The U8 dads narrowly beat the Sheen Lions coaches in an 11 goal thriller on Saturday despite the coaches drafting in a number of U16 boys to bring some mobility to their team. Head coach Michael was disappointed to see Trevor fluff a glorious chance in the last minute to tie the match.

Well done U8 dads!

DEADLINE SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER – For Sheen Lions Registered Players ONLY

This is the one and only opportunity this season to order Sheen Lions Rainwear for your son so ORDER NOW!

The DEADLINE to receive your ORDER AND FULL PAYMENT is SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER – Any orders or payments received after that date will result in the order not being fulfilled. No exceptions!

Please use this link below to place your order. Orders Are Now Closed

The Order Form

Jackets are £20.30 or £22.75 depending on size, you will see your price when you select your required size on the order form. Trousers are £12.75 or £15.00 also depending on size.

Once you have done this send your payment immediately to:

Sarah Street
12 West Temple Sheen
East Sheen
London SW14 7RT

Cheques should be made payable to Sheen Lions FC

Ensure you write the players name, age group and team name on the back of the cheque.

A majority of players have these jackets already, and wear them to training, should you want to look at them and check sizes.

Garments can also be viewed on the Sheen Lions web site.

Orders cannot be changed once made so it is important that you order the correct size. Garments can only be returned if they are faulty, as they will be personalised.

The Surrey Youth League’s November newsletter is now available here.

Do you want to make a career out of the beautiful game? The Surrey County FA Careers in Football Conference will offer you a snapshot into what it’s like to work in various roles in football, from refereeing to coaching to physiotherapy.

The conference, aimed at 16-21 year olds will be held on 1st November 2012 at Westfield FC, the day will consist of a series of morning and afternoon workshops in the following football-related roles:

• AM – Coaching, Physiotherapy or Refereeing
• PM – Coaching, Strength & Conditioning and Media

For further details see the Surrey FA website.

Thanks to all of you that took the time to sort out and deliver your boots to Maia. She has collected 130 pairs of boots and these are on their way to a second life where they will be much appreciated.

They have already been sent out to Lesotho and are about to be put to very good use!

Make sure to keep hold of any more boots you may have for our 2013 boot collection!

Back in June 2011 Sheen Lions donated 150 shirts to support  GrassRoot Soccer, a charity dedicated to stopping the spread of HIV. They uses the popularity of Soccer to get serious and important messages about HIV to hard to reach young people in Africa. Jon Darlison arranged for DHL to ship these free of charge to Cape Town.

This Summer Sheen Lions was able to donate more shirts and again Jon was able to ask DHL to ship these out for free, this time directly to Zambia.

Peter Glidden of GrassRoot Soccer has just returned from working with the kids in Africa and has sent us some photos.

Peter says

I did want to share with a few photos of the kits in action. I think Tori informed you that some of the photos were used in a VCT Tournament last month and most recently that have been utilized with our GRS Coaches team these past couple weeks. Needless to say, they are getting lots of good use and our coaches and kids love having a nice kit to show off their skills.

On behalf of all of us at GRS, we very much appreciate your generosity, patience and support in helping GRS Zambia make strides in the fight against HIV. Supporters like you inspire our coaches/staff to continue the incredible efforts that are educating and mobilizing youth and communities throughout Africa. share with a few photos of the kits in action.  Needless to say, they are getting lots of good use and our coaches and kids love having a nice kit to show off their skills. We really appreciate it!