CLUB
PROFILE
Forfar Farmington Blues
under 13’s have
had a wonderful season, with plenty of success which
has stemmed from hard work from the players and some
great coaching. The girls have not only won the league,
but made it to the league cup final. They were narrowly
defeated by a strong Dunfermline side, but this shows
a lot of promise for the next season as the team will be
moving into the eleven a side format. The team’s success
can be attested to the a great attitude, and consistently
hard effort. The girl’s work ethic has seen them to victory
in the league, having gathered plenty of strong results.
This will surely bring the girls confidence for next season,
as they will continue to play their brilliant style of football
which the coaches have made sure to encouraged the girls
to play. The coaches have also had a big influence on the
attitude of the girls. Jane McFarlane said
“They train well and work hard for each other. We have
a saying within the team, ‘Never lose to lack of effort’, and
the girls really adhere to this.”
There are plenty of superb individuals in the squad,
such as Lois Millar and Erin Thomson, who have helped
the team acquire such fantastic results, but it has
definitely been a team effort, as each player is full of
talent. Out of ten girls in which one is
injured, seven are participating in the East
Region girls training which shows the team
have a remarkable amount of top notch
quality players.
Forfar Farmington have improved from
last season, and will continue to improve as
they progress into the next. Their style of
play will continue to get better and better
as they improve with each game and each
win. The coaches have really worked on installing great
passing moves and methods into the team, and it really
shows when watching the girls play.
“We try to work on playing the game properly with
lots of passing, switching the play, passing in triangles, one
two’s, over laps and so on. This season the girls have had
the opportunity to work on these things.”
There have also been plenty of highlights this season,
including the 3-2 victory against Celtic Tayside which
clinched the league for the girls. Jane McFarlane said
about the game
“The highlight which really counted was beating Celtic
Tayside 3-2 in what essentially was the decider for the
league. We were winning 3-0 at half time, playing great
football and really coasting through the game. But the
second half the nerves got to the girls. Celtic scored 2
goals in quick succession and with the momentum it
looked like they would come through and win the game,
“The coaches have really worked
on installing great passing moves
and methods into the team...”
but the girls defended like heroes. There was a big crowd
at the game, you could really feel the tension. Everyone
ran on the pitch when the ref blew for full time. It was a
very exciting game.”
Next season is going to be a big challenge for the
team, as they will move into a completely new set up. The
coaches will need to build onto their existing squad with
new players and bring in new tactics as they adapt to the
changes. But if this season is anything to go by, they will do
just fine. The coaches will still focus on bringing the right
style of football into the team to build on their success.
“The girls have so much to learn as they move up from
seven aside to eleven aside. Bigger pitch, bigger goal, new
rules, it is going to be a massive learning curve. We can’t
be too focused on winning, although I’m sure that will still
be important to the girls,” said Jane. “It is very important
to the coaches that the girls continue to learn to play the
game as it should be played.”
Words by Mikey Colville
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