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By Youth Football Scotland

March 28^th, 2024

WE ARE SPARTANS!

The YFS Media Team is excited to be following Spartans FC this Easter Weekend, as they fly the flag for Scotland in Holland. Stay tuned to this page for all of the latest updates live from the Netherlands...

THE SQUAD IS READY

27 March 24 | 11:00

As Spartans prepare to set off for Holland, the squad is in good shape. The team are enjoying a solid league campaign in the top flight of the South East Region YFL. Here is a look at the group of players who will be competing...

THE GAFFER SPEAKS

27 March 24 | 18:33

YFS caught up with the team coach, James, after last weekend's match against Blackburn United, to look ahead to the tournament. Here is what he had to say...

TOURNAMENT PREVIEW

29 March 24 | 11:30

Spartans will be facing Dutch sides SES Langenboom and Focus '07 and Danish side Nykøbing FC. SES Langenboom are currently 9th place in their league, having only picked up 1 win in their previous 8 matches. Nykøbing FC similarly are not in a great vein of form, having lost 9 games on the bounce, leaving them languishing at the bottom of U17 Drenge Divisionen. Little statistical data exists for Focus '07. With Spartans sitting pretty in second place in the South East Region YFL, the team will likely be feeling confident in their prospects of performing well in Pool E.

The schedule for our matches is as follows- Spartans v SES Langenboom 13:00 (UK), Spartans v Focus '07 14:10 (UK), Spartans v Nykøbing FC 15:20 (UK).

ARRIVAL

29 March 24 | 22:30

The boys are here! Time to rest up before tomorrow’s big start.

READY TO GO

30 Mar 24 | 10:00

A team picture as the boys are ready to start

DAY 1 COMPLETE- 100% RECORD!

30 Mar 24 | 16:00

An absolutely blistering start for our team today, securing 3 wins out of a possible 3! We finish Pool E comfortably on top following a 1-0, 3-0 and 4-0 victory. certainly a very successful start to the tournament!

PURE ELATION

30 Mar 24 | 16:20

The boys celebrate number 6 of the 8 goals we scored today!

DAY 2 PREVIEW

31 Mar 24 | 09:30

As day 2 of the Holland Easter Open gets underway here’s a reminder of what’s to come…

After cruising through our group with three outstanding wins we now face three more sides in the cup competition.

Our opening match of today is against Welsh side Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC Academy. We will then face Dutch opposition Olympia ‘18 before finishing up against Fry Club JFC. Olympia and Fry Club played out a 2-2 draw yesterday so we can expect both sides to be on similar levels when we face them today.

FOOTBALL-TENNIS PREPARATION

31 Mar 24 | 10:00

The coaches handed out a football-tennis lesson to the boys today with a 3-1 demoltion.

OPENING DEFEAT

31 Mar 24 | 12:00

We fall to our first defeat of the tournament with a 2-0 loss in today's opener against Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC Academy.

BOUNCE BACK ABILITY

31 Mar 24 | 13:20

That's more like it! We refind our form from yesterday to bounce back with a 2-0 win against Olympia '18.

NARROW MISS

31 Mar 24 | 14:40

With a well-earned 4-0 win in our final group match we unfortunately just miss out on a spot in the final.

We're not done yet though... We will now face BeNeSoccer Academy in the 3rd place playoff.

WEEKEND ROUNDUP

31 Mar 24 | 18:30

It was a memorable weekend for our lads, with a near-perfect record in both group stages, with 5 wins and 1 loss, which put us in the 3rd place playoff against BeNeSoccer Academy. Unfortunately, the Belgian side ran out narrow 2-1 victors in the tie. Nonetheless, it was certainly a successful weekend for us, putting on some vintage attacking displays and leaving Holland with our heads held high.

"The boys enjoyed the experience and we would recommend the tournament to other teams within our club."

COACHES COMMENTS

Our coach Jimmy spoke of the weekend, saying:

"The tournament was very well run and we had a great time.

"The boys enjoyed the experience and we would recommend the tournament to other teams within our club.

"Our team did well and reached the 3rd / 4th playoffs, winning five of our seven games scoring 15 goals and only conceding four.

It was great considering we lost our goalkeeper after the first three games to illness and had to play our centre half in goals."

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Blue Brazil at the Holland Easter Open 2025