Birkdale United AFC

Back to winning ways for Birkdale S with a 3-1 win v Ormskirk.  Birkdale’s first came from Casterton with a great long range effort. Their second came from hard work on the right from Oyebola who crossed the ball and Welford was there to finish making it 2-0.Ormskirk took advantage of a one off bad mistake by Birkdale to make it 2-1. With 5 minutes to go Birkdale got a free kick outside the box. Casterton hit the ball towards goal, Welford was distracting the keeper and managed to put him off. So the ball hit the back of the goal making it 3-1 to Birkdale. Well done to all.

A fantastic display from Birkdale S against a good Southport Yellow side that came to defend in numbers and force Birkdale to break them down.The break through came from O’Neill who took his huge throw from the corner flag. The Southport keeper saved the throw but unfortunately dropped it into his goal to make it 1-0 to Birkdale.From the kick off, Birkdale again was having attack after attack with Casterton, Flatts and O’Neill in midfield running the game and Welford up top causing the Southport defence all sorts of problems. The second goal came after a great pass from Casterton to Welford on the edge of the box. He went towards goal and with O’neill all alone on the far post everyone was shouting for the pass but Welford easily spun around the two defenders and cooly slotted the ball into the goal making it 2-0 to Birkdale.

The second half again was all birkdale with Southport never really troubling  the defence of Huyton and Saywer. With five minutes left Birkdale’s 3rd and Welford’s 11th of the season came from another O`Neill throw to Casterton who flicked the ball backwards and Welford headed the ball into the top corner.

The falcons started the season off in fine form with a convincing victory over Trinity. There were lots of positives from the game with the lads creating lots of oppurtunities. The first goal of the game came after some great free flowing passing ended with Papp slotting the ball pass the keeper. The second goal was a great freekick which Bowden drilled into the bottom corner. The lads continued to play free flowing football. As the second half  began the lads began to put more pressure on the Trinity defence which paid off as Chapman was put through on goal and he drilled the ball past the keeper. To finish the game, Huyton slotted the ball past the keeper. Well done lads!

A Sunday afternoon kick-off saw Birkdale Diamonds face Southport Ladies. A freshly mown pitch with lots of loose damp grass made playing a ball across the surface very difficult. At times the ball clogged in the grass. This was something of a derby game, as lots of the girls go to school together.

Another away game, this time to Euxton. Another slow start by the girls, but they only went in at half time 1-0 down after a long range effort beat Harrison in goal and Euxton edged the half 60/40. In the second half, Birkdale were by far the better team dominating the half 80/20 with constant pressure and lots of corners but just couldn’t score the equalizer.Keep going girls, your luck will change soon. WELL DONE!

A very difficult away cup fixture faced Birkdale today, against the top of
the North division. The day began with a long journey to Bolton and an early
kick off. The pitch was heavy but playable.A fter a couple of minutes Birkdale
found themselves a goal down. Birkdale immediately fought back and had a good
spell of pressure keeping Academy in their on half.A counter attack and
defensive error led to Birkdale conceeding another goal. The game continued
with pressure at both ends. However it was Academy who added to the score
sheet. The half closed 4-0, but the scoreline flattered as Academy had taken their
chances and finished well, which Birkdale never did.

The second half was far closer and finished 2-0 to Academy leaving an overall score of 6-0 to Academy.On a positive note Birkdale never let their heads drop and at times played some
good football