{"id":28325,"date":"2026-09-02T05:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/under-18s-open-season-with-win-at-halbrook\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:24:39","slug":"under-18s-open-season-with-win-at-halbrook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/under-18s-open-season-with-win-at-halbrook\/","title":{"rendered":"Under-18s open the season with a win at Halbrook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two goals from trialist Amir Sadiq gave the under-18s a 2\u20131 win at Halbrook on the opening day of the youth league season, in a match watched by the head of academy and most of the first-team coaching staff.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadiq, on trial from the district league, came on at half-time with Meridian a goal down and scored twice in eleven minutes. <strong>He has been offered a place in the academy from Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"how-it-happened\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it happened<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Halbrook led at half-time through a penalty on 38 minutes.<\/li><li>Sadiq levelled on 59 minutes, running onto Reeve\u2019s pass.<\/li><li>His winner came on 70 minutes, a header from Ellery\u2019s cross.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe did not know the players\u2019 names at kick-off. By the end they were all shouting his.\u201d<\/p><cite>Gareth Vane, head of academy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h3 id=\"next-up\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next up<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The under-18s host Rivermouth at Fairlow next Saturday at 11:00. 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