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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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BFLA Announce New Balance Four Year Partnership
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David Bascome announced that the Bascome Futbol Leadership Academy has entered into a newly formed 4-year partnership with New Balance as their official gear provider.
Bascome said, “We look forward to working closely with New Balance and continuing to impact the soccer community.”
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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Tucker & Burnley Under 23 Match Postponed
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Ne-Jai Tucker and his Burnley teammate’s scheduled Under 23 Premier League 2 fixture at Sunderland was postponed.
The game was called off in the morning due to a frozen pitch at the Academy of Light.
The fixture will now be played on Monday March 29th, (KO 1pm).
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Saturday, January 23, 2021
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Burchall & Bournemouth U18 Match Postponed
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 Ajani Burchall and his Bournemouth Under 18 teammate’s match with Cheltenham Town was postponed.
The match in the EFL Youth Alliance with Cheltenham Town was due to take at Canford Arena, but will now be rescheduled for a later date.
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Friday, January 22, 2021
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Trott's West Ham United Teammates Fall to Tottenham
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Nathan Trott was not in the West Ham United Under 23 team that fell 2 – 1 at the Rush Green Stadium to Tottenham.
After a scoreless first half, Tottenham took the lead in the 69th minute, a cross towards the far post, was met by J'Neil Bennett to score with his first touch of the ball.
In the 73rd minute Tottenham double their lead, Bennett cut in from the right and smashed a shot goalwards, the ball took a huge deflection off a West Ham United defender and wrong-footed the West Ham United goalkeeper.
In the 82nd minute, West Ham United was back in the match, Sam Caiger got the ball on the right-hand side and played it inside for Jayden Fevrier to dart onto.
The No7 had a lot of work still to do, but he did it by cutting inside the center-back before smacking the ball against the inside of the post - and in.
West Ham would eventually run out of time looking for the equalizer with the Tottenham goalkeeper Joshua Oluwayemi's stoppage-time double save preserved the win.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
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Burchall & Bournemouth U18 Return to Winning Ways
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Ajani Burchall and his Bournemouth Under 18 teammates roared back into form on Tuesday with a dominant second-half showing in a 3-1 win away to Swindon Town.
Looking to recover after two successive defeats, Matt Burgess hit the post for the injury-hit squad while goalkeeper Josh Clarke was forced into a good save at the other end, though the teams went in goalless at the break.
The deadlock was soon broken after the restart, however, Burgess the Cherries scorer with a low right-footed strike into the bottom corner following Burchall's pass through.
It was soon two for the visitors when Jake Adams' corner was headed down by Ferdinand Okoh for Marcus Daws to divert into the back of the Swindon net.
A third then came on the hour mark when Jack Wadham broke up play in midfield, carried the ball forward, and released for Daws who coolly finished when one on one with the 'keeper.
Bournemouth created more chances before the end but conceded when Swindon headed home at the back post from a corner, the Bournemouth side fielding four-under-16s by the conclusion of the match.
Speaking after the final whistle, manager Alan Connell spoke further on winger Burchall.
"Ajani got another 90 minutes today," said the manager. "He went back to Bermuda over Christmas and has been straight back into games with us, playing 45 minutes in the first game and now three 90-minute matches in a row.
"He's had to find his fitness and match sharpness through the games, and today was probably as lively and energetic as he's been. When he's at his best he's aggressive off the ball with his pressing and his actions and he's always a threat going forwards with the quality and composure he has.
"He still has a long way to go, but his assist today will give him a big boost as he looks to continue to develop in all aspects of his game.
"A lot has happened to him in a short space of time so it's been good for him to get back playing and get back to working on the things he needs to improve at - while also showing what he's already good at."
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