In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.
Roger Staubach
We are now heading into our 3rd game of my target of 4 straight wins, the top sides in any League are consistent week in and week out then the belief that you cannot be beaten becomes a reality.
We are now pulling in the same direction and not fighting each other tomorrow will be a tough game, and Shobnall Athletic will fill they have a great chance to progress to the next round,
I have 100% confidence that we will move on to our 3rd match unbeaten.
It is important to have 4 straight wins to progress, over the years we have been very inconsistent,
In business there is a saying where you take bite size pieces, this is 90 minutes of Football the only award is to progress into the next round, and more important we will have only 1 game for my target.
Let Shobnall Athletic play their occasion we will play the game the win is important not the occasion
I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.
Peter Shilton
Personal goal setting will always raise your standards and achievements
Dave
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I was going to have a break from the site but after the goal Robert Green let in against the U.S.A.
I had to mention his attitude on mental strength we have worked hard all season on this area and now you can all see the importance of bringing this into your game.
Mistakes will be made he is not the first and will not be the last but how he handles the situation will determine how good a sports man he is.
This was just another part of bringing the professional side into you game.
There is more to football than tactics there is also mental strength
England goalkeeper Robert Green believes he has the mental strength to respond from his howler which gifted the United States an equaliser in the 1-1 Group C opener in Rustenburg.
I didn’t let it affect my performance. It’s about mental strength and worse things have happened to people.
” But I’ll come back, work hard in training, work hard the next day, prepare the same, prepare as if I’m playing in the next game and it won’t affect me
THOUGHT
“It’s not how good you are when things go well,Its how you react when thins go wrong” !
Dave
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In an earlier Blog I paid tribute to Tony Carr with my thanks to the help and advice he gave on Jakes Football progress, Today he has been honoured with the M.B.E.
On behalf of Myself, Bryan,Jake and Greenfield Royal Oak F.C. I would like to congratulate him on this well deserved award.
You may not be aware but as we sit down to enjoy the World Cup a third of the squad came through his Academy at West Ham
Here is a list of player who he has developed
West Ham United Academy Players- 1973-2009
Full Internationals
Alvin Martin – England International
Frank Lampard – England International
Glen Johnson – England International
Jermain Defoe – England International
Joe Cole – England International
John Terry – England International
Kieran Richardson – England International
Paul Ince – England International
Ray Houghton – Rep of Ireland International
Richard Garcia – Australia International
Rio Ferdinand – England International
Tony Cottee – England International
Jack Collison – Wales International
Paul Konchesky – England International
Freddy Eastwood – Wales International
Grant McCann – Northern Ireland International
Adam Newton – St Kitts and Nevis International
Chris Coyne – Australia International
Michael Carrick – England International
English Top Division
Alan Curbishley – England U21 International
Alan Dickens – England U21 International
Anton Ferdinand – England U21 International
Bobby Barnes
Lee Hodges
Shaun Byrne – Rep of Ireland U21 International
Bobby Zamora – England U21 International
Eamonn Dolan – Rep of Ireland U21 International
Freddie Sears – England U20/U21 International
Geoff Pike – FA Cup Winner
George Parris
James Tomkins – England U20/U21 International
Junior Stanislas – England U19/U20/U21 International
Kevin Keen
Kyle Reid – England U17/U18/U19 International
Mark Noble – England U21 International
Mervyn Day – FA Cup Winner
Paul Allen – FA Cup Winner
Paul Brush – FA Cup Winner
Steve Potts
Stuart Slater – England U21/B International
Danny Williamson
Jlloyd Samuel – England U21 International
Fitz Hall
Liam Ridgewell – England U19/U21 International
Emmanuel Omoyinmi
Elliott Ward
Everald La Ronde
Greg Campbell
Keith McPherson
Matthew Rush
Josh Payne
Zavon Hines – England U21 International
As you can see, an impressive array. There are a few names on there that will surprise even the most devoted football fan.
Well Done Tony
Dave Mac
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TODAYS THOUGHT
All sports are games of inches. ~Dick Ritger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk
Team talk on this quote if you havent already seen it
After Seasons of waiting Greenfield Royal Oak were in their first Cup Final, Football is all about History and every member of the squad should be proud to be a part of this Day.
Everyone has worked hard over the years and finally the Club has achieved its first recognition.
There was a lot of hard work going into the Day and a special word should be made for Both The Royal Oak and Johnson Controls for their magnificent efforts in making sure we were well turned out for the Day.
Making our first final is disappointing when lost but the praise that went our way was satisfying but unfortunately could not take the taste of defeat away.
The experience is now something that we should now strive for each season, we are now no longer a nearly club, the first is always the hardest but once achieved is the new level for each season.
The positives from the game was we were the better side on the Day, this was even relayed to us from the Etwall Manager and most of the crowd.
Our expectation and experience levels have now gone up which we need to maintain next season.
On this final note I would like to thank each and every one of you for the effort and commitment shown last season,
I know I also speak on behalf of Bryan when I say that even when things were tough you all came through
We had more highs than lows and for a small squad you done us proud and you should also be proud of yourselves
Dave
We have reached No. 1 in a much bigger league find out tomorrow where we are first out of 512.000
In fact we are 1st and 2nd
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY
My drinking team has a soccer problem”
David jp McIntosh
The New Year started very slowly as our first match was against Moira in the league on the 24th of January even though not a cup game this match deserves a mention as the outstanding 9-2 victory showed how far we were moving technically the football was out standing but unfortunately we were give a glance into the refereeing standards we were about to see in the New Year,
The positives to be taken from the game was the outstanding way you over came this problem we went in 2-1 down and to a man you all carried out our instructions on how to handle the situation and we went on to score 8 second half goals.
Our next cup match was against Whittington in the Divisional Cup, we knew that Whittington would have issues facing us and we played exactly as they expected and came away with another 2-1 victory, which saw us through to the Semi-Final of the Cup
Next was the Junior Challenge Cup where we faced Belvedere F.C. Belvedere were running away with their League and had just been beaten by Willington in the Midland Co-Op Cup 5-2.
Belvedere were a very good side and it was to be one of those games where we did everything but score and they came away 3-2 victors.
After the match it was discovered that they played a player who was not on the team card, only the league know what happened but they were now beginning to baffle me “ how difficult it is it to put the players name on the card-unless there was a problem with him”?
We were now out of this Cup and shortly after Belvedere dropped out of the league a simple football solution was to let us go through but the league decided to give Shobnall Rovers a bye into the semi Final.
Possibly our biggest game of the season had arrived when we were matched against Willington.
Bryan and myself were working all week on the tactics to beat them, which were an outstanding success we planed to get them rattled, and give their back 4 little time on the ball it was working perfectly the side at the top of the Premiership could not cope with us.
Unfortunately we never allowed for one factor “Shaun Landslow” I would have rather been beaten 10-0 because we played badly than suffer what he put our Team through.
We should have take stock from the Moira game and ignored him, but when a Referee lets a player strike another and is left on the pitch we were fighting a loosing battle. I started playing football at the age of nine so I consider 50 years in Football gives me the right to comment on a disgraceful display of Refereeing and I will not apologise for calling the truth. Shaun was possibly being assessed so the good news is he should be doing Junior Football next season.
On a positive we could not have been any prouder than we were on that day Greenfield Royal Oak had played the best in the league and had shown what we were capable of.
SEMI FINAL
The Following week was our Cup Semi-Final and it was important to lift you all for this match after the disappointment at Willington, this was now our last chance for Cup success and after previous years being beaten in semi-finals this game has extra importance if we slipped up again we would be the nearly team, which is very hard to get by as extra pressure is there again next season. Our game plan was different which again you responded to but more Important there was no hangover from the previous week and you all played with a professional attitude, which saw us, reach the final of the Divisional Cup.
Tomorrow our Cup Final
Dave
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TODAYS THOUGHT
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
CUP CAMPAIGNE
Without any doubt the highlight of our season was the magnificent cup run, which saw us, have to play 12 matches.
Considering our small squad the achievement was even greater than appears on paper
Every member of the squad played a vital part in our run, which culminated in the final of the Divisional cup.
We have to go back a long way to our first match against Whittington in the Midland Co-Op Cup where we had a great 3-2 win, this was not the first time we would visit this ground, as I am sure Whittington were now hating the sight of our arrival.
Next came Burton F.C in the Junior Challenge Cup where a resounding 8-1 win saw us go through to then next round
Sandwiched in between came the Derby Junior Cup where we were very unlucky to lose a hard contested game in extra time
The next round in the Midland Co-Op was soon upon us and we were drawn at home to Hilton Athletic Res where another good 5-2 win had us progressing even further.
Our Cup Campaign was beginning to take shape and we were progressing well, Unfortunately we had now only played 2 games in the league which we had lost both of these games Blackfordby 5-1 and Etwall 4-1, we were now becoming the Jeckle and Hyde of Football,
As I mentioned yesterday I should have acted faster.
The Junior Challenge Cup was our next task to overcome when we were drawn against The Thorntree,
In this game you were outstanding the game was always going to be hard thought match, and we were now beginning to think and act like a well organised Football Team.
The Thorntree had a much bigger agenda than us they made more of the game than was there, for us it was no more than another football match but they fell into the very unprofessional trap of playing the occasion and not the match, we came through with a thoroughly deserved 4-1 win,
This was credit to you all as you played exactly to the instructions that Bryan and myself had set out
Our next Cup outing was at home to The Seal Inn where again we came through worthy 3-2 winners to progress to the next round of our Divisional Cup.
At this stage we were now thinking we were unbeatable; all could have collapsed around us as it was possibly we could become over-confident.
The next test was against the Drum and Monkey where reasons only known to them was twice postponed and then we were asked to play the fixture on our ground.
Again we played this as just another game where they made the mistake of making the game much bigger ( it was just another round ) My biggest memory of the game was while they were doing all kind of warm ups and circus tricks some of our side stood on the half way line having a smoke and watching them, ( even I could not have come up with a better mind game)
You were now learning the art of being mentally strong in how to beat your opponents,
In a hard contest we came through worthy 2-1 winners to see us move into the next round which would see us play Willington,
While all this was going on we were now at the end of the year and had only played 5 league matches and were sitting with 6 points
TOMORROW THE SECOND HALF OF OUR CUP SEASON
Where again we had to visit Whittington
Dave
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TODAYS THOUGHT
(and for next season)
Dont look back. Something might be gaining on you.
-Satchel Paige
Over the next few Days I will run over last season’s performance, I should have done this on our presentation evening but here we are better late than never,
I will start with our league form and tomorrow I run through our Cup campaigns.
Our league form was very patchy which I must take the responsibility, all season we were running through the motivation side before each game we turned up for the big games but unfortunately I took my eye off the ball on some of our matches.
I pushed you hard towards the end of the season when setting goals, which you all responded to.
If there is a lesson to be learned It just show that there can never be less than 100% commitment on every occasion and in every game,
I promise you that will never happen again On the plus side we finished in a better position than last season which was a credit to you all, when most sides were switching off with little to play for you were competitive until the last match again I just wonder what would have happened if I had pushed you harder.
I also mentioned earlier that I would take you all out of your comfort zones, I believe that you are never the complete Footballer until you play and witness what is needed from positions you are alien to, and to fully understand what you teammates have to do in their position,
I believe that most of you have benefited from the experience I could run through every player individually but the outstanding part of this season was the way virtually every squad member when asked to play a different role done so not only without any problems but always stepped up to the mark.
Football is all about being able to play all around the park I was possibly more confident that you had the ability than you had yourself
My style of Management has possibly been different from what you have been used to because once the preseason is over there is little time to do any ball work or get together it is all about reasons to win each match.
I have been fortunate because as a team you all responded when we gave you the will and confidence to win and in the big games you all came up to the mark.
Our Final League Position was disappointing as we all know there were games that we didn’t turn up which is something that has to approached next season
We finished 6th in the league
P W D L F A Pts G/ Diff
20 9 3 8 62 44 30 18
I have listed some of the games which we should have won as you can see I have ignored Etwall, Blackfordby and Whittington
The matches that did concern me were
Seal Inn Lost 2-1 home
The Sump Lost 2-1 away
New Inn Drew 5-5 home
Moira Drew 1-1 home
New Inn Lost 3-0 away
These were 5 matches that we should have gained maximum points I think you will all agree this should have been the case
We would then have finished on 43 points, which is equal with Whittington and 6 points more than Blackfordby. With the league restructure this would have given us promotion
If you now look at the 2 Blackfordby matches and the game away to Etwall we only needed 4 points from these games to have won the league.
The Team I admire most were the Sump who quietly went about the season in my opinion were not the best side, but after losing to New Inn they then went on to take 12 points from there last 5 matches giving them the Championship.
There are lessons to learn for next season and we have to be up for the Challenge,
Like it or not we are the team that everyone wants to beat and to get over this we must become hard to beat some times we were too easy Tomorrow our Cup Runs
Dave
If there any photos that you would like from the Presentation Evening please send your email address to waldairmarketing@btinternet.com and I will send them for you to download
DAVE
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I was having a break but you keep logging on hope you like this
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TODAYS QUOTATION
You have to be able to centre yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don’t ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
This is my final blog now until after the presentation but there is just one thing that I am asking you all to do, I spoke to a few of you on Sunday about personal goals before next season starts.
I will be asking you all to write down you own personal goals and what you hope to achieve and get out of the season and then we will open them up after the final game.
There can be one goal or as many as you want and if achieved will make you a better player.
If everyone reaches their goals along with my goals for the club the results will be frightening.
Goals should always be like this
(1) Be achievable
(2) But stretch you to the limits
(3) And the when you are to your limit the normal sportsman stops winners carry on
Goals I will set myself
(1) To have more points than the team who have won the league this season
(2) To score more goals than they did
(3) To concede less than them
(4) Every week our goal difference in the league will be in a plus position
(5) None of our opposition will have taken more than 1 point off us after we have played them twice
(6) Never let you relax
(7) When you are achieving all my goals find more
(8) And Finally win promotion in 2011 when I am 60
Setting goals do work when most sides stopped this season with little or nothing to play for,
We still had the determination to carry on and win convincingly
Dave
Dave
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TODAYS QUOTATION
Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
Muhammad Ali
There is always one thing to remember about Football and that is it creates a team that will always live with you.
I have been fortunate that I have played with some very good Footballers as well as knowing some of them personally, but I have also been fortunate that these people have remained a Football family.
I first met this man when we were both 12 years old and we then played at school together until the age of 15 when we were both part of the East London side that won the English Schools Trophy in 1966.
While at School and district level he scores over 40 goals each season and was always the main stay of our side
I later played against him a few times when he was at West Ham and was always relieved that he failed to score (mind you I was good !! )
His name is Tony Carr
“I joined in that summer as a 15-year-old apprentice and was bumping into Moore, Hurst and Peters who had just won the World Cup so it was surreal, but at the time you took it for granted,” said Carr.
“The lack of success at England level since then has made it a very big deal.
“Bobby was a great role model and example to young players in terms of the way he conducted himself, the way he trained and everything about him. Everybody looked up to Bobby as the captain, and the man to aspire to.
“I was a very young player and he was the captain of England but he always had time for young players and wasn’t aloof in any shape or form.”
It was perhaps learning this from Bobby Moore that made him Successful.
The parallels between 1966 and 2010 are not lost on Carr, with another academy graduate in Rio Ferdinand set to captain the side, and he said the guiding principles remained the same.
“What you try to do with all the young players is try to give them good habits, on and off the pitch,” he said.
Then over 40 years later we met up again when Bryan, Jake and Myself went to see a youth cup game at Nottingham Forest when West ham were playing,
We had a quick word at pitch side then he had to get on with the match
(He must have forgotten the Balls, first aid and the bottles because someone else took them on later)
We needed a bit of advice on Jakes Football so I contacted Tony as undoubtedly he runs the best academy in the Country and you could see why, he took the time to run through and help, but more important told me to keep in touch if he could be of more assistance, and to his word he was there again.
Last Wednesday he had a testimonial match at Upton Park when all the past players from his academy side turned up to play including a visit from Pailo de Canio to play against the current West Ham side.
The reason I am sharing this with you is that he just gave his help and perhaps one-Day Jake will be another that Tony helped to fulfil his football dreams, this is just my way of thanking him in his special week.
I rang him this Morning to congradulate him on his week and again he was showing a genuine interest in Jakes progress .
So when we are all watching the World Cup look at all the players he brought through and now you also have an inside view of the Man who helped to put them there.
Also on the same night Harry Redknapp was taking his side into Europe and I was taking home 3-0 defeat
I suppose 2 out of 3 aint bad
Now you know why you drew the short straw and got me
dave
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