Welcome to the first episode of our post-match podcast! Well.. we haven’t played a game yet, but every Saturday we’ll bring you a podcast after our football match. We’ll be joined by some of our players, managers and coaches every week. This week we have Adam, Ieuan, Cam and Stephen joining us – Hope you...
Meet The Team: Stephen Howson
Welcome to the first episode of Meet The Team! This video is all about the introduction to Stephen Howson – the manger and founder of this football club. This series will give you the full tour of Stretford Paddock FC, helping you to get to know everyone from every section of the club. Enjoy and...
Stephen Howson Football Manager | S0E4 | The Return.
After three months of lockdown, Stretford Paddock FC has returned. The Coaches start to see who has what it takes to progress past the trial phase, but has three months of watching Netflix and doing Zoom Quizzes affected the lads fitness?
We are back… sort of!
Stretford Paddock FC returned to training on Thursday evening after exactly days 100 since our last training session. We are working in socially distanced pods of 5 with a coach each. A lot has happened since our last session back in March, it goes without saying. The big thing is our acceptance to the Lancashire...
Paddock enter the Lancashire & Cheshire AFL
The clock is ticking down as Stretford Paddock FC grow ever-closer to making our mark on the competitive stage. Following a ballot earlier this week, Paddock FC’s application has been deemed successful and the club is now officially a member of the Lancashire & Cheshire AFL – a monumental milestone and hopefully, the first of...
A football club – what’s all this about, then?
Honestly, can’t really say where this idea REALLY started. Was it when we first had a run out as an XI as Full Time Devils, in the Fan League Cup? Could be. Was it maybe when we started having regular football competitions as Studio 68? Could be that, too. I guess. Was it when we...
Football’s coming home… soon
As the U.K. Government slowly lifts the social restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, some sports and recreational hobbies are once again permitted, but with strict guidelines. All the added stipulations and regulations point to one question for football and sports in general, when will things be back to normal? Yesterday, the Football Association and Its...
RETURN OF GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL
Grassroots football and Stretford Paddock FC may return sooner than expected! The exact date of when Stretford Paddock FC and grassroots football will return is unknown at this moment in time. However, Health Secretary Matt Hancock expressed that the government wants grassroots football back “as soon as we safely can”. The chief medical officer for...
FITNESS ROUTINE IN QUARANTINE
My names Jack Apted, I’m 17 years old and I can play Right and Left Back and further forward when needed. Whilst we’ve been in lockdown a lot of people have taken it as a negative, but instead I’ve tried to switch it up and turn it into a positive thing. Every morning I go...
THE CANCELLATION OF THE NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL SEASON
Yesterday’s announcement that the non-league football season has been cancelled outright, leaves many clubs feeling frustrated. In the North West Counties (NWC), teams had between 6 and 11 games to finish. Vauxhall Motors, a team in the NWC South division, had already secured promotion but will have to start next season in the South division...