*********** LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2008/2009 **************
********* LEAGUE CUP WINNERS 2008/2009 **************
WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OF BEDFORD F.C's UNDER 16 TEAM.
OUR AIM FROM THE VERY START AT THE UNDER 9 AGE LEVEL WAS TO DEVELOP A STYLE OF PLAY AND TEAM TO GRADUALLY CATCH UP AND OVERTAKE THE PHYSICAL AND MORE DIRECT TEAMS THAT ALWAYS COME OUT ON TOP AT THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS.
OUR TARGET WAS TO BE JUDGED WHEN WE REACHED THE UNDER 14 AGE GROUP AS WE FELT THAT WAS WHEN MOST OF THE DEVELOPEMENT HAD TAKEN PLACE. RUNNERS UP IN THE LEAGUE AND CUP WINNERS AT UNDER 13 LEVEL MEANT THAT WE WERE WELL ON TARGET. OUR EMERGENCE HOWEVER, DID NOT GO UNNOTICED AND WE LOST KEY PLAYERS TO LUTON TOWN FC AND NEVER FOUND OUT IF WE COULD CONTINUE OUR RISE. WE STILL REMAINED COMPETITIVE BUT FOUND IT A STRUGGLE TO REPLACE THE GOAL THREAT THAT WE HAD LOST. THE ONE THING THAT NEVER CHANGED WAS THE WAY THAT WE TRIED TO PLAY AND THE FOOTBALL WAS STILL ENJOYABLE TO WATCH.
LAST SEASON SAW THE RETURN OF THOSE PLAYERS AND WITH A FEW NEW ADDITIONS WE PICKED UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND CONTINUED OUR PROGRESS. WINNING THE LEAGUE & CUP DOUBLE WAS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER BUT FOR A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT DEFEAT IN THE FINAL OF THE COUNTY CUP. WE STILL ENCOURAGE PERFORMANCE OVER RESULTS AS WE BELIEVE MANY OF THESE LADS CAN GO ON TO PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL AND WE WANT THEM TO BE READY WHEN THE CHANCE COMES.
THIS SEASON HAS SEEN SEVERAL PLAYERS MOVE ON IN SEARCH OF OTHER CHALLENGES, BUT WE STILL HAVE A SQUAD ASSEMBLED TO CHALLENGE ANY TEAM WE COME UP AGAINST.
HONOURS
2002/2003 CHESHAM U9 LEAGUE CUP WINNERS
2002/2003 CHESHAM U9 LEAGUE RUNNERS UP
2003/2004 CHESHAM U10 LEAGUE WINNERS
2003/2004 CHESHAM U10 LEAGUE CUP WINNERS
2006/2007 KEMPSTON U13 TOURNAMENT WINNERS
2006/2007 CHILTERN U13 LEAGUE CUP WINNERS
2006/2007 CHILTERN U13 LEAGUE DIV 1 RUNNERS UP
2008/2009 KEMPSTON U15 TOURNAMENT WINNERS
2008/2009 U15 COUNTY CUP RUNNERS UP
2008/2009 CHILTERN U15 LEAGUE DIV 1 WINNERS
2008/2009 CHILTERN U15 LEAGUE CUP WINNERS
