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Re: Pre-Season Friendly - Sunday 1st September

Can't get anywhere at all with this at the moment I'm afraid.

Every team I have spoken to have already got a match arranged, so I have e-mailed Enfield Council asking for a pitch anywhere in the Borough that we will pay for ourselves. (A huge risk). I am still waiting for a reply, but I very much doubt that there will be a pitch available.
I was advised to do this by Terry yesterday as he says him and Barney will put the nets up, take them down and take them home...plus wash the kit, etc. so that I can go straight off to film Slough afterwards and Trev can go to Arsenal.
Barney doesn't know that yet though, as he doesn't come back from holiday until Saturday.

If we do manage to find a pitch, then we have to somehow try and find some opponents and a Referee, and we also need to find some players !
I am getting absolutely no response whatsoever from most of our players as to whether they are coming training tonight or not. If there are only five players there tonight (as I suspect there will be), then clearly we are not going to be able to field a team this Sunday.
Those five players who I am expecting there tonight are Terry, TJ, Jack Bangs, Martin Cruickshank and Francis Amankwah.
I am massively busy with work at the moment though, and I won't have time to chase teams up to play us, get a Referee, and text/phone players to let them know we are training tonight and to ask whether they are available this Sunday.

Re: Pre-Season Friendly - Sunday 1st September

We have managed to get a pitch !
It is Pitch 14 at Enfield Playing Fields, but I have no idea which one that is. We have been told to go to the Donkey Lane end changing rooms as normal, but the pitch could be right up the other end near the Baseball pitch alongside Sketty Road or the one nearest the Southbury Leisure Centre Astroturfs.
That will definitely result in an 11.00 Kick-Off rather than 10.30 if we have to carry the nets and kit all that way, so I will have to stop filming our game if it is still being played after 12.30 as I won't get to Slough in time.

I will update on here if I can find any opponents.

Re: Pre-Season Friendly - Sunday 1st September

Opponents sorted.

We are playing AFC Southgate. They are a Division Two side in our League.
I will update the Forthcoming Fixtures page on the website later with more details.