New Team Managers

With so many news items involving the U10 Boca's throughout the season we've put them all in one place here. Read on to see what has been happening in "BocaWorld" over the past 12 months.

The boys have had a great summer in which they have enjoyed some fantastic tournament success, in particular the defence of their Badshot Lee crown. The summer has also been about maintaining fitness and selecting and integrating more boys into the Boca way of playing, in time for the start of the 11-a-side season. This has been particularly successful and we enter the new season with a terrific squad of 14 and look forward to the challenge that playing in the premier league will bring.

The Wey Valley tournament was all about gauging where our form is before the season starts and trying some of the boys in different positions – but hey, while you’re there you might as well win it as well!

3 - 20 minute games against good local opposition, 3 wins, 7 goals scored and 0 conceded. 3 very good performances, the highlight of which was a hard fought 1-0 victory over the home side that had already beaten us twice in friendlies over the summer.

One of the best results from yesterday was how well the new boys fitted in and how well the team gelled. Probably, for the first time, 11-a-side Boca looked like 7-a-side Boca in terms of passing, movement and positioning.

The Boca faithful, as usual, travelled in force and provided great support to the boys. The new season beckons and the excitement builds, we’ve got a great team and great support – we can’t wait – Up the BOCA!!!!!

Fleet Spurs Boca had a fantastic tournament and represented Fleet Spurs against some of the very best teams around.

Boca had some fantastic results along the way. There were 23 of the very best teams in the age group from all around the UK and Boca were pitched in the toughest group (Group A the group of death).

Boca were very unlucky not to qualify in the top 2 of their group as they only narrowly missed out.

This was not the end of the afternoon for Boca, they carried on their fantastic run into the semi finals of the plate competition roared on by the Boca faithful. Despite scoring first they were exhausted on what was the hottest day of the year and could not hold on to the lead.

Adam was magnificent standing in for regular keeper H. Ben, our high profile summer signing settled in quickly and looked like he has played for Boca for years. Tom and Tyler were great and looked fantastic playing at a much higher level and their fitness proved vital. Drew and Sparky looked at home playing against top opponents and ran the midfield in their usual confident and creative way. Jay was an absolute rock in defence and was one of the best defenders on show in the competition. Zac showed his class and ability playing against some of the best defences around. Ollie was amazing and we are looking forward to seeing his fantastic creative play in the premier league next season.

The boys and the Boca faithful were an absolute credit to Fleet Spurs and the NEHYL.

Fleet Spurs Boca were at the Princes Hall in Aldershot recently to collect their league winners trophy and medals. It was a fitting end to such a fantastic season. The boys deserved all the success they got this season.

Boca returned to Badshot Lea to defend their winners trophy from last year. They played some fantastic football again this year against some very strong opponents. Once again Boca won the tournament outright beating Aldershot Town in the final 2 nil.

The Boca faithful are now looking forward to next season and hope Boca can make it an amazing 3 in a row.

All the team were presented with their end of season Fleet Spurs awards with special prizes for Squad Clubman of the Year, Managers Award and Player of the Year. A fitting finale to a great season.

Fleet Spurs U10 Boca star Adam S lined up with the England team against USA this week at Wembley.

Keen eyed Boca fans may have seen him come out with the England team next to Owen Hargreaves. He was on screen for a lot of time especially during the David Beckham 100 cap presentation.

It was a great moment seeing our first Boca player line up for England at Wembley !!!

To round off a great season Boca triumph at the Sandhurst tournament and add yet another winners trophy to a bulging trophy cabinet.

We did not really see vintage Boca until a fantastic performance in the final. It has been a great season all round with Boca still to play in the Badshot Lea tournament next week where they will be playing as champions from last season.

The highlight of Pre/End season is still to come with Boca representing Fleet Spurs in the highly prestigious Arsenal International Tournament against foreign and academy teams.

Boca were recently invited to take part in a film project looking at sportsmanship in football through from youth grassroots to the highest level. There were contributions from the NEHYL, top level officials, Bournemouth FC, Newcastle United and the FA.

The boys enjoyed their moment of fame, having their match recorded and interviews afterwards.

We have just received an advance copy on DVD and it is amazing to see the work that goes into it and how professional the finished film is.

Manager Shane Bennett said “it is fitting that we took part in the film as we model ourselves on teams like Real Madrid that are successful but without breaking the rules and play the game in its true spirit. It is unusual for a team to achieve what we did this year and have such a high sportsmanship mark. This is a real credit to the team and supporters”.

Last week saw Boca stars Drew Matthews and Harry Bennett pull on the Reading shirts again at the Dome, Reading.

It really is a pleasure to see how good and established they both look playing at such a high level.

Both boys were an absolute credit to the club and contributed well to a Reading 5-1 win. It is amazing that in a Reading team of 8 there were 2 Fleet Spurs Boca Boys!

After their last match before Christmas the parents of FS BOCA arranged a fantastic surprise for the boys as well as Chillers and Shane.

Soon after the final whistle a limo turned up to pick them all up and after a drive around the area arrived at a local pub where all the parents were waiting for a great afternoon/evening.

Shane and Chillers would like to officially thank the parents for their generous (if not sneaky) treat. They were really thrown off the scent as there had already been a great night at the Dhanshiri in Fleet.

Fleet Spurs Under 10 Boca were proud to have two players from their team named in the Reading Academy squad to play at the Dome next to the Madejski Stadium on Friday 26^th October 2007.

There were four games in total and both of the boys did Fleet Spurs proud. Drew absolutely dominated the midfield in his game. He did the simple things really well and made the impossible look easy! Drew scored a great goal but that only begins to tell the story. He was a huge part of every decent move Reading had.

His best moment was when he went around a couple of players on the left side and wrong footed the last man. He shot from well outside the area and rattled the crossbar with a Riise style shot.

H played in goal in one of the games and looked very assured and confident. He made himself big on an early one on one and the save increased his confidence. H then made a fantastic reaction save from close range.

Shane the Boca manager said “everyone that was at the Dome associated with Fleet Spurs was incredibly proud that Drew was in a class of his own and H had the best record for a Reading keeper on the night. The boys deserve a huge pat on the back for their fantastic achievements”. Shane went on to say “It is mine and Chillers goal to get more boys involved at football at a higher level over the next few weeks and we are in the process of setting up some events with other academies as a team. We do not need to push the boys but really need to push ourselves as coaches over the remainder of the season to ensure our boys reach their potential”.