The run-in to Christmas lost some of its shine with poor weather
and not enabling us to get all our matches played.
November: Our scoring spree continued at home against Four FC with
a 9-0 victory. Alex Young, restored to lead the line bagged four goals, with
Nick, Jonny and Dan Chapman also getting their names on the scoresheet. Rob
Yates came off the bench to score, but then undoubted highlight of the match
was Dave Guilliat finally getting his first goal for the club after two and a
half seasons. Scott again walked away with man of the match.
A week later, a second encounter with Unity in Mission in the
month was not so fruitful. A good headed goal from Matt Bowyer half way through the
second half looked to have given us all 3 points, but a late goal from UiM
meant the game finished all square. It was a much improved line-up and
performance from UiM compared to the cup game only a couple of weeks previous,
but a frustrating result which prevented us from going top of YCFL Div 2. The
highlight of the match was Laurence Bradely getting man of the match for his
commanding performance in the middle of the park on his first start for the
club.
December: With only one fixture able to be played in the month, it
was back to the cup for AGFC and up against Div 1 team Normanton. In one of our
best performances of the season, Nick grabbed another 2 goals and a first goal
and man of the match performance from Ant Glass, saw us win the game 4-0 to
place AGFC second in Group D of the YCFL Cup and qualify us for the knock-out
stages of the cup for the second year in a row. All eyes are now on the draw
for the cup at the mangers meeting on January 31st.
2013:
As a club we have not hid from the fact that the aim this season is first and foremost
to gain promotion from YCFL Div 2. We came agonisingly close last season and
know that we must go one step further this year.
We
have heavy fixture list from the beginning of February all the way through to
the end of April. With our rescheduled game away to Huddersfield
unable to played at the weekend, we currently sit one point behind Huddersfield
with a game in hand. Whether we can get to the top of the table and stay there
will all depend on the consistency and quality of the continued availability of
players and performances from here on, and hopefully come May, promotion and
quite possibly a trophy will be ours.
