http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:15:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A hastily arranged friendly saw us take on Broad Oak in our second 11 a side outing. The coaches certainly enjoyed the fact that there were only two goals to put up rather than four and that the store cupboard hadn't had more locks added!! On a lovely morning for football it ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2008/03/21/143-home-to-broad-oak-horam/ The morning didn't start too well when we arrived to set up to find that the Council had lovingly fitted a new mortice lock on the store cupboard but neglected to let anyone at the club have the keys!! Thankfully, a couple of the goals were in the Pavilion and we ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2008/02/25/232-home-v-wadhurst/ We entertained our good friends from East Hoathly on a bright warm morning at West Park. Missing three regular players due to party committments, Happy Birthday Calum!!, we gave a debut to Cameron and Ben from the U9s was in goal. Both Flames and Arrows continued their improved form and all four ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2008/02/10/9208-v-east-hoathly/ Back to 7 a side for our first matches of 2008. Despite have some players missing and having no subs, we started off from where we left off against East Hoathly. Flames recorded two impressive wins of 5-1 and 2-0. The King brothers led the scoring list with Jack k recording 4 goals in ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2008/02/03/108-match-v-tunbridge-wells/ We arranged a friendly away to East Hoathly and decided to go for an 11 a side game to see how we got on playing on a full size pitch with 11 not 7 in the team. it was also a great opportunity to bring all the players together in ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2008/02/03/u10s-first-11-a-side-match-v-east-hoathly/ This was our first fixture against Rusthall and they turned out to be strong opposition. Arrows suffered two 2-0 losses but fought hard to the end. We are obviously suffering from a small squad having just the required 7 a side with no subs to introduce like our opponents had. Jordi ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2007/10/31/matches-v-rusthall-271007/ Our third fixture of the season saw us up against a strong Hailsham squad. As always we were well received and our hosts provided excellent facilities for us to enjoy. The matches were tough and ,unfortunately, our goalkeepers were the busiest players on the day! Arrows pulled off the best result of the ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2007/10/16/match-report-v-hailsham-131007/ Well the new season is well underway and it is great to see all the players back together with some new faces to take our numbers back up to where we need them. A warm welcome to new players Charley, Scott and Kyle plus the returning Elliott and Oliver. Saturday 15th September ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2007/10/08/under-10s-update-81007/ Manager's Report:   On a cold and wet Sunday morning, the mighty Grasshopper squad took part in the annual Fiesta at Crowborough Athletic. The squad remained the same as last week when we were at Tonbridge: Tom C, Daniel O, Jack P, Max R, Joshua F, Lily S, Callum FB, Harry K, Jack K. We ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2007/05/13/crowborough-afc-fiesta-2007-13507/ As a difficult season, due to the adverse weather and players departing for pastures new, it has been great to see a tremendous effort  from the boys and girls during the final fixtures. We have had new additions in the form of Jonathan, Matthew and Lily to add to the loyal ... http://uckfieldgrasshoppers.com/blogarrowsandflames/2007/04/24/team-news-update/