Neil Stones became only the 7th player to make 100 appearances for the SUGC when he turned out against Harrogate at Abbeydale on Sunday 6th September 2026. Neil is pictured below with President Dave Hall, Team Captain Steve Bridges and their Harrogate opponents
No words are big enough right now to overcome this empty feeling in the stomach. We were close, really close to another final but it wasn’t enough. We’ve given everything over these last 7 weeks and to fall short is hard to take!
I know the expectations are high and rightly so, we’ve been knocking on the door for 8 years now but again are missing that final piece of the jigsaw! That’s where we have to go away, process it and find a way to get better. I’m so proud of the boys and what we have shown throughout this tournament - some tough games and tough environments that we have overcome.
Some memories that will stay with us players and I’m sure you fans for a long long time! Going for glory doesn’t always mean you will get it. You have to fight for it, get knocked down, pick yourself up and go again and that’s what we will do, there’s no other way but to keep believing and keeping pushing.
Thank you to every single fan that travelled and showed their support in the stadiums. Thank you to every fan back home for believing in us. Thank you to the boys and staff for everything you have given. As always Win or lose, we learn and go again! 🏴🦁
🚨🎙️| Oliver Kahn on PSG’s European success carries a huge asterisk, built in Ligue 1, where domestic games feel optional while other elite clubs grind nonstop:
🗣️ “Look, I’m going to say something people don’t like but it has to be said.
When I watch how Paris Saint-Germain are treated in way to dominate Ligue 1, I don’t get impressed… I get questions.
Because in every top league I played in or studied closely, your best players don’t rest their way into big games, they fight their way there. In England, in Spain, in Italy… you earn your place every three days. You suffer, you adapt, you prove consistency.
But PSG? You look at the minutes these PSG players are playing in Ligue 1 and it’s embarrassing. Seven of the guys who started against Bayern have barely played half the games in the league? Half! While everywhere else, Premier League, Bundesliga, even La Liga, the big clubs are running their players into the ground every three days like slaves. Real football. These PSG boys are getting rested like they’re on vacation until the European nights come.
And don’t get me started on the postponements! Lens, Nantes… whenever it gets crunchy in the league, suddenly the fixture moves. Ligue 1 bending over backwards so PSG can stay fresh. Other leagues would laugh at that. We talk about ‘competitive integrity’? This is a joke. A farmer’s league where one team dictates the calendar.
Dembélé scoring braces in Europe after starting 9 league games? Come on. In a real league that wouldn’t fly the same way. This success is manufactured, heavy rotation at home, fresh legs for the big stage. Respect to the players when they deliver, but let’s not act like this is the same grind as Arsenal, City, Barcelona or Madrid.
Ligue 1 needs to look at itself. If you want to be taken seriously in Europe, stop protecting one club and make them actually compete week in, week out like everyone else. Otherwise, it’s just an exhibition league with one superstar team playing when they feel like it.
That’s the truth, because the numbers don’t lie.”
One of the greatest games in recent memory. Positivity in motion. Total football, total entertainment. Some of the best players in the world on view. Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Doue, Kane, Olise, Luis Diaz, and others.
A lot of talk about how fresh PSG and Bayern Munich players look. Dominate their leagues so can rest and rotate. Also helps they have a winter break. Two weeks in France. Three weeks in Germany. The English plough on through winter, of course. Food for thought for the Premier League after this feast of football.
But football of this exceptional calibre and pace is also a mindset and philosophy. Encouraged by enlightened coaches. Good players told to go out there and express themselves. Little diving or dissent, just elite competitors getting on with the game. A great game. Encore 🙌 #PSGBAY
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