It has only been two days since the Netherlee football team came back from Woodfarm High School with two fantastic, well fought, results against St Marks PS and Giffnock PS.

NETHERLEE                          1-1      ST MARKS                                                            (Glasgow Mckenzie 13′)               (St Marks #7 5′)

In the first game, we came off the pitch with a well-earned 1-1 draw. If we had taken our chances we could have won the game by at least two goals but we wasted a handful of chances. We were shaky at the start conceding after just 5 minutes. Joe McNulty made a good save in the goal but the rebound fell to the St Marks no 7 for him to comfortably slot home from close range. After that we got into our stride and started making chances. The first chance was a throw in from Glasgow from the left  in which Ben Thompson’s header was tipped out for a corner. The resulting corner was played short to Glasgow whose curling effort was deflected wide. The best chance of the game though fell to Johnny who was through but was unlucky in trying to lob the keeper on his weak foot. Our pressure finally told though when another short corner played to Glasgow this time by Scott Nicol struck a sweet half volley into the top corner two minutes from time. Then the final whistle went and we were proud of our character to get back into the game.

NETHERLEE                      4-0                 GIFFNOCK

Ben Thomson 5’                                                                                                     Johnny Greenwood 7′                                                                                    Matthew Norrie 10’                                                                                                 Craig Kyle 12’

In the second game, we beat Giffnock Primary 4-0 after a dominant performance by Netherlee. We took our chances in this match and everyone played fantastic. We started from the off  when Ben Thompson played a good pass to Johnny Greenwood who played a cheeky pass back to ben who put the ball through the goalkeepers legs. 2 minutes later Scott Nicol played a brilliant pass to Ben Thompson who slid a lovely ball in to Johnny Greenwood who smashed it into the back of the net. A few moments later, Scott Nicol put an incredible ball in to Matthew Norrie at the back post who chested it and hammered a sweetly hit ball into the bottom corner. We found another goal when Scott Nicol put a ball towards goal but then pushed out by their goalkeeper to Craig Kyle who scored Netherlees 4^th of the afternoon. Netherlee were very proud with their performance.

Pre-season friendly

Match date – 23-2-16

NETHERLEE 7-11 ST JOSEPH’S

This was a thrilling match with lots of goals that kept you on the edge of your seat. The end result was 7-11 to St Joseph’s. St Joseph’s took the lead very early in the game and that made it hard for Netherlee to come back. After half time it became very close as St Joseph’s had a one goal difference but towards the end St Joseph’s pulled further ahead. Everyone in the Netherlee team put in a good effort but in the end St Joseph’s showed their skills to keep the lead.

NETHERLEE squad

Alex Addie

Craig Kyle

Ben Thomson

Drew Makeham

Louis Drummond

Michael Foley

Jonny Greenwood

Joey Malcom

Glasgow McKenzie

Matthew Norrie

Thomas Pavri

Scott Selbie

Lewis Gough

Scott Nicol

Christopher Jack

Joe McNulty

 

On Tuesday the 23^rd of February Netherlee’s girl’s football team had a match against St Joseph’s girl’s football team. Mr Lawson offered us (the girls team) a chance to play them, so of course we accepted. The atmosphere was intense yet exciting and I think it was the same for the St Joseph’s team. The match was fair and clean and St Joseph’s were gracious in their loss. By winning 6 goals to their 5 we feel that we are capable of playing another match.

We are hoping to get another match soon.