New season

We are 10 days away from the start of the season so thought I would give you some information on how Joe and I plan to manage the squad this season.  We have taken the opportunity to take on 3 new players and would like to welcome Noah, Ted and Marcus to the team. This has increased our squad to 15 players, which we appreciate is more than is normally needed for 9 a-side but will be the minimum required next season when we move to 11 a-side, so felt it was best to act now to help ensure we keep the team together for future seasons.

As it's not realistic to make 6 substitutions every game, we have decided that with the exception of Ollie in goal, 3 players will be rested each game.  This will be done fairly, so that each player plays the same amount of games over the course of the season.   Before we work all this out can you let me know, by Sunday, if you know of any games your son can't make and we will do our best to incorporate these into the rest games.  Obviously, on rest days players are more than welcome to come along and be part of things but we totally understand if you take the opportunity to do something else.

This seasons fixtures can be found here, http://www.exeteryouthleague.co.uk/under12s-division2/

Congratulations to Ollie who has been made team captain for the season.  Please all show your support to Ollie in his new role - i'm sure he'll do a sterling job.