Monthly newsletter - August 2023
Hi all,
there’s a lot to cover this month from the Womens World Cup, specifically Englands run to the final, the final week of our Summer Camp and some massive transfers.
Lets start with Harry Kane
To my surprise, Harry Kane made the switch from his boyhood club to the flashing lights of German giants Bayern Munich and if I were Spurs, I’d actually be glad…. the fact he left now for a massive fee of around £100m means that he doesn’t leave for free at the end of this season. He did everything he could for Spurs, including staying a lot longer than I originally thought - if you remember, he was heavily linked to a move to Real Madrid back in 2019. The only surprising element is the fact that he is ‘only’ 48 goals away from becoming the Premier League all time record goalscorer, which begs the question; will he return one day to try and break it?
Summer Camps and onto October
We just finished the third and final week of our summer camp - which I had an absolute blast running! We start to instantly look forward to the next camp which will be in October. The big news is that we will be moving 2 minutes up the road to Ridgeway Academy, who have a brand new 11 a side astroturf pitch! We will be there in the October half-term from 23rd-27th Oct. click here to book your space now.
What I’m liking at the moment
Let’s start with England’s run in the Women’s World Cup
They played an absolute blinder to make it to the final - a special mention has to go to Serina Wiegman. To take England to back to back major finals, winning one of them, is an incredible feat! The major news to follow the tournament is that she is now being linked with the England Mens job, something I would be very intrigued to see.
I can only hope that the women bounce back to defend their title at the 2025 Euro’s in Switzerland. If they do go on to win that they would undoubtedly be the most successful England team ever!
Each of the prem teams have played their first couple of games. For Man City it seems to be business as usual, just as it is for Erling Haaland too, continuing where he left off in regards to scoring. Arenal have also started well and, as a neutral fan, we can only hope they push Man City as much as they did last season. The surprise team so far for me are Spurs - obviously having lost Kane they are a bit of an unknown entity this season. However, the signing of Maddison will be massive for them in my opinion - he’s a class act!
Worth a watch
VAR have started to publish their inner working during games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrmZNz4qtoI
This video is a good insight to Luton’s renovations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37qux5eK2So&t=31s
Thanks for reading,
Jesse