Please ensure that you contact the relevant age co-ordinator so that he/she can confirm that there is a place for your child before you pay the membership fees. We have a large amount of demand for places at some of the younger age groups. We will always do what we can to accommodate everyone who …
DDSL SSG LEAGUE GUIDELINES: Under 8 & 9: Format Non-trophy football, no match cards, no results, no league tables. 2 x 5-a-side games, with one substitute on each team. Roll-on Roll-off subs. A 7-a-side pitch to be used, 5 v 5 on each half of the pitch. If smaller number of players travel to games, …
Dear Parent This post is to inform you of an important change to the schoolboy football calendar. This is a historic change and we would ask you to read this post in order to become familiar with the changes. From 2017, the football season will run from February to November with a break in July & August. This …
DDSL SSG LEAGUE GUIDELINES: U10 Division Non-competition football. Play 7-a-side….Roll on/off basis. Referees… if available. Given the number of teams & available referees…most fixtures will not be allocated a referee. Please ensure the home team appoints a referee. League to set fixtures every week. Play 25 mins each way. Size 5 Ball…U10 (weight 320 …
Video footage from the Mount Merrion Youths 2018 Mini World Cup.
After two seasons (U8s & U9s) playing 5-a-side, we were moving to U10s and 7-a-side. The players, the goals, the pitches were all bigger. Our squad was bigger or was it smaller? We weren’t sure. The previous year we had fielded 5 U9 squads (3 Saturday, 2 Sunday). Moving to U10s, I thought we’d have a …
