Under10s started their league season this morning. I’d meant to summarise our pre-season ahead of today but didn’t quite get round to it so here we go…

It’s been a great summer, a lot of work has gone in to get the players a lot of experience at 7-a-side and get the new players integrated. We’ve competed in two tournaments as well as friendlies against Sporting FC, Wednesbury Sports Union, Alverchurch Lions, Callowbrook Swifts, Harborne Hotshots and Football Futures. The talent and progression the players have shown has been really encouraging. We’ve also arranged opportunities for the players to be learning from FA coaches through the Tesco Skills programme. The huge squad is now ready and raring to go in the form of two teams of 10 in the SML…

Both CSFC Blues and CSFC Yellows started the season with great performances. While Yellows scored some great goals to win 9-4 against Singh Sabha, Blues played out a thriller against Smethwick Raiders in the end losing 5-4 after coming back from 3-0 down through some splendid football. Well done to the yellows for maintaining high standards whilst having to be flexible with positions due to some player absences. And well done to the blues for withstanding the usual physical battle of Smethwick Raiders playing by far the better football and almost snatching a draw at the end. A thoroughly enjoyable and encouraging morning.

Blog by: Patrick O’shea