Meden Vale Colts Football Club

Good luck Ladies!!!! Also to our U10 Girls playing in the cup this morning, and to the few others that have managed to survive the storm!

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Could today be the day the ladies take 3 points? come along and support if you can.

Massive Thank you to East Midlands Motors our kit sponsor again this season!

Doesn’t matter what colours you wear, nobody can question this man’s ability, commitment and accomplishments.

RIP Sir Bobby Charlton

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2pm throw off.

Fantastic evening of football! Our Under 6’s group played in their first training match and it was goals galore! Some great strikes, fab team play and strong tackles! Very bright future for this group!

Well done to Nolan and Lawrence for being the Player of the Sessions for each of their respective sides!

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Congratulations to our Youth and Senior Teams that between them earned 4 victories, 3 draws and just 1 defeat, as well as a hatfull of goals and impressive unbeaten streaks continuing!

The weekend kicked off with our U14's travelling to Notthingham Hockey Centre and returning with all 3 points, Leyland Pearson on the scoresheet and Man of the Match, whilst our U12 Saturday team secured another 3 points that puts them in touching distance of their first league title since joining the club this summer!

Our Men's First Team kept the defence firmly shut this week and claimed a point in a 0-0 home draw, with our Men's Sunday Team the following day pulling back from a 4-1 deficit to share the spoils after 90 minutes at 4-4. Our U12's Sundays also claimed a point which put the first notch in the table for this season in the YEL Top Flight after a tough but competitive start to the campaign.

Our U12 Reds and U13's both strode to 3 more points in transformational years for each in new leagues, whilst our Vets team unfortunately limped out of the cup losing 5-2 at home.

All in all, another progressive and positive weekend of action for the Mighty Vale!!

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Congratulations to our stars of our Junior Team of the Week!! A great weekend of action culminated in our U10's Golds claiming the Sheffield & District Junior League October Cup for the second successive year!!

There were also a range of fantastic results and team performances across the section and those that featured are joined by the stars of our Mini Colts session this week, with Nolan Tuck sharing the spotlight with his brother Rylee of the U9 Greens!

More memories made out on the pitches this weekend!

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Congratulations to all of those that made our Girls & Ladies Team of the Week after a fantastic weekend of action that saw our Under 8's Girls claim their first ever win!!! Our Under 9's and Under 11/12 Girls also claimed victories in their Cup 1st Round games, whilst our Ladies Senior Team were narrowly beaten 2-0 at home to Sherwood Ladies FC.

Brilliant effort all round from our girls!!

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Just to round off on our family-themed thread earlier this week, this incredible family story needs telling from todays games.

3 siblings, 3 matches, 3 different venues, 3 wins for their respective teams, and all 3 scored for their teams!!

First up, Dolly, twin to Billy. Her Under 9’s Girls faced West Bridgford Colts in the first round of the Cup and came home with a 6-4 win, with Dolly scoring her first ever goal for the team!!

Then it was off to the Clipstone Lido ground where younger brother Bobby was ready to represent the Under 7’s Golds, scoring in another 6-4 thriller!!

Finally, Billy headed to Samworth Academy where his Under 9’s Greens, also hit 6 in a 6-1 win with Billy scoring a brace!!

Incredible effort by the Barber family! Well done to each of them and their respective teams!!

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FAMILY VALUES

Looking at our member list, including coaches and players, it’s incredible to see so many people from the same family, whether siblings playing for the same / different teams, parent-child relationships as you see plenty of in grassroots, and those where there are multiple members of the same family involved in the club at some level.

We’d love to see photos of our football families! Share your shots below to celebrate the spirit of grassroots!!

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This weeks game details

Well done to Nolan who was our trainer of the week in our Under 6’s Mini Colts session tonight!

It was a session focussed on improving shooting and Nolan gave us all a lesson on how to hit a rocket 🚀

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It was a fantastic weekend for our Girls Teams, with our Under 8's gaining more match experience in their maiden campaign, our U9's secured a great 2-0 home win, and our combined U11's and U12's picked up their first win of the season in a fantastic 6-0 win away at Burton Joyce.

There were no fixture for our Ladies team this time around but our new combined U13/14 team, also playing their first year, fought hard and well before succombing to a close 4-1 defeat, even holding their opposition to a 1-1 half time scoreline.

It's great to see the girls side of the club continuing to blossom, with continued interest in joining right from the younger age groups, in our Mini Colts session, up to our Senior Ladies side.

There are spaces remaining at almost all age groups on the Girls and Ladies side so please do contact us if interested in coming along and being a part of our fantastic story!

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A tough week at the top for some of our teams in our Youth and Senior section, as our Men's First Team & Reserves both exited their respective County Cups following defeats over 90 minutes, and our Men's Sunday team had a game to forget, slipping to a 4-2 loss at neighbours Langwith White Star United. Our U14's also couldn't overcome their league leaders.

However, our U16's romped to a double-digit win, as did our U12's Saturdays and U12 Reds, the former having had a week off and getting back to it in style. There were also positive results for our U12 Golds, U13's and U15's.

Our Men's Vets also travelled to Alfreton and brought home their first 3 points of the campaign, owed to a strong defensive performance by Lee Dawson and Rich Fallon, who were both named in our Youth & Senior Mens Team of the Week.

Well done to all those that feature this week!

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This week had everything you look for at grassroots, with closely contested, sporting games, exciting derby's and cup wins!

All 10 of our teams at the junior section competed with 6 of them securing victories and 4 of them going down to narrow defeats. The highlight at this area of the club has to go to our Under 10 Gold's who progress for the second time running to the Cup Final for their age group. They've had a remarkably strong start to the campaign and are so far undefeated with a 100% record to boot. We look forward to the outcome of their cup final next week.

At U9's our Gold and Green teams faced each other in what is becoming an evenly matched affair, with the Greens taking the spoils on this occasion.

Our U11's continued their fine start to the season too, getting over last week's defeat quickly and back on the winning trail, whilst our U9's picke dup their first win of 2023-24.

A win and a defeat at U7 & U8 and another convincing result for our U10's wrapped up a strong weekend for our youngsters.

Well done to all those that make our Junior Team of the Week, including the Stars of our two Mini Colts sessions, Lawrence & Edward!

The future is bright!!

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Sooo proud of this fab bunch of stars today! Not really got going this season yet, most (7 of these 10) are playing up a year and came into this mornings game with 4 defeats from 4 but all put everything into their performance today. Ran out 6-0 winners and I could not be more proud of them. Loved being on that touchline once more! 💚🖤⚽️ Meden Vale Colts FC Girls & Ladies

Introducing our rebranded Mini Colts session for Under 6's.

Running every week on a Thursday indoors at Shirebrook Academy. These sessions are aimed at boys and girls, aged between 5-6 who are keen to join a team once old enough. These sessions provide the basic skills needed to play games whilst providing a fun introduction to football!

Message us or contact Adam on 07825 093472 to book your place!

Introducing our rebranded Mini Colts session for Under 5's.

Running every week on a Tuesday at Meden School astroturf. These sessions are aimed at boys and girls, new to the game, from 3 years old who want to get started with a fun and enjoyable first introduction to the beautiful game!

Message us or contact Adam on 07825 093472 to book your place!

Well done to Lawrence who was Trainer of the Week at our new Mini Colts - Under 6’s session. Really enjoyable run out with a little game at the end! ❤️🖤

If anyone is interested at all in helping support any team, either now or in the near or even distant future and would like a conversation or more information about this, please can I ask you to leave your details on this quick form.

https://forms.gle/Cb99v8GyxfS7vGvQ8

Well done to our Under 9’s Greens, representing MVC at Mansfield Town tonight as flag bearers.

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Congratulations to all that feature in our TOTW after 20 of our sides featured over the past 48 hours, putting in some top drawer performances and representing the club in the highest order.

5 of our Girls sides ran out wearing the green (unless in goal!) and are joined by our Mini Colts trainer of the week, Fallon! Well done to Annabelle (U8), Martha & Dolly (U9), Katelyn (U10), Olivia & Millie (U11/12), and Trinity & Scarlett (U13/14). A win, a draw and 3 lessons were the order of the day!

In our Junior section, all teams faced action and those named as Man of the Matches are joined by Dominic and Parker from our two Mini Colts session delivered this week. Across the 11 games played, there were wins for 3 teams, draws for 3, and well fought contests but defeats in the remaining 5. All players can be proud of their efforts, no matter the result!

And finally, in our Youth & Senior section, only 5 teams were involved, but between them mustered a 100% win record across all games, scoring 29 goals! On Saturday, our Men's Reserves earned a 3-2 win away at Pegasus, our U15's went away to Retford and brought a 5-0 win and 3 points back, whilst our U14's battled hard to a 5-4 victory! This morning, they were joined by our U16's (7-3 winners) and U12 Reds (9-0 victors!)

Thanks to everyone that supported the PlaySafe campaign, sported the pin badges or captains armbands, and overall made for a fun and enjoyable weekend for all!

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We are actively looking to add players to our Under 11’s and Under 12’s Girls teams. If you have a current school year 6 or 7 that is interested in joining a team then please get in touch with Coach Adam on 07825 093472.

No experience needed, we believe in our coaching abilities and are able to work with players of all levels.

Next up for the Ladies! Hopefully building on their excellent point achieved in their previous game.
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Our next game, we play Southwell City FC Ladies.
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Congratulations Oscar!

Oscar was our Trainer of the Week at our Mini Colts class tonight! Such a fun session with great numbers and thanks to all our bigs for helping out and joining in with the fun!

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Teams of the Weeks!

Well done to everyone that feature on this weeks TotW! Another big Saturday and Sunday for our teams in terms of performances and results. Brilliant to hear all the stories and see all the pictures from a sunny September weekend. The season is back, well and truly!!

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⚽️ GRASSROOTS COACHES NEEDED ⚽️

At Meden Vale Colts we have numerous opportunities for any aspiring individuals that wish to support our promising boys, girls and adults. No experience needed as full training and mentoring will be provided.

Even if you’re only half interested but have always fancied it, message us for a conversation about what it involves.

We have immediate opportunities but also long term opportunities for those who want to get bashed up first before taking on or supporting a team.

Tag anyone you think would be interested!!

Perfect evening for our Mini Colts to enjoy an ice cream, a run around in the sprinkler and to receive their fantastic new training tops. It was a brilliant evening and I’m sure just what the little ones needed after a return to school this week!

Feel free to share any pics you have that aren’t shown here.

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We're delighted to have so many Girls & Ladies represent the club (as we are boys and men) and we start the campaign with 7 teams that span 9 age categories, and a couple of training groups including our Mini Colts for girls.

Not all took to the field this weekend as their seasons get underway next Sunday but for those that did it was a great start. Our Under 9's Girls put in a tremendous winning performance, whilst our new combined U13/14's team showed lots of spirit and improvement in their first ever league game.

Our Under 10's Girls competed well in the heat away in Woolaton with a reduced squad where all girls gave 100% for each other.

Congratulations to all that mad eour Girls & Ladies Team of the Week for the opening weekend of 2023-24! Wishing everybody an enjoyable and memorable year!

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In our Youth & Senior section, there were some strong performances as teams aimed to start the season in the best possible way. Whilst all were not able to claim maximum points in their games, some top drawer performances were put in by the players.

Great to see our U12's Reds start life in the Sheffield League with a win, whilst our new U12's Gold team played their first game coming out with a credible 1-1 draw. There were wins also for our U12's Saturday side and U13's, in their first YEL matches for the club.

A spirited comeback by our Men's first team from 4-1 down to 4-3 but they couldn't find that additional goal that would've seen the points shared, whilst our new Reserves side made it 5 wins from 5 at home to Ravenshead Reds.

Improvements were noticeable under new management for our Under 14's, whilst both our Under 15's and 16's lost starting centre backs through broken wrists - we wish both Addison Bettridge and Archie Thomas all the best in their recoveries.

A 6-1 stomping of Bull Farm United gave our Men's Sunday team a dream start to life back in the Mansfield Sunday League.

We go again next weekend!
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What a fantastic start to the new season it was this past weekend! It was great to hear all the stories about the games and results as they came through in our community chat. All the hard work and preperation that has gone in over the summer was clear for all to see. Well done to all coaches and players that took this weekend by storm.

Introducing our new look team of the week format, where each team is represented, whether they've played a game or not. We've also included our Mini Colts members who earn the trainer of the week certificate! Well done to William Moore for being our first boy from the group to earn this!

Of the 9 teams that featured over this past weekend in our Junior section, there were fantastic wins for 7 of them, and a draw (that took a last kick of the game to prevent the win!). Brilliant effort all round!

It's great to be back!!
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What an amazing day!! 100% attendance from teams, which is what you hope for. Some great football played, and all in great spirits. Thanks to all that came and supported or participated. Extended thanks to all visiting teams and also the referees and other supporting roles.

Tournament winners:

Under 7’s: MVC ❤️🖤
Under 8’s: MVC ❤️🖤
Under 9’s: G3A
Under 10’s: MVC ❤️🖤
Under 11’s: Market Warsop
Under 12’s: MVC ❤️🖤

Had some great pictures and videos shared across team chats. Would love to see them posted here too for us to look back on over time!

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Wishing all teams the best today!

Best of luck to our Men’s First Team who play their final game of the season at 3pm this afternoon. They face league runners-up Beeston knowing a 7th-placed finish has already been secured.

This marks a fantastic campaign by Jason Gill’s squad and an improvement on a 9th placed finish last season, and 10th the season before. The constant improvement is there for all to see and given the injuries faced this year is also testament to the contribution and commitment of the lads.

We are already looking forward to next season! Best of luck today lads!

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**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!**

We are looking to recruit to our fantastic kitchen and ground teams to ensure we can continue to offer a fantastic service to our teams, players and members.

If you or anyone you know have some free time that you would be interested in giving to our club, please get in touch.

Hours can be from as little as one hour per week and at a time that suits you. We are thankful for any time you give and it’s a great way to involve yourself in an excellent community and meet new people as well as giving back to the village.

Drop us a message for more details or send this to anyone that might be interested.

Check out or add to the pics in eM & Vee’s gallery from yesterday! I know we’ve seen lots more that have had pics taken with them so would be great to see them included!