Football is a world wide loved sport, players and fans enjoying watching and playing ‘the beautiful game’ across all ability levels and at every age. We are very lucky as a football club to have suitable kit for all our teams and our partnership with Nike means that we have access to the highest quality […]
Tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh
We are saddened to hear the news regarding the passing of the Duke of Edinburgh. We will be asking all of our teams to hold a minutes silence during this weekends games to recognise and reflect on the impact that Prince Philip has had and will continue to have on our lives for years to […]
10 Questions with – Lisa Smith
Answering the questions this time is our assistant club secretary, fixtures secretary, coach and everything else in between, Lisa! A very interesting match day ritual and a very ‘cheesy’ joke (pardon the pun!). Q1). How long have you been coaching for? A = Nearly 3 years Started with U7’s who are now U9’s Q2). What […]
Easter Colouring Competition
It only feels like Christmas yesterday but Easter is already on the horizon and we have a competition for you to enter. For our younger players, we have bought 2 Cadbury Mini Eggs Easter Eggs and all you have to do to win one is the following: 1). Download one of our colouring in sheets […]
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
It’s been a short few weeks since we restarted football again, during what has been a year to remember, and all of a sudden we stop again to enjoy the Christmas break. As the year draws to a close and we spend time with loved ones, it make us all value the things we hold […]
10 Questions with – James Glock
Next to face the questions is James Glock, our U14 Purple manager. James has been coaching for a few years now, initially as a mens football coach. He joined FC Abbey Meads 6 years ago. We asked James to the answer the same set of questions, answers below. Quality of the jokes is still poor […]
Non-elite Football Statement 3rd November 2020
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of further lockdown restrictions on Saturday, the FA have released the following statement that suspends all grass roots football activity until at least Wednesday 2nd December, subject to the voting in of the legislation by Members of Parliament on 4th November 2020. Full statement below: The Football Association [The FA] […]
Congratulations to Megan Young
Congratulations to Megan Young, captain of our U15 girls team, who has been selected to join the Oxford United U16 RTC Shadow Squad. Megan will benefit from top quality academy coaching and being part of an RTC, while still being involved with FC Abbey Meads for this season. U15 Girls manager, Peter Beasley, said – […]
Club Statement – NHS Track & Trace
Dear all coaches, players, parents, spectators, and other participants, As per yesterday’s FA announcement, effective Thursday 24th September, football clubs must now display NHS COVID-19 Track & Trace Posters for participants or parents to scan as they enter. In following this guidance, we will display these as of Wednesday 23rd September in the evening. We […]
U10 Purple End of Season Awards
End of season awards were handed to the U10 Purple squad this weekend. All the players received a special trophy and a new club snood. All the coaches and parents are very proud of the team and how they have played all season but especially since we resumed playing in August. Our individual player awards […]