The Setup
Larkfield Archives U14Y 03~04 are part of the Larkfield Football Club which Incorporates Larkfield Boys, Larkfield Juniors, Larkfield Youth & Larkfield Girls.
We play in tournaments against other 'special needs' teams which have been in such places as Brighton and London and hosted by teams like 'Charlton Athletic', 'Brighton And Hove Albion' and 'Wimbledon' .
Sue Sloane
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Dave
Mo Sloane
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Home fixtures
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Ground :
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As advised
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Kickoff :
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As advised
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Arrival time:
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As advised
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Training
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Ground :
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Larkfield Rec
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Sat 10:00 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m.
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Team Colours
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Main Strip :
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Yellow / Black
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Second Strip :
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Action Pics
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Mitchell running down the right wing with the ball
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Malcolm's prematch 'kick ups' before a tournament
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Ian being well tackled while running down the left wing
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Joe on the ball with Nick in support.
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Ian running down the right wing with the ball
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Nick making an excellent tackle in the centre of midfield
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The Team Management
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Sue Sloane
Sue has been managing this team which she started up with her husband Mo in 1999 under the guidance of Ian Greenland. Sue as the manager, is the one who does all the chatting and arranges all the fixtures.
Sue is a south londoner; Sue is a Charlton supporter ! !
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Mo Sloane
Mo is the coach. He has a level 1 coaching certificate and is also our first aider.
He is the one who does all the hard work with the team on the training pitch.
Thanks mainly to his son Tom, he has become a loyal Westham supporter. (under the same roof as a Charlton supporter? ooooh!)
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Dave
Recently Mo has been joined by another coach who has done the same courses as himself helping him with training.
This other coach is called Dave. Dave trains the junior team and Mo trains the senior team.
We are hoping that the junior team all stick together and will hopefully do well in lots of tournaments in the future.
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A little bit of History
The team was formed in 1999 because a couple called Moe and Sue Sloane had 3 sons, they were called Josh, Ollie and Tom.
Tom and Ollie were becoming upset as Josh played for a Larkfield league side and he kept coming home with trophies.
Ollie and Tom wanted the chance to play football, so Moe and Sue formed,(with the guidance of the late Ian Greenland), a team that was especially for boys and girls with special needs/learning difficulties so as to give them the chance to play football. The team found that it generated a lot of interest in the Larkfield and Ditton area and more players soon joined.
However we also call this team the Larkfield Youth Junior team.
Ever since the start of the 2003-2004 season Mo and Sue have wanted to have a junior team.
At the start of the 2003-2004 season Mo and Sue found it difficult to have a junior team because there were not enough players to make a team.
However more recently the junior team have had 4 new players and as a result now have enough players to make the Larkfield Youth Under 14s team
Thanks to the parents
A bit about some of the important people…. The parents, without them our team would find it difficult to get to their fixtures. Thanks to them our team has games at Feltham, Brighton, Erith Horsham and v.i. training at Charlton Athletic and Arsenal.
A thank you from the players...it is appreciated.
Feltham Community College tournament.
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On Sunday 14th March 2004 the Larkfield Youth Under 14s became runners-up at the Feltham Community College tournament. An Excellent achievement! Congratulations to all!
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Ross, Joe, Ian, Malcolm & Ben hanging around at a tournament.
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