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Newcastle Inter Dental P – P IJLW Brazil

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17/12/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Andrew, Paterson, Churchley, Kennedy, Haigh, Bernstone, Freath, Honeywood, McGowan, Ho, Goodliff.

No sooner had the Brazil 11 got out of the changing rooms, was the match called off by the lanky referee. The terrible organisation by Inter Dental led to both teams and the referee travelling to a frozen pitch when the game could easily have been cancelled early in the morning.

This was the last match of 2005 so Brazil will go into the New Year with a healthy league position, following a 100% record in the month of December.

IJLW Brazil 3 – 0 Red Star Benwell

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10/12/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Andrew, Paterson, Churchley, Walker, Kennedy, Harrison, Freath, Honeywood, Ho, Day, Bull.

Red Star started well and enjoyed the majority of the possession with the wind and slope working in their favour. A well organised Brazil side defended solidly and didn’t allow the visitors to capitalise. When Al Andrew was called on in the Brazil goal he responded well; parrying a curling free kick out to the right and tipping the ball over the crossbar from an in-swinging corner.

When Brazil got the ball down and passed it around they looked like a far better team than their visitors but they had no clear chances early on. The breakthrough came from Bryan Walker’s long pass into the box to Matty Bull. Brazil’s top scorer took the ball past his marker and was brought down under a clumsy challenge. The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation and Bull gently tapped the ball straight down the middle of the goal into the back of the net.

The return of Mark Kennedy gave Brazil a boost at the back. The big defender was on top form, belying the fact that he had not played for over three months. It was, however, off Kennedy’s head that Red Star came closest to scoring. Andrew, taken by surprise, sprung into action to keep it out.

With the game still in the balance, Dave Churchley made a managerial masterstroke at half time. The wingers, Mark Harrison and Steve Ho, swapped flanks and Brazil never looked back. In the second half Brazil played as well as they had ever done and created chance after chance without allowing Red Star a single shot on target. Simon Honeywood, who has got better with every game he’s played, was outstanding in midfield alongside the ever impressive Mark Freath.

Bull skipped past a defender and smashed the ball against the underside of the bar. The diminutive Rob Day out jumped two defenders to get his head onto the rebound but again it came back off the bar. Ho, following in, put the second rebound over the top with his weaker right foot.

After a period of sustained pressure, the second goal came from a defensive error. Day took advantage of a miss-control by the centre back and lifted a curling shot over the advancing keeper to score his first goal for Brazil. Bull wrapped up the victory, making no mistake in converting Ewan Paterson’s superb through ball.

The dominant Walker was named as the man of the match for the first time this season.

Other news:
The Tyneside Amateur League Christmas raffle draw was made on Friday 2nd December. All ticket stubs and money (or unsold tickets) need to be returned as soon as possible so that the prizes can be distributed.

IJLW Brazil 0 – 1 Wallsend Town Reserves

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26/11/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Hetherington, Churchley, Walker, Haigh, Harrison, Paterson, Freath, Smith, Day, Bull.
Subs not used: McGowan.

With the Wallsend team involved in a crash on their way to Winlaton, the match kicked off 45 minutes late. Although this disrupted Brazil’s preparations, it did give time for Mike Harrison to arrive, after being called up at late notice. Harrison’s first appearance of the season was a good one, especially in the first half. Brazil also debuted a new signing in the form of Craig Hetherington.

Although the visitors had more of the possession in the first half, Brazil had the better chances. Rob Day broke away down the right. His pace took him past the last defender and then the keeper but his shot, from a tight angle, went just wide of the far post. Ewan Paterson sliced the pick of the chances wide (after it bobbled in front of him).

After the break, as the light started to fail, the game opened up a bit with more chances coming at both ends. Disappointingly for Brazil, the game’s only goal came from one of their corners. Matty Bull’s cross into the box was challenged for by Day and Bryan Walker. Whilst either one of them would have scored on their own, between them they only managed to head the ball straight at the goalkeeper. He initiated a quick break down the right flank. The winger carried the ball, unchallenged, for over 50 yards before firing the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

Brazil kept competing and had enough chances to get something out of the game. Mark Freath tried to do it on his own as he carried the ball from the edge of his own box to the edge of the other box, going round at least six players en route. He later dedicated the run to the late, great George Best. Paterson had another chance to get on the scoresheet but his recent goalscoring run seems to have come to an abrupt end. The final chance was well set up in the box by Day and Freath who manged to lay the ball off into Bull’s path. Brazil’s top scorer would normally have buried the chance but it hit the bar. One explanation for this is the fact that his right boot was ripped so, in the spare 45 minutes before the game started, he swapped it for one of his manger’s spare boots. Not only was it a size too big but it is also renowned for sending the ball upwards.

Brazil’s defence, Walker and Dave Churchley in particular, should be proud of the fact that Wallsend’s top striker (who had scored 11 in seven prior to this match) failed to score for the first time this season. Lee Wilkinson was unsurprisingly named man of the match after pulling off a fantastic save from a corner in each half.

Newcastle BT 3 – 0 IJLW Brazil

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12/11/2005
NFA “K. B. Sheet Metalwork” Minor Cup 2nd Round

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Mitchell, Churchley, Walker, Haigh, Day, Honeywood, Freath, Ho, Goodliff, Bull.

The match was almost cancelled for the second week running but eventually went ahead on a saturated pitch, after a last minute pitch inspection. Brazil were not overawed by their opponents, despite being placed two divisions below the Northern Alliance side.

The home side had the bulk of the possession early on but Brazil matched them, preventing any good chances. On a large pitch, Brazil found a lot of space to counter attack and the pace of Les Goodliff and Matty Bull up front meant that the visitors were always in with a chance.

Two soft goals, where the forwards got ahead of their markers, and a good finish from a tight angle effectively killed the game off before half time. Instead of collapsing, Brazil responded well and almost got a goal back before the break when Bull’s free kick was well tipped over.

The second half was tough for Brazil, playing uphill with no substitutes, but the whole team battled well. Bull, Goodliff, Steve Ho and Dave Churchley all had long range shots but the best chance fell to Rob Day, who made a lively debut on the right. Bull picked out Day’s run into the box. His shot was hard and accurate but well saved by the goalkeeper.

BT, despite having the majority of the possession, rarely threatened the Brazil goal. Their best chance of the half came when Mark Freath’s excellent sliding challenge in the box was adjudged to be a foul by the otherwise very good referee. Justice was served when Lee Wilkinson, dropping to his right, comfortably saved the weak spot kick.

Bull was deservedly name as the man of the match.

Player Records

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Player records start from the 2002/03 season, when the club first joined the Tyneside Amateur League, and are accurate up to the end of the 2013/14 season.

Most Appearances

  1. Dave Churchley – 254
  2. Mark Freath – 214
  3. Bryan Walker – 213
  4. Ewan Paterson – 184
  5. Shaun Haigh – 158
  6. James Cooper – 139
  7. Craig Volpe – 125
  8. Carl Stoker – 123
  9. Henry Liddell – 121
  10. James Katirai – 116

Most Goals

  1. Dom Hall – 141
  2. Steve Welsh – 73
  3. Craig Volpe – 59
  4. Les Goodliff – 49
  5. Johnny Muse – 46
  6. James Cooper – 41
  7. Matty Bull – 35
  8. Nig Hull – 27
  9. Carl Stoker – 24
  10. Shaun Haigh – 23

Most Man of the Match Awards

  1. Dom Hall – 51
  2. Dave Churchley – 31
  3. Lee Wilkinson – 24
  4. Matthew Creighton – 22
  5. Johnny Muse – 16
  6. James Cooper – 15
  7. Les Goodliff – 12
  8. Nig Hull – 12
  9. Bryan Walker – 11
  10. Mark Freath – 10