Loughborough Students Association Football

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FOOTBALL BALL 2008!
The football ball 2008 was a huge success, Chairmen Alex McEwan and Peteman Simmons signed off their duties in style... "it was a fantastic night, Luke and Fleggy have been superb in organising the event, we thank them for their efforts."

The season's awards were given out as those deserving picked up their trophies. Well done to all the winners and everyone for what has been an enjoyable season.

Club Achievements:
Athletic Union Most Improved Club of the Year
Endsleigh Challenge Cup Winners
4th position in Midland Combination in first season (non-league)
Midland Combination Team of the Month (April)
Stadium development underway on Cayley One
Entered application for the FA Vase (paving the way for FA Cup football after a year)
4 players represented England Universities (Liam Hopkins, Liam Green, Andy Brown & Bradley Pritchard)
More football/futsal on offer than ever before
Most players ever at a Hey Ewe Social!
Closer to IMS through IMS trials and IMS Allstars
Club restructure and constitutional review
Futsal BUSA Gold
Entered the FA Futsal National League
First ever Futsal Varsity match against Bath
Jack Waldouck finished 4th in Superstars
WOW Sports Personality of the month - James Hatch, Liam Hopkins

Honours list 2007/08:
Clubman of the year - Noel Clarkson
Mid-Com team
Players' Player - Mikel Suarez, Managers' Player - Noel Clarkson
1st team
Players' Player - Liam Hopkins, Managers' Player - Liam Hopkins
2nd team
Players' Player - Adam Penney, Managers' Player - Jamie Stellon
3rd team
Players' Player - Joel Speight, Managers' Player - Martin Murphy
4th team
Players' Player - Luke Seldon, Managers' Player - Sam Coe
5th team
Players' Player - Martin Coulthard, Managers' Player - Fraser Shaw Morris
6th team
Players' Player - Jim Satterwaite, Managers' Player - Chris Saward
7th team
Players' Player - Dan Fensome, Managers' Player - Jordan McCann

FAB FOUR WIN ENGLAND CALL-UPS

Wednesday saw the final preparations for the British University Games at Loughborough University. The squad will travel to Scotland on Monday for four days and play Wales and Scotland in this years triangular tournament to see who will take this year’s British Crown.

Loughborough will be represented by four first team players; Liam Hopkins, Liam Green, Andy Brown and Bradley Pritchard. Liam Hopkins in action

Team Manager Steve Sharman said “The day has gone really well. The players who have been selected showed great application during the day that included fitness testing. Many of them had played or trained for their club the night before.” Sharman also suggested that the players will have to mentally strong whilst they are in Scotland because as with any tournament beating England is a huge victory. Dawn Scott, Exercise Scientist at the Football Association who will be a key member of staff in Scotland put the squad through the fitness test as she commented “The boys really applied themselves well and the levels of fitness are very good. This, and our preparation and recovery strategy will be crucial to allow the players to play at the optimum”

England captain Marc Richards of Gloucester City and UWE Hartpury said “This is a really important part of our season. It was great to win the tournament 3 years ago and we now have the chance to get to taste that again. With only two of the squad having played in the Games before it is a great opportunity for the new boys to make a real impact on tournament”

Also joining the players at Loughborough was Robbie Simpson who last year graduated from Loughborough University, played in the England Universities programme and now is a full time professional at Coventry City in the Championship. Robbie said “I really think my experience at Loughborough has helped me a lot for the situation I’m in now as a full time footballer. It was brilliant to work experience for me and meant that when I went to Coventry I had no inhibitions about training full time. The standard of University football is always improving. The players on this programme are playing the standard I was two years ago and look at me now. Loughborough’s Andy Brown is the top goal scorer in the Conference North, which shows the level of talent. If the players really want it and keep going they will be able to play professional too”

England Vice Captain Roy Sandeman who is at Leeds University “I cannot wait to get to Scotland to play. We have prepared really well and are all looking forward to delivering the goods.”

the England Universities Squad 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) – We are still recruiting!

Graduate Vacancies – East Midlands – September 2008
You will probably have heard of PricewaterhouseCoopers, but you may not know exactly what we do. As a large professional services firm, our work is hugely diverse. From our offices all over the world, we deal with a range of clients - businesses, charities and governments - offering them services that help to improve the way they work in the short and long-term. From auditing their finances and planning their taxes to identifying the commercial risks they face and assessing the implications of strategic decisions, we work in partnership with all our clients creating leading-edge solutions.

Our East Midlands office currently has vacancies remaining in Assurance and Tax.
One of our main business streams is Assurance. Assurance is arguably the best general business training you can get at graduate level. It means you work and study alongside intelligent and inspiring people, building strong friendships and networks.

A full time position in Tax provides an opportunity to work within a department covering an arena which is increasingly growing ever more complex. Graduates will provide tax advice on; mergers and acquisitions, treasury and finance, international structuring, indirect tax, expatriate tax and tax compliance, including global players, FTSE 100 companies and middle market organisations.

Our East Midlands office is situated right beside East-Midlands airport and as the fourth biggest region in the country, is well located to serve clients in the surrounding cities of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester.

If you have 280 UCAS points or above (or the equivalent) and would like to find out more then visit our website www.pwc.com/uk/careers/

Be quick though as places fill up fast!

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