Carshalton Football Club

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September 2007

News Summary

30 Sep 2007 - Weekend Review - quite a turnaround from last week, with a number of heavy defeats in the Club. The 2s, 3s, 4s, 6s and 7s all lost - all apart from the 6s result being quite comprehensive on the face of it. Squad changes required already or just a blip? Certain skippers have some tough decisions already.

The 1s came back from 0-2 down after problems with pre match preparation and changing facilities at Kew. Goals from Andy Taylor (2), Justin Said and James Horton capped an excellent fightback to go top of the table at this very early stage.

The Club's goal balance was restored somewhat with Mark Lock's hattrick prominent in the 5s 6-0 win over Ibis 4s and Jon Smith's 4 goal haul proving far too much for Merton's 7s and putting the 8s top of their division.

On Sunday the U11s and U9s lost at home, while there was success on the road for the U13s in the League Cup and an astonishing 15-0 win for the U11s in the league.

Special mention this weekend to Colette Roberts who ran the kitchen on Sunday with the U11s and U9s, despite her son playing away in the U13s AND it being her birthday. Hopefully she didn't use that as an excuse for not preparing the Sunday lunch!

30 Sep 2007 - Junior Clare Arrives - congratulations to Simon and Mel Clare on the arrival of their second child - a baby boy - on Friday 28 September. The baby has blond hair!

30 Sep 2007 - Champions Fixture - Nottsborough edged the annual Champions fixture played at the City of London Schools Playing Fields, defeating the SAL Rep side in a very entertaining game by the odd goal in five. The Carshalton trio of Paul Pearce, Scott Poulier, and Jamie Wilde were all named in the starting line-up, as the SAL made a great start to the game, opening the scoring as early as the 6th minute. However, Nottsborough drew level in the 19th minute, and then having enjoyed the better of the first half chances, eventually took the lead a minute before the interval.

With an injured Scott Poulier sitting-out the second half, the SAL hit back five minutes after the break with an equaliser of their own, but moments later conceded what turned out to be the winning goal. Two superb saves from Jamie Wilde ensured Nottsborough didn't add further to their tally, and then a push on Paul Pearce should have seen the SAL awarded a late spot kick, although this would been harsh on a Nottsborough team that deserved to take the spoils. A fine advert for SAL football, it was a pity that attendance at the game wasn't perhaps a little better!

26 Sep 2007 - Match Reports - well done to all the teams (senior and youth section) who got match reports in this week. The 6s even managed to put in 2 reports!! Only the 1s and 2s reports are missing. Come on lads, let's have match reports for EVERY game this season.

26 Sep 2007 - SAL Rep side - congratulations to first team players Paul Pearce, Scott Poulier and Jamie Wilde who have all been included in the SAL Representative squad for the annual Champions fixture, which this season is against Nottsborough FC and takes place on Sunday 30th September at the City of London School Playing fields, 147 Marvels Lane, Grove Park, London SE12 9PP with a 3.00pm kick-off.26 Sep 2007 - Match Reports - well done to all the teams (senior and youth section) who got match reports in this week. The 6s even managed to put in 2 reports!! Only the 1s and 2s reports are missing. Come on lads, let's have match reports for EVERY game this season.

25 Sep 2007 - Youth Cup Draws - the U11s will travel to NPL Youth B from Teddington in the next round of the Surrey County Cup. NPL Youth surprised Kew Park Rangers 2-1.

The U13s host Guildford City Boys who overcame Farnham United B 3-2 in the previous round. Both games are on 4th November.

22 Sep 2007 - Weekend Review - great start for the Club with our top 3 sides who all winning without conceding.   The 1s dominated for long spells against newly promoted Kew Association and despite being camped in the visitors' half for much of the game, they could only manage to find the net once - Michael Tilley's 74th minute goal getting brother David Tilley's captaincy off to a good start.

The 2s' win at last year's champions West Wickham was performance of the day without doubt. Badgie's goal brought all 3 points back to Beddington Park, while the team were grateful to new keeper John Beale for a couple of fine saves late on.

The 3s routed Old Salesians for the second time in 2 weeks. Danny Backhouse grabbed 4 goals. However the gloss was somewhat taken off the display when news came through that young Matt Perkins left hospital on crutches after suffering an ankle injury in the first half. We wish Matt a speedy recovery.   The 4s defeat at BB Eagles was a bit of a surprise and the 5s lost out to a Matt Trumper own goal! The 6s, 7s and 8s also won to kick off their league campaigns.

Not a bad start to the season with 6 wins and only a couple of defeats. Well done to everyone whose efforts have made this start possible - skippers, players and those who work hard behind the scenes in the close season to drive the Club forward.

On Sunday in their Surrey Cup matches, the U13s cruised through with an 8-2 win over Epsom & Ewell League Premier Division side South Park FC, while the U11s won a close game with Thornton Athletic on penalties

18 Sep 2007 - FA Level 2 Coaching Qualification - congratulations to Matt Wood, co-manager of our U10s, who has passed his FA Coaching Level 2 exam this week.

Anyone interested in gaining FA coaching qualifications should contact

18 Sep 2007 - Old Sweats' Christmas Lunch - The Old Sweats Christmas Lunch will be held at "The Brambletye Hotel", Forest Row on Thursday December 6th at 12.30pm. The maximum number of places is 20. Please contact John Sisley on 01342 327658 or email johnandmary@sisley4321.freeserve.co.uk to book your place and select your meal from the menu.

18 Sep 2007 - AFA Cup Draws - following last weekend's cup fixtures, both the 1s and 2s now know their 2nd round opponents in the Surrey/Kent Senior Cup and Intermediate Cup competitions respectively. The 1s will travel to Nottsborough on 1 7th November after the Tolworth based SAL Champions were awarded a walkover against South Bank CUACO. The 2s must travel to The Peter May Sports Centre in Walthamstow on 6th October where they will face Egbertians 1s, the Amateur Football Combination side who defeated Citigroup CMB 1s 4-0 in the last round.

16 Sep 2007 - Weekend Review - not too much to report this week. The Club owes a large debt of gratitude to Tony Edwards for giving up his Saturday morning to put together 2 sets of goals. With these in place, the 3s and 4s played entertaining friendly with the 3s running out 5-2 winners. The Vets went in 5 goals down at halftime, but rallied to draw the second half. both goals coming from Mike Maddick. Jim is on the lookout for Vets players interested in playing this season as the squad is somewhat bare with injuries at present.

On Sunday the U9s played their first league game and were right in the game at 2-2, but the went on to lose. Still, plenty of encouraging signs for this fledgling team. The U10s bowed out of the Inter League cup despite scoring 4 goals! The U11s continued their excellent start to the season with an entertaining 1-0 win in the league. The U13s went to the top of their division with a second successive 4-0 away win.

9 Sep 2007 - SAL Rep Player - congratulations to Scott Poulier who was selected to represent the SAL against Ipswich Town (who used to be members of the SAL) on 5 September as part of the SAL Centenary celebrations. Ipswich Town brough a side with plenty of Championship experience and ran out 7-1 winners.

13 Sep 2007 - Weekend Preview - not much to preview on Saturday, as the only game is the Vets trip to Maori. The league fixtures start on 22 September.

On Sunday the U11s are at home (pitch, goals, nets, etc being available of course), while the U9s, U10s and U13s are on their travels. The U10s are in Inter League Cup action while the other teams have league games. Good luck to all.

9 Sep 2007 - Weekend Review - unavailability, late cry-offs and no-shows severely depleted the Senior Squad in the traditional pre season Old Salesians games at Old Schools Lane, Ewell where the 1s went down to a 0-2 defeat and the 2s suffered a four-goal reverse. More encouraging though was a 7-2 victory for the 3s, which included four goals from Matt Wigham - a recall to the 1s looks on the cards Matt! The 4s with Trevor Boughton standing-in for skipper Ben Doherty gained a very creditable 3-0 win - Steve Hayes with a brace and Richard Clark the goal scorers. In the last of the matches, Dave Jenvey's 5s fought back bravely having conceded a goal as early as the opening minute, but despite goals from Lee Woodward and Alex Kiszczuk, they lost narrowly to the odd goal in five.

The Vets lost 1-4 with Neil Backers' diving header equalising the scores. Skipper Jim Finn came on with 20 minutes to go and the team promptly conceded 3 goals!

On Sunday the U10s, U11s and U13s opened their league campaigns with wins, which is very encouraging. All managers were delighted with the style of the performances and the manner in which the games were played and watched. The U9s game was postponed.

9 Sep 2007 - Dennis Whitehall - the former AFA President has passed away after suffering from leukemia. Dennis was a frequent visitor to our clubhouse on match days and often held court at the bar, contributing generously to our profits! We will miss him. We send our best wishes to his family and friends at this time. Dennis' funeral will be held at 1pm on 25 September at the North East Surrey Crematorium, Morden.

3 Sep 2007 - Weekend Review - the Senior Squad fought back bravely at the Kingston University Sports Ground where midfielder Luke Appleton's 89th minute strike earned them a well-deserved draw against Nottsborough 2s. Earlier goals from the host's centre-forward on 54 and 69 minutes looked to have won a close contest. However, a frantic finish was ensured when Richard Smith bundled a near post cross home with twelve minute remaining.

A 3s / 4s combined side came off second best against Ewell Town's 1s in a pre season friendly.

On Sunday there were pre season friendlies for the U9s, U10s and U13s. Lots of valuable lessons learned for boys and managers alike.