Hurst Romans began around 2 years ago when about 8 lads had some "kick abouts" in the Hurst village cubs pack evenings. The club slowly grew and began playing 7 a-side games against other packs.

Training sessions began on weekends and more boys from the village turned up and sat on the fence of the school field watching. Gradually more lads began to train and a few fathers came along to help and put more interesting sessions together.

We then set up a committee and began regular meetings, entered 6 a-side summer tournaments and eventually leagues. Nike kit was purchased and the club had a badge designed.

We now have boys from the age of 6 up to 14 playing in the Hicks Development League, the East Berks Junior League and the Woodley & Earley District League. There are around 130 boys registered with us, we are affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA and three of our managers, including myself, are now proud owners of Level 1 FA Coaching Certificates.

We would still like to get a girls team together so we would qualify for the SportsMatch donation. The aim would be for the club to return to where the original Hurst FC used to play near the Green Man pub in the village, and re-build a new club house and have a proper "home" pitch.

www.hurstfc.org.uk