FerryBoat News

28th April 2008 Now that the hangovers have disappeared we can take a glance at the League website which confirms that we are indeed Premier League Champions, and in doing so become the first side from Felixstowe to take the title in the 40 years history of the Ipswich Sunday League. Already talk is of retaining the title next season, so it will have to be a patient few months before we commence the next campaign.

The Premier League Trophy will be presented to the club at our end of season dinner which will be held at the end of May, along with winners medals.

Even though he may have been under the influence of Fosters, we can exclusively reveal that club legend Terry Atwell has vowed to carry on playing next season.

Hi Barry,

Just a quick note to say congratulations to you, Terry and all the team at Ferryboat on winning the league, i am sure you are worthy champions.

Hope you have a great summer and look forward to refereeing you all soon.

Kind regards,

Louis Dawson

Well done to you and all your lads and thanks for the kind words Sunday as well as your support through out the season.

Hey Baz and The Boys

Congratulations to you all from Australia.

I remember what it was like winning Ferry's first bit of silverware (Junior cup) a few years back. So i hope you enjoy this moment just as much.

A special mention to you Baz, well done for all you have done for Ferryboat fc and for sunday football in felixstowe, you deserve this mate!

Again well done boys and lets not let it be another 40 years before a felixstowe team do it again.

SMARTY
(still top goalscorer for Ferryboat fc)

Please pass on my best wishes to your players, officials and supporters it is a throughly deserved honour and I hope the we kept the trophy in good condition. Maybe next year we can take it back from you. Anyway enjoy the moment and if it is any help we had about 6 weeks of celebrations. It is a major acheivement to win the biggest Sunday Morning League in Suffolk and there ain't many teams out there that can say that. Anyway have a good close season and we look forward to seeing you in 2008/09.

Congratulations Barry
To you and your team a wonderfull achievment for you all and especially to you Barry for all your hard work over the years.
A weel deserved reward for your efforts.
Itold you i would keep an eye out for your results, now all you have to do is repeat the event next year.
Enjoy your celebrations which i am sure will be a memorable event Paul Emsden ex Witnesham FC

Well done boys ! Superb! All that early effort was worth it . John Blackmore (no doubt taking the credit for his efforts in getting everyone for a prematch breakfast before every game in his time at the club!!

Fantastic news and well done to u all, have a good afternoon Griff (secretary Felixstowe Harpers)

27th April 2008 After grinding out a 3-0 victory against Whitton Maypole we heard that Martlesham OB had lost 5-1 which meant that FerryBoat had been crowned Premier League champions 2007/08. More details to follow on Monday once the celebrations have died down!!

9th March 2008 After the clubs 5-0 victory against Harpers, the news was broken to both teams that former FerryBoat player Mike Agar had died last night while out with friends from Felixstowe in Birmingham. Details are sketchy at this stage as to the cause of his death but both teams' players and officials were shocked to hear the news. The club sends it's sympathy to the family of Mike at such a sad time

2nd March 2008 A fine performance today against a strong Belstead Arms team earnt us a 2-1 victory. Goals came from Shaun Pugh and Steve Ray.

24th February 2008. Six goals for us but some diabolical defending allowed Harpers to net four in return today. At the end of the day its three points but we can't afford to play like that again in our remaining five games. our goals came from Steve Ray (2) , Terry Atwell, Dan Clarke, Danny Smith and a screamer from Sean Ryan.

Before the harpers game Terry Atwell was presented with a surprise birthday cake to celebrate his 43rd birthday yesterday. Terry now claims the record as the oldest ever player, and continues to produce match winning displays as today's game proved.

18th February 2008 Its back to League action this week with a local derby against Felixstowe Harpers. The next six weekends will decide our final position in the Premier Division.

10th February 2008 For the first time in weeks we managed to get 3 subs on the bench and it paid dividends with a 6-1 demolition of old rivals Locomotive. Dan Clarke caused most damage, bagging 4 goals with the others from Steve Ray and Shaun Pugh. Not all good news though, as James Turley missed the game with a knee injury, Shaun Pugh picked up a nasty knock and Barney Collins leaves this week for a two month break. Will we see one more signing before the deadline?

3rd February 2008 Its crisis time at the Ferry ! Already rocked by injuries, we heard before kick off that Shaun Pugh, Jimmie Billington and captain Steve Ray had joined the list. Nevertheless we fielded our last 11 players and went to top of the table Martesham Old Boys. All was going not too bad untill John Barrell left the field with a hamstring injury, and down to ten men Terry Atwell then suffered a back strain but soldiered on. Final score was 5-2 but no discredit to the players, the main concern is who will be fit for next week?

hello lads hows things.
probably struggling without your main midfield man ruling the pitch.
having a great time away from u lot in africa im in kenya at the moment and the situation is not that good but im ok cuz im white and they no my rep. saw the gorillas the other week 8 of them in total and i have to say most of them looked like r team especially sean and matt ray u would have thought it was them.
anyway off for a jog now with the kenyan champion, im going to put him though his paceses.
hope the season going well

27th January 2008 After an enforced break it was back to League action and a good game against Woodbridge ended in a 1-1 draw. Dan Clarke got the goal for us, but he also had one disallowed for a dodgy offside decision plus we hit the woodwork 3 times.

13th January 2008 A host a of injuries and call offs saw us field an unfamiliar looking side against Kirton who were back to full strength after their recent problems. Kirton won the game convincingly 5-0 and we now have a break with no game next week to try and get our squad back on the pitch.

6th January 2008 A poor first half saw us crash out of the cup against Capel Plough. Half time saw us 3-0 down and we managed to stop the rot and "only" lose the match 4-1 but things will have to improve in the league if we want to maintain our position. Credit to capel though who were as good as most that we have seen in the Premier this season.

The result saw manager Barry Glover launch into the transfer market, and another new signing is expected to be announced this week.

23rd December 2007 Our last game of 2007 saw us beat top of the table rivals Whitton Kings Head 3-2. Shaun Pugh scored the opener on his debut before having to retire after a knock on the ankle after only half an hour. Dan Clarke scored the other two for Ferry to keep up his personal challenge for the Premier Golden Boot.

16th December 2007 Locomotive beat us 2-1 today in a game where we had plenty of the game but failed to convert it into goals. A goal by Terry Atwell came four minutes from the end but Locomotive held on.

This week has been a busy week in the transfer market, the club can confirm 2 new signings which will give the squad a boost. The club welcomes Lee Parry and Shaun Pugh who are already well known by a lot of us.

10th December 2007. Belstead Arms have postponed our fixture planned for 30th December. The game will be rearranged for later in the season.

9th December 2007 A strong performance was too much for Wickham Market who we beat 3-0 today to go to the top if the Premier Division. A Dan Clarke hat trick provided the goals.

Kirtons game against Whitton KH was cancelled as Kirton were unable to field a team.

2nd December 2007 We bounce back this week with a fine 3-1 victory at Ipswich Police. Goals came from Dan Clarke, Steve Ray and PJ but it was a good all round team performance.

25th November 2007 A bad day at the office as we go down 4-1 at home to Kelsale. The visitors were strong but our poor display did not help things.

18th November 2007. Goals a plenty at Whitton where we played Whitton Maypole. After going ahead on 3 seperate occasions we were pegged back each time but eventually we were too much for our hosts and we ran out 6-3 winners. Goals came from Dan Clarke (3) Steve Ray, Barney Collins and James Turley.

12th November 2007 Team photo number 2 is now on the home page. Still not good enough.

11th November 2007 A good result today as we beat high flying Martlesham Old Boys 5-2. Danny Smith scored twice with Terry Atwell , Dan Clarke and an own goal making up the rest.

Those at the match will know we updated the team photo. We had four attempts, the first is currently on the home page. The next will appear on Tuesday. Points raised from the first -

Jim Lee made a rare appearance for the club, back in Felixstowe for a few weeks before heading out to New Mexico for the winter.

4th November 2007 We were second best against Ipswich Police and went out of the Suffolk Cup in the third round. After going behind to a penalty we equalised through a fine goal from Dan Clarke, but Police regained the lead just before the break and held on for the second half.

1st November 2007 Training - I've said it before but well done to all of you on the efforts to make training this season. We have been averaging about 12 which as I've said is a fantastic effort for a club with only one team. I really believe it's helping in our results this season as fitness and team spirit has been at a high in all our games. Cheers Barry

28th October 2007 The club is pleased to announce this afternoon the signing of Zoltan Major. The Hungarian has been training with us so is familiar to a lot of the players already.