Trip to St. Marys

St. Mary's trip:

We would like all the boys and parents if possible to come and see the Saints Youth team play Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup semi-final second leg on Friday the 18th March.

Last year we did a similar event watching the Saints under 18's play Ipswich and it was good for the team to get together.

The cost will be £3 for an adult and £1 per child.

Testwood Friendly

Testwood Friendly

This Saturday - 04/03/2006, away to Testwood

Match Details:

10:00am kick off at Testwood School

9:00am meet at Magpie Lane or if you are going straight there please be at Testwood School for 9:30am.

East Lodge 2-0 CFY

CFY BATTLING PERFORMANCE FALL TO TWO LATE GOALS

Chandlers Ford played exceptionally well to keep the game level for so long and fully deserved a point.

Click here for match report

Click here for match pictures

Rescheduled Fixtures

23/02/2006

Rescheduled fixtures:
25th February - League, Away to East Lodge

4th March - Friendly, TBA (to be arranged)

11th March - League, Home to East Lodge

18th March - League Cup Semi-Final, Home to Portchester

25th March - League, Home to East Lodge

OTHER FRIENDLIES WILL BE ARRANGED AND DATES FOR SIX A SIDE TOURNAMENTS WILL APPEAR HERE SHORTLY

Changes to Fixtures

After Saturday's postponement, it was thought we would replay the game this coming Saturday (18th).

However there have been a few changes.

We will now try to take on East Lodge on the 18th February at Crestwood, 10am kick off. The League Cup Semi-Final against Portchester is now due to be played on the 25th February which again will be at Crestwood.

Frozen pitch!

Due to the Crestwood pitch being unsafe because of frost. The league cup semi-final tie against Portchester will now go ahead next Saturday (18th Feb).

Hopefully the match will go ahead next week otherwise it will have been three weeks without a match.

The East Lodge game has now been re-scheduled. Come back here shortly for the new fixture dates.

League Cup Semi Final

CUP PREVIEW - CFY v Portchester
09/02/2006

Chandlers Ford will play Portchester in the semi-final of the league cup this Saturday.

MATCH DETAILS:
Home (Crestwood), 10:00am kick off, 9:30am meet

LEAGUE CUP RUN SO FAR:

CFY 6-0 Lee Rangers - 12.11.05
http://cfyfc.tripod.com/0506_leerangers_lc.html

Crofton 'B' 2-10 CFY - 17.12.05
http://cfyfc.tripod.com/0506_lcqf_croftonb_away.html

Lodge a No Show - Once Again!

TRAINING MATCH
04/02/06

East Lodge fail to turn up yet again, and so we had another training match.

Click this link to find the pictures. Thanks Sandra!

TRAINING MATCH PICTURES

Crofton Saints 6-0 Chandlers Ford

CROFTON SAINTS 6-0 CHANDLERS FORD
29/1/2006

Crofton Saints won the game comfortably in the end despite the visitors giving it a good go.

Jack Burns was probably the only difference between the two teams, not only did the Crofton midfielder chip in with four good goals but he brought others into play and was at the heart of every Crofton move.

CLICK HERE FOR MATCH REPORT

Injury Problems

INJURY ADDS TO THIN SQUAD WORRIES

Lee Robertson has broken his arm leaving him out of action for six weeks. This only adds to the already slim squad that Richard has available for selection. With Galloway and Elmasri moving on and Dale Hansford very rarely available due to other commitments there are only thirteen players currently signed on that are fit and well!

We hope that Lee can recover sooner rather than later but the most important thing for the players to do despite these problems is to have fun and to enjoy their football. Anything on top of that is a bonus.

CFY 0-6 College Youth

CFY 0-6 COLLEGE YOUTH
21/01/2006

Karthik Basker was in fine form today with a string of top drawer saves. A massive improvement on the previous meeting!

Everyone played their part to make the champions sweat for victory. A great first half performance where only two good finishes gave College the advantage.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL MATCH REPORT

League Cup Semi Final Draw

Chandlers Ford will have to come up against the Portsmouth side for the fourth time this season after being drawn against Portchester in a home tie for the semi-final of the league cup.

Having already beaten Lee Rangers and Crofton B in this competition in previous rounds, the clubs toughest test will come up in February when the two sides meet again.

Looking back to last season, when we played Portchester in the semi-final of the Hants Cup where we probably played our best agaisnt them out of all our previouis meetings, where the 5-1 scoreline flatted them.

The game will be played at Crestwood on the 11th February.

CFY 2-4 Stubbington

14/01/2006

David Bromhead scores his first of the season with a great chip as CFY slip up against a Stubbington side that fought for every ball.

Reece Middleton scored the other goal for the home side, but Stubbington it seems have now secured safety as there win leaves us needing at least a win and a draw from our remaining games which unfortunately is looking unlikely.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL MATCH REPORT

MATCH PICTURES

Elmasri Quits

14/01/2006

After several hints already this season, Sabri Elmasri has now quit the club after claiming he is “no longer into football”. We would like to thank Sabri for the way that he has performed for the club over the last three seasons. He has scored some truly memorable free kicks and he is one of the players from this team to have gone past 100 games for the club. His record too is superb for a midfielder, 123 appearances, 69 goals. Once again thank you.

Galloway Completes Move to Bishops Waltham

05/01/2006

We can now confirm that CFY's top striker Ronan Galloway has signed for Bishops Waltham Dynamoes under 13's. Hot shot Ronan has scored an incredible 126 goals in 122 appearances over the last three seasons.

We would like to thank him for his service and the massive part that he played in getting Chandlers Ford to where they are now – the A Division. His record from last season speaks volumes for how key Ronan was in our promotion campaign in 2004/05 with a fantastic 40 goals for the league campaign in just sixteen league games.

Add to that a tally of five goals of our thirteen league goals this year in a much harder division, this demonstrates what a tremendous, lethal finisher Ronan is and how hard he has worked for the club. Lets not forget he started off as a centre back in mini soccer (and even then he scored goals) before being nurtured and coached into what has made him so well known in Mid Solent Football a deadly striker that will give any defender a run for their money.

We wish you every success for the future.

CFY 2-1 Clanfield

5.2.05 – LEAGUE

Clanfield started this match the brighter side, and for long periods of the game they had CFY pinned back in their own half. The visitors created a number of attacks on goal, but keeper Lee Robertson and the back three of Godfrey, Bromhead and Phillips soaked up the pressure and dealt with everything that was thrown at them.

Chandlers Ford began to find their feet towards the end of the half when they strung some good attacking moves together with Matt Lucas at the heart of it. Lucas made a great run past two players before picking out Jozef Montigue who was free in side of the penalty area on the right hand side, but Montigue’s strike was off target.

Neither side could find a break through in a very close first half between two sides that were evenly matched, despite the difference in position in the league table.

HALF TIME – CFY 0-0 Clanfield

It was Clanfield who made a good start to the second half, when they broke the deadlock minutes after the interval. CFY gave away a free kick on the right hand side by the half way line, which was taken quickly and pumped forward into the feet of the skilful Clanfield striker Leroy Rudd who neatly chipped the Chandlers Ford keeper from a tight angle from range.

The home side were then awarded a penalty when Galloway was brought down in the box. Matt Lucas stepped up and converted the penalty with a neat finish into the bottom right hand corner to grab the equaliser for Chandlers Ford.

Both sides battled away and both sides had chances to win the game, but it was CFY and top goalscorer Ronan Galloway who grabbed a dramatic winner with seconds to play. After another good move by Chandlers Ford, a great counter attack saw Galloway put through one on one with the Clanfield keeper which he coolly placed into the back of the net from distance.

FULL TIME – CFY 2-1 Clanfield