UOLFC men's 1st team Match Reports

  UOL Men’s first team knocked out of the cup in the quarterfinals, Lancaster University through to the semi-finals.   09/02/2022, Lancaster University Sports Grounds: University of Liverpool’s first team were looking to get through to the semi-finals of the cup today against Lancaster. Having lost earlier in the season against the same team UOLFC were highly determined to avenge this loss and further their chances of additional silverware this season. The first game earlier this season saw UOL lose 4-2 with Lancaster applying a very high press early in the game. Added injuries and key players being unavailable in the first game were some of the mitigating factors in the first game that weren’t an issue today which gave Coach Jack Edwards more optimism before the game. 1 st Half: Louis Jarvis got the first real chance of the game in the 4 th minute. Liverpool looked much more composed on the ball than Lancaster in the early game. Liverpool got the better phases o...

  26/01/2021, Edge Hill University Sports Centre:   UOLFC were back in action today after a well-earned Christmas break. The boys took on Edge Hill for the second time this season. After having won 4-1 in the first fixture, UOLFC were hoping to repeat this performance today, but it wasn’t to be in the end and UOLFC had to settle for a 1-1 draw.   First half: Like the first game, Edge Hill was very aggressive throughout the whole game. As shown by a terrible challenge on Theo Hayford in the 3 rd minute which should’ve been a red, but the referee decided to go with a yellow card. ⚽ This excess aggressivity paid off for edge hill just a minute after when they committed four men to their frontline to challenge the Liverpool defenders. Edge Hill kept pressing and played a long ball into one of their strikers and subsequently scored in the 4 th minute. 1-0   to Edge Hill. The first 25 minutes of the game were marked by a very high level of intensity by both...

  01/12/2021, Wyncote Sports grounds:   It was a cold afternoon today at Wyncote where UoL’s first team took on Edgehill University. Before the match Edgehill were second in the league and UOLFC first in the league, with a three-point lead. Today’s win meant that UOLFC solidified their first position with a six-point lead over Salford (2 nd ), Edge Hill (3 rd ) and Chester (4 th ).   First half: Edge Hill started the game with intensity and remained aggressive throughout the game. However, this aggressivity was exercise at times which led Edge Hill to receive multiple bookings and one sending-off later in the game. This aggressivity started early in the game when in the 12 th minute, Theo Hayford got fouled right on the edge of Edge Hill’s box after UOLFC intercepted a sloppy pass from Edge Hill. Edge Hill was well organised in set pieces as highlighted by a corner in the 16 th minute where they implemented a combination, they had obviously worked on in trai...

17/11/2021, Wyncote Sports grounds:   After having already beaten Chester in the away fixture, UOLFC were looking to repeat the outcome at home and establish themselves as a dominant force in the league. University of Liverpool Men’s 1 st did win their home confrontation against Chester today which placed them first in the league with 3 points clear. It was Wins all round for the four UOLFC teams who were in action today. The fourth team beat Liverpool John Moore’s 3-1. The third team annihilated Chester’s third team 8-0. The second team beat Lancaster’s second team 1-0 and the first team topped off the day in style by beating Chester’s first team 4-2 in front of a large home crowd.   First half: UOLFC started the first half strong with multiple opportunities to score in the first five minutes. Louis Jarvis made the first significant burst in the first minute. Just seconds later Tim Davidson hit the crossbar after Chester cleared a cross straight to Tim’s feet. UOLFC’...

  10/11/2021, Platt Lane Sports Complex: The UOLFC squad travelled to Manchester to take on Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) for their first game in the Men’s Northern Conference Cup. UOLFC came away with a 2-1 victory after a laborious game in some parts against a well organized and hardworking MMU team. Goals by James Harper and Louis Jarvis secured the win for UOLFC.   First half: Both teams started the game with equal intensity and similar intentions on the ball. UOLFC and MMU were looking to play out from the back as well as sprinkling in a few long balls in the channels. MMU created the first dangerous chance after a low corner kick went through UOLFC’s entire box untouched, the cross would’ve only required a light touch to go in, but the MMU players weren’t able to get a touch on it. The only goal in the first half came through James Harper in the 13 th minute when he received the ball following a clearance by Dan Heald. J...

  Rio Gill Haul seals victory for University of Liverpool FC men’s 1st   03/11/2021, Wyncote Sports Grounds:                                                                                              The University of Liverpool men’s first team were looking to get back on track this week after coming off a loss in their last league match against Lancaster two weeks ago. UoL put in a great team performance and showed great resilience and togetherness to come back from being 2-3 down to win 5-3. Rio Gil who was today’s man of the match scored 4 goals today in his debut with the 1 st team. The two centre backs, Dan Heald and Luke Jones were very involved in the game and were on the ball a lot, looking to dictate the pace of the game. ...