Romans

Southwell City Romans are having a great season. The Under 12 football team has just picked up their first silverware of the current campaign after winning their YEL Winter League Championship.

The team hit form just at the right time. They went into the final stages of the winter season knowing that wins in their final two games would hand them the title. An impressive 3-1 win at title rivals Gedling Southbank, was followed by a 5-2 victory at Bingham Town to secure top spot.

The latest trophy continues an excellent run of success for the boys in the last couple of years. As Under 10’s the boys were crowned Spring League Champions. Last year, as Under 11’s, they finished league runners up after being promoted to a higher division.

One of the main reasons behind the team’s success is that the squad is made up exclusively of local boys who are in Year 7 at the Minster School. This lends to a great spirit amongst the players as they all enjoy being able to play football with their mates.

The team now turns its attention to possible cup glory. At the end of April they face Blidworth in a cup semi-final at Brinkley. It will be a tricky tie, but the boys will be up for it!

Photo: Back Row, L to R: John Cunningham (Coach), Olly Wild, Matthew Cunningham, Lennie Blagg, Jacob Higman, Toby Short, Thomas Harding, Harley Fenton, Lyndon Short (Coach) Front Row: Daniel Jones, Lewis Durham, Luke Burn, Sam Kumar, Matthew Timms, Fintan O’Loan.

Two of our Under 12 boys have reached the milestone of 100 appearances for Southwell City. Jacob Higman and Matthew Cunningham both started playing for Southwell City Romans at Under 8 and have now reached a century of games for their local club.

Jacob was the first to hit the 100 mark when he played in our 5-3 home victory against Ripley Town in November. In all those games he has scored 30 goals for the club.

Matthew was two games behind Jacob, hitting the 100 mark in our 5-2 away win at Bingham Town last weekend. He has also scored 30 goals in his Southwell City career to date.

Well done to both boys!

Pictured kneeling are Matthew (Left) and Jacob (Right)

Southwell City’s two U12 boys football teams will be looking all the smarter this season as they will both be wearing new Nike football kits, supplied by McDonalds.

The football club has benefited from a scheme that has seen the fast food giant offering free football kits to FA Chartered Standard teams such as City.

Launched in 2001, the FA Charter Standard Programme is the FA’s accreditation scheme for grassroots clubs and leagues. The award is given to clubs that are rigorously adjudged to be well-run and sustainable – and which prioritise child protection, quality coaching and implementation of the Respect programme.

For nearly a decade, City has been an FA Community Club – this is highest level available under the FA’s Charter Standard program.  Today, the club continues to build on this firm foundation and is now one of the biggest in the county, with over 30 boys, girls and adult teams.

This season, the club will be working closely with an FA Coach Mentor in order to further increase the quality of coaching throughout the club.

Any local players are interested in joining their growing, community club should email [email protected]

Pictured in their new kits are Matthew Cunningham & Luke Burn (Southwell City Romans) with Tom Kessler & Matthew Timms (Southwell City Spires).

It’s been another enjoyable season for Southwell City Romans U11’s. For the second year running they finished in a trophy position in the league. This time they finished runners up in a very competitive YEL Spring League campaign, finishing off in style with an 8-1 victory over East Leake.

More important than the results though has been the style and quality of football played by the team over the course of the season. With a strong emphasis being placed on passing football, they were a very enjoyable team to watch at times. Well done boys!

The team is pictured at the league award ceremony with Nigel Jemson, former Nottingham Forest and England U21 player who presented the boys with their medals.