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FC Grimsby 5 v York University 3 |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Saturday, 16 June 2007 |
A win was essential to finish off the 2007 Futsal Premier League season in a positive mood for the next league season. York University is always difficult opposition, they have a large squad training and if they get all their best players out they will give most teams a serious game. This was the case in this game; Grimsby was always the better team but never far enough in front to be safe. The sweat the players produced was a testimony to the graft they had to put into the game. Missed chances were again the Grimsby problem, yet again the ratio of chances to goals was not acceptable, and we have to score more from our opportunities. Eventually the goals came and we eased towards half time 2-0 ahead and under no real stress, one goal against changed all that and for a short period were under sustained York pressure. Out of the blue Luke McClelland scored a super controlled volley to ease the Grimsby palpitations and take us to the break 3-1.
The second period was Grimsby control with no rush to score as they kept the ball and watched the clock. At 4-1 & 4-2 the game was won barring a disaster. That came when DH was shown a red card for an over zealous tackle. I don’t stick up for players; but the decision was harsh. With the minutes left on the clock we were a player short, York scored 4-3; fortunately in futsal a sent off player can be replaced if you concede a goal, could we hold out, the balance had changed? The referee blew for another free kick, York pushed everyone forward, Lee Graves in the Grimsby goal was a step ahead of everyone, the free kick was for a foul on a Grimsby player, and with the game in disarray he chipped the free kick 40 yards over the advancing York keeper, 5-3. Futsal can have more twists and turns than the big dipper at Alton Towers.
D Hornigold (Magpies), D Durosimo (Harvest), L McClelland (Kent St), B Smith (Kent St), L Graves (FC Nelson), D Webber (Magpies), S Harris (StreetSoccer).
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Saturday, 16 June 2007 |
Futsal league updates
Grimsby Futsal League
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Breaking News - Triple futsal crash - Magpies, Gunners and Littlefields lose!!!
College 2001 achieved what no team in 43 games had managed, they beat Nicol Magpies. The Magpies run included 39 wins, a truly remarkable achievement.
Gunners Watch then lost only their 2nd match of the league ‘X’ season. A win over Grimsby All Blacks would have given them the title.
Down at Kent St top placed Littlefields lost to the Kent St. Only their second lose of the league season.
One more slip and any one of the three will see a seasons work up in smoke.
Whilst all this is going on Wanderers, winners of the Grimsby Futsal Cup are enjoying their prize sun bathing and playing futsal in France.
In the Tuesday league Second Ave is the only team without a loss, Auditorium, StreetSoccer, Young’s & Magpies are all in contention.
The Wednesday league sees undefeated Piemonte at the top whilst top scorers Grange de Saloa is a close second.
Referees, do you want to referee futsal, a course to update those with 11v11 qualifications to futsal is penciled in by LFA for September. We need more referees and trainee officials.
Junior futsal coaching futsal coaching courses have started for all ages.
Details of above from Kevin Bryant 235704 / 07980 286663
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Futsal Referees Course - September |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
Register now!
Sarah Teal
Football Development Officer (Equity)
Lincolnshire FA / Lincolnshire Sports Partnership
www.lincolnshirefa.com/development
"Enhancing the Football Experience For All Within Lincolnshire"
Mobile 07940953886
Lincs FA 01522 524995
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Lindsey School Unstoppable! |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
HARMER THE STAR AS LINDSEY FUTSAL TEAMS MAKES IT A HAT-TRICK!
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The Lindsey School and Community Arts College Year 9 Futsal Team
Back Row - (Left to Right), Les Jones (Coach), Chris Harmer, Mark Campbell, Greg Stiffell, Karl Goodwin, Mark Johnston
Front Row - (Left to Right), Ricky Smith, Alex Flett (Captain), Tom Wingate, Oliver McGrath
Three teams from The Lindsey School and Community Arts College Futsal teams are through to the FA National Futsal Finals after great performances at the SHCFA Junior Futsal Festival at the Sheffield University Goodwin Centre.
Both the Under 12 and Under 14 boys arrived in Sheffield on the back of the Lindsey U16 boy’s victory the week before. For the U14s it was a return to competitive Futsal after a year’s break, while the U12 boys were making their debut after a promising first season of school of football.
The competition was set into a two-tiered league format, with the top two in each of the groups progressing into the finals. Both teams made great starts, with the U14 winning their first game 6-0, with Chris Harmer netting a hat-trick and Mark Johnston grabs a brace. The quality of Futsal was of an extremely high standard, and set the tone for the rest of the tournament.
The remainder of the group stages for the U14 was as straightforward, with victories over Nottswell FC (5-0) and Ripley Town Colts (3-0). Harmer scored another hat-trick, and was impressing both opposition managers and players alike with his keen eye for goal. These victories enabled TLS to progress through to the cup stages, and established them as the favourites to win the tournament and book their place at the English Institute of Sport.
The U12 team also kicked off in the morning, keen to get off to a good start and put the other teams under pressure. Their competition involved one group, with every team playing each other twice. A good start was imperative, and this was achieved in the first game, as they swept past the opposition, with goals by Lewis Catley proving their worth.
As the tournament moved into the afternoon session, the quality of Futsal from the TLS U14 team refused to drop. In the first game of the cup stages Midland Futsal was defeated 3-0, with goals from Harmer, Johnston, and Karl Goodwin. A 5-0 victory over Compmanthorpe with goals from Alex Flett (2), Harmer (2) and Johnston left Lindsey needing only a draw to cement another tournament victory. This was assured when the crushed Handsworth FC 5-1 with Harmer and Johnston (2) and Flett netting. Greg Stiffell, who had another outstanding tournament, conceded only one goal, saving a penalty in the process.
The TLS U12 team finished in second place, after being edged into second place by the only team that beat them. There was good news for the group though, as news reached them that they had qualified for the Nationals after being given a place by The FA after Lindsey’s victory last year. Coach Mr Doody said; ‘When we have had a strong team out this year we have looked threatening. Hopefully we can produce a good performance at the Nationals at try and reclaim the trophy we won last year.’
Coach Les Jones attributed his victory to the hard work in training; ‘The boys were fantastic and worked hard all day I only hope we can take this form into the Nationals. A special mention must go to Oliver McGrath who was an un-sung hero today”.
All three Lindsey boys teams now qualify for the FA National Futsal finals, which are held at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on the weekend of the 7/8th July.
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Check it out - Zidane playing futsal for France |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
[url]http://www.dailymotion.com/related/2666848/video/x1jtna_psgfrance-98-finale-de-futsal-a-ber/1[/url]
Who will be the English role model, suggestions please............................
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
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Lindsey School Futsal Success!! |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
Lindsey school u16 boys won the Sheffield & Hallam County FA Junior Futsal Festivals at the Sheffield University Goodwin Centre Sunday June 3rd.
The school were undefeated, winning 5 games and drawing 1, playing to a really high standard of futsal.
The school is now looking forward to the under 16 FA Nationals Finals!
Can they win it 2 years running?
More to follow.........................
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Wanderers add name to Grimsby Futsal Cup |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Saturday, 02 June 2007 |
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Trophy presented by Mr K Scott
http://www.sportleisuretravel.co.uk
Monday 21st May
Second Avenue Resource Centre
Sponsored by Sports Leisure Travel
Wanderers 9
L Marshall 1 J Taylor 1 D McFadyen 1 (yellow card) K Barwick 1
J Barton 2 L Todd 1 T Hunter 1
College 2001 1
D Smith 1 S Cort (yellow card)
41 teams started out – 2 were left.
The game was billed as the experience of College 2001 vs. the futsal inexperience of Wanderers. As their name implies College 2001 was started in that year.
Inexperienced as Wanderers maybe at futsal they are not inexperienced players. The team is a combination of quality players used to playing a high level of 11 v 11 football.
That quality was transparent from the first to last minute. College, minus the excellent Mark Webber, needed a good start; what they got was a first minute rocket of a shot, launched from 5 yards inside his own half by Wanderers keeper Luke Clasper into the top corner of their net. Cook, who has been the top keeper in the Futsal Premier League this season blinked but did not move. From inside a minute College game plans were laid to rest. The game was killed for spectators at the point the ball hit the net. College strength has always been an ability to defend deep and hit on the break; Wanderers were to street wise for this. Seldom did they loose the ball in attack to give College the counter opportunity, when the opportunity did arise Wanderers had defenders in position to stifle the College attack. All 7 Wanderers player shared their 9 goals which were scored at an even regularity throughout the game. To stay in the game College needed to accept every half chance and scrap sent their way, they did not, they did manage one counter attack score from the hard working Doug Smith.
Credit to College, heads could have dropped, they didn’t. Manfully they stuck to their task. Their cup final had been beating league leaders Gunners Watch 4-3 in the semi final.
John Potts was my man of the match, outstanding with the ball elusive without the ball. He talked the team to victory as he cajoled them into long periods of possession that frustrated and stifled College. A close second place was College keeper Cooke, save after brilliant save forced on him by incessant Wanderers attack.
On their way to the final Wanderers had beaten Grimsby Auditorium 8-0, Littlefields 10-5, Hemswell 14-6, and in the semi final Fulstow Rovers 9-1.
A disappointing game for spectators who had come to see the under dog have his day.
As well as the Grimsby Futsal Cup trophy, Wanderers will receive from sponsors Sports Leisure Travel a futsal holiday break to France. The league thanks Ken Steele and his company for their continued generosity
Futsal is a very fast, highly competitive game of five aside. Research has shown futsal benefits 11v11 football more than traditional coaching methods. Futsal is the only game of five aside recognized by FIFA. (fifa.com search futsal for rules). A visit to the UEFA.com web site will illustrate the vastness of the game in Europe. For UK news visit www.futsal.org.uk. To play locally (junior or senior) or to take a football holiday to France contact Kevin Bryant 07980 286663.
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Girls Football Tournament 7th July |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
Please find attached the application form for the upcoming Girls Football Festival at Hereford School, Grimsby on Saturday 7th July starting at 10am. There is a nominal fee of £5 per team and there are U10, U12, U14 and U16 age categories.
If you need any further information please contact me.
Please feel free to distribute this to other clubs.
Regards
Louise
Louise Smith
Sports Development Officer (Infrastructure)
North East Lincolnshire Council
01472 323379
<<Girls Football Festival.pdf>>
To visit the Sports Development Website click here www.nelincs.gov.uk/leisure/sports/
The following courses are coming up:
-Coaching Disabled Performers 29/05/07 - Hereford School
-Coaching Methods and Communication 04/06/07 - Hereford School
-Netball Leadership 16/06/07 - Hereford School
-Good Practice & Child Protection 20/06/07 - Hereford School
-Safeguarding & Protecting Young People 25/06/07 - Grimsby Institute
-Athletics Level 1 30/06/07 - Hereford School
For further information or to book a place please contact
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See futsal at its best for free............ |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
On Friday June 9th a FA Select Futsal Team will take on the current FA National Club Champions London White Bear at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry - Kick off 7.15pm.
London White Bear are the two time National Champions and be representing England in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Futsal Cup in September. The FA Select Team will be made up of players involved in the FA's F30 Development Squad.
This match will be preceded by a three team u/14 Youth Tournament which kicks off at 6.00pm.
Entry to this fixture is free of charge and we would be delighted to see you.
Dermot Collins
FA National Manager - Small Sided Football
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introduction to futsal coaching courses run nation |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
Please find the introduction to futsal coaching courses run nationally
[url]http://www.thefa.com/GrassrootsNew/Coach/Postings/2006/03/Futsal_CoachingCourse.htm[/url]
please contact [email]
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Kind Regards
Football Development Officer (Equity)
Lincolnshire FA / Lincolnshire Sports Partnership
[url]www.lincolnshirefa.com/development[/url]
"Enhancing the Football Experience For All Within Lincolnshire"
Sara Teal
Lincs FA 01522 524995
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
Grimsby Futsal League
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Breaking News
So many things have been happening in to short a space of time…………..
A meeting has been held with LFA and they have as top of their agenda a futsal specific training course for our referees and any other qualified referees that want to referee futsal.
A meeting has been held at FA headquarters Soho square when a FA National futsal league was discussed. This will now go before a full FA meeting in November. A new Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Hull combined team is under discussion. Explorative discussions have been very positive. The team would have to meet exacting standards with a club doctor, qualified coaching staff, commitment of players to train twice weekly etc.
An Australian 14-16 year old touring group will be visiting us October. They will need both gender opposition.
I have obtained a superb futsal coaching CD on how to play the game; does anyone have the time or the facility to copy 1 for each team?
Grimsby college has nearly finished a ‘why futsal’ video.
Grimsby Futsal Cup.
Qualifying Group
My apologies that due to pressure of work match reports have been missed for past 2 weeks. A précis of what’s been happening:
Quarter Finals:
Gunners Watch v Harvest. Harvest led with 30 seconds left, defensive ‘cock up’ allows Gunners to equalize. Gunners win penalty shoot out; Dale Jenkins suffers serious knee ligament damage scoring his penalty. An operation is required. College efficiently sees off Shamrock Rovers 4-2. Hemswell score 6 but it’s not enough to worry Wanderers. Fulstow experience too much for Bears.
Semi Finals:
College 2001 scrapes past Gunners Watch in shock 4-3 win. Keeper Cooke is College star player, Gunners shoot themselves in foot; having no sub’ they had no one to replace sent off player after team had played the required 2 minutes a player short.
Wanderers cruise past Fulstow Rovers 14-2.
Final 7pm KO Monday 21st [smile] Please give the game your support.
Monday Premier League
Have Gunners the squad to finish as champions? Dale Jenkins is injured, Danny Powers has a red card offence to be dealt with by LFA; on the plus side they have played Magpies twice with 4 games left.
Second Avenue
Tuesday Division II
ACD matches have been suspended as a result of outstanding match fees and unacceptable attitude to referees! Take their results away from the table and all the top 6 are in contention. Note the transformation of Magpies II, bottom to top.
Wednesday Division III
The leagues early leaders need to look over their shoulders as 2 new unknown quantities (Laceby & Blossom Way) enter league. Piemonte are starting to get their act together, Kyle Braithwaite FC are making steady progress.
Kent Street League
Littlefields is the first new team to have shown such consistent form, can they maintain for the full league?
Grimsby Futsal must be pleased with their progress, coming to the league so young and suffering consistent set backs must make mid table satisfying.
If teams continue to join league, the plan is that the top teams play on a Tuesday still, and the bottom teams move to a Thursday league at same venue. Comments please?
Friendly Matches
Futsal is a very fast, highly competitive game of five aside. Research has shown futsal benefits 11v11 football more than traditional coaching methods. Futsal is the only game of five aside recognized by FIFA. (fifa.com search futsal for rules). A visit to the UEFA.com web site will illustrate the vastness of the game in Europe. For UK news visit futsal.org.uk. To play locally at any level contact Kevin Bryant 07980 286663 or visit grimsbyfootball.co.uk
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The Grass Roots Football Show ......... |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 |
is for everyone involved in the game at grass roots level but especially those managers, coaches, referees and club officials who dedicate so much time to the running of teams and clubs. The event takes place at the Ricoh Arena, just off junction 3 of the M6 over the weekend of 9th and 10th June.
With just one month to go, now is a good time to organise a group booking. There are great savings available for clubs looking to bring 10 or more people to the show - call 01462 813777 for further details.
And if you are involved at an FA Charter Standard Club, don't forget to book your place at The FA's Charter Standard Club Conference, taking place on Saturday 9th and featuring presentations from Sir Trevor Brooking CBE and Sir Geoff Hurst MBE, as well as fantastic case studies from two FA Charter Standard Community Clubs. To book your place, go to www.grassrootsfootballshow.co.uk/cs
Arranging to visit the show couldn't be easier. Simply go to www.grassrootsfootballshow.co.uk and register online, you pay nothing now, but will save £5 when you get to the Ricoh and you will receive a copy of our preview magazine, Grass Roots Football.
I hope that you and as many of your club colleagues as possible can make it to the show. I can guarantee you all a terrific day out.
Steve Chittenden
Event Director
Grass Roots Football Show
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Perth Youth on a roll………………… |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 |
Great win at Teesside University Open tournament, beating Middlesborough Futsal (who won the York open) along the way before beating Manchester Futsal in the final. Manager Steve Chatila said ‘unfortunately, everyone seems embarrassed to mention our success as there's no mention of it except on the Middlesborough website.’ Credit due were credits due, particularly to such a young team. Get the stories to us Steve and we will get them out.
Perth Youth draw 4-4 with Doncaster college a year ago, won the Scottish Futsal League cup this year, and have beaten scottish national champions Santos 9-0 and 3-0 in league games this season should have alerted teams that they are no pushovers.
The club is making real progress. Their younger youth team is currently top of the scottish futsal first division (adult league) and their top team is in third place in the Premier league. Not bad progress.
To know more about Perth Futsal contact Steve Chatila
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An A-Z of the Beautiful Game - 17th May |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
I hope you don't mind me contacting you
about my one-man show, Football Fanatical: An A-Z of the Beautiful Game, but I'm trying to promote a performance at the Terry O'Toole Theatre in North Hykeham as part of the Lincoln Book Festival on Thursday 17th May. Attached please find a few reviews, the latest press release, some song lyrics and poems and a pdf of my flyer.
I live in Lincoln, I report for Talksport and the show started life a couple of years ago in Grainthorpe near Louth. For the last two years, I've been performing it in village halls, community centres, libraries and football clubs in Lincolnshire, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire via the rural touring network and I’m now starting to find work on the arts centre / smaller theatre / studio theatre circuit after receiving a very encouraging response from audiences, promoters and reviewers. I've done the show in theatres and arts centres in places like Sudbury, Derby, Rotherham and Stafford this year.
Essentially, the family show is a light-hearted look at the language used by everyone involved in football. It’s based on the length of a game – roughly two hours including a 15-minute interval - and features local radio commentaries, post-match quotations from players and managers and a few poems and songs about people such as the Beckhams, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Steve McClaren, Jose Mourinho, Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott and Thierry Henry. I also invite the audience to sing along in a special version of Who ate all the pies? about famous fat footballers and I play the commentaries via a hand-held control from the stage.
As well as the attached reviews, promoters at village halls at Waters Upton in Shropshire and Stoke Prior in Herefordshire have recently described the show as “a very funny, clever entertainment” and “a farrago of fun about football…a good value performance.”
I hope this gives you a good idea of the show you can expect at North Hykeham on Thursday when I'll be doing the hour-long version, A Game of One Half. We kick off at 7.30 pm and tickets, priced £6, are available from the box office on 01522-883311 or at the door on the night.
I'd be grateful for any pre-event publicity you can give the show via your club and it would be great if you were able to come.
Many thanks for your time.
All the best
Grahame Lloyd
01522 - 542555 or 07980 - 541899
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Footballer found drunk at 2nd Ave |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
The police described him as middle aged wearing high heels, stockings, make up and a wig.
The police are said to have removed his Leeds United shirt to save his family embarressment.
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Futsal Update- Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Friday, 20 April 2007 |
April. A FA futsal practical demonstration was followed by an FA presentation to the LFA and interested parties, detailing the position held by futsal within the FA. Those present were able to ask questions direct to Mr Dermot Collins, Head of Small Sided Football, so no one was in any doubt that the game was seriously supported by the FA.
The Lincs FA is one of a small group of county FA’s designated to develop the game, the development plan is currently being written.
Mr Collins mentioned at the meeting that over 1000 coaches had taken the ‘introduction to futsal course.’ The FA Futsal Cup had passed 400 teams entered for this season’s competition. He also spoke of a German study that had shown that two groups of players, one coached by a futsal coach, the other by a football coach, had revealed that the futsal group had improved better, during the study, to play football than the football group. I have heard that the study is to being replicated for the FA at an English University.
Graham Dell (England Futsal Manager) has said that both the FA and Loughborough University have studied the aerobic benefits of futsal and how they may be of benefit to football. Both studies are complete but and are at a publication stage.
To my knowledge the first girls’ futsal tournament will take place this Saturday at Second Ave Resource Centre. Details Brian Noble
Now that mini soccer is finished advertising has been booked with the Grimsby Telegraph to promote the start of junior futsal leagues and tournaments. The rules were sanctioned by the LFA some time ago. If there is interest girls leagues can be included.
This years FA National Championship will include a ladies tournament for the first time. Sara Teal was discussing with Dermot Collins the logistics of a local qualifying tournament. A great opportunity missed if we do not go for it.
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
Score 1-3
SCORERS Hull A.Ninje 1 , D.Buttle 2
Yellows : D.Buttle Dissent : G.Hobson Dissent
Red : Paul Rudd 2xYellow for Dissent
SCORERS Grimsby J.Archer 1
A hard fought battle between two teams strongly contrasting in age and experience. FC Grimsby has a youthful team, 4 players under 19 that said all the players have 200+ futsal games under their belts. Hull by contrast has more professional / ex professional players than any other FPL team, what they lack is futsal game time. From a Grimsby viewpoint it was the Hull experience that was the difference, Hull when in possession were patient and always difficult to get close to; forcing Grimsby to have to defend deeper than they would have chosen. Defending deep meant to often attacks having to start from deep defensive zones. From such a situation Grimsby keeper, Dean Gladwell, misplaced a throw out that saw the ball nestled in the back of his net before the situation could be retrieved. Grimsby than had a strong period of player as Hull conceded 6 fouls leading to 2 free shots from the 10 meter mark, Sam Tatari and Callum Blythe missing both; costly mistakes. This was followed by a Grimsby shot that hit the post, and then smothered by the beaten Hull keeper. With almost the last kick of the half James Archer leveled with a smartly taken goal rolled into the goal corner after first looking as if to finish in the opposite corner.
The second half was nip and tuck, the game so tight that a mistake or chance not taken was going to be critical. Hull slipped a neat pass towards the Grimsby goal, Dean Gladwell came out, changed his option and stepped back, as he stepped back the Hull player shot into the net. A well taken goal rather than a keeping error. Grimsby chased the game, with sound performances rather than outstanding performance from all the team; Hull then found that extra class Grimsby were seeking in their play, Adam Ninje, a Tasmanian international, placing a perfectly hit volley into the Grimsby net.
Sheffield Stormers 4 3 0 1 31 27 4 0 0 9 LWWW (0)
Middlesborough Futsal 4 2 1 1 26 21 5 0 0 7 DWLW (2)
FC Barca (Leeds) 5 2 1 2 33 30 3 0 0 7 DWLLW (2)
Team Birmingham 3 2 0 1 25 19 6 0 0 6 LWW (0)
Hull Gemtec 3 2 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 6 WWL (2)
FC Grimsby 5 1 0 4 16 27 -11 0 0 3 LLWLL (0)
York University 2 0 0 2 10 19 -9 0 0 0 LL (0)
The table does not make pleasant reading that said we have beaten Leeds, had top placed Sheffield facing defeat to lose in last minutes, all the other games have been close. The team is competitive, and has to move on from that situation. If you have played football professionally and would like to experience futsal please give Kevin Bryant a call 07980 286663.
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
Grimsby Futsal League
Friday, April 13, 2007
Grimsby Futsal Cup.
Qualifying Group
Only 1 game to report; Wanderers clinically seeing off Gy Auditorium 8-0.
Monday Premier League
Only one game as Bank Holiday. Young’s loosing a 2-0 lead to Gy Catalonia and then having to fight back to 5-5 in a game they should not have let slip.
Second Avenue
Tuesday Division II
Second Ave has improved out of all recognition since I last watched them; when the teams walked out I was expecting a close game. How wrong can you be? Second Ave were brilliant, they cut through Magpies like a knife through butter. Marshaled by the experienced Vic Harris in goal, the younger legs of Kirk Russell, Gavin Harris, Neil Watts and Gavin Broughton ran amok.
ACD left it to last kick to win against StreetSoccer. 8-7
Wednesday Division III
A change of name from Thorpe Park to Soccer PM did not have the desired result as Grange de Saloa got back to winning ways. 8-1
Expressions continue to score but the defense is leaking. 7 against Hemswell are good but you can’t concede 10 in the process.
Kent Street League
The hit you in the face result is Littlefields 19 Nelson 2. Can Lee Graves remember the last time he conceded a goal every 2 minutes? We now know Littlefieds top place is based on merit and not beginners luck.
Football Wizards dealt comfortably with SuperStar Tradesmen who are an unpredictable team. 8-5
Warriors can’t get that elusive win, but they have closed their losses to narrow margins. O’s 9-4.
Grimsby Futsal win over Aspels has put them in the heady position of the top half of the table. Real progress. 6-4
AFC Snoop is strangely in the bottom half after some sound performance. Snoop 12 Evergalze 2
Friendly Matches
Futsal is a very fast, highly competitive game of five aside. Research has shown futsal benefits 11v11 football more than traditional coaching methods. Futsal is the only game of five aside recognized by FIFA. (fifa.com search futsal for rules). A visit to the UEFA.com web site will illustrate the vastness of the game in Europe. For UK news visit futsal.org.uk. To play locally at any level contact Kevin Bryant 07980 286663 or visit grimsbyfootball.co.uk
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Magpies cut Gunners lead, no major cup shocks |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
Nicol Magpies recorded an excellent win over Gunners Watch. The difference between the two teams was Magpies finished a higher percentage of their chances whilst at the opposite end their remarkable record of conceding only minimal goals per game continued. The game leaves Gunners still in the driving seat 4 points ahead, Magpies has played 1 game less, and the teams have played each other twice. 7-2
In the cup Heta had Shamrock Rovers (old Springway Eagles) 4-1 until a late Shamrock rally abetted by Heta defensive fragility led to a dramatic end. Shamrock 5-4
Silver Star had Grimsby Catalonia cling on, but cling on they did. 7-6
Harvest 4 Grimsby All Blacks 1 was not a major shock as Harvest has over run opponents in the Tuesday league.
AFC Snook traveled to Second Avenue and went home with a close 3-2 win over Grimsby Baptist Church.
Eagles traveled the opposite way to their old stomping ground, but Nelson prevailed 10-3.
Rob Phillips experienced Young’s’ Seafood’s’ had to fight all the way to overcome Football Wizards. Rob’s had fears of his team performing on the smaller Kent St pitch. 6-4
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Possess the ball - a new philosophy - Craig Foster |
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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
One of the challenges facing this country, and particularly the FFA in their quest to make improvements in the long term to Australian football, is to develop a culture of football, which is almost the complete opposite to where we are at this point in time.
A culture, which values the ball over the athlete, skill over strength, and football intelligence over graft and effort.
We will need to develop intuitive players who are adaptable during a game by instinct not input, and the natural precursor to this of course is first to develop intelligent coaches.
As Johan Cruyff once said, how can the student be better than the teacher?
So, to produce outstanding players we need excellent coaches who have an understanding at the highest technical level.
This is indeed a long-term project requiring tremendous improvement in our licences and methodology, but in the meantime one area that can be addressed is to continue to advance the understanding of the football community, particularly at the grass roots level, of what represents ‘good football’, and of the importance of a philosophy of play based on possessing the ball.
Yet when we talk about a culture of the game and particularly a philosophy of play, all those reading this with a good understanding of the game will know that all around us are signs that at present our national philosophy is deficient.
For instance, visit any junior club around the country and you will see more running than playing, and most players being encouraged to play the ball forward as soon as possible, regardless of the quality of the pass or any evaluation of the option chosen.
In other words, there is a predominance of lumping the ball forward for big, quick and usually strong kids to chase, to the detriment of players who prefer to hold the ball and build up play in a slower and more intelligent manner.
This is a by product of a poor football philosophy inherited from England, which values fast play over good, and which manifests itself in poor youth coaching.
But this is a short sighted strategy which is anti player development since, whilst this may win games for now, this style of play produces technically deficient players who will be learning nothing about how to play the game which is precisely, and only, what junior football is for!
And not only is it boring for the players, enforces results over fun and enjoyment and therefore arguably produces a larger drop out rate of youngsters in the early teens, it is in fact also ineffective once the players mature and their physical strengths converge as adults.
Every junior club in the country should be teaching their coaches to appreciate that until the very late teens, the total focus must be on producing players who understand and can play the game, that is to say they can control and manipulate the ball with great skill, maintain possession both individually and collectively, intelligently construct an attack and respond well in defence, and that teaching these principles of play fundamentally must take total precedence over results.
And we will only be starting to improve when every youth coach is judged on the quality of players he produces, not on the amount of trophies he wins.
We must all recognise that effort and running alone don’t win football matches, technique, skill, and intelligent players do. That is why Brazil and Italy have nine World Cups between them, Germany three and Argentina two. Because their football cultures, and their philosophy of play, are based on these characteristics.
If you want absolute confirmation of the need for change, this year take a look at the Under 14 or 15 National championships where tour best juniors come together, and you will see that I am right.
These championships are shockingly low on teams that are both technically (that is the individuals are capable), and tactically (the team works together, demonstrates good cohesion, and can solve problems collectively), competent at keeping the football for long periods.
Or, better still; take a look at our national teams.
Both the Joeys and Young Socorro’s who failed at even the earliest Asian pre-qualifying stage could not keep the ball; clearly neither could the 17 girls. In fact the only team that played with any reasonable tactical skill was the Under 20 Young Matildas, as yet our only youth age team to qualify though Asia, who were intensely trained to do so and proved, as did the Socorro’s, that when our teams are well coached they are capable of adaptation.
This inability to play to a high level is a factor of both culture and philosophy.
And it remains a fundamental problem even at the highest senior levels of our game.
In the last few weeks you might have noticed Sydney FC struggle for long periods to keep the ball against pressure, likewise Adelaide United against the Vietnamese, and the best sign of what our poor philosophy of football and no insistence on playing from defence at junior levels produces, is to see Australia struggle to play under defensive pressure against China in the second half of the recent international.
So, enough of where we are, let’s explore some key elements of a good philosophy of football.
Here is a start for any youth coaches and parents interested to know where they now stand, and in what direction they should be heading:
1. To play the ball on the ground at all times, which requires both supporting play and good technique;
2. To play short passes, which requires players to support each other in attack and defence, and is harder to defend and anticipate;
3. To play only longer balls in response to a movement by a team-mate not in the hope of one - to move and ask for the ball after which the pass is delivered;
4. To play longer passes, and particularly those in the air, predominantly only when there is no closer option and always into the feet of an attacker, never just into space for them to chase;
5. To discourage young keepers in kicking the ball long unless there is no other option (and even here one can almost always be manufactured) and at all times have the keeper roll the ball to a team-mate so the team can begin to play immediately from the back;
6. If, at any time, a youngster has no option to find a team-mate, they should be encouraged always to keep the ball. This may mean shielding it, keeping it moving to wait for a pass, or to dribble forward to attack an opponent. At no time should they be told to kick it away regardless of the position they play or where they are on the field, and if the child loses the ball they should be encouraged to try again;
7. To encourage players to express themselves through their football and recognise that everyone is not the same, and shouldn’t play so. Some play fast, others slow, some play simple, others read situations and find more complex solutions, and some have enough skill to individually dominate a game, while others can only dream of doing so, but all should be allowed to find their own game not forced to conform to a uniform way of playing;
8. And, to SLOW DOWN, or more specifically, vary the speed of play during a game, which requires a team to hold the ball. After working to recover possession, every young team should break forward only if they have an advantage in attack, otherwise they should slow the play down and possess the ball, back and across the field, resting and starting to position themselves in attack to take advantage of overloads in numbers, or weaknesses in defence. Youth coaches need to understand that the object of football is to keep the ball and to score goals through breaking down a defence with passing and skill, not by booting the ball forward hoping for a defensive mistake.
And of course a change in philosophy has ramifications for youth training.
It means that at youth levels, the only suitable training sessions should be completely with the ball, with every player touching the ball between 500 and 1000 times, refining technique and 1 v 1 skills, learning the game principally by playing in small games of 2 v 2, 3 v 3, 4 v 4, 5 v 5 and overload practices such as 4 v 2, 4 v 3, 5 v 2.
In this way good coaches can coach the key moments when in possession, the opponent in possession or the changeover, build awareness in the players to aid understanding and decision making, and allow the players to develop a fee for the game that comes only from thousands of hours playing it.
But at the same time the uneducated coach - such as the voluntary parent supervisor - can, by playing these games, give the players a structure, which aids their learning process without having to coach specific points of play.
All fairly straightforward, but a long, long way from where the bulk of our young teams are at right now.
So, how do you know where your club or coach stands from a philosophical point of view? One of the best ways is by their instructions to the players.
If the coach encourages players to slow down and relax on the ball, to take their time, to possess the ball, to support each other, to play together, to take opponents on, to take up positions at angles to each other, to circulate the ball quickly around the team, to play one and two touch football, to create triangles and diamonds in their play, to pass backwards when no forward option is rational, to use the goalkeeper to maintain possession, to read game situations and play away from pressure not into it, and to recognise and create numerical overloads, they are on the right track.
If you hear a coach telling players to ‘get rid of it’, ‘clear their lines’, ‘get it in the box’, ‘get stuck in’, ‘don’t play at the back’, ‘don’t take risks’, telling a keeper to kick the ball long or players to ‘hit the channels’, run a million miles.
Your child is in danger of becoming a boring and uninventive player, and is most unlikely either truly to discover the joy of playing the ball, or to even excel in the game against other players who have spent a decade or more possessing the ball.
And as to the physical aspect and all those coaches who want to make their young players run instead of learning to manipulate the ball and the game itself, yes, at the elite level players are very strong and often gifted physically like Thierry Henry and Kaka, but just like these two the best are footballers before athletes, and value technique over physique, because they recognise that runners don’t make it to the top any more in football.
And don’t forget that Australia has always been physically strong, but we only started to improve when Guus Hiddink finally told the players to keep the ball, to play out from the back (or in his words, ‘to start the attack from defence’), to use space more intelligently through better positional awareness, to stop hitting the ball forward in hope or desperation, to understand how to utilise the team’s spare man to keep possession, to support the ball possessor in attack, and to be patient and play in all directions in the build up phase until in a position to strike at the opponent.
These are the principles, which underline the correct philosophy of football, and the very ones every junior club and coach should be required to teach.
Sometimes, of course, pictures tell a story most effectively and I was recently sent an excellent video presentation by former Marconi player and now youth coach Vince Colagiuri, which is one of the best discussions into a youth development philosophy of football that I have seen.
It compares the philosophy of play at youth level in the USA against that of Brazil, and the findings presented about the USA correlate exactly to what is happening here in Australia.
The video, titled Player Development Philosophy can be seen by clicking here and should be required viewing for every youth coach in the country.
Once you have watched it, you would do the game a great service by distributing it to your entire football email database, and thereby being proactive in encouraging debate about Australia’s philosophy of football.
Because through debate comes understanding, and until we arrive at a better one, our kids will not be given the best chance to excel.
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Best wishes and, as always, enjoy your football.
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