#COYD - Come on You Dockers

Midfielder Tasha Scorza becomes the second Newhaven Ladies player to tell us all about her teammates. So if you want to know which female Dockers player is your best bet for hitting the crossbar for £100, read on... Who is the coach’s pet? Lucy [Collinson] - although she is actually now a coach! Which teammate is most likely to pull out of a team night out at the last minute (or go home first)? Probably me. Who would be in your ultimate Newhaven 5-a-side team (using current squad and coaches)? [Charlotte] Markham, Faye [Hannaford], Summer [Dutton], Duch [Elle Duchossoy], Lauren [Smith].  Who do you not want on the opposing team at training, and why? Lauren. She runs at you like a bulldozer! Someone offers you £100 if one of your teammates can hit the crossbar first time. Who are you choosing? Markham Which teammate do you think is most likely to become a coach or manager when they finish playing? Lucy Which teammate tends to have the worst opinions regarding foo...

Classy centre back Henry Watson becomes the third men's player to face the music on #COYD's regular teammates feature. Here's what he had to say about some of the other Dockers... Who is the coach’s pet? Either of the Robinson brothers (Lee and Ian) or Alfie Rogers. Which teammate is most likely to pull out of a team night out at the last minute (or go home first)? Lee Robinson Who would be in your ultimate Newhaven 5-a-side team (using current squad and coaches)? Bussy [Jake Buss], myself, Benno, [Charlie Bennett), Lukas [Franzen-Jones], Alfie. Who do you not want on the opposing team at training, and why? No-one. Someone offers you £100 if one of your teammates can hit the crossbar first time. Who are you choosing? If I can’t choose myself, then probably Lukas or Alfie. Which teammate do you think is most likely to become a coach or manager when they finish playing? Jack Meeres. Which teammate tends to have the worst opinions regarding football? The Arsenal fan boys are t...

Want to know what the Docker's players really think about one another? Then you've come to the right place! Over the course of the season, I'll be asking players from both the men's and women's sides to tell us all about the people they share the dressing room with. First up for Newhaven Ladies is Abi Turner.  Who is the coach’s pet? Steph (Harrison). Which teammate is most likely to pull out of a team night out at the last minute (or go home first)? Duch (Elle Duchossoy). Who would be in your ultimate Newhaven 5-a-side team (using current squad and coaches)? Rip (Paige Ripley), Lucy (Collinson – also assistant manager), Markham (Charlotte Markham), Annie (Mills) and Andy (Cook – manager). Who do you not want on the opposing team at training, and why? Lauren (Smith – team captain). She kicks the ball too hard! Someone offers you £100 if one of your teammates can hit the crossbar first time. Who are you choosing? Markham. Which teammate do you thi...

  Steyning Town 2 Newhaven 1, SCFL Premier Division, match #1 Real league football is back! Yes, I know the Premier League still doesn’t get going for another week (The Charity Community Shield doesn’t count as real football; it’s just a glorified friendly – although it might mean a little bit more this year than normal 😉 ), but for supporters of EFL clubs and a number of non-league fans throughout the country, today marked the start of what will undoubtedly be nine-months of joy, frustration and maybe even tears.   The Dockers, starting the season with three away fixtures while the finishing touches are applied to the fantastic new playing surface at Fort Road, travelled west to Steyning for their season opener. Nice of the fixture gods to schedule a match on a surface similar to that which is being laid at Newhaven’s home ground. A perfect chance to get further used to playing on the Astro ahead of the team’s first home match on 23 rd August! (And more practice may ...

 New signing, classy central midfielder Alex Plummer is the second men's player to fall under the COYD teammates spotlight. Here's what he had to say about his fellow Dockers... Who is the coach’s pet?   Don Street. Which teammate is most likely to pull out of a team night out at the last minute (or go home first)?  Harry Reed Who would be in your ultimate Newhaven 5-a-side team (using current squad and coaches)?  Jake Buss, Henry Watson, Alfie Rogers, Marcin Ruda, Lukas Franzen-Jones. Who do you not want on the opposing team at training, and why?  Marcin Ruda; he has the ability to embarrass you and is very difficult to get the ball off. He's also be known to nutmeg me in training at times! Someone offers you £100 if one of your teammates can hit the crossbar first time. Who are you choosing?  Alfie Rogers. Which teammate do you think is most likely to become a coach or manager when they finish playing?  Henry Watson. Which teammate tends ...

Rusthall 2 Newhaven 3, Pre-season match #5 With just seven days to go before the season gets going for real, Newhaven headed north (well, to Kent) looking to finish their pre-season campaign unbeaten. With the past Tuesday night’s friendly away at Whitehawk having been postponed due to the extreme weather conditions (searing heat or hurricane-force gales? Take your pick!), this represented the Dockers last chance to fine-tune any changes ahead of next week’s big kick-off away to Steyning. In Rusthall, who play in the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division, Newhaven faced opponents who themselves had enjoyed a good pre-season, reeling off a string of impressive results along the way. Within ten minutes of kick-off, two things were abundantly clear. 1) Rusthall would provide the Dockers with the toughest challenge that I’d seen them face to date (I wasn’t at the Lancing game); and 2) With the new season now just around round the corner, things are getting more ...

In the first of a brand-new feature that will be appearing on this blog over the coming season (featuring players from both the men's and women's team), I'll be asking Newhaven's finest to dish the dirt on their teammates. First into the hot-seat, it's young left-back Aaron Winser. Who is the coach’s pet? Jake Buss. Which teammate is most likely to pull out of a team night out at the last minute (or go home first)? Probably myself! Who would be in your ultimate Newhaven 5-a-side team (using current squad and coaches)? Jake Buss, Bailie Rogers, Alfie Rogers, Lukas Franzen-Jones, and Charlie Bennett. Who do you not want on the opposing team at training, and why? Lukas - his first touch and all-round play is unreal. Someone offers you £100 if one of your teammates can hit the crossbar first time. Who are you choosing? Seb Saunders Which teammate do you think is most likely to become a coach or manager when they finish playing? Bussy Which teammate tends to have the wor...