2003 Kids Required

Mid Calder Colts 2003′s currently have 2 or 3 spaces available so if you have a child born in 2003 and they are interested in joining a football team, then this could be the chance. The team train on a Monday evening, 6-7pm at Mid Calder Primary School and will move up to East Calder sports centre (same times) when the dark nights kick in.

The 2003′s will look to join the West Lothian Soccer Sevens league in March 2012, so if you do know of anyone who can fill these gaps, please do get in touch by dropping us an email

Thanks!

Gala Challenge Winners 2011

The annual gala challenge between Mid and East Calder took place on Thursday June 9th in East Calder. Having won the trophy for the last 2 years, Mid Calder were looking for a hat-trick and duly delivered, winning the evening by 4 matches to 2.

The evening opened with a friendly bounce game between the respective soccer school kids, which was a well played high scoring affair and it was then onto the main event with the 2001′s locking horns. A very competitive game was won by Mid Calder and they doubled the advantage when the 2000′s comfortably won their game.

Meanwhile on the 11s park, the Mid Calder 98′s were in the process of winning their match giving Mid Calder a 3-0 lead from the opening 3 games. Next up was the 96′s who beat East Calder 97′s –  a result which ensured the cup was won for another year.

The 99s lost – somewhat controversially – by a score of 5-3 to get East Calder on the board and the final game saw East Calder 94′s take victory over the Mid Calder 95′s by a single goal to end the evening off.

Jack Cannon from the Mid Calder soccer school lifted the trophy to wrap up another successful challenge event.

Oakbank of Calderwood

Mid Calder Colts have now obtained access to a new park and facilities at Oakbank.

Oakbank of Calderwood Football Club disbanded in June 2010 and the outgoing committee of Dougie Hunter, Brian Davidson and Ian McLeod arranged a meeting on 1/7/10 with us, East Calder Colts, East Calder Amateurs and Oakbank residents.

It was agreed at the meeting that all teams above would share these facilities along with local residents of Oakbank who will use the facilities for occasional charity games.

The Colts would like to say a big thank you to Oakbank’s committee for this opportunity.

Parks and facilities is one of the major issues the Colts have with the rapid growth of the club over the last 7 years where we now have four 11 a’side teams and four 7 a-side teams plus a soccer school. The use of Oakbank will help alleviate that problem.

Please visit the following link for the History of Oakbank of Calderwood Football Club.

http://www.oakbankfc.com

Mid Calder Colts Management Committee.

Colts score on fair play

Mid Calder Colts 2000 attended the Caledonian Youth Club Football Festival on Sunday June 20th in Prestwick and did the club proud with an excellent display from all concerned. After an overnight stay, the boys played 5 games, winning 3, drawing 2 and scoring seven goals in the process while only conceeding one.

As well putting on a good footballing display, all the games played were marked for fair play and out of the 20 participating teams from all over Scotland, the Mid Calder boys (as well as coaches and parents) were chosen for their sporting behaviour.

In keeping with the fair play winning theme, the WLYAFC also recognised the Mid Calder 1995s and 1994s for their displays by awarding those teams the fair play award for their respective leagues.

Well done to all involved 

Some photo’s from the Caledonian tournament -

The 2000s in pre match pose 

Awaiting Medals

 

Post Match Celebration

Gala Challenge Winners 2010

The annual gala challenge between Mid Calder and East Calder took place on Thursday 10th June at East Calder, where Mid Calder retained the cup won last year with a 3-2 win. After taking an early 2 games to nil lead thanks to the 2001s and 2000s, East Calder were winners in the 99 and 98 age group to even up the scores.

The 96s made it 3-2 and the remaining 2 games (95 and 94) both fought out credible draws to take the cup back to Mid Calder.

A close tournament once again, and thanks to East Calder for the effort in organising it all. Also thanks to Colin Clapperton of www.winningposttrophies.com who provided the medals presented to all who took part.

On Friday 18th June, the Mid Calder coaches once again take to the park in the annual game against the 1994s. A convincing win for the coaches in 2009 will be difficult to repeat as the 94s, fresh from their league cup victory and another year, taller, stronger and fitter will be seeking revenge for that heavy defeat.The game is at the village park and kick off at 6.30pm. Come along and support us all.

1994s win League Cup

Sunday 23rd May saw the 1994s take part in their 1st ever cup final and they came out on top, beating Bonnybridge Youth 2-0. The final was played at Stoneyburn Juniors ground and on searing hot day the 94s ended a long season, by bringing the silverware back to Mid Calder.

Our undercover reporter was there and brought us this report……

A fantastic and well deserved result, with Mid Calder beating Bonnybridge 2-0 to lift the League Cup.

Thanks to everyone who came down on a scorching day to support the team, it was much appreciated.

It wasn’t the best football we have played this season but we made up with everyone giving 100% in difficult conditions – hot sun, brick hard pitch and fairly strong wind.

1st half with Bonnybridge playing with the wind they took the game to us but as a team we defended well with only one clear cut chance created from them when their forward went 1V1 but it luckily slipped just wide.

We didn’t have many chances but as the half went on we came more into it and had a couple of opportunites in front of their goal.
Again Bonnybridge started the opening 10 minutes of the 2nd half stronger but again defensively we were very solid and organised with no mistakes.

The last 1/2 hour belonged to Mid Calder and you could see the belief the boys had as the game wore on.

We were creating a few decent chances from open play and looked dangerous at set pieces, and it was a free kick that resulted in the 1st goal (and a straight red for the Bonnybridge player) - Murray firing it in the top of the net from about 30 yards.

Bonnybridge tried to rally but never really troubled us, then with a couple of minutes to go our left back found himself in nose bleed territory six yards out and scored the clinching goal – what a moment for Gregor’s 1st goal in 4 seasons at 11 asides.

All in a great day and night had by all*

*Reports of Mid Calder Coaches singing ‘hey ho, let’s go’ at post party celebrations have been denied by the management.

Cup Final Colts

Cup final fever (OK, maybe a wee bit anticipation more like) has hit Mid Calder as not one, but two of the clubs teams have reached their respective league cup finals and are within touching distance of silverware – And who knows, maybe even a gala day lorry ride

Dates still have to finalised and when they are we will tweet these out to all who need to know. Please make the effort to go along support both teams when the finals take place.

The 1996s reached the final with a hard fought 2-1 extra time win away to Syngenta Grange and will face a tough task when they face off to Livingston Star United in the final. Well done boys and good luck! Here they are (pictured last season so missing a few new faces – new photo please coaches!)

 

Meanwhile, the old boys of Mid Calder Colts had already booked their place in the league cup final by beating Polbeth United 5-3 down at the gala park. With a hardocre number of 8 lads having been with the team from way back when they started soccer 7s, the coaches comparision with Celtc’s European Cup wining team is, well, somewhat wide of the mark

Good luck the 94s when the final arrives. They are up against Bonnybridge Youth and hopefully fortune smiles on the MCC boys and they can bring back the cup. Here they are at a recent game in their new kit.

A bridge (not) too far

The 1999 Reds dragged themselves out of bed early on Sunday 27th September to embark on a sponsored walk over the Forth Road Bridge and back.

There were nerves aplenty in both parents and kids, but a favourable weather forecast meant the trip went ahead as planned and so at 10am we set off on the journey to Fife and back.

Having just formed in the summer of 2009, the sponsored walk was an event planned to raise much needed funds for our club and some sterling work from all the boys saw us raise over £400 which is a fantastic effort! The 99 reds have enjoyed a good start to the season on the pitch and they are working just as hard off it, to ensure the club keeps moving in the right direction. Many thanks to all the boys, brothers and sisters and especially, the parents for attending and making such a successful day of it all.

Look out for our next fund raiser where Ross and Lewis’s gran may be seen jumping out a plane or abseilling down a cliff!

Here are some photos of the boys from the day

Ready to go!

 

Halfway

 

Finish Line!

2009/10 Kick Off

The new season kicks off this weekend (August 22nd) for the Soccer Sevens, while the 11-a-side teams kicked off last weekend. The popularity of Mid Calder Colts Community Football Club has led to the club entering 9 teams into various leagues across the 7 and 11-a-side game.

If you add in the 2002s who will be joining the WLSS Soccer 4s programme, and the 2003s, who will be starting their training with the Soccer School, then you can see it’s huge number of kids who have taken up the game, with the Mid Calder Colts.

With the on going work being carried out to both school and Village pitches, all teams will have to make alternate arrangements to play ‘home’ matches elsewhere until such times (hopefully a month or two) as the parks are available again.

Good luck to all our teams for the forthcoming season, but especially to the 2001s and the 1999 Reds who both make their league debuts this weekend.

Marathon Effort

The Mid Calder 2000′s were the recipients of a generous donation totalling £200 and this was all thanks to a parent who put his body on line when he took part in (and completed) the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 31st May. The hot weather along with the theft of several thousand water bottles didn’t help the runners, but our game parent made it all the way around and kindly donated his funds to the 2000′s.

This money, along with a donation from Scotland Gas Networks has enabled the 2000′s to purchase a new kit to worn on away days and they have gone for something a bit different with an all green kit winning the day as shown below.

The 2000′s are not the only one’s taking a plunge in the fashion stakes, as the second 1999s enter the league in August 2009 and have chosen a Nike version of the traditional red \ black combination as their kit for the coming season.

Thanks are due to Blackhorse Finance who donated the 1999s kit and who will be their shirt sponsor for the duration.