Under 11 Football

The Under 11 team is for players who, from 1st September, will be in Year 6 at school. The team is managed by Mark Bentley, assisted by Steve Small, Tim Lichfield & Gary Honey.

Training starts on Saturday 4th September 2010 from 9.15 -11.00am on top of the Downley Common. New players are always welcome. Please bring non fizzy drinks, suitable clothing and appropriate footwear, ie, football boots (no steel blades please). It can be quite bracing on top of the common. All players must wear shin guards for their own safety.

Our Sponsors

We would like to thank the following sponsors:

Rain jacket sponsor Mr A Beavis
Kit sponsor S J Beavis Builders
Man of the match trophy sponsor Moira Beavis
Corner flags and marker cones sponsor Alex Ursu

Match balls sponsors:

James Beavis
Benjamin Hillary
Michael Honey
Ethan Litchfield
Ayman Serhani
Nathan Ashton

New sponsors are always welcome, just speak to your coach if you are interested in supporting the children in this way.

Training

Please be sure to arrive in plenty of time for the warm up session at the beginning of each training day and ensure your child has had plenty of sleep and a healthy breakfast at least 1 hour before the start.

Players should wear suitable shirts, shorts, socks and boots on training days with warm clothing depending on weather conditions. Players are expected to provide their own training kit (Replica Kit usually) plus clean studded boots (no blades). Players should bring their own “non-fizzy” refreshments. SHIN PADS are compulsory when playing any football for the club.

Under 11s Message Board

Please check back here for updates on a regular basis.

2011 Tournament News

Details published soon.

2010/11 Match Fixtures

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(TBC = To be confirmed, KO = Kick Off))

Latest Match Reports

(Reports will be published here once matches commence. If you are able to assist please contact Mark)

Under 10 Match Report

At last some decent weather and a firmer pitch for the Under 10s matches against Chesham - probably just as well because several absentees would mean that all 14 available would have to play the full 60 minutes.

Downley Devils started the first game strongly with 2 good early moves but Chesham also got into good shooting positions forcing Michael into 2 good saves. Finally, after some defensive heroics by TJ and Ethan Lockyear, Chesham profited from their succession of good through balls to their striker. They didn’t have it all their own way though with a good move finished off my Tom Parfitt. It was Chesham that started the second half stronger but after a terrific scramble in the Downley goalmouth, Tyler scored a great solo break-out goal. Chesham were a bit lucky to equalise with a volley from distance that could have gone anywhere but followed it up with a good goal to take the lead and were only denied a further lead by Michael’s miraculous goal-line clearance. But Downley were not finished and earned a deserved draw with a close range effort from TJ with help from Ethan Litchfield. The crowd enjoyed that one – despite some rather unethical officialdom!.

In the second game, Chesham’s bright start resulted in 2 corners and a goal but Downley hung in and levelled the score just before half time with a goal by Nathan backed-up by a great save by Tom Parfitt. Unfortunately, in the second half, Downley found it hard to keep the ball in Chesham’s half. Chesham were keeping their shape well and Downley were started to look a bit tired. Two very good goals by Chesham near the end of the game were enough to secure victory. All-in-all though, Downley produced some good attacking moves and defended tenaciously against quite strong opposition – the touch-and-pass training is starting to pay-off.

Man of the Match: Ethan Lockyear