Match Updates & End of Seminar

Friday August 26^th,

This past Saturday we had a home game against Brighouse Old Boys and lost 2-0. The whole game was a bit of a mess, as we came out half asleep and the whole team was off this game. Our touches were off, we could not finish, our passing was inaccurate and we were overall just slow. It was unfortunate because we were far technically the superior team, but on the day nothing worked for us and it was one of those games that later on the season we will look back at and wish we gained more points from. Thankfully our keeper had a fantastic game because without him the lost could have been much worse. After the game we were all down on the performance but it is going to be a long season. On Monday we had our first fitness practice with and X-British Gladiator (like from the old television show) named Q (I think) and we did a bunch of different exercises and circuits for the entire practice. It was an intense and tough practice that I actually enjoyed but the next day I could barely move. Wednesday we had another home game against Mount Saint Mary’s and they were sporting old school Celtic FC jerseys, which I liked. But we started the same way we played on Saturday and by half we were down 3-0. Then we turned it around the second half and came back to tie the game 3-3. We kept pushing for the fourth goal, missed a P.K. (in the first half) but never could get the fourth goal, and again dropped points to a team who we definitely see ourselves as being technically superior than. Thursday was our last day of our Freshman “sports and Society” Seminar class, but we have a review and final this upcoming Tuesday an we have a research project due in two weeks. We have games on Saturday and Sunday of this week and on Sunday we have our first Showcase game against Football League Two side Reserves Bradford City, which will be a fantastic opportunity. Monday is a Bank Holiday in the UK so there will be no school, practice, and pretty much nothing will be open. Our other four classes start on September 5^th and the other students move into the flats around September 10^th. I am actually excited for school to start and to start seeing more people my age!

Below are some other pictures from around campus