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Every year all 30+ Little Leagues are invited to enter a football competition known as the National tournament. This is an event which commences in March or April and goes through to the Final which is usually held in May, depending on the number of teams taking part. In our League we appoint a National Squad Manager whose job it is to select and train a squad of players drawn from the six Main teams. This is an unenviable task because the manager is restricted as to the number of players he/she can select in each age group and there are sometimes very difficult decisions to make on which boys to include in the final squad. Naturally all the boys have hopes they will be among the chosen few but non-selection is a small part of life’s learning process.
The Tournament Organisers draw up a fixture list that includes leagues in the south London, Birmingham and Midland areas but generally it is not until the semi-final stage that teams might find they are drawn to play against teams from the different areas.
This is a photograph of our 2006/07 squad,
The squad players shown above are, in alphabetical order:- Jack Allan, Stevie Baillie, Mitchell Braim, Ryan Cosstick, Lewis David, Calvin Doyley, Shaun Frank, Glenn Harris, Aarron Henery, Aaron Hutchings, Harry Jeal, Todd Joyce, Josh Peterson, Rola Petit, Bobby Stone, Charlie Stone and Ryan Suggett
This is a photograph of our 2007/08 squad.
Above with the managers Tony Sales and Jimmy Killick are players (in alphabetical order) Billy Atkinson, Stevie Baillie, Daniel Dixon, Zak Enness, Luke Farrell, Ryan Fowler, Frankie Greenslade, Gary Hall, Glenn Harris, Aarron Henery, Reece Hill, Harry Jeal, Macauley Jenkins, Billy Sales, Ryan Suggett and Connor Valerio.
This is a photograph of our 2008/09 squad.
Above with managers Paul Hollis and Neil Harris are the players (in alphabetical order) Emmanuel Apiagyei, Tony Beall, Luke Bennett, Caleb Cabot, Zak Enness, Luke Ford, Alex Griffiths, Gary Hall, Ryan Kapper, Ryan Moreland, Ryan Riley, Alfie Shine, Brandon Spencer, Ashley Thorpe, Ben Verrall, Harry Ward and Dayle Winters.
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Below is a photograph of our 2009/10 squad with managers Neil & Tracy Harris are players - Nathaniel Akinosho, Emmanuel Apiagyei, Brad Barnes, Caleb Cabot, Alex Griffiths, Scott Harper, Matthew Hollis, C J Lester, Joshua Munting, Freddy Nash, King Ojugo, Freddie Rawlinson, Joshua Reid, Malakai Sanford, Ashley Thorpe & Ronnie Winters.
We hosted the first round Group 3 games and were joined by leagues from Northfield (Birmingham), Selsdon and West Sutton. The games took place on a warm sunny day and after some very close matches we were fortunate to go through to the next round as runners-up to West Sutton.
The following action shots were taken at this first round event:
The following team and action photographs were taken at the quarter finals held at New Addington on Saturday 24th April 2010.
The following photographs were taken at the Semi-Finals and Final on 1st May 2010
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