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