The Icarus squad gathered at Uxbridge yesterday to play 5 a side and attend the end of season awards dinner.

This year's winners were: Player's Player: Dan Turner, Vets Player: Dave Bond, Committee Player: Lee Hodgkinson,Club Man: Pete Beer, New Player: Andrew Martins-Tonks and Most Improved Player: Mike Greenway.

The day was a huge success, Chairman Stu Lindsay told us, "it's been a great day - now I am looking to next season!"

After a short gap due to the production of this season's Icarus Magazine we are pleased to bring you the latest news from Icarus Land!

The good form of the Vets Team has continued after they beat The Catering Vets 4-1 and Lyneham Vets 7-2 over the past couple of weeks.

The Icarus end of season awards ceremony is taking place next Saturday at RAF Uxbridge. A 5 a side competition will take place during the afternoon and the event is already well supported.

More news to follow soon.....

The Icarus Vets Team pulled off a superb 5-0 victory over the Central Band at Uxbridge. The goals came from Steve Wood (2), Eddie Roughsedge, Paul Sharp and Mark Blagojevic.

In the afternoon the first team drew 0-0 with the talented Brunel University first team and won the resultant penalty shoot out 4-3.

More details to follow soon.

Both Icarus sides are in action on Saturday at RAF Uxbridge. On what promises to be another fantastic footballing weekend, Icarus are hoping for goals and excitement.

Making his long awaited return from aboard is Icarus midfielder and defender Ben Fisher. Ben told us, "I'm delighted to be back and looking forward to pulling on the famous blue jersey!"

Both games are morning kick offs.

On a hot day at Uxbridge, Icarus Vets beat the Economicals 6-1.

The goals came from Jeff Butler, Mark Blagojevic, Pete Beer and another Dave Bond hat-trick!

With Vets still having 3 more fixtures to play this season after so many cancellations over the winter it is proving to be a fantastic run in.

Si Hays scored twice as Icarus beat the Defence College 5-0 last night. The other goals came from Dan Turner, Rich Lowe and John Hetherington.

Howie Heap put in a fine performance as a second half substitute and has put himself back into first team contention.

Over all it was a good performance with plenty of plus points.

Howie Heap looks set to make his Icarus return on Wednesday evening against the Defence College.

The midfielder has been in Scotland and OOA for the past few years.

Jonh Hetherington told us," it will be great to have Howie back involved, he is a top player and a fantastic character to have around the dressing room.

Icarus FC's football weekend was a huge success and the Chairman has spoken of his pride in the team.

After a fantastic training session on Saturday, Icarus played Boston Utd on Sun afternoon. Icarus took the lead through John Hetherington and after going 2-1 behind Lee Hodgkinson equalized. After an even first half the score was 2-2.

Icarus made 7 changes at half time and unfortunately conceded, however once the new boys reached the pace of the game they were unlucky not to score on a number of occasions and held their own very well.

Go to IcarusTV for video of the weekend and standby for a full match report.

The Icarus Squad is training today ahead of the Boson Utd fixture tomorrow lunch time.

Injury News:

Stu Lindsay has had acupuncture on his foot.

Steve Ricketts is recovering from a dislocated shoulder.

John Hetherington has a calf strain.

Daz Coleman seems to have shaken off a tight hamstring.
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Dave Bond scored a hat-trick as Icarus Vets won 5-0 at Barclays Bank on the weekend, Eddie Roughsedge scored the other goal. Pete Beer was delighted with the win.

The whole Icarus Squad meets at RAF Coningsby this weekend for a training session, followed by a fixture against Boston Utd.

A full training programme has been planned and it promises to be an excellent weekend.

Dave Bond scored the vital second goal as Icarus Vets beat Lyneham 2-1 this afternoon. Steve Wood gave Icarus the lead before having to leave the field with a back injury in the first half.

It was another good performance from the Vets with Rob Swinney in commanding form at the back and Mike Greenway excelling in midfield. The Lyneham goal came when goal keeper Hetherington punched the ball into his own net after a corner.

The boys are in action again on Saturday away to Barclays Bank.

The Icarus Vets are in action tomorrow taking on Lyneham Vets at RAF Lyneham.

Pete Beer has a good squad to choose from and he will be hoping for a good performance from the team.

The Vets are in action again this coming Saturday in Ealing against Barclays Bank.

Check out the Icarus Player's Kit Page and Superstore by clicking on he links on the left hand side of this page.

In a useful workout before the Boston game in two weeks, Icarus drew nil nil with Naphill FC and won the penalty shoot-out 5-4.

In Vinny Jackson's absence Ian Heath filled in in goal but was injured and had to be replaced by Pete Beer at half time.

Rich Pratley made his Icarus comeback in midfield and Gary McIntosh made a solid return to the back four.

Gary McIntosh makes his return to the Icarus line up tomorrow in a friendly against Naphill FC. The experienced defender has been OOA for 4 months and is looking forward to getting a game under his belt.

Tosh told us, "I am just excited about pulling on the famous Icarus shirt again, particularly with the Boston Utd fixture just around the corner".

The game is at RAF High Wycombe and kicks off at 1100 on Sunday.

A depleted Icarus Veterans Team lost narrowly 2-1 away to HAC on Saturday, Steve Wood grabbing the goal.

After conceding twice in a short space of time, Icarus were unlucky when Icarus Legend, Rob Swinney hit the bar with only minutes left on the clock.

Icarus have a fixture next Sunday against Nap Hill FC near High Wycombe. It should prove to be a good opportunity to prepare for the Boston Utd fixture on the 27 April.

Pete Beer has announced that he is stepping down as the Icarus Vets Manager after two highly successful seasons.

Chairman Stu Lindsay is now looking for possible candidates to step into Pete's shoes next season. Anyone interested in applying should contact the Chairman.

Meanwhile, the Vets team are in action again this Saturday against HAC in London. New signing Ady Morris looks set to make his debut.

Both the Vets and First Team were in action at Uxbridge this weekend.

In the day's big match the Vets beat the Army Crusaders Vets 4-1. The goals came from Mickey Farrell, Stu Lindsay, Pete Beer and Dave Bond.

In the morning the First Team lost a closely fought training fixture to an Uxbridge side. The game was a landmark however as Lee Hodgkinson scored his 50th Icarus goal. Look out for for more from the Army game in the RAF News and on IcarusTV.

On a wet windy and very cold day Icarus marched to the final of the Stephen Benjamin tournament in London.

IcarusTV have produced a special prentataion of hightlights from the day. Click HERE to view.

Rememeber to check out the Icarus Superstore, scroll down and click on the Eagle icon.

Bothe the Vets and the first team are in action again next Sunday at Uxbridge.

Icarusfc.co.uk have today launched the all new Icarus FC Superstore! The new store contains all sorts of exciting Icarus merchandise for the discerning fan and player.

Click HERE to check out all the great deals. More items will be added over the next few weeks. Happy shopping!

Meanwhile, Icarus head into London tomorrow to take part in the Stephen Benjamin tournament. The first game kicks off at 1000.

Icarus are set to take part in a football tournament this Saturday in London.

The tournament is hosted by Westminster Citizens in aid of former player Stephen Benjamin who sadly died on the pitch earlier this year.

For more information click:

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More information will be detailed tomorrow.

A disappointed Pete Beer confirmed today that Bromley Vets had pulled out of their forthcoming fixture against Icarus. Pete, who has postponed three fixtures already this year due to the opposition letting him down, vowed that the big games against Cat Vets and the Army would be fantastic occasions for all.

In the meantime, the First Team have confirmed that they have a fixture at Uxbridge on Sun 30 March before the Vets take on the Army in the afternoon and the Boston Utd fixture has been penciled in provisionally for Sunday 27 April. This date will be confirmed soon.

All players are to meet at 1300 at RAF Halton on Saturday 22 March for the training day.

The Icarus Vets Team take on Bromley at Uxbridge this weekend. Pete Beer's boys are looking forward to getting back into action after a long break.

The location for the training day has been agreed as RAF Halton on Saturday 22 March.

Planning has begun for a potential short trip at the end of the season and a top notch end of season do. Keep your eye on all the stats by Clicking on the Stats link below the Living History article.

For a blast from the past click HERE to see the old Icarus website from 4 years ago.

Icarus FC will be holding a training session on Sat 22 March. The location will be either Uxbridge or Halton and details will be confirmed soon. All players, including Vets, are encouraged to attend as the session will be used to prepare for big games coming up such as Boston Utd.

Meanwhile, all the First Team profiles have now been updated, just click on the players name and see an action shot. The Vets will be added next week. New pictures from Bromley Vets and the RAF have been added to the media page, along with the semi final goal on icarus.TV.

We are pleased to announce that Icarus FC has agreed a return fixture against Boston Utd. After an exciting game before Christmas at RAF Uxbridge, it is expected that the game will be played at the impressive 'Staffsmart Stadium.'.

Details will be arranged over the coming days and a date will be released as soon as it is agreed with Steve Walsh, the Boston Utd Head of Youth and First Team Coach.

Keep your eye on the Media and Squad Profile pages for new action photos.

So that everyone can see all the stats so far this season we have decided to publish the stats table with all the lineups and results.

Click HERE to upload the PDF.

Meanwhile, the Club are actively seeking a fixture for the weekend of 22 March when the AFA cup final was scheduled. Other high profile matches are being planned for April and May.

www.icarusfc.co.uk has released exclusive photos from the fantastic 2-0 win against Brunel University at the end of last season. Click HERE to see them.

The Icarus Development Team drew 4-4 with 85 (EL) Wing this afternoon, the goals coming from Pete Beer, Daz Coleman, an Own Goal and a disputed penalty scored by Si Hays.

A match report will follow.

The game against the Army on Saturday is cancelled due to the Army not being able to field a side.

After the disappointment of being knocked out in the Cup Semi-final 2-1 on Saturday Icarus are looking to bounce back with a Development Team fixture on Monday afternoon against 2 MT at Wittering and a big game against the Army on the weekend. Kev Devlin will make his début on Monday and Daz Coleman will lead the side out.

Daz Coleman told us, "I am gutted about the result on the weekend, but we did well in only our second season in the Cup and next season I'm sure that we'll win it!. I'm determined that we'll have a great run in through to the end of season in May".

Meanwhile icarusfc.co.uk can recommend the following article about systems of play from the Sunday Times: Shape of Things to Come

Icarus were knocked out of the AFA Cup this afternoon in a close game at Uxbridge. After going a goal down early on they fought back with some good football and Andrew Martins-Tonks scored his first goal for the Club.

The second half was a stalemate with Polytechnic having more of the ball and Icarus creating more in the box. Unfortunately with 20 minutes to go Polytechnic scored and Icarus could not find the equalizer.

More to follow soon.

The Icarus end of season tour to Cyprus has been postponed due to key personnel being unavailable and operational commitments in Cyprus. A new date has been set for a pre-season trip to Cyprus in early September. More details to follow.

To cheer everyone up, Icarusfc.co.uk has decided to release exclusive footage from BFBS of the final tour match in Germany last season.

Click here to see the Germany highlights!

With the AFA Cup Semi-final now only a week away icarusfc.co.uk brings you the latest news from the Icarus camp.

The only doubts for the squad at this stage are goal keeper Vinny Jackson (ankle), Rich Lowe (OOA) and Player-Manager John Hetherington who is awaiting the birth of his second child. With a full squad to choose from it promises to be another exciting game. More news will follow during the week.

Meanwhile click the link here to see photos of last Sunday's RLC RA game.

Pete Beer announced this afternoon that tomorrow's Veteran's fixture against Barclays Bank was postponed due to the opposition not being able to field a full side.

A disappointed Pete Beer told us, "it's a shame as we have a strong squad and I was looking forward to a bit of revenge after the last result against Barclays."

IcarusTV caught up with veteran defender Paul Barlow after training today to get his reaction to the news.

Icarus FC confirmed today that Gary McIntosh had accepted the job of Assistant First Team Manager.

McIntosh, who previously coached the RAF Under 25 Squad before he joined Icarus 2 years ago, told us, "it's a massive honour and I cant wait to get started!"

He will take up his new duties on his return from the Falkland Islands in March. Read more about the appointment by clicking here or the picture opposite.

Meanwhile Joe Griffin has taken up the job as First Team Coach.

Lee Hodgkinson got the only goal as Icarus completed the double over the RLC TA at Cranwell this morning.

In a hard fought encounter, an Icarus side showing 7 changes from the line up that played in the Cup last weekend, powered to victory against a talented RLC TA squad.

More news and a match report will appear in due course.

In the meantime check out the new photos in the Icarus Gallery by clicking onto the Media page.

After Saturday's exciting Cup victory against Old Thorntonians FC at Uxbridge, icarusfc.co.uk is proud to bring you the best post-match coverage. IcarusTV has exclusive interviews and behind the scenes footage as well as a match report. Click below:

Jim Schofield Interview.

Daz Coleman Interview.

Lee Hodgkinson Interview.

Dressingroom 1.

Dressingroom 2.

Match report.

More to follow this week, including the Manager's verdict.

Daz Coleman popped up with the second goal to make the game safe after Icarus had struggled to get into second gear this afternoon against Old Thorntonians FC.

A poor first half was followed by a much improved second half display. Lee Hodgkinson was brought down with 25 minutes to go to give Icarus a penalty. Jim Schofield made no mistake from the spot.

The last 20 minutes were much improved from Icarus and the most important part of the day was to reach the semi final of the Cup. This was done, but it was hard work!