Danny Simpson makes his debut

All at Millfield extend a warm formal welcome to our latest signing Danny Simpson, who put in an impressive debut performance at a wet and windy West Calder last Saturday partnering Sean Jamieson in attack.  Danny put pen to paper just after Christmas and was registered with the SFA as a Haddington Athletic player at the turn of the year after leaving Leith Athletic.

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West Calder United 1 - 2 Haddington Athletic

JUNIORS - 21 Jan 2012 McBOOKIE.COM SOUTH DIVISION

The Hi Hi travelled to Hermand Park last Saturday seeking to avoid defeat there for the first time ever on their fourth visit; indeed they'd also lost in the last game ever played at Cauther's old Burngrange Park in 2008 and had to go back to 2006 since they'd last won in West Calder.  It was vital for Stevie McLeish's team to get back on the rails quickly after their 4-1 defeat at Dalkeith Thistle's hands a week earlier, but it looked likely weather conditions might act as a leveller - snow and rain had fallen on the Thursday when reports suggested the game had only a 50/50 chance of going ahead, although in the event a Saturday morning inspection wasn't deemed necessary.

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HAFC Girls Football - Players & Coaching Recruitment

HAFC have been active in building a girls 11yr and under squad over the last year and this has been very successful for the club with over 20 registered players, enough for two 7 a-side teams for the start of the forthcoming season (March 2012).

HAFC are now looking at building girls football teams from Soccer School (5, 6, 7 year age group) through to 11 year old group. 

The development pathway for girls football takes the form of:

• 4 a-side Football: Soccer School (5, 6, 7 year olds), 8 year olds and under, 9 year olds and under.
• 7 a-side Football: 10 year olds and under, 11 year olds and under.

As well as recruiting players, HAFC are also looking for volunteers who would be interested in coaching the girls teams long term. The club would provide any required coaching training for anyone who would be interested and could also provide existing coaching staff from the outset and interim period to help get the teams up and running.

If you would like to be involved in the community football club, whether as a player for one of the girl teams, or as a member of the coaching staff then please contact Raymond Daniel (chairman of youth section) on 07762725625, Martin Pirie (vice chairman of youth section) on 07879633886 or Laura Fallen (coach of girls 11 and under team) on 07728362691.

Come along and join in the fun of football.

Haddington Athletic 1 - 4 Dalkeith Thistle

JUNIORS - 14 Jan 2012 McBOOKIE.COM SOUTH DIVISION

South Division activity hadn’t featured on the Hi Hi’s itinerary since 19 November and Stevie McLeish and his players were keen to make amends for defeat in their previous two Millfield league outings and get their planned title challenge clicking into gear. The visit of surprise leaders Dalkeith Thistle seemed to offer a real opportunity for Haddington to state their credentials but boss McLeish was once more very limited in his selection options with just fourteen players available – the back four was reshuffled entirely from that which lined up at Kirkcaldy a week earlier, and one change saw Ross Ferguson start while Steven Campbell was on the bench.

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