Author Archives: Kevin Bryant

England beaten twice by Andorra

Two defeats against Andorra make more dismal reading as yet again England fail to ‘lose that losing feeling.’  Will that first win ever come?  4-2 and 6-3 were not thrashings and as manager Graham Dell reports in his column, [url]http://www.thefa.com/England/Futsal/GraemeDell/Postings/dell_november06.htm[/url] many posatives came out of the game.

The views of many has been that you need to play futsal regularly in a competative enviroment to play futsal at the top level.  This is conceded by Graham Dell in his article.

Will the proposed FA National Futsal League be the answer?  Probably not in the short term, I would suggest 21 teams is spreading the jam to thinly at this point in futsal development.  What about 8 teams with 8 foreign coaches to coach the teams.  At times it looks that we are trying to reinvent the ‘futsal wheel’ rather than go straight to those that know and copy.

I am sure there are others with strong ideas as to how UK futsal can move forward at this critical stage.

Australian Visit

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Wednesday 31st August 2007.
Australian touring group visit to Grimsby Institute 2007

This was the second visit by the group comprising 57 coaches and juniors futsal players.

The visit started with a taster futsal game between the Institutes ‘Academy’ football players, assisted by the Australian football coaches.  When asked only 1 of the group had played futsal previously; illustrating the gap between Great Britain and the rest of the world with regard to the game.  Futsal is played by more people world wide than any other small sided sport; more countries enter the futsal FIFA world Cup than their 11v11 game.  The Academy players adapted immediately to the game, to be competitive at the game they will need to be coached in awareness of the games tactics.  Tactics not always visible to the casual observer.  Two players asked afterwards were they could play the game on a regular basis.

The Australians then played demonstration inter age group games within their own squad. I would need to ask more questions to be sure of the perceived ability level of their group.  The Australians, as most of Europe, use the 31st December as their age cut of date, we use 31st July (school year); so comparison is not straight forward.  As a consequence if they say age 13 I match them with our age under 14 players.  The net result to date is that the Australians have a 100% record against us.  What was noticeable was the overall fitness and technical quality of the group.  There were none of the weak links you would have got in a UK group.

A second College group then played the older Australians (16) in an entertaining game in which they improved from the experience of playing.

Lindsey School finished the afternoon of with matches between the Australians their u/13 and u/15 teams.  Both teams qualified and played at last years FA National Futsal Finals at Sheffield.  Gaining a first and second place.  Nether team would have played much futsal since; the visitors were playing the game and being coached daily. Lindsey older boys got off to a 0-4 start which is hard for the most experienced teams to recover from; that they got back into the game was a credit to them; it was the opening re awakening to futsal that cost them.  The younger Lindsey boys struggled throughout their game; they were at a size disadvantage that might well be linked to the age question.

It is not for me to pre judge what the invited observers made of, what was for many, their first viewing of futsal.  I hope they appreciated the demands and speed of the game, the number of skills and the number of touches of the ball each player had.  If anyone is unsure of the games benefits futsal is part of the schools curriculum in Brazil, in France they want all juniors to experience an hour of futsal every day.  We are not leading the way; in the UK we are playing ‘catch up.’

From the College the group went the short distance to Second Avenue Resource Centre where the visitors very surprised to find a full size astro futsal court without the usual multi court markings.  They were less impressed with our outdoor weather.

Broughton Ravers under 15 Girls gave a creditable first futsal performance. McKid’s a Grimsby League under 17 team then played the older visitors, a game they might have won had they had the energy of the extra players on the visitor’s subs bench to call on.  

Results will be immediately forgotten; it was a great experience for our junior players to have the opportunity to associate and play against our Australian guests that will be remembered.

Kevin Bryant
11/4/2007

Tuesday NOV 6th League Fixtures

615    Grange de Saloa vs. HEREFORD (Changed)
7        NBP vs. Grimsby Auditorium
745    StreetSoccer vs. Young’s Seafood’s
830    CFKA vs. Grimsby Baptist Church

Teams should have minimum 7 players.
Match fee £18.  
Team uniform.
Finally, and I should not be still be repeating this, shin pads covered by socks.

Mr. Rob Phillips (Young’s Seafood’s) will be helping with the Tuesday League management in an endevour  to take the work load off myself and more importantly to raise the standard of the league.

Interesting to view the stats for the league just completed, Young’s Seafood’s as well as most points scored most goals,and was top of all the stats excepting most wins (shared with Magpies) and goals conceded (Second Avenue had best defence).
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Kev’ Bryant Futsal Blogg

Sunday packed to leave for Lake District.
Sunday 930 referee DH announces he is leaving to live in Liverpool, 3 nights refereeing are now uncovered.
Check with all referees can anyone help out? No chance.
Travel to Lakes thinking I can sort out from there; big mistake; farm house walls are 2’ thick, no mobile signal.

Monday discover that misunderstanding with referee BN wife means no referee for Monday night.  A plus at last, Dean Gladwell stands in and matches are played.  
Magpies show the mark of champions, down to 2 regulars they salvage team and beat Fulstow.

Tuesday at Kent St and Wednesday at Second Ave cancelled as no referees and no way of sorting out from distance.  At this point I make a mental note to throw in the futsal towel; I had had enough.

Travel back Thursday to referee Thursday games on evening.  Slight smile as Baxter’s ring and want to play futsal.  
Gloom descends again as Kent St floodlights fail to work!  Cancel last 2 games; we eventually start an hour late.
First game Everglaze vs. ECGS end to end game with both teams playing excellent futsal, Evergalze edged it but it could have gone either way right to the end. Great attitude from both teams.
Second game Football Wizards vs. Futsal Warriors, get out the counting beads, game has to be one way traffic on past form.  Throw out the form book, Warriors stepped up 3 gears and put in their best performance to date.  Perhaps there will be futsal next week, wouldn’t mind watching Warriors next game.

Friday Clee Futsal ask to join Thursday league, credit to all teams that clubs are choosing to play futsal when its so much more challenging than belting a ball off walls.
Things get better; Harvest announces they will be taking last 2 places in Futsal Premier League.

Next week we have Australian visitors to entertain, a list of entertaining fixtures, so if I going to walk away perhaps best put it on hold another week, then what would I do? Futsal or Coronation Street; is that a choice?  

Futsal Live on Euro Sport

The Euro Futsal Championships are going to be live on television!!!!! [smile]

For the uninitiated futsal is an indoor version of 5-a-side football and is FIFA’s only officially recognised form of indoor football, or small sided football as it is commonly referred to . Futsal is FIFA’s official 5 a side game because the Laws of and the game of Futsal rewards players for the same skills, concepts, decision making and basic knowledge of the game that is required to play FIFA’s traditional 11 a side game. . Futsal is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. In addition each team may have a number of substitutes. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the field is defined by lines, and not nets or boards that players can use to redirect the ball. This means that there are throw-ins and corners, so passing directly to another player is very important. Futsal as it is called in many countries is played with a size 3 ball specifically for children to learn the game, or size 4 ball for adults , which is slightly heavier and smaller than the size 5 ball used in football The special, low bounce balls that are used forces a player to use their skill rather than the ball’s bounce to propel it. As a small sided game, players are constantly placed in situations where they must receive or play whilst under pressure or in confined spaces demanding quick reflexes, fast thinking, and pinpoint passing. There is no reward for errant passes because the other team gets the ball. There is no reward for errant shots because the other team gets the ball. Players with the ball must use proper technique to maintain control and must seek out other players in space, or use their skill to pass other players. Players without the ball must move to ‘real’ space and must truly support their team mates. The end-to-end, non-stop, goalmouth action has proven a hit with the fans as the number of professional leagues in the world game grows every year. Russia, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Argentina all have professional leagues, and there are plans afoot for a national league in the U.K, as the FA are promoting futsal heavily, already having a national team and the  FA Futsal Cup.
The name Futsal is derived from the Portuguese  futebol de salão and the Spanish  fútbol sala/de salón, which can be translated as ‘indoor football’. Although the most popular sport in Brazil is football , Futsal is by far the most widely practiced. Some professional players start out with futsal to build fundamental skills, and many Brazilian players, such as Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Juninho and many more started out playing futsal. In Brazil, the majority of children start out with Futsal rather than association football, as it is played in a smaller space. One reason for this is that many of the schools in the country do not have a field to play traditional  football. There are also some notable players like Falcão, (who many consider to be the worlds best futsal player) who continue to play futsal at the club level rather than 11-a-side football. This is also the choice of many other players. Futsal fever is currently encapsulating most of the globe but it owes a great deal of its success and much of its appeal to the streets and playgrounds of South America were the game was first conceived.
The development of futsal can be traced back to 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the same year the inaugural World Cup was held in the country. This early form of futbol Sala (futsal) was developed by Juan Carlos Ceriani to be played at YMCAs. Ceriani’s game was designed for five players per team, and could be played indoors or outdoors. At around the same time, a similar form of football played on basketball courts was being developed in São Paulo, Brazi. These new forms of football were quickly adopted throughout South America. The Brazilian Confederation of Sport instituted its first official rules for futebol de salão in 1958.
FIFA introduced Futsal as a new discipline in 1988 and Brazil were crowned as the first FIFA Futsal World Cup winners in January 1989. Futsal was rapidly gaining popularity in Europe and the number of Futsal-playing countries increased considerably during the 1990s.
This enthusiasm in Europe was reflected on the pitch and UEFA staged its first European Futsal tournament in Córdoba, Spain, in January 1996. It was won by the hosts in some style and, after three European teams had reached the semi-finals of the World Cup staged later that year, UEFA’s Executive Committee decided, in April 1997, to introduce a full-scale UEFA European Futsal Championship.
The UEFA European Futsal Championship was first held in Granada, Spain in 1999 with Russia running out the first winners in a dramatic final against the hosts. The match finished 3-3 before Russia prevailed in a shoot-out. Spain would make up for that disappointment by winning the Championship in 2001 in Moscow, defeating hosts Russia in the last four before seeing off Ukraine in the final.Ukraine were back in the final in 2003, but again they lost, this time to hosts Italy. Spain, FIFA Futsal World Cup winners in 2004, reclaimed the European crown in 2005 in a 2-1 win as old rivals Russia were defeated in the final.
The 2007 finals will be played in Portugal from 16 to 25 November. The main match venue will be the new €15m Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar, with a capacity of 3,800, plus two restaurants and several hospitality areas. The second match hall will be the Municipal Hall of Santo Tirso, which will stage two group games and act as a training centre.
Portugal was chosen to host the event on the basis of the popularity and strong tradition of futsal in the country as well as the Portuguese Football Federation’s experience in staging UEFA events. Portugal staged the first UEFA Futsal Cup for clubs in 2002, when the final stage was played as an eight-team tournament in Lisbon. Portugal’s national team is a regular finalist at the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

News Content:

Fri 16/11 18:00 British Eurosport
Czech Republic v Romania
Fri 16/11 20:00 British Eurosport
Portugal v Italy
Sat 17/11 14:00 British Eurosport
Spain v Ukraine
Sat 17/11 16:00
Serbia v Russia
Sun 18/11 15:30 British Eurosport
Italy v Romania
Sun 18/11 17:30 British Eurosport
Portugal v Czech Republic
Mon 19/11 18:00 British Eurosport
Russia v Ukraine
Mon 19/11 20:00 British Eurosport
Spain v Serbia
Wed 21/11 16:00 British Eurosport 2
Russia v Spain

Wed 21/11 18:00 British Eurosport 2 Romania v Portugal

Fri 23/11 18:00 British Eurosport
Semi-final EEFA Futsal Championship

Fri 23/11 20:00 British Eurosport
Semi-final UEFA Futsal Championship

Sun 25/11 15:00 British Eurosport
3rd Place Play-off UEFA Futsal Championship

Sun 25/11 17:00 British Eurosport
FINAL UEFA Futsal Championship

Delponte futsal balls will be offered to competition winners, watch this space.

Next FC Grimsby Futsal Premier League date

Players make note the date is November 14th not 25th as we were told by referees at Hull on Sunday.

This Sunday was disapointing as Middlesborough broke down on way to venue, the plus side was we got in a training session, which greatly helps new players that have not played in a large arena on wood.  Its faster and more dehydrating.

The team played a freindly against Tornado Southport and walked through them, confidence is oozing through the team.

We are solid in defense, have a pool of quality goal keepers, and are attacking with speed and purpose.  Perfect futsal – watch this space.

The squad increases every week, players are fighting for their places.  This squad was Kirk Russell & Neil Watts (Opium) Craig Norman (Young’s Seafood’s) Luke McClennan & John Farer (Kent St) Adam Cooper (El Dogoe’s) Cooke (College 2001) Scott Brown (Harvest FC)

D Hornigold and Lee Graves were missing on England trails. Paul Goodhand was injured.  

FC Grimsby isbuilding a squad with speed and ability a hall mark of each player, if you have a player you think we are missing pick up the phone ( 07980 286663) or email kevin@futsal.org.uk
14th

Gain money for your club

There are still places available for ‘Writing Good Funding Applications’ course this Wednesday.

Hereford Technology School

6-9pm

£20

£10 (Active Coaches Association)

If you would like to book a place please call Hannah on 01472 323366 or email hannah.philips@nelincs.gov.uk

Hannah Philips

Sports Development Officer (Volunteers)

North East Lincolnshire Council

01472 323366

Why not visit our website at http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/leisure/sports/

P  Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to

There are still places available on the following courses:

Cricket Level 2 8th September – 3rd November
Basketball Apprentice Coach 18th September
Drug Awareness 24th September
Intro to Table Tennis 2nd & 9th October
Start Rugby 15th October
Writing Good Funding Applications 17th October
How to Coach Disabled People in Sport 29th October
Badminton Leaders Course 1st & 8th November
Fitness and Training 5th November
Squash Leaders 17th November

Please contact 01472 323389 to book a place

TLS GAIN DOUBLE FOOTBALL AWARDS

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Left to right – Adrian Doody, Les Jones, Rob Allenby, Tony Drinkell, Rob King.

The Lindsey School and Community Arts College are celebrating after receiving two awards from the Lincolnshire FA.

The first award was the news that the school had been awarded the FA Charter Standard Development School of the Year for Lincolnshire. It is the second year running that the school had won the title, and acknowledges the excellence that the school provides for its footballers, both boys and girls.

Over the last year the school has provided high quality teaching in lessons for all years, which has incorporated students completing their FA Junior Football Organiser Award. Both boys and girls have also had the chance to try the new 5-a-side game Futsal, which the school were national runners up in.

As well as playing football, boys and girls have had the chance to watch the England team play, as the school have organised trips to Pride Park in Derby, the KC Stadium in Hull and the Walkers Stadium in Leicester.

As well as the charter standard award, PE teacher Rob Allenby has been awarded the FA Coach of the Year for Lincolnshire 2007. It is the second year running that Rob has won the award, and was selected over all coaches in Lincolnshire.

The school were presented with both awards before Grimsby Towns match with Chester City at Blundell Park.