Congratulations to Kruize Williams-McFarlane (Slade) and Alex Worley (Hodge Hill) who have both been added to the Erdington and Saltley squad following their successful trial during today’s games.
Welcome to the team lads!
Up the Ton!
Tuesday training
Training will take place outdoors, on astro turf. Please wear trainers. No football boots. I’m assured there’ll be no rain but still wrap up warm! 5:30pm start until 6:30pm.
The address is:
Colebourne Primary School
Stechford Road
Hodge Hill
Birmingham
B34 6BJ
West Midlands Primary Schools’ District Table – Saturday 19th October
| Team | Plyd | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| South Birmingham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Brierley Hill and Dudley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Erdington and Saltley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Wolverhampton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Kings Norton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 4 |
| Aston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Harbourne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 2 |
| Solihull | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 1 |
| East Birmingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | -16 | 0 |
Birmingham Primary Schools’ District Table – Saturday 19th October
| Team | Plyd | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| Erdington and Saltley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| South Birmingham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Aston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Harbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kings Norton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
| East Birmingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | -16 | 0 |
Birmingham Primary Schools’ vs. Leeds Primary Schools’
On 2nd November Leeds Primary Schools’ visit Birmingham to take on a team made up of the best of the best of Birmingham district football. In order to play for the Birmingham team you must be in year six and in exceptional form. The Ton have four players picked for the city team:
Dermot
Ramello
Amari
Ethan
Good luck lads, you’ll be great !
Up The Ton!
The Ton Dig Deep to Claim Three Points
Saturday 19th October 2012 @ Braemar Road
Erdington and Saltley 3-2 Aston
Team- Dermot; Callum, Michael; Amari, Ramello, Marc, George, Ethan; Rayhaan Sub: Leyton
Goals- Ramello x2 Amari
Man of the match- Amari
A week after rolling over against Brierley Hill and Dudley, the boys were asked to roll up their sleeves and dig dip. This was even more vital in light of the late withdrawals of Shilo and Ty through illness and injury respectively. Losing two key players like that would have broke lesser teams, but The Ton are made of tougher stuff and simply got on with it.
Aston are our local rivals and this is the fixture that I look forward to most, so the victory is all the more sweeter! The game started fairly evenly, with both teams playing some super passing football. I was pleased to see this as we had a very important guest in the crowd! Brian Jones, the manager of the Erdington district during the 80s and 90s, was in attendance to watch The Ton for the first time since I took over the team last year. With the game fairly even, The Ton were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area for handball. Ethan stepped up and planted the ball on the keeper who could do nothing but parry the ball into the path of Ramello who poked the ball into the net to give The Ton a one goal lead. However, it was short lived when Aston were awarded a penalty and duly slotted it away to leave the game evenly balanced going into the break.
The second half started with Ramello causing Aston all sorts of problems with his blistering pace. If there is a faster player in the league, I’m Usane Bolt! The Ton restored their lead via a goal that won’t win any prizes for footballing beauty but it was a goal nonetheless! Amari found the ball at his feet on the edge of his area, and played a long, accurate ball forward catching Aston on the break. Ramello charged through, cushioning the ball with his head before calmly slotting the ball to the keeper’s right. However, once again Aston pulled level and once again The Ton had to dig deep into their reserves. After sitting out much of the second half, Amari came back on with 7 minutes to go and grabbed the winning goal. Yet again Ramello’s pace ripped Aston apart when he dribbled down the right and evaded the challenges of two Aston players, eventually crossing for Amari to fire home from three yards. Three goals and three points!
I’m incredibly proud of the whole team, for many reasons! Rayhaan and Leyton stepped in at short notice and performed admirably. Ramello once again caused the opposition defence a real nightmare. Marc stepped into midfield to shore things up and Michael led by example in defence. There is genuinely too many positives to mention! My man of the match choice was an exceptionally difficult decision but I’ve given it to Amari due to the amazing effort that he put in, both going forward and in defence. One incident sticks in my mind. After losing the ball in the Aston box, he sprinted all the way back to our area and eventually won the ball back. It was effort like this that was missing last week but that was in abundance all over the pitch this week.
Well done lads, I couldn’t be any prouder to be your manager. I am one lucky man!
Enjoy your games tomorrow and see you all next week!
Up The Ton!
West Midlands District Results – Saturday 19th October
Erdington and Saltley 3-2 Aston
South Birmingham 4-0 East Birmingham
Sutton Coldfield 3-3 Solihull
Wolverhampton 1-2 Kings Norton
Harborne 2-4 Brierley Hill and Dudley
Birmingham Primary Schools’ District Table
| Team | Plyd | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| Erdington and Saltley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Aston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Harbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| South Birmingham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kings Norton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
| East Birmingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
The Birmingham Primary Schools’ District Table will only include the results from games involving two Birmingham districts. Therefore, our result against East Birmingham counts, but our defeat to Brierley Hill and Dudley does not. Likewise, South Birmingham beat Solihul and Harborne, but only the three points they gained against Harborne count for the Birmingham League.
The West Midlands League is far more simple. . . every result counts!
Weekly Training Session
Training will take place every Tuesday evening – 5:30pm until 6:30pm at Colebourne Primary School, Stetchford. This will start from Tuesday 22nd October.
Colebourne Primary School
Stechford Road
Hodge Hill
Birmingham
B34 6BJ
It would be great if the whole squad could attend training,
I would also like to say a huge thank you to Colebourne school for kindly allowing the district to use their facilities!
New Fixture Information
Saturday 26th October @ Braemar Road
Erdington and Saltley vs Aston
One off cup competition made up of three games:
Game 1: 4-a-side (10 minutes straight)
Game 2: 7-a-side (2 halves of 10 minutes)
Game 3: 9-a-side (2 halves of 15 minutes)
After all three games, the team who is leading the best of three series, will be crowned champions.
However, in the event of a draw (e.g. The Ton win the 9-a-side, Aston win the 4-a-side and we draw the 7-a-side) the trophy will be decided by a penalty shoot-out….with a twist!
The adults associated with each team (managers and parents) will take part in the shootout – penalty takers and keeper. Each team will get five penalties each. Sudden death will be used if necessary,
Erdington and Saltley Primary Schools' FA 