Ladies 1s back to winning ways

Words by Coach Ransley It’s been a while since the last write up for the ladies 1st XI. The Christmas break has passed and general holidays and festivities seem a distant memory. Adel signed off 2016 with a comfortable home victory, beating Didsbury Greys 5-2, Wood and Jones picking up a brace each and the fifth from A.Blyth. The game also saw an impressive debut in goal from Abby Cook who brought her fine form Read more…

Men’s 1s match report vs. Halifax

The Men’s first team arrived at fortress Adel on a gloomy wet day, with calls the night before of ‘It’ll be far to cold for hockey’ – Andy Bird (2017). Later it was revealed he had a date with an American man at the Etihad. So, with the guaranteed cards of Jimmy, Watto and Purdy unavailable, we looked to the return of the great Jim Heslip and a rare, if not brief, showing from coach Read more…

Adel Men’s 4s visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Adel Men’s 4s versus Airedale 3s. The 4s started the game mighty as always with a high intensity from all pressing a strong Airedale side deep in their half. A few early chances from Greig and brayshaw gave the 4s hope of the opening goal – firstly an open net missed by brayshaw then a few shots saved by what was an impressive Airedale keeper.  Not long before the first half ended Brayshaw had a Read more…

York 4’s V Adel 2’s

Extra counting, contract negotiations, stunning finishes, moments of madness, severe injuries, last minute drama and where’s Jim? It’s got it all. Read on. 7th January   After finishing 2016 on a high note with the demolition of Doncaster on their travels, the 2’s looked to take another away scalp at York for the second time this year. Having dominated against their 5’s in 15 minute spells making a convincing win seem like a half hearted Read more…

Hard work goes unrewarded

Its the time of the year when the weather starts to intervene in weekend fixtures and the overnight snow on Thursday had left the Adel astro with a covering of snow on Friday.  Despite the sunshine, the pitch inspectors turned up at 8.30am on Saturday morning to find a quarter of the pitch still covered with snow/frost/ice although the junior footballers were running around safely on the other three-quarters of the pitch. With the 10.30am Read more…