BHFC u/9,s just fell short Saturday of making the National cup final coming 2nd in their group with a convincing 6-0 win against the eventual group winners ,but just fell short with 2 draws. As a group we have a very good team with supportive parents, Purfleet every Saturday afternoon is not everyone's cup of tea as its a central venue and all games are played at the Harris Academy with kick offs ranging from 1-4pm, I try to make as many games as possible but with Leyton Orient having such a great season and family commitments every week isn't possible, but the team is in good hands with Ben, Steve and Leigh.
I have had our u/18,s some since the age of 6 and most of our group season 22/23 have been with the club over a long period, in my experience the longer you have players the more time you have to work with the small details and stamp your own philosophy/values on a group.
If I can take a few things away from the season taking away goals and wins It would definitely be
Work rate when they don't have the ball.
No blame culture
Value of the "cutback"
Ability to play out from the back under pressure /when to go long.
I coach an u/13 team on Tuesdays and its taken nearly year to get some of these in place, last night playing up a year there was definitely signs of all the above.
I look forward to continue to work with the u/9s and support Leigh, Steve and Ben next season.
Massive achievement from the u/9,s this season in their first season in the JPL/
BHFC 6- 0 3fc
BHFC 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town
BHFC 2-2 Socca
Berkswith beat 3fc on penalties to win the final.
#COYROYALS
