Blog for 2009/10

The blog for next year's season is here: http://minchenden-u13-200910.blogspot.com

LAST TRAINING SESSION - Tue 14th July AND CHANGES TO NEXT SEASON TRAINING

Folks:

Our last session is 14th July. I will need all outstanding cheques and 2 PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOS so I can attach to your new cards and get your signatures.

The first training session of next season will be on Tue 8th Sept but our time and venue have now CHANGED! We will be at Ashmole School all weather pitch, Southgate between 7:30pm and 8:30pm.

Adam

p.s - see you at the BBQ on the 19th

NO training Tue 30th June

Please note that due to exams at Highlands School and possibly other schools, I have cancelled training for Tue 30th June.

Adam

Summer BBQ Sun 19th July

Dear all,

Further to my earlier post I can now confrim the time will be 12:30pm at 24 Hoodcote Gardens, N21 2NE.

Sheilah has kindly offered to organise parents to bring along a specified side dish, and collect £10 per family to cover costs (with any spare going to the team fund). She will be in touch shortly.

Hope you can all make it.

Adam

Team for 2009 / 2010 season

I am now banking cheques and finalising numbers for next year. Please can you let me have 2 passport size photos and your cheques for the first half of the season £110 as soon as you can. I can then get on with registration as at the end of June.

Thanks

Adam

Saturday 20th June - Potters Bar Utd 6-a-side

The above will be held at Elm Court Youth and Community Centre, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar EN6 3BP, (www.elmcourt.org.uk for map). There is parking at the venue and the club have asked we do not park in the surrounding streets. There will be a £2 parking fee. There will be refreshments available and the whole thing should be over around "lunch time" because older teams will play in the afternoon.

Meet at 8:45am to register at 9:00am.

Adam 07771 972 638

Half Term Tue 26th May

Please note that there will not be a training session during half term 26th May

Sunday 10th May - Friendly match v our U13s team

This will be a real test for us. We will be playing the U13s on a senior size pitch. Meet at Enfield Playing Fields, Ladysmith Road as usual 9:30am and we will kick off at 10:00. Their pitch is close to ours - near the changing room building - see you there.

Adam

Tue 5th May Training

Training will finish at 7:40 tonight so we can all get back for the Man u v Arsenal game. I will be there early (6:40)to get cracking.

Adam

Summer BBQ

I'm planning to hold a Summer BBQ on Sunday 19th July: Midday at my house. All the family welcome. Further details to follow...

Adam

Potters Bar 6 -a- Side Tournament - 20th June a.m

Anyone wishing to enter the above competition needs to let me know at training this Tuesday so I can register one or two teams before the end of the week. I understand that it will be finished by lunch time. The cost will be £5 per player.

Adam

Dads v. boys match action clips.

First, Mike acrobatics (ref blocking some of the view!)


Then Dan just gets it over the line


And the final dad's attack


Dad's team photo


Unfortunately my camera battery ran out for the boy's team photo! Someone email me a photo and i'll add it.

Sun 26th - Fun Game - Dads / Mums too?

Meet Enfield Playing Fields at 9:30 - KO 10:00am

Presentations will follow the match.

Adam

End of year trophies

On Sunday 26th April I plan to have a fun game - parents and boys mixed teams on our home pitch while the nets are still up. Can you please let me know if you want to join in, if you would prefer to be in goal, or if you would prefer to be ref etc. If we get enough interest to build two balanced sides, it could be a laugh. After the game, I will make the presentations for end of year.

When the weather is more relyable(probably June) I will be doing a BBQ for boys and parents either at the club or, more likely, at my house - details to follow.

I'll catch up with you after training on Tuesday.

Adam

Match and Training Schedule for the next few weeks:

Our final League Game is against Lea Valley on Sunday 29th March, at Home, Meet at 9:30am.

There is training as usual on the 31st March (last one at the Hockey Centre) but then no training or matches over the easter period.

Training will resume on Tue 21st April BUT we will then be training on grass at the Bramley Road clubhouse.

I will look to arrange some friendly matches at the end of April / early May before the posts are finally taken down.

Any questions- please call 07771 972 638

Adam

Sun 22nd March - Minchenden v Broomfield Percival

Home Game
Meet at 9:30am (ko 10:00)

Sun 15th March: No match is scheduled.

Fixture: Norsemen v Minchenden

away game

Edmonton Sports and Social Club pitch
Church Street
Edmonton (at junction with the A10)
N9 9HL

Meet at 9:30 (KO 10:00)

Result: Whitewebbs 4-2 Minchenden

It was our first game of March and we were expecting for an easy win, but we got everthing except that.
The match started with us on the ball, making slow progress up the field, and creating a chance, which was saved by their great keeper. Then we started going downhill, as the match continued. They were creating space for their striker to collect the ball, and have a shot, which was placed in the bottom corner, resulting in a goal. Then Minchenden had another chance, which Dylan put a few feet wide. From then we had many chances from Terry and Sam H but none finding the target. Unfortunately the opposition were doing just aswell, probably better as they got another. We reacted well and soon were gven a boost as Sam H slotted the ball past the keeper.
Half-Time and we were dishearted as we had expected to come out on top.

As we got back onto the pitch trouble started to brew as one of their players started to get dirty especially 'X' ( or 'eggs' as we would prefer to call him!). He was elbowing us when trying to mark behind him, and this was pulled off on Terry, Tom R AND Dylan. The game progressed, and as Whitewebbs were getting better, Eggs was starting to get rotten (do you get it?!) and Terry, Tom and Dyl started to give him some of his own medecine, which stopped his dirty play... for a minute or two.
Unfortunately, they got yet another goal, due to some defensive errors.
After this we soon scored - sort of... IT WAS CALLED OFFSIDE, WHICH IT WASN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time after time, again and again, more and more (you get the picture now do you?) they were making more on goal chances, and we were making more on goal mistakes until a late cracking goal from Sam R in the 23rd minute. This gave us a refreshing little lift (sort of like tic-tacs) but it was shattered into a million minty pieces as they scored a further goal to seal their victory...

Man of the match - Tom R

Match report by Tom R and Dylan

Fixture: Sun 1st March - Whitewebbs v Minchenden

League Cup match.
Away game

Chase Community School
Churchbury Lane
EN1 3HQ

Meet at 9:30 (ko 10:00)

Sunday 22nd Feb - There is no fixture this Sunday as previously advised. See you at training on the 24th.

Sunday 15th Feb - Brimsdown v Minchenden

Away. Their pitches are at the end of - Goldsdown Road, off Green Street, EN3 7RP (not far from Brimsdown Station)

MEET 11:00am (ko 11:30)

Fixture CANCELLED: Sun 8th Feb

Council have called off all matches on Enfield Playing fields due to pitch conditions.

Tue 3rd Feb : TRAINING CANCELLED due to snow

NEWS:

Advance notice that due to a number of boys being unavailable on Sun 22nd Feb (end of half term week) I have been able to cancel the fixture as I have given plently of notice. Just letting you all know so you can plan ahead if you are going away.

Adam

p.s - we are well ahead of the other clubs on number of games played so far

Fixture AFA Cup - Sun 1st Feb - Minchenden v Chase Side

Home match
Meet at 9:30am (ko 10)

CALLED OFF - Sun 25th Jan

This week's match against Chase Side has been called off by the groundsman.

AFA Cup fixture: Sun 25th Jan - Minchenden v Chase Side

Home match
Meet at 9:30 (ko 10:00)

Result: Chase Side 1 - 0 Minchenden

Albeit a loss, we have now come a long way to reduce the number of goals conceded. This week was another good defensive performance with only afew shots on goal for Chase Side and only one unfortunate goal against us. We are definately as good as Chase Side when we are all playing well and I'm sure we can beat them in the cup, at home, next week. I know some players would like to try other positions at times but I have to play our strongest team line up against the likes of Chase Side and we can experiment, as we have before, with changes when we are well ahead or playing weaker teams.

Well done.

Adam

Fixture Sun 18th Jan - Chase Side v Minchenden

Meet at 9:30am
Hadley Field
Chalk Lane
Cockfosters (Chalk Lane is opposite Cockfosters Tube Station)

Result: Sun 11th Jan- Minchenden 7 - 2 W. Hill

Today was our first match back and we were ready for revenge as we were agaisnt one of our main rivals, and closely matched team. Visiting them a few weeks ago, had us a game that we lost 6-2, and we really had to win.

We started well with some good passes and hard tackles. We opened up the scoring with Sam H finshing off a goal mouth scramble.
We were optimistic, but soon enough they were level after a small error from our defense.
We kept our heads up and soon scored again with Dylan crossing it in for Terry to finsh, and then the whistle blew for a succesful half.

Half Time.

After 5 minutes they came back and levelled the scoreline once again, and they were getting their hopes up, but we soon shattered them with supersub Tim, nutmegging the keeper.
We were playing well and we got a sort of lucky penalty, which resulted with Sam R placing it in the bottom left corner, and then a minute later Sam H scored again, which truly washed away Winchmores chances in winning although, a few years earlier we had been 5-2 up and Winchmore pulled back the scoreline to 5-5 in the last ten minutes. That didn't seem like it was going to happen again as a shot from Tom R was saved, but Sam H finshed it off yet again, and so now he had his second hat-trick of the season, and making him the third top goalscorer in the whole of the under 12's premier division.
We were now hammering the pressure down on the opposition, as we were getting corners and making runs every second, but no goals, until the last 2 minutes, where a corner went to Terry's head, and to the box to create yet another goalmouth scramble, which Sam H got out to Dylan, who finshed it, and them.
Full time came upon us, and we had won a fully deserved match.

Man of the match was Tom R

Match report by Tom R and Dylan.

Fixture: Sun 11th Jan - Minchenden V Winchmore Hill

Home match
Meet at 10:00am