Fleetwood Town "academy". Whats the craic? 

37 minutes ago, Casino said:

i got roped in and ending up doing u7s to u13s

 

at 7s i had one kid who was proper away with the fairies

ball went past him ' comon xxxx chase it'

next he pulls this funny pose, shouts superman and sets off

another day hes picking fucking daisies

 

another one wanted to go in goal another day

4 or 5 down, could get out of our box, let alone our half

he just tucked it under his arm and wouldn't kick it

'they're only going to shoot and score another'

I genuinely just spat my drink out in laughter at this

7 hours ago, gonzo said:

It's always been the weakest point of my eldests manager.

I'll be forever in his debt for the work, time and effort he's put in to running that team from under 5s to now under 15s. 

But he's never had the ability to move players on if they're not good enough and giving folk fair game time etc.

He threw two cup finals taking off better players and making it fair. Made the team weaker and we got beat. That's not good for the rest of the kids.

It's a difficult balance isn't it.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, tomski said:

Chap at work was asking my advice on a cup final for his girls team and I didn’t envy being asked with no knowledge. Fair play to all of you that do it. I’d be with Gonzo though that winning is important but not at all costs

Competitive football is different; be honest from the outset, play to win, give game time if you can- learnt this the hard way. Up to U12 give equal game time, from then on equal opportunities... end of season cup you play to win

My own daughter was once the only player not to come on in a cup final, gutted for her and when we raised the manager claimed bot to have realised... my arse; if they had just said from the off, wouldnt have been impressed but i wouldve understood

 

If any of you lot fancy a friendly with an Under 12s team over this way give us a shout.

Nice little day out at the coast for you after

...I'm trying to broaden our horizons as we just keep playing the same teams

8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

If any of you lot fancy a friendly with an Under 12s team over this way give us a shout.

Nice little day out at the coast for you after

...I'm trying to broaden our horizons as we just keep playing the same teams

Sounds good, will see if my mates are up for it, reckon they will be as we should win easily against some U12s

Are we allowed to wear proper studs?

I've got an u10s boys and u15s girls side ready for games if needed 

15 minutes ago, Zico said:

Sounds good, will see if my mates are up for it, reckon they will be as we should win easily against some U12s

Are we allowed to wear proper studs?

Yes but you're not allowed in the showers after.

Just watched Blackburn and Burnley u18s kick shit out of each other and 22 ‘man’ brawl. 2 sent off, penalty saved and the bastards equalised with literally the last kick

 

ace

2 hours ago, Dr Faustus said:

Just watched Blackburn and Burnley u18s kick shit out of each other and 22 ‘man’ brawl. 2 sent off, penalty saved and the bastards equalised with literally the last kick

 

ace

Nice to see it means as much in the youngers

BBDFL season starts 06/09- all U7s teams have submitted contact details, and expected 'levels'

 

27 teams- about 5 from Ladybridge

one admits to being high ability

 

and so the fun begins!

29 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

.... all U7s teams have submitted contact details, and expected 'levels'

Whatever happened to kick abouts.

37 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

BBDFL season starts 06/09- all U7s teams have submitted contact details, and expected 'levels'

 

27 teams- about 5 from Ladybridge

one admits to being high ability

 

and so the fun begins!

Against my advice our team has been moved up and I am not looking forward to the new season one bit 

30 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Whatever happened to kick abouts.

Tbf, the formative weeks will be about finding their own level- the end of the day 5/6/7 year old kids… academies will be swooping soon enough

my biggest peeve is the pressure from parents- some of them freeze in front of a baying mob 

25 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

Against my advice our team has been moved up and I am not looking forward to the new season one bit 

I know where you’re coming from bud, but embrace it- 12s? Might be a rough ride to start, but they’ll benefit from playing a higher level. If you get mauled every week, a good league sec will pull a few strings

Just now, Dr Faustus said:

I know where you’re coming from bud, but embrace it- 12s? Might be a rough ride to start, but they’ll benefit from playing a higher level. If you get mauled every week, a good league sec will pull a few strings

U10s

We played a year up a while back and did really well but that was when the higher league was weaker than the one we are going in now. Hopefully I'm wrong 

21 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

U10s

We played a year up a while back and did really well but that was when the higher league was weaker than the one we are going in now. Hopefully I'm wrong 

Parents again will be your biggest obstacle- still non competitive; it’s character building. They’ll learn to be resilient

On 23/08/2025 at 17:27, boltonboris said:

Nice to see it means as much in the youngers

Just another game apparently

Lost 1-5 today but my lad scored and won parent's MOTM. 

Decided weve got too many littleuns in the team

2 hours ago, Kane57 said:

Lost 1-5 today but my lad scored and won parent's MOTM. 

Decided weve got too many littleuns in the team

You need a new Robust and Dynamic approach

10 hours ago, Kane57 said:

Lost 1-5 today but my lad scored and won parent's MOTM. 

Decided weve got too many littleuns in the team

be reet- play with the ball on the floor and it wont matter. Kids all happy? Thats what matters

 

i'll post tomorrow once I've digested everything from this weekend!

3-2 win this morning. Love it when your training routines come off in a game 

Meant to say good luck to everyone today, and the girls starting tomorrow. Been a mental day all round- I was actually nervous about my U7s! Not in terms of result, but if they listened, would the sweat team feel welcomed, would parents behave etc…

Needn’t have worried 

Parents were fine, think team felt welcomed, most of kids listened lol

won 10-1 (Can say that cos nobody knows who played)

Felt great to be back as a manager

This might not get any traction given it could be buried, might only be for Salford residents- but if you could sign this it would be a massive boost.

In a nutshell, we’re a club with fuck all, nestled in the arse crack of Salford, Bolton and to a lesser extent Wigan. Going 30+ years and constantly overlooked, more favourable areas seem to do ok… but I’m not mixing politics and football 

Imagine how good Joel Coleman could’ve been if he had decent facilities?

Cheers guys

 

https://northwalkdenfc.org.uk/news/campaign-a-new-home-for-north-walkden-fc

Bad weekend for my lads.

3-0 defeat for Fylde Coast under 12s against Fleetwood Town. 

2 Big howlers from our keeper who is normally impeccable. My lad just wasn't at the races, felt sick before the match and wasn't his usual tenacious self.

Older lads team just been beat 5-2 by a brand new Poulton FC team that have been busy handpicking all the best local players. Terrible conditions and they just ran away with it at the end after a close game.

Two downbeat kids in the household tonight.

 

11 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Bad weekend for my lads.

3-0 defeat for Fylde Coast under 12s against Fleetwood Town. 

2 Big howlers from our keeper who is normally impeccable. My lad just wasn't at the races, felt sick before the match and wasn't his usual tenacious self.

Older lads team just been beat 5-2 by a brand new Poulton FC team that have been busy handpicking all the best local players. Terrible conditions and they just ran away with it at the end after a close game.

Two downbeat kids in the household tonight.

 

Pick ‘em up bud- hate those who poach and don’t coach

I refuse to believe there are ever terrible conditions that close to the Irish Sea 👀

Random, and perhaps odd question; what colour socks do your boys wear home and away?

4 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Pick ‘em up bud- hate those who poach and don’t coach

I refuse to believe there are ever terrible conditions that close to the Irish Sea 👀

Random, and perhaps odd question; what colour socks do your boys wear home and away?

Under 15s lad is White home, Blue away.

Under 12s lad is Barca type dark blue for home I think and away like a light turquoise. 

Eldest is in to ripping all his socks and wearing grip socks now. Does my head in