NEWS & UPDATES PAGE
2007-08

Sponsorship news.......Great news for some of our teams as we get closer to entering our
25th season, most teams at present will have new or in some cases continuing sponsors for
the new season.
Under 8, Classic Marques (Sport cars sales & renovations)
Under 9, SDR Electrical services
Under 10, Frederick Hiam Ltd
Under 11, Bristons (Machinery & Groundwork)
Under 12, Isleham Fresh Produce
Under 13, TBC
Under 15, Keystone
Under 16, TBC
Lasses U 10, TBC
Lases U11, Style Windows
Lasses U14, TBC
Lases U15, TBC

Many thanks to all the above companies for helping with sponsorship.

AGM report.....The club held its annual general meeting on Tuesday 10th June.
A short summary of what  went on:
Roger Field elected as vice-chairman.
Debbie O'Malley elected as new club treasurer.
Mick Rumsey elected as new child welfare officer.
Teams for season 2008/09
Lads, under 8, 9, 10 x 2, 11, 12, 13, 15 & 16
Lasses , under 10, 11, 14 & 15
Scott Sheppard resigned as team manager for the current under 15's, Paul Hersee has taken
on this position (tbc)
Ricky Horn to become the under 10 South Norfolk team manager.
At present there will be no team at under 14's.
4 person's to go on FA level 1 coaching course
There will be no increase in membership fees this year (2008/09)

Charity match......Just to let you all know that there will be a charity match at the playing
fields on Sunday 8th June kick off 11-30am, between the under 14's & 15's versus the
managers & dads. Any money raised will go towards the St. Nicholas hospice with kind thanks to Kerry Morley.
* All players to be at the fields by 10-30 am*
Everyone bring your wallets and give to a good cause.
Match Result
Managers & Dads 7 Under14/15's 4
Many thanks to everyone who took part (nothing like a bit of fatherly love, is there Martin H ?)
The total raised on the day was a superb £136, the club will now donate £10 per goal scored,
giving another £110, for a total to go to St. Nicholas hospice of £246.

Extra manager required.....Our under 10 set up for next season will hopefully involve two
teams, both playing in different leagues. The club now requires someone to step forwards and help run one of these teams (manage on match days & team admin).
There are enough players in this age group to have two teams and to give all the boys
competitive league football, this will then help develop players skills & techniques so that when they become a full 11 a side team in 2009/10, hopefully we will combine the two teams
together to have a very strong under 11 squad.
If anyone feels that they could give some time to this for the new season then please contact
either Kevin or Will Farthing as soon as possible or attend our AGM on the 10th June (details
on home page).
The club would require for you to take a child protection workshop, a 1st aid course and
complete a CRB check. (All payable by the club).

Soccer on the Sand 2007/08.......Teams from Brandon Lads & Lasses entered this years "Soccer on the Sand" at Great Yarmouth again this year. A fun (not quite) 5/6 a side
 competition with teams given Country names from Euro 2008 (funny that, cause we played
England). On a sunnier Saturday the under 9's lost at the quarter final stage to Turkey.
But on a damper and more overcast Sunday, the under 10's played were Spain & Romania.
Unfortunately both teams lost out in the group stages, with Spain missing out on goal
difference. Well done to the under 13 lasses who played as Portugal and won their age group.
Go to the clubs Gallery to view some pics from the weekend.
Also a mention to the under 12 lasses who although beat Germany in the semi final lost on penalties in the final.

News from the touchline Wk32....(27 April 2008)
Well this is the last report from the touchline for the season 2007/08
Just two league games this weekend, with a friendly match on Saturday.
The under 14 team at last found winning ways beating Ingatestone (from Essex) 4 -1 on
Saturday morning. but unfortunately they could not carry on this winning streak to their last
league game and went down 1 - 0 away against Morley.
The under 13 lasses completed their season with another massive win this time by 1 - 22 away
at Debenham LC. This season's goal machine Nadine Basson hit 11 today and that's takes her
personal tally to 90 for the season. The girls have scored 207 goals in 14 league matches
that's an average of over 14 goals per game.
Well done to every one who has played a part in making this yet another great season for this club.

Presentation night tickets are now on sale and are available for your team managers.
Again due to the popularity of these two night, we have to be careful on how many tickets are sold, so for the time being each player (free entry) is given two extra tickets for family.
If anyone requires more family tickets then please let your team manager know as soon as
possible and we'll try to get everyone in.

The club website will be going through some changes during the closed season, so please be patient if some pages are not available.

Cup final weekend.....(Sun 20 April)
Great news for the club this weekend with our under 10 & under 14 lasses, both winning their
knock out cup finals, along with the under 11 lads wining the South Norfolk Plate final. But hard
luck goes to the under 13 lasses who came runners up in their match.
The Suffolk Girls League cup finals were held today at Framlingham FC, with all three of our lasses teams being in the finals, which was a fantastic achievement in its own right.
The under 10 lasses played first in very overcast conditions against a very strong Copleston
team. Two goals from Shannon Odebrecht & one from Charley Curtis gave the lasses a fine
3 - 0 win to take the trophy.
The under 14 lasses played a very evenly matched game against Woodbridge, Jenna Grazinni
put the lasses in front, but Woodbridge replied from a well take free kick. With minutes
running out Charlotte Howard put the ball in the net to give the lasses another cup win.
Our under 13 lasses found their Waveney Girls opponents in good form, and although they put
up a very spirited performance they could not match Waveney's power up front. Harriet Mills
scoring Brandon's only goal.
Back a little closer to home our under 11 lads played at Mundford FC in the South Norfolk
League Plate final against Cringleford, and their manager Martin was looking for a much better performance from his team from the last time the teams played each other. A goal a piece from
Harry Rampley & Isaac Allen gave the lads the win and the Plate Trophy.

News from the touchline Wk30....(13 April 2008)
A couple of mid week games for the lasses, saw the under 13's & 14's continue their unbeaten runs, both with resounding victories. All the lasses have gained much recognition this season
and two out of our three teams have won their respective leagues and the other gaining a very
well deserved runners-up place. All three lasses teams are through to their cup finals.
The under 9's finished their league season with a Saturday game and drew 1 - 1 away at
Feltwell. The under 14's failed in their task to overturn a first leg deficit in the second leg of the
plate semi final against Thetford Youth, but the under 11's made their way to the plate finals
with a 12 - 0 victory over Dereham Wanderers.

Presentation night tickets should be available by the end of the week.

Presentation nights 2007/08....
The clubs annual presentation nights will be held on Saturday 10th May 2008 &
Saturday 17th May, both nights are at Brandon Leisure centre, doors opening at around 7pm.
The grouping for this years event are as follows:
Night 1, Sat 10th, Sat girls, U10 lasses, U13 lasses, U14 lasses, U14 Lads & U15 lads.
Night 2, Sat 17th, Sat boys/U7, U8 lads, U9 lads, U10 lads, U11lads & U12 lads.
All registered members of Brandon Lads & Lasses have free entry.
All other tickets are priced as Adults £5 and any other children under 16 £1.
Tickets will be available from your team managers soon!
Disco will be provided by Crazy Joe
Raffle prizes will be greatly appreciated.

Under 14 Lasses.....
Congratulations goes to our under 14 Lasses team who today became SGL under 14 League Champions, with a 7 - 0 victory over Witnesham, with Francesca Bonnett getting 4.The girls have really played some great football this year and they fully deserve their league winners crown.
The under 13 lasses have also secured the runners-up spot in the under 13 league today, with
a fine 4 - 2 home win against their nearest rivals Whitton Utd, with a hat trick from Lily Reynolds
Well done girls, you have all played brilliantly this season, lets hope you can take your current form on to the cup finals.
For more current news & information from Brandon Lasses & how to enter for the
Forest Heath 2008 Redrow Suffolk Youth Games   [ click here ]
News from the touchline Wk29 (6 April 2008)
Well its almost the end of another great season for Brandon Lads & Lasses, well done to
everyone who has played a part in any team this year. The girls have shown the boys the way
this season and we all congratulate the Lasses teams who are bringing home some silverware
this season, of course its not quite over for the lasses yet as they all have a cup final to play in
a couple of weeks time.
One lads match this weekend, with our under 14 team playing in the league plate competition
away at Thetford Youth, two goals from Matt Molyneux was not enough to win the match and
the lads went down 5 - 2 in the first leg. Keep your heads up lads and you may be able to turn
this match around in the second leg at Brandon.
Breaking News....Nadine Basson did not score this weekend, I know its hard to believe but
she is still way out in front on the clubs leading goal scorer table.

News from the touchline Wk28....(30 March 2008)
Most teams are now coming to the end of the league season, with only a few outstanding
league games left, but there are still some subsidiary cup matches to play.
A couple of Mid week friendly matches went ahead, with our teams being invited to play the
Ipswich Town Academy teams at Portman Road. This week was the turn of the Under 14's &
15's. Two defeats but all the lads thoroughly enjoyed playing against some very good quality
footballers. This coming week is the turn of the younger teams to play.
Lets start this weekend with a Saturday game for the under 10's, who travelled to Dereham to
play in the league plate competition. The lads all played well and despite losing 4 - 3, they all
put in a great effort and got right back into the game when they found themselves 4 - 1 down.   
A couple of goals for Reece Goetsch and another great strike from Kyle Pearson.
The under 10 lasses also played a friendly this Saturday with Poringland being the visitors to Brandon, which saw a  fine 13 - 0 victory for the girls.
Result of the season so far came on Sunday when the under 13 lasses entertained a depleted
Bacton side, who found our girls in full flight. With a final score of 30, yes thirty, - 0.
It looks like Nadine Basson has won the top goal scorers spot for this season, she added
another 15 to her tally today taking her to 77 goals for the season. Well done to her and also
the rest of the team.

Just a reminder that Dean Greygoose will be holding the second of the keeper training days
on Tuesday staring at 10am at the playing fields.

News from the touchline Wk27....(23 March 2008)
Merry Christmas everyone!  Oops, I mean Happy Easter, it was just the snow putting me off.
Well no games this weekend, so nothing much to report.
Don't forget Dean Greygoose is holding his goalkeeping coaching course at the playing fields
starting on Tuesday (open to all keepers from any clubs age 6 to 16) more details below.

News from the touchline Wk26....(16 March 2008)
Looks like the weather put pay to a lot of fixtures around the county this week end, well done
to those who did brave the elements and play and also well done to the "Sports Relief" runners,
we hope that you all raised a good amount of money.
Not great news from the Lads this weekend, with none of our teams playing winning any
matches and nobody scoring any goals. So our only good news report comes from the
under 14 lasses, who beat Bury Town B  2 -0 with goals from Charlotte Howard &
Jenna Grazinni, the lasses now only need 1 point from two games to secure the league
championship.

We are still looking for a new club treasurer, please give Kevin a call to find out more about
this position within the club.

Stranger Alert......
The club has just received news of a possible stranger alert in our area. There has been a man
who has approached some young boys telling them that he is a football scout from Tottenham Hotspur in order to gain their confidence. The last boy to be approached described him as a
white male wearing a black hat and a short black raincoat with a spurs logo on it.
He told this boy that he had been watching him play football over the weekend and was impressed; the boy had been playing in a match over the weekend so the main concern is that this man is going to games and observing the boys before approaching them.
He is not a scout from Tottenham Hotspur.
This incident occurred in the Cambridge area and came to our attention through the Mildenhall youth U15 team manager.
To all our parents & players, please be alert, and report to the police immediately, anyone
you suspect to be acting strangely.

 New players......With this current season quickly coming to an end, Brandon Lads & Lasses AFC are looking for new players to come and join one of the areas premier youth football clubs.
We are about to embark into our 25th year of youth football and we hope that more exciting
times are ahead.
The club is an FA Charter Development club and we offer fun and competitive football for most ages.
All coaches are a minimum of FA Level 1 standard and all are CRB checked.
The club is open to both boys and girls and we start training at school year 1.
So if you are looking for a highly successful and well run club to join then get in touch for more information. The club welcomes all players both new and old.

For info on boys football or the club in general then please contact [Kevin Briston]  or ring
01842 819507. For info on the girls football set up at the club please contact [Roger Field]
 

Sports Relief 2008......
"Sports Relief Mile" at Brandon Remembrance Playing Field. Are you up for the challenge?
Chose to run 1, 3 or 6 miles in this charity event. Starting at 11am, there will be refreshments
& snacks available, as well as "Wacky Races" & "Welly Wanging"!!
For more information about this event please contact Brandon Leisure Centre
on 01842  813748 or register on line at www.sportrelief.com

FA Skills Day.....
On Tuesday 12th Feb the club held an FA Skills coaching day at the playing fields here in Brandon.
Two, two hour sessions were held with 5 to 8 year old players in the morning and 9 to 11 year olds in the afternoon. In glorious sunshine, both sessions had around 30 players of all abilities
attend.
The girls & boys all had great fun, and all thoroughly enjoyed their selves.
A big thanks to the Skills coaches, Spencer, Matt & Dan who made the job look very easy.
We hope to be holding another skills day as soon as it can be arranged.

News from the touchline wk21....
Just a small fixture programme this weekend. The under 9's found their shooting boots again this week with a fine 9 - 1 victory against an ever improving Thetford team, Olly Farthing netting 4 and Jamie Newson 3. The  under 10's took the lead against high flying visitor Harling, but could not
make any more headway, Harling went on to win by a comfortable 1 - 6. Martin Chappell's lads'
played their last League trophy match against another form team Bulldogs and went down 2 - 5.
The under 14 lasses continued with their impressive league form and ran out a good 10 -0 win
against Waveney Girls with Frankie Bonnett scoring a hat trick and Katie Fuller keeping a clean
sheet in her first game in goal.

Its the FA Skills coaching day on Tuesday 12th Feb, with 2 sessions, one for 5 to 8 years and the other for 9 to 11 years, more details are on our home page, there are still some places left.

The club sends out all its best wishes to Lee Nocton (assistant U9 coach) who is having to leave us
for a 6 month tour of duty in Iraq with the RAF Regiment. Lee was presented with a signed club pennant from all the under 9 players today as a little keepsake to take with him. We wish him and
all his regiment well, good luck guys, stay safe and we'll see you in 6 months.

Lasses are Champions....
Well done to our under 10 lasses who today become our first trophy winners of the season.
The girls have been crowned as under 10 league champions without actually kicking a ball today,  after their closest rivals Bacton could only draw today against Little Oakley. The result gives the
girls a well earned championship in their very first season together.
Congratulations to all the players for your success.

News from the touchline wk20.....
As you have just read, our under 10 lasses become the first trophy winners for the club this season,
well done to them. Also well done to our under 9 team who secured a cup final place after a hard fought 0 - 1 semi final victory away at Feltwell, with Jamie Newson scoring the all important goal.
The under 10's went to Dereham Town and played on the artificial pitch (its really good) and after having most of the play with plenty of chances going begging in front of goal came home with a 3 - 3 draw. The under 11's continued their good league trophy match form and beat Wymondham away
1 - 2. Martyn Hewkins lads are still giving their all, but still unfortunately can not find the winning
touch and the under 14's went down at home 0 - 3 to Mattishall. Its hard to talk about decisions
made by the referee in any match especially at youth level, we are under so much scrutiny by the county FA we have to be careful in what we say, but it looks like for the second week running one
of our teams has been on the wrong side of some very dodgy decisions. So Scott's under 15 team
went to the seaside to play Snettisham and  came home very frustrated after being beaten 4 - 1.
Our lasses teams are keeping the club colours flying high with some fine performances, the
under 13 lasses again this weekend made double figures with a 13 - 0 victory, Tash Rutter netting
5 & the goal machine Nadine Basson only getting 4 this week. But the performance of the day belongs to the under 14 lasses who at long last (after 4 season's) beat their bogey team
Woodbridge Town by 3 - 0 and more importantly take a 4 point lead at the top of the league over
them.

News from the touchline wk19.....
A much better weekend weather wise for week 19 of the league programmes...An outstanding performance from under 8 goalie Reece Collins, was not quite enough to help his team and they
went down at home to Dereham Wanderers 2 - 5. It looks like a very much uphill task now for the under 9's in their quest for a league title when they went down at home to a very spirited Lakenheath. The Lakenheath manager was full of praise for his players saying that "it was their best performance of
the season".  Two goals for back in form Reece Goetsch for the under 10's gave them a home win against Scole. The under 11's fought hard in their league trophy match versus Cringleford and a goal a piece from Jordan Kemp & Jack Slaughter gave the home side the win. Mark Welhams under 11
team are still finding this season difficult and went down at home to New Buckenham, with Casey Underwood scoring Brandon's only goal. The under 14's at last played a league fixture this year, but
unfortunately found themselves against quite overpowering opposition in the form of Toftwood and I'm sad to hear were up against a few "iffy" decisions from the man in the middle.
Scott Sheppard's under 15 boys went to Reffley for a league subsidiary cup match and lost by 3 - 1.
Well done to our under 13 lasses who go through to the league knock out cup semi final with a 2 -1
victory against Whitton Utd. The Lasses under 10's beat Copleston 3 - 1 with Charley Curtis netting
a couple & the under 14 lasses also played Copleston and won well by 6 - 1 with Charlotte Howard
getting two.

News from the touchline wk18.....
The wet weather put pay to some of this weekends games, with many games postponed due to
water logged pitches.
The under 9's travelled to Cringleford knowing that they must try and take maximum points from
their remaining games to challenge Mundford for top spot in the league, but unfortunately a few
lapses in concentration did their quest no favours and the home side went on to win 5 - 3. Don't give up trying lads, we all have off days.
The under 15's got back into wining ways with a 7 - 4 victory against Litcham, Matt Hayden netting
a hat trick and 2 a piece for Josh Green & Ryan Gallant.
Our under 14 lasses went to Bacton in the quarter final of the knock out cup and scraped a 1 -o win with the only goal of the game coming from Natalie Nowland.
Two events for your diaries coming up shortly... A half term FA skills coaching sessions at the Playing Fields on Tuesday 12th Feb (details on our home page) & The "Sports Relief Mile" also at
the Playing Fields on Sunday 16th March (more details for this when it comes available).

News from the touchline wk 17.....
I think we all better have some of what Nadine Basson has had, 10 goals again this
weekend taking her to 53 goals in 8 games, that's 6.62 goals every game and one week she didn't even score. The under 13 lasses followed last weeks 26 goal win by going 7 better and getting 33
this week, 7 from Elizabeth Reynolds, 6 from Natasha Dawson, hat tricks for Amber Browne &
Kayliegh Nolan and two a piece from Rachel Atherton & Sally Eastwood. Well done to the under 10 lasses for continuing their wining ways with a 6 - 2 victory at Copleston, Ellese Masters doing the damage with 5 goals and a first of the season for Patricia Grazini. A close game away at Cornard Dynamos, with the under 14 lasses coming home with the points wining by a solitary goal from Charlotte Howard.
The under 8's beat local neighbours Weeting 3 - 2, with a hat trick from Rhys Jenkins. The under 9's
had no league game today, but played table topping Moreton Hall from the Ipswich & Suffolk League and won convincingly 1 - 4.
The under 10's seem to be suffering a lack of confidence on the ball lately and again this week went down heavily to New Buckenham Orange 8 - 3. Martin Chappells, under 11's played well against Swaffham in their league trophy match and Jordan Kemp netted a hat trick to give them a
comfortable 5 - 1 win. Well done to Scotts under 15 lads who went to play away at league leaders Leverington Youth and came home with a 2 - 2 draw. Ryan Gallant scoring what Scott describe as a goal of the season.
Don't forget we need new players for next season and also urgently need a coach for our year 1 Saturday soccer players.
I'm off now to eat 20 weetabix to give me the strength to play in the veterans 5 a side league and try
to score 10 like Nadine.

News from the touchline wk 16.....
Nadine Basson from the lasses under 13 team makes the headlines today, by going goal crazy against Debenham LC. Nadine hit 13, to take her tally for the season to 43, only 4
goals behind Olly Farthing (who also scored 3 today). Nadine's feat was followed up by another 13
goals scored between 6 players in a 26 - 0 win.
A good away win for the under 14 lasses at Felixstowe & Walton (1 - 3) puts them through to the
next round of the  lasses K/O cup.
Michael Rampleys young under 8 team celebrated victory today over the league leaders Watton by
5 - 4, Robbie Hunter hitting a hat trick for a fine win against an unbeaten Watton team.
The under 9 boys got back into winning ways after the Christmas break and beat New Buckenham
9 - 0. Mick millers under 10's struggled to find their way against Bulldogs, but a fine strike from Tommy Greenacre earned them a draw at 1 - 1.

New players.....
With us being half way through this season the club is looking forward and already making plans for
the new 2008/09 season, our 25th. We shall be looking for new players at all age groups to come
and join our very successful and highly popular club, to help strengthen our competitive squads.
The club will hopefully try and re-form an under 13 team (U14 next season) which was missing from our club set up this season. Early indications show that we stand a good chance of re-forming this very successful squad with many players asking about this already, so if you are playing at
under 13 this season and feel that you would like to find out more about what we have planned then please get in touch with me [ kbriston@brandonladsandlasses.co.uk] we look forward to hearing
from you.
Also for more information regarding any one of our other squads then again use the e mail link
above and we'll point you in the right direction.

Silver anniversary....
Firstly we wish everyone a Happy New Year and we look forward to a successful run up  to the end of this current season.

In August of this year Brandon Lads & Lasses will be 25 years old, this is a great achievement
for us here at the club. From the first beginnings back in the season 1983/84 with one team,
up to the present day when we are supplying our local community with 7 boys teams, 3 girls teams and 2 very popular Saturday clubs for the very young children. We hope that during this year we will be able to organise some special events so that everyone can come along and give us their support, with all this leading up to a 25th anniversary presentation night in 2009.
If any old players, managers, supporters have any photo's, news cuttings or stories from the
past 25 years then please get in touch and we will try and add them to this web site, for all to enjoy.
 

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY "ROLY" 
News from the touchline WK 15 (Sunday 16th December)
Well firstly, from all of us at the club we want to wish our club secretary and super ref "ROLY" a very happy 40th birthday today. Even though he was a bit of a light weight and couldn't make to today's game. (must have been something he ate or drank last night).
I think that this is the last weekend of games before Christmas, so everyone can have a
little rest for a couple of weeks.
It was another good victory for the under 8's away at Mundford in their league  match by
1 - 3. The under 9's travelled to Litcham and ran out comfortable 14 - 0 winners,
Olly Farthing (4) along with hat tricks for Liam Wing, Jamie Newson & Matt Woodward.
The saga of the under 10's k/o cup 1/4 final match against Harling came to a conclusion today, with the replayed match taking place. Brandon went into the half time break down
by 2 goals to nil, the lads got back into the game with goals from Reece Goetsch & Chris Wilson, but Harling always looked the stronger team and took their place in the semi final
with a 5 -2 victory. Well done to the under 11's who scored a terrific win at home against New Buckenham by 13 - 1, Harry Rampley netting 6, with Jordan Kemp also getting a hat trick, along with a season first for Joseph Smith.
The under 14's played in the first semi final leg of the league k/o cup against Thetford Magpies and went down 10 - 1 with Brandon's only goal coming from Jake Silverwood.
The under 10 lasses travelled into Essex to play Little Oakley and came home with the spoils winning 2 - 6 & the under 14 lasses carried on winning ways with a 2 - 4 win away
at Felixstowe & Walton.

News from the touchline WK 14
What a shame the Disco has been cancelled, but with only 30 tickets having been sold the
committee thought that it would be too risky for the disco to go ahead.

Following on from last weeks under 10 k/o cup game at Harling, the league Chairman had informed our Secretary that this match would have to be replayed this weekend because of a breach of
league rules, well the Harling team manager rang Mick Miller and said that they were not prepared
to replay this match and that was that. So at present it looks like it's back in the hands of the
league.

Not many matches to report on this weekend. Lets start with our under 7 team, who played in their second friendly match against Thetford Indies. The lads found themselves two goals down at the
turn, but fought back with goals from Callum Horne & Jake Vincent, but it wasn't to be their day
when Thetford scored the winner late on.
Will Farthing's under 9 team travelled to Harling for a 1/4 k/o cup match and gained a semi final
place with a 3 - 5 victory amongst the scorers was Jamie Newson with a hat trick.
What can one say about our under 15's in their Umbro Suffolk Minor cup match at Stowupland......
After being beaten 15 - 0 the answer is nothing, never mind lads, keep your heads up it will soon be Christmas.
Only one girls team playing this weekend, with our under 10's playing in two matches, on Saturday the girls travelled to Poringland for a friendly and won 4 - 0, Ellesse Masters and Chloe Killing3orth sharing the goals, and today hosting Essex team Little Oakley in a league match and again wining
this time 9 - 1, Ellesse again on the score sheet with four.

I think I've fixed the under 15 page, time will tell !!

Christmas Disco     The Christmas Disco Has Been Cancelled
The club committee took the hard decision to cancel the Christmas disco due to lack of interest.
With only 30 tickets sold out of a possible 250 and with only a week to go it really was the only decision to make. These tickets have been on sale for a month, so were is everybody?
Tickets were available from 5 club members who you all know and could all contact, but 3 of these people had not bee able to sell a single ticket.

Under 10's  k/o cup 1/4 final this game has now got to be replayed according to the league
officials. Roly & Mick where right and did try to tell their opponents that the game should have gone
to penalties, but someone from Harling said that they had read the rule book that morning and that extra time should be played. Lets hope this will be another cracking game.

News from the touchline Wk 11
Lets start this weekend with the big top of the table clash between local neighbours Mundford and
our under 9's. Its reported that Mundford entered the "Lions Den", well I'm not sure whether either teams played like lions, they just simply tried their best, and on the day it was Mundford who went home with the spoils. Some times I feel that too much pressure is put on the shoulders of young children to perform to win in every game, take a step back and just watch the "children" play.
As for the Lions Den,  you can always move to somewhere new !!
The under 8's played a difficult league trophy match away at Wymondham and drew 4 - 4. Mick Millers under 10's put in a good all round performance to beat a hard working Dereham Wanderers Stripes 6 - 3, Reece Goetsch hitting a hat trick for the team. Two games this weekend for the under 11's, on Saturday the boys travelled to Cringleford for a re-arranged league match and cam home
2 - 1 winners, and on Sunday they played Dereham Wanderers in a league trophy match and won
6 - 0 with Jordan Kemp & Harry Rampley both getting hat tricks. Our under 15's went to Mattishall
to play in the second round of the league k/o cup with only 10 men, (where were all the others??)
and despite giving it their all lost by 8 goals to 2. The under 10 lasses needed to win today to get them through to the league cup final and again they played some impressive football against visitors
Copleston and gained the win they wanted by 7 - 1, Ellesse Masters with a hat trick in that game.
The under 13 lasses carry on scoring for fun at the moment with a 10 - 0 win against St. Johns, Nadine Basson netting 5 to take her goal tally to 30 for the season.

Don't forget your disco tickets are on sale (see below for details)!!!
See you all next week.

News from the touchline Wk 10
Firstly, news that Frankie Bonnett was taken to hospital today after a head injury during her match
at Bacton, we hope that Frankie is OK and recovers quickly. *** Just had news that Frankie was
sent home from hospital and was given the all clear***
Our under 7 team played their very first match on Saturday in a friendly at home against Bury St Edmunds, despite losing this match all the boys had a great time and Jack Slater found the net
twice for his first ever club goals. (A match report is on the under 7 team page).
The under 8's played host to Morley and had a comprehensive win, 9 - 0, Theo Stasiak and Robbie Hunter both getting hat tricks and I think a first goal, well two in fact for Mitchell Plumpton.
Sadly our under 9's lost their unbeaten run away at the hands of Wymondham, this will set up
nicely a home match next week against local rivals and last years league winners Mundford.
The under 11's played Swaffham in a League trophy match and came away with the win in a very
tight match, Harry Rampley netting a hat trick.
Mark Welhams boys (under12's) are still finding the going tough and were again defeated at home
this weekend. The under 14's went to play league leaders Thetford Magpies and put in a very good performance, although losing 3 - 0 reports from the camp are very encouraging.
All the lasses teams played away at Bacton, and the under 10 lasses continued wining ways with a
3 - 5 victory, Charley Curtis scoring a debut hat trick with Georgia O'Malley also scoring a debut
goal. The under 13 lasses went goal crazy, getting 20, with Nadine Basson finding the net 8 times
and Amber Browne getting 4. To make it three wins from three games at Bacton the under 14 lasses
then played and won 4 - 0 with the Howard girls both on the score sheet this week.

News from the touchline Wk 9
Sorry Roger, but I only had one visit to the door on Halloween night, Sue must have scared the kids  off with her hair in curlers!!!.
I sit writing this at 7-15pm on Sunday night, 4th Nov 2007. Two of our teams have yet to inform me
of their match results, that's very strange considering one match kicked off today at the
ridiculous time of 9-30am (It should never have been agreed), and this match would have finished
just after 10-30am, and now one has bothered to let me have the result. The other game is even worse, they played yesterday, so what's happened to their result?? . If teams can not be bothered
to ring, text, e-mail, use carrier pigeon,  send smoke signals or use any other means of communication to get their match results to me so it can be added to our web site, then we may
have to think about removing their team page and giving the space to someone else. Come on you managers wake up, if letting  me know your results is to difficult for you then get someone else to
do it for you!!!.
Anyway back to this weekends footy... Well done to the Under 15's who travelled to play
Witnesham Wasps in the 2nd round of the Umbro Suffolk Minor Cup, and came home with a 2 - 3 victory to see them through to the next round. The under 12's are still finding things hard this season and went out of the South Norfolk League Cup, losing 1 - 3 at home to New Buckenham. Our
under 14 lasses got back into winning ways this weekend with a good 4 -1 home win against Stowupland Falcons. Martin Chappell's under 11 team, was missing some key players today due to some local derby match played in Norwich, although the team put up a valiant performance, they struggled against a strong Watton team and went down 4 - 1.
Two more results in at last, the under 8's found Watton to strong for them in the league trophy and went down 0 - 5, but Mick Miller's under 10's recorded their biggest ever win with a 15 - 0 triumph
away at New Buckenham in the K/O cup, they now will meet strong opposition away at Harling in
the 1/4 finals.

News from the touchline Wk 8
Good luck to Harrison Plumpton (under 15's) who has been selected for trials at Ipswich Town Youth Academy, the trials are in December, and we'll let you know how Harrison gets on.
A great result today for the under 8's who travelled to Cringleford in their first League trophy match
and came away with a 2 - 7 win, Theo Stasiak finding the net for a hat trick. Will Farthings under 9 team stay unbeaten this season with a good 4 - 2 victory away at Harling. Olly Farthing scoring
after just 10 seconds. A good end to end match for the under 10's away at Watton Rangers, Reece Goetsch once again getting on the score sheet with a well taken hat trick, and despite being two goals down early in the match the final score ended up 5 - 5.
Harry Rampley (8) & Jordan Kemp(7) went on a goal fest at New Buckenham in the under 11 league trophy match, final score 20 - 0. Some late call offs meant that the under 12 team hosted Thetford Indies with only 10 players, its hard enough to play good teams with a full squad let alone trying to play 70 minutes with a man missing, we hope that this was just a one off for Mark and his team.
The first points of the season for the under 14's with a well earned draw away at high flying
Swaffham, Tom Deacon-Davey getting the goal. Our under 10 Lasses continue their good form with
a fine 9 - 0 win at home versus Little Oakley, Shannon Odebrecht hitting 6 in this game.
The under 13 lasses lost their good start to the season today when they went down 0 - 5 at home
 to Waveney Girls.
To all our players who may go out "trick or treating" on Wednesday night, please behave yourselves
and do not pester or scare people who may not wish to take part.

News from the touchline Wk 7
Earlier this week, Matt Morley who was the assistant coach for last season's under 8 team passed away at the age of 36. Matt had been ill for a year and fought a very courageous battle against his illness. From all of us here at Brandon Lads & Lasses AFC we wish to pass on our condolences to Matt's wife, Kerry and his two children Jack and Jessica.
Matt's funeral will take place on Monday 22 Oct at St. Peters Church in Brandon at 2-30pm, no flowers, and mourners are asked to wear bright colours at Matt's request. Donations are to be made to St. Nicholas Hospice.

Just a small football programme for us this week to report on. The under 9's dropped their first points of the season in a 2 - 2 home draw against a very hard working Dereham Town, Olly Farthing getting both Brandon goals. A hard fought 2 - 1 victory for the under 10's against local neighbours Lakenheath, saw Kyle Pearson head home the winner with almost the last kick of the game.
Mark Welham introduced some new players in his under 12 team, and came away from
Attleborough with a 3 - 3 draw, with Callum Webber netting twice.
A second defeat for the under 14's away at New Buckenham, with Josh Morter scoring his first club
goal for Brandon. Scott Sheppard's under 15's entertained Snettisham for the second week running and after last weeks goal fest between the two teams, this match was a little more subdued, with Snettisham going home with the points after winning 1 - 0.

News from the touchline Wk 6
Good luck to the Club & Olly Farthing at tomorrow nights WASP sports awards. we'll bring you
news on how we get on.
Take note on the news below, and put the Christmas disco date in you diaries!!
Back to matters on the pitch this weekend....Michael and his under 8's have some work to do to
get back on winning ways. Our under 9's remain unbeaten with another fine display of passing
football to take 3 more points, Olly Farthing hitting 5 in this match. A good away victory for Mick's under 10's in their knock out cup match at New Buckenham, with Kyle Pearson netting a hat trick. The visitors, Bulldogs played some neat quick football and went home with the win against the
under 11's.
An away defeat at the hands of Woodbridge brought and end to the under 14 lasses unbeaten run, and unfortunately and end to their clean sheets. Game of the day was undoubtedly the under 15's
who entertained Snettisham in the preliminary round of the Mid Norfolk Leagues knock out cup.
At 5 - 2 up the home side looked to be cruising into the next round, but Snettisham hit back to
bring the scores level at full time. Both teams scored in extra time to bring the match to 6 - 6. Brandon's players kept their nerves and scored with every penalty in the shoot out.  Big thanks to
Will Farthing who stepped in to referee at short notice.

"Bonus Ball" Competition....
The club would also like to start a "Bonus Ball" competition. The idea is that you buy a ball (or as many as you want) for £1 per week payable on a quarterly basis through a standing order. There
will be a weekly prize of £25 for the winner who has the same numbered ball as the one picked in
the main Saturday only Lotto draw. So we need 49 people to take part in this, if there are more people interested then we can run two competitions.
If you are interested then e mail me at webmaster@brandonladsandlasses.co.uk and we can get things started. "You gotta be innit to winnit"

Race Night @ "The Bell"
A race night fund raiser has been held at the "Bell" with all the proceeds being donated to Brandon Lads & Lasses. The speed of the event unfortunately held us back in promoting the night. But a very big thank you goes to Alan & Marion at the Bell for nominating our club for the proceeds. Thanks
also goes to Neil & John the "honest Bookies" and to Jamie the compeer, a big thanks to everyone who came along and supported us and those of you who spent your money on the horses (I'm sure there were some with 3 legs). A grand total of £370 was raised, which is a fantastic amount considering the amount of people who attended, this money will go towards paying for more kit and equipment for our players. Once again thank you all very much.

.Brandon lasses Saturday soccer
Latest news from Roger,

 Tesco Sports Vouchers
The Tesco Sports Vouchers are back...we would love for you all to start collecting for our club, or maybe share your collected vouchers between us and your school (that would keep us both happy)
In the past we have collected enough vouchers for equipment such as,
training balls, cones etc.
The more we collect the more we can order. Give your collected vouchers to your team manager or any committee member and we will get our secretary to do the ordering.

 News from the touchline Sunday 9th Sept 2007
Brandon Lads & Lasses AFC kicked off the new season today, with some great results and some great comeback stories. Well done to our under 8's who played superbly to win their first
competitive league game 5 - 1 against Mundford. With debut goals for Kean Ridge, Robbie Hunter & a hat trick for Theo Stasiak. Our under 9's went into a half time lead of 0 - 5 against New Buckenham, but found the Buckenham keeper, to hard to beat in the second half. A debut goal in that match for Joseph Haire. Reece Goetsch scored the winner for the under 10's after they had trailed to a first
half goal from Bulldogs, with the equaliser, again a debut goal coming from Kyle Pearson. A 6 - 4
win for the under 11's in their first 11 a side match versus Swaffham with a hat trick from Jordan Kemp. Our under 12's went down 3 - 5 to Bulldogs, Brandon trailed early on but got back into the game with 3 well taken goals from Callum Webber, Jake Welham and another debut scorer Travis Steed. Thrills at both ends for our under 15's who after having all their fixtures changed, visited Downham Market, Who says football is boring? Tell that to those players who fought out a 5 - 5
draw. 2 of the goals from Matt Haden on his debut. The lasses also faired well this weekend with
the under 10's playing some neat football to beat Bacton 6 - 2 with ever improving Shannon
Odebrecht scoring 5. Last but not least our under 14 lasses put on the style to comprehensively
beat Bury Town A 11 - 0. Charlotte Howard starting were she left off last season by scoring 4, with Paige Kenny also getting a hat trick, and 2 debut goals from Jenna Grazini.

 Saturday Soccer Coach  urgently required
Brandon Lads & Lasses AFC are looking for volunteers who would like to help and then in time take on the new Saturday Soccer club for year 1 children, which would possibly start in September/October. This is a great way to get into football coaching, and it is open to anyone, preferably to a parent whose child wants to come and start training in this group. The club is fun
based and focuses on basic ball skills. The club would require any new coach to satisfy a CRB
check and also attend an FA Level 1 coaching course (Fun and not to difficult) which includes a
Child Protection workshop and an emergency 1st aid course, all this is done over the course of a couple of nights and two weekends. If you feel that you could help and commit some time to our
club, then please get in touch for more information. [Kevin Briston]
Without new coaches coming forward this club may not be able to continue.

 Fund Raising Sub Committee
Brandon Lads & Lasses AFC are looking for willing volunteers to help form a fund raising sub committee, to help the club raise much needed funds throughout the year. We have had early indications that there are some people who may be interested in doing this. So if you or someone
you know has a little time to spare to help our club then we would like to know.
Contact any team manager or committee member.

Signing on day 2007
There are some players who still have not signed on to the club (yes We know that some of you are
still on holiday), but can you make sure that you contact your team manager and we will make arrangements for you to get signed up.
Don't forget to tell your parents about the new fees. To see a table of the new fee's [click here]
If you have any players that can not sign on on that day then it will be down to individual team managers to make sure that their players are registered with the club, remember that the new
season starts soon and any player who has not signed on with our club will not be able to
participate in any match or activity for Brandon Lads & Lasses.

10th July 2007, we have just received news that the Tesco's store here at
Brandon are going to donate £500 to our club to put towards training and match day equipment.
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Cheque being presented

Presentation nights 2007...... The  clubs annual presentation nights took place on Saturday 19th May and Saturday 2nd June at Brandon Leisure centre, for a list of winners and photos click here

Boot Bank..... Brandon lads & lasses, are now going to set up a boot bank. This is were
parents or players can bring their old out grown football boots (in good condition please) so that they can be sold on at a very small cost to other players. We will keep the boots for around 6 months and if none have gone, then we will pass them on to a very worthy cause. So please
dig out your old boots, pass them on to your team manager/coach or directly to me (Kevin).
Not only will you be pleased for having a clear out, but also you will be helping the club.

REFEREE !
We now have 8 interested people for this course, we only need 2 more then we can set the wheels in motion and get this course started.
We all know how difficult the referee's job is. One chance to see an incident, and one blow of
the whistle to make his or hers decision. Was he right or wrong?
Wherever you go to play football, it's always the same story, a big shortage of referee's!
Brandon Lads & Lasses are looking for new referee's. The club needs a minimum of 10 people, who
would like to become referee's then we can approach Suffolk FA, and they will then send their
referee instructors to us here at Brandon.
The course is one night per week for 7 weeks then an exam on the 8th week.
Entry is open to both male & female aged 14 or over.
If you are interested in this then please give me a call for more info. Kevin Briston