Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Football September 2003

Our policy, in line with the FA guidelines was that no Under 6’s would play in a competitive game in that season. The season is usually defined September to May. That meant we could enter into the Yate Utd tournament. We also tried to get into Bitton, but we were too late. We only had one recognised ‘keeper at the time, that was Aaron. For the day we asked Josef to go in goal. Also, due to a mix up at our creation, Matt Long & Jack Dancey had played up an age. Because this was our first competitive football against teams who had been playing, I asked those boys to join us for the day, one in each team, to give a small bit of experience to our boys. This was however a Festival of Football so at least no team would be knocked out.

YATE UTD – 5/7/03

Green Team – Aaron, Sam B, Matt Long, Jack Y, Max, Dan & James B

Yellow Team – Josef, Jack Dancey, Tom, Charlie, Sam P & Sam K

The Green team played Portishead Juniors ‘A’ first, losing 2-0, then Abbeymead Rovers ‘A’, again losing 2-0. Next it was BRSJ ‘A’ which we also lost 2-0, followed by Yate Utd ‘A’ which again was 2-0. Finally we played Ferndale Rodbourne ‘A’ in which we earned a creditable 0-0 draw.

The Yellow team played Shaw Whitley ‘B’ first, losing 1-0, then it was Abbeymead Rovers ‘B’ also losing 1-0. Then came the moment that we had all been waiting for. Against BRSJ ‘B’, whilst under pressure, Tom won the ball in defence, ran the length of the field, past two tackles and beat the ‘keeper in what proved to be the only goal of the game 1-0. Our first goal and our first win. Josef was so happy that he ran the length of the pitch from in goal to celebrate with Tom, as did the rest of the team! We then came back down to earth with a bump, losing 3-0 to Yate Utd ‘B’, before also gaining a creditable draw against Bradley Stoke ‘A’ 0-0

Men of the Tournament – This wasn’t chosen, but I think that all of the players deserved it for the way they approached playing different teams for the first time.

Afterthoughts…………………………………………………

Although the day was overcast and we lost most games, all of the boys came away smiling from the day. They all received a medal memento as well and it was a good learning experience.

U6’s – Appearances and Goals

P = Played in the Tournament

G = Goals scored

P G

Aaron Sutton 1

Charlie Glavin 1

Daniel Churches 1

Jack Dancey 1

Jack Yeoman 1

James Baker 1

Josef Hill 1

Matt Long 1

Max Stevens 1

Sam Burgess 1

Sam Kipling 1

Sam Pike 1

Tom Johnson 1 1

U6’s Fixtures and Results

Jul 5 G Yate Utd Festival

5 Y Yate Utd Festival

Well done to everyone who participated, see you next Summer!