Help! It costs £100,000/year to run the Dragons – hiring pitches, buying equipment/kit and paying coaches’ expenses etc. It costs £250/year for each player. The Trustees and Managers are all voluntary. There is no charge to join the Dragons as it is not fair that youths should be stopped from playing because they cannot afford…
DetailsA tremendous weekend left our Seniors and Boys’ youth teams undefeated. Particular acclaim must go to our U14 Boys who overcame huge adversity to win a stunning victory: The Blues beat Sudbury Court away 4-1. From the first kick the Dragons dominated, playing silky 1-2 touch football to the confusion of Sudbury and were deservedly 2-1…
DetailsCOVID: The Middlesex County Football Association has advised KDFC that grassroots football is not affected by London’s Covid alert level being raised to Tier 2. We must all however continue to take sensible precautions. Back on the Field the Dragons had a mixed week: The Firsts beat 4-1 Cricklewood Wanderers at home. The match was not without…
DetailsFinally the season has started. With no rain and no matches for months, they both came together. Despite the weather it was a very successful start: The Firsts drew 1-1 away against the solid North West London. NW scored an early goal but it did not prevent the Dragons playing some fantastic football as they…
DetailsMany of our 14 teams play their first matches this coming weekend as team sports in the open air continue to be exempted from the Government’s CV restrictions. We must all continue however to follow Social Distancing Rules and no group hugs after scoring. The start has been complicated as staff running our pitches were furloughed leading…
DetailsTeam Sports have been exempted from the new Government CV rules so we can continue to train but we must all continue to follow Social Distancing Rules. As KD’s activities are carried out in the open air the risk of spreading CV is reduced, but never the less we must continue to be sensible and careful –…
DetailsWe are looking forward to seeing the younger Dragons at the first training of the 2020/21 season at St Marks Park tomorrow, Saturday 4/9/2020. Because of CV social distancing the girls will use the pitches first and then the boys. The Main Pitch will split into 3. The arrangements are: Girls Training 9.15 to 10.15am The…
DetailsWe are planning for the new 2020/21 season, having 2019/20 brought to an untimely halt: Our Senior Teams have started training and are waiting for the MCFL to issue fixtures which we expect to start in September Our Boys’ Youth Teams will start training from Saturday 5th September. The HYF League have postponed the start of the season so the…
DetailsWe trust you all remain well and in peak condition. The FA has reached agreement with the Government to restart grass roots football, albeit with social distancing and other precautions. As of this Tuesday we have not had relevant guidance from our various leagues. We do not know when the season will start nor whether…
DetailsOur final matches often drift into May and even June if it has been a particularly wet winter. Climate watchers will recollect that this winter was the wettest on record so we can safely assume that, without Covid, the season would have finally ended at the weekend. The question we are now asking ourselves is What next?The latest FA guidance, based on Government direction, is that…
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