Birkdale United AFC

To all managers

If you have any match reports, please send them to info@birkdaleunited.co.uk we have started to upload the reports we have, so please bear with us if you have sent some through.

Ideally we would like every team to submit a short report every week, even if its only a couple of lines, if you dont have time to write one, why not ask one of your parents to write and submit something on your behalf. (more…)

Birkdale United AFC have been celebrating today after being awarded two brand new football kits by the Football Foundation, the UK’s largest sports charity.

The new Nike kits worth £400.00 each were awarded to the club as part of the Foundations Junior Kit Scheme. This provides new strips and equipment to teams across the country and is fronted by Arsenal and England star Theo Walcott.

Congratulations to the players from our Birkdale United Under 11N and Under 11D girls football teams, who have been selected to respresent Sefton Schoolgirls Football Team, the girls will be representing their borough in numerous football tournaments, facing representative squads from Knowsley, Liverpool, Wirral and St. Helens.

The Birkdale United girls selected are:

T. Elliot
E. Kelly
S. Kelly
N. Meadows
C. Mentha
E. Ormerod
M. Price
N. Smith
A. Sykes
A. Young

Congratulations from everyone at the Birkdale United.

Unfortunately, for the next week or so, Club Secretary, Sharon Caul will be unavailable. Could anyone wishing to contact the Club regarding Boys’/Men’s Teams please contact Kevin Stockley, while those seeking information on the Girls’ Teams should contact Noel Warham. Both of their details are available on the Committee Contacts page. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Birkdale girls made the short trip to Wigan today, for this League Cup fixture, upon arrival it became quite obvious that the pitch was very heavy, following the rain that had fallen over the last few days, but the pitch had no standing water, and the referee was happy for the fixture to go ahead.

As soon as the girls started playing football, it became apparent that the pitch though was like a big (more…)

Birkdale United U11D girls football team were at their home ground of Carr Lane, Birkdale, Southport, today the girls faced Burscough in the League Cup, unfortunately though, for one reason or another, the girls never had their football heads on, which meant that there was only one team who wanted to win the match – Burscough.

The girls eventually lost 3-0, and their League cup run ended very early.

Congratulations to Club Secretary and Under 12′s Girls Manager Sharon Caul, and Under 9S boys manager Shaun Huyton, who today passed their FA Level 2 Coaching Certificate. Well Done from everyone at the club!

Respect was the No.1 priority emerging from the biggest opinion survey to date of grassroots football in England. The survey was carried out in late 2007 and directly informed The FA’s National Game Strategy, published in March 2008. We hope that Respect will ensure a safe, positive environment for everyone to enjoy football.

From the start it will have an impact on the following areas: (more…)

A brisk start by both teams in windy conditions saw Crosby Stuart have the first chance of the game but their striker shot the ball over the crossbar.

The first goal was scored by G. Rawsthorne for Birkdale with a shot from the left wing after five minutes, 0 – 1. (more…)

A workmanlike performance saw the girl’s maintain there 100% record with a comfortable 3-0 win over local rivals Burscough. After a convincing win against Crosby Stuart last week, there was always that possibility that Burscough could bring the game to Birkdale, causing one of the biggest upsets of the season. However, to the girl’s credit, they did not let the previous result go to their heads and they still managed to grind out a convincing result with an average performance. (more…)

Following the teams disappointing away trip of last week, we found ourselves back on familiar territory with a home fixture against Athletico Girls.

With E. Harrison away for the weekend, A. Seddon stepped up and volunteered to mind the goal for this weeks match. (more…)

Everyone at Birkdale United would like to congratulate last year’s Under 8 ‘S’ Goalkeeper, Jordan Slade, who has been signed on by Preston North End. Good luck, Jordan, we wish you every success in the future.

Birkdale were good value for their win today and, could have reached double figures if not for stout Dynamo defending and wayward finishing. Birkdale were attempting to create a new world record for the most corners won without actualy scoring, I gave up counting at 25 attempts  goals were two for L. Armstrong, two for K. Heron and one for E. Ormerod.

Girl of the Match was awarded to K. Heron.

Over the next few weeks, we hope to be able to inform you exactly which, FA qualifications our managers and indeed their coaches have, this will include First Aid and Enhanced FA CRB clearance information too.

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