Medals galore at Goals Doncaster as Juniors complete campaigns
Hornets Yellow edge thrilling U- 16’s Premier title From Sheffield Blue
Titans White take the glory in Under-16’s Championship battle
Hornets Orange convincing winners in Under 12’s Premiership
Glory for Barton -Inclusive Hull in Under-12’s Championship
National Autistic Society Collection closes in on £3000 target
There were 27 fixtures played out at the Goals Centre, Doncaster last Sunday as the Junior categories from the www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com completed their League campaigns, watched by a super crowd in dry but cold conditions.
Four matches to finish off the Under-16’s Premier season, matches officiated by Dan and Danny, and in the first, Bradford City Under-16 Amber inflicted a significant defeat on title-chasing Sheffield FC Blue. With Hillsborough Hornets Yellow winning the next two games, and despite Sheffield Blue taking three points in their last game with Rotherham United CST, the glory went to Hornets by one crucial point from Sheffield Blue, with Bradford City Amber third and RUCST a valiant fourth.
Winners and Runners-Up received their trophies from Chairman Mike and Richard. Congratulations to everyone in this division for a wonderful season.
Juniors U16’s Premier
| POS | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Yellow | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Sheffield U16 Blue | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Bradford City FITC U16 Amber | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
It was a busy afternoon for our Championship Under-16’s, with 11 matches across three pitches officiated by Mike, Danny and Dan.
Barton Inclusive-Hull Under -16’s got their afternoon off to a flying start with a great win over Bradford City Blue, Chesterfield White edged title-chasing Titans White before Edenthorpe beat Sheffield FC Black. After Bradford City Blue took the points against Chesterfield, Edenthorpe kept their Championship push on track with a good win over Hornets Black. Barton beat Sheffield Black before Edenthorpe claimed three points against a depleted Chesterfield squad.
Titans claimed an important 4-1 win over Hornets to close in on the title, and with Edenthorpe watching on, Titans edged Bradford to claim the League Championship by just three points after a wonderful season.
Congratulations to John Hibbert and his Titans team and well done too to Edenthorpe for another great season.
All six clubs in this Divion have produced a wonderful series of matches, so all the players and coaches should be fully proud of their achievements.
Final table;
| POS | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| 1 | C.D Titans U16 White | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Barton Inclusive -Hull U16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Bradford City FITC U16 Blues | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Black | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Sheffield U16 Black | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 7 | Chesterfield C.T U16 White | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
So to the Under-12’s, and congratulations to Hillsborough Hornets Orange who won all three of their games on Sunday to clinch the Premiership trophy by twelve points from Edenthorpe Under-12’s, who won one, drew one and lost one of their matches.
Sheffield Red were just one point behind Edenthorpe after a win, a draw and a defeat on the day, and Bradford City Diamonds were in contention throughout the season and can look back with pride on their achievements.
Congratulations to everyone at Hillsborough Hornets Orange and to Edenthorpe Juniors on finishing as Champions and Runners-Up respectively, and thanks to Sean and Brian for handling the matches so well.
Final table;
| POS | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U12 Orange | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Sheffield U12 Red | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Bradford City FITC U12 Diamonds | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | -10 | 3 |
Pitches 6, 8 and 10 saw six matches (Sean, Mike, Brian, Danny and Dan) which decided the destination of the Junior Under-12’s Championship, and it was Barton Inclusive Hull who lifted the trophy by winning one of their last two games. Titans Blue made life a little interesting for a few minutes, but Barton’s fine win over Sheffield White saw the silverware head east on the M180. Rotherham United CST did everything they could to pressurise Barton after a loss to Sheffield FC White, but they did clinch second place from Titans Blue. Great seasons from all six clubs, but well done to Jo, Geoff and everyone at Barton, and Dylan and team at Rotherham.
Final standings;
| POS | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Barton Inclusive- Hull U12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | C.D Titans U12 Blue | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Chesterfield C.T U12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 5 | C.D Titans U12 Red | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 6 | Sheffield U12 White | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
So, with the regular season complete, the Juniors can look forward to their Divisional Trophy. Well done to all our players, coaches and spectators.
Attention now turns to the 7-a-side teams at Concord Sports Centre next Sunday. This game will see the last collection for our Fundraiser for the National Autistic Society, which is now within touching distance of our £3000 target. If you haven’t contributed yet, please help us get over the line.
Thanks to all our referees and to Margaret for her fantastic work on the website and keep up to date with our pictures and action at www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com.
Sunday 1st December 2024
National Autistic Society Fundraiser well on track
33 matches at Goals Doncaster in Final Matchday of 2024
Titans by a nose From Edenthorpe in U-16 Championship
Hornets edging Sheffield Blue in titanic U-16 Premier battle
Hornets Orange convincing U-12’s Premier leaders
Barton-Hull in command in U-12 Championship
Not the worst of the weather at Goals Doncaster last Sunday as the Juniors played out Matchday Three of their season. With one League matchday left, there’s plenty to play for, with the prospect of Divisional Tournaments after the end of the season if all goes to plan.
This Christmas, http://www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com is fundraising for the National Autistic Society – http://www.autism.org.uk – and we are delighted to report that we are well on our way to our £3000 target. The bucket collection on Sunday raised well over £120 and with two more collections to go we are aiming to smash our target for the fourth year in a row.
Remember you can also donate at our Just Giving site. Details on our website. Please give generously if you can.
In the Under-16’s Premier, officiated by Sean and Brian, the anticipated nail-biting title clash between Hillsborough Hornets Under 16’s Yellow and Sheffield FC Blue continues unabated. Sheffield Blue had a fantastic afternoon, winning all their games including a narrow win over Hornets in the last game of the day.
Hornets had a win over Rotherham and a draw with Bradford City Amber in their other matches so their lead over Sheffield Blue is cut to just one point.
Bradford City Amber also had a win over Rotherham United and that draw with Hornets Yellow alongside a loss to Sheffield Blue. They are third, just four points behind Sheffield FC Blue.
Rotherham United Community Trust beat Chesterfield FC Community Trust to move to six points.
Premier Division standings:
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Yellow | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Sheffield U16 Blue | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Bradford City FITC U16 Amber | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 5 | Chesterfield C.T U16 Blue | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
In The Championship, there were eleven matches, after which Club Doncaster White enjoy a three point lead over Edenthorpe. Danny, Dan and Tony were our match officials.
Titans had a great day out, enjoying three good wins to the delight of coach John Hibbert.
“ In our first game with Edenthorpe, the game started well everyone was kicking the ball anywhere, then we got a foothold in the game, ” John explained. “ Charlie scored to make it 1-0 to us then we started to play and Charlie scored again to make it 2-0. Then they started to play their game and scored one back to make it 2-1, then Dan overpowered his opponent and managed to score a long-range goal to make it 3-1. We started passing the ball about and we were dominating the game. Danny scored again to make it 4-1 with Andrew pulling off some outstanding saves. ”
“ In our second game against Sheffield Black we started slowly; they were dominating the game but then Cameron scored a screamer in the corner of the net which livened our game. Callum scored a brilliant goal, but then they scored a one-off to get back in the game. Up popped Cameron to score again. Sheffield Black were pushing back but they scored an own goal, so the game ended Titans 4 Sheffield Black 1. ”
“ In our final game against Barton, they were very strong players, ” John admitted. “ However, Charlie broke away from his player and scored our first goal; Barton pushed back but Charlotte made a cracking pass to Charlie, and he scored again! Charlie scored again and then they brought an extra player on, but Daniel Murphy overpowered their players, made a pass to Charlotte, she then passed to Charlie, and he scored our last goal; we won Titans 4 Barton 0. “
“ Just to say well-done to Ben Jones who defended brilliantly and for Morgan for playing in a different position; you played really well! Well-done to Jacob for being goal keeper for second game if I upset any players I didn’t mean to? I could not be more proud of all of you, everyone gave me 110%. All I can say is the results speak for themselves so well-done to all Under 16s on all the teams without them we wouldn’t have had such a brilliant day at the office. ”
“ All I can say now is back to training; keep training hard give yourselves one massive pat on the back -you were all outstanding today. Thank you, team. ”
With two wins on the day, Edenthorpe stay second, just two points behind Titans. Hillsborough Hornets Black are third on 17 points; they beat Sheffield FC Black and Chesterfield on the day.
Bradford City Blues and Barton Inclusive are level on 13 points, with Sheffield Black on 6.
Standings are:
| 1 | C.D Titans U16 White | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Black | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Bradford City FITC U16 Blues | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Barton Inclusive -Hull U16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Sheffield U16 Black | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 7 | Chesterfield C.T U16 White | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
Hornets Orange have a seven-point lead in the Under 12’s Premier Division, where referee duties were shared between Sean and Brian. Hornets enjoyed two wins and a draw on the day; this included a good win over nearest rivals Edenthorpe, who had one win on the day. Sheffield FC Red drew to within a point of Edenthorpe with two wins and a draw on Sunday. Bradford City Diamonds battled hard all day without a reward.
Table after three match days:
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U12 Orange | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Sheffield U12 Red | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Bradford City FITC U12 Diamonds | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
In the Under-12’s Championship, with Dan, Danny and Tony as referees, there were six competitive fixtures and three friendlies. When the dust had settled, Barton Inclusive, with three fine wins, take a six point advantage into the February match day.
Rotherham United are second with two wins and a loss to Barton on Sunday and Titans Blue are a close third after a big derby win over Titans Red. Chesterfield – with a win at Goals Doncaster – have nine points, Sheffield White five and Titans Red four points.
Standings after nine matches each:
| 1 | Barton Inclusive- Hull U12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | C.D Titans U12 Blue | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Chesterfield C.T U12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 5 | Sheffield U12 White | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 6 | C.D Titans U12 Red | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
Thanks as always to our referees, to Margaret, our website editor, and to all the players coaches and supporters. The Juniors take a well-deserved break until February next year.
Next Sunday, our collection box heads to Concord for our seven-a side matchday. If you can’t donate in person to our appeal for the National Autistic Society, please donate at our Just Giving site.
Visit www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com for regular updates.
Sunday 3rd November 2024
S Yorks ACL 2024 Christmas Fundraiser live on Just Giving NOW
National Autistic Society is chosen charity.
Hornets Yellow head U-16 Premier Division from Bradford Amber
Titans White and Edenthorpe are Joint U-16 Championship leaders
Hornets Orange lead the way in Under 12’s Premiership.
Barton Hull Comets are U-12 Championship pace-setters
SYorks ACL raising funds for the National Autistic Society
Every Christmas, www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com launches a fundraising campaign in support of a relevant charity.
After last year’s fantastic effort in support of Sheffield Children’s Hospital, the League has decided to raise funds for the National Autistic Society. You can read more at www.autism.org.
We’ll be raising funds at all our matchdays between now and Christmas. You can also donate to this important cause at https://www.justgiving.com/page/1730807110668syorksacl
Please give generously and thank you as always for your support.
There were just 35 games across four divisions at Goals Doncaster on Sunday, watched as always by large enthusiastic and supportive crowds. Pictures of the action can be found at www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com, and our match reporters gave www.SYorksACL.com editor Margaret Gregory plenty to work with. Over to you, Margaret..
The first Under-16’s Premiership match on Pitch 5, refereed by Sean, saw Bradford City Amber beat Chesterfield Community Trust FC Blue. It was a decent day for Bradford City Amber as their coach Sara told us.
“ A better day for the under 16’s Premiership this month, with a full team of 8 players and a luxury of 2 goalies. “ We played some great football, working as a team, which is the way we like to see them play, ” Sara told us. “ We won all our games. “
B City Ambers vs Chesterfield 3:1, 2x Aron and 1x Harrison
B City Ambers vs Chesterfield 1:0, 1 goal from Alfie C
B City Ambers vs Rotherham United 3:1, 2x Harrison and 1 x Cawley.
” Player of the day was Harrison for playing well and having a fantastic approach to football. ”
Ambers fine afternoon sees them in second place in the Premier Division on 12 points behind Hillsborough Hornets Yellow who enjoyed two wins over Rotherham United CST and Chesterfield FC Blue and a fiery draw with Sheffield FC Blue. Sheffield FC Blue lie third, just one point behind Bradford City, with wins over Rotherham United and Chesterfield, and Chesterfield and Rotherham both have three points; Rotherham saw off Sheffield FC and Chesterfield battled hard all day without reward.
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Yellow | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Bradford City FITC U16 Amber | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Sheffield U16 Blue | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Chesterfield C.T U16 Blue | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 5 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
In the Under-16’ Championship, where refereeing duties were shared by Danny, Dan and Mike, there were eleven matches. Club Doncaster Titans White share the Divisional lead with Edenthorpe. Titans beat Sheffield FC Black, Bradford City FC Blue and Chesterfield FC White to win all three of their games on the day.
Titans Coach John Hibbert watched the games. ” Against Sheffield Black, we started to play our game, passing the ball around then Charlie scored his first goal. We were dominating the game; Charlie scored again then Charlotte scored a cracker right in the top corner. They got back in the game and scored; then Jacob scored. They got another one back then Charlie scored again. We won Titans 5 Sheffield 2. “
“ The second game was a game against Bradford City. We played a game of tennis to start, we were just kicking ball away from us willy nilly; then we started to get a foothold in the game. Jacob scored and we started to pass the ball around; they scored then Jacob scored again then they scored again. Callum scored for us, then it was a game of pong then Cameron scored his debut goal just before the final whistle to make it Titans 4 Bradford 2. “
“ Our last game was against Chesterfield. We started just passing the ball around, Charlie scored our first goal then they started to play but Charlie scored again. We started dominating the game and Jacob scored, but we started to get a bit complacent. But then Charlie scored again so the game ended Titans 4 Chesterfield 0. ”
Edenthorpe had two wins, over Hornets Black and Chesterfield White,but went down in a five-goal thriller to Bradford City Blues.
“ It was a great day for Bradford City DFC U16 Blue’s team, ” Paul Jubb told us. “ Some really great football played – well done you guys. Really proud of this group today, extremely unlucky in the first game, second game was probably the worst any of them have played…they forgot how to pass, how to shoot and the very basics of football. Off their own back they went into a huddle and had a chat with each other that ended with high fives! They came out a different side in the third game; some fantastic passing and movement and some very good team goals mixed with very good defending. That last game was probably the best I’ve watched against a side that were double their size; they battled, got stuck in, played and fought for each other and were fantastic to an individual. You could see each of them grow in that game and it was fantastic to see….well done to each and every one of you – a fantastic effort. “
Bradford City DFC- Hillsborough Hornets 2-2 Patrick 2 goals
Bradford City DFC- C D Titans 2-5 Patrick x2 goals
Bradford CityDFC- Sheffield 3-0 Callum x3 goals
Bradford City DFC- Edenthorpe 3-2 Patrick x3 goals
Very well done to Amber for player of the day – you deserved it!
Barton Inclusive Hull Under-16’s sit fourth – just three points off the joint leaders, after wins over Sheffield Black and Chesterfield White. Bradford Blue sit on 7 points, Sheffield Black on three and it can’t be long before Chesterfield get their points tally under way.
Standings in an extremely competitive Division are as follows: –
| 1 | C.D Titans U16 White | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Black | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Barton Inclusive -Hull U16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Bradford City FITC U16 Blues | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Sheffield U16 Black | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 7 | Chesterfield C.T U16 White | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
Into the Under 12’s Premier Division, and Hornets Orange lead the way with two wins and a draw in their three games. They beat Bradford City Diamonds and Sheffield FC Red and drew a tight game with Edenthorpe. Brian assisted with the refereeing in the Division before moving to the Under-16 Divisions.
Edenthorpe enjoyed a three point haul against Bradford City Diamonds, drew with Hornets Orange and lost to Sheffield FC Red, who themselves had two wins on the day over Bradford Diamonds and Edenthorpe.
It was a tough afternoon for Bradford City, as Paul Jubb and his coach, Vicki, explained.
“ A rough day for the U12 team in the 2nd round of games in the South Yorkshire Ability Counts 5-a-side League today .The team seemed to struggle, and it was disheartening for them watching the goals against them mount up! ”
“ Unfortunately they lost all three matches but still showed sportsmanship shaking all the players hands at the end of each match. As usual behaviour was impeccable. ”
“ Congratulations to Scarlett for player of the day you made some fantastic saves and really got stuck in. ”
Just the four teams in this Division, but everyone has taken at least one win so far. Edenthorpe sit second on 11 points, with Sheffield FC Red on 6.
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U12 Orange | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Sheffield U12 Red | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 4 | Bradford City FITC U12 Diamonds | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
So to the nine games in the Under 12’s Championship and with 5 wins and a draw from their six games played so far it’s Barton Inclusive Hull Comets who set the early pace. Their coach, Charleigh, summed up their afternoon.
“ The Comets cleaned up in the South Yorkshire Ability Counts League, ” she told us.
” Game 1 was a 4-0 win against Sheffield after goals from EJ, O and Neil. Awesome effort from Leon keeping the oppositions shots out of his net. ”
“ The second game against Doncaster was a friendly due to low numbers for the opponents.
We took the win in game 3 after every outfield player scored at least one goal. A Brilliant game for EJ, Lucas, O and Neil. ”
“ Player of the day went to EJ, he smiled, he scored, he supported his teammates, and he selflessly supported a shorthanded Doncaster by going in goal for them in the friendly. Fabulous behaviour from him and his happy team. “
“ Player of the match went to Ejay for his sportsmanship for going to another team as they were players down, he even went in goal against his own team but took it on board. He was just saving a football even against his own team players!! As well as playing so well and doing great in a team!! So happy to say I coached the boys for the second time in their league!! Thank you all for being amazing players and making the day the best so far guys!! Super proud of you all. ”
“ Thank you to all the parents who came along to support our teams today and to our coaches and volunteers for all they do for BIFC, ” Charleigh added. “ Special mention to reporter Kas who kept the scores and had this to say about today’s games, “I love going to watch these teams play, they are so positive and supportive of each other. ”
So it’s Barton Comets ahead of Rotherham after Rotherham beat Titans Red, Sheffield White and Titans Blue to make it a super afternoon for the Millers. Comets have 16 points from six matches, and Rotherham 13.
Chesterfield have nine points after winning a seven-goal thriller with Titans Red and they took the points by default against Titans Blue who were short-handed and winless on the day.
| 1 | Barton Inclusive- Hull U12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Chesterfield C.T U12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | C.D Titans U12 Blue | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | C.D Titans U12 Red | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 6 | Sheffield U12 White | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
A reminder to all our clubs – don’t forget to sign the photograph permission document available on the website and to tell us if any of your players would prefer NOT to be photographed.
The S Yorks ACL takes next Sunday off before the adult 5-a-sides resume at Goals Sheffield on Sunday 17th November.
Sunday 6th October 2024
S Yorks ACL back with a bang in Doncaster
Hornets Yellow early pace setters in the Under-16’s Premier
Hornets Black fast starters in the Championship
Edenthorpe and Hornets Orange set U-12 Premier pace
Titans Blue from Barton Comets in U-12’s Championship
League unveils new disciplinary processes
Not a bad day to start another www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com season, as our 21 Junior teams from four divisions navigated 32 fixtures across five pitches at the Goals Centre in Doncaster last Sunday.
Our Junior matchdays are always well supported, and Sunday was no exception as good crowds of parents and carers were there to follow the action.
Once again, our www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com website editor Margaret Gregory took out the best of the action from our match reporters for you.
The SYACL launched its new disciplinary processes on this opening day of the season. These are focused on education and the application of reasonable adjustments and can be found on our website later in the week. The process started well and will be kept under review throughout the season.
The early pace setters in the Under-16’s Premier Division were Hillsborough Hornets Yellow, with wins over Bradford City Amber and Chesterfield Blue and a hard fought draw with Sheffield FC Blue. Sheffield Blue had good wins over Bradford Amber and Bradford Blue to sit second in the table, and Chesterfield FC Blue enjoyed a fine win over Bradford Blue, and are level on three points with Bradford Amber. It was a tough day for Rotherham United Community Trust, but their time will surely come.
Paul Jubb summed up the Blues afternoon.
“ It was a challenging start for our under 16 Blues in the new start to the season, but a fantastic effort nevertheless,” Paul told us. “A fantastic effort from the team.
The games were challenging but the team gave it all they could. All players showed hard work and resilience today even when it wasn’t their day. “
Coach Sara added, “Player of the day goes to Callum for making the most awesome saves, however not taking away from how hard each player worked outfield. Behaviour was on point and still a great day. Well done team, super proud. “
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Yellow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Sheffield U16 Blue | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Chesterfield C.T U16 Blue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bradford City FITC U16 Amber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
In the Under-16’s Championship, Hornets Black took maximum points with three wins from three games. Edenthorpe also had a fantastic afternoon, with two wins and a cracking draw with Titans White.
Titans coach John Hibbert summed up their afternoon.
“ In our first game we played end to end, and it was a very fast game,” John told us. “ I thought at one point that I was watching tennis! Edenthorpe scored first, then Callum scored, then they scored again, then Connor scored for us, then they scored again, then Thomas overpowered them with a cracking shot making it ” Edenthorpe 3 Titans 3
“I thought we were really strong in that first game. ”
“ In our second game against Hillsborough Hornets, at first we were dominating the game and I thought at one point were going to draw, ” John added, “ then they scored. We were getting in one anothers way, then Jacob scored for us but then they scored last minute to make it 2/1 to Hillsborough.”
Barton took two wins in the afternoon with Chesterfield sure to get off the mark in future weeks.
| 1 | Hillsborough Hornets U16 Black | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Edenthorpe U16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | C.D Titans U16 White | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Barton Inclusive -Hull U16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sheffield U16 Black | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Chesterfield C.T U16 White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
In The Under-12 Premier Division, each side played three fixtures. At the end of the afternoon, Edenthorpe Juniors and Hornets Orange were level on 7 points, with two wins and a draw apiece. The teams drew their fixture against each other.
Bradford City Diamonds enjoyed a good win over Sheffield Red. Coach Vicky watched their games.
“ What a lovely start to the season, very well behaved, some fantastic listening and team playing, ” Vicky told www.southyorkshioreabilitycountsleague.com . “ You all kept your heads held high even when facing difficulties. It’s been a long summer, and you all did well getting back into it. Be proud of yourselves you all did amazingly. Pleasure as always to spend the day with you all. ”
“ Congratulations to Layton for player of the day, in and out of goal he got stuck in and didn’t get disheartened when he found it tough, however it was a hard choice, as you all did well. ”
| 1 | Edenthorpe U12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hillsborough Hornets U12 Orange | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Bradford City FITC U12 Diamonds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sheffield U12 Red | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
In the under-12’s Championship, Titans Blue took an early lead with three wins from three, with Charlotte a stand out player.
It was a red letter day for Barton Inclusive with two wins in their first www.SYorksACL.com matchday.
“ Here’s the post you’ve all been waiting for …” Lady Lo Newby told us, “ BIFC Hull Comets played their first EVER South Yorkshire Ability Counts League fixtures today.
Our little squad of O, EJ, George, Leon, Neil and Lucas arrived at Goals Doncaster with smiles on their faces but a little trepidation in their hearts. ”
“ After a warm up with volunteer Kasper they soon settled into their first game. “
” Coaches Chris, Paul and Charliegh grinned with pride – not just at their 2 wins but also at the impeccable team-spirit these players demonstrated. The goal scorers today were EJ, Lucas, George and Neil. We lost count of the amount of on target shots our GK Leon saved, with some dives that Allison ( the Liverpool goalkeeper) would be proud of. “
“ Encouraging each other, respecting the officials and being true sportsmen on and off the field comes so naturally to our Comets. Today Lucas demonstrated all these qualities perfectly when he helped out Doncaster, who were a man down for their middle game. ”
“ Chris, Charliegh and Kasper unanimously agreed that Lucas deserved the first league ‘Player of the Month’ trophy. “
A win, a loss and a draw for a plucky Rotherham team, three for Chesterfield and a point apiece for Titans and Sheffield White.
| 1 | C.D Titans U12 Blue | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Barton Inclusive- Hull U12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Rotherham United C.S Trust U12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Chesterfield C.T U12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | C.D Titans U12 Red | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 6 | Sheffield U12 White | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
So, the dust settles on a first www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com matchday of season 2024/5. Thanks to our volunteers, Margaret, our reporters John, Jo and Paul, and our referees Sean, Brian, Tony, Dan and Danny.
As always, we collected the Fairplay behaviour scores and will be publishing them after Matchday 2, with prizes for leaders at the end of the season.
Next up, our 7-a side adults get their season under way at Concord Sports Centre next Sunday, with reports and photographs available on our website, and on Twitter @SYorksACL.
See you there….
South Yorkshire Ability Counts League 