Stuart Orr

Manager 

Lions Pride

This was Spartans first game as a team and it showed, they was having to pick up tactics as the game played - not easy.  The signs was there that the team has the talent to progress.

Lions Pride was more confident, with every player knowing his job, they passed and moved with great effect.

The result has been recorded as a Lions Pride win. Stu Orr has to be commended that he has offered to replay the game, Spartans took the game at short notice then allowed him to play a loaned player to make up his team as they was one player short.

 Little Devils did not turn up, Fusion was quicker to see danger, and more intelligent with the ball.

Fusion now travel to Spain to play in a tournament, lets hope they can continue  current run of form.

Is there a new order taking place? 

Elite and Little Devils topped the last league - they both lost!

Elite had a 3-1 lead at one stage, but Tigers mauled them when they discovered Elite lacked a defencive defencive strategy when pressed.

Dynamite want believe the league table this week.

Week one they was hammered, two games later they have four points and are second in table.

After only three weeks this league is looking really interesting. 

Football can be a strange game, Humberstone showed no fear as they rattled Titans bar and forced great keeping saves. Titans responded and by five minutes it was 2-2 all on cross bar or hit post encounters.

Humberstone then suffered on counter breaks and was 0-3 before they cleared their heads.  To their credit they rectified this to 3-3, but could not rectify the defensive element of the game, which cost them dearly.

Humberstone need to work on three key elements of the game, defence-defence and defence, goals will come automatically.

Ollie O’Neil, Ben Mortlock and goalkeeper Chris Holmes were involved an ever improving squad that beat a side over 30 places ahead of them in the world rankings.

The win at Hereford’s Point 4 venue avenged a 4-2 defeat a day earlier, and the result is ideal preparation for their upcoming encounters, in Sheffield, against Greece next month.

The games will take place at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield on Friday June 24, kick off 7.30pm and Saturday June 25, kick off at 4pm. Tickets are available from www.arenaticketshop.co.uk through the ticket hotline on to 0114 256 55 67 or in person at the Motorpoint Arena Box Office.

An interview with Sheffield’s England international goalkeeper Curtis Holmes is also on the FA website at http://www.thefa.com/England/england-futsal/News/2011/holmes-200511. 

Sunday 3rd July 2011 10Am -3PM

Wigton Moor Football Club playing fields, Alwoodley Leeds

The event will be on grass but this will provide space for up to 8 playing pitches so there is a chance for everyone interested being able to play.

If already know about, or want to get into, futsal this is your chance to play.

There will opportunity for everyone to ask questions and find out how existing teams, at a club like Wigton Moor FC, have been able to incorporate futsal in to their training and improve their

If you’ve not seen FA National League futsal there will be DVD action showing in the clubhouse all day whilst refreshments are being served.

This is not a fund raising event, although we are asking for teams to show good faith by paying an entry fee of £12 to book their place. However, all teams that attend will receive a futsal ball and a CD rom with all you need to know to start playing.

(A free futsal starter kit – how’s that for a bargain!).

If you want to be involved click on the link below to send an

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 We intend this to be a friendly day, with the emphasis on getting to know futsal, rather than winning. But we hope that by the time they leave everyone attending will have gained a better understanding of how the game is played and how it can help your team’s football skills.

Click here for entry form

Click here for a poster

I saw the headline above and my mind jumped all over the place.  Was it a trick refereeing question? Did the question involve using the goal keeper as sweeper or fly-er?

The answer should have been obvious, how many times have I watched, or played in a game. when the opposition have seemed to have an extra player. The reason that team 'has' 'an extra player' is because their players know how to find space, how to pass and move, how to lose a marker, the end result is appearing to have 'an extra player.' 

Never more true than in the tight spaces on a futsal court.

East Marsh Inter

Had this been just a league game there looked little to play for, East marsh had won league and Everglaze looked save on paper for second position.  The fact that it doubled as a Cuo qualifier added spice.

The full forty minutes was brilliantly contested by both teams. Every element of the game was contested, hard but fairly, only occasionally, and not unexpected in such a game did a player briefly over step the mark.

Inter looked frail in the opening minutes, poor defending gifted Everglaze a goal, this was compounded when Charlie Jillings called a substitution that was badly timed and cost a second goal (0-2).

A gaol retrieved and two hit posts gave Inter a boost, 2-2, and then 2-3 down as the half time whistle blew.

The game changed dramatically in the second period , Inter levelled and then led. Everglaze threw everything at them, but could not score. As so often happens Inter opened up a 2-0 lead off a counter attack.  Five minutes left, Everglaze just could not get the break they needed and Inter scored off the last kick. Dan Payne will be ruing his Ever' team mates as he several times had engineered tap in goal positions, but the final killer pass did not arrive.

Game a credit to both teams.

Toll Bar (u/16) was relieved of playing older teams with a friendly against Humbertsone (u/14)

Humberstone was a surprise package, always behind they  battled to a fully deserved draw.

Most impressive was their futsal knowledge, they had not played for months, arrived with a large squad and played better than most, if not all men's teams I have seen starting from a similar position.

For someone so young team manager Bradely Milne has to be commended.

THE 2011

 FA FUTSAL CUP

REGIONAL QUALIFYING HEAT

North Heat B

Saturday 4th June 2011

09:00 – 16:00

HILLSBOROUGH LEISURE CENTRE

GSC Dynamite

 Fusion send out message to rest of league.

Lions Pride was a test to gauge exactly where Fusion are at, Lions Pride are experienced at futsal, losing two games on the trot is a new experience for them. 

Manager Stu Orr says he is not panicking, he knows his team can play better.

Credit to Fusion for such a great start.

 Not the score expected after GSC Dynamite's disastrous opening game.

Little Devils moved from a 2-2 formation to the traditional 1-2-1 set up, this caused initial confusion.

In junior football/futsal sometimes results have to take a back seat to learning, how many times has someone said on a National sports programme recently that Barcelona youth teams lose many games because they have to play passing football.

The long term goal has to be more important than the short term win.

 Please note that teams are only allowed 3 direct fouls in a half, the 4th and every subsequent foul is a free shot from the 10 meter mark.

Fouls start again at zero at start of second period.

NO SLIDE TACKLES

 I will endeavour to keep 2 weeks fixtures posted to web.

For it to work teams need to let me know more than 2 weeks in advance if they cannot make future matches.

Scott Harris

(Fresh)

Tuesday games - All CUP ties.

StreetSoccer 3 Vs  Franklin 6

Wednesday Games

Scartholonia 4 Grimsby Soccer Club 6

Cup Qualifying Round

Remarkable OWKN got this close, they started short of players and only made up numbers whilst game was playing. 

Team Manager DM was playing cricket!

GRS conceded that Fresh's greater fitness was the key to them losing the game.

Stop Mr Perpetual Motion (Scott Harris) and you have a chance.

Trawl' will pass you to death, they don't rush attacks just for the sake of attacking, they like to control the ball and the game.

Weight Watchers lack of defensive discipline gave the Trawler-men the opportunities they needed.

GSC have taken over the mismanaged Keelby team.

Scartholonia won the midfield game, squandering the match with squandered chances and goal keeping errors.

 R.I.T Fc

Player of Tournament J. Blackman 

(far left back row)

Pitch 1 Referee Dean Gladwell

East Marsh 3 Vs  R.I.S Fc 6
 
East Marsh 4 Vs  Everglaze 2
 
Everglaze 4 R.I.S Fc 7
 
Favorites East marsh Underestimated an interested R.I.S side that put east marsh through their paces, East marsh switched on 2nd game to beat Everglaze in a close game as to be expected, 3rd game saw R.I.S go top of the group beating everglaze who just couldn't put their chances away.

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Pitch 2 Referee Gavin Sartain
 
East Marsh Inter (tollbar) 6 Vs Lindum Homes 1
 
East Marsh Inter (tollbar) 1 Vs  G.S.C 3
 
G.S.C 9 Vs Lindum Homes 4
 
East marsh started off with a big win of 6-1, then lost to a good GSC who claimed a 3-1 win. In the final game GSC need a 6-0 to go top of the group and they dished a goal lashing to Lindum Homes and won 9-4.
In the 3rd v 3rd play off, everglaze beat lindum 9-4 to claim 5th place for the night. 

3rd Place - Everglaze 9 Vs Lindum Homes 4
 
2nd Place - East Marsh Inter (tollbar) 4 Vs East Marsh 9
 
1st place - R.I.S Fc 11 Vs G.S.C 4
 
Tournament winners R.I.S Fc
Player of the tournament R.I.S's Jon Blackman (good movement,quick feet & excellent team player)

Nice to get good comments back from referees who thouroughly enjoyed the night.