Cambridge & District Colts League Division 12C
Season 2005 - 2006

Coaches: Alan Dennis & Steve Poulter

Player Awards
Players Player of the Year Michael Dennis
Managers Player of the Year Jamie Johnstone
Merit Award Sam Lawrence & Wesley Smith
Parents Award Hugues Tyson

League Table

Fixtures And Results

Date		Team	Home or Away	Result	Won, Lost or Drawn	Scorers
September	04	Milton Colts (Friendly)	A	1-6	W	Sean Rossiter-Johnstone, Jamie Johnstone, Alex Morley, Mike Dennis 2, Shane Carter-Braine
	11	Burwell Tigers	H	7-1	W	Jamie Johnstone 5, Shane Carter-Braine 2
	18	Fulbourn Falcons	A	1-4	W	Shane Carter-Braine 2, Jamie Johnstone, Tom Jones
	25	NST Strikers (Lge Cup Prelim Round)	A	1-2	W	Mike Dennis, Shane Carter-Braine
October	02	Lakenheath Youth	A	6-2	L	Mike Dennis (pen), Shane Carter-Braine
	09	Swavesey Spartans (1st Round Lge Cup)	H	1-2	L	Wesley Smith
	16	Soham Town Colts	A	1-3	W	Joe Wilson 2, Wesley Smith
	30	Histon Hornets B	A	6-2	L	Shane Carter-Braine, Tom Jones
November	06	St Ives Rangers C	H	8-3	W	Shane Carter-Braine 3, Tom Jones 2, Mike Dennis 2, Jamie Johnstone
	13	Swavesey Spartans	A	1-3	W	Shane Carter-Braine 2, Jamie Johnstone
	20	Warboys Colts	H	3-0	W	Mike Dennis, Jamie Johnstone, Tom Jones
	27	Soham Town Colts	H	1-3	L	Wesley Smith
December	04	Burwell Tigers	A	1-9	W	Shane Carter-Braine 3, Sean Rossiter-Johnstone 2, Jamie Johnstone 2, Thomas Burns 2
	11	Fulbourn Falcons	H	2-0	W	Shane Carter-Braine, Mike Dennis
January	08	Ely Crusaders/First Round KO Cup	H	0-6	L
	15	Fulbourn Institute	A	1-2	W	Jamie Johnstone 2
	22	St Ives Rangers C	A	1-7	W	Mike Dennis 2, Jamie Johnstone 4, Tom Jones
February	05	Histon Hornets B	H	1-5	L	Jamie Johnstone
	12	Comberton Crusaders	H	8-1	W	Jamie Johnstone, Wesley Smith 3, Thomas Burns, Tom Jones 2
	26	Swavesey Spartans	H	2-7	L	Jamie Johnstone, Wesley Smith
March	05	Warboys Colts	A	1-5	W	Mike Dennis, Jamie Johnstone, Shane Carter-Braine, Thomas Burns, Tom Jones
	12	Longstowe Lions	A	4-4	D	Mike Dennis 2, Joe Wilson, Shane Carter-Braine
	26	Lakenheath Youth	H	1-3	L	Jamie Johnstone
April	09	Comberton Crusaders	A	3-5	W	Mike Dennis 2, Jamie Johnstone, Sean Rossiter-Johnstone
	30	Fulbourn Institute	H	2-6	L	Jamie Johnstone 2
May	07	Longstowe Lions	H	3-2	W	Mike Dennis 2, Joe Wilson

Match Reports

11th September 2005
Bottisham 7- 1 Burwell Tigers
Cold, damp conditions produced a greasy playing surface that gave both teams trouble during this game, but Bottisham began brightly, keeping Burwell in their own half for much of the opening ten minutes. Just one scoring chance, though, when Paul pushed a ball through the defence for Jamie to run onto. Their No.11 did well to clear the danger. After ten minutes Burwell won a corner which seemed to inspire confidence in the visitors. Less than two minutes later the Tigers scored. On twenty minutes Alex Breeze sent a great pass down the line to Mike, whose strength took it past the defenders. His fast, low cross was converted by Jamie to bring the scores to one apiece. Four minutes later the visitors had a goal disallowed for offside - a close call. Undaunted, their No.8 hit a great strike. We were relieved to see it go just high and wide of the top right corner. In the last minutes of the half Mike sent Shane clear on goal with only the 'keeper to beat. Shane executed an exquisite lob to collect his first goal for Bottisham - against his old club.
After the restart Wes chased a seemingly lost cause, got to the ball first and rounded the keeper. Their defender did enough to see his shot hit the side-netting. We were treated to a steady stream of goals in the second half as the team passed the ball around and made the Tigers chase the game. A low, angled shot from the left gave Jamie his second and he collected his hat-trick five minutes later when he beat the offside trap to run it past the 'keeper. His fourth was a case of right place at the right time, after Tom Jones surged through on the right and hit the post. Jamie picked up the rebound to bring the score to 5-1. A couple of great crosses from Wes followed, the second one eventually yielding a goal from Jamie after the ball had rattled around the penalty area. Mike was having an outstanding game, getting the better of their No.14 on the wing before seeing his shot run wide. Good to see Tom Jones racing back to help the defence out with only ten minutes to go. The whole team were playing well as a team, chasing every ball and putting together some nice passes. With seven minutes to go the Tigers had another chance at goal but narrowly missed. Then followed two almost identical attacks from Bottisham. A 'route one' ball went over the defence, Shane ran onto it but their 'keeper made a great point blank save. In the last move of the game the attack was repeated, this time Shane lobbed the goalie to bring the final score to 7-1

6th November 2005
Bottisham 8- 3 St Ives Rangers C
Despite the blustery, rainy conditions there was a great turnout of spectators today, some travelling from as far as Kent. The entire defence were guilty of a series of errors in the early minutes of the match which resulted in a goal for the visitors who must have thought it was their lucky day. This proved not to be the case as Bottisham pulled themseves together and began to dominate the game. Few chances fell for either team until Mike outran a defender to a one-on-one situation with the 'keeper in the fifteenth minute. He made no mistake and brought the game level again. Bottisham steadily increased the pressure, Jamie pulling his shot wide five minutes later. On 22 minutes Mike's left wing throw-in found Wes who sent Shane on his way for his first goal of the game. 2-1 to Bottisham. Three minutes later Mike popped up at the right corner post and delivered a great cross. Jamie slid in and converted with a stunning volley that complimented the quality of the cross perfectly. 3-1. Bottisham were attacking continually now, but lacking support from midfeld at times. A left wing cross from Wes was put in the net by Tom. 4-1. The traffic wasn't all one way, however, and our defence was tested several times. After a quiet start, Sam was making his presence felt, Paul was getting his head on tha ball well and the two Alex's were stopping the Rangers from making their runs down the wings.
The second half started well, with 'keeper Thomas in a forward role, whipping in a cross. In contrast to the first half there were plenty of runners from midfield to latch onto it, Tom driving it into the goal for his second and Bottisham's fifth. Another great cross from Thomas hung in the air and Hughes was unlucky not to score from the header. The Rangers always threatened on the break, however, and Sam had to really stretch his legs to see off one attack that threatened. A 'keeper error gifted Mike his second goal of the game midway through the half and the score became 7-1 when Shane got his second. A great run from Joe out of defence led to the eighth goal for Bottisham and Shane's hattrick, a low drive that went out of the 'keeper's reach. At 8-1 both teams knew the game was all but over and Bottisham relaxed a bit too much, allowing the Rangers through to collect two consolation goals before the final whistle.

13th November 2005
Swavesey Spartans 1-3 Bottisham
Bottisham began well, pinning Swavesey back in their own half for a sustained period. It looked like we would get an early lead with all the pressure the team were applying, but after 5 minutes the ball was cleared long and the Spartans counterattack was swift and very nearly decisive - their No7 sped through our defence as if it wasn't there but his shot went wide. The home team began to enjoy time in Bottisham's half, Tom's powerful header equal to a good direct shot on our goal. Bottisham began to get more attacks on goal, Wes getting stuck in and winning possession and Jamie's shot going just wide after a on-on-one with their 'keeper. Jamie was the provider minutes later with a great flick on that sent Shane goalwards. A shot to the bottom right corner was unstoppable and gave Bottisham a 1-0 lead. It could have been two when Shane out-muscled a defender but the 'keeper did well to block the shot. The second goal came in the twenty-fourth minute - Paul's goalkick was picked up by Mike, who pushed the ball through to Jamie whose clinical finish made it 2-0. The Spartans took full advantage of a rare defensive slip from Sam to bring the score back to 2-1 just before half time. The Spartans had shown us what they could do given half a chance, they had very nippy forwards and used the long ball well on a short pitch.
The second half started with Swavesey breaking fast, but Bottisham were defending well and out quickly putting the pressure back on the home team. After sixteen minutes, Shane got his second assisted by Thomas and putting some clear space between the teams. A minute later it could have been 4-1 as Shane dribbled through the defence but elected to shoot rather than square the ball to three waiting Bottisham players. Shout louder next time lads! The wind was whipping across the pitch and the play was almost entirely on Bottisham's right wing for long periods. In the final minutes of the game Sam and Alex Breeze were kept busy on the right side as Swavesey kept pushing. Jamie and Hughes linked well on the left with a series of neat one-two's but the game was all but over by then and Bottisham were unable to take advantage of the space on the left.

20th November 2005
Bottisham 3 - 0 Warboys Colts
Warboys Colts arrived with only ten players today due to injuries and understandably played a defensive game. This could have been a great opportunity for the team to learn how to play against opposition with this strategy but unfortunately the team didn't take this chance. Our lads spent a great deal of time in their half but only seemed to have two ideas today: speculative long range efforts or dribbling through the entire team to score. Having said that, Bottisham 's first goal came from captain Mike Dennis, who hit the ball sweetly from well outside the penalty area to give the home team a 1-0 lead after 10 minutes. Warboys had their first attack on 12 minutes, after clearing a cross that bobbled across the goal-line. Their second foray into our half was on 27 minutes, Joe seeing off the danger comfortably.
The second half started well for the home team, within two minutes Jamie had doubled Bottisham's lead after latching on to a through ball and sending it past the 'keeper. Barely two minutes later Thomas tickled the ball past the left side defence before launching an excellent cross. Tom Jones arrived in the six yard box to put the ball away to bring the score to 3-0. It was 19 minutes before Warboys broke into our half, Alex Breeze and Sam having little to do defensively but doing their job well when called upon. Our 'keeper was a spectator for most of the match, with no real saves to make. Bottisham sensed it was a one sided match but failed to capitalise on it. When they did use the width that the pitch has to offer, it eased the congestion in the attacking half and made more space for everyone, but unfortuantely this was too infrequent. One bright spot was Thomas Burns domination of the right wing. Credit must go to Warboys, who played for 60 minutes with ten lads and frustrated the home side with their valiant defending. Their 'keeper made a number of good saves to keep Warboys in with a chance. We look forward to the return match against a hopefully full squad in the New Year.

4th December 2005
Burwell Tigers 1 - 9 Bottisham
Bottisham began well, probing and testing the Burwell's defensive line. Tom Jones' header put our forwards through on goal after five minutes and Jamie scored from an extremely tight angle to give us the lead. The Tigers were given few clear chances, our defence growing more confident with every game and seeing off the danger comfortably. The host teams first opportunity came in the eighteenth minute when the ball was crossed beautifully but just out of range for the Tigers striker. Bottisham immediately responded, a desperate tackle from their No 7 denying Jamie his second goal. Four minutes later, Jamie picked up the ball and calmly slotted the ball underneath the outstretched 'keepers body. 2-0. More pressure from the boys forced a corner which Mike dropped into the six yard box, Sean R-J sweeping the ball into the net. The half ended at 3-0 to the visitors, who had impressed the watching parents with the quality of crosses and flick-ons.
The second half started with the home team playing the better football, a let-off for the boys as the ball ran across their goal in the third minute. Perhaps that was a defining moment, a two goal margin being recoverable, but it wasn't the Tigers day. In the seventh minute, Mike sent Thomas Burns on his way, who took his chance well. 4-0. The next goal came from the left, as Wesley Smith burst through. His shot hit the underside of the crossbar and Thomas headed the ball home at close range for his second and Bottisham's fifth. The flurry of goals continued with Burwell Tigers pulling one back in the tenth minute. Shane Carter-Braine got his first goal of the game a minute later after being 'rolled on'. He took it clinically, having time to choose his spot. 6-1 to the visitors. Halfway through the second half Tom Jones executed a great headed flick on from our goal kick, giving Sean the chance to run onto it and score his second. 7-1. With five minutes remaining Hughes, who was having a great game, pushed the ball on to Shane who lofted the ball over the 'keeper for his second goal. He got his hat-trick after some great work from Tom Jones - dribbling through the defence before setting up Shane, who hit the ball sweetly with the outside of his right boot to make the final score 9-1.
Joint MOTM: Rhys and Sean
Assists: Tom Jones(3); Mike (2); Hughes; Wes; Rhys