NEW MILLS JUNIORS FC

Despite the rain, and the girls not being at full strength this week, but from the first whistle the girls played with determination and spirit. Annabella set the tone from the back, starting confidently in goal with sharp saves, decisive movement off her line, and calm distribution that turned defence into early attacking opportunities. Stevie patrolled the left side with maturity beyond her years, showing excellent control and threading clever passes into the middle. She pu

A place in Quarter-Finals was at stake as we matched-up against yet another Wythenshawe team. The Wasps are familiar to us and we knew it would be a tough match so prepared well. Each Hornet was required to win their individual battles and the objective was to keep the ball wide and to play it on the floor. All the Wythenshawe teams seem to be tall so the focus was to keep the ball wide and away from what proved to be a very congested centre-midfield. First of all, it was tim

Youth football is all about learning & improving.The result doesn't matter they say, and this is completely true. Sometimes though, it doesn't feel like that...... particularly in the heat of battle! Mid Afternoon kick-off on Saturday, under the floodlights again but this time at a totally new venue for us. The Mike Doyle Centre awaited us and the first thing we noticed was the size of the massive pitch. This suits us down to the ground and allows the boys to play more expans