Royton Town Youth comfortably progressed to
the quarter final of the Maher Cup with an
impressive 6 v 0 victory over Bury Juniors.
Town began the game with centre forward Jamie
Summers in goal (bravely volunteering) and Mike Tierney
making his full debut on the left.
Starting brightly, Royton took the game to
Bury with Aaron Buczko having a couple of attempts and
Andy Hildrup striking the bar.
Royton took the lead on 18 minutes after good
work from Ben Ashworth led to JOSH FISH
arriving late at the far post to squeeze the ball home
from a tight angle.
A minute later Town were two ahead following
a great run and drive from the influentila AARON
BUCZKO.
Bury's keeper was providing heroics in the
Bury goal, and with Summers a virtual spectator, it was
hard to believe that Royton didn;t add to their tally in
the first half.
HALF TIME : 2 - 0
Further pressure saw Royton creating numerous
chances, Danny Booth going close when striking the
woodwork.
However, it was 70 minutes before Royton
added a third, and it was substitute JORDAN
MACNAMARA who provided it with a sweet left foot
drive.
The third goal was the signal for manager
Leeming to bring Summers out of goal and replace him with
the hard working Tom Ogden.
DANNY BOOTH added the fourth
for Town with an elegant left foot curler into the top
corner and JAMIE SUMMERS got his reward
for his patience when he added the fifth.
The impressive left back ANDY
HILDRUP popped up in the box to head home
Royton's sixth and final goal.
A fine all round performance, watched and
admired by a good following of family and club
members.
The defence were largely untroubled,
Schofield and Rowbotham cool and collected on the ball
with Ste Haynes aggresive at right back and Hildrup
collecting the MOM allocade.
Lamb & Buzcko were dominant in the middle
of the park with Fish and McNamara providing excellant
width.
Ashworth was industrious up front and
involved in a lot of Roytons good chances, whilst Booth
never fails to find the room for opportunities.
Tierney was unfortunate to come off early
with a leg strain, but he has shown early signs of promise
with some nice footwork.
Managers Leeming and Wild have now seen the
standards set in their two games together, and with Jamie
Hesketh, Nathan Southern and Will Mellor set to return to
the squad , then they will have some difficult (but
fortunate) decisions to make in the future.
In the meantime, if anyone knows of a
goalkeeper who is looking to play in a very good Under
18's team, please contact Pete Wild or Gary
Leeming.
FULL TIME : ROYTON TOWN 6 v
0 BURY JUNIORS