History of mini soccer in South Buckinghamshire going back ten years to the web site's foundation in 1999.

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A few links no longer work due to age of information.

2009

2008

6 July 2008 --

• Teams listed in their Groups for next season
• Finalised fixture calendar 08/09 showing which age groups play on which weekends to help club ground bookings

27th June 2008 --

• We are looking for two managers, one U7 and one U8, to volunteer to be the Age Group Representative for the forthcoming season.
• U9 Cup final result

23rd June -- Teams listed in their proposed groups for next season

19th June 2008 --

• Proposed fixture calendar 08/09 showing which age groups play on which weekends to help club ground bookings
• Proposed Buddy Team arrangments for next season

11th June 2008 --

• Under 9 cup final this Saturday
• Agenda and directions for the AGM on 30th June
• List of teams that have registered for next season
• Insufficient registrations for U11 mini soccer
• Fairplay Legue results for the season

1st May 2008 --

• From next season all clubs must have an appointed Club Welfare Officer who must have attended a Club Welfare Officer Workshop and a Safeguarding Children Workshop. Click here for an updated list of course dates run by the County FA.
• Semi Final draws for U9 Plate and U9 Cup are published.

22 April 2008 -- The AGM will take place on 30th June at Bucks CC (Stoke Mandeville) 7:45 for 8pm start.

16th April -- Places are filling up in some of the tournaments. As Organisers inform us, the full age groups are marked in red.

22 January -- Directions to additional venue for Marlow matches.

17th January -- Anyone for Under 11 mini soccer next season?

10th January 2008 --

• FairPlay League tables are now available for first half of the season
• Under 9 team managers have been invited to apply for U9 Cup competition

2007

7 April 2007 -- The Bucks Girls Football League have been in touch with the SBMSC to notify their U10 to U16 structure for the 2007/8 Season. This League is separate from SBMSC, but we are happy to relay information to managers of girls teams. Click here for more.

14th January 2007 -- mid season Fair Play League tables from matches September to December 2006 have been published

2004

• New club, Phoenix St John, applies to join
• Fixture dates in the first few weeks of next season for your diary

14 June -- Most of the 42 clubs that played last season have applied to play again next season, but a small list of clubs have yet to apply.

13 June -- Age Group Representative meeting this week to prepare team group proposals for next season. Team managers are asked to ensure their Age Group Rep has been advised of last season's scores by 16th June.

8 May -- AGM venue will be Haddenham FC, starting 7:30 on 29th June.

31 March 2004 --

• Proposals for SBMSC to run 11 a side friendly fixtures for Under 11 next season
• AGM planned for 29th June 2004
• Proposed relaxation of application deadlines in 2005/06.
• 18 club tournaments for the summer

27 Jan -- Summer tournament listings start

7 Jan  2004

• Fairplay League restarts following sponsorship by PK Graphics
• hardcopy fixtures packs arrive for Team Managers in the post
• U8 Red age group representative is also looking after U8 Blue.
• directions to Thame Boys & Youth U9 ground
• directions to Holmer Green ground

2003

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16 Dec 2003 -- Under 10 Green fixtures now at Issue 3 (was Issue 2 on 14 Dec following date changes in February 2004)

14 Dec 2003 -- Twelve member clubs now have websites listed on our links page, with Pitstone and Ivinghoe the latest.

13 Dec -- Fixtures for the second half of the season starting January 2004. If your ISP only gives you the old fixture pages, hold down "ctrl" key and press "F5" key to force a refresh.

4 December 2003 -- Proposed colour groupings for second half of season starting Jan 2004 was updated at the 1 Dec Meeting and is now published for comment prior to freezing on 8th December.

Buddy team opportunities still open:-

• Under 7 Loudwater
• Under 8: All teams have now located a buddy team.
• Under 9 Chalfont St Peter Youth
• Under 10 (Green or Blue) Flackwell Heath Colts

1st December Mid-season General Meeting at Loudwater F.C. Registration deadlines and timetable bought forward. Record number of teams to buddy up.

27 November 2003  -- 

Draft Colour groups from Jan 2004

Timetable and deadlines for getting your team in the right colour group fixtures starting Jan 2004.

Buddy teams Clubs with partial squads require other buddy clubs to make up a pair of teams for fixtures purposes in U7, U8, U9 and U10 age groups. Interested?

New U8 Blue Fixtures Issue 2 is published as Chalfont St. Peter withdraws

Under 10 Green fixtures and U10 Blue fixtures are updated to issue 2. Highlights are :-

• Chinnor Youth swaps fixtures with Pitstone & Ivinghoe.
• Gerrards Cross & Fulmer Club have buddy teamed up with Chalfont St. Peter Youth
• bye fixtures in U10 Blue are eliminated

22 Nov 2003 Reminder: Age Group Reps meeting planned for 25 November. Team Managers are requested to send outstanding scores in beforehand, indicating whether there is a wish to change group in the New Year fixtures

Loudwater has a website - see Links page.

9 Nov  -- Mid-season General Meeting will be on 1st December at Loudwater F.C. starting 8.00pm

3 Nov 2003 --

• Fixtures: U7 Aylesbury Town not playing,  U10 friendlies available near Milton Keynes.
• New Year colour groups: Age Group Reps meeting planned for 25 November. Team Managers are requested to send outstanding scores in beforehand, indicating whether there is a wish to change group.
• Wendover has a website - see Links page

17 Oct -- Stokenchurch pitch directions

16 October 2003 :-

• Girls football at Wendover
• Aylesbury Athletic have temporarily dropped out of  U7 West fixtures. However there is one team in U7 North and another in U7 South without games each round, should clubs desire a match, albeit further away.

29 Sept -- Fairplay scheme suspended as SBMSC seeks sponsor.

3 Sep  -- Referee courses.

1 Sep  -- Under 8 Red fixtures have no byes as Chesham joins.

Press "Refresh" on your browser to make sure you see latest version of the list.

19 August 2003:

• Fixtures out for 2003/04 season
• U11 Rule.2 (interim format) - goal line rule corrected on web; now in line with hardcopy rules
• All rules updated with this years player age qualifying date (still 31st Aug)
• Additional teams - Wingrave Under 8 & Aylesbury Athletic U7

4 July  -- Gerrards Cross & Fulmer (new club) voted in to the SBMSC at the AGM.

Post AGM team changes and colour groupings for season 2003 / 2004 now on this website.

21 June - Calendar for fixtures and Registered Team list is published ready for Monday's AGM:-

• There has been some deletion of unregistered teams, where thought unlikely that they would register
• Growth in number of Under 7 teams playing next season has led to proposal to have regional groupings
• partial teams looking for buddy teams shown
• age group reps required for U7 West, U7 North, U7 South, U8 Blue, U8 Green, U9 Blue, & U10 Green.

20 June 2003 -- 113 teams listed as fully registered for next season including Downley and Chiltern clubs plus U10 added by Towersey & Prestwood who have also modified some team names. Only clubs not paid are Chalfont St Peter,  Aylesbury Town and Hayward.

18 June  -- Teams playing next season published here.

14 June  -- Registration deadline tomorrow for teams wishing to play next season. Check here whether your team is in or out!
10 June  -- Proposed U8 colour groupings; more registrations and buddy requests
7 June  -- colour groupings proposed by Age Group Reps added
5 June  -- registered team list updated; U9 Blue Age group rep wanted.
28 May -- Teams start registering for next season. See list.
24 May -- Additional clubs listed looking for buddy teams for 2003 /2004 season

May  --Deadline for giving notice that your team wishes to register for 2003 /2004 season is 1st June 03; payment deadline is 15 June. Timetable details.

Annual General Meeting on 23rd June at Aylesbury United. >> Draft agenda, registration timing, Committee vacancies, venue and club seeking buddy team.

May 03 -- Winners of Fairplay awards at Wycombe Wanderers on 26 April (photo left) comprising five age groups. More photos ...

16 April  - Fairplay results for second half of season: Wendover, Aylesbury Athletic, Crendon Corinthians, Downley Dynamos and Totteridge get tickets for a team to see Wycombe Wanderers versus Colchester United on 26th April. Award ceremony details.

2 April 2003
-- Update on Referee courses.
-- 19 summer tournaments listed
-- Link to Berks & Bucks FA website

26 Feb  Photos of teams winning the fairplay award in the first half of the season. (right)

4 Feb -- Marlow Youth Colts fixtures cancelled due to lack of buddy team. Under 8 Blue fixtures now version 2.

26/27 Jan -- Chesham Strides FC / Risborough Colts buddy team formed in U10 blue group. Round 4 fixture is on 2nd Feb, not 9th Feb as previously shown

18 Jan  -- Join 11 a side referee course on 21 January.

Under 9 Blue Version 3 fixtures affect Totteridge, Preswood, Aylesbury United, Towersey, and Pitstone.

Improved links to weather forecasts

11 Jan 2003 -- Haddenham U7 looking for club to buddy with. (needs min 5 players).Marlow U8 still looking for a buddy team.

Jan 2003 -- Fairplay results for first half of season: Crendon Corintians,   Loudwater, Totteridge, Widmer End all get tickets for a team to go to the 8 Feb Wycombe Wanderers match. See which age groups won, with tables showing all team scores

Jan 2003 -- Tournament Organisers advertise on 2003 tournament list.

2002

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23 Dec 2002 fixture updates --

Under 9 Reds Version 2 issued with new fixtures for Round 12 (30 March 2003). Teams now meet a wider variety of opponents.

Under 11s Version 2 issued with Round 4 on 2nd February 2003, not 9th Feb as previously shown.

15 Dec 2002 Fixture updates--

U9 Blue version 2 fixtures (Hughenden is not in this group)

Under 8 Green version 2 fixtures include Haddenham Youth.

10 Dec  -- U11 fixtures published and Version 3 of U7 fixtures now includes Aston Clinton. (Use refresh if it shows version 2)       

6 Dec 2002 -- U7 fixtures re-issued (version 2)

5 Dec  -- Fixtures for second half of season starting January 2003

30 Nov 2002 -- Do you have too many players for your fixtures? - how about a second team buddying up with another club? Following the mid-season General Meeting, Marlow U8 requires buddy team; Strides (Chesham) requires U10 buddy team for blue group; we are also looking for a U7 buddy team. Register interest in any of these squads urgently

28 Nov 2002  -- Directions to Wilks Park, the venue for Mid-Season General Meeting tomorrow (Thursday, 7:45 for 8pm).

24 Nov  -- Draft colour groups for 2nd half of season announced

14 November  --

• Mid-Season General Meeting takes place on 28 November at Wilks park, Flackwell Heath.
• Age Group Rep (AGR) meeting is scheduled for 21st November. Team managers please ensure results are filed with their AGR.
• Mini soccer referee course to be run one evening in the next couple of months. Register your interest here.
• Website has now moved to a new, faster ISP and online forms are working again. Please resend any bounced email or forms submitted between 13:00 on 11/11/02 and 13:00 on 13/11/02

28 Oct -- Notes from AGM in July 2002 including Constitution.

22 Oct -- Four girls training dates

5 October 2002 --

• This coming Tuesday Martin ONeil returns with Celtic to play against Wycombe Wanderers in a testimonial match for Jason Cousins who has presented many of our Fairplay awards.
• Map to Wendover pitch added.

30 Sept 2002

• SBMSC re-issues its appeal for a volunteer to coordinate training courses and join the commmittee.
• Some early information is now available about the new Club coach course.
• Chesham U8 are half way to another team and seek a buddy for fixtures. Interested?

29 Sept  -- directions to new Aylesbury Town pitch.

22 Sept -- Bourne End and Marlow have buddy teams in U8 Green;
Aylesbury Athletic Team Manager is now Under 8 Blue Age Group Representative.

18 Sept -- Risborough Colts under 9's are looking for a buddy. Is your club interested?

16 Sept  2002 -- Directions to new ground for Bourne End

10 Sept  -- Directions to ground of Little Chalfont, new club to SBMSC this season.

8 Sept -- Downley relocates its ground (see new map) and its website is launched on our links page

Changes to Fairplay including new guidelines for scoring opponents. Navigation improved.

27 Aug  --  minor changes to U9 Orange & U9 Blue fixtures as Chiltern Athletic swap with Chalfont St. Peter.

13 Aug -- Chesham United Youth Under 10s seek another team to buddy with.

13 Aug -- FA restructures Mini Soccer training courses

18 July -- Fixture dates for next season

5 July  -- New constitution voted in at AGM. Updated colour groups for next season. Under 8 Blue group requires volunteer Rep.

30, 29 and 28 June-- colour group proposals published

29, 28 June - Updates to list of paid-up teams

27 June -- Commmittee vacancies are advertised,

22 June-- Age eligibility rules for 2002/3 season

19 June -- Following this week's Age Group Rep meeting, provisional colour groupings for next season are available.

17 June  -- Teams have now paid up to play next season, other teams need to rush payments to play.

29 May -- FA Junior Team Manager course cancelled. Delegates' cheques to be returned.

25 May 2002  -- Agenda for forthcoming AGM.

13 May -- The FA Junior team manager course planned for 17 and 18 May is postponed due to trainer now being unavailable. Instead one of the weekends: 21/22 June, 28/29 June or 5/6 July 2002 is proposed.

4 May 2002 -- Girls training on 11 May

21 Apr -- AGM changed to 1st July 2002

18 April 2002 -- Girls' training update. All-girls U9 team entered into Loudwater tournament.

13 April  -- Five teams collect their Fairplay award after Wycombe Wanderers donate tickets to its match against Oldham. Full report and photos.

2 April 2002-- FA Junior Team Manager course will run in on 17 May 2002. Online enquiry form here.

22 Feb 2002 -- News about the SBMSC Girls initiative; second training session will be 16 March.

14 Feb 2002   --Team photos of Fairplay winners.
-- Updated tournaments list.

21 Jan 2002 -- Fairplay Award winners announced for first half of 2001/02 season up to Christmas. Wycombe Wanderers sponsor tickets for five teams to go to 9th Feb match vs Bristol City.

18 Jan 2002 -- Tournament listings go live.

16 Jan 2002 -- Directions for Marlow Youth U7 & U8 pitch.

4 Jan 2002-- Extra Under 7 fixtures as Aylesbury Athletic now has full team and does not buddy with Aston Clinton.

3 Jan 2002 -- Directions to ground of new team, Marlow Royals

2001

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30 Dec 2001 -- corrections to U9 Blue and U8 Red fixture dates

29 Dec 2001 -- Fixture dates for second half of season published
-- Outcome of the 20th Dec meeting: SBMSC announces its intention to produce a constitution to enforce votes carried at GMs

14 Dec 2001--- SBMSC confirms newspaper report that on 20th December it is to meet the two clubs that disagree with votes taken at the recent General Meeting.
-- Calendar for 2002 fixture rounds now available including proposed girls matches. Further fixture details have been delayed.

11 Dec  2001-- Publication of fixture dates for the second half of the year has slipped due to the time taken responding to press enquiries.
-- Further detail has been added to "Highlights of the Meeting" to clarify misleading press claims.

10 Dec  2001-- BBC's local news programme for Oxfordshire and West Bucks covers mini soccer after the 6 O'clock TV news and on the BBC website.    Central TV also covered the topic.

7 Dec 2001   2001-- The Jimmy Young Show on Radio 2 and BBC Radio Oxford listeners hear SBMSC explain why our managers don't want to publish results
-- Our FA Junior Team Manager course starts this evening

6 Dec -- Sky and Three Counties Radio are reporting SBMSC's response to inaccurate criticsism of its intention to enforce existing rules on publishing scores. After adverse coverage in the morning, Talk Sport now have heard our side of the story.

4 Dec 2001 -- Highlights from the Managers General Meeting held on 26/11/01 and attended by about 70 managers. Topics include fixtures, girls football, results publication, Home team provides goals, rules

27 Nov  2001 --  U10 Green Age Group Rep required.
-- Under 10 Buddy team (7 or more players) required.

23 Nov  -- Wanted! Club with 5 or more U7 players to buddy with a single team from Aston Clinton.

17 Nov  -- Proposed groupings for the second half of the season are announced. Highlights are :-  Under 8 now has three groups replacing the two large ones; two new teams join from Marlow; various teams moving between groups.
13 Nov -- Directions to Loudwater pitch added
11 Nov -- Map to Penn and Tylers Green home ground added
7 Nov -- FA Junior Team Manager course time & venue announced
            Directions to Chesham U9 pitch added

23 Oct 2001 -- Five newspapers cover the Fairplay event

13 Oct -- U7, U8, U9, U10 and U11 age group Fairplay winners from last season with their award and Wycombe Wanderers' Chairman, Ivor Beeks, at today's match at Adams Park. More photos added 17 October. | Report | Full table of results

12 Oct  2001-- Directions to Aylesbury Athletic and Marlow added -- Next General Meeting announced for 26 November at Penn & Tylers Green clubhouse.
-- Detail from the handbook about procedures for setting up fixtures is now on this website.

20 Sept -- Aylesbury United JFC withdraws its Under 10 team. Fixtures in the Green group are taken by Stokenchurch U10.

12 Sept  -- Map to Bucks CC pitch added      -- Fairplay Score cards now arriving with Team managers  --

26 Aug 2001 -- Wycombe Wanderers, sponsors of the Fairplay prize,  provide tickets for Fairplay winner teams to attend the 13th Oct match.

28 July -- Fixtures published for next season, including online weather forecasts, calendar, and a request for U9 managers seeking weekly fixtures to make contact.

27 July - 2001/02 season rules: Age qualification dates changed to 2001

19 July - Emergency Aid course planned for November 2001

10 Jul 2001 - List closes for teams playing next season.

22 June 2001-- Full list of paid-up teams registered to play in U7 to U11 fixtures next season is published. Please check your team hasn't missed out if you want fixtures next season. More detail has been added to the timetable for getting fixtures.

20 June 2001-- U10 team required to buddy up; SBMSC welcomes new club, Strides FC; With two consecutive wins of the U8 Fairplay Award, Pitstone & Ivingoe kindly donate their prize to runners up in the U8 group.

19 June 2001- Reminder to managers: AGM tonight! Click here for the list of teams that have registered including proposed colour groupings

18 June 2001-- Results of Fairplay league published for 2000/01 second half of the season. Five teams win tickets to Wycombe Wanderers FC

26 May 2001-- 19 June AGM is the deadline for registration cheques if your team is to play next season.

23 May --- Update to the timetable for registering your team to play in the new season starting sept 2001 ;  One tournament added, another cancelled;

10 May 2001 -- Wycombe Wanderers FC are to sponsor prize tickets for 2nd half-season's Fairplay league winners ; Due to growth in information on this website an Advanced search facility has been added; Modifications to Fairplay rules;

1 May -- More tournaments added

7 April -- 

6 April 2001 -- Full news archives back to early 2000

4 April 2001-- Annual General Meeting confirmed for 8pm 19 June 2001 at Prestwood FC, Honor Lane.

28 March -- Wycombe Wanderers veteran Dave Carroll presents Fairplay shield to five of our teams - report and photos.

17 March 2001-- Loudwater tournament cancelled as a Foot & Mouth precaution.

10 March 2001  -- FA Junior Team Manager course will be fittted into Saturday 24th March, without the need for a friday evening session on 23rd as originally planned.

2 Mar  2001 - -- Prize ceremony planned for the Fairplay league winners at the 17th March Wycombe Wanderers match.

2 Mar  2001  -- St Peters U11 disbands, fixtures cancelled.

23 Jan  2001 -- FA Junior Team Manager course is to run in March. Team coaches and helpers sign up now!

12 Jan  2001 -- 2001 tournament bulletin board starts.
- Backpass rule clarified explicity (all age groups).

6 Jan  2001 -- Fairplay League "top 5" tables published for first half of season. Five lucky teams get prizes sponsored by Wycombe Wanderers FC.

6 Jan  2001 -- Frequently Asked Questions added

5 Jan  2001 -- Welcome Flackwell Heath Team Manager as U8 Orange Age Group Rep.

2 Jan  2001 -- Changes to U9 Red and Orange groups

2000

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31 Dec 2000 -- Changes to Under 8 Orange fixtures

30 Dec 2000 -- Fixtures for Jan to April 2001 published. Press your "refresh" button if you see old fixtures.

19 Dec 2000 -- Expanding number of colour groups means we need more Age Group reps. Volunteer here for U10 Blue, U8 Blue, U9 Orange or other positions.

15 Dec 2000 -- Groupings for teams to play in the second half of the season is announced. Please check your team is included by 22 Dec.

Thame U11 map updated; Crendon & Risborough directions added (29 Nov 2000)

26 Nov 2000 -- 21/11 General Meeting highlights
Chairman announces he is to resign;
New method for grouping teams within age groups (including monitoring of scores);
Some U10 results to be published internally;
Training course coordinator required;
Back pass and other rules clarified;
Timetable for registering new or buddy teams

6 Nov 2000 -- FA Junior Team Manager course details

15 Sep 2000 - Wycombe District Council sponsors Fair Play League encouraging good sportsmanship.

14 Sept 2000 -- links to member club websites added

28 August 2000 -- Dates of fixtures are published

8 August 2000 -- 115 teams have registered to play in 2000/2001 season, including two new clubs - Amersham and Pitstone/Ivinghoe.

24 July 2000 -- Rules for next season published (see sidebar). Summary of changes.

June 2000 -- Manager guide to fees & new U7 & U8 team sizes

2000 -- Age eligibility & fixture frequency info

24 March 2000 -- Pre-match preparation guidelines for SBMSC fixtures are published

29 Feb 2000 -- The F.A. is to trial a new form of mini Soccer for the Under 11 age group in Buckinghamshire next season -- Next season, starting September 2000 a new conference for the Under 11 year group will run trials of a new format soccer that will bridge the gap between mini soccer and the full football rules. This new format will be trialled for the F.A. here in Buckinghamshire.

In Europe, most countries organise full 11-a-side football starting at 14 years of age, but here in England we move up from small sided games at 11 years. From Under 7 up to this age, many FA-affiliated clubs from the Wycombe to Aylesbury area play small sided games in the South Bucks Mini Soccer Conference, using rules that are suited to these young ages.

The SBMSC is helping with the development of the new rules which will bridge the gap between the full "adult" rules currently played at this age group, and the simplified rules played by younger age groups. The new rules require ratification by the FA, but at Under 11  there is an increase of players contact time with the ball by making matches nine-a-side. Rolling substitution during matches will be allowed - even encouraged - so that clubs can run reasonable sized squads if they want to. At a consultative meeting on the 29th February attended by representatives of eleven of the clubs participating at Under 10 in the South Bucks Mini Soccer Conference, detailed options relating to fixture format and rules were discussed.

Some of the clubs were able to commit to enter a team into the new conference. Most of the other attending representatives will be discussing the proposals with their clubs before reaching a final decision. The new conference is still seeking further teams to join.

The new conference will not be replacing existing 11-a-side leagues for this age group, so teams will have a choice of which type of game suits them. The South Bucks Mini Soccer Conference will continue to run small sided games for Under 10 down to Under 7 age groups.The trial follows representations made by the South Bucks Mini Soccer Conference (SBMSC) to the F.A Mini Soccer working party.

1999

December 1999 -- South Bucks Mini Soccer Conference official website goes live. Main featuers are  Fixtures, rules, and Parents code of conduct.

1990's -- South Bucks Mini Soccer Conference is founded.

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