Bootham Girls Academy returned to Batley for the opening round of the West Riding Girls Futsal League Spring League, and there was a real buzz in the air. With three age groups entered this time, U11s, U14s and U15s, excitement was building for another chapter in what has become a superbly organised and fiercely competitive event. First […]

In the first game of the year in the Girls Junior Futsal Series, Bootham travelled to Hull to face Hull Eagles Futsal Blues. With the Hull side having lost just once all season, the pressure was firmly on the Bootham girls to maintain their unbeaten run. As the league approaches the halfway point, Bootham have […]

At the end of every block, we ask the girls to show us what they have learned over the previous weeks. We had covered a wide range of sessions focusing on play both in and out of possession, with plenty for the girls to think about and put into practice. It is always interesting to […]

Bootham returned to league action looking to stop the slide after two agonisingly narrow defeats on the road. A first-ever meeting with Southampton Athletic awaited, with the team once again making the trip to Nottingham, a venue that had been kind to them in the past, yielding victories in both previous visits. This time, however, […]

Sunday marked a return to a full three-hour coaching block, and with the weather outside once again doing its best to disrupt plans, unsettled skies and dropping temperatures, the warmth and shelter of the indoor court was more than welcome. Even more welcome, though, was the outstanding commitment shown by the academy girls throughout the […]

After the disappointment of narrowly losing their previous fixture, Bootham Ladies made the long trip south to London to face Maidenhead for the first time in National League Tier 2. The two sides had met briefly during the summer at the Southampton Futsal Tournament, where honours were shared in an entertaining 5–5 draw. Maidenhead started […]

With our first home academy game of the new year taking place later at 11am, we once again dropped to just two hours of coaching. While the weather outside was wet and miserable, the girls were on fire indoors! Today’s session focused on a game where every player started with a cone in their hand. […]

On Sunday 25 January, Bootham Academy hosted Wigginton Grasshoppers U12/U13 in a series of friendly matches. Bootham used the fixtures to give players valuable game time ahead of the new West Riding Spring League and upcoming matches in Hull. Wigginton are a very strong grassroots side, so Bootham selected a mixed squad ranging from U11 […]

Bootham Ladies began 2026 with a testing trip over the Pennines to face Manchester Futsal Club at the National Cycling Centre, in a fixture that brought together the top two sides in National Futsal Series Tier 2. With both teams locked in a tight title race, the match carried significant weight at the summit of […]

With no matches this week, we returned to three hours of coaching. It was great to have all the players back in York, training hard, showing real focus, and making the most of the extra time together as a group. This week we focused on creating space by using a set of gates on the […]