This was an overcast day with a slight breeze as Saltburn Athletic U15s Kicked off the new season in a league game against Darlington TSC at home.

Saltburn started strongly and controlled the game but a succession of near misses was frustrating but eventually Saltburn got the goal they deserved through Hudson who added a second before half time. The team should have had the game sewn up by half time but some excellent goalkeeping and unfortunate bad misses kept the opposition in the game. Saltburn continued to control the game but a mistake by the defence allowed Darlington to pull a goal back as Saltburn continued to pass up chances. Eventually Caird scored and was followed by a Sam Clark goal to put Saltburn firmly in control at 4-1. We continued to press and Hudson got his due reward by getting his hat trick making the final score 5-1. A good start and am sure there will be plenty more goals to come during the season.  Graham was outstanding in defence and was duly given the man of the match. There were also good performances from Atkinson, Whiley, Hoggard, Hudson, Caird and Axe with the others doing their bit also and was a good overall performance by the whole team