Kai's Goal

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who helped make this trip happen and all the people that supported me. Thanks to all my sponsors as without you i would not have been able to have this experience, i would like to thank Craig, Majella, Alistar and my Dad for helping me while i was over in UK, as without you the tour wouldnt have been a success. Thanks to all the players and coaches as you guys make the tour fun and challenging. Thanks.

31/10/11

Finally after 28 hours of flying we are all back to our homes. Its good to be back and look over what i have purchased and were we have been. In general the tour was brilliant, with a few downsides.

29/10/11

Today we headed back into London before we fly out. We went on a Red Bus Tour, which is a double deck er bus. We saw Big Ben, London Tower, London Eye and many other attractions. Big Ben is AMAZING to see in person. I decided to go on the London Eye, the view was incredible, once in a lifetime experience. We then went to Trafalgar Square, which is on monopoly =D. We than headed to some shops and back to the train to head to the airport. We checked in and shopped until we boarded the plane to fly to Dubai.

28/10/11

Today we drove to London, the drive was about 5 hours and when we got there we checked into our Hotel than headed into town. Today we went to the Buckingham Palace, it was amazing. We saw the guards, that cant move (personally i don’t think they would do much in the occasion of a threat due to how the Wig covers their eyes. We than walked around the town and we went to Lilly Pilly, which is a 7 story Sports Store. Outside this store were two men performing on the street, they were amazing at freestyle football. We than caught the train back to our hotel had dinner and went to bed. 

27/10/11

Today we drove to play another Football match. When we arrived to the field it was cold and raining, so we had the full English experience. The game started and they scored 2 goals in the first half, but in the second half we scored 2 and after a lot of extra time the game still ended at 2-2. We than headed home, to pack our bags and relax, cause tomorrow we drive to London.

26/10/11

Today we had a sleep in, which all us boys loved. Than we had a choice to either go to the markets or stay at the hotel. I chose to go to the markets, it was great. Than we stayed at the hotel until we headed to the tour of Old Trafford (Manchester United). The stadium was awesome, although i don’t like Manchester United, i did like it. Amon and i were saying 6-1 the whole trip cause they got beaten 6-1 to their rivals Manchester City. Than we did some shopping (I bought nothing that i will keep). We than headed home to dinner than sleep.

25/10/11

Today we went to play futsal against a school. This school usually beats the Australian teams. When we arrived, the match was actually going to be played on an indoor court, which was a first. The other boys team played first, and they won something like 7-2, but the game was extremely rough. The girls than played and won 12-2, they played well. Than my team played and we won 4-3, we also played well. After this we headed to watch Shrewsbury vs Accrington, it was a 1-1 draw. Afterwards we, were talked to an Australian player on Shrewsbury, Shane. We than headed home and went to bed.

24/10/11

Today we had a slight sleep in than we headed to do some shopping. After a little shopping, we headed to play a football match against a local team. The team was rather good, and they had some good players but the end score was 3-3. Aaran scored the best volley from outside the box, we awarded him best goal of the tour. After the game we were shouted drinks by the other teams coach, we talked to the other team and got to know them better. We than headed home for dinner and bed.

23/10/11

Today we awoke at the Chester Holiday Village and packed up our stuff, than we headed to play a tournament.

The Australian players were split into the same teams again, my team won all our competitive games, including the on against the other Australian Team. After the competitive games, all the teams were mixed together to have two fun games.

After these games we went to watch Blackburn vs Tottenham the game ended 1-2 to Tottenham, but in the opinion of the Blackburn fans the ref was VERY biased.

We then checked back into Springfield Hotel, after dinner we had Mickey Thomas, a famous Manchester United Footballer talk. It was interesting to hear his story.

22/10/11

Today was planned to be pri relaxing, we woke up and got packed because we had to change hotels for one night. So we packed an overnight bag and left our suitcases at at the Springfield Hotel and headed to Chester.

We started our shopping at some markets where we picked up a cheap guitar. At Chester we went to a MASSIVE shopping centre called Chester Oaks. It was filled with over 100 stores, that everyone enjoyed.

The Sports Stores were greatly priced and many of the boys got Football Boots. After shopping we checked into Chester Holiday Village and stayed the night.