Didcot Casuals
for everyone as it impacts on the quality of the service
the club can offer its members. Also being a club split
over two sites it was difficult for teams to get a sense
of the club beyond the home grounds where we play
our matches. We don’t have the luxury of having a club
house or fixed point where we can bring people together
regularly enough to foster a proper club atmosphere.
The good news is that we have this season
implemented some key changes which we believe will
help us address these issues. We hope that these new
changes will encourage others to step forward beyond
merely helping their own teams to helping the club
move forward too.
We have begun to see signs of this already this
season. One of our members came up with the idea of a
‘boot swap’ box where people could deposit unwanted
football boots for others to have for free. Kids grow so
quickly and boots are so expensive that it can become
an issue for many of our members just to keep their kids
playing football. One of our members posted this to our
facebook page:
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We were really pleased a couple of seasons ago to
welcome a Sunday men’s team to Casuals. We are
working with them to provide a pathway for our older
boys beyond the age of 16 to enter men’s football. We
are particularly happy that last season’s U16 team are
continuing with the club to U17 level because this will
help us shape this pathway to make it successful for all
concerned. We would love to mirror that pathway on
the women’s side too but that may take longer to achieve
without an adult women’s team. Our oldest girls team
are at U15 level next season, our goal is to keep them
playing football for as long as we can to inspire the age
groups below.
Our long term goal is to have access to facilities
which allows us to meet the demand for football in
Didcot. We would be open to entering into partnership
with other local clubs to achieve that goal and we hope
that we can start that process soon. In the meantime we
will do the best we can to provide football for everyone,
regardless of ability. We are Casuals. We are Didcot’s
football family.
Article provided by Tiernan Coyle
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