Youth football is flourishing at Midhurst

They have a new under-sevens squad which for this coming season are playing as under-eight reds – this is to ensure they’re able to play five-a-side matches after an FA restructure meant under-sevens would play three-a-side.

Gary Norgate, an ex-Midhurst first team player who is now youth chairman at the club, said: “I’ve had this group from as early as the age of two, as way back in the infancy of our tots football sessions, Matt Mason and I ran sessions for two to three-year-olds, a four-to-five and a six-year-old group.

"When mine and Matt’s children began playing youth football the demand for tots football was still there and I carried it on by myself. I’d like to thank Matt Mason for all his hard work, help and dedication in getting that up and running back in October 2021.

"Matt and I continue to work closely with the youth set-up and joint manage the current under-nines and 10s.

"We now have an under-sevens, eights, nines and two under-10s teams and an incredible set of coaches who manage each team. The aim over time quite simply is to have an age group to run from the under-sevens all the way up to under-18s.

"This is an incredible football club – it has a warmth, family and community feel about it and generating an interest in football for pre youth age is paramount for the future of the club.”