Jacob Walukiewicz
Active Member
My first academy game, Scunthorpe vs Burton. I got put on U14 on my own, with no assistants of any form which I found strange.It turned out to be fine without them though as not only the coaches but the players are generally very honest.
I was also told that cards aren't used in academy games, which caused me problems later on when the Burton striker went in for three late challenges, I told him anymore and I'll be asking your coach to bring you off and I talked to his coach before the start of the 3rd period of play (played the periods of 25). He asked if he was being disrespectful and later explained that he was on trial and is known to be a bit firery and needs to control it. He was much better in the last period and I was able to let the game run much better as players began to concentrate more on their football rather than taking eachother out.
Good game in the end, handshakes from coaches and players, don't think I've had that in a junior league game before!
I was also told that cards aren't used in academy games, which caused me problems later on when the Burton striker went in for three late challenges, I told him anymore and I'll be asking your coach to bring you off and I talked to his coach before the start of the 3rd period of play (played the periods of 25). He asked if he was being disrespectful and later explained that he was on trial and is known to be a bit firery and needs to control it. He was much better in the last period and I was able to let the game run much better as players began to concentrate more on their football rather than taking eachother out.
Good game in the end, handshakes from coaches and players, don't think I've had that in a junior league game before!