MATCH INFO SUNDAY 14TH DECEMBER

v Poppies (League)

KO 10 AM

Home - Kings Park

Warm up 0930

HOME KIT

Goal set up crew from 0900 please.

Ref & Linesman required - volunteers?

Out of the Cup

Sunday 30th November saw the U11 play the rescheduled Quarter Final of the BYFL cup against league leaders, Poppies.

Our squad was heavily depleted due to family & other sporting events because of the reschedules date and we went into the fixture with only 6 fit & available U11 players. Therefore I had to borrow 4 U10 players and even then my luck ran out as one of those was injured in their morning game! So, 9 players inc 3 U10's against the unbeaten league leaders. Tough....

After a few minutes of opening exchanges, we were quickly 1, then 2-0 down. Poppies were just too quick moving the ball & too strong and committed.

A few more goals against before we started to string a few passes together and U10 Daniel was brought down in the box. I selected Emre to step up and take as he had missed his penalty a few weeks earlier & we had hit the post in the last game too. Emre powered the spot kick home which did his confidence the world of good. 1-5 at half time.

My half time team talk consisted on concentrating on the improvements the team needed to make in being quicker to challenge, quicker to pass & to try to split the defence. I also challenged them to score one more goal.

The second half was much the same from Poppies, but U10 keeper Jamie was playing superbly & stopped us going even further behind on many occasions.  We started to get used to the pace & intensity of the match and slowly began to string a few passes together and fashion a few half chances.

About 10 minutes in, we won a free kick on the RHS of their box & Emre stepped up to take again. His powerful, over the wall shot was unsaveable. 2-5.

It remained that way for most of the second half - us challenging more & Jamie saving Poppies attacks. I was getting confident that we might 'win' the second half which would have been a major achievement. It wasn't to be though, as with 5 minutes left, a back pass to Jamie led to another Poppies goal and then another shortly after. Final score 2-7.

No one expected us to win this match & with the resources at my disposal I was very proud of the 9 who battled so hard. Our second half showing was encouraging against the toughest opposition. Zak & Aaron (out of position) made some superb challenges, Emre headed the ball & was much tougher than usual - and scored 2, Ed began to play those quick passes that we saw last season & had a really tough time against an unbelievably quick attacker, yet never moaned. Elliott ran his heart out and impacted the game much more second half as well as tracking back to defend loads. Jack didn't see much of the ball up front but kept running the whole game. Liam & Daniel from U10 were a bit shocked at the pace of fully fledged U11 game, but got used to it after a while and on occasions were equal to the U11 and made a real difference with their passing. And as for Jamie in goal - wow, what a performance. Superb.

Out of the cup, yes - but proud of the lads who gave their all for their shirt.

MATCH INFO - RESCHEDULED BYFL CUP Q FINAL V POPPIES SUNDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2014

This Tie will now be played at Kings Park Home ground

Sunday 30th November 2014

KO 1:45 pm

Players warm up at 1.15

Goal crew at 1.00pm

today's game (23/11) v Poppies BYFL cup OFF

waterlogged pitch. 

game postponed

will be played NEXT SUNDAY 30/11

FIXTURE INFO : BYFL CUP Q FINAL v POPPIES, SUNDAY 23rd NOV 14

v Poppies

Kings Park HOME ground

HOME KIT

KO 13:45

Players on pitch 13:15

Volunteers to put goals up etc 13:00

Linesman & Ref required.

A few more photos from our team building day recently

Training Session 19/11/14

great session tonight after a week bad weather lay off. the boys were super keen to play. 

we worked on moving the ball quick and not taking too many touches. also on switching the play. 

I challenged them to put the good work they had done in the session into the practise game and they did just that, dominating play and scoring lots of goals. 

hopefully they can take this into the cup game on Sunday and put in a good performance. 

U11 match v Branksome Sunday 16th November POSTPONED.

Due to adverse weather this week, our home pitch is unplayable. 

Therefore the match v Branksome is postponed. 

match info Sunday 16th November

KO 10am Home Kings Park 

v Branksome

on pitch 0930. 

Goals etc need to be set up as normal and ref/linesman required. 

update pitch inspection 9th November

the Kings Park pitch is playable for the game v Milford today. KO 11.00. 

volunteers please for putting goals up and also linesman. thanks. 

Match Report - 2nd November 2015

v Bournemouth Electric . Lost 3-0

What's that old football cliche? A game of two halves? Well - it's true.

The first half performance from our team was really, really good. Passing, using the width, recycling the ball to keep possession, defence splitting passes etc etc. The only thing missing was a goal! How we didn't score, I have no idea. Actually, that's not true - poor finishing is poor finishing. Yes, we hit the post and lots of shots very close to sneaking in, but nothing hit the back of the net. Electric (with only 8 players) managed to sneak a goal just before half time. I think the lads came off a bit shocked.

During the half time break, Zack was feeling very unwell and could not continue which meant having to adjust the side to play Callum in defence. This was a shame as both Zack & Callum were having very good games. 

As the second half started, it was obvious that the flowing football we were playing had gone & we began to spend too much time on the ball, leading to losing the ball & another goal against.

You have to credit Electric for their second half showing with a man down - they had plenty of chances. It's a good job H was on top form with some fabulous saves & solid goalkeeping.

As we pushed on to try and get back in the game ( on a very heavy, puddle filled pitch), we started to play a very high line & Electric capitalised on more that one occasion. 2-0 led to 3-0 half way through the second period as H found herself one on one with a very fast and skilful striker. As she (rightly) came out to narrow the angle, he deftly chipped the ball over her head and into the goal. Hats off - what a superb finish! 

I have to mention Marco, who along with superb defending made two gut busting runs, the whole length of the pitch only to narrowly miss his shot on both occasions. He also came off the pitch shortly after with an asthma attack!

Elliott was having a decent game but had to come off due to a very heavy challenge on his ankle & this again disrupted the balance of the side.

Near the end, a handball in the box gave us a chance to get a consolation goal. In the absence of Elliott, Emre stepped up to take the kick. Normally, he nearly breaks the net, but the dodgy pitch meant he slipped as he took the shot & spooned the ball over the bar! He quickly regained his composure though & was soon battling for the ball to snatch another shot on target, which was pleasing for me.

The pitch & illness/injuries all played their part in the loss but we didn't finish a chance even before the changes in line up.  Overall, it could have been a very different result if even one of the first half chances had gone in, but in the end Electric got the win. I believe, and others have said the same, that we were the better team - but that's football! Encouraging signs for us but no points.

J

Match Info for Sunday 9th November 2015

This weekend’s game is against Milford On Sea.

HOME (kings park)

KO 1100 (1030 on pitch)

HOME KIT

Anyone who can assist with the setting up of goals, that would be very helpful.

Also, a referee and linesman needed as normal – volunteers?

Our First 3 points in the League!

A hard fought battle against Poole Town Wessex in our first home fixture of the season, gave us our first 3 points and lifted us off the bottom of the table.

After a torrid week of injuries, sickness and player unavailability, we did manage to field a squad of 10 for this, our first home fixture at Kings Park.

We have a good record against Poole Town Wessex, having beaten them in the last 3 fixtures, including home & away last season, but they won the league last year and have a side of very big, strong, talented lads.

A late fitness test for Captain Marco with his broken toe, meant we risked him to start the game - with strict instructions to come off if he felt any pain. Good job he passed the fitness test as he was instrumental in the match.

We were immediately under pressure from the KO as PTW looked like they wanted to start strong, however we managed to keep them out until we found our feet and the pace of the game.

The team soon found that the lessons learnt from previous matches in this tough league were valuable as they showed they were much more prepared for a physical challenge than before.

However, we went 0-1 down from a corner and goal mouth scramble. Pleasingly though, the lads fought back and didn't capitulate as in previous games.  Some stern defending & super saves from Hermione kept PTW out whilst we started to have some attacking play ourselves. Elliott & Aaron, two players who were way 'underweight' in the middlefield battle, started to pull the strings and we began to have some chances. Eventually, Marco picked up the ball deep in his own half & went on one of his , now legendary, mazy solo runs. I kept thinking he would be tackled by one of the huge lads but he skipped past them all and was soon one on one with the keeper. He shot early from just inside the corner of the penalty area & the ball whizzed into the corner. A worldy! The celebrations were memorable. 1-1 at half time.

Second half, PTW came out looking a bit shell shocked and we had a tremendous period of possession & chances around their box. We could have (and should have) had another 2 at least, with Ed hitting the bar & a couple of crosses that evaded defenders & keeper, somehow not slotted home.

Just after this period, Marco had the ball on the right wing after a mass of tackles & put a lofted, frankly speculative, ball into the box. With the assistance of the wind it avoided all attempts to defend it and it plopped over the keepers head to give us a 2-1 lead.

After that is was classic end to end stuff with H making save after save, the midfielders making crunching tackles and powering forward (special mention for Joe & Marcos here) and Jack running the PTW defenders ragged with his energy.

Eventually, we put away another chance with a shot spilled by their keeper & Jack claiming a true strikers finish. 3-1.

PTW then put us under real pressure and eventually scraped one back with about 3 minutes to go. Nail biting time! 2-3  We hung on til the end to claim a confidence boosting, well deserved win. Great team spirit and togetherness.  I was really proud of all the players & each and every one of them contributed to the performance, which is something I am working towards in every fixture. Also, I could really see the things we have been working on in training starting to emerge, which means that the players are listening, understanding and actioning the coaches ideas. One of our team goals for the season.

Greenfields YFC U11 3 - Poole Town Wessex U11 2

Match info Sunday 19th Oct

Match info 

U11 v Poole Town Wessex (home) - 10am kings park, cemetery side. Warm up at 0930

Home Kit

A home game at last!

New location – see map attached

The are no goals supplied by the council for our pitch so we have to put them up at every home game.

Those of you who kindly volunteered to help set the goals up – please meet me there at 0900, thanks.

Victory in the Cup

We managed a win at last after a shaky start to the season with a 3-1 away win v Mudeford Swans.

A classic up tie against Swans, resulted in a 3-1 victory for the U11 with Jack grabbing his first hat trick for the club.

A lovely big pitch really suited our game and the boys played some really lovely passing football. It took while to break through & Callum went close with a dipping long range effort, but we went 1-0 up with a screamer from Jack approx 15 mins in.  We were fairly dominant after that, only having to deal with a few break away through balls, which Callum & Captain for the day, Zack dealt with superbly.

Just before half time though, Swans did manage to evade our offside trap and slot one home.  However, a great attitude from our boys saw them go straight down the other end with a stinging shot from Aaron which was saved by the keeper but Jack finished from close range in true striker style. 2-1 to us at half time.

Our team talk dealt with trying to get simple through balls to Jack to run on to & not getting carried away with ourselves cos we were winning for a change!  I challenged Elliott in particular to get a ball through for Jack to run onto.  Within 20 seconds we had scored our third! Elliott got on the ball immediately from the kick off & played a beautiful pass & Jack finished his hat trick cleverly with a little chip over the keeper!

It was a similar story for the rest of the half - us dominating possession & attacks & them countering. They hit the post on at least 2 occasions & we had to defend stoutly in the last few minutes as they had a series of corners & sent their keeper up in to the box.

All the lads contributed to the win with  hard work, a bit more fight & actioning the game plan. Everyone had a smile on their face afterwards.  Into the next round....

Cup Fixture 12th October

Our Bournemouth cup 2nd round game v Mudeford – details below

U11 v Mudeford (away) - 1.45pm Somerford Primary School, Draper Road, Christchurch BH23 3AS. No dogs and no smoking

I am now informed that all cup games are 1.45pm KO. Sorry it mucks up the day a bit…

HOME KIT. Warm up 1245

Friendly Fixture announced

We have been invited to play against the U12 Greenfields team again on Sunday 26th October. This is scheduled as a Half term week off.  

I would like to play this fixture as we have had such an on/off start to the season – it would be good to get a run of games going.

The match will be at Kings Park, in the morning.

Please let me know if you are planning on being away for this date so I can judge numbers.

2nd Round of the BYFL Cup

The draw for the second round of the BYFL Cup has been made:

After an easy passage (with a bye) to the second round, Greenfields U11 got paired with Mudeford Swans from Division 12.

The match will take place AWAY at Mudeford Swans on October 12th 2014

For a full round up of Round 1 results & other fixtures, try this link http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do;jsessionid=C6E871375599EF660414AABC57009B2F?psSelectedSeason=687711573&psSelectedDivision=1625437&psSelectedCompetition=305995455&psSelectedLeague=7835186

U11 FIXTURE LIST 2014/15

Here are the season's fixtures for the U11 squad.

The BYFL have decided to take the 24 teams who competed in last years 2 divisions & split them into 3 divisions, making 3 leagues of 8 teams. In the meantime, Kingswood have folded, leaving us  - in the top division with only 7 teams. Clearly, this would have meant very few matches so the we are scheduled to play each other 3 times. This gives us 18 league matches + the Bournemouth Cup. 

The teams are : 

Greenfields

Bournemouth Poppies

Redhill Rangers

Branksome

Bournemouth Electric

Milford On Sea

Poole Town Wessex

Branksome & Redhill were the promoted sides from the lower division last season. As you can see, all these teams are very good & we are in for a very tough season. No 'easy' games this time around!

07/09 BRANKSOME (A)

14/09 

21/09 POPPIES (A)

28/09 CUP ROUND 1 (we have a bye into round 2 in this!)

05/10 REDHILL (A)

12/10 CUP ROUND 2 (obviously we will play this fixture)

19/10 POOLE TOWN WESSEX (H)

26/10 HALF TERM - NO FIXTURE

02/11 ELECTRIC (A)

09/11 MILFORD (H)

16/11 BRANKSOME (H)

23/11 CUP ROUND 3

30/11

07/12 POOLE TOWN WESSEX (A)

14/12 POPPIES (H)

21/12 XMAS BREAK

28/12 XMAS BREAK

04/01 REDHILL (H)

11/01 ELECTRIC (H)

18/01 MILFORD (A)

25/01 CUP SEMI FINAL

01/02 BRANKSOME (A)

08/02 

15/02 HALF TERM

22/02 POPPIES (A)

01/03 REDHILL (H)

08/03 POOLE TOWN WESSEX (H)

15/03 ELECTRIC (A)

22/03 CUP FINAL

29/03 MILFORD (H)

31/03

05/04 EASTER SUNDAY

17/05 LAST DAY OF SEASON

Where there are blanks next to a date is because of the odd number of teams in our league so one team each week does not play. However, fixtures can be rearranged due to bad weather, frozen pithces etc. Also, Poole Town Wessex play in the Dorset Cup too and fixtures could clash. So please don't plan on those Sundays being free until midweek of that week. The BYFL has seen sense though & left space for half term, Xmas & Easter. Those dates are listed & no game will take place. 31/03 is an evening fixture if games need to 'caught up'.

MATCH INFO : FRIENDLY V GREENFIELDS U12, SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST

DATE : Saturday 30th August

VENUE : Ferndown Leisure Centre (grass pitches)

KIT : Away Kit (I will supply for those who don’t have it yet)

KICK OFF :  10.00 AM , Warm Up 0930

COST : £2.00 per player.

Match is 30 mins each way + half time.

PRE SEASON FRIENDLY FIXTURES

ALL THE BELOW TO BE PLAYED AY FERNDOWN LEISURE CENTRE 9V9 PITCH

WARM UP 30 MINS BEFORE KO TIME

Wednesday 6th August  v Grange : KO 1845  AWAY KIT REQUIRED

Wednesday 27th August  v Poppies : KO 1830

Saturday 30th August v Greenfields U12  :KO 1000

DETAILS FOR TOURNAMENT 6TH JULY

Confirmation of details for the New Forest 9’s tournament this Sunday, 6th July.

Please be on site at 0900. First KO is at 0930

The tournament is at Brockenhurst College, Brockenhurst, Hants.  SO42 7ZE

We only have 9 players, so please, no one drop out! We are down to bare bones already & I’ve had to draft in a loan player! 

£5 per player as normal

Excellent training session

A great training session this afternoon working on a new team shape for 9 a side & also the basics of the offside rule.

I had feared this session would be a car crash, but no - I underestimated the lads again and they were soon making clever runs to beat the offside trap, playing through balls (at last) and keeping a high line. Thank goodness for FIFA 14 I say!

It's a shame the whole squad were not there as planned (last minute nose bleed!) as it would have been even better to have everyone learning at the same pace, but a big plus was our trial lad Callum, who is starting to come out of his shell & show he is a decent player with some lovely passing.

Nicely set up for the tournament at the weekend now, it will be interesting to see them play 9 a side and to see if they can cope with the offside rule after only an hour coaching.

Good luck lads!

Pre Season 9v9 Friendlies

The U11 squad welcomes invitations to play 9v9 pre season friends. The more the merrier!

Contact Jamie on 07740 530404 jamiedavis66@sky.com

PRESENTATION EVENT

Our annual presentation event is upon us again.

Sunday 15th June 2014 4pm – 6:30pm

Hurn Bridge Sports Club, Avon Causeway, BH23 6DY

Tickets are £5 adult, £2.50 child. Basket meal included. PLAYERS ARE FREE

There will be season awards for all and special awards in the following categories:

Players, player of the year

Supporters Player of the Year (have you voted?)

Managers Player of the Year

Most Improved Player

Sportsman of the year

Highest Goalscorer

Please bring something for the raffle table also.

I wil have tickets with me for purchase at training and the tournament next week.

Please come along & celebrate our successful season!

Tournament Pace Sunday 8th June 2014

Here are the details for the tournament next Sunday, 8th June 2014

Venue : TESTWOOD SPORTS COLLEGE, TESTWOOD LANE, TOTTON, SO40 3ZW

Parking/Programme is £2

No dogs

KO is 0930 – Players on pitch at 0900 please.

Games will be 9v9, 8 minute matches.

Home Kit but please have Away shirt with you in case of kit clash

£5 per player.

I am approaching this tournament as an opportunity to get a feel for 9v9 play. With no experience of this format, we can’t expect too much of the team.

Also, there will be two lads on trial – Callum & Ethan.

Training as normal this Wednesday at Littledown 5-6pm

Lastly, can I please draw all parents attention to the FA Respect Campaign. You should all have a card with the general rules to remind you. I noticed some negative, frustrated comments at the last tournament – during games. I also noticed some coaching of players from parents side. Please do not involve yourselves in either of these activities. We all get excited during the games, but the children get very confused if they have instructions from me & then something different from their parents whilst playing. As for the negative comments, please think how you would feel if you heard something said about your child’s efforts. Please remember that we have some new players who are just learning the game at this level and need all your support & encouragement. Let’s keep everything positive. Thanks in advance being good parents!

Tournament at Rossgarth Sunday 15th June 2014

On the same day as our presentation, we have the scheduled Rossgarth Youth Tournament in the morning.  Details of this have just arrived and are as follows:

Potterne Park, Verwood, BH21 6RS

This is the same place as we played Rossgarth at the end of last season (only on the grass – not astro pitch)

Home kit +away shirt (in case of clash)

0900 KO so 0830 on pitch.

Car park + programme £2

£5 per player

As my wife just pointed out to me, this is also Fathers Day – so along with the presentation in the evening, I understand if anyone would rather not attend this tournament. Please let me know if you cannot make it so I can make alternate arrangements.

U10's at our Club Tournament 17/18th May 2014

a few pictures from our own club tournament this weekend. Shame we didn't make it past the quarter finals but we all had a blast anyway.

Thanks to everyone from the team who contributed their time or donated stuff. It hasn't gone unnoticed!

Greenfields tournament!!

Our Greenfields YFC tournament is nearly upon us!

We won our age group last year, beating Poole Town Wessex in the final  - so we are defending champions!

We are playing Saturday AM. Our matches KO at 0930. I have attached the fixtures  below. As you can see, Poppies are in the other group, which should make for a tasty match in the knock out phase.

It is a bit of a trek from the car park to the pitch, so please leave plenty of time. Warm up at 0900

Car park & programme is £2

There is no fee for this tournament as it is our own!

The tournament is being held at Canford Park Arena, Magna Rd.

There is a very good BBQ on site as well as other refreshments and an ice cream van.

We could still do with some volunteers, especially for referees on Sunday. If you can help please let me know. 

Lastly, we are asking for lots of home baked (or M&S! ) cakes to be brought in the morning of both days for sale on the sweets/drinks stand. All funds to the club. Everyone get their Mary Berry books out!

TOURNAMENTS - FURTHER INFO

SATURDAY 3RD MAY - HYTHE & DIBDEN - AFTERNOON- 6 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 10)


SATURDAY 17TH MAY - GREENFIELDS YFC - MORNING - 7 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 9)
don't forget we need lots of volunteers for this whole weekend please! (car park, tea & coffee, referees, hot food, sweets & snacks, cake making)
IF ANYONE HAS THEIR OWN BUSINESS (OR KNOWS ANYONE) WE ARE URGENTLY SEEKING SPONSORS ADVERTS IN THE PROGRAMME. £75 ½ PAGE £250 MAIN TOURNAMENT SPONSOR 

SUNDAY 8TH JUNE - PACE (TOTTON) - MORNING - 9 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 13) (not Sunday 7th as previously stated)

all players required for this tournament


SUNDAY 15TH JUNE - ROSSGARTH - MORNING - 6 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 8)
this is also presentation/medal day which will be at 4:30 in the afternoon (details soon)



SUNDAY 6TH JULY - STURMINSTER MARSHALL -  MORNING - 6 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 8)

Tournament info : Saturday 3rd May

Here are the details for the first tournament of the ‘Summer’ next Saturday afternoon.

KO is 2.00pm. I have to register players by 1:30 so please try and be on pitch (leave time to get from car park) by 1:15pm.

Cost is £5 per player.  This is a 6 a side tournament & we can take a squad of 10.

Directions to the Hythe & Dibden football ground :

From Jct2 M27, take the A326 Fawley

Follow A326 to the Fawley refinery roundabout (10th roundabout). Take the first exit.

Take the first right Frost Lane, follow Frost Lane  until the level crossing, turn left immediately before the level crossing  - follow on to the car park.

Post Code for Sat Nav is SO45 6DD but this will take you to an industrial estate on Shore Rd. Level crossing is on the bend where Frost Lane meets Shore Rd.

Please let me know if you cannot attend ASAP.

We snatched 4th place!

After our disappointing non last game of the season, some good news!

Poole Town Wessex beat Milford 4-1 in Milford's last game which was just enough to edge us into fourth place (ahead of Milford) on goal difference. 

As we didn't play our last game, we received no goals to add to our GD tally so had to rely on other results. PTW did us a real favour!

Once our points from the scratched Rossgarth game are applied, we will finish 4th by 1 goal! all other stats are exactly the same as Milford!

Nothing more than we deserved after a fantastic second half of the season. A 9 (10 if you count Rossgarth) unbeaten run. 

Congratulations to Hermione, Marcos, Zak, Joe, Ed, Elliott, Harvey, Oliver, Emre & Marco. A very, very good season. 

ROSSGARTH GAME A WALKOVER. LITERALLY

The scheduled match v Rossgarth at home 15th April 18:15 KO has been cancelled due to the opposition not being able to field a team.

This means we will be awarded the three points but no award is made for potential goals scored.

This is a disappointment as there was quite a good chance of results going our way & we could have finished 4th in the table. This was my table target for the season and to not achieve it because of this is frustrating.

Thats football....

Don't forget, no training this wednesday (16th April). We will recommence on Wednesday 23rd April in order to prepare for the 6 a side tournaments.

This training session will see us welcome our newest Greenfields player, Aaron. I am sure you will all make him feel very welcome!

Match Report 13th April 2014. Greenfields 1 v Sway Juniors 0

We took to the pitch with only 6 players due to holidays etc. I had agreed with the Sway manager that he would only play 6 also, but he changed his mind at the last minute and they went with 7 (which they were perfectly entitled to do).

The extra man made such a difference, even against a so called 'weaker team'. Sway made total use of the extra body & played the ball around us a lot. However they didn't really make too many chances in the first half. Emre & Zak seemed to have everything under control protecting Hermione's goal.

Our midfield 3 of Harvey, Oliver & Elliott played some beautiful football between them, passing in triangles and playing keep ball. One such attractive move led to our goal. Harvey to Oliver, Oliver to Elliott, who played a first time through ball back to the running Oliver, who took one touch & buried the ball from the edge of the box.

After that there was just one scary moment for us where the ball trickled across the face of our goal, H beaten for once, only for a Sway player to try and finish it, stare in amazement as Hermione somehow got back across her goal & made the save (with her chin!). Heroic stuff!

The team came off puffing at half time. No subs & a man down. They knew they were in for a long 20 mins. They were all stripping off their under shirts as it was a warm evening. We discussed having to move the ball quicker & also playing balls to run on to because we were getting surround on the ball so quickly.

20 minutes of hard work later, we survived a couple of scares where they used the extra man & had an easy overload on our defence. Through a combination of bad decision making by them & great defending by Zak & Emre, they didn't capitalise.

We should have made easier work of the match when Oliver found himself making a cross from the right and the best chance of the game fell at Elliott's right boot. He swung his leg first time at the ball only to see it just rising  over the bar!

There was no way through for Sway but you have to give them credit for the passing they did, even against 6 players. very nice play from them. However, victory was ours - extending our unbeaten run to 9 games.

One more game to go.

MATCH INFO FOR LAST TWO HOME GAMES

Sunday 13th April – HOME Kings Park.  Sway. KO 11.00 warm up 1030. Home kit. (we only have 6 players for this fixture)

Tuesday 15th April – HOME. Kings Park. Rossgarth. KO 1815. Warm up 1745. Home Kit. (we should have 7 for this!)

MATCH REPORT 8th April Greenfields 2 v Poppies 2

Having played Poppies 6 times in our team history and never even getting so much as a point, we knew what to expect from the league leaders. 

We had a game plan and had practised it well. Shame the plan didn't last long as we were soon one nil down to a penalty. 

Another scrappy goal soon followed and I feared we might get turned over good and proper without Marco and Marcos in the squad. 

Time for a change of plan. we got the message on to the pitch to change to press their players high up the pitch and win the ball as soon as possible. this stopped them playing and we got to half time at 2-0 down. 

the second half was much the same. our new tactic hurried poppies into mistakes and we started to get some attacking moves of our own. they began to get frustrated and gave lots of free kicks away. one such incident led to our first goal. free kick to us just inside their half. everyone crowed the box and Oliver launched one of his big efforts their way. the ball soared in the air and managed to avoid everyone and eventually hit the back of the net. 1-2 game on! 

we were matching them now and defended brilliantly. Elliott in particular did his defensive duties protecting Harvey and Zack. he was ridiculously mismatched in size to some poppies players but (as in the PTW game) it didn't matter a jot! he. got stuck in and used all the things about defending he had learnt. as did the other midfielders who all did their job superbly tracking back. at times I thought there were two Olivers on the pitch!! 

half way into the second period, we had them under pressure at the back, forcing throw in after throw in.  eventually we got close enough for Oliver to launch a huge throw which was then headed out for a corner. up steps Joe to fire in a beauty. who's on the end of it? Oliver , with a thumping header that Andy Carroll would have been proud of. Off the inside of the post and in for 2-2.

After that, we kept them to long range shots which we blocked or were saved easily by the awesome H. 

another foul led to a free kick level with the penalty spot but out on the right side we called for Ed to use his wicked left foot. he stepped up and fired the ball towards the far corner. everyone thought it was in until an incredible goal

line clearance header by a poppies player. 

I never felt we were going to concede again and all the players looked more confident now. Emre holding the ball up, Joe sprinting down the wing. Harvey had everything under control at the ball with wingman Zack communicating brilliantly. H wasn't letting anything through now either. Ed was tough, strong and skilful, Elliott was defending yet still progressive enough to play one-twos' and captain Oliver was leading by example by covering every single blade of (rough) grass. 

What a comeback. what heart. it was a great day to be a youth footy coach. emotions ran high after the game and I was so proud of our attitude and adaptability. 

if we continue in this way, we will be building a great side for next season.  

NO TRAINING - WEDNESDAY 16TH APRIL 2014

There will be no training session on Wednesday 16th April.

Having played 3 games in 6 days I think we all need a rest!

Training will be back the following week - 23rd April.

WE HAVE ENTERED SOME TOURNAMENTS

I have entered us into 5 summer tournaments (including our own) over the summer/off season.

The dates/locations are as follows:

SATURDAY 3RD MAY - HYTHE & DIBDEN - AFTERNOON- 6 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 8)

SATURDAY 17TH MAY - GREENFIELDS YFC - MORNING - 7 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 9)
don't forget we need lots of volunteers for this whole weekend please!

SUNDAY 7TH JUNE - PACE (TOTTON) - MORNING - 9 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 13)
all players required for this tournament 

SUNDAY 15TH JUNE - ROSSGARTH - MORNING - 6 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 8)
this is also presentation/medal day which will be at 4:30 in the afternoon (details soon)

SUNDAY 6TH JULY - STURMINSTER MARSHALL -  MORNING - 6 A SIDE (SQUAD OF 8)


As most of these tournaments are 6 a side, with a squad of 8, not all players will be required for all dates. This is to account for players being unavailable. Please let me know which dates you can & can't make.  We need all players for the PACE tournament as it is a 9v9 format.

Costs for these will be £5 per player to cover the entry fee.

Details of times & address will be available nearer the time.

For those who haven't been to tournaments before, they are a great fun day out. The football is short matches in a league format, progressing on to semi & finals. Trophies & medals for the winners. There is usually food & drink available to purchase. Bring a picnic chair, blanket, picnic if you want. It's great fun and a good chance to catch up with other parents who you haven't seen much over the season.

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 13th APRIL v Sway

v Sway

Home Kings Park

10.00 KO. 0930 warm up

Home Kit

due to holidays etc, we only have 6 available players for this fixture. 

MATCH INFO v POPPIES THURSDAY 10th APRIL 2014

Thursday 10th April v Poppies

HOME- Kings Park

KO 18:15

Warm up 17:45

Home Kit

Match report Rossgarth 0 v Greenfields 1

a scrappy victory this morning on an immaculate artificial surface at Rossgarth. 

we were short of three players so all the lads played all the game. an uneventful first half finished 0-0

after the break the players were Asked to switch the play more and keep the ball on the ground. they followed instructions and we looked much better against a good passing side in Rossgarth. they never really bothered our goal and both Joe & H were comfortable inbetween the sticks.

we put the pressure on continually in the second half and forced a good few corners. Ed whipped them in beautifully as usual and eventually the ball fell to Harvey in a crowed area and he tucked it into a corner. 1-0

a few long range shots from Joe, Emre and Oliver went close but the game was destined to be a close affair. 

we were not at our best but that's understandable with 3 players missing. defended well and nicked a goal.

lots of credit to rossgarth who earlier in the season were the whipping boys. some lovely team passing from them. 

three points and lots of enjoyment for the lads. 

next stop Poppies. 

kit correction Sunday 6th April

NOT away kit

BYFL rules State if no kit clash then home kit must be used

sorry

daft rule....

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 6TH APRIL 2014

U10 v Rossgarth (Away) - 10am kick off 0930 warm up

AWAY KIT. No kit clash but our Away kit is cool so we may as well wear it!

Match is on 3G astro surface. No metal studs. Moulded or astro boots only.

No injuries please– we only have 7 players for this fixture.

 Potterne Park, Potterne Way, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 6RS

MATCH REPORT 01.04.14 Poole Town Wessex 0 v Greenfields YFC 1

A great victory for the team, doing the double over PTW in the process. In fact, with our win in the tournament final last Summer, that makes 3 in a row over them.

PTW are a very decent side & will go close to winning the league, so we had to set up well against them on a sunny Tuesday afternoon.

I took the view that as they played the ball across the pitch very well & were very comfortable on the ball, there was no point in chasing around after them. We devised a plan to let them have the ball in non dangerous parts of the pitch in order to  conserve our energy and give us time to set up well defensively.  This is quite a complicated tactic for lads of this age to grasp, but grasp it they did & they carried it out very well.

The first half was very cagey and there wasn't much to talk about of note, although Ed did fire off a couple of quick shots which weren't too far away.

At half time, I congratulated the team on there defensive work & challenged them to keep the same strength, whilst being a bit braver going forward to see if we could nick a goal. Again, great work all round held PTW at bay and we started to pile on pressure. A series of corners led to a shot from Oliver which was handled in the box - penalty! Up stepped regular kick taker Elliott and after a deep breath & a puff of his cheeks, he fired the ball straight down the middle with the keeper diving to his right. 1- 0 !

PTW didn't look like they had an answer to our tactics and never really bothered us until a deflected clearance fell to one of their players in the box who stuck out a foot and the ball went agonisingly towards goal. I feared the worst, but Hermione somehow got something on it, Gordon Banks esq, and it went for a corner! Great work H!

We gave them more problems with some counter attacks and at one point Joe almost broke the goal. He sped down the left and unleashed a ferocious shot from almost the half way line. The ball was a blur as it cannoned goalward. It was dipping just enough, but clattered the crossbar/post with such force that the whole goal leapt in the air! it would have been some goal. Unlucky Joe!

After a few injuries to attend to, the ref blew for for full time to give us a great win. Well done to all the team who showed all the things they have been learning recently.

It was a good lesson and experience for the team to play defensively and on the counter attack. a different style and not one I would adopt in most games, but some opposition deserve respect and special attention. if the players keep up this level of play and learning and start to add more attacking prowess, they will be a force to reckon with next season. 

It was our last outing with the full squad as some lads are off on Easter holidays. We have 4 more games to go and will do our best to get similar results without them.

TEAM PHOTO

The amazing U10 team (2013/14). Sponsored by Chickie One of Charminster.

MATCH INFO - TUESDAY 1ST APRIL 2014

Poole Town FC Wessex v Greenfields Yth u10 1st April

Kick off:  6pm. Warm up 5:30

Venue: Sherborne Crescent, Canford Heath, Poole  BH17 8AP

There is limited parking at this venue, additional parking is available across the road

at Ashdown Leisure Centre, where there are also toilet facilities. No Football boots to

be worn inside the centre.

Those of you around last season will remember this as the venue we all turned up at only to find the match was off & no one had told us!

DONT FORGET !

DONT FORGET

no match this weekend 30th March 2014

have a lie in

actually don't! it's Mothers Day - get up and make your mum a cuppa! 

Match Report 23.03.14 v Milford. 1-0 Win

What an enjoyable morning of football between two sides who try to play the game the right way. 

Two very evenly matched sides going up against each other with no bad feeling or histrionics. 

Both teams had first half chances and the game ebbed and flowed between both goal mouths. there was some nice play between Harvey and Elliott and our defensive partnership of Marco and Zack has things under control though as did Hermione in goal (great clean sheet for the defensive team!). 0-0 half time. 

At half time we changed things a bit to bring Oliver into the midfield to counter Milford's huge no9 who did cause some problems. this seemed to work as we had much more attacking play second half as Joe & Marcos put in fighting performances. 

Our goal came from a period of pressure and Ed picked up the ball on the left, played sideways to Oliver who did the same for an oncoming Marco who smashed a low shot in from the edge of the box. A really good goal. 

After that we had a few other half chances but it was a very tight game. The main danger was from their 9 who must be twice Elliott's size. A real danger at set pieces (as we found to our cost in the reverse fixture when he scored two headed corner goals). the team had learnt their lesson though and they made sure he didn't punish us again this way, with the help of a fine goalie showing from H. a 1-0 victory

most pleasing though was the spirit in which the game was played and the progression of the players. the difference between the start of the season and now is quite staggering. substitutes were a nightmare today because they all played so well and the side didn't need changing. and then when subs did go on, they were equally as good! tricky bit fantastic position for a coach to be in. we now have selection problems! 

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 2014

U10 v Milford on Sea (home) - 10am KO Kings Park (home kit)

Match Report U10 (6) v Burton (1) 16.03.14

a very good performance by the team on another lovely, sunny, spring morning. 

the team lined up with Oliver up front and that turned out to be a fantastic decision by me! ;-). within a few minutes we were seeing one touch passes and excellent movement which led to an early shot from the Captain. top corner : 1-0

after that we dominated the first half, with Oliver scoring again and Ed also.  Oliver nailed his hatrick shortly after. unbelievably, these were his first goals of the season! 

With such a commanding lead we could afford to change a few positions around and this did lead to us conceding one. However this did mean we could take a look at a few players in different slots with one eye on next season. Elliott had a good spell in the middle of the park which is not his usual place & Marcos and Joe both had time at the back and coped well. 

the second half didn't quite have the passing cutting edge of the first, but we did witness a lot of shots (one from Emre in particular must have really stung the keepers hands) which is something I asked of the team before kick off.

Their keeper was actually on good form and made some stunning stops. Once, Elliott tried a shot from the edge of the box and Oliver just got a tiny flick on it to divert it to the right. somehow, the keeper managed to throw out an arm for a fabulous reaction save. well done to him!

Late on, Marcos took a very long, speculative shot which somehow squirmed under the keeper to give us a 6-1 victory. 

I think I missed one of Oliver's goals off here but I can't recall the move that led to it!

overall, a good day at the office with players improving now all the time. the players are now looking way more organised and are paying attention to team shape and communication. 

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 16TH MARCH 2014

U10 v Burton (home) - 10am KO kings Park

0930 warm up

TRAINING FEES DUE

The last training fees (phase 4) are now due covering the next 7 weeks.

£24.50. Cash or cheques to Greenfields YFC please.

REMAINING FIXTURE DATES

The BYFL have released the fixtures for all teams up to the end of the season, including the rescheduled matches.

Some of these games are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon/evenings and some are to be played during the school Easter holiday.

If you have any problems with attending any of these fixtures please let me know ASAP so I can be prepared.

All KO times/venues TBC

Sunday 16/03/14  v Burton (Home)

Sunday 23/03/14 v Milford (Home)

Sunday 30/03/14 NO GAME (This is Mothers Day – how happy are you now!?)

Tuesday 01/04/14 v Poole Town Wessex (Away)

Sunday 06/04/14 v Rossgarth (Away)

Tuesday 08/04/14 v Poppies (Home) : I have issues with this fixture & have asked Poppies to play instead on Thursday 10/04/14. TBC

Sunday 13/04/14 v Sway (Home)

Tuesday 15/04/14 v Rossgarth (Home)

Match report v Everton (away) 9/3/13

a hard fought draw away at Everton on a beautiful sunny morning. 

the team started off ok although the fluid passing from recent weeks was not there. we forced a few corners and got a lucky break from a Hermione taken one. the ball went in off an Everton player to give us a one nil lead. 

after that it was fairly even and eventually a long range shot got lost in the bright sunshine and the unlucky Joe in goal saw the ball slip through his hands. he made up for it later though with a good few brilliant saves !

there were a fair few strong challenges going in from Everton players and Oliver got the worst of one as he caught a boot full straight in the face. He's a big lad is Oliver, so I have no idea what the other lads boot was doing that high. Whilst I was tending to a cut nose and cheek, we apparently let in a scrappy goal (I didn't see it!). 2-1 down at halftime

After the break, we survived another couple of scares until Oliver bravely came back on and finally we started to pass the ball much better. A lot of the lads were playing out of their regular postions today but the last third of the game saw us start to really put pressure on their goal. I lost count of the shots we had and Elliott swears he should have had a penalty. the lads just didn't have their shooting boots on today!

I didn't think it was going to be our day until yet another foul almost on the half way line gave us one final chance. I sent everyone forward and Captain Oliver launched a huge ball into the box. Elliott ducked out of the way and Zak (standing in front of the keeper) managed the slightest of headers to lift the ball into the roof of the net to give us a well earned, last second draw!

I guess that's football - you don't always play well but if you have guts, spirit and determination you can still get a result. 

on to the next game...

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 9TH MARCH 2014

AWAY Everton

1030 KO (arrive 1000)

Everton Rec

Greenmead Ave

Everton Hants

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Greenmead+Ave/@50.7470987,-1.5905486,937m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x487383f70b9fc6c5:0x6918f3785a7edde0

Home Kit

If the weather is decent I will be taking a team photo so please make sure kit is nice & tidy and get haircuts if you want!

Match Report 2nd March 2014. Greenfields 2 v Kingswood 0

always a tough fixture this one and having suffered a frustrating 2-1 defeat in the away fixture, all were keen to turn that around. 

it was a pretty scrappy game, if truth be told, but we had the better of the chances. our first goal came from a punt upfield from goalkeeper Hermione which went over everyone's head. however, Ed was quick enough to outpace the defender and lob the Kingswood keeper with a deft touch. half time 1-0

the second half was pretty much the same until we got a free kick halfway into their half for a blatant handball. up stepped team captain Oliver to fire one towards goal. Marcos got a very clever little flick on to put us 2-0 ahead. 

we were never in danger after that and the reunited defensive partnership of Marco and Oliver were superb. never giving an inch. 

we were very organised throughout the whole pitch and I was very pleased to see the training ground work coming through again, especially the work we put in on covering for each other. 

special mention for Zak who played excellently on the wing, yet in a more defensive position. he found the ball at his feet and acres of space inside their half. he drove forward and unleashed a cracking shot which I was sure was in but hit the post. so unlucky, but I was really pleased with Zak's confidence and technique. 

a solid and pleasing performance from everyone. 

Match Info Sunday 02 March 2014

v Kingswood. Home. Kings Park. 

KO 10.00. arrive 0930 for warm up and team talk. 

home kit. 

MATCH REPORT 23/02/14 : Bransgore 1 v Greenfields 6

After a long lay off, it was great to be back playing on a Sunday morning. It looked like our lads were all itching to get going!

We started off very well & for 15 mins played some of the best possession football I have seen from us.  This eventually paid off, against a 7 man defence, with a goal from Marco.

An interesting decision from the ref then led to a penalty against us which Joe got a touch on in goal, but it still hit the back of the net.

A challenge was laid down at half time to try to win the ball back within 5 seconds of losing it. This seemed to pay off as the lads were soon chasing down everything and we went 2-1 up with a neat finish from Emre. Marcos then added another & Emre got his brace with a deadly shot. There was no way back for Bransgore now.

A free kick on the edge of the box led to a cracking top corner effort from Ed who has now got 2 in 2 since joining in January. We were then awarded a penalty which was duly despatched by Captain for the day, Elliott.

Overall, a very pleasing performance where you could really see the recent training start to shine through.

6-1 winners.

JD

MATCH INFO FOR SUNDAY 23RD FEB 2014

U10 v Bransgore (away) - 10am KO Bransgore Rec pavilion side

Pop this into google maps for exact location 50.778942,-1.737642

AWAY KIT

MATCH INFO : SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2014

This week's fixture is v Rossgarth at Home.

KO 10.00

Home Kit

Lets hope we can get a game on!

We will need a volunteer referee please.

GAME OFF - PITCH WATERLOGGED (again!)

Our scheduled match against Burton YFC this weekend (9th feb 2014) has been postponed due to the continued bad weather & the poor pitch conditions at our home ground.

Such a shame for the players as they are itching to show what they can do.

Fingers crossed for next week!

MATCH REPORT : FRIENDLY V KINGS PARK DYNAMOS

On a windy artificial pitch we hosted new friends at Kings Park Dynamos U10 on Wednesday 5th Feb 2014.

I saw it as an opportunity to try players in unfamiliar positions without the normal pressure of a league game.

As it turns out, it worked perfectly.  All the players had a great time & enjoyed their new roles.

We scored 9 goals & kept a clean sheet. KPD are a new team and obviously lacked our experience, but they had some talented players & will be very handy once they have got to grips with this level.

In the second half we put some lovely passing movements together & some of the recent training exercises started to come through.

A very pleasing afternoons work!

05/02/14 Friendly fixture

We are due to play a friendly fixture this afternoon v a new U10 Kings Park Dynamos side at our training pitch.

Hoping the weather holds off as it has been a very stormy 24 hrs in Dorset!

Match Report : 02/02/14 Bournemouth Electric 4 Greenfields YFC 1

02/02/14

We played a match (at last) against Bournemouth Electric (away). A very heavy pitch & a cold morning, but at least we got to play after 6 weeks off!

We made a great start and almost scored straight from the kick off with a lovely passing move right down the pitch. After that, Electric hit the post & we hit the bar before they got a very lucky break after Joe (in goal) tried to clear and the ball rebounded off an Electric player into the back of the net!

Unbelievably, another lucky goal went in against us after a very speculative cross from the wing got blown by the wind straight over our unlucky keepers head!  This was a blow and we then let 2 further goals in before half time.

During the half time team talk, I challenged our players to put up a stronger showing second half and try not to let any more goals in. Not only did they rise to this challenge, we scored through a low shot from Ed (on his debut). We won the second half 1-0 and went home happy to have had a good run around & achieved some of our targets.

Bournemouth Electric 4 Greenfields YFC 1

MATCH INFO WEDNESDAY 5TH FEB 2014

MATCH INFO

WEDNESDAY 5TH FEB 2014

FRIENDLY

v Kings Park Dynamos

5pm - 6pm

David English Centre, Bournemouth

Away Kit required

MATCH INFO SUNDAY 2ND FEB 2014

MATCH INFO

SUNDAY 2ND FEB 2014

AWAY v Bmth Electric

10.00 KO

Broadway Lane, Bournemouth

Away Kit required

This is the blog of the Greenfields YFC U10.