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Tour
of Wembley Stadium |
The disability section
were one of the first groups to tour
the new Wembley Stadium. 40 players and parents took
part and had a great time. They learnt information
about the stadium as well as experiencing life as an
International footballer.
The disability group
spent time in the players changing rooms (there are
4 changing rooms at Wembley) before walking up the
steps to the royal box.
If anyone at the club
would like to organise a similar trip for their
squad they should contact David Wray Tel 01727
858577.
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CHRISTMAS
DRAW RESULTS |
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1 |
£500 |
P. Duncan (Bill
Braisher U10) |
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2 |
£200 |
Mrs Edel (Terry
Edwards Girls) |
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3 |
£100 |
Alan Henderson
(London Colney) |
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4 |
Brandy |
K Kiff |
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5 |
Single
Malt Whisky |
D Phipps |
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6 |
Courvoisier box
set |
Sue Kelly |
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7 |
Port |
Dan McCafferty
(London Colney) |
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8 |
Chocolates |
Bill Gash
(London Colney) |
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9 |
Wine |
Gilbert
Business Insurance |
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10 |
Wine |
John Lavelle |
To claim the prizes or for any
further information regarding the Christmas Draw
please contact Dave Wray on 01727
858577
Special
thanks to Barclays Bank for their £750 donation as part
of their '£ for £' scheme. |
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Disability
Squad visit
the
Emirates Stadium |
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Members of the clubs
Disability Squad visited Arsenals Emirates Stadium for a
tour of the ground.
For
more pictures from the day click here >>>>
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Highfield
Park
Official Opening
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 The Sports Pavilion
was officially opened by
the Deputy Mayor
(Councilor G Harrison) of St Albans City & District Council on
Sunday 16th September 2007.
The opening represents the completion of the
second phase of a project to restore playing fields at Highfield
Park in St Albans to a condition where football and other sports may
once more be enjoyed.
St Albans City Youth FC prepared
the submission documents submitted to the Football
Foundation for Phase 1 (Drainage) and Phase 2
(Pavilion), in addition the club also raised
additional funds for the project.
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Clive
Attwood presenting the cheque for the
clubs final contribution to Highfield
Trust Chairman Roger Thomas |
The club
wishes to thanks everyone involved in
the project, in particular the following
people deserve recognition for their
efforts in helping to make the
home for City Youth possible:
Robert Murphy, Brian Luckhurst, Paul
Kirikal, Lee Dixon and John Motson.
The Playing Fields are one of the features in the
new 60 acre Highfield Park which have been created in the last 10
years by the Highfield Park Trust.
For further information contact John Ely of Highfield
Park Trust (07971 08701) or Mervyn Morgan of SACYFC
(01462 813777)
Event that made this possible >>>>> |
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Herts FA Charter
Standard Awards 2007 |
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We are please to announce that St Albans City Youth
FC have been recognised as the Hertfordshire FA Charter Standard
Community Club of the Year 2007.
In addition Ian Woods and David Wray picked up
Football Workforce County FA Awards in recognition of their
significant contribution to football throughout the season.
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Presentation Day 2007 |
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St Albans City Youth FC held their
Annual Presentation Day at the St Albans Arena recently, attracting
nearly 1500 to the two sessions. Each player attending received a
club pennant and awards were also presented to those players
achieving the milestone of 100 and 200 appearances for the club.
The awards were presented by Club president Malcolm
McMillan, The Mayor and Deputy Mayor of St Albans, also presenting
the pennants was Double FA Cup Winner Steve Sedgley.
List of
Players Players and Pictures click here >>>
All Time Top 20 Players and
Team Honours click here >>> |
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Moving
to a higher level |
Daniel Rogers from
St Albans City Youth Football Club is the first club
coach from our area to completed the 1st4 Sport FA
Level 2 Coaching Certificate for Disability Players.
Daniel has been on numerous courses put in over 100
hours of community work to gain the experience to
allow him to pass the practical examination last
Friday.
Congratulation go
to Daniel who is the Manager of the newly formed St
Albans City Youth Disability Team.
There are a growing
number of sporting opportunities for people with
disabilities in St Albans. Daniel plans to provide
regular coaching through the school holiday
and summer term. He has also been invited to play in
a number of local tournaments. If you would be
interested in joining Daniel and his squad of
players then you should contact him on 01727 762843
all abilities are include.
See
also Trip to Wembley >>>>>
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24th March 2007
Trip to Wembley |
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St Albans City Youth review the new Wembley Stadium
Players from St Albans City
Youth were invited to Wembley last Saturday to watch the
England Under 21's play Italy in the first game in the new
Wembley Stadium. They booked a coach and set off early in the
morning to be able to tour the new stadium and to take in the
atmosphere of the occasion. The game ended in a 3-3 draw with
plenty if incidents including a goal after only 29 seconds.
"You have a better view of the
players on the pitch and the seats are much more comfortable
than those in the old stadium " said Daniel Rogers of the St
Albans Disability Section. "Although there were nearly 60,000
spectators in the stadium the parking and travel has also
improved. We were back to St Albans in 40 minutes after the
game. The only disappointment was the cost of food and drink in
the stadium. For example Hot dogs were £4 and Burgers £5 which
seemed a bit excessive" Daniel commented after the match.
St Albans were invited by The
Football Association in recognition of being a Chartered
Standard club. They are one of only 5 clubs in the County to
achieve the prestigious Chartered Standard Community Club
status. Following this success and a invitation to watch Fulham
FC at Craven Cottage on new years day the club are planning a
number of other trip for players in the coming months.
 
 
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An Easter Passion
Order your copy now |
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An
Easter Passion
An account of
a St Albans City Youth girls football team who took part in
an Under-15 Competition held in Maastricht over the four
days of Easter 2006 and Going on Tour. The essential guide
to planning and organising a football tour.
Written by Ian
Jardine.
Order your
copy now, only £4.99
Tel 01727
867982
Benosey.com - a great read |
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948
Foundation
Supports City Youth Disability Team |
St Albans City Youth F.C. received a
helping hand from the Old Albanians 948 Foundation with the
foundation donating £1000 which
will help with the running of the clubs Disability Team.
The
cheque for £1,000 was presented to David Wray, Commercial
manager, St Albans City Youth FC at Clarence Park by Geraint
John from the 948 Foundation.
The 948 Sports Foundation was
established by the OA Sports Club who gifted £500,000 to
promote participation in sport by young people in the St
Albans district. The Foundation was launched in February
2003 and by the end of June 2005, the Trustees had made 55
grants totalling close to £60,000
averaging £20,000 per year.. These included awards to
individuals across a range of sports, junior soccer clubs
such as St Albans City Youth
and Harvesters and , team sports clubs based at
Woollams, ten schools and Harpenden’s Skateboard Park
Appeal.
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Disability
Squad Invited to Fulham FC |
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St Albans City Youth FC Disability
section gave its support to Fulham FC who are trying to establish a
Disability team. Eight players from each team were invited to take
part in a penalty shoot out in front of 19,000 supporters.
The event took place at Craven Cottage on 1st January at half time
during the recent Fulham v Watford Premiership fixture.
Manager Dan Rogers said “This was a fantastic start to the new year
for our club. The boys from St Albans performed well but sadly lost
3-2 despite Dan Augustine pulling off a series of great saves. The
event was a great advert for Disability soccer”
The team consisted of: Dan Augustine, Luke Robinson,
Paul Spinks, Tom Ward, Jo Strohm, Nicholas
Patrick, Jay Tipping, Ronelle Williams.
If anyone would like to join the St Albans City disability team they
should contact Daniel Rogers on 01727 762843 so they can be invited
to come to one of our training sessions.
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Kick it out
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St Albans City Youth and St Albans City
FC in partnership with the St Albans Sport & Health Development Team
supported the ‘Lets Kick Racism Out of Football’ campaign with an
afternoon of activities at Clarence Park on Tuesday 24th October.
This year’s ‘Kick it Out’
campaign has a new theme, One Game, One Community, with a strong focus
on celebrating the contribution made by all communities. With this in
mind the initiative is being run in partnership to provide a variety of
communities across the City & District of St Albans with the opportunity
to take part in anti-racism workshops and football coaching sessions.
To read more click here >>> |
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Andy Armstrong
BT Community Champion |
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 As
part of the BT Community Champions Award Scheme City Youths
Andy Armstrong was presented with the BT Champions Award
Certificate and a cheque for £185 which Andy hopes will go
towards some new tracksuits for his team.
From all at City Youth Well Done Andy. |
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City Youth
Herts FA Club of the
Year |
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St Albans City Youth FC have received
the Hertfordshire Football Associations Charter Standard Community
Club of the year award for 2006.
This is the fourth time the club has
been voted the top Youth Football Club in Hertfordshire.
Dan Rogers also received the Herts FA
Volunteer award for 2006. |
