Berks and Bucks Cup

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by glass half full » 14 Mar 2009 09:11

Reading Town are in this year's final. Does anyone know the date?

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by The whole year inn » 14 Mar 2009 09:13

Get STAR on it

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Southbank Old Boy » 14 Mar 2009 09:31

glass half full Reading Town are in this year's final. Does anyone know the date?


Different cup

They are in the Senior Trophy, final date is supposed to be 22/04. Reading used to enter the Senior Cup which is for clubs higher up the pyramid than Reading Town

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by glass half full » 14 Mar 2009 09:41

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glass half full Reading Town are in this year's final. Does anyone know the date?


Different cup

They are in the Senior Trophy, final date is supposed to be 22/04. Reading used to enter the Senior Cup which is for clubs higher up the pyramid than Reading Town


Oops! Thanks for that information. I'll try to keep that date free.

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Dirk Gently » 14 Mar 2009 12:25

We lost in the 2000 final at Aylesbury to Aylesbury, in front or a crowd of well over 1,000.

It was a good day out in the sun, although ISTR one of our forwards went off with a nasty knee injury in that game. Can't for teh life of me remember who, though!


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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Sun Tzu » 14 Mar 2009 12:59

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Pre-season friendlies at Didcot amongst countless others from the local area seem to pass off OK..(friendlies at Aldershot don't count) Use it for trialists..?


You wouldn't be able to use triallists. It's an official competition so players would need to be fully registered, that might actually affect which youngsters could be used. Not sure how discipline is handled but potentially any cards received could impact players ability to play first team games...

When are the games actually played ? Given that we have reserve league fixtures a lot of weeks would we actually have many players available for an extra competition ?

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by KC Royal » 14 Mar 2009 15:19

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Pre-season friendlies at Didcot amongst countless others from the local area seem to pass off OK..(friendlies at Aldershot don't count) Use it for trialists..?


You wouldn't be able to use triallists. It's an official competition so players would need to be fully registered, that might actually affect which youngsters could be used. Not sure how discipline is handled but potentially any cards received could impact players ability to play first team games...

When are the games actually played ? Given that we have reserve league fixtures a lot of weeks would we actually have many players available for an extra competition ?


They're normally played on a Tuesday or Wednesday night aren't they? I'd imagine we'd probably field our youth team or players returning from injury. The risk of a squad member getting injured is probably too great. Dirk's comment about a striker (Keith Scott rings a bell?) getting injured in that 2000 final is a classic example! Wasn't that final at Aylesbury played on the May Bank holiday?

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by BigSCOT » 10 Apr 2009 00:11

I know its a much younger age but at the Under 15s Berks & Bucks final on Sunday @ Buckingham Town

Eldon Celtic a Reading team beat West Bletchley (MK Dons feeder team) 3 - 1 . A young lad called Harrison Gilkes scored the 3 Goals for Eldon


His proud dad Micheal Gilkes was there watching him !!!!!

Harrison and another Eldon player were also spotted at that final by Norwich City and are off later this month on trials

Cheers

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by AlexY25 » 10 Apr 2009 00:13

BigSCOT I know its a much younger age but at the Under 15s Berks & Bucks final on Sunday @ Buckingham Town

Eldon Celtic a Reading team beat West Bletchley (MK Dons feeder team) 3 - 1 . A young lad called Harrison Gilkes scored the 3 Goals for Eldon


His proud dad Micheal Gilkes was there watching him !!!!!

Harrison and another Eldon player were also spotted at that final by Norwich City and are off later this month on trials

Cheers

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Southbank Old Boy » 10 Apr 2009 12:38

BigSCOT I know its a much younger age but at the Under 15s Berks & Bucks final on Sunday @ Buckingham Town

Eldon Celtic a Reading team beat West Bletchley (MK Dons feeder team) 3 - 1 . A young lad called Harrison Gilkes scored the 3 Goals for Eldon


His proud dad Micheal Gilkes was there watching him !!!!!

Harrison and another Eldon player were also spotted at that final by Norwich City and are off later this month on trials

Cheers

BigScot


Isnt there some rule about commutable distance that would stop them being able to sign for Norwich though?

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Four Of Clubs » 10 Apr 2009 15:56

Dirk Gently We lost in the 2000 final at Aylesbury to Aylesbury, in front or a crowd of well over 1,000.

It was a good day out in the sun, although ISTR one of our forwards went off with a nasty knee injury in that game. Can't for teh life of me remember who, though!


I thought it was at Wexham Pk - and it was Archie who went off injured?

The B&B Trophy details:-

B&B (Trophy) Final Date now announced as Tuesday 28th April - no confirmed KO time - presumably 19:45?

Reading Town vs Newport Pagnell Town

Venue: The North Court, Northcourt Rd, Abingdon, OX14 1PL. [Abingdon Utd FC]

.... the 'bigger' competition is to be played at Stadium MK on May 4th B/H Mon between Marlow and Windsor & Eton KO 15:00h (presumably?)

.....going back to hide on the the General Football Board now - byeee! :wink:

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by BigSCOT » 10 Apr 2009 16:09

The trial is with a view of them becoming U16S WORK EXPERIENCE/ Day release boys and then potential U17 scholars

Distance would be more of a factor when they are U15 and younger

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BigSCOT I know its a much younger age but at the Under 15s Berks & Bucks final on Sunday @ Buckingham Town

Eldon Celtic a Reading team beat West Bletchley (MK Dons feeder team) 3 - 1 . A young lad called Harrison Gilkes scored the 3 Goals for Eldon


His proud dad Micheal Gilkes was there watching him !!!!!

Harrison and another Eldon player were also spotted at that final by Norwich City and are off later this month on trials

Cheers

BigScot


Isnt there some rule about commutable distance that would stop them being able to sign for Norwich though?

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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Sun Tzu » 10 Apr 2009 16:21

The whole system of picking up good players at this age seems a shambles. There was an U14 youth team last season that won every game they played, every trophy they entered and not one of their players is on the books of a league club. I know Eldon have some good players and there are other exciting players at other youth clubs in the area who just seem to get ignored by clubs.


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Re: Berks and Bucks Cup

by Southbank Old Boy » 10 Apr 2009 16:36

In a perverse way that might be a good thing that a team that successful isnt the one providing clubs with their talent

It used to be that the kids that made it, and were often the successful players, were the physically good players, perhaps clubs are now looking more at the technical ability of players as opposed to just being able to win games

It could be that as the kids are getting into academy teams they are being asked not to play so often for their parks teams because of the number of games they end up playing. That might mean that a decent team of average to good players could win everything going but still not have players as good as those sitting out their sunday afternoon club football

Neither might be true in this example, just a couple of possible suggestions

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