MANY THANKS AND SEASONS GREETINGS On behalf of Janice and I we would like to wish all the club Officials, Managers, Coaches, Players and Loyal Supporters a VERY MERRY XMAS and A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

Overall it’s been an excellent first half of the season for the club with some great performances from the junior teams. The u/8s and 9s are still unbeaten and there have been some excellent performances from the u/12s ,13s, 19s and 23's.

The senior team have produced some fantastic results but their league form has been inconsistent and they really should be sitting higher in the league. They have however reached their first ever Wearside League final and also have a county cup semi-final to look forward to which should make for an exciting second half of the season.

This year also saw the launch of our Little Kickers which takes place on Saturday mornings and has been a great success well done Ashleigh, Julie ,Paul , Jonothan and earlier Lucy.

The new teams that have come into the club this season have been a breath of fresh air to the club long may it continue leaving the club in its strongest position it has ever been in thanks to you all.

I would like to thank all the managers for sending me results and reports for the club web-site, Facebook and my Stats data. I think you would all agree we have had excellent coverage from the Hartlepool Mail so far with double page feature games for the u8, u9 and u/12 teams and Ian will be trying to do the same for the u13 and u/19 teams in the new year. Sometimes we do miss out due to coverage of main school and boxing events which is only fair also all photographers are now freelance as the Mail do not employ them any more so be patient.

Please keep up the excellent work in 2018 see you all again in 21 days to continue our excellent season come the 6th JANUARY .
Many Thanks to you All
John

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