Week 10 Head to Head Results

Week 10 (Premier League game week 19)
Camerooney 43 v 69 Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United 37 v 43 AFC Bunter
HMs 11 50 v 45 AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic 53 v 63 The Mcleans
Taebash Thistle 45 v 47 Rian Rovers
The Reds 39 v 56 Celtic Gunners
Wee162 34 v 32 Inch Utd
Refs Rovers 33 v 50 KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie 42 v 30 Harroldston United
Real Joppa 36 v 51 =}?
Leith Athletic 31 v 60 Brian Munich
Darrenjambos 80 v 42 Deken Utd
Godly XI 46 v 60 Gerrys Giants
Gingers United 56 v 77 Edinburgh City
Sketchyskills 65 v 45 Ross County

3 points awarded to teams in bold.

Head to Head Fixtures over Christmas/New Year

Week 10 (Premier League game week 19)
Camerooney v Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United v AFC Bunter
HMs 11 v AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic v The Mcleans
Taebash Thistle v Rian Rovers
The Reds v Celtic Gunners
Wee162 v Inch Utd
Refs Rovers v KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie v Harroldston United
Real Joppa v =}?
Leith Athletic v Brian Munich
Darrenjambos v Deken Utd
Godly XI v Gerrys Giants
Gingers United v Edinburgh City
Sketchyskills v Ross County

Week 11 (Premier League game week 20)
Ross County v Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers v Camerooney
AFC Bunter v Celtic
Rian Rovers v HMs 11
The Mcleans v The Reds
Inch Utd v Taebash Thistle
Celtic Gunners v Refs Rovers
Harroldston United v Wee162
KaiserSauzee v Real Joppa
Brian Munich v FC FC MiniBinnie
=}? v Darrenjambos
Gerrys Giants v Leith Athletic
Deken Utd v Gingers United
Edinburgh City v Godly XI
Liams Goal Gods v Sketchyskills

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

To all at Last Line, our friends and colleagues...

Brian, John, Andy and Stuart wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy 2010!

Here's to continued Last Liner successes and more good times in training!

See you all back at Riccarton in January...

Plate and League Results

Plate Results
1st Round (To be played on Gameweek 18, 19/20 December, 2009.)
HM’s 11 34 v 24 =}?
Celtic Gunners 40 v 38 Edinburgh City
Deken Utd 43 v 47 Leith Athletic
Liam’s Goal Gods 17 v 16 The Reds
Sketchyskills 27 v 53 Rian Rovers
AC Widburn Wanderers 29 v 25 Gerry’s Giants
Teams in bold qualify for the quarter finals.

The revised quarter final draw is:
(Games to be played on Gameweek 22, 16 January, 2010.)
HM’s 11 v FC MiniBinnie
Liam’s Goal Gods v Rian Rovers
Camerooney v AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic Gunners v Leith Athletic

Head to Head League Results
Week 9 (Premier League game week 18)
AFC Bunter 49 v 36 Ross County
Liams Goal Gods 17 v 34 HMs 11
The Mcleans 32 v 26 Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers 29 v 17 Taebash Thistle
Celtic Gunners 40 v 34 Celtic
Rian Rovers 53 v 33 Wee162
KaiserSauzee 28 v 16 The Reds
Inch Utd 25 v 58 FC MiniBinnie
=}? 24 v 43 Refs Rovers
Harroldston United 68 v 47 Leith Athletic
Deken Utd 43 v 24 Real Joppa
Brian Munich 41 v 46 Godly XI
Edinburgh City 38 v 35 Darrenjambos
Gerrys Giants 25 v 34 Gingers United
Sketchyskills 27 v 48 Camerooney
3 points awarded to teams in bold

The results this week have made it very tight at the top of the Head to Head league. We have 5 teams on 21 points after 9 games and the top 14 teams seperated by only 6 points. Looks like the league is going down to the wire.

Fixtures for 18/19th December

Week 9 (Premier League game week 18)
AFC Bunter v Ross County
Liams Goal Gods v HMs 11
The Mcleans v Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers v Taebash Thistle
Celtic Gunners v Celtic
Rian Rovers v Wee162
KaiserSauzee v The Reds
Inch Utd v FC MiniBinnie
=}? v Refs Rovers
Harroldston United v Leith Athletic
Deken Utd v Real Joppa
Brian Munich v Godly XI
Edinburgh City v Darrenjambos
Gerrys Giants v Gingers United
Sketchyskills v Camerooney

1st Round Plate (To be played on Gameweek 18, 19/20 December, 2009.)
HM’s 11 v =}?
Celtic Gunners v Edinburgh City
Deken Utd v Leith Athletic
Liam’s Goal Gods v The Reds
Sketchyskills v Rian Rovers
AC Widburn Wanderers v Gerry’s Giants

Midweek Head to Head Results

Head to Head results leave Wee162 at the top on 21 points at the start of the busy christmas period. Here are the scores:

Week 8 (Premier League game week 17)
HMs 11 52 v 37 Camerooney
Ross County 43 v 28 The Mcleans
Taebash Thistle 40 v 39 Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United 44 v 47 Celtic Gunners
Wee162 62 v 33 AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic 30 v 25 KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie 47 v 46 Rian Rovers
The Reds 18 v 18 =}? * 1 point each
Leith Athletic 28 v 25 Inch Utd
Refs Rovers 51 v 27 Deken Utd
Godly XI 60 v 49 Harroldston United
Real Joppa 39 v 49 Edinburgh City
Gingers United 30 v 51 Brian Munich
Darrenjambos 38 v 25 Gerrys Giants
AFC Bunter 34 v 37 Sketchyskills
3 points to teams in bold

Head to Head results and Midweek fixtures

This week sees a very busy week in the Fantasy Football league. There is a midweek fixture card making one Premier League gameweek and also the usual fixtures at the weekend making another gameweek. We also have the 1st round of the plate competition at the weekend, making it quite an exciting week for all involved. The results this weekend see new faces at the top of the Head to Head league, both Deken Utd and Wee162 having won 6 out of 7 matches.

Here are the results from this weekends Head to Head matches:
Week 7 (Premier League game week 16)
The Mcleans 21 v 69 AFC Bunter
Camerooney 41 v 34 Taebash Thistle
Celtic Gunners 32 v 47 Ross County
Liams Goal Gods 27 v 51 Wee162
KaiserSauzee 19 v 32 Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers 29 v 59 FC MiniBinnie
=}? 18 v 39 Celtic
Rian Rovers 23 v 56 Leith Athletic
Deken Utd 47 v 21 The Reds
Inch Utd 27 v 34 Godly XI
Edinburgh City 31 v 47 Refs Rovers
Harroldston United 48 v 59 Gingers United
Gerrys Giants 22 v 32 Real Joppa
Brian Munich 37 v 41 Darrenjambos
Sketchyskills 23 v 48 HMs 11

The matches for the weekend will be posted on Thursday but here are the head to heads for the midweek games:
Week 8 (Premier League game week 17)
HMs 11v Camerooney
Ross County v The Mcleans
Taebash Thistle v Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United v Celtic Gunners
Wee162v AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic v KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie v Rian Rovers
The Reds v =}?
Leith Athletic v Inch Utd
Refs Rovers v Deken Utd
Godly XI v Harroldston United
Real Joppa v Edinburgh City
Gingers United v Brian Munich
Darrenjambos v Gerrys Giants
AFC Bunter v Sketchyskills

Fantasy League Results/Fixtures

Sorry guys forgot to put these up:

Week 6 (Premier League game week 15)
Taebash Thistle 52 v 61 HMs 11
AFC Bunter 50 v 78 Celtic Gunners
Wee162 63 v 37 Camerooney
Ross County 53 v 31 KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie 63 v 63 Liams Goal Gods - 1 Point each
Arsenal City United 25 v 39 =}?
Leith Athletic 49 v 44 AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic 37 v 49 Deken Utd
Godly XI 57 v 62 Rian Rovers
The Reds 23 v 78 EdinburghCity
Gingers United 49 v 40 Inch Utd
Refs Rovers 42 v 47 Gerrys Giants
Darrenjambos 38 v 57 Harroldston United
Real Joppa 27 v 31 Brian Munich
The Mcleans 34 v 53 Sketchyskills
3 Points to teams in bold

Fixtures for this week:
Week 7 (Premier League game week 16)
The Mcleans v AFC Bunter
Camerooney v Taebash Thistle
Celtic Gunners v Ross County
Liams Goal Gods v Wee162
KaiserSauzee v Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers v FC MiniBinnie
=}? v Celtic
Rian Rovers v Leith Athletic
Deken Utd v The Reds
Inch Utd v Godly XI
Edinburgh City v Refs Rovers
Harroldston United v Gingers United
Gerrys Giants v Real Joppa
Brian Munich v Darrenjambos
Sketchyskills v HMs 11

More photos from the National Squads versus Australians

Further to our photograph of Chris Binnie playing for the National U16 squad against the Aussies a week ago, we are delighted to bring you further photographic memorabilia of another Last Line graduate, Stuart Dodds, playing for the National U17 team against same the week before.

Last Line offer sincere congratulations to Stuart on his continued development and success.

Training tip for young goalkeepers

As a goalkeeper, some on the most exciting things you will encounter involve top corner dives, reflex saves and sliding in at people's feet.

With that in mind it is important to realise how a single training session impacts on every part of your future as a goalkeeper.

Your qualified coach knows what YOU need to succeed, and strives to deliver that every week/fortnight to you. Remember, he/she can only do so much -

A coach can only show you the door, YOU are the one who must walk through it

You must accept responsibility for where you want to go. Do not expect to sit back and be guided by the hand to the top level. It is about setting your goal and doing everything you can to reach it.


When training, you aren't always going to get what you want. There are times you will perform poorly, repeat exercises you may find boring and not get access to goals/equipment that you prefer.

Remember, it is YOU who decides if the session was worthwhile or not. If it didn't go the way you wanted it to, that is still an opportunity to learn, not complain.

If you take every training session with a positive attitude and commit 100%, you will always be walking away with a notch added on your belt, no matter how it went on the surface.

Last Liners face touring Aussies in Glasgow...

In the last fortnight two graduates of the Last Line Goalkeeping School have been donning National Squad colours when they were selected to represent their country against touring sides from Australia.

At U17 level, Stuart Dodds played for the National Squad against adult side Melbourne Allstars in an interesting fixture at the National Football Centre at Toryglen, just across the road from Hampden. The Aussies ran out 2-1 winners in this fixture however the age difference was significant in this outcome.

Elsewhere at U16 level, Chris Binnie pulled on the No1 shirt for the National Squad against the touring Australian U16s and kept a clean sheet in a comfortable 5-0 win for the Scots. Chris is pictured above just before the match which also took place at Toryglen.

Everyone at Last Line would like to congratulate both Stuart and Chris on their continued success at National level. Well done both keepers!

The Plate draw and this weeks fixtures

The draw for the Plate competition was made on Friday by Marc Aitken. The fixtures are below and the rounds played on the dates specified.

1st Round Plate (To be played on Gameweek 18, 19/20 December, 2009.)
HM’s 11 v =}?
Celtic Gunners v Edinburgh City
Deken Utd v Leith Athletic
Liam’s Goal Gods v The Reds
Sketchyskills v Rian Rovers
AC Widburn Wanderers v Gerry’s Giants

Plate ¼ Final (To be played on Gameweek 22, 16 January, 2010.)
HM’s 11/=}? v FC MiniBinnie
Liam’s Goal Gods/The Reds v Sketchyskills/Rian Rovers
Camerooney v AC Widburn Wanderers/Gerry’s Giants
Celtic Gunners/Edinburgh City v Deken Utd v Leith Athletic


Head to Head fixtures for this week are below:

Week 6 (Premier League game week 15)
Taebash Thistle v HMs 11
AFC Bunter v Celtic Gunners
Wee162 v Camerooney
Ross County v KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie v Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United v =}?
Leith Athletic v AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic v Deken Utd
Godly XI v Rian Rovers
The Reds v EdinburghCity
Gingers United v Inch Utd
Refs Rovers v Gerrys Giants
Darrenjambos v Harroldston United
Real Joppa v Brian Munich
The Mcleans v Sketchyskills

Fantasy Football Shocks!!!!

The results for the 2nd round of the cup brought shock outcomes with four of our coaches being unceremoniously dumped out of the competition. Refs Rovers, Taebash Thistle, Brian Munich and Gingers United all failed to progress to the quarter finals. Rumour has it that John and Brian are in tears! Meanwhile Andy and Stuart have asked for a recount. A Stewards Enquiry will occur over the next few days.
In the Head to Head league, Taebash Thistle maintained his 100% record with Refs Rovers beating Brian Munich in the coaches’ match. This week also saw the Fourth Manager of the Month announced. Thank goodness, the winner is finally one of the keepers. Thomas McLean’s team (The McLeans) amassed a massive 79 points this weekend, with a monthly total of 220. Congratulations Thomas a prize will be winging its way to you.

Results are as follows:
Cup, 2nd round (Game Week 14, 28 November, 2009.)
Wee162 49 v 47 Darrenjambos
Brian Munich 40 v 79 The Mcleans
Refs Rovers 45 v 48 Ross County
Harroldston United 34 v 33 Taebash Thistle
Celtic 30 v 32 AFC Bunter
Godly XI 42 v 34 Gingers United
Inch Utd 59 v 17 Real Joppa
Kaiser Sauzee 41 v 29 Arsenal City United
Teams in bold qualify for the quarter final.


Week 5 (Premier League game week 14)
Celtic Gunners 28 v 79 The Mcleans
HMs 11 38 v 49 Wee162
KaiserSauzee 41 v 32 AFC Bunter
Camerooney 35 v 37 FC MiniBinnie
=}? 47 v 48 Ross County
Liams Goal Gods 47 v 21 Leith Athletic
Deken Utd 37 v 29 Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers 37 v 42 Godly XI
Edinburgh City 41 v 30 Celtic
Rian Rovers 43 v 34 Gingers United
Gerrys Giants 47 v 29 The Reds
Inch Utd 59 v 47 Darrenjambos
Brian Munich 40 v 45 Refs Rovers
Harroldston United 34 v 17 Real Joppa
Taebash Thistle 33 v 27 Sketchyskills
3 points awarded to teams in bold.

Head to Head Week 4 Results

The results for the 4th week in the head to head league are below. An unusually high scoring weekend, leaves just one team (Taebash Thistle) on a 100% record. With one scoring weekend to go before we announce our fourth Manager of the Month, just 12 points separate the top 8 managers. Surely this award cannot go to one of the coaches, yet again.

Week 4 (Premier League game week 13)
Wee162 54 v 80 Taebash Thistle
The Mcleans 71 v 64 KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie 65 v 73 HMs 11
AFC Bunter 48 v 65 =}?
LeithAthletic 30 v 88 Camerooney
Ross County 43 v 55 Deken Utd
Godly XI 76 v 52 Liams goal gods
Arsenal City United 26 v 69 EdinburghCity
Gingers United 54 v 89 AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic 68 v 44 Gerrys Giants
Darrenjambos 32 v 57 Rian Rovers
The Reds 40 v 55 Brian Munich
Real Joppa 39 v 43 Inch Utd
Refs Rovers 94 v 37 Harroldston United
Sketchyskills 59 v 77 Celtic Gunners
3 points awarded to teams in bold.

Cup and League Fixtures

As there are midweek games, the results of week 13s head to head matches will be posted after the 25th of November.

This week sees the 2nd round of the cup as well as the 5th week in our head to head league. Also, the manager of the month will be decided after the results at the weekend. Surely, the coaches cannot do it again.

The matches are as follows:
Cup Matches, Game Week 14, 28 November, 2009.
Wee162 v Darrenjambos
Brian Munich v The Mcleans
Refs Rovers v Ross County
Harroldston United v Taebash Thistle
Celtic v AFC Bunter
Godly XI v Gingers United
Inch Utd v Real Joppa
Kaiser Sauzee v Arsenal City United

Head to head Week 5
Celtic Gunners v The Mcleans
HMs 11 v Wee162
KaiserSauzee v AFC Bunter
Camerooney v FC MiniBinnie
=}? v Ross County
Liams Goal Gods v Leith Athletic
Deken Utd v Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers v Godly XI
Edinburgh City v Celtic
Rian Rovers v Gingers United
Gerrys Giants v The Reds
Inch Utd v Darrenjambos
Brian Munich v Refs Rovers
Harroldston United v Real Joppa
Taebash Thistle v Sketchyskills

Good luck to everyone involved.

Head to Head fixtures for this week...

Week 4 (Premier League game week 13)

Wee162 v Taebash Thistle
The Mcleans v KaiserSauzee
FC MiniBinnie v HMs 11
AFC Bunter v =}?
LeithAthletic v Camerooney
Ross County v Deken Utd
Godly XI v Liams goal gods
Arsenal City United v Edinburgh City
Gingers United v AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic v Gerrys Giants
Darrenjambos v Rian Rovers
The Reds v Brian Munich
Real Joppa v Inch Utd
Refs Rovers v Harroldston United
Sketchyskills v Celtic Gunners

Here we bring a photo from this weekend's Inter Regional Cup competition, where Chris Binnie represented the SERYFA at U16 level.

Chris played against North Region in a comfortable 6-1 win for our local boys. In addition to this representation at U16 level, Last Line also has goalkeepers in both the U15 and U17 squads respectively - with Connor Lunn selected for the 15s and former Last Liner Stuart Dodds playing in the 17s.

Both Chris and Stuart have reached the final selection process for the National squads later this month and we have our fingers crossed that both keepers are selected once more, having both played for their respective National sides last season. Good luck lads!

Head to Head results and current league standings...

Week 3 (Premier League game week 12)

KaiserSauzee 47 v 30 Celtic Gunners
Taebash Thistle 49 v 41 FC MiniBinnie
=}? 68 v 70 The Mcleans
HMs 11 62 v 24 LeithAthletic
Deken Utd 42 v 47 AFC Bunter
Camerooney 48 v 56 Godly XI
EdinburghCity 30 v 51 Ross County
Liams Goal Gods 46 v 37 Gingers United
Gerrys Giants 49 v 37 Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers 42 v 65 Darrenjambos
Brian Munich 40 v 34 Celtic
Rian Rovers 55 v 34 Real Joppa
Harroldston United 65 v 48 The Reds
Inch Utd 69 v 46 Refs Rovers
Sketchyskills 33 v 48 Wee162

3 points for teams in bold


Darren Jambos, Taebash Thistle and Wee 162 all sit top of the Head to Head League with 9 points each from 3 matches played. Meanwhile Refs Rovers are still a fair bit out in front in the overall league.

Due to this being International Week, there are no fixtures this weekend.

Last Line Head-to-Head League...

Head to Head League Results

Week 2 (Premier League game week 11)

FC MiniBinnie 65 v 67 Wee162
Celtic Gunners 48 v 27 =}?
LeithAthletic 35 v 42 Taebash Thistle
The Mcleans 46 v 74 Deken Utd
Godly XI 67 v 60 HMs 11
AFC Bunter 34 v 68 EdinburghCity
Gingers United 52 v 33 Camerooney
Ross County 50 v 19 Gerrys Giants
Darrenjambos 59 v 53 Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United 64 v 47 Brian Munich
Real Joppa 69 v 38 AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic 44 v 56 Harroldston United
Refs Rovers 65 v 52 Rian Rovers
The Reds 44 v 44 Inch Utd (1point each)
KaiserSauzee 42 v 64 Sketchyskills

3 points awarded to teams in bold.



Week 3 (Premier League game week 12)

KaiserSauzee v Celtic Gunners
Taebash Thistle v FC MiniBinnie
=}? v The Mcleans
HMs 11 v LeithAthletic
Deken Utd v AFC Bunter
Camerooney v Godly XI
EdinburghCity v Ross County
Liams Goal Gods v Gingers United
Gerrys Giants v Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers v Darrenjambos
Brian Munich v Celtic
Rian Rovers v Real Joppa
Harroldston United v The Reds
Inch Utd v Refs Rovers
Sketchyskills v Wee162

Will somebody out there please do something?

This is now getting a little embarrassing and - it has to be said - tedious. The Manager of the Month Award for November has been decided this weekend and (yet again) the winner is a Last Line Coach. Since the season started in August no keeper or parent has managed to seize the monthly prize from the clutches of the coaching staff. (Edit: from the clutches of John and Andy. Clearly Brian isn't going to manage this feat *cough* )

The Manager of the Month for October is once again John, who also appears to be running away with the main league competition.

Details of the head-to-head league results will be published later this week, as the actual official game week closes after West Ham play Aston Villa in a midweek fixture.

In the meantime, here is a photograph to prove that he isn't just a successful Fantasy Football manager but he actually is rather good at the real thing too - as John and his St Thomas of Aquins 1996 squad show off the Edinburgh Secondary Schools Championship Trophy...and, yes, he went through last season with these boys unbeaten too. It's also a nice opportunity to catch three Last Line keepers in one photograph - as Liam, Michael and Rian are all in the League Winning side of 2009.

Well done John!

(And come on kids and parents, get yer acts together - this is going to be an unbearable season if the coaches keep on winning things*)

*except Brian

LLGS Fantasy Football Head to Head League Week 1 results...

Week 1 (Premier League game week 10)

=}? 27 v 52 KaiserSauzee
Wee162 57 v 27 LeithAthletic
Deken Utd 44 v 29 Celtic Gunners
Taebash Thistle 50 v 47 Godly XI
EdinburghCity 57 v 48 The Mcleans
HMs 11 41 v 46 Gingers United
Gerrys Giants 46 v 32 AFC Bunter
Camerooney 39 v 45 Darrenjambos
Brian Munich 59 v 44 Ross County
Liams Goal Gods 43 v 49 Real Joppa
Harroldston United 42 v 59 Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers 35 v 64 Refs Rovers
Inch Utd 46 v 42 Celtic
Rian Rovers 42 v 26 The Reds
FC MiniBinnie 51 v 54 Sketchyskills

3 points awarded to teams in bold.


Week 2 (Premier League game week 11) Weekend of October 31st/Nov 1st 2009

FC MiniBinnie v Wee162
Celtic Gunners v =}?
LeithAthletic v Taebash Thistle
The Mcleans v Deken Utd
Godly XI v HMs 11
AFC Bunter v EdinburghCity
Gingers United v Camerooney
Ross County v Gerrys Giants
Darrenjambos v Liams Goal Gods
Arsenal City United v Brian Munich
Real Joppa v AC Widburn Wanderers
Celtic v Harroldston United
Refs Rovers v Rian Rovers
The Reds v Inch Utd
KaiserSauzee v Sketchyskills

Fantasy Football Cup Results and 2nd Round draw...

This weekend saw the First Round of the LLGS Fanatsy Football Cup competition. The results from this game week are as follows:

Cup Results

Ross County 44 v 26 The Reds
Deken Utd 44 v 47 Godly XI
Celtic 42 v 27 =}?
Celtic Gunners 29 v 42 Harroldston United
HM’s 11 41 v 64 Refs Rovers
AC Widburn Wanderers 35 v 52 Kaiser Sauzee
Inch Utd 46 v 34 Gerry’s Giants
Brian Munich 59 v 57 Edinburgh City
Camerooney 39 v 45 Darrenjambos
Liam’s Goal Gods 43 v 49 Real Joppa
Wee162 57 v 51 FC MiniBinnie
Leith Athletic 27 v 59 Taebash Thistle

Teams in bold qualify for the 2nd round.

Revised 2nd round draw (To be played on Game Week 14, 28 November, 2009.)

Wee162 v Darrenjambos
Brian Munich v The Mcleans
Refs Rovers v Ross County
Harroldston United v Taebash Thistle
Celtic v AFC Bunter
Godly XI v Gingers United
Inch Utd v Real Joppa
Kaiser Sauzee v Arsenal City United

Well done to all the first round winners and commiserations to our losing sides - who now all progress into the LLGS Plate competition.

There were some fascinating and very close ties this weekend and there will be some disappointed teams who find themselves in the Plate having had excellent scoring weeks because their opponents somehow scored even more. Edinburgh City and FC Minibinnie are two such sides, who would have beaten most teams left in the main cup competition...hard luck folks!

Last Line coaching conveyor belt rolls on...

Last Line has a tradition of developing young goalkeeping talent - encouraging budding young shot stoppers, no matter their age or stage, to become as good a keeper as they can. However, the playing side of matters is not the only stage we are keen to help our promising proteges flourish on...
Brian, Andy and Stuart are all classic examples of talented Last Line goalkeepers who have made the decision to develop their own talents in more than one direction by making the move into coaching as well as playing. From as early a stage as is technically and legally possible, all three of these LLGS keepers turned coaches have undertaken their official SFA "badges" in goalkeeping and have become invaluable assets to the goalkeeping school. They are all Last Line Graduates who are now giving something back to their successors...and the school itself is all the better for this.

However, it has come to our attention this week that yet another talented Last Liner is making their way into the coaching world. Chris Binnie, who has now been with Last Line longer than any other current keeper, has been working for the SFA all week helping them with delivering their ever popular Ocotber Half Term courses.

Local SFA Development Officer, David Sheldon, was delighted to welcome Chris on board for the occasion and Chris himself reports that he has very much enjoyed himself taking daily goalkeeping sessions for young keepers. Chris will be taking his SFA coaching certificates this season also and we look forward to seeing more of Chris the Coach, as well as Chris the Goalie, at Last Line in the coming years...

Fantasy Football League

With the LLGS Fantasy Football League well under way we felt it was a good idea to try and maintain interest for all teams participating - right through to the end of the season. Therefore, we are going to expand the number of competitions for everyone to take part in. As mentioned, we will be giving awards for each Manager of the Month, with John and Andy already picking up the first two prizes respectively. We will also award a prize to the Manager of the Season, ie the person who gains the most points over the full season.

Furthermore, we will be running the Fantasy Football Cup competition which we have previously mentioned, a Plate competition (for those going out of the main Cup competition at an early stage) and a Head-to-Head League - which will all kick off on Premier League Game Week 10.

The fixtures and rules for each competition are below. We will publish the results and league tables after each game week.

1st Round Draw is:
Ross County v The Reds
Deken utd v Godly XI
Celtic v =}?
Celtic Gunners v Harroldston United
HM’s 11 v Refs Rovers
AC Widburn Wanderers v Kaiser Sauzee
Inch Utd v Gerry’s Giants
Brian Munich v Edinburgh City
Camerooney v Darrenjambos
Liam’s Goal Gods v Real Joppa
Wee162 v FC MiniBinnie
Leith Athletic v Taebash Thistle

The rules are as follows:
Matches played on a head to head basis.
Only points awarded by the official Barclays Premier League web site on the week of the tie will count towards the score.
Winner of the tie is the team scoring more points than their opposition.
In the event of a draw, the match will carry over to the next week (and so on) until a winner is obtained.
Teams losing in the first round will be entered into the Plate competition along with our late entry, Rian Rovers.

Cup Ties to be played on:
1st Round to be played on Game Week 10, 24/25 October, 2009.
2nd Round to be played on Game Week 14, 28 November, 2009.
Quarter final to be played on Game Week 26, 9/10 February, 2010.
Semi final to be played on Game Week 31, 20/21 March, 2010.Final to be played on Game Week 35, 17 April, 2010.

Plate Ties to be played on
1st Round to be played on Game Week 18, 19/20 December, 2009.
Quarter final to be played on Game Week 22, 16 January, 2010.
Semi final to be played on Game Week 28, 27 February, 2010.
Final to be played on Game Week 33, 2/3 April, 2010.

The rules for the Head-to-Head League are as follows:
Matches will be played on a head-to-head basis in a 29 team league.
Each team will play everyone else once, with the fixtures allocated on a week to week basis.
Only points awarded by the official Barclays Premier League web site on the week of the tie will count towards the score.
Winner is the team scoring more points than their opposition in that particular week.
Points will be allocated on a week to week basis with 3pts for a win and 1pt for a draw.
League will commence on Gameweek 10, 24/25 October, 2009.

Week 1 (Premier League game week 10)
=}? v KaiserSauzee
Wee162 v LeithAthletic
Deken Utd v Celtic Gunners
Taebash Thistle v Godly XI
EdinburghCity v The Mcleans
HMs 11 v Gingers United
Gerrys Giants v Afc Bunter
Camerooney v Darrenjambos
Brian Munich v Ross County
Liams Goal Gods v Real Joppa
Harroldston United v Arsenal City United
AC Widburn Wanderers v Refs Rovers
Inch Utd v Celtic
Rian Rovers v The Reds

Free week: FC MiniBinnie

Good news for Last Line Goalkeeping School this October, as the SERYFA announce their Under 16 and Under 15 squads for the coming season. Last season Chris Binnie represented the Region as the first choice goalkeeper in the U15 Regional Squad and this season he is being succeeded by fellow Last Liner, Connor Lunn. Chris himself has been reselected for the Regional Squad at U16 level and is through to the final trial for the SYFA Under 16 National Squad, having been part of last season's U15 SYFA National Squad.

Last Line would like to congratulate both boys on their continued success and recognition at Regional level and wish them both every good wishes for the coming season. We will have our collective goalkeeping gloved fingers crossed for our talented keepers when the National Squads are announced next month.

Well done!

Hat trick of Football Manager appearances for Last Liner?

A little bird tells Last Line that one of our coaches/graduate keepers has made it into this seasons latest version of Football Manager.

Bringing his appearances in this well known computer game to three seasons in a row, East Fife stopper Andy Stobie will be asking Santa for the new edition for Christmas.

Well done Andy - to quote one of our Junior keepers last season :

"You know you're a famous goalie when you are on Football Manager!"

Fantasy Football Cup competition reminder

Last Line Goalkeeping School would like to remind all of our keepers and parents about this week's upcoming Fantasy Football Cup. The draw was made a couple of weeks ago and can be found elsewhere on this blog. Head to head competitions between individual teams will be undertaken using the points total each side amasses over next weekend's Premiership card.

In each tie, the side who gains the most points next weekend will progress to the second round of the cup.

For further information about how your team is doing, how to make transfers and how each player gains points, please go the Official Barclay's Premier League website and log in using your own unique username and password.

Currently, John Binnie still heads the top of the Last Line League and Andrew Stobie is not far behind in third place - so come on keepers (and parents) let's knock the coaches off the summit!

Last Line Fantasy Football Cup Draw...

On Friday October 2nd 2009, at Heart of Midlothian's training complex, the draw for the Last Line Fantasy Football Cup was made by our special guest, John Timmins of Tynecastle BC.


The draw was as follows:


1st Round
Ross County V The Reds
Deken Utd V Godly XI
Celtic V =}?
Celtic Gunners V Harroldston United
HM’s 11 V Refs Rovers
AC Widburn Wanderers V Kaiser Sauzee
Inch Utd V Gerry’s Giants
Brian Munich V Edinburgh City
Camerooney V Darrenjambos
Liam’s Goal Gods V Real Joppa
Wee162 V FC MiniBinnie
Leith Athletic V Taebash Thistle


2nd Round:
Wee162 or FC MiniBinnie V Camerooney or Darrenjambos
Brian Munich or Edinburgh City V The Mcleans
HM’s 11 or Refs Rovers V Ross County or The Reds
Celtic Gunners or Harroldston United V Leith Athletic or Taebash Thistle
Celtic or =}? V Afc Bunter
Deken utd or Godly XI V Gingers United
Inch Utd or Gerry’s Giants V Liam’s Goal Gods or Real Joppa
AC Widburn Wanderers or Kaiser Sauzee V Arsenal City United


Cup Ties to be played
1st Round to be played on Game Week 10, 24/25 October, 2009.
2nd Round to be played on Game Week 14, 28 November, 2009.
Quarter final to be played on Game Week 26, 9/10 February, 2010.
Semi final to be played on Game Week 31, 20/21 March, 2010.
Final to be played on Game Week 35, 17 April, 2010.

The Manager of the Month September 2009...

Hard on the heels of last month's Last Line coaches' success, when John won the inaugural Last Line Goalkeeping School Fantasy Football Manager of the Month, we are pleased to announce that the winner for September 2009 is none other than Andrew Stobie. Yes, that's another Last Line coach (though we might want to count him as a keeper...sort of...seeing as he is a graduate of Last Line and pictured here in his day job as shot stopper for East Fife FC).

Andy snatched the award on the final evening of the month, courtesy of a Monday night game between Manchester City and West Ham. Up until that point we thought we were going to have our first parent winner, with Jill Binnie looking a good bet for the award. It was not to be and we send our congratulations to Andy.

If any of the keepers fancy breaking this coaching monopoly of the Fantasy Football League then they are going to have to up their game. The most likely candidate at the moment would appear to be Michael Binnie (what is it they put in the porridge in the Binnie Household?)

More Last Liner Success!

Hard on the heels of Jamie Sneddon's trophy win in Ireland with Hearts 1997 squad, we have further news of Last Line goalkeeper success in the Emerald Isle. Last month, Chris Binnie went to Galway with Aberdeen's 1994 squad to take part in an international tournament including sides from Leicester City, Fulham, Ipswich Town, Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland's own national squad. There was also competition from sides who had travelled from as far afield as Norway and Mexico.

The side representing the Pittodrie club were to have a successful tournament and reached the final day of the competition with a Cup Final against Republic of Ireland (1994 squad) to look forward to. Chris played the whole of the Final, keeping a clean sheet and making a handful of important and impressive saves to give Aberdeen the opportunity to press home a one goal advantage, winning the trophy courtesy of a hard fought 1-0 Final win.

Congratulations and well done to Chris!

Manager of the Month - August 2009

For those who didn't know, we are running our very own Fantasy Football League for LL keepers (and coaches!).

Each month we award one player the coveted 'Manager of the Month' award for their efforts. There are 26 players, so it is no easy task!

This week's winner is...Coach John!

John has shown that age doesn't play a factor in the battle for managerial success, scoring a fantastic 202 points.

Check out the how the top 5 shape up heading into September -



With 26 competitors, it is sure to change over September. Be sure to check back regularly for updates!

Last Line Keeper Success!

Well done to LL keeper Jamie Sneddon for his efforts in helping Hearts U12 win the Foyle Cup in Ireland this year.

It couldn't have gone much better for Jamie as he performed breathtaking heroics during the quarter final and the semi final which both went to penalties. Jamie saved four penalties over the course of both shoot-outs ensuring their progress to the final where they beat a strong Wolves side 4-1

The Foyle Cup attracts a attention from a host of scouts, including some of the top Premiership teams.

Well done Jamie!

Summer Academy - Day 5 Review

The final day of the Summer Academy started with the keepers working on a review of the various topics they had covered throughout the week. Each coach had selected their own batch of drills and coaching points they wished to cover in this first hour and each keeper is sure to have honed their skills for the start of the new season!

Coaches Challenge Score -
Keepers 3 - Coaches 2

Somehow the impossible became possible on the last day of the coaches challenge. Crowds has gathered to see final day of the much heated coaches challenge 2009. Due to a technicality, the coaches made the choice of which challenge was to be the decider. Naturally they opted for what they felt is their strongest...the 2 minute challenge.

First to defend the goal were the coaches, making several excellent saves. Lapses in concentration began to show through as a quick 2 extra goals were scored right at the blow of the whistle. Keepers score = 5

After the rotation, the keepers needed to keep the score below 5 in order to win. With the crowd fully behind the keepers, it spurred them on to make some breathtaking saves. In the dying seconds, coaches were on 4, and needed just one more goal to level it. Shot after shot was saved by the keepers, resulting in a full time score of keepers 5 - coaches 4

A post match interview with the coaches spokesperson indicates shock of the defeat -

From day 1 the coaches felt they were the stronger team. This loss is certainly hit them hard, and may result in some of them considering their options for the future.

Congratulations to the keepers for their well deserved victory.

Photos from the final day can be seen by clicking here.

Summer Academy - Day 4 Review

(Due to technical difficulties, this is a late post)

Thursday saw the keepers working on the final 2 coaching topics of the week, distribution (from hands & feet) and reaction saves. As young goalkeepers progress onto playing full 11 a side, mastering distribution is a key skill. A goalkeeper who is comfortable with the ball at his/her feet is a big asset to any squad. Not only is a goalkeeper the last line of defence, he/she is the first line of attack.

Coaches Challenge Score -
Keepers 2 - Coaches 2

Today the coaches showed exactly why they have been favourites since Day 1. Sublime finishing & world class saves made light work of a surprisingly lackluster keepers side. That result means we go into tomorrow with it all square. 1 more challenge, the decider, taking place on the last day of the camp.

Who will take home the glory of the much cherished title - Coaches Challenge Winners, Coaches or Keepers? Find out tomorrow!

Day 4 photos can be found by clicking here

Summer Academy - Day 3 Review

The Last Line goalkeeper coaching week reached its halfway point today on a very sunny Wednesday afternoon.

Topics of the day included; dealing with crossed balls & 1v1 situations. It is important to remember that a goalkeeper is very rarely going to face the exact same situation twice. The ball is going to be flighted in at a slightly different angle when it is crossed, each attacker will react differently in a breakaway situation. It is up to the individual goalkeeper to practice building upon the proper technique taught by the coaches and apply it in his/her live games.

As the saying goes - Practice makes permanent, so ensure your training incorporates the correct technique as this will stop bad habits forming.

Coaches Challenge Score -
Keepers 2 - Coaches 1


Statisticly it SHOULDN'T of happened. The odds were heavily stacked in the coaches favour; age, experience, adaptabiliy, agility, intellegence & good looks...

The keepers went first. They managed to score a total of 2 points. This underwelming amount seemed too good to be true for the coaches as they stepped up. Maybe it was a change in the wind direction, or some unknown outside influence, but the coaches scored only 1 point.

This means the keepers take the lead for a second time. The confidence of the coaches has certainly taken a knock, and outside sources claim they were spotted perfecting their strikes till 9pm tonight in anticipation for tomorrow's challenge. Watch this space!

More fantastic photos from today can be found if you click here

Daily report: items left behind -
1 x Star Wars 'Chewie' t-shirt
1 x Hearts Umbro top

Summer Academy - Day 2 Review

The sun was shining for the second day of Last Line's Summer Academy 2009.

Today's topics included; speed, agility & quickness, along with diving saves (always a favourite).

Important lessons are to be taken away from today's session, most notably the benefits of keepers being quick on their feet. Watch a professional goalkeeper's daily training regime and you will be sure to see him/her constantly working on quick movement around the goal.

Coaches Challenge Score -
Keepers 1 - Coaches 1

After yesterday's upset, it was business as usual for the coaches in what was a comfortable victory in the event, 6 shot challenge. Reports from the sidelines suggests there is a 'nervous tension' in the keeper's camp. The coaches will be looking to use this to their advantage going into tomorrow's challenge, the LEGENDARY 'Path to Peffermill'.

Some fantastic photos from day 2 can be found by clicking here.

Daily report: items left behind -
1 x Lonsdale waterproof jacket (navy blue)
1 x Last Line waterbottle

Summer Academy - Day 1 Review

Monday the 3rd of August kicked off the first day of our Summer Academy 2009.

31 goalkeepers were in attendance at the fantastic Peffermill Playing Field facilities.



The day started with a very entertaining group warm-up lead by Last Line's very own 'entertainment warm-up expert', Coach John. Shortly after the groups split and were coached on handling and positioning around goal. These topics were worked on for the majority of the day, which allowed keepers the opportunity to hone there skills around penalty box.

Coaches Challenge Result -
Keepers 1 - Coaches 0

The first coaches challenge resulted in a SHOCK DEFEAT for the coaches in Monday's event - Crossbar Challenge. SuperKeeper of the Day, Robbie D, managed to strike the crossbar, giving the keepers 2 bonus points. Even heroics from Coach Brian (AKA 'The Crossbar King') weren't enough to equal the match, resulting in a narrow win for the keepers! It goes without saying, today's result will only INCREASE the coaches' hunger to be overall Coaches Challenge winners for the week!

Day one photos can be found by clicking here

Daily report: items left behind -
1 x Hibernian cap
1 x Yellow Zapkam goalkeeping top
1 x Green Last Line T-shirt

Hibernian Course 2009 Success!

For the 3rd consecutive year, we teamed up with Hibernian FC to deliver a week of goalkeeping training for budding young goalkeepers looking to improve their skills.

This year, we were part of the Hibs Greenshoots Pre-Season Training Programme, which took place at the state-of-the-art Hibs Training Centre at East Mains.

The goalkeepers had an exciting week, which was topped off by a visit from first team goalkeeper Yves Makalambay & first team goalkeeping coach Scott Thomson!



A big thanks to all the boys for their effort over the week.

Last Line's Got Talent!

See one of our personal favourite presentation videos below. Last Line's Got Talent! (best watched with the HQ button on)

2nd Presentation Evening video

Here is another video from our presentation evening 2009. See a selection of interesting photos we've taken of our goalkeepers during the training sessions throughout the season -

Crossbar Challenge 2009!

Hi readers,

Here for your viewing pleasure is one of our 2009 Presentation Evening videos. The aim of the game = Strike the crossbar!



A big thank you to all of our young keepers (and coach Andy!) who participated in this video.

Look out for more Presentation Evening clips to be added soon.

SYFA recognition for Last Line keepers

We would like to congratulate our three National Squad keepers - Liam Hope (Under 17s), Stuart Dodds (U16s) and Chris Binnie (U15s) - in achieving this ultimate recognition.

We are absolutely delighted for all three keepers, who thoroughly deserve their selection - well done lads!

Presentation Evening Review

On Friday May 22nd, Last Line Goalkeeping School celebrated the end of another highly successful season with its annual Presentation Evening. Attended by 42 budding goalkeepers and their families, the event proved to be as popular as ever with the enthusiastic young people who have worked so hard throughout the 2008-09 season with us.



Guest of Honour for the awards night was Hibernian legend, Pat Stanton, who happily handed out participation medals, trophies and certificates to all 42 boys present - gladly posing for commemorative photographs with each and every one. Last Line are grateful for the photographic services of Lee Laird, who has processed fabulous professional complimentary prints for each of our keepers.



The coaches found this the hardest season ever in terms of selecting winners in each of our main categories. Such is the standard of goalkeeper at the school, it was an almost impossible task. Last Line currently has National Squad goalkeepers at Under 15, Under 16 and Under 17 level. A significant clutch of our keepers are with senior clubs such as Hearts, Dunfermline and Aberdeen. We also have the pleasure of working with the SE Scotland Regional Squad goalkeepers at Under 14, Under 15, Under 16 and Under 17 level. All this before we even begin to consider a wide range of talented shot stoppers playing with boys clubs across the SERYFA...




Awards, as ever, are presented to those keepers who have demonstrated the attitude that underpins all that Last Line strives for. We have four age groups: Seniors, Juniors, Kids Gloves, First Gloves. These are broadly determined by age but also allow for differentiation based on individual ability and progress. Each age group has three awards : Goalkeeper of the Year, Technical Merit Award and Most Improved Goalkeeper. Careful consideration is given to the merits of all our boys and the winner of the first two awards, without question, are expected to demonstrate both excellent technical ability and unstinting attitude. The winners of the Most Improved Award can be of a wide range of abilities but must have made significant progress in their development across the season.

This season we were delighted to present the following awards to these worthy winners:

Senior Goalkeeper of the Year Stuart Laird
Senior Technical Merit Award Chris Binnie
Senior Most Improved Liam Taylor

Junior Goalkeeper of the Year Connor Lunn
Junior Technical Merit Award Connar Easton
Junior Most Improved Rian McDermott

Kids Gloves Goalkeeper of the Year Jamie Sneddon
Kids Gloves Technical Merit Award Matthew Graham
Kids Gloves Most Improved Sean Adams

First Gloves Goalkeeper of the Year Darren Lindsay
First Gloves Technical Merit Award Ross Connelly
First Gloves Most Improved Lewis Gill



We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our goalkeepers on their successful season. All have been a joy to work with and we are already looking forward to getting back to training in August.

Presentation Evening Success

On the 22nd of May 2009, our LL Goalkeepers were treated to a fantastic presentation evening as a reward for their hard work and commitment to the season-long training course.

With photos and video clips from throughout the season, along with special guest Pat Stanton in attendance, it was a memorable night for all.

Watch this space for a full review of the night coming soon!

Welcome to Last Line's new blog

Welcome readers,

With our Goalkeeping School finished for another season, it seems like the right time to give the Last Line website a long overdue update!

I would like to introduce the new Last Line blog! It is the central location for keeping up to date with the latest news and happenings at LLGS. Not only will important events be added, but you'll also be able to read about -

• Training tips from Last Line coaches
• Our very own Last Line keepers' achievements throughout the season
• Points of interest (e.g. interesting videos & news pieces all goalkeeper related)

How often will it be updated?

I must confess, the main website found itself getting only 3 to 4 updates per season (shocking!). The new blog will be updated a MINIMUM of once a week. So rest assured you will be returning to find new content time after time.