It’s all happening out there but due to the demands of the continuing expansion of FUTSAL I cannot maintain a weekly reports section; it would be a great boost if someone would take on the responsibility, if not for all matches, but an individual league. All you need to do is log into the site as a member; select ‘write article’ and you are your own match reporter.
Each league has their own breaking news, the Premier League has seen Magpies, Grimsby futsal’s most dominate team retire from playing as Nicol Magpies, winning their final game against second placed All Blacks 4-1. Family commitments and work commitments has been the team problem for some time. They go out with a list of remarkable achievements including longest run without a defeat (46) most games without conceding a goal (5). There will be a Premier league dog fight to take their vacated title. Congratulations and thanks to the team for the putting Grimsby on the futsal map with some heady performances at the FA National Futsal Finals.
Game of the week in the Premiership was College 2001vs, Shamrock. Want to watch futsal drama follow Lee Bushels’ team. They just can’t finish a game off, draw specialist if they were on the pools. 2 goals up with 2 minutes left they couldn’t see the game out. College used the tactic of bringing their keeper over the half way line to create an extra attacker and twice the scored to retrieve a lost cause.
Elsewhere the Premiership has seen Danny Hornigold, Lee Graves and Dale Spalding all have England futsal trials, no mean achievement. Lee Graves has been recalled several times to training sessions; and just needs that luck break to be our second England cap; Paul Gooodhand being the other.
Division II Tuesday could be any ones league. Everyone but Littlefields has lost a game after only a few matches that said they have only played 2 games. Bottom team and youngest team are losing, but by small margins only. Last leagues winners Young’s Seafood’s are mid table? StreetSoccer has just turned over turned table toppers Grimsby Auditorium 5-4 to confuse matters further.
Division II Wednesday is too early in its season to draw conclusions; that said Wolf Wanderers has opened with 4 straight wins, Soccer PM has just beaten my title favourites 4-3 to leave them bottom! Wednesday needs a team to beat the Wolves and the league will be wide open. New team Scartholnia has futsal experience, could they be the team?
Kent St III had its own shock result with Eagles playing their best game to date with to beat El Dogo’s 10-5. Great game, with teams having to think and rethink tactics as the game demanded. The game was closer than the score suggests, El Dogo’s was being hit on the counter as they chased the game.
Thursday at Kent St was abandoned as the freezing cold froze the dampness on the pitch to create dangerous conditions. Littlefield are an example of futsal expansion with 2 teams in this league and 3 teams overall. ECGS are slowly making progress; they are 4 games without defeat. The title is a 2 horse race between Football Wizards and Littfields2, both experienced teams in what is a predominantly ‘newcomers’ league.
The league has expanded to almost 50 teams; Young’s Seafood’s is travelling to a tournament in Amsterdam, I have a tournament to a manage in Calais (France) plus the 3rd Hull Futsal; FC Grimsby and Hull Gemtec (FPL League) have combined forces to enter a team in the FA National Futsal league which starts early 2008. There is so much going from the small acorns we sowed 10 years ago.
So please, if you can report and updates readers on your league the leagues would value your help.
Kevin Bryant
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