 2 - 0 AFC Dronfield
AFC Dronfield U14s played their 1st game after the winter break and lost for the 1st time this season against top of the table rivals Rotherham Phoenix. The match was decided by two contentious decisions by the referee and although AFC didn't deserve to win a draw would have been a fair result.
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Sunday December 13th
AFC Dronfield 7 - 0 Maltby Juniors
AFC Dronfield U14s returned from a three week lay off with a comprehensive 7 - 0 league victory over Maltby Juniors. After a slow start Oliver Bright forced home a corner and this was quickly followed by a stunning turn and shot from Stephen Kerry.A fine defence splitting pass from Sam Oates was converted by James Spooner and further 1st half goals came from a powerful Oliver Bright strike and from Man of the Match Dan Hardy. In the 2nd half the scoring was completed by Oliver Bates and another goal for James Spooner.
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Sunday December 6th
Game Postponed
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Sunday November 29th
Game Postponed
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Sunday November 22nd
Chapeltown Athletic 0 - 12 AFC Dronfield
AFC U14s continued their winning ways with a comprehensive 12 - 0 league victory away at Chapeltown Athletic. Despite playing excellent passing football and creating numerous chances the score remained goalless for the 1st 20mins. An Oliver Bright header from a corner opened the floodgates and further goals followed. Tom Ballard scored five, Stephen Kerry got a hattrick, Tom Crown a double and a Dan Hardy tap in completed the scoring. This was a tremendous team performance with all the boys playing well.
(This report should top the column in the Dronfield Advertiser this week .. look out for it to snip out)
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Sunday November 15th
AFC Dronfield 9 - 3 Whiston Boys
Cup Game
Despite a couple of early setbacks AFC U14s progressed comfortably into the next round of the cup beating Whiston Boys 9 - 3. Two goals came from Tom Crown, three from Tom Ballard and one each from Sam Johnson, Stephen Kerry, Oliver Bright and Man of the Match Dan Hardy.
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Sunday November 8th
AFC Dronfield 4 - 2 Owls Trust Allstars
AFC U14s consolidated their position at the top of the league with a fine 4-2 victory over Owls Trust Allstars. Playing uphill against the wind AFC gave away an early goal but a calm and composed finish by James Spooner levelled the score just before half time. In the 2nd half a towering headed goal by Oliver Bright was followed by strikes from Oliver Bates and Stephen Kerry to seal the points. Man of the Match for some brave goalkeeping in difficult conditions was Tom Ward.Sunday November 1st
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Sunday November 1st
AFC Dronfield 2 - 1 Rotherham Phoenix
AFC U14s went to the top of the league by beating previous league leaders Rotherham Phoenix 2 - 1. Despite wet and windy conditions both teams attempted to play passing football and Rotherham deserved to lead 1-0 at half time. In the 2nd half AFC got on top and were rewarded with a Tom Ballard strike following good work by Tom Crown. The game was won by a speculative long range effort by defender Tom Jones, his 1st ever goal in six seasons at AFC. Man of the match went to Oliver Bright for a powerful 2nd half midfield display.
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Sunday October 25th
Clowne Comets 0 - 1 AFC Dronfield
Despite only having 10 players due to holidays and illness the U14s gave a tremendous battling performance and were rewarded with a superb victory at high flying Clowne Comets.
A Stephen Kerry penalty after he was fouled was the difference between the teams.
All players deserve credit but Tom Jones and Sam Johnson at the heart of the defence and Man of the Match Oliver Bates for winning numerous aerial challenges, did particularly well.
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Sunday October 18th
U14's Trophy
AFC Dronfield 9 - 2 Charnock Ridgeway
AFC Dronfield U14s ran out convincing 9-2 winners in their Cup game against Charnock Ridgeway. Despite conceding an early goal AFC soon took control of the game with centre forward Tom Ballard helping himself to 5 goals. Other goals came from Oliver Bates, Paul Hebblethwaite and Tom Crown. Oliver Bright finished the scoring following good work from Stephen Kerry. Man of the Match was Sam Oates for controlling the midfield, whilst Macauley Wade, Travis Cartwright and Ben Jones gave sound performances in defence.
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Sunday October 11th
Nether Green 2 - 2 AFC Dronfield
AFC U14s dropped their first points of the season in closely contested contest against Nether Green. Poor defending from set pieces allowed Nether Green to take a two goal 1st half advantage. Although nothing seemed to going AFCs way, they battled hard and were rewarded with a Tom Ballard strike and a late Oliver Bright penalty.
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Sunday October 4th
AFC Dronfield 4 - 0 Norfolk Park Rangers