We are pleased to see our old friends at Soccer Village are on the Radar again thanks to Kevin Dunkerley taking over as general manager. We have been using the facility for a few years now but not as much recently. Already the owners have invested in recarpeting pitches. Two Heyside Juniors teams have been based at the facility since Kevin took over.

   Taking on the role is seen by the club as a perfect fit for Kevin with the JSL LEAGUES and coaching flying at the moment. With the close association it can only be seen as a great step forward for the Juniors and Angels. In discussion there have been exciting plans based around various forms of football.

   We are supporting the North Manchester Girls League mini soccer comps which will be played at the facility on the 9th September. There is plenty of potential in the Rochdale which would be a natural progession as we already attract players from the Newhey and Milnrow area.

  GOOD LUCK KEVIN from all at Heyside FC

   A Brilliant display by the Angels in the County Cup Semi Final meant the girls beat Manchester City 4-3 in a thriller. Knowing that Emily Kay could only play 1/2 a game due to commitments meant manager Scott Pollinger gave one simple instruction go for it and the girls came out of the starting blocks racing into a 2-0 lead. City kept fighting back all the time with the scores going 2-1,3-1, 3-2 and 4-2 as the girls played out on thier feet for the last part of the game and was only in the last minute that City breached the Angels goal.

   The girls are over the Blue moon to reach the final and be the first Angels team to beat City in this competition.

Well done girls from all the Angels & Juniors    

Congratulations go to all the eight Angels teams who did us proud on Saturday in the NMGL finals. We came home with winners trophies in 5 of the seven divisions and were runners -up in the other 2, and also runners up in the Under 13's division. If you take the fact that before the final 2 Angels teams had been knocked out by Angels teams it was a strong showing. Fantastic performance from the Angels all round.

   Congrats also go to our sister club ROCS who won the Under 15's section in a close game against the Angels.  

            UNDER 10'S CLARETS                                           UNDER 11'S

                 UNDER 12'S                                            UNDER 14'S ARGENTINA

                 UNDER 15'S                                       UNDER 16'S BLUES

 ONE PHOTO TO COME IN

              UNDER 13'S NAVYS

Thanks go to all the Angels who helped customers pack thier bags at ASDA Shaw on Saturday. The generous people of Shaw donated £796 to the club with lots of smiles. Many thanks goes to the girls who turned out and also to the friendly ASDA staff.

Damon & Andrea Beverley organised the day and Mark Senior was bucket man.

CONGRATULATIONS THE ANGELS!

Chairman Steve Grice was asked to give Grassroots football views on the Radio. As part of an all day long slot on Radio 5 Live, Steve was involved in the Afternon discussion about Coaching and Participation.

Also in the Sheila Fogerty show were Les Howie- Head of Grass Roots Coaching, Peter Ackerley - Senior National Game Development Manager and Gareth Southgate- Head of Elite Development.

The New National Game Strategy is coming into line a year early and will see further changes in the Football Structures to help develop the game.

Steve enjoyed the whole experience sitting in a National Radio Station discussing football development, there are new formats coming on board that will develop qaulity players in the future.

   Heyside Juniors wish to join in paying our respects to the family of Gary Speed. We all woke up to the shock news on Sunday morning that he had died, the news seemingly unreal as we had only seen Gary on Match of the Day hours before.

   To those of a certain age they would remember Gary Speed play for several clubs in the 1990s and 2000's. The type of player you would want in your team. Hard working, a good team mate, skillful especially when taking players on. He had a great shot and an infectious smile. A model professional who as coaches we could point out as a great role model.

   A Welsh player who played in the team in the 1990s when Rushy and Mark Hughes made it a great Welsh team. After years on seeing the Wales team go backwards, Gary Speed was turning things around as Manager with his young guns and it was obvious that his football ethics were rubbing off. It was clear from the Swansea players reaction and the players who marked thier respect from City and Liverpool before the game how many players had been effected by the news, but the clearest indication on how highly respected he was, was the vision of Shay Given (another nice guy in football) with tears as the Swansea v Villa game kicked off.

  Those who like to see football played the right way will admire Gary Speed and it is a sad loss to football. It is of course an even sadder loss to his family and this club would like to pay our respects.

GARY SPEED 1969 -2011 

Paul Scholes's reputation as being a great Community ambassador and always taking time out to meet his fans was enhanced on Sunday as the JSL lads played at Stalybridge Celtic.

On seeing Paul the star struck lads asked for a photo with Paul which he duly obliged before the team went on to a great 6-2 win.

INSPIRED