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The local press have finally jumped the Hawks bandwagon. The region's top reporters have caught the Hawks bug and are following in the footsteps of Mr Sprouts Blogspot by producing a weekly match reports, that can be found in the Sunderland Sports Echo. Read the in-depth analysis of the Hetton Soccer-6 Leagues every Saturday evening.

Lucombe 5-7 H-ton Hawks

The Hawks were impressive in this well deserved victory over Lucombe.
Once again the Hawks line-up was changed. Borthwick and Aldridge were out as they had gone to the Sunderland vs. Burnley match (Sunderland 3-2 Burnley) and Wilson was out running as training for a judo competition on Sunday. This meant Cummings returned to keep goal in his first match back from honeymoon and Jaff would make his Friday Washington League Hawks debut.

From kick off the Hawks dominated the play and took the lead early on with a SWA goal. There were more goals to follow, with the Hawks finding themselves 4-nil up. Lucombe started their come-back with one goal before half time and a handful in the second half. This would not be enough for them to upset the Hawks who had coolly built up a several goal cushion. The Hawks slowed the tempo down and played out the remainder of the match. As the final whistle blew, the Hawks congratulated themselves on a job well done.

Goals came from Jaff (3), SWA (3) and Lawrence.

The next game is against Aparell Master at 7.30pm Friday 4th May.

H-ton Hawks 5-0 Npower 6s (Wednesday Hetton Soccer-6)

In stark contrast to the earlier friend game, the Hawks put in a convincing performance to beat Npower 6s.
By the time the correct match time came around, the Hawks had made changes to their line-up. Russell was out, off to watch the Manchester United Champion's League semi-final, and Aldridge and Neil Houghton were in. Watchman-Atkinson also made a well dressed appearance as the Hawks manager.

In a stylish, well battled performance, the Hawks ruled the pitch with a confident display in front of goal and a solid defence at the rear. This gave the Hawks the first points of the new league formation. Goals came from N. Houghton (2), Lawrence, Borthwick and G. Houghton.

Next week's game it TBC (this time we'll try to get the time and opposition right).

H-ton Hawks 0-4 Hetton Scaffolders (Friendly - Wednesday Hetton Soccer-6)

Contrary to what was published in the previous Hetton Soccer-6 match report, the Hawks were not playing Alan's Allstars at 6pm.
Team administrator Lee Borthwick had misread the fixtures, resulting in an embarrassed Hawks team turning up 2 hours early. With such an early supposed kick off, the Hawks had drafted in Jaff, now a Hawks regular, Ross Millard and Russell (Sorry, don't know your surname). This was to replace Aldridge, who works until 6pm, Garrity, on the wrong work shift, and SWA, who was just missing. Jaff, Millar and Russell were joined by Borthwick, Lawrence and Houghton.

Despite turning up early, the Hawks were given a friendly to compete in against division 1 side Hetton Scaffolders, who's opposition had failed to turn up for the second consecutive week. Unfortunately the Hawks weren't up to the challenge and put in a poor performance. With players struggling to find their natural positions, Hetton Scaffolders ran out 4-nil winners.

D.P. Trophies 7-4 H-ton Hawks

A makeshift Hawks team put in a brave performance but came out on the losing side again.
With Borthwick and Cummings missing on love duty, and Wilson running around the neighbourhood with a string of children in tow (all above board... it's a judo thing), the Hawks line-up consisted of Lawrence in goal, Aldridge, Garrity, Houghton and Watchman-Atkinson.

Despite a solid start, the Hawks found them in the familiar position of being behind
and chasing the game. The unfamiliar line-up was taking it's toll with Aldridge and Houghton playing rear guard and SWA and Garrity playing forward. This resulted in a 5-nil score line at halftime.

The second half was a different story. The Hawks upped the tempo and started to get rewards. Two penalties were awarded for their persistence; one for the keeper collecting the ball outside of his box and one for a backpass without touching a minimum of two outfield players. Garrity stepped up and slotted both home. He completed his hat trick with a well battled effort. The Hawks other goal came from a long ranged speculative shot from Houghton. Alas the comeback was not to be, and D.P. Trophies added another two to their tally. The game may have finished 7-5 but the Hawks showed great character and can take a lot from the game.

Next week's game is against Lucombe at 7.30pm on Court 2.

The Club 4-3 H-ton Hawks (Wednesday Hetton Soccer-6)

For the second week in a row, the Hawks suffered defeat at the hands of The Club
The Hawks team line-up was the same as last week's (Aldridge, Borthwick, Garrity, Houghton, Craig(Jaff), Lawrence) plus the addition of Steve Mapstone.

The match was a closer fought affair than the previous week's game. The Hawks were the first to strike. Borthwick stole the ball on the half way and scored from his solo run through the middle. Then in a mirror of the previous week, The Club scored 4 without response. The second half saw the Hawks bounce back with Borthwick picking up his second and Garrity opening his Hawks scoring account. The Hawks can feel thy missed out on picking up points on the re-launch of the league. They were unlucky not to have scored more and the defence was relatively solid (for the second half at least). The referee also had a poor game. He gave The Club both the centre kick offs, dismissed a blatant infraction into the box by The Club. There was also some other questionable decisions against and for both teams.

The next game is at the earlier time of 6pm, 25th April against Alan's Allstars

Back by unpopular demand,
Houghton injury update:
Jarred Big toe (again), jellyfish legs, pulled groin and twisted testicle.
Expected lay-up: Not long as he has to get training for the Great North Run

Barmy Army 8-6 H-ton Hawks

In a high tempo and well fought game, the Hawks can feel aggrieved to have not picked up any points against Barmy Army
This week saw the Hawks field five original members in the bottom of the table clash against Barmy Army.

During a goalless first 5 minutes the Hawks looked the most likely to score with a handful of chances. The defence also looked solid, closing down Barmy Army well. Unfortunately this didn't last. A long range effort found the corner of the Hawks net, out of the reach of keeper Borthwick. This would be the theme of virtually every goal by Barmy Army.

The Hawks did not sit back and allow Barmy Army to continue to score long range goal after goal. The Hawks pulled it back level on many occasions. A pattern of going two goals behind, only to bring it level minutes later was continue up until the final whistle. Unfortunately for the Hawks this was before they had chance to equalise.

The game saw Lawrence score 5 goals, with Houghton picking up the 6th.

The next game is against D.P. Trophies on 20th April.

Shotgun Steven

The H-ton Hawks Team Photo

The H-ton Hawks first team


Top Row (left to right): Lee Borthwick, Steven Wilson, Simon Watchman-Atkinson, Steven Aldridge.
Bottom Row (left to right): Graeme Houghton, Dave Cummings, Robert Lawrence

Dave & Lauren's Wedding

Photos from the nuptials are now online. They can be found by clicking on the happy couple below.

H-ton Hawks 1-5 The Club (Wednesday Hetton Soccer-6)

With more team changes forced upon them, the Hawks failed to gel.
Cummings, Mitchinson and Watchman-Atkinson were out, Jaff and Garrity were in.

The Hawks started out on the back foot and the match continue that way until the end. Without a regular goalkeeper for Wednesdays the Hawks had that extra issue to deal with. Against the run of play, the Hawks actually took the lead from a Lawrence penalty kick. This was conceded when one of The Club's players entered their own box. The goal came at the second attempt as the penalty had to be retook after the referee rule there had been encroachment.

This lead would be short-lived. The Club stepped it up a gear and they soon had the ball in the back of the net several times. The Hawks did to help themselves as they not make the most of the chances they had.

The Hetton Soccer-6s has an overhaul next week. The teams have been divided into two leagues. All previous results are cancelled. The leagues start afresh.

The next game is 18th April - 7.30pm against The Club