A late result on Sunday:  the Under 18s beat SCR arrows 3-2 to secure Sheen Lions second set of medals for the season.

John’s U18’s will finish up runners up in the Surrey Youth League  Div 1 Under 18 .

WELL DONE to John and the squad

U18 Lions Runners Up Div 1 2011-12

A quiet weekend but a beautiful sunny day. Only 5 games played and we won 4 and drew one. In addition Jason and Julian’s Under 8’s played their last non competitive game and can look forward to next season’s competitions with great confidence.

In the big game, unfortunately the Easter holiday kicked in and Trevor’s U 14 Lions could only raise ten boys and that proved decisive in a 2-2 draw with Kew Association Colts. Whilst they finish their season in top place, the game after the Easter break between Junior Bees and Hanworth will decide whether SL U14 Lions finish 2nd or 3rd in the league. It is that close.

Ricks U14 Pride went one better and won their last game 3-1 against Manorcroft to finish a credible 4th in their league, a great improvement from the previous season.

Michael and Mark’s U15 repeated their County Cup Semi final win over Farnborough Town, this time with a narrow but excellent 1-0 win.

Both Under 16’s won. Matt’s U16 Pride did well to get a side out and completed a 3-1 victory over Hook and Brian’s U16’s had a good win over Barnes Eagles Colts  2-0.  As they both won, I will make the two U16’s TEAMS OF THE WEEK.

Enjoy your break for Easter. The posts may come down after 15th April but there are still big games and two massive Cup Finals to come.

U16 Lions Joint Team of The Week

U16 Pride Joint Team Of The Week

Only 2 wins and 2 draws amongst 9 games today, although still awaiting thev U18 result. Yet there was still a large number of very tight games. Terry’s Under 13s finished their season with a credible 4-2 defeat at Div 2 Champions Carshalton Athletic. Brian’s U16 Lions also faced top of the league, this time Molesey Juniors and lost 4-1 with the unusual art of two SL own goals. Michael and Marks U15 Lions also faced pending U15 Premier Elite Champions in the shape of Leatherhead and despite U15 Lions being 3-0 down at half time, Leatherhead left Palewell Park sweating on a narrow 3-2 victory. Dean and Sam’s U15 Pride also suffered a narrow defeat losing 1-0 at Wandgas Colts, whilst Jon and Alastairs U11 Lion kept up this unfortunate trend losing 3-2 at Corinthians.

However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. Rick’s U14 Pride faced an Esher side that had beaten them 12-1 a few weeks ago and a brave performance left both teams with one point after an exciting 3-3 draw, with Esher equalising very late in the game. Michael and Martin’s U10 Lions also drew, 1-1 with Esher.

Trevor’s U14 Lions went into their penultimate game knowing only a victory would be good enough to keep them in contention for honours. A 2-0 away win at Mitcham Park was an important win which leaves them top of the league with one game to play. However, with 3 teams dominating the U14 Div 2 league it is still possible for Trevor’s U14’s to finish first, second or third in the league.

The most exciting finale is the U12 Championship. Mel’s U12s had to win to stay in the running and a last minute goal secured a critical 1-0 victory over Barnes Eagles Colts. As results went today Mel knows three victories in the last 3 games will be enough to make them U12’s Champions and join the U9 Lions on the podium. However, there is a long way still to go. TEAM OF THE WEEK is therefore Mel’s U12 Lions. They had a bare 11 players today but kept fighting to the very end and can now look forward to an exciting climax to the season.

U12 Lions Team of the Week

Only a few more weeks to go and this week will be the last ‘official’ training sessions at BOE or Palewell Park.

The football highlight of the weekend was maybe Peter Crouch’s goal v Man City. I don’t know about goal of the season, it cannot be far off goal of the century!

WELL DONE ALL

It was a great honour today for Sheen Lions to welcome members of the Surrey FA and WSYL officials to Palewell Park to host their Respect Awareness Day. It demonstrates that all the hard work Sheen Lions puts in to apply the right principles in staging matches is increasingly being recognised. Asking boys to shake hands, making sure that spectators are on the correct side of the pitch and behind the spectators lines and above all that the upmost respect is given BY ALL to match officials and opponents IS ALL PART of running a successful football club. Sheen Lions has been positioned as a benchmark in Surrey for best practice. Sarah has driven these principles for many years and deserves great credit and WE just need to keep ensuring we continue to deliver the highest standards possible.

It was also a day where respect had a different meaning – MOTHERS DAY. A day where we can all appreciate the tolerance and support we all get at home whether it be muddy boots and kit, lifts to matches, passionate love and support for our every move. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE MUMS and WIVES. Happy Mothers Day from Sheen Lions.

On the pitch the football continued. 5 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws excluding our younger groups. Simon’s Under 7’s played their second consecutive game and delivered an outstanding performance against Barnes Eagles. Both Julian and Eric’s U8’s also had impressive and successful days.

In the leagues three teams – Mel’s U12’s Lions, Trevors U14 Lions and John’s U18 Lions have very good chances to win medals in their leagues. Martin and Michael’s U10 Lions in addition have a mathmatical chance, although it looks to be a very long shot. As such, todays results were crucial.

Mel’s U12’s had a very exciting game winning 4-3 at Carshalton with the prolific Nils R scoring another hat-trick. This keeps the pressure up on Ascot their rivals for 2nd place. Trevor’s U14 Lions faced the unbeaten Junior Bees and came away with a very important 2-2 draw. Three teams in the U14 Div 2 are neck and neck well ahead of the pack and a draw was a good result to keep the U14’s in line for 2nd place. John’s U18 had an excellent 4-2 win at Corinthians helped by a Matthew H hat-trick which means 4 points in their last two games will be enough for medals as Runners Up.

Bernie’s U12 Pride faced a tough Ballers side in their last game. Unfortunately a 5-0 defeat was not the result they were looking for BUT must take great credit for finishing 3rd in the league. A massive improvement from last season. David L’s U10 Pride also finished the season in style moving into the top half of the league with a 3-0 win over Ashford. Another example of a team that has really stepped up this year. WELL DONE to Bernie and David and their respective coaches TREVOR and FREDDY.

After the success of last weeks County Cup semi final victory, Michael and Mark’s U15 Lions had another outstanding win against a top 3 PE team winning 3-1 v Kingswood Falcons. Dean and Sam’s U15 Pride shared the spoils with Chertsey in a double header winning the first game 1-0 and then losing the 2nd game 3-0. Three points a piece was a good reward for the day and better than two draws!

Rick’s U14 Pride had one of the best results of the day holding the run away leaders in their U14 Div 3 league Whitton, who had beaten them twice before, to a 3-3 draw. Other teams faced table toppers today had slightly less success. Jon and Alastairs U11 Lions lost 4-1 at home to Staines and Brian’s U16 Lions went down 3-1 to Eagles. Nick and Gavin’s Under 9 Pride finished their season with a 3-1 defeat to table toppers Surrey Predators. In their first competitive season, Nick and Gavin also deserve great credit as the team have played with great spirit and the boys have improved considerably. A number of narrow defeats have not gone in their favour. Remember this is season 1 of perhaps 10 seasons so I’m sure they will gain from the experience and develop significantly next season.

Terry’s U13 Lions lost a very tight game 3-2 to AFC Walcountians but still can get a top half finish albeit the last game is against this years U13 Div 2 Champions Carshalton Athletic. Terry’s team play football with great spirit and quality so it is a chance to go out, enjoy themselves and finish the season in style.

TEAM OF THE DAY – Tough this week. I will give it to the two U14 sides Rick and Trevor – Lions and Pride for two draws that were either impressive or important for different reasons. WELL DONE TO THEM.

U14 Pride Joint Team of The Week

U14 Lions Joint Team of The Week

Finally, football was put in perspective with the tragic case of Fabrice Muamba. A young man with incredible talent, passion and commitment. Everyone at Sheen Lions prays for your recovery.

On Sunday 18th March Sheen Lions welcome senior representatives from the FA and the Surrey Youth League to Palewell as part of a Respect Awareness Day.

A wonderful sunny day at Palewell Park and much to celebrate for quite a few boys and supporters that provided some of the biggest crowds of the season.

For the record, 6 wins today, 4 defeats and 1 draw excluding two notable additional wins for Bernie’s U12’s and Ricks U14 Pride in scheduled friendlies. However, within the wins there were a couple of games that will live in the memory for a long time.

Nidal and Richard’s Under 9’s faced a ‘winner takes all’ battle against a strong Meadow Sports side. Whoever won would be Champions of Div 1. A tense first half saw Sheen Lions take control but a late goal from Meadow Sports made it 1-1 at half time. Sheen continued their excellent form in the 2nd half and a 2nd goal from Sammi gave them the 2-1 victory that they deserved. So they are CHAMPIONS, in their first competitive season for this squad, having achieved 32 points from the last 36 available. WELL DONE to all the boys in the squad, Richard and Nidal and also particular credit to Trevor who has done a great job coaching them and also Jack who has helped Trevor this season. FANTASTIC, you won it playing great football but also in a wonderful spirit that has made the club very proud.

That was not the end of the excitement. Michael and Mark’s U15 Lions faced a very strong Farnborough Elite in the Surrey County Cup semi Final. A tournament that started with the best 74 sides across Surrey and North Hampshire, and a tournament that we have never managed to get any age group team to the final in our history. However a sensational first half with two outstanding goals from Charlie P. and Bertie L. gave Sheen a 2-0 lead. It became a lead that they were determined not to lose. In the end a 2-0 victory was enough to put Sheen Lions into the final on the 29th April 12 against Sutton United who are top of the Tandridge League. WELL DONE to Michael and Mark and everyone in the squad. Some pictures from the match can be seen here.

The Headmaster Scores The Lions Second

It has been quite a week for the U15’s with 7 boys from Sheen Lions U15s also becoming English Schools (ISFA) Champions late on Thursday night this week at Burton Albion’ Stadium v Bolton. You wait for a Cup Final all season and two come along at the same time!!

In the leagues there were a number of very notable victories. Mel’s U12 had a great day with results going there way to set up an exciting climax to the U12 season. Mel’s U12’s did their bit with a good and important 3-0 victory over Carshalton. Jon and Alastair’s U11’s kept up the trend v Carshalton beating them 4-1 away to give them 3 more important points.

Trevor’s U14 Lions were the highest scorers of the day. A Rory J hat-trick put them on the way to an 8-0 victory v Barnes Eagles and results elsewhere has kept the U14’s in contention for the honours. Brian’s U16’s also faced Barnes Eagles and produced a good 2-0 victory to keep them in the top half of the league.

A Jake D hat-trick helped Terry’s U13’s secure a high scoring 4-4 draw with Corinthian Casuals.

I.m pleased to say that Simon’s U7’s played their first competitive game today and to quote the opposition manager. That was the best performance we have faced from another club this season by a mile. With c 18 Under 7 boys training regularly with Sam and Dean things are looking bright. The number of Under 6’s is also growing week by week and we have a great new coach on board Frank Wilson from Fulham FC.

REMEMBER OPEN DAY FOR ALL YR 1 (under 6) and YR 2 (under 7) EVERY SATURDAY IN MARCH from 10.15 – 11.45. ALL WELCOME.

Julian and Jason’s Under 8’s continued their excellent form and Eric’s U 8 Pride is showing much promise. Things are looking very bright for the future of Sheen Lions.

David’s U10P had a very narrow 3-2 defeat v Whitton. John’s U18 had a disappointing 4-1 reverse at Junior Bees and Dean and Sam’s U15 Pride lost to FC Byfleet.

Matt’s U16 Pride had a 2-0 defeat v a strong Kingston Juniors side. However, they will learn from this and come back stronger on May 1st when they play them again in our 2nd Cup Final of the season, the U16 League Cup Final.

HOWEVER, quite a day. TEAMS OF THE DAY have to be jointly both the victorious Under 9 Lions and the impressive Under 15’s.

U15 Lions after their semi final win

U9 Lions Surrey League Division 1 Champions 2012

I would just bring your attention to a couple of further initiatives:

(1) BOOTS FOR AFRICA Firstly BOOTS FOR AFRICA. Thanks to Sarah and Maia Dickson we are looking for all unused boots for our AFRICA APPEAL. As MANAGERS PLEASE PLEASE make an effort to notify all parents. All you have to do is organise a collection point for your team and then deliver all boots to Sarah or Maia. Details on Sheen Lions web site. Also with the kind help of Jon Darlison we will shortly kick off shirts for Africa.

(2) SHEEN LIONS NEWS Secondly, thanks to all the efforts of our great WEB Managers – Gordon Campbell and Henrik Woergaard we now have our own Sheen Lions Facebook, RSS (if you are more up to speed ) and Twitter feeds.

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