East Coast Futsal coaching sessions, Friday night, Sainsbury’s All Weather Scarborough UK. FREE sessiosn 5.30pm till 6.30pm 11-19 yr olds
East coast Futsal Club played National league side Leeds in 2 friendly games on Sunday, in Leeds at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre.
We took a squad of 9 including James Webb from Scarborough Athletic, Luke Foster from Scarborough Town Academy and from colleges Stuart Wallace & Ryan Hunter from Scarborough 6th Form & Joe Sunter from Yorkshire Coast College.
Leeds Futsal has employed a new coach and ex Brazilian Futsal professional player Junior Roberti, and he has bought in some new talent to the Leeds team and has big plans for the club. He wants them to be challenging for the playoffs this time around.
In our first match we lost 4-1. We were 2 nil down after 5 minutes but then hit back through a good low left foot shot from 15 yr old Kieran Link. It was a tight first half and much of the same second half but as we pushed forward for the equaliser we got hit on the break twice to eventually lose 4-1. Luke Foster made some good runs and had a couple of close efforts, which was very positive on his debut.
Our second game was also very close. James Webb got injured first half so he went in goal second game and made some very good saves in the first half to keep it tight. This time we hit them on the break, James saving a shot and quickly throwing it to myself across the halfway and I went on to volley into the corner to give us the lead with 5 minutes left of the first half.
Considering we are still learning the game we defended really well against second half pressure and could have added to the lead Luke Foster and Stuart Wallace forcing saves from the Leeds keeper. But with 5 minutes to go a neat Leeds move saw James make another save only for the ball to be adjudged over the line. This meant a frantic last 5 with both teams going for the win, however it finished all square.
I was very pleased with our defending and team play which has improved so much in 10 months. We were playing a National league side with 3 years experience at that level and held our own which is great news for later this year when we can get another crack at qualifying for the National League.
It is also encouraging to have players from both Scarborough football teams interested & playing as well as 2 main colleges in town. Luke Foster is also the first player to come thorough our youth sessions with 4Youth in town which is great news for the future!
Steve
Just to keep you up to speed, we had our first friendly, and first match ever, last Sunday (19/7/09) v Middlesbrough Futsal Club.
We won 1 of the 4 quarters we played, 5 v 3, which was good considering M’Boro have been playing for 4 years! Josh Davies scored twice from Scarborough Town Academy as well as Kieran Link scoring once who is only 14 yrs old! Defensively Ryan Hunter was our best player.
We have only had 8 training sessions so we did really well considering Middlesbrough are currently 2nd in the National league! (Hopefully we will be there next season!)
It was a huge learning curve for all involved but we feel more prepared and now know wheat to expect.
M’Boro played some very fast flowing futsal which was a good experience for the players who all had to grasp a lot very quickly, as well as the manager!!!
We want to thank Damon at M’Boro for organising the friendly and wish him and his team good luck for the rest of the season.
Steve
It has been an interesting few months for East Coast Futsal in Scarborough. We are currently underway with our coaching sessions in town at Pindar Leisure centre, and we have already had 5 with over 20 different players attending. Our session is for adults on Thurs 7-8.30pm.
It’s good to see some are still coming back! The Scarborough Evening News have also been a great help and we are hopefully we will have a report in the local paper in the coming week. This will be excellent for the club and town in general.
We are also working on our 3 year plan to promote the game in the town and again work towards competing in the national league in the coming 2010 season. This would be a great achievement for the club and town.
It is my goal for the club that within 3 years we have had at least 1 player selected for the England Futsal squad and that we are working to help both Scarborough Athletic and Scarborough Town by producing technically sound footballers.
We are now looking to do weekly sessions for Under 16′s and Under 14′s however we will do all we can to help anyone, boys or girls even if you have not played before.
Get in contact and just pop down to a session to see if you enjoy the game of Futsal.
Steve Brennan
