Port Said Red Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 My 4 year old grand daughter has just started school and is suddenly expressing an interest in football. Her dad has no interest in the game but her mum used to be a season ticket holder and still comes to occasional games with me. The consensus of family opinion seems to be to start her with a smaller local game though, before taking her to the gate. As is the case with 4 year olds, she has attached a random caveat which is..... "I want to see a team in orange"! As Blackpool and The Netherlands are not readily available, can anyone point me in the direction of a side local(ish) to Portishead at a reasonable level, that might fulfil her specific needs? I am sure I will be able to persuade her that red is only a "dark orange" in time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Newport County the nearest, highest standard i can think of playing in orange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Start on the "red is dark orange" theme now...and Bristol City Women, Bristol City U23s - neither far from Portishead - seem like the obvious choices! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Apparently the Bristol Manor Farm Goalkeeper's away shirt is orange if that helps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, italian dave said: Start on the "red is dark orange" theme now...and Bristol City Women, Bristol City U23s - neither far from Portishead - seem like the obvious choices! Ladies game seems a good choice, i have been trying to persuade my wife to go to one anyway. Thanks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 39 minutes ago, richwwtk said: Apparently the Bristol Manor Farm Goalkeeper's away shirt is orange if that helps? Tenuous at best I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Go to the Downs in Bristol. There will be so many matches being played, some teams must wear orange. The advantage of going there is you can do something else when she loses interest. Whatever you do, don’t pay to take her to see a league match as her attention span won’t last for 90 minutes plus half time. Approx 20 minutes if you’re lucky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon79 Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Seem to remember a friend of mine playing for Keynsham against City in an orange kit one pre season a few years ago. COYR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Port Said Red said: My 4 year old grand daughter has just started school and is suddenly expressing an interest in football. Her dad has no interest in the game but her mum used to be a season ticket holder and still comes to occasional games with me. The consensus of family opinion seems to be to start her with a smaller local game though, before taking her to the gate. As is the case with 4 year olds, she has attached a random caveat which is..... "I want to see a team in orange"! As Blackpool and The Netherlands are not readily available, can anyone point me in the direction of a side local(ish) to Portishead at a reasonable level, that might fulfil her specific needs? I am sure I will be able to persuade her that red is only a "dark orange" in time. Bristol Telephones away kit is orange. Western League division one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 @Port Said Red They're away at Almondsbury on the 30th 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Gazred said: Newport County the nearest, highest standard i can think of playing in orange. They play in amber Gaz ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 4 hours ago, italian dave said: Start on the "red is dark orange" theme now...and Bristol City Women, Bristol City U23s - neither far from Portishead - seem like the obvious choices! Was gonna suggest BCW too. I was at SGS College this morning for a college open day for Joe, and spent a lot of time looking out over the football pitches where they were undertaking training. Thought they’d moved to HPC but perhaps not in their entirety. Whilst not trying to compare to the men’s game, it’s hard not to, and I’ve been a bit disappointed by what I’ve seen at times over the last season or so. However watching them move the ball in a training “match” today I have upped my opinion….some really good technical ability. 4 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Ladies game seems a good choice, i have been trying to persuade my wife to go to one anyway. Thanks. Worth contacting the club and see if you could get something a bit more special, e.g. meet a few players too….might make your grand-daughter’s day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Yoda Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Portishead Town girls teams (the young'uns) wear orange socks... surely that's the way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 At Manor Farm today there was 1 red card, could have been 2 more and the manager had to have 3 players stop him fighting the ref at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waconda Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: Was gonna suggest BCW too. I was at SGS College this morning for a college open day for Joe, and spent a lot of time looking out over the football pitches where they were undertaking training. Thought they’d moved to HPC but perhaps not in their entirety. Whilst not trying to compare to the men’s game, it’s hard not to, and I’ve been a bit disappointed by what I’ve seen at times over the last season or so. However watching them move the ball in a training “match” today I have upped my opinion….some really good technical ability. Worth contacting the club and see if you could get something a bit more special, e.g. meet a few players too….might make your grand-daughter’s day. All teams below under 18's are still at SGS. Plan is for all age groups to be up at HPC asap but need to sort indoor facilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Ladies game seems a good choice, i have been trying to persuade my wife to go to one anyway. Thanks. I think this is a must. My daughter has always had a passing interest in Football and City, it seemed to fluctuate a lot - one minute very into it and then in different. I put this down to her wanting to share my interest, but as soon as I started to show her the woman's games/highlights she was captivated and now loves both the mens and women's teams. I think its hard to emphasise enough how much seeing a female role model can have an effect on young girls. Almost like it made her see - 'hey this can be for me too.' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, BCFC Richard said: I think this is a must. My daughter has always had a passing interest in Football and City, it seemed to fluctuate a lot - one minute very into it and then in different. I put this down to her wanting to share my interest, but as soon as I started to show her the woman's games/highlights she was captivated and now loves both the mens and women's teams. I think its hard to emphasise enough how much seeing a female role model can have an effect on young girls. Almost like it made her see - 'hey this can be for me too.' Very similar to my daughter. Unfortunately, there was no organised football in her school, so she had to join an ‘unofficial’ school team with one training/coaching session a week and irregular Saturday morning games against boys teams. Even though there was usually a two, or sometimes even three, year age difference between the two teams - 12/13 year old boys against my daughter’s team of 15 and 16 year olds - it was painfully obvious that the boys had been playing for years, whereas my daughter’s team had only a few months’ experience. Nevertheless, all the girls enjoyed it, which is the main thing, and it was quite enlightening to see the respect given by the respective teams: a foul would often result in an apology and, rather than ‘playing to the referee’s whistle’, the players, especially the girls, would frequently leave the ball to ensure their opponent was OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 8 hours ago, pongo88 said: Go to the Downs in Bristol. There will be so many matches being played, some teams must wear orange. The advantage of going there is you can do something else when she loses interest. Whatever you do, don’t pay to take her to see a league match as her attention span won’t last for 90 minutes plus half time. Approx 20 minutes if you’re lucky Torpedo play in Orange and they have 4 sides on Downs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Maybe you could convince her that red is a blood orange colour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Red Shadow said: Maybe you could convince her that red is a blood orange colour. Yep, working on that...... Edited October 9, 2021 by Port Said Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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