Not proud of it, but I once got creative and registered a team of 20-year-olds in a U10s tournament. Other coaches kept saying things like "you can't use them" and "they have beards" and "I think that's Myles Lewis-Skelly." But whatever happened behind the scenes, the game is won on the pitch.
October 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Not proud of it, but I once got creative and registered a team of 20-year-olds in a U10s tournament. Other coaches kept saying things like "you can't use them" and "they have beards" and "I think that's Myles Lewis-Skelly." But whatever happened behind the scenes, the game is won on the pitch.
You are the Pep of the u10s, a true champion
October 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
You are the Pep of the u10s, a true champion
Max Dowman playing in an U10s tournament for Arsenal at Hale End in 2019.
Seven years later he becomes the youngest ever goal scorer in Premier League history.
A boyhood Arsenal fan. One of our own. ❤️
Seven years later he becomes the youngest ever goal scorer in Premier League history.
A boyhood Arsenal fan. One of our own. ❤️
March 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Max Dowman playing in an U10s tournament for Arsenal at Hale End in 2019.
Seven years later he becomes the youngest ever goal scorer in Premier League history.
A boyhood Arsenal fan. One of our own. ❤️
Seven years later he becomes the youngest ever goal scorer in Premier League history.
A boyhood Arsenal fan. One of our own. ❤️
You were just combating an unfair system where other teams had really good U10s. Also, I have a delivery of freshly printed genuine birth certificates for you, should I leave them at reception?
October 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
You were just combating an unfair system where other teams had really good U10s. Also, I have a delivery of freshly printed genuine birth certificates for you, should I leave them at reception?
reminds me of my days coaching U10s
Rocco Rios Novo with the howler of all howlers
MLS IS BACK FOLKS.
MLS IS BACK FOLKS.
July 23, 2026 at 12:24 AM
reminds me of my days coaching U10s
That was a goal mouth scramble of U10s proportions. Excellent stuff.
February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
That was a goal mouth scramble of U10s proportions. Excellent stuff.
I'm gonna miss the start of the game today. Got to take my daughter to U10s football.
So I'll get to watch a bunch of clueless players fail to pass to each other, and demonstrate the close control of a brick wall.
But first, I'll have to watch my daughter play for the U10s.
So I'll get to watch a bunch of clueless players fail to pass to each other, and demonstrate the close control of a brick wall.
But first, I'll have to watch my daughter play for the U10s.
April 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I'm gonna miss the start of the game today. Got to take my daughter to U10s football.
So I'll get to watch a bunch of clueless players fail to pass to each other, and demonstrate the close control of a brick wall.
But first, I'll have to watch my daughter play for the U10s.
So I'll get to watch a bunch of clueless players fail to pass to each other, and demonstrate the close control of a brick wall.
But first, I'll have to watch my daughter play for the U10s.
The U10s are smarter than the whole of Silicon Valley
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The U10s are smarter than the whole of Silicon Valley
The rules of the u10s tournament had also been rigged by the parents of the u10 children to create an unfair barrier to disruption by older children and adults. You weren’t just right to do what you did, you were a moral revolutionary.
October 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The rules of the u10s tournament had also been rigged by the parents of the u10 children to create an unfair barrier to disruption by older children and adults. You weren’t just right to do what you did, you were a moral revolutionary.
As a dad of a tom-boyish girl obsessed with football who plays u10s, this is both extremely depressing and entirely unsurprising.
absolutely horrific story, and belies the misogyny inherent in so much anti-trans sports stuff: the absolute disbelief that a girl or woman could be just be great at something, and the assertion that there's only one way for girls and women to look
the poor child could be scared off playing
the poor child could be scared off playing
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As a dad of a tom-boyish girl obsessed with football who plays u10s, this is both extremely depressing and entirely unsurprising.
Dont forget the U10s 50-yard breast stroke champion.
July 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Dont forget the U10s 50-yard breast stroke champion.
casual gender identification in u10s is literally just "hair below ears y/n".
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
casual gender identification in u10s is literally just "hair below ears y/n".
While we’re questioning the feasibility of moving from the Primeira Liga to the Premier League, Max Dowman is showing how to switch from the U10s to the Champions League.
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
While we’re questioning the feasibility of moving from the Primeira Liga to the Premier League, Max Dowman is showing how to switch from the U10s to the Champions League.
Ok - it’s 5:05 in the morning in Dublin. The day is breaking and I’m walking around a gaa pitch to raise money for our u10s boys team (mostly to fix the toilet in our clubhouse). But can you hear the birds? ❤️ 10 mins from the city centre!
May 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Ok - it’s 5:05 in the morning in Dublin. The day is breaking and I’m walking around a gaa pitch to raise money for our u10s boys team (mostly to fix the toilet in our clubhouse). But can you hear the birds? ❤️ 10 mins from the city centre!
still can't believe i'm perma banned from r/Soccer on Reddit for racism because someone asked how Sevilla fans could get a massive crow for a U10s game and I said most Spanish men just sit around drinking coffee and smoking all day so they have nothing better to do 😂💀
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
still can't believe i'm perma banned from r/Soccer on Reddit for racism because someone asked how Sevilla fans could get a massive crow for a U10s game and I said most Spanish men just sit around drinking coffee and smoking all day so they have nothing better to do 😂💀
Maybe I'm overcome with nostalgia, but people would have a general awareness of their communities because of local papers, whereas now the only information we get comes on unregulated platforms and covered in comments about "boat people" and HMO conspiracies.
U10s rugby doesn't get clicks 🤷🏻
U10s rugby doesn't get clicks 🤷🏻
April 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Maybe I'm overcome with nostalgia, but people would have a general awareness of their communities because of local papers, whereas now the only information we get comes on unregulated platforms and covered in comments about "boat people" and HMO conspiracies.
U10s rugby doesn't get clicks 🤷🏻
U10s rugby doesn't get clicks 🤷🏻
A win for @connachtrugby.bsky.social and Oughterard u10s. Another filled Saturday!
April 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A win for @connachtrugby.bsky.social and Oughterard u10s. Another filled Saturday!
I'm so tired of Slot's dire in game management. The lad who coaches the U10s on the field behind my house does a more effective job with the players he has. It's abominably poor.
April 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I'm so tired of Slot's dire in game management. The lad who coaches the U10s on the field behind my house does a more effective job with the players he has. It's abominably poor.
My U10s team just put on a clinic. So proud of them. They only had one substitute on a very hot day on turf but they ran so hard. Won 8-3.
August 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My U10s team just put on a clinic. So proud of them. They only had one substitute on a very hot day on turf but they ran so hard. Won 8-3.
92 girls at Sutton Park tonight training. 🖤💛 u10s u11 u12 u13 u14 #GirlsRugbyLeague
March 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
92 girls at Sutton Park tonight training. 🖤💛 u10s u11 u12 u13 u14 #GirlsRugbyLeague
1-0 defeat for U10s this morning against the only unbeaten team in our section. Great game, no dramas, kids football as it should be.
November 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
1-0 defeat for U10s this morning against the only unbeaten team in our section. Great game, no dramas, kids football as it should be.
October 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
They’re U10s. 9-year old kicked the ball and it ricocheted off another 9-year-old’s cleat
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
They’re U10s. 9-year old kicked the ball and it ricocheted off another 9-year-old’s cleat