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2007-2008 SEASON


GARDEN VILLAGE DO WELL AT
PONTARDAWE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL
24th May 2008


Garden Village finished first in their group at this festival. The group was one of 3, and as we are not allowed to have semi-finals
or finals of any sort any more, we can only judge the boys performance on this one group. Garden Village played some lovely
football, scoring 14 goals, and only conceding 2 all day. The boys didn't lose a single match. Based on points, I think we finished
first between the 3 groups, but its hard to be 100% sure, as I was unable to watch all the matches in the other 2 groups
For the full results see the Results Page.


At this festival, the team achieved their 100th clean sheet of the season. Well done to Aled, our ever-reliable regular 
goalkeeper, and, of course our stalwart defenders, who were Alex, Jack and Ben Jones today.





Garden Village Under 8s celebrated another successful  mini-football season at the Garden Village
clubhouse, Stafford Common on 14th May. You can find more photos and details of the Player of the
Year and Most-Improved Player awards on the Presentation Page. 

GARDEN VILLAGE DO WELL AT
BRITON FERRY FOOTBALL FESTIVAL
11th May 2008


These days, no-one is allowed to win, but on a lovely sunny day, the 2 Garden Village teams played 8 games,
and didn't lose a single one. If it was a tournament, which it wasn't, of course, we would have been in first and
second place. The boys in black & white scored more points than anyone else, and the boys in yellow & blue
scored one less than that. So, it would have been an all-Garden Village final.



As it was, there was no need for a final, so no need for the boys to play each other, and both teams can therefore claim
that no-one beat them on the day! Between the two squads, the boys scored 17 goals, and only conceded 1 all day.






During the tournament, the team won their 100th game of the season.






During the tournament the boys scored their 350th goal of the season.


A typical team tactical talk, where the boys tell us what they think they should do, and GVHQ, where we try to keep the boys out of the sun
(or more usually, the rain), and where laces are tied, plasters applied, and nothing but healthy food is eaten. Definitely no sweets, no sir!
(Yeah, right!)





The boys also played some great football, with some lovely saves, tackles, passes, runs, crosses, and, of course, goals.
We had lovely weather, and played against some familiar teams, and some teams we hadn't previously played this season.
All in all, a good day. For the full results, see the Results Page






The Garden Village 2008 Fun Day was held at the Garden Village Club,
Stafford Common, on Sunday 4th May 2008

Garden Village fielded two squads for the day, the Juniors and the Colts.

A good performance from both squads saw them scoring 18 goals and conceding only 6.
Between them the boys played 12 matches against West End, Llangyfelach, Loughor, Loughor Rovers,
Cwrt Herbert, Gowerton Juniors, Carmarthen Town and Landore.

Garden Village won 7 matches, drew 4 and lost only one. For the full results, see the Results Page



COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS FOR UNDER 11s

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has recently decided to enforce a ban on football clubs running,
or participating in, competitive mini-football tournaments for children under 11, ignoring the wishes of the
clubs, managers, coaches and parents of the players.

Whilst we support the idea of sport for all and encouraging as many children as possible to play in friendly
league matches every week during the season, we see no reason to have clubs prevented from organising
competitive tournaments after the season has finished. Well-attended tournaments also raise much-needed funds
for many clubs, which helps to support grass-roots football.

Football IS competitive. Learning to win and lose is important for children’s development. It is what encourages
them to improve. To have children not being allowed to win deprives them of a reason for taking part in sport.
Children are naturally competitive, and are able to work out who has won by the simple process of adding up how
many goals have been scored.

We believe the FAW should reverse their decision to ban competitive mini-football tournaments for under 11s,
and allow clubs who wish to, to organise tournaments where winning is recognised.

If you agree, please sign the online petition at:-

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/minifootball/index.html

GARDEN VILLAGE DO WELL AT KILGETTY TOURNAMENT

On the 26th April 2008, Garden Village did well at the KILGETTY JUNIOR FOOTBALL FESTIVAL 2008.
A superb performance from the boys saw them scoring 27 goals and conceding only 1.
All 6 games were against teams they haven't played previously this season.
For the full results, see the Results Page


At the Kilgetty Junior Football Tournament 2008, Garden Village also scored their 300th goal this season.

The Under 8 Boys Team Page on the official Garden Village Juniors Website is now active. The site contains Player & Manager Profiles, Photo Gallery and Team History for the boys, as well as information about the club and team pages for all the Garden Village Juniors boys and girls teams, and is well worth visiting.   (bookmark it or save it in your favourites.)

On the 2nd of March 2008, Garden Village scored their 250th goal this season.



On the 10th February 2008, Garden Village achieved their 50th clean sheet this season


ARE WE GETTING BETTER ?
SO, COMPARED TO FEBRUARY LAST SEASON, HOW ARE THE TEAMS DOING?

The boys have played 21 more matches this season, and they have won 27 more matches, but only conceded 7 more goals.
They have drawn the same number of matches, but they have only lost 12 matches, 6 less than this time last season.
They have scored a massive 246 goals, 122 more goals than this time last year ! Take a bow forwards and midfielders.
The teams have also achieved an amazing 58 clean sheets this season, which shows what a great job the defenders and goalies are doing.
Well done so far. Keep it up boys!

The manager and team would like to thank
CLAEMORE BUILDERS
for their sponsorship for this season.

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