Under 9's Exeter City 5-6 Bristol Rovers
An evenly matched, entertaining game saw Rovers leading 2 - 1 after the first period, Morgan Cullen having scored City's first. James Doble and Alfie Edwards, with a goal each in the second gave City a 3 - 2 lead at the halfway mark. Cullen and Doble both scored again in the third but Rovers responded with two to give City a narrow 5-4 lead going into the final quarter.
Two goals from Rovers was enough to seal the win in what was a well contested game with some excellent football from both sides.
Man of the Match - Morgan Cullen
Under 10's Bristol Rovers 4-1 Exeter City
Exeter started slowly and it was a while before they were keeping the ball and they subsequently saw themselves go 2-0 down. However Mitch Thomas' determination was rewarded with a goal.
Callum Whiteoak then had an excellent chance snatched away by a last ditch tackle from the defender after a fantastic run. Bristol went on to score two more goals against the run of play. Even though Liam Winter struck the bar, Exeter could not put an end product to some great passing moves. Jack Sparkes, Sam Haynes and Callum Whiteoak had very strong games for the young Grecians.
Man of the Match - Sam Haynes
Under 11's Exeter City 0-1 Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers started well giving the City boys a lesson in possession football. After the first period City found their feet and started to claim a foothold in the game. Max Smallcombe, Oli Payne and Josh Davey passed the ball well through a hard working
Rovers midfield.
Jack Thomas made several clever passes which kept the Rovers defence on their toes, and City squandered countless chances in front of goal.
Rowan Symonds made a fantastic save low to his right and with five minutes remaining Rovers hit City on the break and a slick finish gave the away side the victory.
It was a harsh lesson from what was a terrific Exeter performance.
Man of the Match - Max Smallcombe
Under 12's Bristol Rovers 8-0 Exeter City
Exeter travelled to Bristol with a weakened squad and were well beaten by a decent Bristol Side. Too many individual mistakes contributed to the disappointing scoreline.
Positives from the game were a handful of good performances including two Under 11's: Cam Hargreaves and Archie Collins, and the 'never give up' attitude of Will Richards.
Man of the Match - Will Richards
Under 13's Exeter City 3-5 Bristol Rovers
The Under 13's carried on where they left of against Oxford last week with a strong display filled with quality football and but for a few dubious decisions would have walked away with a thoroughly deserved win
Under 14's Bristol Rovers 2-1 Exeter City
City gave a good account of themselves in Bristol and pushed a strong Rovers side all the way. Two fairly even periods saw the City defence of Howell, Kite, Gallagher and Riley-Lowe gave Rovers few opportunities but two goals in a minute in the third period punished City for some sloppy play.
The final period saw City regain their composure and Lewis Sanders scored to swing the game in City's favour. Rovers were left hanging on and made a flurry of substitutions to try and stem the tide. Riley-Lowe and Wadham both spurned opportunities and despite some quality dead ball deliveries from Sean Goss City could not find the equaliser their play deserved.
U16's Exeter City 2-2 Bristol Rovers
In a quite evenly matched game, Bristol Rovers went ahead after 16 minutes with a superb chip but Exeter kept probing and eventually equalised on the 40th minute when a good move resulted with a Tias Morgan cross for Lewis Hilton to head home.
Just before half time an Ollie Knowles free kick resulted in a fine save from Bristol Rovers' keeper.
Exeter maintained their good passing game but the away side then went ahead with a dubious goal. Exeter replied in the 75th minute with a well taken solo run resulting in Ollie Knowles scoring the equalilser.
