U12's and U14's - Division and Cup Winners!

Hearty congratulations to TAJFC Under 12's and Under 14's who have capped a fantastic season by comfortably winning their respective divisions. The Under 12's are in fact League Champions and should congratulate themselves on officially being The Best Team In York & Selby. The Under 14's were completely unbeaten all season (only drawing ONE game) and ended with a goal difference of +100. A point to bear in mind for all those about to move to 11-a-side is that these fantastic league positions are in tandem with some stunning performances in various cup competitions. The Under 12's won the Acaster Steel Cup by beating Thorpe in the final. Both of these teams are coached and managed by Keith Sawden who is also our hard-working Club Secretary - Difficult enough to get one team to the top of the table, but two(!?). Keith's Under 12's Team will be appearing in the Mitchell League Cup Final to be held at Tadcaster Albion on Wednesday 6th May - 7:30 kick off. We would like to see as many people as possible from all of the Tadcaster Albion teams (Mini & Junior) down there to give their support. If anyone needs a lift or needs dropping off - let me know and we'll sort it out nickbrown@btinternet.com . See you there!

Tadcaster Riverside Inter-Schools Tournament

Mrs Conway, Miss Pell and I enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of football (on your behalf) at Riverside School today. Years 5 and 6 took part in an Inter-Schools Tournament in perfect footballing conditions with the pitches beautifully marked out with our new (spray!) white-liner. The event was organised by Eileen Carter, Brian Brooks and Robin Bedford representing various areas of Selby District Council. The event was kindly hosted by Mr Yapp.
It was great to see lots of Tadcaster Albion players joining forces with their classmates from Tadcaster Magnets and playing against their club colleagues from other schools. The competition was played with 5-a-side rules with 6 minutes each way. Each team played each other in a thrilling prequel to the upcoming Tadcaster Tournament on 23rd/24th May. Results were as follows:-

Sixth place - Tadcaster East
Fifth place - Appleton Roebuck
Fourth place - Riverside B
Third place - Riverside A
Second place - Tockwith

Winners - St Josephs

The top-spot was won on goal difference with top scorer on the day being our own Joel Brown from St Josephs. We also had lots of interest from new players for the 2009-2010 season and will be happy to see them in the summer.

Tad Albion U9s 'v' Copmanthorpe (19th April)

'A' Team Match Reports

Companthorpe 1 – 1 Tadcaster Albion
Squad: Alfie, Ethan, George, Jack, James K, James O, Sam, Scott, Tom
Scorers: Tom

Tadcaster travelled to Companthorpe on a glorious April morning for their final league fixture of the season, knowing that a win or a draw would see the team climb up to mid table whereas a loss would condemn them to a bottom two finish.
Tadcaster rounded off the season with a terrific performance and came within a couple of minutes of winning a very closely fought game. Despite not having played for a month, Tadcaster got off to a great start winning the early battles for possession and stringing together some lovely passing exchanges. Cop’ fought back though and once or twice Tadcaster rode their luck as they were outnumbered at the back. Taddy were the first to score as Tom bravely got his head onto a wicked corner from James and it was no less than they deserved.
The second half was more of the same - total commitment from both teams, with some really entertaining football throughout. Copmanthorpe occasionally looked dangerous but without creating any clear cut chances .. until they brought on their super sub. He was about 2 foot 6 tall and looked about 5, but he broke out hearts as he hooked the ball in to level the match in the dying minutes.

A draw was enough to lift Taddy up to 5th place, whilst Copmanthorpe’s point was enough to give them 3rd place. Final league table here.

Terrific effort again from the whole team with Scott and George outstanding at the back and in goal Alfie proved once again how valuable he is to the team. The performance of the day though was from Tom who won countless tackles as well scoring the Taddy goal.
Man of the Match: Tom.

2nd Game report
Companthorpe 4 – 0 Tadcaster Albion
Squad: Alfie, Ethan, George, Jack, James K, James O, Sam, Scott, Tom

A much more relaxed atmosphere to the second fixture and one or two real comedy moments – including deputy goal keeper Ethan heading the ball into his own net.
Copmanthorpe ran out convincing winners, but throughout the game, the Tadcaster team all played with a smile on their faces – none more so that Sam who took away the man of the match trophy for his efforts.
Man of the Match: Sam.

F A Respect Campaign

Under 11's Division 2

Congratulations to Osbaldwick who have been named as Division 2 Champions and will be duly promoted to 'The Premiership' next season.

It couldn't be closer between Brooklyn and Tad Magnets with 1 goal separating the two teams and 2 matches to go (one of them being against each other on 19th April).

Tadcaster Albion JFC have 2 remaining fixtures - both at home - the first being this Sunday against Osbaldwick and the second against York Cubs on the 19th April (there is a break for Easter in between) We need at least 2 points to go past Pickering Town and need to neutralise York Cubs who are coming up fast behind, to finish a respectable 4th. Please can we have as many bodies down to training as possible - we will be training in daylight (hurrah!) and will also be looking to pull together our squads for the Ulleskelf and Tadcaster Tournaments. Let's give Osbaldwick a memorable send off into Division One.