27th June 2006 - New signing news expected this week

Royals are said to be just about to make a new signing to add to their squad for the forthcoming season. He is a naturally left sided player, who already has experience of 11-a-side football.

More news is expected by the end of this week.

26th June 2006 - Royals players on trial

Four Royals players are mid way through their 6 week trial with Stoke City. Joe Hearle and Rory Smith along with new signings Sam Green and Luke Miles are progressing well, with Joe Hearle having been asked to play in Hereford for a scratch team last weekend.

10th June 2006 - Royals fail to qualify at Orleton tournament

Royals were knocked out of the Orleton tournament after winning only one of their opening group games. The results were as follows:

Royals 2-0 Orleton (Carless-Turland, Smith)
Coreley 2-0 Royals
Onny 1-1 Royals (Lewis)

Coreley went on to win the overall tournament after a super strike by Rob Jordan saw them through in extra time.

7th June 2006 - 2 new signings confirmed for Royals

Royals have had two new signings confirmed today in their build up to the new season. Luke Miles has signed from Craven Arms, and Sam Green has signed from Onny Plus. Both players are experienced defenders, who enjoy going forward. Both players will make their debuts at the Orleton 7-a-side tournament this Saturday.

Assistant Manager Martin Turland was said to be delighted at signing 2 players of this quality - both of whom represented South Shropshire in the interleague tournament. "It's just the boost we needed" he said, "Sam and Luke are both players who will fit in well with our style of play"

This takes the total squad so far to 12, with 7 of them having represented South Shropshire.

Henry Carless-Turland signed 3 weeks ago from Magpies U11s team.

6th June 2006 - Presentation Evening

The Magpies' annual presentation evening takes place this Friday, 9th June at 6:30pm at Church Stretton and District Club.

5th June 2006 - 2005-2006 DVDs now available

Three DVDs are now available from our very successful season. They are:

South Shropshire Journal Cup Final v Presteigne
Tenbury Cup Final v Onny Tigers
2005-2006 Season Review

The DVDs are £6.00 for the three.

4th June 2006 - Orleton Village Fete confirmed for Saturday 9th June.

Royals have been invited for the third successive season to play at the above event. The timetable is slightly different this year, with the tournament finishing at 1:00pm due to England's World Cup game against Paraguay.

The structure is as follows:

Group 1
Tenbury North
Ludlow Panthers
Leominster Minors
Orleton FC

Group 2
Onny Plus
Church Stretton Royals
Coreley
Orleton Bulls

Players need to register at 9:00am at Orleton Recreation Field.

4th June 2006 - 2 Royals trial with Stoke City

Two Royals players were invited to a six week trial with Stoke City. Joe Hearle and Rory Smith were both invited after their performances in the two recent cup finals.

4th June 2006 - What now for the Royals?

It is the end of an era for Church Stretton Royals. After 3 years playing small sided soccer, they now progress to 11-a-side football for the season 2006-07. The team will have the additional task of learning the offside rule, which comes into play this coming season.

The forthcoming season is sure to be a hard one as the team will be playing against teams who are a year older than themselves, such is the structure of the South Shropshire Junior Football League.

Royals have the nucleus of a good 11-a-side squad and will be looking to strengthen it in the close season.