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Fixtures 09-10

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Date	Opposition	Venue	Result
12 Sep	WB Tynemouth 4	Home	6-1
19 Sep	Stockton 6	Away	canc
26 Sep	Morpeth 4	Away	1-2
3 Oct	Stokesley 2	Home	0-1
10 Oct	Darlington 2	Away	2-1
17 Oct	Stockton 6	Home	2-1
24 Oct	Hartlepool 2	Away	0-8
31 Oct	Nth. St. Georges 4	Home	1-3 (8Nov)
7 Nov	Norton 3	Away	0-3
14 Nov	Richmond 4	Home	1-1
21 Nov	Redcar 2	Away
28 Nov	Conference Cup and Plate
5 Dec	Medics 3	Home
12 Dec	Tynedale 2	Away
16 Jan	Stokesley 2	Away
23 Jan	Darlington 2	Home
30 Jan	Stockton 6	Away
6 Feb	Hartlepool 2	Home
13 Feb	Conference Cup and Plate
20 Feb	Norton 3	Away
27 Feb	Richmond 4	Home
6 Mar	Redcar 2	Away
13 Mar	Nth. St. Georges	Home
20 Mar	Conference Cup and Plate

31 Oct 09

Norton 3rds - 3 Sunderland 4ths - 0

The fourths put in a good performance against high flying Norton. They defended resolutely and went in 0-0 at half time. Unfortunately after the break the home team introduced a higher league player who scored two individual goals. A third was added later but this was a good performance from a team which included 5 juniors and four players relatively new to the game.

17th Oct 09

Sunderland 4ths 2 Stockton 6ths 1

The fourths got another good win this time against a young Stockton side. Sunderlands goals came from the inform Stephen Kettley and Sam Fox who made a welcome return to the club.

Darlington 2nds 1 Sunderland 4ths 2

The fourths got an unlikely victory despite travelling to Darlington with only nine men. The team set up to defend and play on the break and the tactic worked well. Stephen Kettley opened the scoring converting a well worked short corner. The home side equalised before half time and then pressed the visitors in the second half, but stand-in keeper Josh Allan denied them a number of good saves. In a dramatic finale Sunderland broke quickly, Kettley fed George Johnston who scored with the last hit of the game.

3 Oct 09

Sunderland 4ths - 0  Stokesley 2nds - 1.

In an excellent and well contested game of hockey, Sunderland 4ths were unfortunate not to get anything from this Conference game. The Sunderland youngsters battled hard throughout with Edward Winship and Josh Allen running tirelessly up front and Chris Maughn and Mark Moore having strong games in defence.

26 Sep 09

Morpeth 4ths-2 Sunderland 4ths -1

In an well contested game of hockey, Sunderland 4ths were unlucky not to get anything from the game. Sunderland`s goal was scored by youngster George Johnson following some excellent play and interchanges down the right hand side.

Sunderland 4th -4 Redcar 2nd -2.

Sunderland 4ths finished their season with a fine win over Redcar. Most pleasing was youngster George Johnson bagging his first brace for the club.

21 Mar 09

Sunderland 4ths -1 Norton 3rds-2

In an ill tempered game which saw a red card for a Norton Player and a yellow card for a Sunderland player, Sunderland 4ths were unlucky not to earn a draw in this tight match. Johnny Raine scored the Sunderland goal following some fine team interchanges. Younsters Josh Allan,  George Johnson and student Richard Pirate Baker all battled well and the young Sunderland keeper Jamie Connolly made some really fine saves. This has been a learning season for many new young players in the 4th Team and hopefully they will benefit in the future and work their way up to a higher team next season.  

7 Mar 09

Redcar 2nd - 8 Sunderland 4ths - 1.

With a number of players dropping out at the last minute, Sunderland were forced to travel to Redcar with a depleted side. As a result, Redcar very kindly provided the Umpires and 2 players. The result was a convincing win for Redcar but a game played with spirit and determination. Sunderland players must let the Selection Commitee know when they are not available in an effort to support the Captain and the younger players.

28 Feb 09

Sunderland 4th-0 Stokesley 2nd - 4.

Despite the scoreline, Sunderland 4ths played well against the League high fliershaving lost their more experienced players to the 3rd Team. This gave an opportunity for Sunderland to give some new and young players their debuts for the Club. As such, credit should go to youngsters Andrew Hughes and Kyle Crawford, together with student Greg Townson who all played well. Also vintage keeper Jim Standish made some fine saves having been under pressure for much of the game.  

21 Feb 09

Richmond 4ths- 0 Sunderland 4ths- 2

Sunderland 4th`s travelled to Richmond with a depleted 10 man side and came away with a superb 2-0 win in a hard fought but equally high standard game of hockey. Due to the loss of a man, it was to the credit of the hard working midfield of Peter Billyard, Johnny Raine and Steve Liddle that Sunderland were able to dominate most of this match. Sunderland`s  scorers  were Davey Guest following some fine passing interchanges between the midfield and Ian McKinley who also worked tirelessly upfront as a lone striker. Sunderland`s man of the match was young keeper Andrew Thompson who although not tested often did manage a number of fine saves including a superb diving clearance off the line when the ball had passed him. Credit must also go to veteran defenders Stewart Douglas and Jim Gardner who although outnumbered on a number of occasions broke up the majority of the Richmond attacks.

 

 

24 January 09

Sunderland 4ths -2 Billingham 1st - 3.

In a very hard fought match, Sunderland 4ths acquitted themselves well by losing to a solitary goal from a Billingham side who remain unbeaten this season. It was an ill tempered match at times with both teams receiving yellow cards for ill discipline. Sunderland`s goals were scored by .

 

1st Nov 08

Billingham 1sts 6 Sunderland 4ths 0

Sunderland struggled to come to terms with strong opposition. Although some players have left the club, a number of the opponents played in League 1 last season. Billingham were quickly in their stride, scoring early and were three up by half time. Sunderland enjoyed their best period just after half-time before giving possession away too easily and were made to pay twice in quick succession. Although the home side enjoyed most of the possession Sunderland's had four or five short corners with Liddle unlucky, having two saved on the line by the full-back.

MOM. I McGinley who worked hard to provide an outlet for a stretched defence.

Wally. M Brown for forgetting trainers and having to play in shoes.