The weather continues to dominate. It does seem to your correspondent that this winter is wetter and more dismal than usual but as soon as the sun comes out one has difficulty remembering previous years. Anyway, we pressed on where we could, mostly on muddy pitches: The Old Dragonians beat Princes Park U21s 1- 0 at…
DetailsFinally most matches are being played: The Firsts drew 2-2 to Camden & Islington away. Spirit is key for a successful team and to be a Dragon you must have it. After going 0-2 down against a team pushing for promotion, a new young Dragon came off the bench and lead the way with an impressive strike and a towering header to earn the team a spirited point. The…
DetailsDespite yet another wet weekend the Firsts battled through in difficult conditions and the U18 Boys came out from behind their sofas – where they had been hiding since the previous weekend’s wobble – to record the most entertaining of tremendous wins: The Firsts beat Indian Gymkhana 4-1 at home in extremely challenging conditions. A rapid start by the Dragons led to them scoring in…
DetailsThis was mostly a very good weekend for the Dragons with, in particular, the outstanding result of the Under 13 Boys White team making up for the blushes of the U18 Boys team: The Firsts home game to Kodak was postponed. The Blues lost 0-2 away at London Saracens. The Blues played well and stuck to…
DetailsThe weather may be against us but we are making progress in other directions: Patience Fergus, who joined the Dragons as an aspiring U11 player, has joined the England Pathway League. During the 2022/3 season with the Dragons, she scored over 70 goals with 10 hattricks and 3 double-hattricks so we hope to see her performing…
DetailsFinally, with the cold snap behind us, the second half of the season started with the Seniors rebounding not quite as well as youngsters who recorded well deserved wins: The Firsts drew 4-4 to Camden United at home in their first home game of 2025. The Dragons started well to go 1-0 up. Camden, flying high in…
DetailsThe weather was against us and most Dragons stayed tucked up in bed praying for warmer weather: The Firsts drew 2-2 to Jolof Sports away. The journey was a shocker for players and management alike and added an unnecessary challenge before playing Jolof who are second in the League. The Dragons rose to the chilly challenge and, despite going behind twice, dominated the game…
DetailsWe wish you a happy, if a cold, New Year. We started 2025 with most players still tucked up in bed waiting for the fixtures to re-start and/or the weather to improve. The indominable Firsts however did play and secured a great win to start 2025 in style: Results W/E 5th January 2025 The Firsts beat Eagles…
DetailsWe have battled through varied vicissitudes to arrive at the Christmas break in fine fettle, eager to move forward in the New Year. Thanks must go to all our officers, coaches, managers, trustees, parents, players, supporters and partners who have worked together so well to provide training and football matches for local young people out in the healthy, fresh, if somewhat…
DetailsThank you all those who so kindly donated to the club via the Big Give campaign last week. We did well on the wet winter pitches over the weekend: The U18 Boys away game against North London Stars was postponed – at the very last minute to the consternation of the eager Dragons. NLS told the Dragons at 9am…
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