Extra Friendly match confirmed

7pm, Thurs 6th Jan v Effra Academicals. Stadium Pitch, Crystal Palace.

End of year round up

I've just checked our records. Big thankyou to Daniel Knowles who is the only person to have  attended all 8 of our sessions since our move to the Dome. Daniel  turns up on time every week, keeps in touch between games, pays on time and plays really well on a consistent basis.  Daniel's commitment  and reliability has made a big contribution to the club and Daniel has set the standard for others to aspire to in terms of overall contribution to the cause. Lots of other players have made similarly excellent contributions, including Sam D who attended  6 sessions out of 6 before going for a shoulder operation that will keep him out of action until next summer.
   Well done to Fabio who  has ended the year as top scorer - although 10 different  players got on the scoresheet  in the course of our first seven 11 a side matches.

Seventh Heaven

Seven a side and a 7-7 scoreline. Great way to finish the year.
Four Dome debutants helped to ensure we had enough players for a good session. On the other hand, a club record 10 people didn't show up having said they would be there!!.... (club rule changes to follow as a result.)
There was lots of nice attacking football on show and some spectacular goals. There would have been lots more goals but for a fantastic display in nets from Alex Hill.
Next Session is Tues 4th Jan . Hope to see everyone there. Also possible extra bonus  11 a side on Thurs 6th jan - details to follow.

Shirts

With over 30 club members and 15 shirts we may need some extra kit in the new year.
Firstly, please everyone , double check at home that you haven't accidentally stockpiled any shirts.
I'll order a couple of spare shirts  for the club early in Jan.
If anyone wants a shirt for themslves, let me know. Short sleeve shirts with badge cost £12.60 and Long sleeve  shirts cost £15 . You can have your name printed on the back for an extra £4 and a squad number of you choice printed for an extra £2.

Dome session Confirmed for tonight.

Business as usual despite the snow. Let's all get there by 6.30 so we can be ready to play at 6.45pm.

slideshow

Here are the rest of the pics from the  FC Inter game. Maybe we should start taking photos/films of some of our games. Any volunteers?

Southside FC 2, Grafton 1.

Two on the bounce! Another great result but more importantly , another great team performance. We dominated possession and could have won by four or five,  but for an excellent display from Grafton's keeper.
Having gone behind against the run of play to a Grafton counter attack, Southside played their way back into the game.  Bilal got on the end of a quality Dan K cross to head the Mighty Reds level before half time. When Malek put us 2-1 ahead in the second half it was nothing more than we deserved.
Thanks to everyone who came down on a cold night. Special thanks to Fabio who resisted the lure of Man Utd v Arsenal on Sky. Big apologies to Dan W and Dan K, who didn't get on the pitch in the second half. I'll make sure it evens out in future matches. I'll stick to touchline duties for the cup game to make sure the subs run smoothly.
Great debut from Sonny and really nice to see Obinna back in Action for Southside.
Once again, well done  to everyone. It's a big acheivement to dominate a match against a team who cut us to shreds in a 5-0 demolition  just 3 months ago.

Action Shots

Big thanks to Kostas from FC Inter who has sent through loads of great photos from the titanic 5-3 clash in November. I'll add the rest as a slideshow soon.

Match ON tonight!!

Great news - Let's all be at the stadium by 7.30 ready for an 8pm kick off.

Spread the news.

Cup fixture confirmed

MON 10TH JAN v MRC EWELL, 8.30 K.O

New date for Cup fixture

Mon 10th Jan has been proposed for the delayed cup fixture v MRC Ewell.
Hope that's ok for everyone.
See you all on Monday for the Grafton match.

Christmas present

Apologies to everyone who had to wait outside in the cold  for last night's session. Palace have been really good about it though, and have offered us a free Dome session as compensation. Also they say they will book us in from 6.45pm  for future sessions at no extra charge.

It was a very enjoyable session last night - although we only just had enough players  for 6 a side - thanks to Scott for bringing a friend along to make up numbers. Please invite friends down next week - We've got 42 club members but attendance levels are low so we really need 4 more regular, reliable players.

Next Monday 13th at 8pm we have a tough 11 a side match  scheduled on the stadium pitch against Grafton. The pitch is frozen at the moment but the forecast is for warmer weather at the weekend so its 50/50 whether the game will go ahead. If it's cancelled we'll play in the Dome on Tuesday 14th instead. I'll contact everyone  on Monday morning to confirm.
Please contact me now to confirm availablity for both dates.

Tonight's Cup Game Cancelled! Frozen pitch

Match to be re-arranged shortly.
We've got the Dome pitch tomorrow, Tuesday, instead. 6.30-8pm

Snow Update

Palace  will do a pitch inspection on Monday morning. It's more than likely that they will cancel the Cup fixture on Monday  but we live in hope so bring your kit to work on Monday just in case.

If we don't play on Monday, we can definitely have  the Dome pitch on Tues, 6.30-8pm as usual.

Please keep in touch  so i know whether you can make it for either of these dates, and please spread the word to any team mates who may not have read this message.