City Youth Disability Section secures vital Funding The award winning City Youth Disability section are delighted at announce that the Peter Harrison Foundation https://www.peterharrisonfoundation.org/ has awarded the Club with a significant Grant which enable the section to drive forward as it continues to grow and flourish. The ‘Restricted Funding’ will be used to help provide the section with…

SACY Official Swim School Partner – Little Fishes Swim Club St Albans City Youth Football Club are delighted to announce that Little Fishes Swim Club littlefishesswimclub.co.uk is to be the Club’s Official Swim School Partner and the team Sponsor of our U15 Victoria Boys squad. As a Charity we are committed to promoting active and healthy lifestyles for the young people in the Communities in…

St Albans City Youth Fundraising Newsletter - October 2020 Keep up to date with all the latest fundraising activity at City Youth. Download (PDF Format)

Changes to Kit Ordering Procedures and an enormous THANK YOU to Louise Shepherd After many, many years of service to the Club, our teams and our players Louise has decided to stand down from her role as Kit Order Manager for SACY. Louise performed this task on a purely voluntary basis with consummate professionalism and always with a smile. Everyone involved in City Youth would like to thank…

City Youth Show their appreciation to Disability Section Partner Marshall VW St Albans City Youth Commercial Manager Steve Mann took great pride yesterday in presenting Marshall VW St Albans, Head of Business, Tony Murphy with a framed Disability Squad shirt, proudly bearing the Disability Section’s Partner logo. Steve commented, “It is a great honour for City Youth to be able to partner with…

City Youth FC October Half term Coaching Camp To Book Go To www.cityyouthfc.co.uk/book Monday 26th October to Friday 30th October Location: Nicholas Breakspear Secondary School, 126 Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT Price: £75 for the week, £20 for the day Our popular holiday football camps provide a fun and educational environment for the players to improve on their skill, technique and…

Open letter’ to the City Youth family from Sam Mardle ( on behalf of the Trustees ) (PDF Format)

See how your team did, read the latest City Youth match reports here. Managers, don't forget to Text the Press Secretary, Terry Edwards by 11:00 pm on Sunday with your Result and Match Report. Text 07443541477. Please note Managers will not be chased for their reports, there are now too many teams, if managers would like their report included then please text to Terry by the Sunday evening…

See how your team did, read the latest City Youth match reports here. Managers, don't forget to Text the Press Secretary, Terry Edwards by 11:00 pm on Sunday with your Result and Match Report. Text 07443541477. Please note Managers will not be chased for their reports, there are now too many teams, if managers would like their report included then please text to Terry by the Sunday evening…

Watching a game? - Remember Keep 2 meters apart. Although the latest changes to Covid rules do not directly affect youth football it is important that all spectators at games abide by the Govt social distancing requirements. Please ensure that you (and your opposition) do this so that we can continue to play football in a safe environment.

We are pleased to announce that the Highfield Park Tea Bar (Pavilion, Back Field) will be open for all weekend Match Days throughout the season 9.30 am – 12pm We will be Serving; Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate Water Sugar Free Canned Drinks Chocolate Bars Cash Only. Price List (PDF)

St Albans City Youth Under 12 Romans are looking for 2 new players to strengthen their team. We play in the middle league of the West Herts Division on Sunday mornings and are looking for a Striker and Defender to help us push on. We have a really friendly and talented group of lads, and supportive coaches and parents. For further information, please contact coach Damien Ellis on damien@aiom.co.uk

St Albans City Youth FC Managers Meeting Minutes 6th September 2020 Download PDF version

St Albans City Youth Fundraising Newsletter - September 2020 Keep up to date with all the latest fundraising activity at City Youth. Download (PDF Format)

See how your team did, read the latest City Youth match reports here. Managers, don't forget to Text the Press Secretary, Terry Edwards by 11:00 pm on Sunday with your Result and Match Report. Text 07443541477. Please note Managers will not be chased for their reports, there are now too many teams, if managers would like their report included then please text to Terry by the Sunday evening…

St Albans City FC Under 15 Central are looking for a couple of boys to join their team. If your son has taken a break from football and now wants to return, get in contact. We're looking for 2 players to bolster the team this season. If your son has played before and fancies being part of a fun team with 3 coaches, please contact Dan Bromwich on Daniel.bromwich@yahoo.co.uk or 07866479390.

St Albans City Youth Under 18 East is a fairly laid back, easy going team playing in division 3 out of 5 in the West Herts League. We score lots of goals, and concede not quite as many - and were very competitive in our league last season and expect the same this year. Therefore we're looking for a high-quality central defender to join our squad for the 20-21 season. We train on Tuesday evenings…

Grand Launch of the St Albans City Youth FC ‘200 Club’ St Albans City Youth Fc are excited to be launching our new ‘200 Club’. If you can, please support this Fundraising effort. The Club are looking for this to be a major source of additional revenue to support our efforts to deliver ‘Football for all’. A Membership will cost £5 per month, less than a cup of coffee a week ! Across our 86 teams,…

Amee and Nicola are cycling 200 miles this September for Cancer Research UK Good luck to Amee and Nicola in their Cycle 200. Nicola is David Wrays daughter, the cycling challenge is on her part being done in David’s memory. Dave would be very proud xx If you can please support these ladies as they aim to raise £1,000 for Cancer Research. To donate, please visit their fundraising page…

St Albans City Youth FC Annual General Meeting Minutes 6th September 2020 Download PDF version

St Albans City Youth - Under 14 West are looking for an outfield player (defence/midfield) to join their squad for the forthcoming season starting in September. We are a very friendly team who play in the West Herts League on Sundays. The core of the side has been together since Under 8's and have enjoyed promotion and continuous development during this time. For details please contact Ian Morgan…

St Albans City Youth - Under 14 Arrows are looking for 2 or 3 outfield players to join the squad for the 2020/21 season starting in September. Ideally all-rounders with some positional flexibility. Terrific bunch of players (and importantly parents) - very friendly and a philosophy that's about development, teamwork and having some fun whilst staying competitive. Commitment important but flexible…

St Albans City Youth FC Annual General Meeting Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of St Albans City Youth Football Club will take place on Sunday 6th September 2020. Joining instructions will be issued separately. The AGM will then be followed by the first managers meeting of the season.

St Albans City Youth U17 South (year 12 from September) are looking for 1 or 2 players to boost their squad as they make the leap to U17/18 football. We will be playing in one of middle divisions of the West Herts League. Ideally we would like a striker or centre back but the right quality of player is far more important than position. We offer a committed team, excellent coaching and Wednesday…

PLAYERS WANTED St Albans City Youth - Under 15 Boreal are looking for 2 outfield players to join their squad for season starting in September– especially defenders. We are a very friendly team with the clear purpose of improving individually and as team, propose a nice quick passing football, and enjoy the game and the time spent together. We play in the West Herts League with matches played on…

Players Wanted - St Albans City Youth FC Under 11s North (Boys) St Albans City Youth North Under 11s (from September) are looking to make a couple of additions to our outfield squad as we move to playing 9 aside next season. We play on Saturdays in the Hertfordshire Development League and our home ground is Highfield Park. We are likely to be training on Thursday evenings at Nicholas Breakspear…

St Albans City Youth Under 15 Girls (Year 10 in September) are looking for players to strengthen their established team. We are looking for all players and especially midfielders to improve and excel in a very friendly community club with an excellent team spirit and two committed and encouraging coaches! Come along to training at the fantastic 3G facility at Samuel Ryder School to see how you…

HIGHFIELD PARK PARKING With the slow return of Football activity to Highfield Park can those attending training or matches remember NOT to PARK in Tillage Close. This is a private road and not available for public parking. Any cars parked there are liable to be clamped or towed away.

PLAYERS WANTED - St Albans City Youth FC Under 15 Victoria St Albans City Youth Victoria are looking for two additional players to join our squad. We are a highly competitive team playing in the West Herts Youth League Premier Division and will be looking to make the move up to the Eastern Junior Alliance next season. We have a talented squad with a number of our boys also playing in…

Dear All, Manager’s Guidance on the ‘Friendly fixtures and Inter Club fixtures’ (STEP2) – Monday 17th August Update on STEP1 Compliance and Transition to STEP 2: All STEP 2 Guidance can be found here: To download the Step 2 statement issued on 31/07/20 (PDF Format) Click here The Club are delighted to confirm that as of 9 am today, 40 Managers (46%) and an incredible 711 Players (64%) have…

St Albans City Youth Under 18 Girls football team are looking for a couple of players from either Y12 or Y13 to complete their final year at Youth Football. Anyone with goalkeeping skills will be particularly welcome. We are a friendly competitive team, playing in the Hertfordshire Girls Football Partnership League Division 1, and we are looking at expanding our squad for this last season so we…

Hertfordshire FA Grassroots Football Awards 2020 'Grassroots Project of the Year' Award goes toSt Albans City Youth FC. Embracing technology, engaging children, providing CPD to coaches during the pandemic and ensuring the Club is a outlet to their players, coaches and parents. Modernised &Innovative, great achievement! #grassrootsheroes

The Hertfordshire FA Grassroots Football Awards. The ‘We Only Do Positive Award’ which goes to Charlie Boswell & Anthony Gosling from St Albans City Youth FC. A great example of two individuals promoting good governance & a positive playing environment at all times. Well done! #grassrootsheroes

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1998. Well done Terry Edwards. From the St Albans Review Newspaper during September and October 1998 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 1998. St Albans City Youth Under 12's East were held to a 3-3 draw by Garston Boys with Harry HUNT 2 and Danny McCAFFERTY netting for the Saints. Away to Bovingdon saw the Under 15's North come…

St Albans City Youth FC - Under 18 South, are looking to recruit a number of strong players as we plan for our second season of under 18 football (school years 12 and 13 with effect from September 2020). We played in the White (second division) of the Watford Friendly Under 18 League last season and hope to play in the Red (top) division this season We have a very strong group of players, the…

EXCITING Under 14 GIRLS OPPORTUNITY An exciting opportunity for up to 3 girls to join the successful St Albans City Youth Under 14 Girls team, is currently available to strengthen our talented team as we move from 9 to 11 a-side in 2020 /2021. One of the keys to the team’s success is how well new players integrate into our welcoming and friendly squad. A squad which instils a collective belief…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1991. Well done Terry Edwards. MATCH REPORTS FROM THE ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB YEARBOOK 2001-2002 The Under 10's North were away to Oakhill Tigers Cubs in the League Cup and the young Saints were leading 3-0 at half time before they eventually went on to win 7-1. The goalscorers were Callam MARJORAM 2,…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1991. Well done Terry Edwards. PAUL McHUGH MEMORIAL TROPHY GAMES. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd, 1996 IN AID OF CEREBRAL PALSY. SQUAD: ST ALBANS CITY UNDER 12's EAST. Russell Garland, Sam Parratt, Robert Ade, Lawrence Anscomb, Matt Jones, David Adams, Nick Malham, Chris Seeby (capt), Stuart Hames, Luke Tarrant, Nathan…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1991. Well done Terry Edwards. SAINTS YOUTH TEAMS SUNDAY MARCH 3RD 1991 FOOTBALL COACH MARK CLARK GETS A MENTION. The Under 16's West were playing in the Fawcett Trophy and their match against Barnet B ended all square at 1-1 even after extra time so it went to a penalty shootout. Daniel GEORGE scored the West's…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1995. Well done Terry Edwards. MATCH REPORTS FROM THE PAUL McHUGH MEMORIAL TROPHY MATCH PROGRAMME FOR WEDNESDAY 25th OCTOBER 1995. CITY YOUTH MATCH REPORTS 15-10-95. There were three teams playing in the County Cup on Sunday and the first one was the Under 11's East who were away to Welwyn Eagles and after a quite…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 2002. Well done Terry Edwards. ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH MATCH REPORTS, WEEK ENDING 15th SEPTEMBER 2002. MIDWEEK YOUTH F.A. YOUTH CUP 2nd QUALIFYING ROUND AWAY PURFLEET UNDER 18's 0 ST ALBANS CITY UNDER 18's 4 Playing in the F. A. Youth 2nd Qualifying round saw the Saints mid-week team travel away to Purfleet on a…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1995. Well done Terry Edwards. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25th, 1995 PAUL McHUGH MEMORIAL TROPHY. IN AID OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH UNDER 12's Squad. Peter Hanson, Greg Deacon, Matthew Hills, Stephen Chesters, Robert Featherstone, Kenny Hull, Tom Fairbairn, Oliver Franks, Dean Parsons, Ryan…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1995. Well done Terry Edwards. WEDNESDAY APRIL 26th, 1995. ST ALBANS CITY INVITATION CUP. ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH UNDER 18's EAST V WELWYN GARDEN CITY YOUTH UNDER 18's Saints Squad: James Varley, Toby Azzopardi, Tom Westcott, Robert Hill, Ben Lacey, Glenn Roberts, Gary Veasey, Mark Reynolds, Ben Graham, Mark…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 1992. Well done Terry Edwards. 4th NOVEMBER 1992 F. A. YOUTH CHALLENGE CUP 1st ROUND PROPER ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH v BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION YOUTH. Saints Squad: Stephan Chapman, Neil Dann, Mark Steel, Paul Taylor, Simon Gammon, Darren Goulden, Mark Seller, Craig Alderman, Ash Choudhury, Paul Mutlow, Ian Stapleton,…

Guidance and instructions for accessing the Presentation Day Webinar can be found in the attachment below: Presentation Day 2020 Details and FAQ (PDF Format) The St Albans City Youth FC Presentation Day Brochure is now available to download (PDF Format 20meg

The Covid-19 emergency and the resulting period of social isolation highlights a need for creative ways in which players and their families can stay fit and active. The football development team at St Albans City Youth Football Club have produced a six week training syllabus that will enable all taking part to improve their skills and keep fit, whilst have fun. Play to compete or just keep fit at…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 17 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2003 SPECIAL REPORT 3RD ANNUAL OLD BOYS MATCH ''SNIFFER'' JONATHAN JENKINS IS BACK The New Year saw the 3rd Annual Match between the St Albans Old Boys made up from the 1999-2000 squad and their opponents the current Midweek Youth Team. The entire…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 32 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH MATCH REPORTS SUNDAY 16TH OCTOBER 1988 After a poor display last week, the Under 13's found their scoring form this week when they played Lyndholm United away and they ran out winners by sixteen goals to one (16-1). Chris FIELD scored the first goal with…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 30 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. SAINTS SUNDAY YOUTH TEAMS; SUNDAY DECEMBER 30th. 1990. The Under 12's East were at home to Sellotape in the league and although they were 1-0 up through an own goal in the end, they had to be content with a point as the match finally ended in a 1-1 draw. Team: Butcher, G.…

Staying safe online during COVID-19 During the coronavirus pandemic football is staying home and we are all looking at new (and what are likely to be ongoing) ways of working as we adjust to the necessary restrictions. In some case this means new and different ways for coaches, players and parents to interact as they seek to stay in touch when it isn’t possible to meet up in person. In light of…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 19 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. CITY YOUTH FC MATCH REPORTS SEASON 2001/02 WEEK ENDING 18TH 2001. FOOTNOTE: In the St. Albans City F.C. team on this day is Richard Evans and guess what I do thing he is helping to run a City Youth team in the this current season 2019-20 but he also his very late in texting…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 30 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. SAINTS "SUNDAY" YOUTH TEAMS - MATCHES REPORTS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11TH 1990 The Under 11's East ran out easy winners when they defeated South Oxhey away in the league 9-1 with a hat-trick from Matt PHILLIPS plus a brace each from Steven McKeown, Tony KERBY and Andrew WRAY. Team:…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 18 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. FROM THE ST ALBANS CITY FC PROGRAMME. ‘THEY ALSO WEAR THE COLOURS’. SEASON 2001-02 WEEK ENDING 24TH MARCH 2002. UNDER 18'S SOUTH TWENTY GOALS TO NIL. The Under 18's South had an extremely easy victory at home when their visitors Boreham Wood Youth only turned up with eight…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from 34 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. SEASON 1996 - 97. INFORMATION FROM THE ST ALBANS CITY PROGRAMME. SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 1996 F. A. CUP 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND. ST ALBANS CITY V LONDON COLNEY (The match was officially a home match for London Colney). SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER; THE NEXT GENERATION - SAINTS YOUTH…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from almost 30 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. THESE ARE REPORTS WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME FOR THE ST ALBANS CITY FC UNDER 18'S V PLYMOUTH ARGYLE IN THE F. A. YOUTH CUP 2ND ROUND which was played at Clarence Park on Wednesday 27th November during the 1991-92 Season. We start with the Under 18's Midweek…

City Youth announces ‘Support for those with Financial Difficulty Policy’ As part of our efforts to address the potential impact that Covid-19 may have for City Youth families The Trustees have decided to analyse and where necessary update certain Club policies. As part of this initiative the traditional ‘Hardship Policy’ has been revised and retitled ‘Support for those with Financial Difficulty…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more trivia from over 30 years ago. Well done Terry Edwards. After 10 articles in the series 'Tezza's Days gone Bye' covering St Albans City Youth match reports from the past, we are now going to do appearances and goals for each player during a couple of seasons which appeared in the ST ALBANS CITY F.C. YEARBOOK. This was…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found more from 35 years ago, this time the focus is on the Under 11's. Well done Terry Edwards. Tezza thinks the season 1983-84 is the first season that youth team match reports appeared in programmes of St Albans City FC, is that correct, we will never know until he finds more of his old programmes! The reason the Youth reports…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from 35 years ago, there are lots of names that many historians of City Youth will remember. Well done Terry Edwards. ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH UNDER 11'S 1984-85 SEASON. FROM THE ST ALBANS CITY FC PROGRAMMES SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER 1984 BASILDON UTD F.A. TROPHY 1ST Qualifying Round. Last Sunday October 14th saw the Under 11's win…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from almost 20 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. HERE WE GO AGAIN FOLKS. FROM THE ST ALBANS OBSERVER THURSDAY APRIL 18TH 2002. TEZZA SAYS IF ONLY WE HAD THIS COVERAGE NOW. THERE WERE TWO SPELLING MISTAKES IN THESE REPORTS WHICH I HAVE POINTED OUT AND THEY…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from almost 7 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. SEASON 2013-2014. 72 GOALS IN SIX MATCHES 22-10-13. In the Under 16's and 15's section for the St Albans City Youth FC saw no less than 72 goals in six matches with an average of 12 goals per game. In the…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from almost 7 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. THE NEW SEASON STARTS HERE. 9-9-2013. The new season starts here, and it is the West who stats the ball rolling with a very convincing 4-1 home victory over Potters Bar Utd in a Yellow division league fixture.…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from almost 20 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. GIRLS BEAT QUEENS PARK RANGERS GIRLS. 16-12-2001. The Under 11 Girls were away to Queens Park Rangers Ladies in the league and they got their first win of the season with a fine 1-0 victory. TIFFANY HARBRON…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from over 30 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. St Albans City Youth Match Reports - April 1988 For the second year running saw St Albans City Youth FC play Hullbridge Youth FC in a series of matches and this year April 1988 saw them take place in the…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from 28 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. St Albans City Youth FC - Match Reports w/e 15th March 1992 The Under 18's goalkeeper Derren ELLIOTT (I got your name right Derren even if the local press keep spelling it wrong) made his 100th appearance for the…

Tezza is looking back through his old City Youth reports and found some from 28 years ago, there are some players names that many of us old managers remember. Well done Terry Edwards. St Albans City Youth FC - Match Reports w/e 8th March 1992 In the Jack Nightingale Trophy were the 15's South and they found themselves 2-0 down at half time but in the second period saw them stage a remarkable…

See how your team did, read the latest City Youth match reports here. Managers, don't forget to Text the Press Secretary, Terry Edwards by 11:00 pm on Sunday with your Result and Match Report. Text 07443541477. Please note Managers will not be chased for their reports, there are now too many teams, if managers would like their report included then please text to Terry by the Sunday evening…

See how your team did, read the latest City Youth match reports here. Managers, don't forget to Text the Press Secretary, Terry Edwards by 11:00 pm on Sunday with your Result and Match Report. Text 07443541477. Please note Managers will not be chased for their reports, there are now too many teams, if managers would like their report included then please text to Terry by the Sunday evening…