Mossend FC 2001

The Bus will be leaving from Cardinal Newman High School at 1100am on Saturday 19th June 2010 for travel to Academy Park, Prestwick. Cars can be left in the School car park.

MAP FOR ACADEMY PARK CLICK HERE

Tournament registration finishes at 1230pm and we require all players not traveling on the Bus to be at Academy Park prior to this registration time. Please note if you are taking your Car that there are restrict parking restrictions in place around the Academy Park which may result in you getting clamped if you do not abide by them, see the Caledonian Tournament Newsletter below for more information.

Tournament officially kicks-off at 1pm and will finish around 4pm.

As the boys will be representing Mossend Football Club, we would like them to come fully kitted out with their Saturday home strip on and their full tracksuit on. It might also be good for them to bring their bags with Mossend FC rainjacket in it, also additional items might include a towel and suntan lotion? Who knows what the weather is going to be like?
 
Caledonia Football Tournament will be played on 3G Astroturf and Grass pitches, so I’d bring both types of football boots as we are unsure what pitches we will actually be playing on.

Mossend FC 2001 will NOT be supplying food, refreshments or supervison during non-game playing time for players during this tournament, so it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to ensure the player has adequate water/sports drinks, eats responsibly and behaves responsibly as they are there representing Mossend Football Club.

Finally enjoy the tournament everyone and remember to bring your scarfs, flags, horns, rattles, hooters, Vuvuzela’s, etc… to show your support for MOSSSEND!

CALEDONIAN TOURNAMENT NEWSLETTER

CALEDONIAN TOURNAMENT FIXTURES AND RULES

UPDATE: Please note that all club insurances  with the SYFA are now in place for this tournament.

A special thanks to Craig Brown for presenting the Mossend FC 2001 players with their trophies on Friday 4th June 2010 at the Player of the Year Dance in the Davie Cooper Suite of Motherwell Football Club.

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Calderbraes from the Coatbridge League visited Sir Matt Busby’s on Saturday for a friendly game and everyone was treated to some great games of football from both teams. The Mossend FC Yellows and Blacks played the way they have been playing all season and put in a superb performance winning all their games. Its looking good for the Caledonian Football Tournament next Saturday boys!

Thank you very much to Calderbraes for visiting us and we look forward to a replay at Calderbraes home ground soon?

We will be holding Training this Friday 11th June at the usual time of 6pm at John Paul School, Viewpark and we have arranged a Friendly match with Calderbraes on the Saturday 12th June for 1030am at Sir Matt Busby’s, Bellshill.

Can we ask ALL parents to stay behind at the end of the Calderbraes game as we want to size all the boys for next seasons football kit.

Mossend FC 2001 would like to give a special thanks to David Rankin from 7S Services Ltd for his very kind donation to the club funds.

Mossend FC 2001 will officially start for Season 2010/2011 with Training planned for 6pm to 8pm on Friday 6th August at our new home ground of Sir Matt Busby’s, Bellshill. League fixtures are usually published 14th/15th August, with games starting the following weekend.

We expect every player to return for Training on the 6th August, if you are unable to attend then please contact Gerry.

For the whole month of July 2010 the Coaches will be running optional training nights, open to all the Mossend FC 2001 players.

These training nights will focus on improving general fitness and having some summer fun.

Dates: Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th July 2010
Time: 6pm to 730pm
Location: John Paul School, Viewpark

NOTE: As these training sessions are outwith the normal clubs activities, it will be the responsibility of all parents to ensure the safety of any child attending.

Season 2009/2010 has ended and the coaches would just like to say:

Coach Gerry: Looking back on the season that’s just been I have to say I’ve seen a steady improvement in the players and more significantly a great improvement in the players as a team. It’s been good to see all the boys gel together and working for each other week in week out. I’ve asked every week for the boys to deliver and they haven’t disappointed, plus its actually entertaining watching the boys play as some of the performances we’ve seem in some weeks is sometimes better than what you watch on TV
Enjoy the summer break boys and I look forward to you returning to training and preparing for a new season in August. Well Done boys you are all Superstars

Coach Billy:  I’d like to start by saying thank you to the real stars of this year……The parents!!!. Well if it was not for them having the boys at training and getting up very early every morning, then this year would have not have been as FANTASTIC as it has been. Well done to all the coaches for their selfless dedication and hard work (FANTASTIC). a special mention to Mark Leonard for his very hard work setting up and running our very successful Sportsman Dinner (FANTASTIC).
Now for the true stars of this year. The 20 boys of Mossend FC 2001.
I remember last year looking at the boys in the year above us and thinking….We will never be passing and scoring like them.
Well boys I was right, we are passing the ball better than them and oh boy are we scoring some fantastic goals (FANTASTIC).
The goalies….some of they saves they pulled off have been FANTASTIC. I’ve seen myself think how did he save that one (FANTASTIC). They have won us games when it really mattered.
Defence some fantastic defending and pushing the attack forward (FANTASTIC) even a few goals chipped in for good measure (FANTASTIC). They have won us games when it really mattered.
Midfield, well run the show, just the way that they should FANTASTIC. The goals, tackling and pushing us forward from midfield have been Fantastic. They have won us games when it really mattered.
Strikers, doing what they do best, scoring goals, FANTASTIC. They have won us games when it really mattered.
Overall if I was to give one word to sum up this season it would be……….Yes you’ve guessed it……..FANTASTIC.
Boys you have treated all of us watching the games to some truly FANTASTIC football this season, so I only have two questions…..
1 Can you do better next year?
2 WHO ARE WE????????
Well done to all the boys, all the parents and all the coaching staff of Mossend FC 2001 for a FANTASTIC season.

Coach William: An absolute fantastic season the team is going from strength to strength. The standard of football for a team of this age group is superb well done for all your hard work this season. I’m very proud to be part of this very talented team so take a bow boys. Well Done.

Coach John: Well what can i say , if carlsberg done football seasons that would be the one I asked for !
 The 10 boys in the black team have been SUPERB all year.We have played with the style of Barcelona at times , one two football , brillant passing moves , ROCKET shots from everywhere ,  last ditch defending and superb goalkeeping saves from all our keepers.
We have also shown that although we are doing well , with hard work and practice and listening to what the coaches are telling us , there is still room for us all , the 12 of us , the 2 coaches as well , we can all get better and continue to have fun at the same time.
The Black team this year have done very well , winning 5 out of 5 at the Easter Festival was brilliant and I know whoever or wherever we play we will always get stuck in .
This year the Black team have secured a champions league spot but should be pushing next year for the title ……………..

Yellow Team: First game against Jerviston was a game of two halves, first half was a close game with Mossend mostly on the back foot, but still managed to break quickly and score, but it was Jerviston who finished the half in the lead and the second half they couldn’t stop as Mossend’s defensive qualities fell apart. Jerviston won the first game, but a team talk by the coaches seemed to spur the boys on as the second game was more of an evenly matched affair.
Second game Jerviston would score, but Mossend just kept replying right away equalising everytime. The weaknesses in defence from the first game where non-existent and the boys showed us some entertaining football and a quick well thought out short corner in the last seconds of the game resulted in a beautiful chip over the goalie and a 3-3 final score. Team work in the second game was outstanding and you did yourselves proud boys, well done.

Black Team: Mossend started a little sluggish something you cant do against quality team like jerviston,second half played better scoring a superb well worked goal.with mossend doing most of the pressing just not getting the breaks ran out of time and luck.2nd match started well taken a early lead with another superb move but all went wrong when the injuries started to pile up losing 2 key players soon to be 3 with at one point playing with only 6 players.A brave performance with the boys left on and a fine display from Ben in goal.A tough game to finish what has been a fantastic season for Mossend well done boys for your hard work and effort.

The newly formed E.K.Y.C. made their first ever visit to John Paul School on Saturday 22nd May 2010 to play Mossend FC. For a club which has only been going for 4 months they played some very good football. Well done everyone and we look forward to meeting you again next season.

YELLOW TEAM: On what was a very sunny and very hot Saturday morning the boys showed some great levels of fitness to last both games and still put in a brilliant performance. First game was the hardest with the sides even for most of the game, but Mossend FC proved their character with a few late and stunning goals. Second game the heat increased and the performance from Mossend FC increased as we went on a goalfest in the second half of the game, we even got a wonderful RIGHT FOOT strike by our left footed central midfielder! Well Done Boys for showing some great team spirit and for working together as a team.

BLACK TEAM: The hottest day of the year was not going to put off Mossend Blacks with some superb passing and shouts of “let the ball do the work” from coaches ,The blacks were always in control and won  with ease and keeping another clean sheet.The second match the blacks fell behind but there never say die attitude saw them through with 2 stunning strikes to get them in the lead before half time with this E.K.Y.C had no reply ,the blacks going on to win with a 4 goal  margin.
With the Mossend 2001′s moving to Matt Busby next season I have put together some J.P stats of every home game from aug 08 -may ’10 Black Team Only