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  Some rounding-up weekend match words from Rachel “stand in Sunday captain” Bishop…. A beautiful day, a few achey limbs and Captain Fathima Patel nowhere to be seen, the scene was set for Adel fours second game of the weekend away against Leeds Uni. Stand in captains for the weekend Hayley “I-don’t-need-instructions” Hildred and Rach “my-head-steams-when-I’m-hot” Bish were left with both an abundance of players and instructions, which resulted in a confusing start. Paul Lewis Read more

Ladies 4s season began with numbers. A gazillion reminder texts. Sixteen players on Saturday’s team. Subs collection. Countless Adel supporters. Double digit Autumn temperatures. Adel’s goal-keeper only touching the ball twice during the whole 70 minutes of the game. It was indeed a fine start to the Ladies 4s season with a 4-1 win over Airedale 2s. The first challenge for the players was adjusting to the bounce of the new pitch. Both teams had Read more

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.” Arnold Schwarzenegger Adel men’s first XI will do well to heed the wise words of the former Mr Universe and seven time Mr Olympia following a difficult opening day on the newly laid Adel pitch. Perhaps it was first night nerves, but the boys in black never really seemed to fire consistently in this topsy-turvy fixture, and had to settle for a point against Read more

The 3s continues their great start to the season with a well fought 2-1 win over Rotherham 2s to make it two wins from two. With many of the usual 3rd team faces missing and several debut appearances, Rotherham started the stronger team but having weathered the early storm and settled more comfortably, the game started to turn and pressure was put on the Rotherham goal. After some great saves from the Rotherham keeper from Read more

Following on from last week’s fine opening league victory against Halifax, Adel Ladies 1s returned to AWMA for their first outing on the new surface. Missing a few key players, Adel had the advantage of the 12th player, a loud and unruly bunch of misfits and reprobates on the sideline. The game started nervously, Adel not firing on all cylinders, maybe it was the crowd, the lack of warmup time on the pitch, a change Read more

The Men’s 2s kicked off their campaign a week later than most teams and the first test was an away trip to Doncaster 3s – a team who had been relegated from the division above last year. After a nightmare week of trying to scratch a team together, it was just a relief to get on the pitch, starting with 10 men and being joined by Sam and Andy after other commitments. A slow start Read more