Alderley Edge is a village in Cheshire and is one of the most expensive and sought-after places to live in the UK outside central London (Wikipedia). Unfortunately the Skipper managed to get us to the clubhouse an hour early, so we enjoyed a pre-match beer in the afternoon sun. Spirits were high when we arrived at The Edge (their pitch) to hear that they had the bare minimum of 11 players, who had all played Read more
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there” 8:15 is too early to meet on a Saturday, as proven by everyone apart from Sam, April, Abbie and Flo who were late! All present and correct by 8:30 and the team hit the road for the first of two away trips this season to clubs in Newcastle. Plenty of time and armed with fixture confirmations, fixtures live, sat navs and Read more
So I got tasked with writing the match report but it turns out I don’t remember a whole lot of what goes on in a match so I’ve decided to retell this from a first person play by play. It was a strikingly bright and clear Saturday morning. Unfortunately, it turns out this was largely due to the fact I still had my contacts in from the night before. Somehow we made it to 1200 Read more
Mens 4s Versus York 9s Match Report by Tom Beale The mighty phwoars were up and out the traps early on a sunny Saturday morning to the recently merged uni and York team. Fresh faced and hangover free the phwoars meant business in what was sure to be a sterner test than last weeks mauling. The opening 20 mins was played exclusively in the opponents half with Beale, Greig and Brayshaw pressing hard up top. Read more
I had the fortune to spend most of the weekend watching or officiating in games at Adel and once again the Adel fortress stood strong with all home teams undefeated. The even better news is that all away teams also remained undefeated and there is a chance that the whole of the ladies section might go through October undefeated on the pitch. For me, the team of the week was the Ladies 4s who were Read more
This weekend support was out in full for the last home match of the day Adel Ladies 4s vs Pickering 1s and we gave them good reason to cheer! Adel started positively and we soon had a short corner. Helen injected to Pam at the top of the D but Pickering were fast out and Adel unable to get the shot away found a foot. Short corner number two. This time Pam slipped it right Read more
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