Good year incentive for York City striker Adam Boyes (From York Press)
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Good year incentive for York City striker Adam Boyes
9:05am Monday 11th May 2009 in Sport
By Steve Carroll, Sports reporter
Adam Boyes
YORK City striker Adam Boyes reflected on a “good year” – despite the disappointment of losing the FA Trophy final against Stevenage.
The 18-year-old forward has graduated from the fringes of the reserves to playing under the Wembley arch in a season and he believes City could use the occasion as a springboard to better things next year.
Boyes had a golden chance to give York the lead in the first half – but found Stevenage goalkeeper Chris Day a match for his stinging shot.
“It was straight at him. If it had been in the corner, I don’t think he would have saved it,” he said.
“It has been a good achievement for me, coming from the reserves and then in the side at Wembley. It has been a brilliant weekend. It has just flown by but I just wanted to get a win.”
Boyes, who spent a fortnight at Manchester United last summer, revealed that, in hindsight, it was crucial City scored first.
“The first goal was the one,” he said. “If we had scored first, I think we would probably have gone on and won.”
Despite the disappointment, Boyes still found positives.
“It was a big experience – playing in front of this many people. I am used to playing in front of 3,000,” he said.
“All my family came down so it has been a big day for them as well. It was amazing.
“The atmosphere was brilliant. If we could keep the same squad, and bring a couple more, we could be a decent team next year.
“We have got the youth players and if we get a bit more experience I think we can have a decent push to the play-offs.”
Comments(10)
letmein
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10:06am Mon 11 May 09
YOU ARE HAVING A LAUGH,RIGHT?! Most of the players won't be here next season, thank goodness.
Some old bloke
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10:33am Mon 11 May 09
Even as it is, if Adam Smith had been eligible on Saturday and we'd still had Martyn Woolford, the result would have been completely different.
I'm old enough to remember the team of 1963/64 which finished at the bottom of the old Div 4. A few new players were brought in for the following season - Paul Aimson, Denis Walker, Andy Provan - and we had a fantastic season, ending in promotion.
In any case, where exactly is the club going to find the finances to buy in a dozen top players in the present financial climate???
Some old bloke
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10:39am Mon 11 May 09
PeteN
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10:43am Mon 11 May 09
jcyorkie
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10:57am Mon 11 May 09
it has been an awful season that finished in the way we have played all season, decent first half just about matched them, what happened in the second, the first goal was always going to be important, as soon as we what behind it was game over.
KeithKeithKeith
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11:27am Mon 11 May 09
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alimount
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1:38pm Mon 11 May 09
Adam Arthur & Lev Yalcin spring to mind as previous prospects, however these players were never really given the opportunity.
Hopefully Boyes will get better just as Brodie seems to have done with a season under him.
OLD - HEAD
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8:56pm Mon 11 May 09
Imp
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11:34pm Mon 11 May 09
OLD - HEAD wrote:Definitely, I've been saying that all season. We need to let these lads come through and develop naturally. There's so much pressure to get them in the first-team these days.
The Manager was desperate to buy a few goals so he pushed him into the first team, but I still feel that Adam Boyes has been thrust into regular Blue Square Premier football too early. At times he looks out of his depth against experienced defenders. I would like to see him used more lightly next season, or I fear he could turn out to be just another promising kid who never made it.
alimount says...
9:56am Mon 11 May 09
No Adam, we couldn't!