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WOMENS DEVELOPMENT XI - 04/11/2023 VS HARLESTON MAGPIES (A) 
 
TEAM: Womens Development XI 
DATE: 04/11/2023 
FIXTURE: Womens Development XI VS 04/11/2023 
HEADLINE: Dev girls rule 
LEAGUE: NORFOLK DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 
LEAGUE SPONSORS: EMPRESA LIMITED 
VENUE: 
RESULT: 
 
REPORT: 
 
Excellent play from them all. Really good listening to instructions, movement of the ball around the space available and generally great team play. Some lovely skills coming on with controlled reverse passes and little controlled bunny hops over opposition sticks. Well done.  
 
We didn't get a chance to do player player for various reasons so coaches player this week goes to Freya. Brilliant use of space, excellent clearing of the ball and simply for being such a warrior. ???? 
 
The girls should be very proud of themselves. They all played the whole match as we didn't have any subs, against a team that fought hard with 4 subs AND an adult on pitch at all times! We even played the last 7 minutes with 10 players so a huge well done everyone. ???? 
 
Thank you to the hard core supporters that stood in the rain for the whole time shouting the team on. Hats off to you all. It makes such a difference to the team and we are all so grateful for you being there with us.  
 
Excellent result and very well deserved. I hope everyone is warm and dry by now. What a fab team we have all become ?? See you next week! ???? 
Laura Webb 
 

MENS 1ST XI - 05/11/2023 VS BANBURY 1 (H) 
 
TEAM: Mens 1st XI 
DATE: 05/11/2023 
FIXTURE: Mens 1st XI VS 05/11/2023 
HEADLINE: Spoils Shared Versus New National League Foe 
LEAGUE: CONFERENCE MIDLANDS 
VENUE: Taverham 
RESULT: 3-3 D 
 
REPORT: Taverham welcomed Banbury to Norfolk in their debut national League campaign. An honour we knew alot about from last year, which comes with the benefit of the element of the unknown. We knew very little of our opposite and started with that apprehension in the forefront of our thoughts, sitting off and seeing Banbury enter our D 2/3 times in the first 3 minutes with minimal effort. Thankfully Alastair Cooke & Tom Harris were on hand to mop up the early pressure. No long after we had won the ball in good position and Tom Cooke quickly found his brother Cam on the move who broke away and passed around the keeper to Chris Wardale who defected the ball in. Q1 ended 1-0 to Norwich. 
Q2 started with a flurry of Banbury short corners but Alastair Cooke was equal to them all. Shortly after Elliot Hibell won our 2nd short corner of the game and Tom Cooke obliged to score it and double the lead. After an early start Banburys influence on the game had begun to fade, but they soon changed that with a sharply won and quickly taken freehit they'd slammed a ball in to a free man at the backpost and had open their tally for the day. Soon after they'd moved quickly through midfield to find a man at the p-spot who deflected in aswell. Game level in the blink of an eye. HT: 2-2. 
Norwich were welcomed into the second half with a pair of green cards for Elliott & Dave and Banbury made the numerical superiority pay with a short corner goal to take a well deserved lead. Norwich returned to their full compliment and regained control of play. After threatening on multiple attacks it was Elliott Hibell who cut past one defender before slipping a ball to Thomas Cooke who quickly slapped towards goal. Unfortunately the slap missed it's intended target but it did bounce off the post and Chris Wardale was the fastest to react and he had his second goal of the game and leveled up with 5 minutes to play. A few chances from either side to end but nothing to trouble the scoreboard. The match ended 3-3.