November Player Of The Month

This month Fredrik Hoie has been given the player of the month for his outstanding work both on and off the pitch, and his fantastic performances in the past two fixtures. Freddy, a Norwegian lad, first came to Bolton in Summer 2008 for the fun summer camp. Since then he has worked hard and trained hard, following the exploits of the year long players until finally he came to join us here this season. And we are very pleased he did. Freddy brings a great attitude, and fantastic energy to the programme. This month he has earned the captains arm band for his work on the pitch and in training.

Well Dane

Edukick England News - Week 10

Pitchside Parade

Today at the Bolton Wanderers V Blackpool fixture on the Reebok stadium the team were given a warm reception by the 25000 fans inside the Reebok at half time.

The Edukick England team were paraded round the pitch at half time with the skills challenge trophy following the victory against the skills team earlier in the term, and also to celebrate there efforts over the term.

What a great experience for the lads and one they will never forget. The videos will soon be on the youtube site

www.youtube/EdukickEngland

Look Who it is!

The Orange Man is Zac Cameron!

Only question is why does he have that orange outfit? maybe he'll be the next one to be interviewed on Edukick England news to find out!

Check out Edukick England news on the YouTube site

www.youtube.com/EdukickEngland

Building a Team

Yesterday the lads took to the Anderton centre, in Rivington, for a team building day in the woods. Tasks included problem solving, absailing, tug of wars and much much more.

A great day was had by all, but still - who's our Orange Man?

Look Who's Hiding!

Everybody wants to join the Guess Who today, look who doesn't want to be in the photos at pitch side this afternoon!

Guess Who?

Yesterday saw the lads away day, which was a trip to the Anderton centre for a team building session in the country. James & Stuart took the lads to the centre where they participated in various challenges ans team building games in the woods.

Lot's of pictures are available on the online album, but here is one to get you guessing. Guess Who turned up wearing his all in one to keep warm, and not just a desecrate all in one, a bright Orange one!

Find out later today!!!!

International Call up for Two Edukick Players

What a great week here in Bolton, the lads have worked hard in training and had a fantastic game at Chadderton FC, but Two players have been called to represent their national sides in the up and coming tournament in Africa.

Miguel has been called up to represent Namibia, this will be the second time and he'll be playing in the U 18's squad this December

Mohamed has been called up to play for Egypt U17's, at only 15.

Well done to both the lads and we will keep a track on the progress over the next few weeks.

Final Scores

Chadderton 1 - 2 Edukick England

A fantastically fought second half saw Edukick England back four and team as a whole soak up the pressure to end with a well deserved victory in Manchester.

Freddy stood out in the centre of midfield, Haedan Turner came on in the second half and showed what a great engine he has, Christian took on board what James had worked on regarding the pressure up front

All in All a great team performance and a great result for the team

Well Done Lads.

Half Time Scores

Chadderton Town 1 - 2 Edukick England

The Edukick England team are performing well and are on top of the game, trying to gain control in the centre of the park, yet struggling with the bobble of the ball. The pitch isn't a pitch they can play their usual passing game. At that back there has been a few shaky moments, with the Chadderton team finding space a few times down the right hand side and being able to get the crosses in, however on loan keeper Jonny has kept us in front.

Edukick England went two up, firstly with a 30 yard strike from Freddy, then a goal from Christian after some fantastic pressure on the keeper. Just before the break Chadderton found the space again down the right and managed to get a cross in, after a penalty area scramble they managed to get a foot to the ball to poke it over the line.

Both Michael and Miguel have come close at the other end, and the Edukick lads are slowly settling to the pace of the game and the physical element.

Edukick England Ready to Kick Off

It's a cold evening in Manchester, and Edukick England have travelled to North Manchester to take on Chadderton Town U 18's under floodlights. This will be a great test for the lads. It will be a tough and possibly physical game on a very large, but uneven pitch. A massive contrast to the conditions of last weeks fixture at the academy.

Both sides have been out to conduct their warm ups and both teams look fired up for the game.

Edukick England are fielding a similar starting line up to the team that took on Bolton last week, with Seb Blades Sam Teame, Seb Farr and George Daka all sidelined for this one with injuries and various reasons.

5 minutes to go to kick off, what was great to see was the lads had brought their own motivational DVD following the lectures on positive mental attitude.

Good Luck lads.

Edukick England V Bolton Wanderers

The Edukick England team got a great boost yesterday by being invited to the Bolton Wanderers Academy to take on one of their teams. The game, played on a fantastic show pitch at the front of the academy, was a great contest with two very strong teams showing some great skill. On a cold and very windy day in the exposed area of lostock where the ground is situated, the Edukick England team played what James Ward called, their best football yet on the course. The lads went into the break level at 0-0. The second 30 minutes saw the team take the lead with a goal from Centre Half, William Cunningham. Finishing the second 30 minutes in the lead, spirits were high and the standard of play from all was fantastic. They took the field for the final 30 minutes, and although kept up the fine performance, came in at the end 2-1 down, with two goals that came due to the pressure of not only the BWFC team, but battling against the strong winds for so long. Towards the end Christian came close to leveling the tie, as did Joao, however unfortunately didn't manage to level it.

The opportunity and performance showed how far the lads have come in the time they have been here, and to what a high standard they are and can perform at.

From this now they can push on to compete better when playing the colleges and local teams, in preparation for the next big target game.

EduKick England take on the Wanderers

Today the lads were due to have a fixture at the arena, however due to a down pour overnight the fixture had to be cancelled, BUT from the disappointment of that came a fantastic opportunity with Bolton Wanderers Academy asking for a fixture against our lads. So tomorrow (Tuesday) the team will take on the full BWFC academy at Lostock, the BWFC Academy ground.

It's a great opportunity for those selected to show off their talent and gauge the level at that top flight of football.

This is a target game, so the team are looking at earning a place in the squad for this fixture.

Good luck lads

Keep an eye on the Blog for the reports later tomorrow!

Edukick England News!

Along with the blog, Facebook and YouTube sites, Edukick England are launching a new website to keep everyone updated of the day to day progress and information from the course here in Bolton England, watch the progress as we build at:-

http://www.edukickengland.co.uk/

Don't forget to keep a look out here on the blog too, and the YouTube site - look for our channel EdukickEngland

Edukick England - it's all happening here!

Edukick England V Manchester Tech College

Yesterday the Edukick England team travelled to the centre of Manchester to take on the technology college team. In a very wet and cold afternoon in Manchester the team struggled a little to maintain the pace and tempo of the previous games. As it was a development game, Coach James Ward had tried to change and adapt the way the lads played with a 4,3,3 formation, however it was soon clear that they were unsure with this formation so the reverted back to the 4,4,2 formation they were used to which showed with a change in performance.
the team came out 2-1 down of the game with George Daka scoring our only goal after converting very well ad bit of excellent play.
Fredrik put in a fantastic performance in the game earning him the man of the match title for the fixture.
plenty to work on, its helped to get the lads used to playing in the cold and driving rain here in England.
onto next week where conditions permitting we have already a very busy line up of fixtures, with a possible 3 games in a week.

Year Long Football Studies Programme 2010/2011 - Week commencing 25th October, Week 6

Check out the week 6 pictures!

Joao Get Player of the Month

Joao Pereira has been voted the Player of the Month for October by the BWFC coaches for his work both on and off the pitch. Joao, a Portuguese player arrived this year having had experience playing in Europe and the UK and has fitted very well into the team and the daily routine of the training. Joao has produced some very consistent performances in training and games which has earned him this months player of the month.

Well done Joao!