Bootham played their annual friendly against the University of York Ladies Futsal team on Thursday 23 October at the Sports Centre, York University. The Bootham side featured a number of talented up-and-coming players, giving them a valuable opportunity to experience the standard and intensity required at higher levels of the game. A huge thank you also goes to Elizabeth […]

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Bootham were delighted to be invited to take part in the brand-new Girls Junior Futsal Series in Hull. Having played in Hull many times before, we know just how strong the competition is, and what a fantastic venue it provides, so how could we possibly say no! The match was played over two halves of 20 minutes with […]

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We can’t quite believe we’ve already reached the end of our first block of coaching for this season, where has the time gone?! It’s been fantastic to welcome back so many familiar faces, as well as some brand new ones to the club. We hope you’ve all had a great time, learned a few new […]

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On Saturday 11 October, Bootham Ladies once again travelled over the Pennines to take on one of their toughest challenges of the season against top side Bolton Ladies. After a difficult away fixture at Birmingham WLV the previous week, Bootham went into the game determined to be organised, disciplined, and hard to beat. With Jess Barnes and Allegra Sellschop-Evans […]

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After a fantastic start to the opening week of the new West Riding Girls Futsal League, with three wins out of four, confidence was high heading into another exciting day of action in Batley. This week, the focus for the team was on building play from the goalkeeper and progressing the ball up the court with patience and control, which is […]

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With the U13s and U15s once again in Leeds for WRGFL league games, we reduced today’s session to two hours of coaching. The focus was on looking after the ball and dealing with an under load! If a player gave the ball away, they had to sprint to the goal they were attacking and tag a […]

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On Monday 29 September, Mark Dick from England Futsal delivered a futsal CPD workshop to a number of coaches during the Bootham Ladies training session at Burnholme Community Centre. The CPD focused on one of futsal’s core attacking principles, the “Game of Two”. Coaches were challenged to consider what a two-player move looks like in practice before seeing […]

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On Saturday 4 October, Bootham Ladies undertook one of their longest away trips of the season as they travelled to face Birmingham WLV at the University of Wolverhampton. This fixture marked the first-ever meeting between the two sides, and with Birmingham regarded as one of the top four teams in the country, Bootham faced a formidable challenge. Confidence was high, […]

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Bootham Futsal Club is delighted to announce that four of its talented teenage players have been selected for England Women’s Futsal Development Squads. Lacey Backhouse and Eleanor Comrie have both been offered places in the brand-new England U17 Women’s Futsal Development Squad, while Erin Elliott will join Heather Smith in the England U19 Women’s Futsal Development Squad. […]

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