Men Celebrate

See if you recognise any of this lot. This the mens' teams showing off the two trophies they won, at the Lancs and Cheshire Amateur Football League's Presentation Night.

Player of the Months Awards - Mar/Apr 2007 11's/13's

Sorry, but better late than never. My mind has been elsewhere, and I forgot to post who won these awards, so here goes.

11's

March - Kelsie Clayton
April - Emily Watts

13's

March - Ruby Sullivan
April - Natalie Williams

Well done to all four of you. No more player of the month awards now until September, but of course we've got the Girls' Presentation Night on 29th June. More details will follow.

Kylie McD's mum - Sue

Hi to all the Denton Town teams. I would just like to congratulate all the girls that were involved in touraments this weekend. I think you were all brill and even though my daughter Kylie wasn't involved in one, I was thinking of you. Each one of you should be proud.

So well done to the 10's, 12's and 13's.

Nigel - waiting for our tournament - LOL.

See you all soon!

Denton Town 1 Rochdalians 0 Rhodes Cup Final - Men

Here is the report from John Howard - secretary of the Lancs and Cheshire AFL.

DENTON Town crowned their best season for nearly 50 years by winning the league’s Rhodes Cup in a hard-fought final with Rochdalians at Curzon Ashton.
Town who last won the premier division title as Bradford Parish back in 1961 had wrapped up the league championship some weeks ago and preserved a great unbeaten record in the campaign – a very rare feat for the league.
Their last win in the Rhodes Cup was some 25 years ago and Rochdalians pressed them all the way with both sides missing chances before the vital breakthrough came on 75 minutes.
A quickly-taken free kick by the Town keeper Peter Berry eluded the determined Rochdalians defence allowing ace goal poacher Rick Cartner to scramble the ball home from close range.
Both sides had chances in the closing stages but good goalkeeping at either end kept the 1-0 scoreline intact to set up great celebrations for the Town supporters.
Town chairman Geoff Gable was part of the team which last won the championship and he said: “This double win is the result of a great deal of hard work which has been put in at the club by players and officials and it was great to see some our old players from 40 years ago there to see the club achieve such great results.”
Pic the Town team and officials celebrate their success.

Thornton Cleveleys Tournament 12/5 - 13's

Well girls, that a long long day, meeting at 7am and by the time I dropped everyone off, and got the van back to Les' it was 7pm. I was well shattered - God knows how Phil felt, he had to go to work in the evening.

On the way down, with torrential rain and blowing a gale, I thought this is going to awful, soaking wet all day, cold, blown all over the place, but thankfully, it eased off, we got some sunshine, and all in all, it turned out to be a half decent day. Bit of a strange place for a football club with that stream running through it - I thought a tad dangerous in places, especially with little kids.

Anyway, to the tournament. I deliberately booked this event, because it was the only local 11 a-side one I could find, and I knew it would be packed with good teams - all from the Lancs League. First up was City, who we deservedly despatched 1-0 thanks to Nat's goal, and despite being a blue, that was really SWEET! City finished 5th in the league, and aren't a bad side. Next up Bolton Wanderers, runners' up in the league, gave us the run around, and to be honest, we could of lost by 4 never mind 2 - we played them onside so many times, and didn't deserve anything out of the game. Last group game was against Euxton (pronounced EXton by the way), who we brushed aside 2-0 with goals from Loz and Yoyo. This meant we were through to the Semi-final of the main competition vs. Preston North End - league champs and undefeated for over a year. We had chances at 0-0, and if we had scored, the result could of been different. However, a dubious goal in the 1st half gave PNE the lead. Possible offside as a PNE player was in Chloe W's line of site, and the ball flew into the top corner. Good goal, which stood, as the ref thought the PNE player wasn't interferring with play, and therefore, not offside. We went at them 2nd half, but were undone by a good cross and header giving Chloe no chance, and that was that.

All in all, good performance vs. quality opposition, with us playing 11 a-side for the 1st time. Clearly, work to do if you want to match Bolton and PNE, but we're not that far behind, and I'm optimistic we can continue to improve, and give them much more of a game next time we meet.

Big thanks to Les for providing the van and the gazeebo, Phil for his coaching skills, parents for their support, and most of all, the players for entertaining us. I'll leave you with the comments of Chloe Williams, whoose example I hope players and supporters alike will follow, by sending me comments and words of support, to be posted on the blogger.

Nigel.

Hia Denton jus sayin dat the tournament went well even though we didnt win but oh well not to worry we all played really well nd we had no way of coming back from 2 -0 nywayz Bye xxxx Clowii xxxx

And last but not least - a message from Phil.

Hi Girls I would like to give you a BIG Thank You for all your hard workyesterday at Thornton Cleveleys, you played really well and made it a very enjoyable tournament. Phil

Urmston Meadowside Tournament - 12/5 (10's & 12's)

first off well done to the u10s for winning their tournament, what a great first season. keep it up every one at denton town are really proud of everyone of you.
Well u12s we didnt win but coming 3rd with only 6 players is pretty darn good to me. it must have been exhausting for you also SORRY for telling you that you couldnt go in the area which lead to us losing the first game against fletcher moss(who got knocked out in the quarters) it was hard to lose to curzon ashton in the semis (especially after we beat them twice in the league) but they have really improved as a team this season and i think we under-estimated them. We then played Urmston in a playoff for the plate trophy which was 0-0 after extra time. Well once it went to penalties there was only going to be one winner.With Beth in net we couldnt lose and true to form she saved three of the six penalties with us scoring five. i know people might say im biased (but im not honest) Beth was outstanding in net today (and all season) when called on (there were a couple of games she didnt get to touch the ball) and made some superb saves. Danny scored all our goals in the group stage and then Keely scored a cracking goal and Becks got one as well. So WELL DONE and lets hope at the next one we can win the final (City won it again).
Thanks to all the parents who take the time to come and support us over the season and id like to thank the girls and to say that its a pleasure to take you all to tournaments because you are all very well behaved and always (well nearly) do as you are told.
Finally well done to the u13s for reaching the semis in their tournament although i believe you were robbed because the ref was biased.
DAWN.
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Can I just add, well done to both teams for representing the club so well in this tournament. Sorry I couldn't be there, but I was with the 13's at Thornton Cleveleys.

UNDER 11's - I know you haven't been in a tournament yet, and I'm sorry for that, its just that they have clashed with other events that I've been involved with. I promise, you will play in a couple of tournaments this summer.

Nigel.
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hi its beth just like to say well done to the under 10s for winning the whole thing for there age group and well done to the under 12s for comeing third on penaltys and mum i let one in of 6 pens well i had a smashing day and i think every one else did. oh and sorry soph and lucy for not goin on the maze. bethxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi! from Sue, Kylie's Mum (U11's)

Well done to everyone this year, you should all be proud of yourselves, and I'm sure your managers and coaches are. Keep up with the good work, more to come next year.

Good luck to everyone in tournaments, Come on under 11's, your time will come.