Summer Newsletter 2026

Published by Ewan Gardner on

ATYFC Awards Day 2026

On Saturday 9th May 2026 we celebrated another incredible season with our annual ATYFC Awards Day. In a packed event at Arlebury Park, we looked back at the 2025/2026 season with presentations from our teams, with each player receiving a special commemorative medal. There were also individual awards for team players, including the new “Spirit of Football” awards, a special honour dedicated to the memory of Lee “Muzza” Murrell, whom we sadly lost this year to cancer.

We also awarded the following “Club Awards” to the following players, coaches and volunteers for their outstanding contribution to the club this season:

Chairman’s Award – Scott Kendall (U15 Tigers)
Jock Gibbons Award – Ben Bendall (U11 Tigers / U15 Tigers)
Team of the Year – U18s
Boys Player – Max Rodwell (U15 Tigers)
Girl’s Player – Eva Carter (U15 Girls)
Manager of the Year – Simon Routledge (U18s)
Defender of the Year – Myla Torbett-Ashe (U11 Girls)

A massive thank you to all our players, coaches, staff, parents, guardians, sponsors and staff at The Arlebury for making the day (and our season) so special!

Our Team of the Year (and league champions), the U18s!

ATYFC Golf Day – 11th June 2026

A reminder that the 3rd Annual AYTFC Golf Day is teeing off on the afternoon of Thursday 11th June 2026 at Ampfield Golf and Country Club. Join us for 18 holes of golf, food, a raffle and some incredible prizes up for grabs!

To sign up, buy raffle tickets, or to offer prizes/promises, please contact Martin Peters ([email protected], 07769 908701).

All profits go to help fund this amazing youth football club, so every sign up, raffle ticket bought or prize donation will really help the club!

Players Needed

The season has only just ended, but we’re already busy planning for 2026/2027, and some of our teams are in desperate need of new players to keep going. We especially need players for the following teams:

Under 16 Lions Boys (Year 11 / Year 10 September 2026)
Under 16 Girls (Year 11 / Year 10 September 2026)
Under 14 Boys (Year 9 / Year 8 September 2026)

If you, or anyone you know, are interested please sign up at https://www.alresfordfc.co.uk/join-the-club!