The first session of 2012 will be this Saturday 28th January. If you had some new boots for Christmas, why not bring your old ones to Soccer School so these can be sold and raise some money for the Club? 10.30.a.m. until 12 noon, all welcome, four years and up.

Saturday 28th January - B week Soccer School 11s - away Blocksages 1 14s - home 15s - no game  Sunday 29th January - B week Soccer School 11s - home - county cup Blocksages 1 12s - home  13s whites - away  Blocksages 2 13s blues - away 15s - away Blocksages 3 16s - away   Good luck, any problems give me a call - Carl

STALYBRIDGE CELTIC BLUES ‘3’   –    MIDWAY ‘1’ By Alan Davies   The Blues got revenge on Midway after they defeated them in the first half of the season. The Blues came out strong and dominated play from kick off. Nathan and Cameron started at the back and did not let Midway have any chances. It was Callum Dawson who opened the scoring with a sweet left foot strike after Celtic had kept the pressure on Midway. Once Celtic had scored it did not take long for Lewis to get free and score the second and soon after the third. Celtic went in 3-0 at half time with all players contributing well to a team effort. Midway came back into the game in the second half and made Celtic work hard. Celtic came close to increasing their lead however it was a long range shot that gave Midway a consolation goal late on. Man of the Match Nathan

A blustery wind was blowing across Blocksages field Saturday morning. Denton won the toss and decided to play the first half with the wind at their backs this proved to be a help to them in the creation of their goal which they scored early on! Slack start again by Celtic. We have to stop teams scoring in the first few minutes Perhaps an earlier bedtime for a few of the lads wouldnt go amiss. 1-0 Danny had a shot from the edge of the box which the keeper spilled in front of Jack who made a run from the left wing to fire past the keeper from 2 yards out! 1-1 After Danny was brought down on the edge of the box Alex fired in a Low Free kick around the wall which the keeper dived on top of, but the ball rolled out from under him and over the line 1-2 Danny scored our 3rd goal (sorry forgot the details) 1-3 We dominated the half giving Denton no chance to shoot or create any positive play. Half time Dentons manager came across to have a word with Paul and was concerned... Read the rest of this article...

Stalybridge Celtic Whites 5-2 Failsworth West Tigers By Phil Read.. In blustery weather conditions the Whites continued their winning streak in a hard fought game against a tough Tigers team. Whist the wind made it difficult for the lads to maintain their normal flowing football they were soon creating opportunities to score, so it was no surprise when Shay put the Whites 1:0 up, only for the Tigers to equalise against the run of play. However, with a brace of goals from Rhys they managed to take a 3:1 lead in to the half time break. Soon after half time the Tigers looked like they were going to make a game of it by pulling a goal back but this only served to bring the Whites back in to life. Midway through the half the ball fell to Callum who from distance hit a thunderbolt in to the top corner. Before the game finished the Whites managed to score a fine team goal when Josh caught a ball and rolled it out wide to Alex who neatly played it down the line to Rhys. He beat t... Read the rest of this article...

14th January 2012 Stalybridge Celtic Juniors Blues 1 – 0 Failsworth Villa by Andy Walker... Goal: Josh MoM: Jack As ever, the match kicked off a good half an hour late; it would actually be more newsworthy if it kicked off on time but I mention this as the extra time Chris had with the team beforehand paid obvious dividends once the match got underway. It has become apparent that whilst the team has talent in abundance they have often all been guilty of being somewhat reluctant to actually try to pass to each other when a slalom through three opposition players is an alternative. The penny finally seemed to drop today and the passing was a massive improvement (I suspect the promise of a giant bar of chocolate for the best passing helped in that respect). The Blues, who were without Matthew, came out of the traps like a steam train with great tackles from Joe and Fin leading to a couple of chances early on with CJ being particularly unlucky with one shot. Joe pe... Read the rest of this article...

Marple Athletic B 2 v 0 SCJFC Blues................By Rob Dolan.......... Once again, there was a very strong wind blowing across the pitch which made it extremely difficult to complete passes.  The Blues applied good pressure and Marple found themselves defending for most of the first half, however, very few goalscoring opportunities were created.  Once again, James and Owen defended resolutely at the back, Tyler showed some good skill on the left and Adam, Dan S and Dan L applied pressure and got back and defended when necessary.  In the second half, Jack I came on and helped out the defence but they were unable to keep Marple out and they scored to make it 1-0. Adam and Tyler linked up well but there were very few opportunities to test the Marple keeper.  Following a period of prolonged pressure, Marple scored again to make it 2-0.   The Boys worked hard in difficult conditions, particularly James, who deservedly was man of the match due to his tac... Read the rest of this article...

The U12's won against Curzon Ashton 5-1 to progress to the quarter finals of the Manchester County Cup. After a 7 week break since our last game the lads put in a great performance. Once again, team spirit, winning every challenge & some nice football won the game for the bridge lads. We looked strong in every position. Ethan had a quieter game in net but when he was called upon he did a couple of decent saves and his distribution was great all day. Gaskin & Fletch were solid at the back, Stuckey filled in at left back & never put a foot wrong, with George & Sean doing a solid job on the right. The defence set the tone of the day, they won everything & let the midfielders do their job. Morgan put in his best performance of the season, won everything, showed nice skill & let Alex & Josh L attack. Alex showed really quick feet today, linked really well with Josh who grabbed a hat-trick, his third was a blinder. Jamie D drove forward, hurdlin... Read the rest of this article...

The 15s bowed out of the League Cup today with a 2 - 3defeat to Kingsway. The game was always going to be tough as we only had players (Ted and Dylan injured, Callum poorly, Charlie unavailable, Joe M no show). To be fair however, the lads did themselves proud and after going 2 down, pulled it back to 2-2 before conceding the winning goal. Scorers: 

Stalybridge Celtic Whites 7 v 2 Chadderton Park Goalscorers: James Bowker, Lewis Petruzelli, Liam Riley (3), Jordan Mirza, Jack Searle M.O.M: James Ashton The good run continues as we started the game in 3rd place against 2nd place Chadderton Park. The team went 4-0 up in a short space of time but them became sloppy in their play. James Ashton continued between the posts as stand in keeper and was exceptional. Due to a number of retakes James saved 3 penalties and was in goal for another which was blazed over the crossbar. This along with one on one stops he was immense. Liam scored a great hat trick and but for poor finishing at times the scoreline for Celtic could have been double figures. The team started the game in 3rd but ended the day in pole position Another positive from the day was the goalscoring exploits of 5 of our forward 7.

Stalybridge Celtic U8 Blues 0 v 1 Delamere Rangers M.O.M: Harvey Swann Stalybridge Celtic U8 Whites 3 v 5 Delamere Rangers Goalscorers: Lewis Ellis, Jamie Bowden, Thomas Reynolds, Tony M.O.M: Thomas Reynolds The wins aren't coming still and it would be easy to say why didn't we stay in the second division to continue winning week in week out, but to improve the team needs to be pushed week in and week out. This really was two fantastic games to watch. Delamere are a physically big and strong team but the teams gave as good as they got. The whites lead their game but then went 4 goals behind. Sheer will and tenacity got them back into the game through some great team play. The Blues game looked every bit of a nil nil and but for a solitary free kick it would have been. The games are tough as we are playing catchup in quality against teams who have been in the big league for the past 2 seasons. We are up for the challenge. Results... Read the rest of this article...

Goals : Luke (x4), Adam (x2), Fin MOM: Fin (chosen by Santos Manager) Medals for passing: Sam and Adam Wow, what a game!  The White Warriors strike again (7 times).  What a fantastic show of great passing, great free kicks, great defending and just great football. The new rotation system worked a treat with first out, Lewis and Matty at the rear, Fin and Adam mid and Reece and Wes up front. The early action was all our way but the net was proving difficult to find as both Reece (who tried really hard to score but was just unlucky), Adam, Wes and Fin all attempted stunning shots but to our frustration the goals were shy !!!! A good early save by Lewis prevented us going 1-0 down and, after some shoe lace excitement (Fin), a determined tackle on the goalie by Reece, a succession of corners and some heavy duty tackles by Matty our first goal came from our second or maybe third free kick through the Santos wall neatly and with great ease into the net by Fin.  1-0 Gre... Read the rest of this article...