With no matches until the following week, the L7’ took the opportunity to dust off the Christmas cobwebs, put some New Year resolutions into place and get back on the pitch for a L7s friendly/training session. With 18 L7s players available including 2 goalkeepers) and four fabulous L4s players, Gill Collins, Lucy Arnold, Nick Kitchener and Wendy Daden who had … Read More
Ladies 7th XI v Southend and Benfleet
This week back to the “Beach” a very sandy pitch, but not next to the sea to play Southend and Benfleet joint leaders at the top of the division. It was always going to be a tough match as our opposition had won all by one match, which they had drawn. They immediately threw us a curveball by not having … Read More
Men’s 5th XI v Havering
A deserved win for Chelmsford in our second game of 2017 with a 7-0 win against Havering. A strong contribution from all players in the side gave the opportunity to put pressure on from pushback, forcing an error in front of the Havering goal early on, allowing Scot Reilley to swiftly convert his first goal of the half. Chelmsford defence … Read More
Men’s Evergreens v St Albans Centurions
Points lost in this league game despite having been 2-0 up in the first 15 minutes. With the score at 2-2 at half time, St Albans came out for the second half in determined mood and although the EG’s scored another goal to make it 3-2 , St Albans grabbed an equaliser in the last period of the game.
Men’s 4th XI v Waltham Forest
As perennial league companions to the M4s over the past few seasons Waltham Forest had become somewhat of a nemesis. The past 5 encounters had all resulted in losses or at best hard fought draws for Chelmsford – so after the frost extended Christmas break this was a tough comeback game, made slightly harder by the ridiculously early 10.00am pushback … Read More
Men’s 1st XI v City of Peterborough
Chelmsford returned to action after two frozen weeks with defeat to title-chasing Peterborough, a loss which sees them slump back to the bottom of East Premier A. The tone of the game was set early on, and although Chelmsford presented a well-marshalled defence, Peterborough rarely gave away possession and were happy to patiently play the ball at the back waiting … Read More
Men’s 2nd XI v Potters Bar
2016 was a tough year for the Men’s 2s, with relegation, the loss of several integral players and results very hard to come by. But there is none of that nonsense to be had for 2017. After two weeks off due to frozen pitches and thus cancelled games, finally the M2s kicked off their 2017 campaign against Potters Bar 1s. … Read More
Men’s 5th XI v. Braintree Academy
The 5th XI started the second half of the season as they had finished the first half with another victory. On a cold afternoon at Braintree the 5s put together a solid team performance which produced three well-deserved points. Goals from Scot Reilley and David Farmer helped us into a 2-1 lead at the break. As the temperature fell we … Read More
Ladies 1s Indoor 2016/17 (Part 2)
Despite an inexplicable Ipswich defeat in the first weekend, Chelmsford Ladies 1s arrived at the second weekend of Division 1 confident and composed. ‘Oh how the mighty can fall.’ Due to a serious thundersnow flurry training on Thursday had been cancelled. Yet the team remained optimistic, sitting happily in 5th place in the table. Oh, how the mighty can fall. … Read More
Men’s 4th XI v. Cheshunt 2nd XI
This friendly match was a perfect opportunity to blow away the festive cobwebs and to sharpen the instincts in preparation for the rest of the regular season. On paper the two teams looked a good match, although in different regions both were in equal looking divisions and had equally strong starts to their respective seasons – perfect! The game proved … Read More