Ian Stones has stepped aside and following his suggestion, Olly Ford has been appointed. This was agreed and ratified at the recent committee meeting.

Olly has recently been in charge of Hellesdon and Dussindale Reserves and under his leadership, the team won the Division 3 title in 2024 and last season, the Cyril Ballyn Cup.
Olly will be joined by his team, Sam Sheppard, Paul Ottolangui and Martin Addison.

The committee welcomes all four to the club and wishes them well for the coming season.
Our thanks to Stonesy, JP and Harty for all their work over the previous 18 months. Stonesy stepped into the first team manager’s shoes at a difficult time and although he was unable to prevent relegation from the Premier Division, he steadied the ship in the last campaign, whilst reducing the age of the squad and giving a number of youngsters their debuts in men’s football. All 3 are remaining with the club in some capacity.

The Reserve team management will remain the same this coming season with Tom Brooks, Dan Coote and Lewis Franklin continuing as joint managers.

All the current roles have remained the same within the club with the one remaining vacancy of Vice Chairman being filled by Matt Eastaugh. The club now boasts a committee of 20 members and a healthy set of financial results were announced at the clubs AGM.

At the recent awards evening, the winners were as follows:
1st team Players / Supporters Player of the Season: Harry Shaw
Young Player of the Season: Sam Llewellyn
Reserve team Player of the Season: Ben Morgan
Clubman of the Year: Steve Titchiner

Pre-Season training resumes at the Rec on Tuesday 24th June from 7pm and will continue each week, Tuesdays and Thursdays until the opening game of the season on the 9th August.

A number of friendlies have been arranged;
Saturday 28th June: Firsts & Reserves v Sprowston @ Open Academy KO TBA
Saturday 12th July: FirstXI v Wroxham Res @ The Nest KO TBA
Saturday 12th July: ReserveXI v Rockland @ Thorpe 3G 12pm KO
Saturday 19th July: ReserveXI v Thorpe Village @ FDC 11.15am KO
Saturday 19th July: FirstXI v Mulbarton Res @ Thorpe 3G 2.15pm KO
Saturday 26th July FirstXI v Long Stratton (Away) 2.30pm KO
Saturday 26th July ReserveXI v Horsford @ Thorpe 3G KO TBA
Tuesday 29th July: FirstXI v Norwich Utd (Away) 7.30pm KO
Saturday 2nd August: FirstXI v Norwich CEYMS (home) 2.30pm KO