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Potters Bar Crusaders Youth Football Club |
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Manager's Message
Wednesday 10 May 2006
Our Season has ended with us in third place in the League. If you had asked me if I would have accepted that last September, I would have said yes.
We have had good days and bad days throughout the year. I have enjoyed the season and have taken a lot of pleasure in being your Manager.
Next season sees us move to Sunday morning football in the Cheshunt Youth League.
Enjoy the Summer Tournaments and enjoy the break.
Come back in August refreshed and ready for an even better season next year.
Gordon
Fixtures
| September | 3 | Home to Tolmers Tigers - friendly (Won 3-2) - Our first 11 aside game |
| 10 | League Season started with Away match to Barnet Youth at Underhill (Won 6-3) | |
| 17 | Home to Abbey Youth Dragons (Lost 4-2 - ruddy goalposts!) | |
| 18 | Herts FA County Club Second Round - Home to Albion Youth (Bye) | |
| 24 | Away to Panathinaikos Youth at Soham Road, Enfield. (Won 5-4) | |
| October | 1 | NO GAME (coincides with Mount Grace District Primary School Tournament) |
| 8 | Home to Chase Side Youth - Postponed | |
| 9 | Herts FA County Club Third Round - Away to John Warner Youth at John Warner School, Hoddesdon. (Won 2-1) | |
| 15 | Away to Cuffley Youth at Jones Road. (Draw 5-5) | |
| 22 | Home to Gladstone Rangers (Won 6-3) | |
| 29 | Away to LOASS Spitfires at Low Hall Sports Ground, South Access Road, E17. (Lost 6-2) | |
| November | 5 | Home to Norseman Youth (Won 5-3 - unbeaten til they met us!) |
| 6 | Herts FA County Club Fourth Round - Hemel Aces at Cupid Green, Hemel Hempstead (Lost 6-3) | |
| 12 | Home to Chase Side Youth (Cancelled) | |
| 19 | Ken Grant Cup - Home to Ridgeway Rovers (Lost 3-2) | |
| 30 | Home to LOASS Hurricanes (Won 4-0) | |
| 27 | First SHOKK Induction Session (14.50 for 15.00) | |
| December | 3 | Away to Brimsdown Rovers at Goldsdown Road (Lost 5-3). |
| 4 | Second SHOKK Induction Session (14.50 for 15.00) | |
| 10 | NO GAME | |
| 17 | Home to Norseman Youth (Won 4-3) Followed by Christmas get-together in the clubhouse at 12.00 Followed by free pantomime in the clubhouse at 13.00. |
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| 20 | There is training tonight | |
| 24 | NO GAME | |
| 27 | NO TRAINING | |
| 30 | Joint training session with Barnet FC at Furzefield Astroturf. Be there at noon in your blue playing kit (plus more to keep out the cold!) | |
| 31 | Away to Panathinaikos Youth (postponed) | |
| January 2006 | 7 | Away to Abbey Youth Dragons at Waltham Abbey (use swimming pool car park) - Postponed because of snow |
| 14 | Home to Wormley Youth (Won 4-1) | |
| 14 | Official Opening SHOKK Gym by Tyrone Swaray | |
| 21 | Away to Panathinaikos Youth at Soham Road, Enfield (Won 5-4). | |
| 28 | Away to Linkside Cobras A (Postponed) | |
| February | 4 | Home to Linkside Cobras A (Lost 3-1) |
| 11 | Away to LOASS Hurricanes at Low Hall Sports Ground (Won 3-2) | |
| 18 | Home to Brimsdown Rovers (postponed) | |
| 25 | Away to Norseman Youth at Edmonton Sports & Social Club, Church Street (Lost 4-3) | |
| March | 4 | Home to Panathinaikos Youth (Drew 5-5) |
| 11 | Away to Abbey Youth Dragons at Waltham Abbey (use swimming pool car park) (10.00 for 10.30) | |
| 18 | Away to Wormley Youth at Church Lane (10.00 for 10.30). | |
| 21 | No practice - too many party animals! | |
| 25 | Away to Linkside Cobras at at Suffolks Primary School, Brick Lane, Enfield [Lost 6-2] | |
| April | 1 | Home to Abbey Youth Dragons (Draw 3-3) |
| 22 | Home to Brimsdown Rovers (Draw 5-5) |
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| 29 | Friendly at home v Under 10's |
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| May | 13 | Presentation Evening starts 19.30 with a -BQ |
| 14 | Potters Bar United tournament (12.45 for 13.00) £4 entry fee required | |
| 16 | Last training | |
| 21 | Cuffley Youth tournament - We are stretched in that we will only have 6 boys per team so make sure you turn up - click here for details |
Mark Swallow has agreed to be our Goalkeeping Coach - given the way the management team is growing it's a good job we don't pay them!
But I'm sure we all appreciate their expertise, encouragement and time.
We have booked the evening slot at the Clubhouse for our end of season presentation on Saturday 13 May (Cup Final Day!) We are sharing the evening with the under 8's squad. The under 8's parents are a very social crowd so the evening should be a good one. They are sponsored by the Richard Bacon show on Capital FM so we are hoping that the disco should be "quite good"! Gordon is hoping to get one of the Barnet team to do the Presentations as before.
Check out the latest on our own Sporting Champion - Tyrone Swaray - 2012 will be his year!
See Barnet FC meet some class players! Furzefield have introduced a new link on their site to this photo of the lads with the Barnet team and a few words from Gordon - use SHOKK link below. Does anyone else have photos of the day? Please email them to me, there is an email link at the bottom of this page, and I will set up a Photo Gallery.
The Department for Education and Skills gave this site as a source of advice for running websites dealing with children. We have produced a Parental Consent Form based on a template from that site which covers the use of players pictures on our website and that of our sponsors. Please be assured that the protection and well-being of our players is paramount to the club. Click here to download a form if you have not yet completed and signed one. Please print it out, fill it in and sign it; then hand it Gordon.
Our home pitch this season is King George V Playing Fields (behind our clubhouse).
Tuesday evening training sessions will be 6.00pm to 7.00pm on the grass behind the Furzefield Astroturf.
The Ken Grant Cup is for the Rural Friendly League Under 11's. The first round was used to get down to 32 teams. The Hertfordshire FA County Cup website has all their latest fixtures and results. We got a bye in the first round as only a few teams played to get the numbers of teams taking part balanced for the subsequent rounds. The new SHOKK Gym officially opened 14 January 2006 and we were there in the new kit for a photoshoot and to take part in the Opening Ceremony, along with Tyrone Swaray Parents, can you hack it? Become a Soccer Parent; it's interesting - and you get a smart certificate
Have you seen the Potters Bar Crusaders Sports & Social Club website. The subs are £20 per year for family membership.
Gordon passed his Referees course and it was a real eye opener. He would recommend it to anyone that really wants to understand the Laws of the Game.
FA Soccer Stars - visit www.fa-soccerstar.com
The Furzefield Centre will also be sponsoring us this year. Check out their new SHOKK gym.Website started May 2003 - comments to Martin Collins
