C L U B N E W S

MANAGER / COACH: CHRIS BURDEN COACH: JOHNNY RAYFIELD

JUNE 30TH - Hello everybody, hope you have a had a nice break from the weekly matters concerned with our Salisbury City Tyro Squad and are looking forward to the new season.

The management has been in touch and I am pleased to announce that pre season training

will begin on: FRIDAY 16TH JULY - at 1815 hrs outside the Ray McEnhill Stadium.

The first meeting for the coming 2010 / 2011 season will be a Training and Induction Session.

As well as bringing the boys back to start preparations for the season ahead it will also be a chance for management to discuss club matters such as plans for the coming season, what will be expected from the boys (and maybe even the parents), how much subs will be and when they need to be paid, do we need a new kit and what new training equipment might we need to purchase from club funds etc etc. Basically, this Training / Induction session is (forgive the pun)

to get the ball rolling, for what we hope will be another successful season for our squad.

The following week after this first session, training will be on: WEDNESDAY 21ST JULY - 1815 HRS (OUTSIDE RAY MAC STADIUM), this is due to many of the boys having school leaving events on the Friday of this week.

The training after Wednesday 21st July will be on FRIDAY 30TH JULY (same time and place) and will then be every Friday at 1815 hrs outside the Ray Mac Stadium until further notice.

One last thing, if you know when you will taking your summer vacations this year, it would be very helpful if you could let the club know what dates you will not be available for training and friendlies throughout late July and August. If possible, could you please let us know at the first training / induction session, this would be appreciated, as it will give the management some idea of the best time to arrange things. Thank you.

MAY 19th - Club Presentation Update - as noted on the home page, there has been a change to the voting. Players Player is still decided by our boys but at a meeting with the Salisbury City Youth Section, last night, Chris was informned that Clubman would be chosen by the managers and coaches and that the parents were to cast their vote for SUPPORTERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR. So instead of Clubman, you now need to name a player of the year, so go on, write it down, who's your favourite? Where's your vote going? Sorry to mess you about but i'm only passing on the updates - don't shoot the messenger.

A few other things - on the food front, A barbeque or two will be provided and Chris intends to get some burgers and sausages but in the event he does not or you don't like his choice, its advisable that you bring along some barbeque bits and pieces (burgers, baps, etc) for you and your immediate family, just in case. This is in addition to any food you are bringing along for the club spread. Also, as we are going to be there for a few hours (outside, before going in for the presentation), don't forget to bring yourself some folding chairs or picnic rugs to sit about on and as the long range weather forecast promises it's going to be sunny, don't forget something to keep your drinks cool. Remember to check back here at the site for any updates leading up to the presentation itself.

MAY 18th - MATCH OF THE DAY MAGAZINE. Our boys have an article in this weeks MOTD glossy mag (issue 112) which costs £1.99 and is available from any decent newsagents.

How it came about - before the Butlins Football Festival, i told Billy that while we were there i'd take a team photo and a team "bonkers" photo and that if the boys did well at the tournament i'd try to get them featured in the Match Of The Day mag which he gets every week and which has a "local team" section. On return and seeing as we'd won the tournament i got in touch with Match Of The Day mag, sent them some photos and info and waited. I didn't hold out much hope but then i got an email back saying they liked the photos i'd sent and could i answer a few questions. This i did, still not holding out a lot of hope but today, at last, the article was featured in the mag. Get your copy while stocks last!

A couple of things: I actually put Style of Play as: Pass, Move, Attack but they just put "passing",

i also gave them the managers name: Chris Burden but they left this out (most probaby didn't want to offend the Tyro League - only joking!) and for funniest moment i put:

"when Billy got his tracksuit top stuck under his chin moments before a cup match, in retrospect, the steam coming out of the managers ears was also quite funny" but they shortened this to what you see in the mag. I'd also mentioned the Quintuple which wasn't used but you can't have everything and they were certainly decent enough to give us a mention in their popular weekly. Anyway, seeing as our boys are in it, it makes a nice souvenir at the end of a successful season and to feature in a glossy mag that gets distributed all over Britain and beyond, in this our presentation week, is what you call good timing. Job Done!

MAY 17th - To answer a question that came up about voting - When voting for this years clubman, it is one vote per family, therefor if you are a one parent family you get one vote and if you are a couple you also get one vote, between you (not two votes), the manager, Chris, also said that the idea and spirit of the vote is to vote for a boy other than your own, otherwise, if we all voted for our own child there would be no winner.

MAY 15th -

PRESENTATION EVENING : SATURDAY MAY 22ND

with the club presentation evening less than a week away, it is time to put your thinking caps on and make a couple of choices for 2 categories.

1st Category: PLAYERS PLAYER - each boy in the squad needs to think about and name who he wants to be the players player of the year. This is your boys choice to make and once he has made it, please write the name down under the heading "Players Player".

2nd Category: CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR - this is to be chosen by the parents, you need to name the boy you think is deserving of this title (yes, we know, after the season they have had all the boys deserve the title but a choice has to be made), it's for the boy you think always gives his all both on the pitch and / or at training, who conducts himself well whether playing or not, who is punctual, keen to learn and a credit to the club etc etc. Once you've come to a decision, please write the name down under the heading "Clubman of the Year".

NEXT - Place this piece of paper in an envelope and bring it along with you to the presentation evening. The 2 names under their categories can be on the same piece of paper

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO BRING THIS WITH YOU ON PRESENTATION DAY.

Your envelope will be collected off you on arrival at 5pm so that the votes can be added up.

If you will not be arriving until later in the evening (after 6 oclock) please try to send your envelopes / votes along with someone else or as a last resort, text your vote to manager Chris.

One last thing, FOOD! - Chris has asked us to make sure the parents know what they are supposed to be bringing on the Food front, so, Sarah will be contacting parents (over the next few days) via email / facebook / text etc just to make sure that we are all bringing along different items of food etc and who's bringing what. See you there then, if theres anything else the management want you to know, i'm sure they'll either be in touch or we'll put it up here over the days leading up to the presentation. Thanks for your attention.

MAY 14th - Salisbury City Youth 4 - 2 Pace Youth Pumas. Last nights win meant we have gone the whole season undefeated and that is some achievement. If the Pace Pumas had won last night they would have come runners up in the league but their defeat meant Pace Youth took that honour. Even though the Pumas got themselves two goals tonight, they didn't seem their usual determined selves for some reason and in the end it was a deserved win for our boys and what a goal from Sam Bailey (smashing a long range shot into the net with his left foot) to finish off the game and finish off our goal scoring for this season. Well done boys, you deserve any accolades that come your way and congratualations to the Manager, coaching and backroom staff, not forgetting Ian Bradwell who deserves a mention for putting himself forward each week as a linesman (which can't be easy when you've got opposition (and sometimes your own) parents and/or coaches shouting criticism in your direction), so, well done and thanks to Ian.

Scorers for Salisbury: Alex Ferguson, Tom Farwell, Sam Dolan, Sam Bailey

MAY 09th - Salisbury City Youth 7 v 0 City Central. In the penultimate match of the season our boys carried on their winning streak by comfortably beating the opponents from Southampton.

Scorers for Salisbury: Sam Bailey 2, Alex Ferguson, Richie Cooper, Ben Bradwell, Charlie Burden and not forgetting the goal by our goalie TOM ROBERTS who had a spell as a forward player today and found the net!

May 6th - PLENTY OF BUTLINS RELATED PHOTOS NOW IN GALLERY AND SLIDESHOW.

Report of Hants Fa Cup Final from Hants Fa website, now in Match Reports.

MAY 4th - Hope everyone got back from Butlins Minehead safely and managed to avoid any traffic jams. Just letting you know that we are going through our snapshots and will put them up as and when - IF YOU NOTICE THAT THE GALLERY HAS DISSAPEARED AT ANYTIME IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING IT.

APRIL 26TH - THE EVENING SALISBURY CITY YOUTH WRAPPED UP TYRO DIVISION ONE WITH TWO GAMES TO GO AND MADE IT A BRILLIANT TREBLE WINNING SEASON AFTER THE RECENT GREAT CUP DOUBLE. COME ON BOYS, ONE MORE PUSH ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE TREBLE COULD BECOME A QUADRUPLE TO SEND US ON OUR WAY TO BUTLINS MINEHEAD FOR THE FESTIVAL OF FOOTBALL.

FINAL SCORE: SALISBURY CITY 4 V 0 HYTHE + DIBDEN HARRIERS

Scorers for Salisbury: Richie Cooper 2, Sam Dolan 2

APRIL 25th - TYRO CHALLENGE CUP FINAL

SALISBURY CITY YOUTH 4 v 0 HEDGE END RANGERS A

Scorers for Salisbury: Charlie Burden, Richie Cooper, Sam Bailey 2

Some good goals from our boys in this one, the goalie never had a chance with Sam Baileys

net busters "pick that one out!" someone said as the ball headed goalwards like a rocket!

Man of the match: Sam Bailey

APRIL 22ND - WINCHESTER YOUTH A 0 V 4 SALISBURY CITY YOUTH

Our 8th game in 15 days and overall a comfortable victory with some good football being played by our boys in all parts of the pitch. A couple of great strikes by Richie, a well taken goal by Sam and a penalty by Bradlee meant 0-4 and means we are now 2 points clear at the top of Tyro Div One

Scorers for Salisbury: Richie Cooper 2, Sam Dolan, Bradlee Walton

APRIL 21ST - "Those 2 points were massive!" says our manager after our boys went away to the Hythe + Dibden Jets and come away with another win under their belts that also took us to the top of Tyro Div One on goal difference and three games in hand over 2nd place Pace youth. A great couple of days then - Hants Cup Final victory on Sunday and a move to the top of the League on Tuesday. This match against the Jets was a hard won affair with the score

0-0 at half time and chances spurned at both ends. Second half was similar but with Salisbury getting more and more into the game and after Bradlee headed in a corner from Richie our boys pressed even more against a Jets team who never gave up, a 2nd goal from Alex gave us a bit of breathing space and 0 - 2 is how it finished. That was our 7th game in 13 days!. The boys continue to get win after win. After the match the Jets manager congratulated our boys on their Hants Cup Final win and said if our boys win the league after the fixture pile up they have been faced with they should get a special medal made for them. You've just got to agree.

Scorers for Salisbury: Bradlee Walton, Alex Ferguson

April 19th - Hampshire County FA Cup Final : Christchurch Youth 0 v 4 Salisbury City Youth.

A great result for our boys yesterday who after a great goal from Sam Dolan, had to be patient and work hard to try and get another. The wait for the second goal came in the second half when Alex scored after coming on as substitute, then it was Bradlee's turn to score and then to finish off the scoring, Tom Farwell. Christchurch Youth did have a couple of breaks where they were unlucky not to score but we ourselves had quite a few chances that on another day could have gone in. Richie Cooper was awarded man of the match before Kieren Edginton, our captain, stepped up to lift the trophy. After a cup run that began back in September with a trip to Brading on the Isle Of Wight, we were now Hampshire County Cup Winners! Reading the Roll of Honour on the Cup itself was proof indeed that our boys are the first Salisbury team to win this particular trophy. Well done boys, you deserved it!

Scorers for Salisbury: Sam Dolan, Alex Ferguson, Bradlee Walton, Tom Farwell.

A big thank you to Nick Holmes (who himself won an FA Cup winners medal when Southampton beat Manchester Unted in the 1976 FA Cup Final) for taking time to come and watch our boys in the final and congratulate them on their victory. As soon as we've sorted through the photos we will put some up.

Next up a couple of league games, where, if the results go our way, will see us go top of the league before the Tyro League Cup Final next Sunday

APRIL 16th - Salisbury City Youth 2 v 1 Hythe+Dibden Jets.

Scorer for Salisbury: Richie Cooper

We are now only 2 points behind league leaders Pace Yth and we have 4 games in hand plus a superior goal difference.

This period of games (we've just played 5 games in 8 days with more to come) would have seen most other teams falter and drop points but our boys "never say die" spirit is doing everyone associated with our club proud. Enjoy your Hampshire Cup Final boys, you well and truly deserve it, your coaching staff and parents are proud of you all. COME ON YOU WHITES!

If you were wondering what has happened to Rob Wades match reports, there have not been many of late due to the ammount of matches we've been playing in a short space of time. These things do take time to put together (as we well know) and with other committments it isn't always possible to give up to the minute updates but Rob has put together a Hants Cup Final preview of sorts for his Salisbury4Sports column and below is the main part of it.

"SALISBURY City Youth's under 11s' tremendous season continues on Sunday when they take on Christchurch Youth in the Hampshire Cup Final.

The Whites have a 100-per-cent record in all competitions this term and, due to their success and the amount of matches postponed during the winter months, are currently facing a punishing schedule to complete thier fixtures.

Sunday's final at Basingstoke's Winklebury Stadium will be their sixth match in just 12 days and the first of three final appearances having also reached the Tyro Cup and the Nadder Valley Cup showpiece games.

In the past nine days the Whites enjoyed a thumping 16-0 win away to Sky Blues, which included a seven goal salvo by Tom Farwell.

This was followed by a 3-0 success at home to league leaders Pace Youth, where Billy Ward scored a stunning opener.

The third success was the tricky away tie to title challengers Pace Pumas, where Salisbury came from behind with three late goals to win 3-1 courtesy of Billy Ward, Sam Bailey and Tom Farwell.

Next came a 3-0 victory over Winchester Youth, where Sam Dolan crashed the opening goal to settle any nerves.

Finally the boys enjoyed a 2-1 home win against Hythe & Dibden Jets, both goals coming in the first five minutes from Ritchie Cooper.

The youngsters can now concentrate on looking forward to their big cup final date. "

Management duo Chris Burden and Jonny Rayfield accept the hectic fixture list has taken its toll.

Burden said: “The boys have been first class. The commitment and effort has been incredible.”

Rayfield added: “I’ve never known any team play five games in nine days and so to come through it as they have is tremendous."

APRIL 14th - Last night saw yet another match in our squads busy schedule, another match against Winchester Yth (our third meeting this season) and another win for our boys. Our 2 goals in the first half came when Sam Dolan raced clear of the Winchester defence to smash the ball home, the 2nd another well struck goal from Sam Bailey. Towards the end of the second half Ben got our third when he floated the ball over their goalie from the edge of he area. The two points earned saw our boys jump from 4th to 2nd in the league and we still have 5 games in hand over leaders Pace Youth who only have one more game to play (against Pace Youth Pumas).

Final Score: Salisbury City 3 v 0 Winchester Youth.

Scorers for Salisbury: Sam Dolan, Sam Bailey, Ben Bradwell

APRIL 11th - Tyro Div One - Pace Youth Pumas 1 v 3 Salisbury City Youth. After having to dig deep to get a result against the Pumas in the Tyro Cup Semi final, our boys had to do the same again this morning at the Testwood Sports College. Pace were well up for this game and from the off you could see how determined they were to get a result against our boys, they played some good football to put our defence under pressure and they got the first goal and defended their lead for the first half. In the second half our boys started to get into the game more and more but still had to be aware of any Pace breaks but once our boys got the equaliser about a quarter of an hour from the end (after Billy pounced on a dropped ball from their goalie after a fine save from a powerful shot) our boys went up a gear or two and not wanting to settle for a draw they went all out for the win. The second goal wasn't too long in coming when Sam headed in a corner and victory was sealed when a shot from Tom found a bump in the ground and deflected past their keeper.

2 more points on the board and 3 wins in 5 days can't be bad and "the mission continues", so to speak, with a couple more mid week games to play before next Sundays Hampshire Cup Final in Basingstoke and the good news on this front is we could have Bradlee our vice captain back in the squad.

Scorers for Salisbury: Billy Ward, Sam Bailey, Tom Farwell

APRIL 10TH - Tyro Div One - Salisbury City Youth 3 v 0 Pace Youth. We can tick off another game from our busy schedule and mark up another victory. This second game in 3 days saw our boys overcome some stiff competition from another well organised Pace team. A well struck long range shot from open play and two from dead ball situations (a well taken free kick and a cooly taken penalty) saw our boys claim another 2 points and overall it was a good all round team performance

Salisbury scorers: Billy Ward, Richie Coooper, Sam Bailey

APRIL 08th - Tyro Div One - Sky Blues Youth 0 v 16 Salisbury City Youth. This was the first League game in a few months, maybe even the first league match for us this year (and we are now in April!) if my memory is correct. The chance to improve our goal difference was taken with this 16 - 0 victory. A good start to what is to be a busy few weeks for the boys with 11 games to be played in 22 days between the 07th - 29th April. A lot of points and a few Cup Finals to be played for and then its off to the Festival of Football at Butlins Minehead. Let the season begin!

Scorers for Salisbury: Sam Bailey, Alex Ferguson (3), Sam Dolan (2), Tom Farwell (7), Sam Muge, Scott Horton, Richie Cooper.

 

APRIL 1ST - Nadder Valley Cup Semi Final - Salisbury City Youth 5 V 0 South Newton and Wishford. Scorers for Salisbury: Richie Cooper, Tom Farwell, Sam Dolan, Sam Bailey, Charlie Burden

MARCH 29th - The Hampshire FA have asked us to let them know how many vehicles we will be taking to the Hampshire County Cup Final on April 18th (to see if they need to provide additional carparking stewards)

The Hants FA have set an admission price of £3 per adult and £1 for under 16's, NUS and OAP's. Under 5's will be admitted free of charge to the ground.

Players and Coaching staff get in free.

Let us know how many cars will be in your party (in case other family members, friends, etc are travelling down to the Final as well. Please do this asap.

Example: Smith Family 2 cars. Jones Family 1 car. You can do so via our contact page.

HAMPSHIRE FA SUNDAY UNDER 11 COUNTY CUP FINAL

SPONSORED BY SOCCER TACKLE (HAMPSHIRE)

CHRISTCHURCH YOUTH (BYFL) VS SALISBURY CITY YOUTH

SUNDAY 18TH APRIL 2010

WINKLEBURY FOOTBALL COMPLEX, WINKLEBURY WAY,

BASINGSTOKE, RG23 8BF

KICK OFF - 12.30

MARCH 21st - Tyro Challenge Cup Semi Final. Salisbury City Youth V Pace Youth Pumas.

This was one of the boys toughest matches of the season so far and although our boys were far from their best in the first half (going behind for only the 2nd time this season), they showed their battling qualities in the 2nd half to come back and win 2-1 and take their place in another final (and if we overcome our opponents in the Nadder Valley Cup Semi Final, we will have three finals to look forward to in April)

Scorers for Salisbury: Sam Bailey, Tom Farwell

MARCH 16th - Tuesday Night Floodlit Friendly. Salisbury City Youth U11's 2 v 2 Alderbury U12's. This was, to use the football cliche, a game of two halves. In the first half, Salisbury City looked the more likely to score but Alderbury were always dangerous on the break. Salisbury went into the half time break 2 -1 up. After Salisbury made 5 changes at half time, (to try out a few things) they lost their way for a while and the older boys of Alderbury threatened a bit more and got an equaliser. The result tonight was not the important thing, it was a chance for the manager to try out and look at a some options bearing in mind the ammount of fixtures (Tyro Cup Semi, Nadder Valley Cup Semi, 10 Tyro League matches, a Hampshire Cup Final) that face our boys in the coming weeks (which will mean games on Sunday and more midweek matches). At long last though, it looks like our boys are finally getting a run of games together, without the weather interfering, which can't be bad.

Final score 2-2. Scorers for Salisbury: Alex Ferguson, Billy Ward

MARCH 14th - At long last we got to play a match where the sun was shining and the pitch was in good condition, for the first 15 - 20 minutes of this Tyro Challenge Cup Quarter Final, Winchester Youth A worked hard to keep our boys at bay and tested our defence on a few occasions (one resulting in a great save by our keeper Tom Roberts) but after a well taken penalty (given for handball) by Bradlee Walton and an inswinging corner from Billy Ward that their keeper fumbled into the goal our boys relaxed a bit and began to take more control of the game, it was 3-0 at half time and towards the end of he game when Salisbury were winning

6-0, Winchester got a consolation goal with a great long range strike.

Final score: Salisbury City 6 v 1 Winchester Yth A

Scorers: Bradlee Walton, Billy Ward, Richie Cooper, Charlie Burden, Sam Bailey, Kieren Edginton

MARCH 07th - Tyro Challenge Cup 2nd Round - Eastleigh Youth 1 - Salisbury City Youth 6.

Scorers: Richie Cooper, Bradlee Walton 2, Alex Ferguson, Ben Bradwell, Sam Dolan.

Salisbury City now face Winchester Youth A in the quarter final on March 14th

FEB 21st - Here's what Nick Holmes (Salisbury City FC General Manager - Blue Square Premier League) had to say about our Salisbury City Tyro Squad in his programme notes.

"The Under 11's have made the Hampshire County Cup Final after a 3-0 win against United Services Portsmouth. I have had the pleasure to watch this side a couple of times and they were good. I know their manager would like to produce a player or players good enough for the First Team and they may well succeed." - Nick Holmes

FEB 14th - Hampshire Cup Semi Final - United Services Portsmouth 0 - 3 Salisbury City

Scorers: Sam Bailey, Sam Dolan, Tom Farwell.

FEB 07th - Update - United Services Portsmouth beat St Francis Youth Ranger 0 - 3, so its U.S.P that we face in the semi final of the Hampshire County Cup. This is an away fixture for us. As soon as we get confirmation of the venue, kick off time etc, we can then put up info about the time and place to meet for those going in convoy and time to arrive for people making their own way.

"and the Whites go marching ON! ON! ON!". Once again our boys were a bit too much for our Portsmouth opponents in this Hants Cup Quarter Final. Meon Milton played well but from early on our boys took control of the game . We got the better of them in midfield and when we attacked, did so with speed (Sam Dolan being a thorn in their side up front), Meon Milton were not allowed much time on the ball and when they did attack they were quickly closed down and moved away from our penalty area. After a Salisbury disallowed goal (one of our players was offside and impeding their goalie), our boys went ahead with a Sam Dolan goal after he was played in by Richie Cooper. Sam Bailey was next on the scoresheet after heading in from a Tom Farwell corner. Sam Dolan, then got his second and Salisbury's third before Richie Cooper scored with a well taken free kick. Final score Salisbury City 4 - Meon Milton 0.

Scorers: Sam Dolan 2, Sam Bailey, Richie Cooper

We now have an away trip in the semi final against either St Francis Youth

(from Southampton) or United Services Portsmouth. This is next Sunday (14th Feb).

Our boys are one step from the Hampshire County Cup Final. In a competition that started out with 128 teams, our boys are down to the last 4 teams. Can't be bad! Well done boys!

FEB 05th - Theres not been a lot to report lately due to cancellation of matches but a bit of news i forgot to put up was about our squad boys who play for St Marks school 7 aside team. Last week they took part in the Wiltshire Schools County Cup Tournament at the Stanley Park Football Foundation in Chippenham. They got to this tournament by winning a local area schools tournament at Chalke Valley last year. Anyway, on a bitterly cold day the St Marks boys won their group and then had a semi final match which they won. The final was against Wroughton School, in a close fought final St Marks went on to win 1-0 (the goal being scored by Kieren Edginton) and pick up the Under 11's County Cup. They will now go on and represent Wiltshire in a Inter Counties Tournament. Our squad boys representing St Marks were: Kieren Edginton, Alex Ferguson, Charlie Burden, Billy Ward, William Wade, Sam Muge and Keenan Waters. Representing Harnham school who went out in the group stage on goal difference was Bradlee Walton.

Even though we didn't get to play our quarter final match last week and most other matches were called off as well, a couple of matches did go ahead. In our Tyro League Div One,

Winchester Youth A were beaten 0-4 by Pace Youth who now sit top of our league with 16 points having played 10 matches (6 more than us!) and in one of the other quarter final matches of the Hampshire Cup Christchurch Youth beat Sandhurst Town 0-5 to go through to the semi finals.

JAN 24th - After a lengthy break due to what seemed like never ending bad weather, it was back to buisness in the 4th round of the Hants Cup against the Pompey Pirates. Considering how long it had been since our boys last played a competetive match, i think both coaching staff and parents were eager to see how they would do. It didn't take long to find out as our boys were quick out of the blocks and into their stride very early on in this game with a couple of early goals and it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that they controlled the game from beginning to end. Pompey Pirates continued throughout to try to break through our defence who stood strong and with our midfield moving the ball forward quickly, the Pirates were on the back foot a lot of the time, finding it hard to cope with the positive link up play from our attacking midfield through to our forwards. So, a victory in our first match of the year for our boys and a Quarter Final place in the Hants Cup. Not a bad start to 2010.

Final score: Salisbury City Youth 9 - 0 Pompey Pirates.

Scorers: Billy Ward 2, Sam Dolan, Bradlee Walton 2, Alex Ferguson, Sam Bailey, Richie Cooper, Scott Horton

 JAN 13th - As stated on the message board training for Friday 15th Jan has been cancelled.

At the moment the astro pitch is a few inches under snow and we are not sure if it will be clear by Friday. However there is to be a training sesssion at the Five Rivers Leisure Centre on Saturday 16th between 12 - 2pm. Please be there for 11.50pm and remember the boys will definately need their drinks bottles as it can get very warm training inside, also remember they need to wear trainers (as well as the usual black training strip).

As for Sundays 4th round match against Pompey Pirates which has now reversed to us

(we get two attempts to hold this fixture at Sherfield English before it reverts back to their ground), the groundsman has informned our manager that he intends to have a pitch inspection on Saturday morning to see if there is any chance of the game going ahead on Sunday. So, once again it's a case of watch this space and check back Sunday morning at the latest to see if we're playing or not. As soon as we hear anything it'll be on the notice board

JAN 02nd - Happy New Year to everyone - As mentioned on the main page, there is to be a pitch inspection at Sherfield English on Sunday morning to see if our 2 o'clock Tyro Cup game can go ahead. The earlier matches that kick off at 10 oclock have already been cancelled because the ground is too frozen at that time of day but to give us a chance of playing and the ground of thawing out a bit, the groundsman is holding off a pitch inspection till between 10 and 11 and if the Sun is shining and the pitch looks like it will thaw out a bit and be playable by 2 o'clock, then the match will go ahead. If not (and hopefully it won't be the case) then it will be another match lost to the weather. Either way we will let you know as soon as we hear anything on Sunday morning. Fingers crossed!

DEC 20th - couldn't not believe it this morning when Chris rang up to say the match was off. The Sun is shining and in the Pompey area the forecast is for Sun all day, so the ground could have thawed out by the afternoon but it seems officials are quick to call off games and theres nothing we can do about it. Another bunch of dissapointed boys and parents. Was looking forward to this one as well but never mind, the season begins again in the New Year. We have matches against the Pompey Pirates and Eastleigh Youth in the Hampshire Cup and the Tyro Cup and then we have to get back on track in the Tyro League, there's a lot of football for the boys to look forward to come the New Year (as always - WEATHER PERMITTING!). On the main page you will have noticed that there is a friendly against Christchurch on the 27th December at Wick Lane, Downton. As the manager says, we need this game because the following Sunday we should be back in action in either the Tyro or Hampshire cup. With all the postponements it is getting a bit confusing as to what match is next but you will be informned as soon as we hear anything. More soon.

UPDATE: The pitch we were meant to play on today at Langstone Sports Ground is owned by English Heritage and apparently it was these who said the game could not go ahead due to icy conditions (one of the goal areas was hard with ice). So now you know.

DEC 13th - At long long last our boys got to play a competitive match and after 5 weeks it was worth waiting for as our boys went through to the 4th Round of the Hampshire County Cup by beating Woolton Hill Argyle 4 - 0. The scoreline could have been even more convincing but for a lot of good saves by their keeper and some near misses on our part but it was good for the boys to get back to winning ways after the enforced break due to the weather.

Scorers: Bradlee Walton (pen), Alex Ferguson, Sam Bailey, Richie Cooper

While we were busy in the cup, the two Pace teams were busy winning in Tyro Div one.

Pace Youth are now 2 points clear of us but they have played 3 games more and Pace Youth Pumas are 2 points clear of us but they have played 2 games more. We currently sit in 4th position but have played less games in the league than anyone else and as stated above we do have games in hand. Our league fixture will begin again in January 2010.

DEC 06th - yet another match bites the dust due to the weather, as soon as we know what happens next we will let you know. Hopefully the tie reverts back to us but we need confirmation first. On another note, the Salisbury City Youth section have been in contact with our manager and asked him to chase up those who have not paid for the photo pack they received as a result of the A & M photography photo shoot at the Ray Mcenhill stadium a while back. The message we have been asked to pass on is this: either pay up for the pack or return all photos in the provided envelope, it goes on to say, "if you do not, your son's will not be able to participate in any further activities" (whatever that means!), anyway, now you know, over to you. Please don't shoot the messenger we're just passing this on, as requested.

On a more positive note - Salisbury City FC would like to invite our management and boys to an Xmas Disco. The invite goes like this:

Salisbury City Football Club would like to invite you and the Youth Section to a Christmas Disco at the Ray Mac Stadium on Monday 21st December.

The age groups have been split so there are in effect 2 parties

5-9 year olds 6pm - 8pm.

10 - 16 year olds 8.30pm - 10.30pm

The tickets are £5 per child, which include a free drink on arrival plus food.

All siblings are welcome at the same cost.

Further soft drinks will be available at a cost of £1 and raffle tickets will be available to purchase at the cost of £1. (Prizes include 2 televisions, a party of 10 to attend JC'S at the Chapel and signed footballs)

Parents are invited to join us in the Executive Lounge for nibbles and the bar will be available. Nick Holmes would like all Managers and Coaches to join us for the evening.

Children and parents will have the opportunity to meet Nick Holmes and members of the first team. Should you have any queries please contact Justina (youth section secretary on 07734538535).

So there you have it, an invite to the Youth Section Christmas Disco courtesy of Salisbury FC. If you would like to purchase tickets, let Chris know how many you will require by December 14th and have your dosh ready. And last but not least - LETS HOPE THE WEATHER IS KIND TO US NEXT WEEK SO THE BOYS CAN PLAY SOME FOOTBALL! For now folks, thats all. Over and Out!

DEC 04th - In an attempt to generate some club funds we've signed up to an easyfundraising site where if you ever shop online, you can help raise some funds for the squad. All that's required is the simplest of sign ups (name, email address and a password) and then when you shop online you reach your favourite online stores (over 2000 listed) via the links at the easyfundraising site, you then shop as normal, it's that simple. The stores then make a small donation to our fund because you shopped with them and have listed us as the "cause" (SCFC TYRO SQUAD) that you want the donation to go to. You can find more info on this at the new fund raising page we have created and that is now listed in the main menu bar above.

Any funds that are raised this way are paid to our SCFC Tyro Squad Fund every quarter to be handed over to the Treasurer or Management, who, in the spirit of openness, will have full access to the funds admin area (accounts, payments etc) whenever they request it.

Even if you don't shop online yourself or want to sign up to easyfundraising, you can still help by passing on the links featured on the fund raising page to other people or clubs (see referral link section) who do.

DEC 01st - NADDER VALLEY CHALLENGE CUP (Under 11s) DRAW.

Only 5 teams registered to take part in this years competition, here is the draw as taken from the CommuniGate website:

Season 2009-10 Under 11's Competition

First round

Salisbury City Youth”B” Vs South Newton & Wishford

All other clubs receive a bye

Game to be played on or before Sunday 10th January 2010

Semi Finals

Laverstock & Ford Vs Liden Community

Salisbury City Youth “B” or South Newton Vs Salisbury City Youth “A”

Games to be played on or before Sunday 28th March 2010

Final: To be played at Bemerton Heath Harlequins FC on Thursday 29th April 2010

NOV 29th - So here we are again, another match postponed due to weather and seeing as it was a cup match that was reverted we have no idea at the moment what happens next (does it revert back to us or do they get another attempt at hosting the match?). The ironic thing is the manager was informed that the pitch was playable today at Sherfield English, oh well. As it stands, next week we are meant to play a home match against Eastleigh Youth in the Tyro Cup but it might be that we have to get the Hampshire Cup match against Woolton out of the way first. Come next Sunday it will have been a month since we last played a competitive match in either cup or league, which makes the friendly thats been arranged for Wednesday evening (Dec 2nd) that bit more essential in getting the boys back into match play mode.

As to next Sundays match, as soon as it's known who and where we are playing we will let you know.

NOV 22nd - Once again we have to report the dissapointing news that another match is cancelled due to bad weather resulting in a waterlogged pitch but what we were not expecting to report is that the match will now have to be played at Woolton Hill Argyles pitch.

Under Hampshire FA rulings, a cup match that is cancelled twice, due to weather, is reverted for the following match. This means we now have to travel to Woolton Hill (near Newbury) to play this 3rd round Hampshire Cup match.

It has not been confirmed yet but we are assuming this trip will take place next Sunday (29th November). The manager will be in contact with Wollton Hill Argyle to try and get a suitable 2'oclock kick off. As soon as we have confirmation of match and time it will be posted here.

On another note:

CLUB FUNDS FOR SALISBURY CITY UNDER 11'S (TYRO LEAGUE).

In an attempt to boost club funds the manager and his assistant will be arranging some events but would like parents, carers, friends, etc, of Salisbury City Youth Under 11's Tyro League, to put forward any ideas they may have for raising funds. You can contact the management direct or via the contact page here at scfctyro.com with any ideas being passed onto the manager and his assistant.

OR, you could go ahead with your own ideas to raise some funds for Salisbury City Under 11's (Tyro League) and pass any money raised onto the management, who will appreciate, very much, your fund raising efforts.

My idea for a sponsored beer drink, with me drinking as much beer as possible, with the money for the beer that i drink being taken out of the money raised, was met with a response of "get real!". I was only joking! but seriously, if you can pass on any feasible ideas for fund raising (which don't involve riding a bike to Vietnam or bouncing along the Great Wall of China on a pogo stick), this would be very helpful.

NOV 17th - Here's one for your diary or calendar - the Manager has just informed us that he has arranged a midweek friendly match against Greenfields ( who play in the Dorset Youth League) to take place on the evening of Wednesday the 2nd of December. The venue is Wick Lane, Downton. Kick off is at 7'oclock so please be there by 6.30pm (no later than 6.40pm) for warm up etc. The following Sunday (6th December) we have a Tyro League match against Pace Youth, so it's important the boys get some extra match play under their belts, seeing as the season has been a bit stop and start of late due to bad weather, etc.

NOV 15th - The 3rd Round match of the Hampshire County Cup we were to have played today against Woolton Hill Argyle was cancelled due to only one pitch being available in the afternoon. The heavy rains of the last few days led to the morning games being cancelled and only one pitch being available for the afternoon. Two matches were planned for the afternoon, ours and Salisbury City Youth Under 16's. Hampshire FA stepped in and gave priority to the under 16's match. This means the cup match against Woolton Hill Argyle will now be played next week (weather permitting) with the Tyro Cup match against Eastleigh Youth to have been played next Sunday being put back to the Sunday after.

NOV 11th - It made a change for our boys to play a match under floodlight, the last evening match we played was back in the summer, which seems a long way off now but the boys didn't let the floodlights or the drizzly conditions put them off and they showed a lot of determination to win this midweek friendly against Alderbury under 12's by 1 - 3.

Salisbury City scorers: Billy Ward, Sam Dolan (2)

NOV 8th - in what seemed like the first away game in months, our boys travelled down to Fleming Park in Eastleigh to face City Central Youth. After a scrappy first half which saw Salisbury City go ahead 0 - 1, our boys started to pass the ball around a bit better to finish off comfortable winners with the score ending City Central Youth 0 - 5 Salisbury City Youth.

Scorers: Sam Dolan, Alex Ferguson 3, Sam Bailey

Well done to Alex for getting a hat trick. Another result at the top of the table that went in our favour was Pace Youth Pumas losing at home 2 - 5 to Hythe + Dibden Youth Jets. We now move to 2nd place with games in hand. Next up are 2 cup matches (Hampshire County + Tyro Challenge). Come on you Whites!

Nov 1st - After having a couple of matches postponed lately, we were looking forward to getting the season back on track today but after this mornings rain the groundstaff at Sherfield English contacted Chris, at lunchtime, to say the match would have to be postponed due to waterlogged goal areas. The manager offered to arrive early and try to drain these areas but the groundstaff were adamant and the game was postponed.

In case your interested, it wasn't just our match that was called off - ALL the fixtures in the Tyro League Division One were. So no changes in League positions this week. Lets hope the weather doesn't lead to too many cancellations these coming winter months. Please read announcement below.

MANAGERS NOTE: EXTENDED TRAINING SESSIONS.

With the lack of games recently and a League match against City Central next week and then a couple of cup games in the following weeks, the manager would like it known that the weekly training is to be extended (until further notice) and that the boys are to arrive for training by 5.30pm at the latest. Thanks for your attention in this matter.

Oct 25th - Even though we ourselves did not have a game this weekend, there were a couple of matches played in Tyro League Div One. Hythe + Dibden Jets got beat 1-5 by Pace Youth and City Central Youth beat Hythe + Dibden Harriers 9 -2. The other 2 matches (ours included) were postponed. Therefor not a lot of change to the league table but a bit of news is Winchester Youth A have had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player on the first day of the season and as a result they have dropped down a couple of positions in the table. We remain in third spot but have 2 games in hand over those in second place and 1 game in hand over top placed Pace Youth Pumas. Our season gets back on track next Sunday with a home game against Hythe + Dibden Jets.

Oct 20th - Keepy Uppy Challenge - after a sponsor of our Billy asked if all the money was going to the Help For Heroes Charity, we said we weren't sure but would find out. We then noticed on the Salisbury City Youth Section website that money raised from the keepy uppy challenge was to go to both Help For Heroes and the Youth Section but it didn't say how much. To clear the matter up for future sponsors, we got in contact with Salisbury City FC Youth Section to find out, they replied promptly and were very helpful, explaining that it was an oversight on their part and that they should have mentioned on the Keepy Uppy Sponsor form that all money raised from the keepy uppy challenge is to be split 50/50 between Help For Heroes and Salisbury City FC Youth Section. They have now ammended the sponsor forms to note the 50/50 split. If you have already got some sponsors and are planning to get some more and you have the unammended version of the sponser form, the best thing to do is write down at the top of the form that the money is to be split 50/50 between Help For Heroes and Salisbury City FC Youth Section and pass this information onto those who have already put themselves down as your sponsors, this way, they know exactly where their money is going.

If you would like to know more about the Help For Heroes charity for wounded servicemen and women the web address is www.helpforheroes.co.uk

Oct 18th - Our 3 -1 victory over Winchester Youth today puts us through to the last 32 of the Hampshire County Cup and another home tie (see third round draw).

Scorers: Own Goal (headed in by one of their defenders from a Salisbury corner), Richie Cooper, Bradlee Walton.

From the 1st of November it's back to business in Tyro Division One with a match against Hythe + Dibden youth Jets followed by City Central Youth and Hythe + Dibden Youth Harriers, with two more cup matches (Hampshire County Cup + Tyro Challenge Cup on the 15th + 22nd) squeezed in amongst them. 5 matches in total, makes November a busy month, football wise. Bring it on!

Chris would like to remind the squad to turn up for training on Fridays at 5.45 on the dot as Steve is going to warm up the boys and put them through their paces in an attempt to raise fitness levels.

OCT 12th - The third round draw of Hampshire Cup that we put up (for a short period) has now been taken down. If we get through the 2nd round match against Winchester Youth, the third round draw will be put up again. We don't want to be presumptious, lets see what happens in the 2nd round match, first.

Oct 11th - The Salisbury City Youth Section have organised a photo shoot for all the youth teams / squads. Individual player and team photos will be done by A & M Photography who specialise in sports academies. The photo shoot will take place at the Ray Mcenhill stadium

on the afternoon of Saturday 17th October. The schedule for the teams to take part in the photo session is detailed below. As you will see the schedule is tight and requires players to be available ready for the photos to be taken at the correct time – so please don’t be late:

Starts 12.00 at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Saturday 17th October 2009

12.00 - Under 7s and 8s Development group.

12.15 - Under 8s Advanced group. 12.30 - Under 9s(two groups of 9). 1.00 - Under 10s.

1.15 - Under 11s (two groups of 15). 1.30 - Under 12s. 1.45 - Under 13s.

2.00 - Under 14s. 2.15 - Under 16s. 2.30 - Youth Academy (two teams of 15)

2.45 - Girls Under16s. 3.00 - Ladies Team

You can log onto the website of A&M Photography at www.a-msports.co.uk to find out more about the company. See you there

Oct 08th - JUST TO REMIND YOU - NO MATCH THIS WEEKEND.

REPEAT - THERE IS NO CUP MATCH AGAINST WINCHESTER YOUTH THIS SUNDAY (11TH OCT) IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY 18TH AT SHERFIELD ENGLISH AND TIME OF KICK OFF HAS JUST BEEN CONFIRMNED AS 10AM. THE COACHING STAFF WOULD LIKE THE SQUAD THERE BY 9.15 (9.30 AT THE LATEST) FOR PRE MATCH WARM UP, ETC

Yesterday - A few of our squad members represented their schools in the Chalke Valley Six A Side Football Tournament at Broad Chalke The tournament had 16 schools taking part, these were split into 4 groups of 4 with each team within a group playing each other. The top 2 from each group went through to the quarter finals. The competition was played throughout a day where it never stopped raining, in fact as it reached the semi final / final stages it got worse but the boys kept on even though they were drenched to the bone and cold.

St Marks who went onto win the tournament had 5 of our Salisbury City Youth squad playing for them. St Marks won all their group matches and then went onto beat Woodlands 1 - 0 in the quarter final (scorer Zach Holliwood). In the semi final they faced Broad Chalke who they beat 4-0 (Scorers BIlly Ward, Freddy Davies and Kieran Edginton 2).

The Tournament Final was St Marks versus Harnham

- Boys from our Salisbury City Youth squad playing for St Marks were: William Wade, Sam Muge, Keenan Waters (Badgers), Kieran Edginton, Billy Ward and Charlie Burden.

- Harnham had Bradlee Walton in their team who had got to the final by beating Pembrooke Park who had another of our squad, Sam Bailey playing for them. (Ben Bradwell also took part in the tournament withhis schoolteam New Forest)

The Final was a hard fought affair with only one goal in it. The winner was scored by Billy Ward. As well as a cup for the winners and medals for finalists + semi finalists, St Marks and Harnham have also been entered into an inter county Six A Side competition, next January

Oct 05th - The Hampshire Cup 2nd Round match to have been played this coming Sunday (11th October) has been postponed because some of the Winchester Youth "A" team have to be elsewhere. The Tyro League match against Winchester Youth "A" the following week (Sunday 18th October) is now to become the Hampshire Cup 2nd Round match. See Match and Training info for a bit more (not a lot) info. Chris the Manager tried to have this Sundays match go ahead by having the kick off earlier but to no avail. As he stated though, by the time the 18th comes around some of our injured / unavailable boys could / should be back to bolster the squad.

Training on Friday still on - 1745 Astro Turf pitch - Wilton Road

Oct 04th - Today was the first time we have played at our new home pitch and it seems the coaching staff and parents are impressed with the state of the home pitch we'll be playing on this season. To the match itself, against Sky Blues Youth - after the hard (but exciting) game last week, things were a bit easier this week with our Salisbury City Youth team winning 10-1, a scoreline that could have been much higher if not for a lot of near misses, wasted chances and some good and brave goalkeeping by the Sky Blues keeper

Scorers: Sam Dolan 3, Sam Bailey 2, Bradlee Walton 2, Charlie Burden, Kieran Edginton, Ben Bradwell

UPDATE: With other results now in (see results page) we can tell you that this win has put us back on top on goal difference. We have a 2 goal advantage over Pace Youth Pumas. Our next opponents are Winchester Youth A (a home match for us) who we face in the 2nd round of the Hampshire County Cup.

Sept 27th - it wasn't looking too good for quite a while today with our boys being outplayed in the first half by Pace but grit and determination and a lot of pressure in the 2nd half, eventually wore Pace Youth down enough for our boys to create the chances and eventually get on top and win the game 1-3. Not a good display by our standards but it is said that " the sign of a good team is one that can win games whilst not playing particularly well." This quote is usually used when talking about Manchester United but today we'll use it for our boys.

Scorers: Ben Bradwell, Sam Dolan, Richie Cooper

UPDATE: Just put up todays results and league positions you'll see that even though we had a win today we move down to 2nd position in the League due to goal difference, Hythe + Dibden Yth Jets beat Hythe + Dibden Yth Harriers 12 - 0 which puts them top by 3 goals)

Sept 26th - At long last we can announce that the Squad page has now been put up for you to

view, hope you like it. We did have a request for a photo slideshow, so not wanting to dissapoint, we are working on one at the moment and hopefully this coming week we will put it up in the gallery, we'll let you know when we do so. It's back to Tyro League Div 1 matters tomorrow and back to the Testwood area of Totton for a repeat match against Pace Youth.

We will put up all results and league positions as soon as we have them. Till then - Come on you whites!

Sept 20th - great result in the 1st round of the Southampton Tyro Challenge Cup.

Our boys were away to Pace Youth at Testwood Sports College and even though we only had enough boys to field 11 (no subs due to injuries and other committments) leading Chris to make a few positional changes to get the best out of the 11 available, the boys adapted well and fought hard, throughout, all over the pitch to keep the upper hand they had claimed from early on. Pace themselves worked hard and from time to time were fast on the break but overall posed little danger around the penalty area.

Final score Pace Youth 0 - Salisbury City Youth 5

Scorers: Sam Bailey, Richie Cooper 3, Billy Ward

Will post up our opponents for the 2nd Round of the Tyro Cup as soon as its drawn.

Oh yeah before i forget, Chris/manager has left a message in the Guestbook / Messageboard.

Sept 17th - A "home pitch" page has been added with info as to where it is and directions of how to get there (well it does help), the image has the pitches looking premiership standard, reality will have them looking somewhat different, i'm sure.

Another page coming very soon is the squad page (just need to resize/upload boys photos).

Please note: match reports have a new home and can be found on fixtures/results page.

You will have noticed we have drawn Winchester Youth A in the 2nd Round of the Hampshire County Cup, out of all the teams we could have drawn we get a team from the same Division as us! (Tyro Div One). In case you were wondering, Winchester Youth A got to the 2nd round via a "walkover".

Sept 14th - A great result for our boys yesterday with a 0 -15 away win against Brading Youth Colts (Isle of Wight) in the first round of the Hampshire County Sunday Under 11's Cup. Even though it was clear from very early on that there was only going to be one result Brading Youth Colts battled on in good spirit to the final whistle. A big thank you to Brading Youth Colts and Brading FC for making Salisbury City Youth FC and parents and family members feel very welcome to their club and thanks also for the after match buffet, which seemed, from the way the boys were tucking in, to have been very much appreciated.

Scorers: Richie Cooper 4 / Tom Farwell 3 / Alex Ferguson 2 / Billy Ward 2 / Ben Bradwell / Bradlee Walton / Sam Dolan / Sam Bailey.

All in all an enjoyable day, the weather was with us and no one got too lost en route or dissapeared overboard from the ferry. Here's to the next round. Hope it's as enjoyable.

Photos to follow soon.

Footnote: There was a bit of confusion over the final score/scorers. It turned out Sarah had listed one of the early goals as Billy's when it was in fact Sam Bailey's. Billy later got 2 goals, so, post Match and going from her list, Sarah was convinced Billy had scored a hat-trick, Billy didn't think so but Sarah convinced him otherwise, "it's on the list". As soon as it was known Sam Bailey had scored but not been listed Sarah apologised to Sam and said he'd definately be credited here at the website (job done). A private investigator was called in and the mistake was unearthed (Billy had been listed for a goal instead of Sam). As soon as the mistake was sorted Billy was stripped of his hat-trick and sent to bed without his tea (for not getting a hat-trick, ha ha) and Sarah has done the honourable thing, hung up her pen and paper and handed in her resignation as score taker.

Sept 06th - first Tyro league match of the season, away to Hythe + Dibden Yth Harriers, saw our boys (looking smart in their new kits) win 0 - 11. Scorers: Richie Cooper 4, Sam Bailey 3, Alex Ferguson, Kieran Edginton, Charlie Rayfield, Billy Ward. Still awaiting the result from City Central Yth v Winchester Yth game but for the moment our Salisbury City Youth top the league on goal difference. Manager Chris announces that the team will be entered into another cup competition (making 3 in total). More info to come as we get it.

Sept 05th - Last night saw another win in the teams last pre-season friendly before the league season starts on Sunday. After conceding an early goal our boys came back to win 6 - 1 against a Clarendon team a year older. Scorers for us: Richie Cooper 2, replacement player Scott 2, Charlie Burden, plus an own goal by Clarendon. Lets hope the unbeaten pre-season run can continue when we travel to Hythe for the first match of the new season

Sept 03rd - KICK OFF FOR BRADING MATCH ON ISLE OF WIGHT HAS CHANGED!

- Hot on the heels of the kick off for the away match with Hythe and Dibden Youth Harriers being changed from 10.00 to 12.00, comes the news that the Hampshire Cup match against Brading Youth Colts on the Isle of Wight has also had its kick off time changed from 14.00hrs to 12.30hrs. For those that booked the 10.00 hrs ferry or earlier this should pose no problem. If you booked a later ferry you may want to try and change it for a 10.00 hrs departure to be sure of getting there on time. A pain in the rear we know but Chris was only informed of this, this afternoon. Reason: there is a another match being played at 14.00 hrs so ours had to be moved forwards. Match to be played at: Brading Town Football Club, The Peter Henry Ground, Vicarage Lane, Brading, Isle of Wight PO36 0AR

Sept 02nd - Last night saw our boys beat Brendon 66 (Tyro Div 2) by 12 goals in a match that ended up 12-0. Another win in an, as yet, unbeaten pre season run. Scorers: Richie Cooper 5, Sam Dolan 2, Tom Lane, Sam Bailey, Bradlee Walton, Sam Muge, Billy Ward.

Aug 28th - Friday evening saw our boys (Salisbury City Youth Tyro Under 11s) taking on the Salisbury City Youth Under 13's. Despite the age diference our boys came out on top again with a 3-1 win. Scorers for us were: Sam Bailey, Richie Cooper, the other was an own goal.

Aug 27th - Another pre season friendly at Alderholt sees our boys win 0 - 4. The boys had to work hard to get this result against determined opponents. On the scoresheet were Tom Farwell, Bradlee Walton (2) and Richie Cooper

Aug 25th - Full fixture list (teams / kick offs / venues) for coming season is now up.

Aug 22nd - see match and training page for info on match against Alderholt on Thursday 27th. We've also posted up league and cup fixtures for September (all of them are away matches), these can be found on the fixtures/results page. Will post up more fixtures when we get back from this weekends camping expedition as well as some photos from last weeks match against Kingswood which Tim (our goalkeepers dad) took.

Aug 15th - Another good result for our boys with a victory over Kingswood. Final result was 9-1. Some good all round performances. Boys on the scoresheet were Sam Dolan, Tom Farwell, Alex Ferguson, Bradlee Walton, Sam Bailey (i think) and Ritchie Cooper there was also an own goal. If we missed anyone, apologies.

Please step forward if you want to write up match reports this coming season.

Ref for the match was Ethan Davids who may be the ref for our home matches this coming season.

Till next Friday (21st) thats it, we're out of here. On return i'll put up next seasons fixture list.

Aug 14th - the following is taken from Salisbury City FC's official site:

"SALISBURY City's under 11s will be in action at the Ray Mac on Saturday immediately after the first team's Blue Square Premier match with Mansfield Town.

Chris Burden's side will play Kingswood in a friendly.The club's general manager Nick Holmes said he hoped supporters not wishing to join the traffic queues exiting the ground following the final whistle would stay and support the club's youngsters.“We’ve invited the families of both sides to come up and watch the game. While the pitch is in such good condition we’re keen to put on things like this. It’s not always possible to do so in the winter months.” By Salisbury City FC - Thursday, 13th August 2009

Aug 10th - members of the management team attend first Southampton Tyro League

meeting of the new season. They find out our squad has been given a place in DIVISION ONE of the under 11's Tyro League. Well done to the boys, this was well earned by winning the Eastleigh and District mini soccer league they were in last season but thats the past and now its time to face up to more hard work in training and some hard matches ahead if the boys are to be successful in DIVISION ONE of the Southampton Tyro League. See league table on fixtures page to find out who we will be facing this season.

Aug 08th - the first 11 a side friendly match of the pre season is against Greenfields YFC from Bournemouth who recently won the Sky Blues 11 a side Tournament. The game ends with success for our boys with a 6 - 1 win

Aug 03rd - Training match between Salisbury Tyro + Salisbury Badgers under 11's

 

July 17th - Pre season training begins

June 6th 2009 - Salisbury City FC - 6 A SIDE Tournament. Our boys win their

group and go on to win the final 3-0 against Salisbury Badgers. Another

trophy for the non existent cabinet (coming soon to a wall in the club, apparently)

May 23rd 2009 - At event below it was announced that Terry Farwell is to

take on the roll of Assistant Manager and help out with club matters

May 23rd 2009 - Salisbury City FC Under 10's trophy presentations at

the Ray McEnhill Stadium

May 17th 2009 - Eastleigh & District Mini Soccer League Under 10's

trophy presentation - St Marys Stadium - Southampton

May 1st - May 4th 2009 - Football Festival at Butlins, Minehead

 

 

Message from Southampton and District Tyro Football League.

The league is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association. The league is one of the biggest league's in the area and offers football to young athletes at the age of Under 11s level until Under 15s.

The league is now fast approaching it's 43 year mark with providing youth football to the Southampton Area and beyond. 65 Clubs are current members of the league, with 241 teams across all five age groups.

The league have a selected 23 officers which look after the day to day running of the league. The league also operate individual committee's formed from our 23 officers to govern individual aspects of the league such as ; Breach of Rules, Cup Committee, Youth Committee and Representative Football Committee.

The league also run two cup competitions through out the season; Southampton Tyro Challenge Cup and Tommy Traynor Trophy.

The playing season for 2009 will commence on 6th September, ending at the 30th April with the Cup finals for each age group at the end of April and early on in May.

 Dan Wilson

Hon. Competition Secretary