Result: 4-2 Scorers: Flash, Matt x2, Tuff, With the top of the division super close, following last week’s defeat it was paramount for the M4s to get back to winning ways as soon as possible. Hence whilst a match against the unbeaten league leaders Witham would be a mouth-watering challenge, we were well aware of the challenge ahead of us … Read More
Chelmsford Ladies Super Vets vs St Ives
Result: Won 5-3 Scorers: A Farrar x3, K Cooper, S Mitchell The ladies’ vets team had their first match of the season, a friendly against St Ives from Cambridge as both teams have a ‘by’ in the 1st round of the national cup. New faces in all parts of the field, Sue Mitchell up front, Sarah Burns, Nicky Thompson and … Read More
Chelmsford Men’s 1st XI vs. Harleston Magpies
Result: Draw 1-1 Scorers: M Millane Chelmsford welcomed Harleston Magpies to Chelmer Park for our fourth fixture of the 2017- 18 season. Chelmsford started the game very strong not giving the Harleston’s defence time to settle. Chelmsford’s high press and intensity forced cheap turnovers in the Harleston’s 25, with near misses coming from Mr Plummer and Mr Farmer from close … Read More
Chelmsford Girls U18s vs Folkestone
EHB Cup – round 1 Result: Won 14-0 Scorers: (too many to count!) Lovely autumn day for the first round against Folkestone travelling from the South Coast. Chelmsford started strongly pressing high creating a number of chances on the Folkestone goal quickly converting 3 goals to take the upper hand. Further pressure resulted in a number of short corners, which … Read More
Chelmsford Men’s 4th XI vs. Saffron Walden
Result: Loss 0-1 With 2 strong victories from their first two games, it would be interesting to see if the enforced rest last week due to a late postponement at Waltham Forrest would break the momentum the M4’s squad had built up. With captain Rob Dyer unavailable for the weekend and a few regular players injured or otherwise engaged the … Read More
Chelmsford Men’s 6th XI vs. Saffron Walden
Result: Won 2-0 Scorers: O Groves, J Cater, Chelmsford’s 6 XI travelled to Saffron Walden hungry for another win after last weeks’ unfortunate defeat. With the squad bolstered by some new players Chelmsford made their presence known by pressing hard and securing an early lead through a well placed shot from Owen Groves. As the first half continued, Chelmsford continued to … Read More
Chelmsford Men’s 5th XI vs. Old Loughtonians
Result: Won 5-1 Scorers: S Reilly x3, D Farmer, B Middleton The 5th XI enjoyed a well deserved 5-1 victory over Old Loughtonians Academy. A good all round performance kept the Academy defence under pressure from early on in the game and goals soon came. Scot Reilly opened the scoring and this was followed by a fine goal from David … Read More
Chelmsford Ladies 4th XI vs. Southend
Result: Loss 0-1 Chelmsford Ladies 4 XI travelled to Warners Bridge and put in an outstanding first half performance. Huge intensity was demonstrated by all team members, in particular Abigail Burrows who held her own with strength and stamina on the right wing. Southend were no match for the Chelmsford press and rapid pace of ball movement. A single save … Read More
Chelmsford Ladies 2nd XI vs. Folkestone
Result: Won 2-1 Scorers: H Guy x2 Following last week’s win (our first of the season) we were keen to get more points on the board. Chelmsford started well and there was some excellent attacking play involving Nat Davies and Kiera Hornsby. Chelmsford moved the ball quickly and a spell of pressure led to a great move with Ally Farrer … Read More
Chelmsford Ladies 3rd XI vs. Colchester
Result: Won 4-3 Scorers: Sophie x2, Jo x2, The match began with a great goal from Sophie at 7 minutes. Lots of action at the goal resulted in a short corner, but nothing came out of it. After a number of unlucky misses, Sophie scored another fantastic goal. Brilliant defending by Lily and Jenai put the forwards in a good … Read More