Jacks Diary Entry Saturday 19th November

I woke up and got ready for training as our match got cancelled so we had a training session instead. At training we were all cold so we warmed up with shuttles and relays, with forfeits. We then went on to play head tennis which was funny as people were constantly messing up with silly mistakes.

We also played frisbee and it was crazy because no one knew how to throw it properly!

Nearer the end of the session we did crossbar challenge which we filmed. It was so funny as it is what professional football team do so we were messing around. Only one person did it and we all bundled him.

After training we came home and I revised for a while until one, my Mum and Dad went out to go shopping, we went to look for football boots but they had none my size. It was very annoying! After I got home I continued revising and soon after got ready to go out to a party.

My great grandma had come round for dinner, it made me laugh as she was talking about how she get indigestion although everyone had finished their dinner about half an hour before she had.

At the party it was very boring, the music was rubbish and nobody was dancing, the kebab after was the best bit

Crossbar Challenge - OCFC JPL u16s

No match today because the other team had a cup match so I decided on a fun training session which is exactly that we did. The lads seemed to really enjoy it.

Frisbee as part of the warm up which they were useless at!! Head tennis and other things so it was really good fun. We finished with a crossbar challenge and they were appalling...as can be seen via the video on this link!

Only our keeper Ben managed to get it to work. I edited and uploaded the video the following day and it got loads of views and likes so that was pleasing

The point of this was to create memories they'd look back on with fondness much like me and the lads do with our times at Oxford city. The fact it's on video means it's even more memorable.

Jacks Diary Entry Thursday 17th November 2016

Throughout my morning I was very excited as I only had 3 lessons because I had a Nationals Football Match away against Milton Keynes Academy. We played them last year at home and beat them 3-2. We could remember them being decent with a dangerous player in centre-midfield. When we got there , we were right, he was there!

The game started and it was close but we were clearly the better team. The pitch was sticky and constantly getting worse and worse as the game proceeded. At half time we were 2-1 down as there was a bad mistake, a sloppy clearance at the back. We pulled it back to 2-2 then shortly afterwent back to 3-3. Before the final whistle we missed a clear-cut opportunity. We then played extra time which finished off to be 3-3. Penalties!

We missed one and went down but quickly pulled it back up and won 5-4. A very intense match but a win takes us into the next round.

The journey home was very fun as we were chanting all the way home listening to music.

When I got home I had a bath, afterwards I continued with my revision…again!

Jacks Diary Entry Wednesday 16th November 2016

I continued my day normally, going to school. After school I went home and did an English Mock Paper. I was excited for when I finish as I would then be going to football training tonight but it got cancelled due to short numbers and I had to stay home and continue revising, it was a boring day

Jacks Diary Entry Tuesday 15th November 2016

Today I woke up early to walk to school with a friend, as it was his birthday. As we were walking we saw some other people and walked with them too. During school everyone gave him beats because he always gives the worse beats to everyone else. After school I had basketball training and I went home to finish my revision for my mocks.

*He was talking about Corey Grant!

Jacks Diary Entry Monday 14th November 2016

I woke up to my alarm at 7.30am. Tired! I was dreading the day ahead of me; as it’s Monday! Continuing with my usual normal morning routine, I then left at 8.10am for school. During school I had the same day as usual. After school I realised that I didn’t have work in Kidlington, so I went straight home and revised for Business by completing a past paper. After I finished all my homework then got ready for football training.

At football we began to warm up without my Dad, Manager, as he was getting changed. We then began a simple passing drill through the cones which then dissolved as defenders were introduced rather than cones.

Shortly after we played a match of defenders v attackers where my Dad angrily stared me down as I had done nothing wrong! This is what we did for the majority of the training. We then proceeded on to play keep ball in the box which turned out to not work so well as everyone seemed to have tired legs at the end

At home I continued to revise by doing my homework I have been set on the day. After a nice, long hot bath.

I then treated myself to a glass of milk and biscuits and went to sleep

Mum’s Quote

When she was talking about her Cancer diagnosis

“I don't want to die now. I want to live another 20 years.”

Hopefully now she’s got the all clear from then she will be able to see out 20 years and more!