Derby student goes into the professional game

Matthew Towns a Goalkeeper currently studying at Derby University has been offered non contract terms at Macclesfield Town until the end of the season.

First England fixture is a win against the RAF

On Monday 18 of the squad of 28 meet to play the RAF. The day was very successful and the players did the system proud. Goals from Michael Symons (UWE Hartpury), Andy Rushbury (Nottingham Trent), Ashley Allanson (Hull) and Will Morford (UWE Hartpury) ensured a 4-2 victory.

The next step now is the selection of 18 players to go to the British University Games in Scotland in April.

Regional programme

The game scheduled to be played on Wednesday the 13th February between Northern Universities and British Colleges feel foul to the weather. We hope to resurrect a game for those lads in the very near future. On the 13th a joint team from the Midlands and Southern Universities played British Police at Nuneaton Borough. The lads played well against a very competitive Police side narrowly loosing 2-1. I would like to thank Tom Curtis for working so hard to making the game possible. To Idafe Perez, Dave Thorpe and Lauren Bradshaw for again making the product on the day very professional.

Another HE student joins the professional game

Liverpool Hope student Peter Vincenti signed full time terms for Millwall in the Summer of 2007. Peter is now full time with Stevenage Borough in the Football Conference. Peter joins the ever growing list over the past two years of students going into the full time game.

January 2008 - English Universities training and selection camp

The last two days saw 35 players and, 5 staff from the FA and 10 staff from HE deliver the EU training camp at Warwick University. The programme we delivered gave the players and the staff to interact both on and off the field and also educate the players into the different requirements needed to be successful at EU level and to put themselves in contention for a ticket to WUGs in 2009.

The English Universities squad will be announced on Thursday of this week.
The squad will contain 28 players and a standby list who represent their country this year.
The first English Universities fixture will be against the RAF at Uxbridge on Monday 18th February KO 7.30pm.

Hull student is selected to represent England in Kuala Lumpar

Ashley Allanson has been selected as a member of the England Futsal for the World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. We wish Ashley very well.

Update on the Regions

Regional Trials (Stage 2)
The regional trials held in November were a very positive step for the programme and the staff involved gave over 160 players the opportunity to become part of the Regional set up

Regional Tournament (Stage 3) - Champions; Southern Universities
The Regional tournament took place this Monday and Tuesday at Warwick University with 65 players and 16 members of staff attending. The tournament was a real success and showcased the talent we have in the HE sector. The tournament came down to the wire and Southern Universities were crowned Champions after the beating Northern Universities on penalties in the last game. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the staff and Warwick University for making the two days runs so smoothly. Credit to the players who played the tournament in such a professional and committed manor - a real credit to HE.