HTS Eindhoven 7 vs. Gy Saxons 6 (CUP)
 
HT Eindhoven struggled with Gy Saxons strength & experience as many of the gy lads has played at the nationals in the junior qualifying group prior to the National Junior Finals. HTS went 3 nil down at one point before ''beal'' The 16 year old wonder kid who, I am reliably informed, left Grimsby Town because '' he didn't like the training!'' achieved his hat -trick with some silky skills & even a bullet from the centre circle that the keeper could only watch fly past him into the top corner. To follow up was a volley from HTS’s own halves, a spectacular goal that won them the game. A great come back for HTS to nick it 7-6.

The last time a referee told me he had a ' star' playing in his league I admit to doubting him; then I popped down to watch and he was spot on in his assesment. The player was Jon Higton, who we immediately gave a game to in the FC Grimsby team and he has not looked out of place against older more experienced players. 

Hull has a 15-17 team in training, do we have anyone who would want to manage an FC Grimsby youth team, the team could play in tournaments in their own right whilst acting as a feeder team for the senior FC Grimsby team?

Timothy Lowe (Harvest) pictured marking Danny O'Hare (Harvest II) has been honoured with selection to play for the England College; his next matches to look forward to will be a 9 day competition in Italy. 

The match ended a convincing 8-3 win for Harvest over their Saturdal League team mates (Lakeside).  It has to be mentioned Harvest II was without Beb Smith (working) and the goal machine Ryan Smith (suspended).

Harvest manager Mathew Bryant says his Lakeside team 'has reaped the benifits of using futsal for team training.'  The team 100% Saturday Cup and League record speaks for its self.

Next Saturday season Lakeside will change their team name to Harvest and expand to a first and second team in the Grimsby Saturday League.  Futsal players that are interested in playing 11v11 within a team of commited futsal players can contact myself and I will pass your details onto to team managers Mathew & Jon Bryant.

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The game was at the Northwich Leisure Centre, Chester; 1:50 kick off.  The team and transport needed to be organised Friday at latest, no last minute problems was requested.

Regrettably the match has been cancelled at short notice by myself on behalf of FC Grimsby, it seems we can get a half committed team but can't organise transport. The team is now at the mercy of the league as to a fine and or our continued presence in the league.  Do we want a team in a National Futsal league? It would appear not. If FC Grimsby folds we can see our opportunity of playing at a National level dissolve.

To be  a club we need players, not a problem.

A Chairman, Kevin Bryant (acting as)

A Secretary, job open.

Treasurer, job open. 

A team manager/ assistant, job open. 

A comittee, we need more members with skills, fund raising, sponsorship etc.

A training venue plus organiser/coach, job open. 

There is real work to be done to create and fulfil the FC Grimsby fixtures, FC Grimsby has to be a accumulative effort of all the leagues teams. 

Are you willing or able to take on any of the tasks above? 

Kevin Bryant  07980 286663

Light at end of the tunnel; a patchy performance against Leeds Barca finished with the score 6-6.  At their best Grimsby were dominant, playing some great futsal; this was counter balanced by periods of poor defending.

The game opened brightly for Grimsby, they kept the ball created and missed chances and then took a deserved lead when DH passed the ball into the opposition goal top corner from 20 yards. He had a space of 2 square feet to aim at and that is where the ball went; brilliant.

Dates are starting to be installed for the cup qualifying games, I have endevored to duplicate them into the league dates. Please double check that both dates and times match in both league and cup sections are the same.

If I have made a mistake please call straight away 07980 286663.

On Sunday the team travelled to Sheffield to play Sheffield & Hallam County FA, a complete disaster, on the Saturday night I had done as much as I could to organise the team.  All players had confirmed there availability and transport was covered. 

Sunday morning I awake to a text that Player 1 is now unavailable due to a family member coming over! One player down, I can live with that, made mental note not to ask Player  1 again after such a lame excuse.

I am in the process or writing rules and formatting the FA Futsal cup qualifying league; my suggestion to teams is they combine with each other - making less (stronger) teams with larger squads.  Why?  Magpies at past finals have struggled playing Friday, Saturday Sunday matches, it takes a group of strong players to commit to 3 days futsal, taking into account personal cancellations and injuries.  Teams with large squads win tournaments.  Harvest have already committed to one team.  I suggest others think along the same lines.   Teams that fancy their chances against established Monday night (Premier League) players are welcome to enter. 

This week has seen a bit of a stir in the local football scene, with a seemingly trivial argument about the rules of 5-a-side football. Whilst trivial it may be, the argument has much wider repercussions for our national game.

Congratulations to Gavin Sartain for making it to level 5 as a referee; a level that can only be achieved with great dedication and many hours of travel.  Gavin is awaiting results of FA assessments for his level 4. 

Add to this the progress Gavin is making up the futsal refereeing ladder and we have a high calibre referee of which the league should be proud.  Gavin has futsal appointments in Sheffield, Hull and Middlesbrough over next few weeks.

It might not be coincidence but since Gavin has made progress as a futsal referee  other referees have seen futsal as an opportunity and joined the game.  

Want to progress as a referee? Have a word with Gavin I am sure he will be pleased to advice.

Sunday 20th 2.50KO vs. Sheffield & Hallam at Hillsborough Leisure Centre.

All players please be prepared to play. 

Problems; Kevin Bryant 07980 286663 as soon as known! 

Littlefields continue their rise through the various futsal leagues and are now left with one big challenge, the Premier League. Team manager Callum Blyth has confirmed his team will take on this challenge.

 2007 team picture taken at Kent Street Resource Centre.

FC Grimsby was given a stark warning by Sheffield FC Futsal Club.

Sheffield City FC has an excellent group of players that are committed to futsal and train to improve twice a week. This is backed by the experience of their mentor a Brazilian coach who has given them a shortcut into futsal tactics.

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The FA Junior Futsal Cup is a great competition for junior boys and girls.  Played indoors at the EIS Sheffield it is a one off opportunity to play in this fabulous venue.  Last year’s competition had the FA Cup and other side shows as attractions.  The full cost is normally born by the FA.

Entry details:

College draw with Premier League leaders All Blacks 3-3; such is the Monday standard that this was not a surprise.  Every team from top to bottom can take points of each other.  Harvest, Harvest II and All Blacks has played same number of games (10) and are separated by 2 points.  Ryan Smith another devasating performance for Harvest II.

'Johnjo' Hat trick for College.

In the group stages of the Champions League 2008 the following nationalities was registered to play:

Would all signed players please note that the table topping clash is this Sunday - KO  6:50. A crazy time for all concerned, but can't be changed.  The venue is the EIS Centre.   Final team details to follow. Any queries Kevin Bryant 07980 286663

Questions are being asked on the forums re the rules surrounding the GK; which is excellent as it shows interest in the game.  The first answere to everyone is check out the www.fifa.com by searching 'futsal rules.'  These will be the guaranteed latests version.

In brief:

Once  a GK has touched a ball it cannot be played back to him until it has either crossed the half way line or touched an opponent.  For example if a defender is taking a kick in , in his own half the ball can be passed back to the GK. Why? because to gain the ball in the first place the ball must have touched an opponent.  Many teams will delberatly get the ball across the half way line early so that they have the tactical possibility of using the their GK in open play.

If the GK touches the ball whilst infringing on one the above rules an indirect free kick is given against him.  Indirect free kicks are technical fouls that do not count in the '5' foul tooting up rule. 

Where  is the free kick taken?  If inside the are, on the edge of the area adjacent to where the ball was played by the GK.  If outside the area, at the spot the infringment took place.

The GK is always on a 4 second rule in his own half!   In his opponents half he is free of time restrictions.

Question:

Your match referee awards an indirect free kick for this offence, but does not raise his hand to indicate an indirct free kick, the player scores; what decision does the referee make?  The only clue is most referees would get it wrong. 

Answer: