Match Report: Farnborough FC under 14s v Carshalton Athletic Blues @ Bisley in Surrey Youth Premier League

Farnborough FC under 14s: Surrey Youth League Premier Division Champions (...can't type that often enough!!) Congratulations to our whole team on this achievement and I include players, parents and coaches in that statement. This team of players have played some exceptional football this season, their attitude has been superb throughout and they are developing both as players and as young men in a way that makes me enormously proud. We only needed a point to win the league yesterday vs a physical, direct but good Kingstonnian side and we achieved that with a good performance in the first match. Although we lost the second match, we did draw 2 x quarters; win 1 x quarter and lost the quarter of the match just after we'd won the league, which is probably excusable. We went into the game very quickly after the first and we probably needed more time to get the boys' heads straight. Both goals were scored when we'd pushed up and were out of balance, which we didn't do in the first game. Still, that didn't take the shine off the league title, as leagues are won based on a performance across the season and Farnborough FC have been the most consistent. Fact. Add to that the two cup semi-finals, the players we have and the development they've shown and it's a very satisfactory season all round. Most of all we have won this division at a canter, with 3 games to spare, playing good football, always playing our subs and in a way that we can all be proud to be part of. And we still have football to look forward to: 2 x league matches, friendlies/trials matches and tournaments in June. Should be good and great for the players' development. Next season we have a lot to look forward to as well: SYL Premier Elite football, a new pitch which is being re-sown over the summer, great club house facilities and playing as part of Farnborough FC. I'm very pleased to say that a good number of our under 16s have progressed up to the under 18s this season. This means that although winning things is great, player development is key and the main task for the coaches is to develop good players for the Farnborough FC first team. That's what will make us all really proud in the end: a Farnborough FC stuiffed full of players from this team who go on to achieve great things (....trust me, the FA Cup is still my ultimate ambition!!)