Joining the squad (in no particular order) are; Simon Dunn, Kasim Zargar, Jeanmal Prosper & Jordan Wells.
We say farewell to Craig Stillwell, who played up a year group last season to great effect but who is going to pursue his football career elsewhere this season. Segun Fawole is also pursuing interests away from the squad this season. We wish both of them all the best with their futures, they were an asset to the bench & will be missed by those of us that paced the sidelines last season.
Also released from the squad are; Aidan Knight, Alex Drury & Dom Pickles.
But before I go there is the little matter of a pre-season friendly to mention.
Custard creams - Check
Large Latte - Check
Phones on 'silent' - .......enjoy.
Under 16’s – Friendly
Hale Leys Youth 3 – Aylesbury Town 1
The newly established Hale Leys Youth, (previously Aylesbury Vale Youth) gave a sparkling performance in a friendly against last season Div 2 winners Aylesbury Town.
The home team looked in great shape from the start, stepping up a level on last season’s game play, setting the tempo & keeping control. Leys kept play well into Towns’ half through the early stages & it wasn’t until midway through the half that Towns’ George ‘Nobby’ Hatt managed to get a run on the home side; receiving a pass just outside the 18yd box which he despatched towards goal. Hale Leys keeper, Gary Bidgway, came out for the save & cleared back for the start of a break for Leys.
Town now had to defend hard as the surge by Hale Leys gave plenty of options. A keeping error from Liam Twyman and Nathan Scarfe slotted the ball in. Debuting for Hale Leys, Simon Dunn took a chance shot that nearly put the home side two goals clear into the break; his strike from midway into Towns’ half had Twyman stretching to tip the ball out for a corner from the bottom left of goal.
The start of the second half and Hale Leys made some squad changes. The scene wasn’t quite that of the first period with Leys not gelling as they had; a costly error in their defence brought the scores level when Tom Grantham struck an own goal 10 minutes into the half. However it was their only real error of the match & the shape returned to the game.
In the 22nd minute Dunn was on the advance again; & netted two more for Hale Leys within 5 minutes, getting a run on Towns’ quick defender, Gage Boyle. With the final whistle poised to blow; Towns’ Twyman had to react quickly after a misplaced goal kick passed straight to Jordan Murphy who in turn despatched it straight back at goal. The subsequent block by Twyman brought the match to a close.
The season-proper starts next week with an away meeting to Prestwood Colts.
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