NEWS

June 21st

WEDNESDAY MATCHES JUNE 23rd

Despite the early England game all matches will be on as scheduled.

June 3rd 2010

Charity Tournament June 27th

We are holding a chairty tournament Sunday June 27th at 11am, Wide Lane Sports Ground. All proceeds will go the Fairbridge chairity for disadvantaged children around the UK. Contact us for details and to reserve your place. More details available on the fairbridge tournament page in the score centre

New Leagues - Tuesday Nights, Waterside, Hythe.

The second night at our brand new Waterside Venue, Noadswood school in Hythe. Will be launching in June 2010, first friendlies are arranged for Tues June 8th and we have spaces for 4 more teams. Contact us now to arrange your free trial match.

Player Looking For Team - Monday Nights

Player looking for lower division team to play for Monday nights, used to play premiership at Wide Lane but has been out injured for 2yrs, keen to start asap. Please contact JD5s if your interested

April 1st 2010

BANK HOLIDAY MATCHES

All matches at Toynbee school are OFF on Monday April 5th due to site closure, matches will resume as usual on Monday April 12th. All games at Trojans and Wide Lane are ON as usual. Any team struggling to make their fixture should inform us ASAP.

Feb 11th 2010

Charity Football Tournament's for 2010

Wendys Appeal - In aid of McMillan Cancer Support
Wide Lane Sports Ground - Sunday April 18th
Help us to raise vital funds for this great cause and enjoy a superb afternoons football on Southampton Universities top class pitches.

Fire Fighters Charity
Sunday June 8th - Toynbee Sports College - Chandlers Ford
Bring the family down for a great day of football and activities.

New Leagues - Spaces Available NOW

Monday - Trojans Sports Club -  Division 3 - March 1st
There are currently 3 spaces left in this new division bringing us up to a full 5 divisions of 8 teams.

Tuesday - The Hub - Championship - March 9th
The current league of 8 teams will be splitting into 2 leagues of 6 allowing 4 new teams to join in this competitive night.

Wednesday - Trojans Sports Club - Division 3 - April 14th
With the current 4 divisions oversubscribed we already have 3 teams signed up. The start of the new season is still a few weeks away so if your ready to play now let us know and we will organise weekly friendlies and training times for you free of charge.

New Venue - Waterside league launch delayed - April
The new leagues to be held 4 nights a week on the brand new pitch at Noadswood school in Hythe have been delayed due to the recent bad weather. We now expect the pitch to be ready early april. Spaces are still available.

League News
Barcaloners may have wrapped up yet another Premier League title at Wide Lane but things are far from over in Division 2. With back to back promotion secure for the Workhorses they now have to overcome
SGH Mess Allstars, currently tied with them at the top of the table on
equal points and equal goal difference! Not only will the match settle this seasons title but it will also produce the league Golden Boot winner, Syed of SGH, Lea and Joslin of Workhorses, are on 13, 12 and 11 goals respectively as they head into their biggest match of the season.

Whilst at the bottom of Div 2 World of Water face old rivals Faders with the losing team facing certain relegation.

Team Web Pages
All teams in our leagues now have their own web page
(click on your team name in your league table)
Each team page shows your full seasons fixtures and results as well as player stats and team history. Any team wishing to provide a photo, team intro and match reports can email them into us at anytime.

Need players?
Any teams struggling for players should let us know as we have several players looking to join
teams on an ocassional or regular basis.

Jan 21st 2010

New Leagues
New leagues are starting on Mon, Tue and Wed in Southampton, only 8 places left. New team discounts available as well as extra discounts for existing teams, please contact us for details and a free trial match.

Waterside Leagues - Pitch update

Due to the bad weather the construction of the new state of the art pitches at Noadswood School in Hythe have been delayed.
The league will now launch in March/April this year, team response from the area has been great and half of the spaces have now been taken, that still leaves plenty of places for new teams so please get in touch if you are interested.

Teams looking for players
Several teams on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are looking for occasional and regular players to join their teams in the JD5s leagues.
Please contact us for further details if you'd like to play.

Dec 23rd

JD Fives Poker Tournament
After lots of interest from existing players we are currently confirming details of our first ever poker night exclusive to JD5s. Space will be limited to 90 poker faces, all looking to scoop the cash prize, there will also be further discounts and offers from local clubs and bars to our poker venue so this should be a great night out. Date and details will be confirmed over the christmas period but expect it to be early Feb 2010 - keep an eye out for more details.

Free Season Competition Winner!
The smug lot who wont have to pay for their next season are -
Mackerel Pasty Lickers - Div 1 Trojans Wednesday
Congratulations to them and please look out for details of our next competition.

Dec 16th

Last Matches for 2009 and First for 2010

Mondays - Dec 21st returning Jan 4th
Tuesdays - Dec 22nd returning Jan 5th
Wednesdays
Wide Lane - Dec 16th returning Jan 6th
Trojans - Dec 23rd returning Jan 6th

Joslin finally gets his hands on some silverware winning the Div 3 Golden Boot trophy and beer having helped the Workhorses gain promotion at Wide Lane.

                                     

The loss of super striker Gardnerio to the big city lights has been cause for concern but new signings and a bouyant team spirit has seen the horses off to a strong start to life in Div 2.

Nov 23rd

Got something to say?

To help you get your point across and for us to deal with all queries more efficiently we have added a Team Feedback area where you can submit any request, question, complaint or compliment!

Nov 18th

Referees required - due to new leagues and a general drive to improve the quality of our refereeing standards JD Fives is looking for new referees to join the team. Qualifications and experinece is a bonus but its your performance that counts, all JD Fives refs will be expected to referee in a style suited to our friendly, professional leagues. Turning up for easy money doesnt work and you wont last long! If your not yet qualified but think you could do a good job let us know, we'll get you in for some experience and will help get you through your FA qualifictaions as well.

With leagues running throughout the week and other refereeing opportunities available you could earn several hundred pounds a week!

Kickstart Youth Leagues

JD Fives are supporting this initiative to get more 13-16yr olds out of trouble and playing organised football. Funded by the Football Foundation and Southampton City Council, we hope this scheme will be a great success and look forward to helping with web hosting, staff and promotions support. More details

Nov 16th 2009

Met RX receive their trophies after a double title winning 28 game unbeaten run!

Nov 11th 2009

New Venue

Our latest venue will open in spring 2010 at Noadswood school in Dibden Purlieu. Ideal for teams from the New Forest and Waterside areas, there are no other facilities like this for miles around, a brand new third generation pitch which is due for completion Jan/Feb next year. If you would like to register a team or are an existing team looking to switch venues please let us know ASAP so we can confirm your place, demand is expected to be high!

Discipline Reminder

Please remember all red cards are reported to Hampshire FA and you are bound by their disciplinary procedures, this can include bans from all FA football, including 11 a side games, as well as possible fines!

Pictures Updated - Toynbee School

Pictures taken a few weeks ago at Toynbee are now in the gallery as well as a few around the main website!

                  White Lightening                                       CFF

Badd Boys Re-United

Nov 4th 2009

Player and Goal Keeper Looking for teams to join on Wednesday nights

More details

Waterside Leagues - New Venue

From Early 2010 (Jan/Feb) work will be complete on Hampshire's latest third generation artificial football pitch at Noadswood School, Dibden Purlieu. JD5s has again been chosen to host the 5 a side legaues at this fantastic new site and teams are already starting to sign up for free trial games before committing to the leagues.

Matches will be played between 8pm and 10pm nightly, demand is expected to be high especially as there is no facility like this for miles around! Either get your mates and work colleagues together or get your 11 a side team to try it out, our FA afilliated, professionally run leagues are a lot more fun than a cold nights training in the winter!

Please contact us to reserve your place or for more details.

Any existing JD5s team wishing to move to this venue if it is more convenient for you should let us know ASAP and we will give you a priority place on your chosen night.

Official League Photographer

Tim Hudson, local professional photographer, will be attending the prize giving night and first night of the new leagues starting this wednesday,

Sept 16th at Trojans Sports club. The aim will be to get some pictures of all the trophy winning teams of course but also action shots of all the matches and team shots for all the teams in every league.

Pictures will be put up on the website as well as details of how to purchase prints should anyone like the look of themselves!

We hope this will continue for every venue throughout the year.

Thurs Sept 10th

Golden Boot Leagues

After discuvering a bug in the system (thanks to the eagle eyed Mr Lambert, now on 17 goals and an impressive 9 in his last 2 matches!)
We have now fixed the overall golden boot league table, and have expanded it to show every single JD5s player who has scored in their last 10 matches.

Not a definitive guide to who is the best striker but a good guide to who is on fire at the moment, check it out to see how you rank against every JD5s player across all our leagues.

Wed Sept 9th

Wendys Appeal Charity 5 A Side Tournament - April 18th 2010
Wendy's Appeal is a fundraising charity and will be donating all proceeds to Macmillan cancer support.
Book your team in now for this Champions League style event run at Wide Lane Sports Ground, one of the finest artificial pitches in the south, with full bar and changing facilities.
Trophies, beers and prizes to be won...
Contact us now to reserve your place

Competition
Win your team a free season - this competition is only open to existing JD5s teams and players. Go to competition page

Wide Lane Pitch Improvements
The University have agreed to improve the quality of the new dividing nets over the coming weeks as well as place a dividing net between our 3G pitch and the adjacant hockey pitch. This should help keep the footballs closer to our pitch at all times and improve the general flow of the matches.

Fri Aug 28th

BANK HOLIDAY MATCHES - All matches are ON as usual.

All Teams League Table - Web Feature Now Live On The Score Centre
You can now see how your team is performing compared to every other team playing with JD5s, just click on the All Teams link under Leagues in the Score Centre and you'll see your overall position based on your last 10 matches. This is updated every week so you can judge your perfomance against 140 other 5 a side teams!
Go There Now

Existing Team Deals - Play more football - Virtually free!

Take advantage of our current new team deal, and get an extra £50 off ontop of that! If you start a 2nd team in any JD5s league on any night and you can get the new team deal of £200 off your season plus and extra £50 off as your an existing team! That means you can play a full season for as little £5 a match, theres no catch, you can stop after a season or with 2 weeks notice just as for all teams. Please contact us for availability

New Trojans Div 3
We have 8 more teams ready to start the new season as Div 3 bringing us up to 40 teams and 5 divisions on wednesday nights. The new teams will bring some fresh competition to the league so watch out, will any of them make it 4 straight promotions in a row!

New Wide Lane Wednesday Div 1

We have just confirmed more time at this great venue to allow us to start a new division on wednesday nights. We have 6 places available at our most popular site. Any teams wishing to join, enter a second team or switch venues should contact us ASAP!

Youth Leagues - 5 A Side for 16-18yr olds

Due to recent enquiries we are launching a youth only 5 a side team at the brand new third generation pitch in Winchester at the Henry Beaufort School Later in 2009. Ideal for younger players who dont want to play against a load of grumpy old men! Or youth teams looking to get some practise and experience in to help with your 11 a side team. The pitch is currently being built so the launch date cannot yet be confirmed, the scheduled date is mid-October. to register your interest and for further info. please contact the team.

Need Extra Players? - Looking For A Team?

Let us know by email, a phone call or tell one of staff team at your venue and we will try and sort things out for you...

Charity Tournament

JD5s have been asked to run a fundraising tournament for the local charity wendys appeal, all money raised will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support, so please sign up now for what should be a great event.
The Tournament will be held on April 18th, 2010, at Wide Lane Sports Ground with a nice hangover friendly 1.30 pm start on a Sunday. Please register early to help us make this a succesful event and raise money for this good cause. Trophies and Beers to the winners!

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