The Badgers opened the scoring on five minutes, courtesy of a Will Bennett goal, with Aaron Clark making it two-nil.  Brockham had the best of the remaider of the first-half and played good flowing football, but found the Balcombe keeper in outstanding form.

Two more goals in the second-half, through Mitchell Ward and a scrambled effort from Ryan Winter, completed the scoring.  The Badgers distribution and defending was first class, with coach Ian Kehl giving the lad-of-the-match award to Maxim Harper for some good passing out of defence.

Royal United   4 - 3   Brockham Badgers U11 (White)   (U11 Plate)

Greenway   2 - 3   Brockham Badgers U11 (Black)   (Friendly)

As neither side had a league or cup game, Badgers U11 (Black) played a friendly at Greenway - and avenged their last minute defeat at the hands of the same opponents two weeks ago. They also gained their second back-to-back win after last week's 6-1 victory over Horsham Tigers.

The game was played over three thirty-minute periods. In the first period, Badgers raced into a deserved 2-0 lead with some of the best football they have played this season.  A fine Alex Marshall corner was chested down in the box and slotted across the keeper into the corner of the goal by captain Thomas Bletso, then Henry Smith grabbed his eleventh goal of the season with a good lobbed effort.

Greenway pulled a goal back in the second period, but a good run by Marshall resulted in his second double in consecutive weeks, to make it 3-1.  Sweeper Matthew Gill played well behind defenders Robbie Ventham, David Atkinson, lad-of-the-match Tom Kinsey and George Heymann, restricting Greenway to long range efforts. When called into action, keeper George Corfield played with his normal reliability.  Brockham might have grabbed a fourth when Gill hit the bar but, in the event, it was Greenway who reduced the arrears late on - although by that stage the game was won.

The U10As unbeaten run finally came to an end in disappointing fashion, going down 0-1 at home to South Park A, despite enjoying a majority of the possession. Brockham’s approach play was generally very good but the moves often broke down in the final third. South Park have only conceded four goals all season, which indicates how well organised their defence is.

The first half showed the teams to be quite evenly matched, although Brockham looked the more dangerous going forward, especially on the left flank. Matthew Higgins was once again very strong at the back, as was William Mahoney on the right of midfield, while Oli Winter’s distribution from the middle was good. However, half time arrived without either keeper having had a difficult save to make.

The stalemate continued until ten minutes into the second-half, when a speculative lob from the halfway line caught the Badgers’ keeper Michael Ellis off his line and earnt South Park a surprising lead. After this, the pressure was almost constant on the visitors’ goal, as Brockham took control of the midfield. Harry Morland in particular showed excellent technique and some fine passing. The last ten minutes saw a string of chances fly the wrong side of the South Park goalposts, and George Coffey came desperately close on several occasions. However, it was not to be the Badgers’ day as they failed to score for the first time this season in the league.

Brockham Lad-of-the-Match:  William Mahoney

The U10Cs suffered their first away defeat of the season, losing 4-1 at the hands of the League leaders NPL Youth.

After an evenly contested start, Brockham almost took the lead as Tim Hines burst through the NPL defence, only to see the goalkeeper pull off a fine save at the foot of the post. Minutes later, a cheeky backheel by new boy Andrew Watson set up Hines again, but he dragged his shot wide from inside the box.

NPL played some good football and a series of attacks ended in the only goal of the first-half, which squeezed out of Simon Watson’s hands and trickled over the line.

The second half began with a free kick whistling into the top corner as NPL took control of the game. Two further goals were added from defensive errors, but it could have been more had Daniel Hall not made a number of excellent clearances. But the Badgers kept going, and Axel Davies got a consolation goal with the last kick of the match as he tapped the ball into the open net, following a fine shot from Hines.

Lad-of-the-Match: Daniel Hall - for his positioning and the quality of his tackles and clearances.

The U9 (Blues) hosted Holmbury Wolves, looking to build on last win.  

The first-half kicked off with the Badgers playing downhill into a low sun and they applied early pressure from the moment the whistle blew. Within a minute, Luc Jhugroo saw his shot narrowly miss and there followed another shot by George Fenwick which hit the post. There was more Brockham pressure as Christopher Walton came out of defence to create another attack, which was broken up by Holmbury. The Wolves pushed forward to cause a defensive error by the Badgers, but Christopher Walton came back from attack to clear up.

After some open play, a long pass from Thomas Hampshire in defence found the feet of Nathan Hughes, whose shot was felt by the back of the net. From the kick-off, Holmbury pushed forward for an equaliser but, after some frantic defending, the Badgers managed to clear the ball safely into Holmbury's half. A poor kick from the Holmbury keeper gifted Nathan Hughes a shot on goal and he promptly scored his second of the match. He got his hat-trick after a period of good movement by Brockham. Alex Thomas managed to break Holmbury's defence and laid off a pass to Nathan, who slotted it in for 3-0.

Three minutes remained of the first half, with the Badgers continuing to apply even more pressure. After some good passing starting from the Badgers defence,Nathan Hughes again watched his shot go into the back of the net, to take his - and the U9 (Blues) tally to four, In the final minute of the half, Holmbury pushed forward and had a good shot on goal, only to find Lucas Fidgett's safe hands.

The second half kicked off with one change, as Charlie Dunleavy replaced George Fenwick. Holmbury also made changes and applied good pressure, creating an early corner which was cleared by the Badgers.

Brockham finally regained their form and started pushing players forward to see numerous shots blocked by Holmbury's defence. Tom Hampshire was supplying his team with some pin-point passes from the back, one of which found Charlie Dunleavy whose shot from outside of the goal area went narrowly past the post.

A weak clearance by Holmbury's keeper was picked up by Luc Jhugroo, who pushed forward to score his first goal of the season. But even at 5-0 down, Holmbury continued to fight back and threatened the Brockham goal. In the final ten minutes, Ben Butterworth came on for Alex Thomas and made a three-man defence for the Badgers to ensure a clean sheet.

With a final score of 5-0 and the U9 (Blues) now topping the Tadworth League 'B' table, all credit must go to the boys for turning in a real team performance.