ISTEAD UNITED COLTS FOOTBALL CLUB

The Istead Rise community first established their very own football team over 30 years ago.
The Istead United Colts Football Club are held for all children under the ages of 6 up to 16. I have watched a number of matches from the teams and it brings the whole community together. The new season has only just begun with the Under 12's and Under 14's first 11 a side match against the Crayford Arrows.
I spoke to one of the old managers of the Under 16's football on how he feels that this brings everyone in the community together, "I used to manager the under 16's team. I have to admit I loved those boys, they worked hard and they wanted to win. We did have our ups and our downs. But when the crowd come to watch, which wasn't just the parents, but also others of the community, it made them boys feel like superstars on the pitch." Mr Heddon
Istead United Colts, used to have an adult team as well, where the elders of the community could join in to a little bit of saturday kick about with another team, however, as the season would progress less and less people would show up. So the adult team retired.