The under 18s were back in League action for the first time in 2 months but they fell to defeat against Burgess Hill Town in an exciting match. The Hillians took a two goal lead but were pegged back by goals from Matt Whiteford and Pat Surlis before the home side grabbed the late winner. The defeat leaves Horsham next to bottom of the inaugral Ryman Youth League table. Full report...

Louis Masih struck twice in extra-time to take Horsham's U14s in to the semi-finals of the County Cup for the 3rd successive year. Goalless at the end of normal time, the Hornets went ahead in the second period of extra-time when Masih converted a pass from Matt Clarke and the youngster added a second, 2 minutes later, before Matthew Mayes added a third. Horsham now face the winners of the Little Common and Eastbourne Borough tie on 24th February. Full report...

The under 12s progressed through to the semi-finals of the Sussex County Cup after a thrilling victory against Old town Boys. During the first half, Old Town had the majority of the possession and soon took a well deserved lead. Horsham fought well but found it difficult to break down the visitors' defence before suffering a blow when then lost a key player to a nasty knee injury. During the second half, both teams battled hard and eventually Zak Comber got his reward for his persistence to grab the equaliser and, at 1-1, it was game on!! With extra time looming it was end to end stuff but Stanley Rice scored a cracking goal to give Horsham the lead for the first time and Comber had the final say with a well worked goal, sending Horsham through to the last four and a final scoreline of Horsham 3 Old Town Boys 1.

The U12s, 14s and 16s are without a game this weekend with the continued bad weather bringing about further postponements.

Adam Hutchings and Alexander Green have been selected for the Sussex U16 Representative side scheduled to play against the London County FA in the South East Counties Youth Championship. The match kicks off at VCD Athletic's ground on 27th January, ko 2pm. Congratulations to them both on their call ups.

A Mole caused the postponement of tonight's Ryman Youth League match at Leatherhead, the latest in a long line of aborted fixtures that has decimated the U18s' season. The River Mole burst its banks, causing the Tanners' pitch to flood, leaving the Hornets without a match since 28th November. With only 7 of their scheduled 24 league matches played, Horsham face a massive backlog of games and face the prospect of playing twice a week as the season draws towards its conclusion.

None of Horsham's youth sides were in action this weekend after the bad weather caused the postponement of Sunday's U12s and U14s fixtures. Withdean 2000 were unable to provide an acceptable pitch on which to host the U16s' Sussex County Cup quarter-final and will try again next weekend while Monday night's Ryman Youth League match against Croydon Athletic was also called off.

Stanley Rice bagged a hat-trick as the U12s began the New Year with a convincing victory against ASC Strikers in Sunday's County Cup 4th round tie. The young Hornets looked rusty after going 6 weeks  without a game but goals from Rice, Zak Comber and George Hole made the halftime team talk quite calm. The game was very one sided and Horsham added to their tally in the second half with a goal each from Dan Kirkland and Comber with Rice netting twice more to earn his hat-trick to leave a final scoreline of 7-0 in the Hornets' favour. Horsham man of the match: Ben Collier.

Tonight's Ryman Youth League fixture against Carshalton Athletic was postponed after illness in the Robins' squad left them unable to raise a side. The match will be rearranged for a date to be confirmed.

The under 14s began the New Year in style, crushing Hailsham United Juniors 5-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the County Cup for the 3rd successive season. Full report...

Horsham Youth would like to thank the fans, parents and everyone involved with Horsham Youth Football for all your support so far this season and wish you all a very Happy New Year.

I would like to thank all the Youth managers and coaches for all their hard work so far, also to all the lads that play for Horsham Youth. With so many games already gone to the weather, there is still plenty of football to play.

Happy New year to all the unsung heroes; Frank, our Chairman, the Horsham FC Committee, all our Youth Sponsors, HISC and our webmaster Mark Wells.