Ibroxblue 122 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 UEFA ELITE ROUND UNDER 17 CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 GREAT START FOR THE UNDER 17S UEFA ELITE ROUND UNDER 17 CHAMPIONSHIPS Northern Ireland 1 v Scotland 3 Monday 17th March 2007 Kick Off 19.30 The Oval Belfast Scotland began this campaign against the home nation at the Oval in Belfast in very positive manner. Although Northern Ireland kicked off, Scotland gained possession and after a mazy run by Gordon Smith ( Livingston), they were awarded a penalty when he was brought down by Conor Devlin, the Irish Goalkeeper. Captain, John Fleck ( Rangers), took the responsibility and duly dispatched the spot kick into the net on 7 minutes. Scotland were well on top at this early stage and it came as no surprise when they increased their lead after 10 minutes when Robert McHugh finished off a cross from a wide free kick by Daniel Thomson ( Heart of Midlothian).The Young Scots were enjoying the game and their free flowing high tempo football brought them another goal in the 18th minute when skipper John Fleck ( Rangers) scored the goal of the match when he crashed home a cut back from Archie Campbell( Rangers) giving the Irish Goalkeeper Conor Devlin no chance with a 25 yard screamer. Many more chances were created but not taken and the Young Scots deserved to go in at half time leading by 3 - 0. Half Time Northern Ireland 0 - Scotland 3 At the start of the second half, the Scottish Team looked very positive in everything that they did but could not add to the score in spite of making a number of chances. The Irish came more into the game and scored through Andrew Mitchell ( Manchester City) in 70 minutes but Scotland managed to play out time and secure 3 points from the opening match. Other Match in the Group Slovenia 1 - Wales 1 These results mean that Scotland is at the top of the group with three points. Coach Ross Mathie said....."The first half performance was excellent. Our possession play was of a high standard and our finishing was clinical. We did lose it a little in the second half but the performance in the first half earned us the 3 points. It is always important in a tournament like this that you win your first game and great credit to the players for the way they applied themselves, especially in the first half. We will enjoy the night and start to prepare for the game against Wales on Wednesday." http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news.cfm?newsid=3759 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gers31 246 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Well done Fleck good experiance for him and to score two for scotland U17 it cant get any better than that for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbyst 570 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 hopefully he gets a wee chance tae get some games now !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Cheers for posting that, good to see the boy doing so well Hopefully next season, he and Furman can get some more experience with the 1st team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Newells Sexist Army 2 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasileBoliSoup 9 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 hopefully Lennon gets a chance as well, after all Walter gave him a new deal to 2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza 21 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Nice to see the young guns doing well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Excellent report and good to see that our young guns are such an influence on the Scotland squad, Fleck the captain, probably a future captain of Rangers with the way he is developing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudstrife3139 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 He should really be excelling at this level, considering he's used to playing against players playing for u19 sides in league competitions and has plays for the reserves regularly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderhawk 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Fleck is a fine wee player, but lets not forget our other lads, for example.....skipper John Fleck ( Rangers) scored the goal of the match when he crashed home a cut back from Archie Campbell (Rangers) On the Rangers youngsters!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxblue 122 Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 I've seen Archie Campbell play for Scotland Schools a few times and he looks a tremendous young striker - quick, well-balanced, a good finisher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxblue 122 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Archie Campbell scores the only goal v Wales: http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news.cfm?newsid=3771 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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