Hi there! I’ve been a bit absent lately—too much to do. This year, Adrian is playing in the U14 Elite League. That means 500 km round trips again (he left at 11 a.m. and got home at midnight). He’s already played two matches, and won both. New rules have been introduced this year: – If the score difference is 4 or greater (e.g., 4-0, 6-2), the following applies: The leading team may only score from inside the opponent's penalty area (if a goal is scored from outside it, the goal will not count, and the opposing team will restart play from inside their own penalty area). – If the score difference is 6 or greater (e.g., 6-0, 8-2), the following applies: The leading team may only score from inside the opponent's penalty area, provided that all team players (except the goalkeeper) are in the opponent's half of the field (if a goal is scored in violation of this rule, the goal will not count, and the opposing team will restart play from inside their own penalty area). – If the score difference is 9 or greater (e.g., 9-0, 11-2), the following applies: The leading team may only score from inside the opponent's penalty area, provided that the player scoring strikes the ball without taking a touch to control it first, and provided that all team players (except the goalkeeper) are in the opponent's half of the field (if a goal is scored in violation of this rule, the goal will not count, and the opposing team will restart play from inside their own penalty area). I’m curious—do you have rules like this?

Hi everyone, I just wanted to give you an update, as I've been on here more then Xavier. Although we had an issue free Sunday, yesterday, Xavier's school rang to pick him up, due to him having a sore head, dizziness and feeling like he was levitating. I got him home and he slept for 2 1/2 hrs and woke up a lot better but still not feeling 100%, so he is just resting lots and keeping screentime down to a minimum. On a positive note, he did ask to go shopping for ingredients and cook his own dinner from a recipe in his new cookbook and he played with lego before bed last night 😃 Kirsty

Today I wish Happy Birthday to the best mum ever. My biggest fan and the one who supports me the most in both life and my football. She always puts me first and for that i am very grateful 🥳🎁🎂🎉

Today was my clubs awards presentation. It was actually more fun then i expected we had a kick about and played games. There was an inflatable and an inflatable goal shooting game and a reaction game but my team didn't have time for those. The awards were participant trophy for everyone, Players player, most improved & Managers Player. I won Managers Player. The coach gave a little speech before each of the individual awards but when he gave me mine he told me to face the crowd and told everyone that I'm a phenomenal Goalkeeper and to keep their eyes out for me as I will go far and I have done great things for there team already within the one season and even though I'm playing up a year. I was very grateful for such high praise

How many of you pay for goalkeeper training on top of your normal team training?