U10 Falcons

2023/24 Season Review

The Falcons retained all their players for the 2023/2024 season and even managed to swell their ranks by adding Henry, Gus and Teddy to the roster. The new players quickly bedded into the team and became popular additions, adding quality and much needed energy for the step up in pitch size this season. If this wasn’t enough, we even added a new manager to the set up as Alex Liddle gamely assisted on numerous occasions.

The first match of the new season was a sweltering affair which we narrowly drew, and this set the scene for the coming season. Gone were up and down weeks of huge wins followed by huge defeats, and we ushered in a much more stable and competitive era of close matches with better football being played for longer consistent periods. Each player improved as the season wore on, the player of the match trophy shared amongst all the team as each player showed their worth and were recognised accordingly, which was great to witness!

The players started to play in regular positions which helped with the tactical side of things and this in turn lead to better and better team performances as understanding between them was engrained with the passing games.

The Falcons didn’t quite have the same success as last season in the festival games and were undone by the weather as much as any team they encountered, but hey, there’s always next year!

The results for the season read as follows: 6 Wins, 4 Loses and 2 Draws. (did we really only play 12 games?!)

Next season, the pitch stays the same, the number of players on it stays the same and the size of the goals stays the same but apparently the balls get bigger….You’ve been warned!

Falcons - Have a great summer off, remember to thank your parents for getting you to the match each week and cheering you on, remembering your shinpads, finding that long lost goalie jersey and responding to all the text messages regarding your availability.

Huge extra thanks, as always, go to Rebecca for sorting pitches, organising referees, directions to games, dealing with the opposition etc. We can’t sign off without thanking Steve for his masterful motivation, terrific taxiing, welly wearing and most of all keeping it all together for another season - Thank you.

Steve / Alex