No game for the u9s this morning, so it was u10s for Ilaria this morning. Solid performance in horrible conditions, windy and a hard, bobbly pitch made for a challenge. Tidy performance handful of good saves in a narrow loss.

A bit of fun for a Monday morning, Ilaria made her league debut 2 years ago today age 6. Kept a cleansheet in a win for her u9s team. Safe to say things have changed a little bit in that time. Thought it would be fun to see some of the other goalkeepers and goalkeeping parents pictures from the early days

League football finally back. New team and a new coach for Ilaria so nice to start with a cleansheet and a win, not the busiest morning but a couple of nice one v one blocks. Look forward to following everyone's updates now we are all back 💪🏼

A bit of a strange summer for Ilaria her current club hadn't really arranged any friendlies or tournaments, which meant she ended up appearing for a couple of other teams over the summer resulting in her decided she wanted to join one of them full time. So she is now looking forward to a new challenge, with a new team for the 2026/27 dropping back down into her own u9s category. She did sign off in style with her old club in their only tournament, keeping a cleansheet in the final, saving 2 of the 3 penalties in the shootout and then stepping up to score the winner.

Grassroots training but I'm wondering where the grass is 😂😂. It's times like this i wish I played on a pro pitch but I had a great session still