Welcome to Aussiezone 228

The season wouldn’t be complete without at least one side selling up, Sakujo and Cheltenham will be missed. Sadly that depletes the A-League stocks even further and the promotion of sides such as the Hasslehoff Babes proves just how far the standard has fallen in recent seasons. The A-League is lucky to have 10 competitive sides these days.

But for the 228th edition of the aussiezone we welcome Therk as new Hockey RA. Eric contributed as Hockey National Team coach. As well as an assortment of articles from the Zone Admin forum contributors Bebben from Sweden and Rodrigoazul77 from Chile.

Enjoy the read and see you again at the end of next season, Matt.

A League 54 End of Season Review

 

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	BONDI ICEBERGS	22	14	5	3	94	22	72	47
2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	22	12	7	3	92	20	72	43
3	Crimson Eagles FC	22	13	4	5	93	34	59	43
4	Glasston	22	11	4	7	81	24	57	37
5	Amputees FC	22	10	6	6	64	32	32	36
6	Dunder Mifflin FC	22	11	3	8	74	44	30	36
7	SYDclub	22	10	5	7	57	28	29	35
8	Narraweena Azzurri	22	9	4	9	82	30	52	31
9	Myrtou FC	22	9	2	11	79	53	26	29
10	Cheltenham	22	9	2	11	63	50	13	29
11	HASSELHOFF BABES	22	2	2	18	39	79	-40	8
12	name changning bnadwagon	22	0	0	22	0	402	-402	0

Bondi Icebergs complete the League, Cup double. A rare achievement in the unpredictable world of Managerzone and mark a successful rebuild with a wholesale squad sale. Mid-season challengers Crimson Eagles held steady, but couldn’t match the consistency of Bondi, while Dunder Mifflin dropped away badly to finish 6^th. Shrewsbury Biscuits steadily climbed the table, but a few too many draw prevented them from progressing any higher than 2^nd.

Glasston were consistent all season and netted 4^th as a result. The big improvers from the half way mark were the Amputees, who resurrected themselves from 9^th to 5^th with an improving young squad. SYD sat in the mid table all season and secured their direct safety with a round to spare.

Cheltenham decided to sell up and leave the game, so with sakujo being a good sport he played a youth team and gave Narraweena the points they needed to make the playoffs. Which based on their goals for and against record was the least they deserve for their efforts. Myrtou FC score well, but they conceded just as easily, still they’ve given themselves the chance to remain in the A-League and given the declining population of Aussie managers is becoming easier with each passing season.

This phenomena has resulted in some teams gaining promotion to the A-League that in the past wouldn’t have had a chance of even winning Division 1. The Hasslehoff Babes are an example of this, as although hoffs team are better than they use to be, they still aren’t that good and so the season shows. Playmaker was on a mission to concede 400 goals in a season and another 21 nil result in the final round ensured such an improbable total was attained.

Round Commentary

Round 12

Dunder Mifflin FC	4-3	Cheltenham
Myrtou FC	0-5	Amputees FC
HASSELHOFF BABES	0-2	SYDclub
Glasston	1-1	Narraweena Azzurri
Crimson Eagles FC	19-0	name changning bandwagon
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	2-0	BONDI ICEBERGS

Predictions

Dunder Mifflin FC 2 – 2 Cheltenham
Myrtou FC 2 – 2 Amputees FC
HASSELHOFF BABES 0 – 5 SYDclub
Glasston 3 – 1 Narraweena Azzurri
Crimson Eagles FC 21 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 2 – 2 BONDI ICEBERGS

scruttino
Holy shit. Was that a one off or has my side finally awoken from their slumber.

Round 13

Dunder Mifflin FC	3-4	Amputees FC
Cheltenham	1-0	SYDclub
HASSELHOFF BABES	3-4	Myrtou FC
Glasston	22-0	name changning bandwagon
Narraweena Azzurri	0-1	BONDI ICEBERGS
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1-1	Crimson Eagles FC

Predictions

Dunder Mifflin FC 3 – 3 Amputees FC
Cheltenham 2 – 1 SYDclub
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 4 Myrtou FC
Glasston 21 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
Narraweena Azzurri 1 – 4 BONDI ICEBERGS
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 3 – 1 Crimson Eagles FC

scruttino
Perhaps we have turned a corner

Round 14

SYDclub	1-1	Dunder Mifflin FC
Myrtou FC	2-7	Cheltenham
Amputees FC	2-2	HASSELHOFF BABES
BONDI ICEBERGS	2-2	Glasston
Crimson Eagles FC	1-4	Narraweena Azzurri
name changning bnadwagon	0-21	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Predictions

Amputees FC 8 – 0 HASSELHOFF BABES
Myrtou FC 1 – 1 Cheltenham
SYDclub 2 – 2 Dunder Mifflin FC
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 22 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
Crimson Eagles FC 3 – 1 Narraweena Azzurri
BONDI ICEBERGS 3 – 2 Glasston

scruttino
Nope, I thought things were improving, but that was an opportunity lost

frankiejhoffa
You were lucky to draw even with a send off

frankiejhoffa
Amputees 8 babes 0 ha ha get off the drugs

scruttino
Most sides would be struggling to win if their main striker can’t score from 16 attempts. sadly it’s been a season long problem, Hence I’m where I am on the league table. Got to score to win

Round 15

SYDclub	0-2	Amputees FC
Dunder Mifflin FC	1-3	Myrtou FC
Cheltenham	3-0	HASSELHOFF BABES
BONDI ICEBERGS	20-0	name changning bandwagon
Glasston	3-2	Crimson Eagles FC
Narraweena Azzurri	0-4	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Predictions

Dunder Mifflin FC 3 – 3 Myrtou FC
Cheltenham 3 – 1 HASSELHOFF BABES
SYDclub 2 – 2 Amputees FC
Glasston 1 – 1 Crimson Eagles FC
Narraweena Azzurri 1 – 3 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
BONDI ICEBERGS 22 – 0 name changning bnadwagon

scruttino
My topsy turvy season continues, that gives me some hope of climbing out of the mire

Round 16

Amputees FC	3-1	Cheltenham
Myrtou FC	1-2	SYDclub
HASSELHOFF BABES	1-2	Dunder Mifflin FC
name changning bnadwagon	0-22	Narraweena Azzurri
Crimson Eagles FC	2-2	BONDI ICEBERGS
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	2-2	Glasston

Predictions

Amputees FC 2 – 2 Cheltenham
Myrtou FC 2 – 2 SYDclub
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 3 Dunder Mifflin FC
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 20 Narraweena Azzurri
Crimson Eagles FC 2 – 3 BONDI ICEBERGS
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 3 – 2 Glasston

scruttino
An important win, that gives us the chance to avoid the playoffs.

Round 17

Dunder Mifflin FC	18-0	name changning bandwagon
Amputees FC	1-1	Narraweena Azzurri
Cheltenham	0-1	Crimson Eagles FC
Myrtou FC	1-1	BONDI ICEBERGS
SYDclub	1-1	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
HASSELHOFF BABES	0-8	Glasston

Predictions

Dunder Mifflin FC 20 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
Amputees FC 1 – 2 Narraweena Azzurri
Cheltenham 2 – 3 Crimson Eagles FC
Myrtou FC 1 – 3 BONDI ICEBERGS
SYDclub 2 – 3 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
HASSELHOFF BABES 2 – 4 Glasston

scruttino
With a tough 4 game run against the top 4 before the goal boost in my last game, that makes it difficult to climb out of the playoffs. I’ll hold my own defensively and play tough, but the teams struggle to convert scoring shots in goals has left too many points on the pitch this season.

Round 18

BONDI ICEBERGS	2-0	Cheltenham
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	3-0	Myrtou FC
Glasston	4-0	SYDclub
name changning bnadwagon	0-15	HASSELHOFF BABES
Narraweena Azzurri	2-2	Dunder Mifflin FC
Crimson Eagles FC	2-3	Amputees FC

Predictions

Glasston 2 – 1 SYDclub
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 18 HASSELHOFF BABES
Narraweena Azzurri 2 – 1 Dunder Mifflin FC
Crimson Eagles FC 2 – 2 Amputees FC
BONDI ICEBERGS 3 – 2 Cheltenham
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 3 – 1 Myrtou FC

scruttino
We may save our own bacon yet. A winning run similar to the end of last season is unlikely, but that win provide cause for hope

Round 19

Myrtou FC	2-0	Glasston
SYDclub	16-0	name changning bandwagon
HASSELHOFF BABES	1-3	Narraweena Azzurri
Dunder Mifflin FC	0-7	Crimson Eagles FC
Amputees FC	0-1	BONDI ICEBERGS
Cheltenham	1-6	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Predictions

Dunder Mifflin FC 2 – 3 Crimson Eagles FC
Amputees FC 1 – 2 BONDI ICEBERGS
Cheltenham 2 – 2 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
Myrtou FC 1 – 2 Glasston
SYDclub 20 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 4 Narraweena Azzurri

scruttino
strange game that one, got my strikeforce well muddled up

Round 20

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	0-0	Amputees FC
BONDI ICEBERGS	4-3	Dunder Mifflin FC
Crimson Eagles FC	5-2	HASSELHOFF BABES
Narraweena Azzurri	3-0	SYDclub
name changning bnadwagon	0-21	Myrtou FC
Glasston	3-0	Cheltenham

Predictions

Glasston 3 – 1 Cheltenham
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 20 Myrtou FC
Narraweena Azzurri 2 – 2 SYDclub
Crimson Eagles FC 4 – 0 HASSELHOFF BABES
BONDI ICEBERGS 3 – 2 Dunder Mifflin FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 2 – 1 Amputees FC

scruttino
That was a close game 0-0 was a fair result. it’s an important point though, gives us control over our own future. The boys are getting better and the future looks bright. But Glasston will be another tough game.

eric_the_eel
trying to sell off all my old guys and bring in the next generation of Shrewsbury Biscuits herescruttino
May have to list them for a dollar and prepare to take a loss. Unless they are still national team players, old blokes don’t sell for much nowadays

Round 21

Amputees FC	1-0	Glasston
Cheltenham	18-0	name changning bandwagon
Myrtou FC	0-2	Narraweena Azzurri
SYDclub	2-1	Crimson Eagles FC
HASSELHOFF BABES	0-4	BONDI ICEBERGS
Dunder Mifflin FC	3-3	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Predictions

Dunder Mifflin FC 2 – 3 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
Amputees FC 1 – 1 Glasston
Cheltenham 20 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
Myrtou FC 3 – 2 Narraweena Azzurri
SYDclub 2 – 2 Crimson Eagles FC
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 5 BONDI ICEBERGS

senile_old_men
If Bondi win as expected it puts the title beyond doubt. Never thought I would say this but GO HOFF!

scruttino
If they lost it would be a huge upset. How many are going to sell up come the end of season, both eric and troy have given an indication they will. Leaves a lot of space at the top of the table next season.

bestplaymaker2134
come on boys 400

scruttino
Congrats Troy on the title, a successful rebuild complete.

On our end we secured our safety with a competitive win, time to have some fun against playmaker in the last round

rookerman
Congrats to the icebergs, well done on the double too, quite an achievement

scruttino
Hoff been trying to sell his terrible players overpriced all season, no one is a fool so take the hint. List them for a dollar if you really want them gone, should they still not sell you may have to accept how crap they are and sack them. Just some freindly advice

Round 22

Glasston	0-1	Dunder Mifflin FC
name changning bnadwagon	0-21	Amputees FC
Narraweena Azzurri	10-0	Cheltenham
Crimson Eagles FC	7-3	Myrtou FC
BONDI ICEBERGS	0-1	SYDclub
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	8-0	HASSELHOFF BABES

Predictions

Glasston 4 – 2 Dunder Mifflin FC
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 21 Amputees FC
Narraweena Azzurri 3 – 2 Cheltenham
Crimson Eagles FC 2 – 1 Myrtou FC
BONDI ICEBERGS 3 – 2 SYDclub
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 6 – 0 HASSELHOFF BABES

bestplaymaker2134
400!

scruttino
Thanks, got the triple hat-trick achievement

Competitions

The Rowden Medal

Name	Team	Points
Mikolaj Prus	Bondi Icebergs	42
Nereo Ulizes	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	34
Ainar Reeder	Dunder Mifflin FC	29
Ricardo Cugat	SYD Club	28
Mei Fan Xun	Glasston	26
Albert Gledden	Narraweena Azzurri	23
Lance Freeman	Cheltenham	23
Remy Bundy	Amputees FC	20
Berke Cubit	Crimson Eagles FC	20
Diogo Pacheco	Crimson Eagles FC	18

Prus was never headed and his scoring prowess that netted him Bundy’s Boot lead Bondi to the success they achieved this season. Ulizes closed the gap late in the season, but he was never going to catch up, even though he scored only 2 goals less for the season.

Bundy’s Boot

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Mikolaj Prus	BIG	22	50	1	0
2	Nereo Ulizes	YUM	22	48	0	0
3	Lance Freeman		22	37	0	0
4	Ricardo Cugat	SYD	22	37	2	0
5	Mei Fan Xun	GLN	22	36	0	0
6	Ainar Reeder	DMFC	22	31	0	0
7	Albert Gledden	Azz	22	30	0	0
8	Evaristo Monico	EAGL	22	27	1	0
9	Remy Bundy	AFC	22	27	1	0
10	Benny Giles	Azz	22	24	1	0
11	Otto Coleman	Myrt	22	24	0	0
12	Antony Edwards	Myrt	22	21	0	0
13	Wen Sha Lin	EAGL	22	21	0	0
14	Berke Cubit	EAGL	22	20	2	0
15	Ernest Christian	YUM	22	18	0	0
16	Justino Gregory	Azz	22	17	0	0
17	Ed Norman	GLN	22	15	2	0
18	Victorio Rolado	BIG	22	14	0	0
19	Cisco Radaban	GLN	22	13	0	0
20	Rodriguinho Arruda		21	13	1	0

A Cuddly Sheet

Goalkeepers (Goals Against)	Clubs	Clean Sheets
Bleyd Renney – (20)	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	10
Dale Barling – (24)	Glasston	8
Bryce Fasey – (20 – 19 games)	Bondi Icebergs	8
Rob Duncan – (32)	Amputees FC	7
Bruce Sinden – (34)	Crimson Eagles FC	6
Eddie Aistrope – (50)	Cheltenham	6
Oliver Beattie – (28)	SYD Club	5
Evan Gillingwater – (44)	Dunder Mifflin FC	4
Cregan Minne – (27 – 17 games)	Narraweena Azzurri	4
Larkins Sawbridge – (53)	Myrtou FC	3
Brandon Goodward – (3 – 5 games)	Narraweena Azzurri	3
Russell Mogork – (79)	Hasselhoff Babes	2
Yuce Farhat – (2 – 3 games)	Bondi Icebergs	1
Marshal Sobezak – (402)	Name Changing Bandwagon	0

Renney was the leader all season and it seems fitting that for once the team that conceded the least gets the clean sheet award.

The Waterland

Team	Total Points
Shrewbury Biscuits FC	88
Amputees FC	88
Bondi Icebergs	87
Glasston	79
Crimson Eagles FC	79
Narraweena Azzurri	77
Dunder Mifflin FC	70
Syd Club	69
Cheltenham	66
Mrytou FC	62
Hasselhoff Babes	23
Name Changing Bandwagon	0

Despite their lowly position all season the Amputees on field statistical consistency allowed them to gain points in draws and losses. Likewise the Shrewsbury Biscuits were the same except the results fell their way more often than not.

It looked like a clean sweep of all the awards for Bondi, but a final round losses was enough for them to drop into 2^nd as the Amputees and Shrewbury Biscuits shared the team award for season 54 of the A-League

Club MVP’s

 

Amputees FC	Player Points
Remy Bundy	20
Joao Mumbach	16
Rob Duncan	9
Kalin Lungarov	8
Shane McGowan	8
Rudy Digiuseppe	6
Lewis Benton	6
Darley Fitton	4
Savas Pnevmatikatos	3
Herbert Nelson	2
Walkover	6
	88

 

Bondi Icebergs	Player Points
Mikolaj Prus	42
Umit Erel	17
Sedat Turkoglu	7
Victorio Rolado	7
Ryan Pincini	4
Adam Sandler	3
Yuce Ferhat	3
Sam Playford	2
Nash Claringbold	1
Norm Bonham	1
	87

 

Cheltenham	Player Points
Lance Freeman	23
Jeffers Babbage	9
Marshall Mackney	8
Rodriguinho Arruda	7
Larry Schonke	6
Benny Mewburn	4
Eliot Lester	3
Bennett James	2
Barth Fasey	2
Jarrett Trenoweth	1
Gerd Kaps	1
	66

 

Crimson Eagles FC	Player Points
Berke Cubit	20
Diogo Pacheco	18
Evaristo Monico	17
Wen Sha Lin	9
Bruce Sinden	7
Emil Andberg	3
Brock Sewell	2
Clarke Riley	2
Mido Fielden	1
	79

 

Dunder Mifflin FC	Player Points
Ainar Reeder	29
Aron Itoafa	11
Manol Nichev	7
Dario Tenser	7
Egon Spengler	6
Evan Gillingwater	5
Mustafa Numan Yigit	3
James Biddell	2
Jack O’Neill	2
John Sayner	2
	70

 

Glasston	Player Points
Mei Fan Xun	26
Cisco Radaban	8
Dale Barling	8
John Bennett	6
Djvebe Gabelia	5
Ed Norman	5
Keith Callaghan	5
Roch Duda	4
Benney Lamb	4
Ed Norman	3
Paulino Maju	3
Jordan Wayland	2
	79

 

Hasselhoff Babes	Player Points
Szczepan Bochinski	5
Berny Shortus	5
Jesus Beltza	3
Bai Li Zheng	2
Marco Hodson	2
Phil Bowman	2
Benny Chant	1
Lucas Alves	1
Russell Mogork	1
Luck Tout	1
	23

 

Mrytou FC	Player Points
Otto Coleman	13
Antony Edwards	12
Tony Montana	7
Choice Bro	6
Brant Bielski	4
Eustaquio Dei	4
Damian Hart	4
Edmund Renshaw	3
Roger Prata	3
Narcis Boerescu	3
Daniel Prior	2
Larkins Sawbridge	1
	62

 

Name Changing Bandwagon	Player Points
	0

 

Narraweena Azzurri	Player Points
Albert Gledden	23
Justino Gregory	10
Benny Giles	9
Broderick Eastman	7
Buchanan O’Brien	7
Navarro Inwood	4
Brandon Goodward	3
Sammy Panetta	2
Boyde Block	2
Carmichael Locke	1
Niles McGirr	1
	69

 

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	Player Points
Nereo Ulizes	34
Matthews Groves	11
Hortencio Secco	9
Mateo Arraya	7
Ernest Christian	6
Bleyd Renney	4
Eliot Gruer	4
Kamiel De Meyer	4
Jamese Glover	3
Eliot Didlock	2
Bernard Feutrill	2
Conner Hunn	2
	88

 

SYD Club	Player Points
Ricardo Cugat	28
Iggy Merz	12
Jonathon Azulay	6
Oliver Kennewell	6
Antonia Sparrow	6
Adolph Sperling	6
Larkins Ziliotto	5
Case Stageman	2
Yaar Maa	2
Oliver Beattie	2
Zbyszko Lanczak	2
	77

Clearing the passage

So another season goes by and winter has descended onto the continent. A Cheltenham and Bondi are selling up, Otago have suggested the same as well. So another season will come with at least one easy beat team. Glasston have an aging lineup and their competitiveness will dpend on how many survive. But the longer we go into the new age deteriorations the less viable an aging team will become.

Though we’ll have the ability to regain balls for our players under the age of 30, which for myself will come in handy soon enough. More youth players on the training field and training camp places will be available. I like the changes, but can understand that some consider them be too much of a change from the traditional model of gameplay. Let’s face it though, the game will never be the same and for myself that is a good thing. Let hope the new sim will offer a balance between alternative styles of gameplay, wing play still needs to be an important part of the game as that is the modern way the game is played, but through balls need to be incorporated to give short passing a fight chance.

Written by Scruttino

The A League 54 Mid-Season Review

 

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	BONDI ICEBERGS	11	8	2	1	57	11	46	26
2	Crimson Eagles FC	11	8	2	1	45	14	31	26
3	Dunder Mifflin FC	11	7	0	4	36	16	20	21
4	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	11	6	2	3	41	12	29	20
5	Glasston	11	6	1	4	36	13	23	19
6	SYDclub	11	5	3	3	32	14	18	18
7	Cheltenham	11	5	2	4	29	19	10	17
8	Myrtou FC	11	5	1	5	42	22	20	16
9	Amputees FC	11	3	3	5	22	22	0	12
10	Narraweena Azzurri	11	3	1	7	34	19	15	10
11	HASSELHOFF BABES	11	1	1	9	15	38	-23	4
12	name changning bnadwagon	11	0	0	11	0	189	-189	0

So much for preseason prediction, also it bears to mention that with name changing bandwagon playing 15 year olds and going for the all-time record of goals conceded in a single season you can detract 20 goals from every team 8^th and above. The Amputees were unlucky to play them in the first round and only get 5 for a walkover.

Bondi leading is not a complete surprise, they’re in great attacking form and have conceded the least so it is well deserved. The Crimson Eagles have done very well for themselves and along with Dunder Mifflin are the surprises of the season so far.

Shrewsbury Biscuits and Glasston have not been as strong this season, but they should have plenty of improvement left in them. SYD and Cheltenham are occupying their usual league table positions.

Myrtou can score, but they also concede. While the Amputees have played well without the results being favourable. Narraweena seem to be the unlucky team in 3 last, while the Babes just don’t have the quality to offer more than an occasional underdog win.

Round Commentary

Round 1 – 15-04-2015 12:00

Dunder Mifflin FC	2-1	Glasston
Amputees FC	5-0	name changning bnadwagon
Cheltenham	2-0	Narraweena Azzurri
Myrtou FC	4-2	Crimson Eagles FC
SYDclub	2-1	BONDI ICEBERGS
HASSELHOFF BABES	0-6	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Dunder Mifflin FC 1 – 3 Glasston
Amputees FC 5 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
Cheltenham 3 – 2 Narraweena Azzurri
Myrtou FC 2 – 3 Crimson Eagles FC
SYDclub 1 – 2 BONDI ICEBERGS
HASSELHOFF BABES 0 – 6 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Here we all go again

senile_old_men
Hoping i can overturn last season’s form against myrtou. They beat me twice

anvisco
3 in a row mate…just happy to be on the board!

senile_old_men
Dammit

Round 2 – 19-04-2015 16:30

Glasston	2-3	Amputees FC
name changning bnadwagon	0-14	Cheltenham
Narraweena Azzurri	2-3	Myrtou FC
Crimson Eagles FC	1-1	SYDclub
BONDI ICEBERGS	9-0	HASSELHOFF BABES
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1-2	Dunder Mifflin FC

Glasston 2 – 1 Amputees FC
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 8 Cheltenham
Narraweena Azzurri 2 – 2 Myrtou FC
Crimson Eagles FC 1 – 4 SYDclub
BONDI ICEBERGS 5 – 0 HASSELHOFF BABES
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 3 – 1 Dunder Mifflin FC

scruttino
Got my best team back on the field from here on in, so this game will be a test to see where the squad is at

scruttino
The defense was stoic as we pulled of an unlikely win, the deteriorating 7 speed and stamina old timer Digiuseppe with a first half hat-trick from the supporting strikers position. Go team

scruttino
Cheltenham pump the bandwagons youth team, Bondi thump the babes. It’s going to be a long season for both of them.

Myrtou register there 2nd win, the eagles and SYD play out a draw. But the biscuits boggy team gets them again.

Interesting start to the season by the 2 title favourites

Round 3 – 22-04-2015 18:15

Amputees FC	1-2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
Dunder Mifflin FC	1-4	BONDI ICEBERGS
HASSELHOFF BABES	1-3	Crimson Eagles FC
SYDclub	1-0	Narraweena Azzurri
Myrtou FC	19-0	name changning bnadwagon
Cheltenham	1-2	Glasston

Dunder Mifflin FC 2 – 3 BONDI ICEBERGS
Amputees FC 1 – 3 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
Cheltenham 1 – 2 Glasston
Myrtou FC 9 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
SYDclub 3 – 2 Narraweena Azzurri
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 4 Crimson Eagles FC

eric_the_eel
Hope I can finally win a game, been so hit and miss so far! ON the plus side, just took out the Division Cup for Season 53!!

anvisco
DAFK?!?! How am i top of the table?

scruttino
Normal service resumes, the youngsters could quite match the Biscuits. Bondi next round, that’s 4 out of the top 5 teams of last season in the first 4 rounds. Tough start to the season.

scruttino
Unforutnately I played playmaker when he couldn’t field a side and only got 5 goals from a walkover. Should have been 20 against his youngsters

Round 4 – 26-04-2015 15:00

Glasston	1-0	Myrtou FC
name changning bnadwagon	0-19	SYDclub
Narraweena Azzurri	3-0	HASSELHOFF BABES
Crimson Eagles FC	2-0	Dunder Mifflin FC
BONDI ICEBERGS	3-1	Amputees FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	3-1	Cheltenham

Glasston 4 – 3 Myrtou FC
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 15 SYDclub
Narraweena Azzurri 3 – 1 HASSELHOFF BABES
Crimson Eagles FC 1 – 3 Dunder Mifflin FC
BONDI ICEBERGS 2 – 1 Amputees FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 4 – 2 Cheltenham

scruttino
The table is still looks a bit upside down. I wonder what it will look like at halfway

Round 5 – 29-04-2015 10:45

Cheltenham	0-4	BONDI ICEBERGS
Myrtou FC	1-5	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
SYDclub	1-2	Glasston
HASSELHOFF BABES	11-0	name changning bnadwagon
Dunder Mifflin FC	2-1	Narraweena Azzurri
Amputees FC	2-3	Crimson Eagles FC

Dunder Mifflin FC 2 – 1 Narraweena Azzurri
Amputees FC 3 – 1 Crimson Eagles FC
Cheltenham 2 – 3 BONDI ICEBERGS
Myrtou FC 1 – 3 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
SYDclub 1 – 3 Glasston
HASSELHOFF BABES 12 – 0 name changning bnadwagon

senile_old_men
Looking forward to proving you wrong 🙂

scruttino
Well played, Bundy had plenty chances but could only score in the 94th minute.

Round 6 – 03-05-2015 16:15

name changning bnadwagon	0-18	Dunder Mifflin FC
Narraweena Azzurri	3-0	Amputees FC
Crimson Eagles FC	3-1	Cheltenham
BONDI ICEBERGS	3-1	Myrtou FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1-1	SYDclub
Glasston	3-0	HASSELHOFF BABES

Glasston 7 – 0 HASSELHOFF BABES
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 17 Dunder Mifflin FC
Narraweena Azzurri 1 – 3 Amputees FC
Crimson Eagles FC 2 – 3 Cheltenham
BONDI ICEBERGS 4 – 2 Myrtou FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 2 – 1 SYDclub

nickybutt23
first log in of the season, didn’t think i’d have a win!

scruttino
Not entirely sure what happenned there. Couldn’t lay a tackle in midfield and no one wanted to shot. Might have to revise the expectations for the season down to hoping for a playoff spot

nickybutt23
8 different goal scorers in that game for me, pretty sure thats a personal record

Round 7 – 06-05-2015 13:00

Cheltenham	3-3	Amputees FC
SYDclub	1-4	Myrtou FC
Dunder Mifflin FC	3-0	HASSELHOFF BABES
Narraweena Azzurri	20-0	name changning bnadwagon
BONDI ICEBERGS	2-2	Crimson Eagles FC
Glasston	0-0	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Dunder Mifflin FC 4 – 2 HASSELHOFF BABES
Cheltenham 3 – 1 Amputees FC
SYDclub 2 – 3 Myrtou FC
Glasston 2 – 2 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
Narraweena Azzurri 17 – 0 name changning bnadwagon
BONDI ICEBERGS 4 – 2 Crimson Eagles FC

scruttino
The boys just can’t convert their chances this season, at this rate it’ll be a long one

Round 8 – 10-05-2015 15:30

Amputees FC	2-2	SYDclub
Myrtou FC	1-3	Dunder Mifflin FC
HASSELHOFF BABES	1-1	Cheltenham
name changning bnadwagon	0-22	BONDI ICEBERGS
Crimson Eagles FC	2-1	Glasston
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	2-0	Narraweena Azzurri

Amputees FC 1 – 1 SYDclub
Myrtou FC 4 – 2 Dunder Mifflin FC
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 4 Cheltenham
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 21 BONDI ICEBERGS
Crimson Eagles FC 2 – 4 Glasston
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 3 – 1 Narraweena Azzurri

scruttino
At least it wasn’t a loss. It seems games will be competive, but wins will be few this season.

Interestingly both side had a penalty saved

frankiejhoffa
The babes drew 1-1 with Cheltenham , am I missing something

Round 9 – 13-05-2015 14:45

Dunder Mifflin FC	1-2	SYDclub
Cheltenham	3-2	Myrtou FC
HASSELHOFF BABES	0-2	Amputees FC
Glasston	0-3	BONDI ICEBERGS
Narraweena Azzurri	2-5	Crimson Eagles FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	19-0	name changning bnadwagon

Dunder Mifflin FC 1 – 1 SYDclub
Cheltenham 2 – 3 Myrtou FC
HASSELHOFF BABES 1 – 4 Amputees FC
Glasston 2 – 3 BONDI ICEBERGS
Narraweena Azzurri 1 – 3 Crimson Eagles FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 23 – 0 name changning bnadwagon

scruttino
Should have scored more but it’s good to keep a clean sheet again

Round 10 – 17-05-2015 18:15

Amputees FC	2-3	Dunder Mifflin FC
SYDclub	0-1	Cheltenham
Myrtou FC	6-1	HASSELHOFF BABES
name changning bnadwagon	0-22	Glasston
BONDI ICEBERGS	2-2	Narraweena Azzurri
Crimson Eagles FC	2-0	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Amputees FC 2 – 2 Dunder Mifflin FC
Myrtou FC 4 – 1 HASSELHOFF BABES
SYDclub 3 – 2 Cheltenham
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 22 Glasston
Crimson Eagles FC 2 – 3 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
BONDI ICEBERGS 4 – 1 Narraweena Azzurri

scruttino
Nope, it’s not my season, again we’re on the wrong side of a close game

scruttino
I think my side is still to young and inexperienced to regularly get over the line. This season has a lot of teams that are all extremely close.

Round 11 – 20-05-2015 15:45

Cheltenham	2-1	Dunder Mifflin FC
Amputees FC	1-1	Myrtou FC
SYDclub	2-1	HASSELHOFF BABES
Narraweena Azzurri	1-2	Glasston
name changning bnadwagon	0-20	Crimson Eagles FC
BONDI ICEBERGS	4-2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

Amputees FC 1 – 2 Myrtou FC
Cheltenham 1 – 3 Dunder Mifflin FC
SYDclub 4 – 1 HASSELHOFF BABES
name changning bnadwagon 0 – 21 Crimson Eagles FC
Narraweena Azzurri 1 – 3 Glasston
BONDI ICEBERGS 2 – 2 Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
That’s the tale of this season, play well and at best we get a draw.

Competitions

The Rowden Medal

Name	Team	Points
Mikolaj Prus	Bondi Icebergs	23
Ainar Reeder	Dunder Mifflin FC	19
Ricardo Cugat	SYD Club	18
Lance Freeman	Cheltenham	12
Evaristo Monico	Crimson Eagles FC	11
Nereo Ulizes	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	10
Otto Coleman	Myrtou FC	9
Albert Gledden	Narraweena Azzurri	8
Berke Cubit	Crimson Eagles FC	8
Mei Fan Xun	Glasston	8

Prus has risen from the ranks to be a clear leader. Reeder is a surprise second from a close Cugat in third. The rest are a way back.

Bundy’s Boot

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Mikolaj Prus	BIG	11	30	1	0
2	Lance Freeman	Chm	11	20	0	0
3	Ainar Reeder	DMFC	11	19	0	0
4	Ricardo Cugat	SYD	11	17	0	0
5	Nereo Ulizes	YUM	11	16	0	0
6	Evaristo Monico	EAGL	11	14	0	0
7	Antony Edwards	Myrt	11	14	0	0
8	Mei Fan Xun	GLN	11	13	0	0
9	Benny Giles	Azz	11	13	0	0
10	Otto Coleman	Myrt	11	13	0	0
11	Ernest Christian	YUM	11	12	0	0
12	Justino Gregory	Azz	11	11	0	0
13	Wen Sha Lin	EAGL	11	10	0	0
14	Rudy Digiuseppe	AFC	11	7	1	0
15	Albert Gledden	Azz	11	7	0	0
16	Victorio Rolado	BIG	11	7	0	0
17	Sedat Türkoğlu	BIG	11	7	0	0
18	Berke Cubit	EAGL	11	7	2	0
19	Remy Bundy	AFC	11	7	1	0
20	Ed Norman	GLN	11	7	1	0

Prus is on track for the Rowden medal Bundy’s Boot Double. A ten goal lead is significant.

A Cuddly Sheet

Goalkeepers (Goals Against)	Clubs	Clean Sheets
Bleyd Renney – (12)	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	4
Dale Barling – (13)	Glasston	4
Bruce Sinden – (14)	Crimson Eagles FC	3
Eddie Aistrope – (19)	Cheltenham	3
Cregan Minne – (19)	Narraweena Azzurri	3
Bryce Fasey – (9 – 8 games)	Bondi Icebergs	3
Oliver Beattie – (14)	SYD Club	2
Evan Gillingwater – (16)	Dunder Mifflin FC	2
Rob Duncan – (22)	Amputees FC	2
Larkins Sawbridge – (22)	Myrtou FC	1
Russell Mogork – (38)	Hasselhoff Babes	1
Yuce Farhat – (2 – 3 games)	Bondi Icebergs	1

This shows how even the competition really is. Renney and Barling are leading the way, but this one has a long way to play out yet.

The Waterland

Team	Total Points
Bondi Icebergs	45
Amputees FC	41
Glasston	41
Shrewbury Biscuits FC	41
SYD Club	40
Crimson Eagles FC	39
Dunder Mifflin FC	38
Cheltenham	36
Mrytou FC	33
Narraweena Azzurri	30
Hasselhoff Babes	10
Name Changing Bandwagon	0

Bondi are the dominant team and this has carried over into the Waterland. Again it’s all very even, with the Amputees league position not a true reflecting how competitive their players actually are on the pitch.

Club MVP’s

Amputees FC	Player Points
Remy Bundy	7
Rudy Digiuseppe	6
Lewis Benton	5
Rob Duncan	5
Joao Mumbach	4
Savas Pnevmatikatos	3
Shane McGowan	2
Kalin Lungarov	2
Herbert Nelson	1
Walkover	6
	41

 

Bondi Icebergs	Player Points
Mikolaj Prus	23
Sedat Turkoglu	6
Umit Erel	5
Adam Sandler	3
Yuce Ferhat	3
Ryan Pincini	2
Nash Claringbold	1
Norm Bonham	1
Victorio Rolado	1
	45

 

Cheltenham	Player Points
Lance Freeman	12
Marshall Mackney	5
Jeffers Babbage	4
Rodriguinho Arruda	4
Eliot Lester	3
Larry Schonke	3
Bennett James	2
Gerd Kaps	1
Jarrett Trenoweth	1
Benny Mewburn	1
	36

 

Crimson Eagles FC	Player Points
Evaristo Monico	11
Berke Cubit	8
Wen Sha Lin	6
Diogo Pacheco	6
Bruce Sinden	4
Emil Andberg	3
Mido Fielden	1
	39

 

Dunder Mifflin FC	Player Points
Ainar Reeder	19
Manol Nichev	5
Dario Tenser	4
Aron Itoafa	4
Mustafa Numan Yigit	3
John Sayner	2
Egon Spengler	2
Jack O’Neill	1
	38

 

Glasston	Player Points
Mei Fan Xun	8
John Bennett	6
Djvebe Gabelia	5
Keith Callaghan	5
Cisco Radaban	4
Dale Barling	4
Ed Norman	3
Paulino Maju	2
Roch Duda	2
Ed Norman	1
Jordan Wayland	1
	41

 

Hasselhoff Babes	Player Points
Jesus Beltza	3
Szczepan Bochinski	2
Bai Li Zheng	1
Russell Mogork	1
Luck Tout	1
Berny Shortus	1
Lucas Alves	1
	10

 

Mrytou FC	Player Points
Otto Coleman	9
Antony Edwards	7
Tony Montana	5
Brant Bielski	4
Choice Bro	3
Daniel Prior	2
Eustaquio Dei	2
Narcis Boerescu	1
	33

 

Name Changing Bandwagon	Player Points
	0

 

Narraweena Azzurri	Player Points
Albert Gledden	8
Justino Gregory	6
Benny Giles	5
Navarro Inwood	4
Buchanan O’Brien	3
Broderick Eastman	3
Carmichael Locke	1
	30

 

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	Player Points
Nereo Ulizes	10
Matthews Groves	7
Hortencio Secco	6
Ernest Christian	4
Eliot Gruer	4
Mateo Arraya	3
Kamiel De Meyer	2
Bernard Feutrill	2
Conner Hunn	2
Eliot Didlock	1
	41

 

SYD Club	Player Points
Ricardo Cugat	18
Iggy Merz	7
Larkins Ziliotto	4
Oliver Kennewell	3
Jonathon Azulay	3
Case Stageman	2
Zbyszko Lanczak	2
Adolph Sperling	1
	40

Midway Passage

It’s been a strange season so far, 10 sides are all quite even and results are difficult to predict. On current trends Narraweena and the Amputees will fight it out for the last playoffs spot. Bondi have become favourites for the title, Crimson Eagles are the best of the promotion sides and surprises a few.

The trend of Aussie managers not selling their talent and developing players in house has created a lot of sides that are very good. Unfortunately we don’t have enough active managers to fill out our A-League with 12 competitive teams. But this season is the closest in terms of overall team strength in quite a while.

Written by Scruttino

A-League 55 Preview

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	Abbotsford FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Amputees FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	BONDI ICEBERGS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	City Water Motel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Crimson Eagles FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dunder Mifflin FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Glasston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Melbourne Rockstars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Rodborough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	SYDclub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Skoolage United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The 55^th running of the A-League welcomes five new teams. City Water Motel, Abbotsford FC and Skoolage United won direct promotion and the Melbourne Rockstars and Rodborough got through with some fortuitous results from the Playoffs. Abbotsford, Melbourne Rockstars and Rodborough are all first time A-League Clubs, with City Water Motel and Skoolage United returning after rebuilding their playing rosters. For City Water this was a short turn around, but Skoolage have been adrift for some time, down as far as Div 2 for a prolonged period of time.

As I’ve mentioned in my Playoff article both Rodborough and Melbourne Rockstars can consider themselves fortunate to get through, as neither side was the best in their group. So we can expect to have the trend of a strong top half of the ladder winning big against the teams that have either sold up completely in Cheltenham who assume short price favouritism for the Spoon and Bondi Icebergs running a largely U/21 squad. Both teams should finish 12^th and 11^th respectively.

Only Bondi Icebergs who have already sold up, Dunder Mifflin and Glasston have players retiring, two in the case of Dunder Mifflin and four for Glasston. This is bound to affect their competitiveness and both teams finished comfortably mid-table last season. How much further they’ll drop depends as always on the quality of the sides that come up.

Of the teams that remain from last seasons A-League the Crimson Eagles, Shrewsbury Biscuits and the Amputees all have good squads and will feature prominently at the top of the table. There is always one promotion side that will be highly competitive and join the fight. This season it’ll likely be Skoolage or City Water Motel. I’m basing this on the luck based nature off the Playoff results for Rodborough and Melbourne Rockstars, which along with Abbotsford come from Div 1.1 and they all seem of similar strength. Which for me places them towards them bottom of the league vying for regulation playoffs spots to avoid automatic demotion.

Words from the Managers

Senile Old Men – Crimson Eagles

Top 3 was a good result for first season up in A-league since returning to MZ.
Players are approaching the right age, and I still have a foreign spot to fill (hopefully a striker with more than 4 heading to open up the possibility of wings)
Bullish on another top 3 berth if deterioration isn’t too harsh on the newly turned 28yos

Scruttino – Amputees FC

The team’s inability to score despite taking plenty of shots let us down last season despite solid statistical performances. Our talisman up front Remy Bundy is still young at 24/25, he’s still got some experience to gain before reaching his peak, but the future looks bright and we’re hoping to crack the top 3 for the first time. Shrewsbury are still the favourite, but we’ll give them a run for their money.

Paulg7 – Rodborough

Hello everyone, great to be part of the big A-League for the 1st time. Kinda been stuck in 1st division forever so this is a new challenge for me and my boys. I will probably stick with the same group of players that got me here. Anything around mid-table I would call it a success.

On the other hand I’m going to keep investing in my youth academy, as this is one of the best parts of MZ – Training potential superstars. Always a chance one of them will get a league game debut.
Paul

Dagriggstar – Skoolage United

Pretty lucky to have won div 1.3 last season to be honest, think toss got simmed in a couple of key games and I slept walked to the title. On one hand I do have a couple of NT level players but on the other hand got a back 4 composed of three 22 year olds and zero first XI players with more than 8 tackling (I do have a 20 year old dude on the bench with 10, maybe I should play him). I’m not expecting miracles don’t be surprised to see a few sales mid-season since I have a group of 4 older guys that may not meet the age profile for the team I’m building…

Eric the Eel – Shrewsbury Biscuits FC 

Who knows how it will go! Happy with top 3. Sold oldies and youngsters not quite there yet. Some superstars approaching 21-22 years old so who knows? Need more foreigners 😀

A-League Season 55 Ladder Predictions

I’ll break the table up into groups of teams rather than where I think they’ll specifically place at the end of the season. From the looks of things this could be another open field of teams where promotions sides have a good chance of surviving.

Top 3 contenders – Shrewsbury Biscuits FC, Crimson Eagles and Amputees FC

Promotion smokeys – City Water Motel and Skoolage United

How far will they fall? – Glasston (4 players retired) and Dunder Mifflin FC (2 players retired)

Relegation playoff contenders  – Rodborough, Melbourne Rockstars and Abbotsford

The bottom two – Cheltenham and Bondi Icebergs (2 players retired, but troy has sold up, so it doesn’t matter as much)

Written by Scruttino

AUSTRALIAN ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE

	Team	W	D	L	=	P	Status
1	Warringah Wizards	19	2	1	78	59
2	Finlandia HC	17	2	3	49	53
3	Brisbane Roar HC	14	3	5	21	45
4	The Jugular Vein	13	1	8	35	40
5	Kangaroo Crusaders	12	2	8	32	38
6	Dunedin Thunderbirds HC	11	1	10	-1	33
7	Relaxmore	9	2	11	-6	29
8	Monegeeta	7	4	11	1	25
9	Caboonbah	7	1	14	-30	22
10	GRATEFUL DEAD	7	2	13	-43	21	div1.1
11	Yaroona	4	3	15	-31	15	div1.2
12	Ice Road MutherTruckers	0	1	21	-105	0	div3.17

The Australian Ice Hockey League never ceases to surprise. Except of course if you are the Warringa Wizards who took the silverware again. That’s 3 times from the past 4 seasons. A continuation of their dominance has broken the backs of a few teams this season. GRATEFUL DEAD were looking quite promising at the end of last season and have pulled the pin along with Dunedin Thunderbirds HC. They depart the AIHL with Yaroona and new league participants Ice Road MutherTruckers.

New debutants The Jugular Vein have finished in a commendable 4^th. Finlandia HC and  Brisbane Roar HC both have had strong finishes to finish runner up and 3^rd place respectively. In 5^th place the Kangaroo Crusaders have outperformed Relaxmore who had a promising start but completely faded mid-season.

The two teams in the playoff zone Monegeeta and Caboonbah survived their playoffs to compete again in the AIHL.

AIHL Season 47 Preview

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	Auckland Anvils	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brisbane Roar HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Caboonbah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Dunedin Thunderbirds HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Finlandia HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Kangaroo Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Monegeeta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Polar Bear Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Relaxmore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	The Jugular Vein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Warringah Wizards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Wodonga Ice Vikings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

We welcome the new arrivals Auckland Anvils, Polar Bear Club and Wodonga Ice Vikings.

With some old blood exiting and new blood arriving I do not hesitate to say the mid table will be very tight indeed.

Written by Therk

Aussie National Team Football

U/21 Conferations Cup 2015

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	U21 Uruguay	7	6	1	0	28	5	23	19
2	U21 Australia	7	6	0	1	27	8	19	18
3	U21 Mexico	7	4	2	1	20	7	13	14
4	U21 Canada	7	4	0	3	23	12	11	12
5	U21 Peru	7	3	1	3	17	13	4	10
6	U21 South Africa	7	2	0	5	13	26	-13	6
7	U21 Malaysia	7	1	0	6	10	18	-8	3
8	U21 Guatemala	7	0	0	7	3	52	-49	0

The Big games were against Uruguay, Canada and Mexico. Though at the time we did know that all top 4 sides progress into the final stages. We lost to Uruguay but won against everyone else.

Last 16

U21 Uruguay – U21 Australia

2 – 4

In a strange draw we had to play Uruguay again. Seriously Managerzone should employ a seeded draw for the final stages of all competitions. But we had the better of the game without putting the score on the board. We levelled it up late in the game before a red card to Uruguay gave us a penalty which our central defender Bunworth slotted and Robbie Kruse sealed with his 2^nd goals as a sub.

Quarter Final

U21 Australia – U21 Mz Country

3 – 0

We entered the match favourites for the win and took hold of the game with a great display of football in the battle of the small userbase countries. A deserved victory which Kruse again sealed with 2 late goals as a sub.

Semi-Final

U21 Australia – U21 Indonesia

3 – 2

Indonesia have come on leaps and bound in recent years. Their national team is no longer the easy beats they once were and we got a slice of luck with Indonesia receiving a red card early in the game. Despite having the man advantage, more shots and possession we couldn’t put Indonesia away and the levelled the match late to send it into extra time. Once again Kruse was on hand late in the second half of extra time to give us the win.

Final

U21 Argentina – U21 Australia

9 – 1

Knowing that we were massive underdogs and going to face a wing tactic we sort to employ a one sided short passing counter. Sadly things went very wrong and we accept the blame for a poor tactical decision in the final. But still Australia doesn’t reach many finals so overall the team played very well.

Given that many of the players from the previous U/21 squad have now made the seniors national team, we are hoping that people keep developing these players so that the future of the national team remains strong.

Top Scorers

Pos.	Player		Team		Goals
1		Adriana Rius		Quespikay	25
2		Carlito Tevez		☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★	21
3		Thomas Milton		Xeneize FC	16
4		Best Štriker		Kelab Bolasepak Penambang	14
5		汪旭延		辽宁东北虎	12
6		Urbano Timo		СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ	12
7		Efraim Larrauri		Flamengo	12
8		Robbie Kruse		Dewrang Lions	12
9		Alonso Saucedo		Guayacol United	11
10		Donn Grover		CAMBA CUA FC	11

World Cup Qualification 2015

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	11	3	8	9
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	4
3	Moldova	3	0	2	1	3	6	-3	2
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	3	11	-8	1

We lost to Spain, yet played well against the other two with a draw being more frustrating than a fair result. So we had to wait to the final round of matches to guarantee progress and thankfully Spain didn’t throw their game allowing us to get through.

Top Scorers

Pos.	Player		Team		Goals
1		Nedžad Antončić		Sanderlend	11
2		Haşmet Metehan		ΧΑΤΖΗΚΥΡΙΑΚΕΙΟ PIRAEUS	11
3		Cyprien Bourry		Destroy Inmature Enemies	11
4		Niko Kobelt		Sundens BK	10
5		Ekhi Zumel		Casi Empato	10
6		Yiğitcan Yücesan		PURE FF	10
7		Rudolf Üksti		Munsi	9
8		Dany-Adams Raniers		Steaua FC Iasi	9
9					9
10		Ryan Giggs		…	8

World Cup 2015

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	11	1	10	7
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	5	7	-2	6
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	3	5	-2	1

This was a tough group. Really tough. In the first matches we got the better of Italy in a close game. Unfortunately we couldn’t produce the quality against either the Netherlands or Romania. So our campaign ended at the group stage.

This World Cup represented the end of an era for many older players of the squad, deterioration will kill them off before the next senior national team competition. So we’ve refreshed the squad with young talent and no players are olders than 31 for now.

Top Scorers

Pos.	Player		Team		Goals
1		Sérgio Neto		Varsel	12
2		Yiğitcan Yücesan		PURE FF	9
3		Anselmo Gauargi		Ultra Copos FC ™	8
4		Wouter Kleine		Eintracht Apfelstrudel	7
5		Johan Brandsma		Sorogain	6
6		Joel Rubio		Aiolikos FC	6
7		Marcos Pissa		Deportivo Andaluz	6
8		Florencio Bühler		King of Bongo Jr	6
9					6
10		Villiam Mårtensson		Digital Monsterz FC	6

Written by Scruttino

National Team Ice Hockey Article

Firstly thankyou to the couple of Aussie Ice Hockey managers still out there that voted me in for another term as National Team manager. With interest in the sport at an all-time low there were probably only a couple of you but thanks anyway! I have enjoyed my time representing our team and keeping the U21s and Seniors functioning.

The last two seasons have seen us struggle as a Nation competitively as less managers train teams and run squads with good homegrown players. This was particularly noticeable with the U21s who were unable to qualify for the U21 World Cup. In qualifying, wins over Denmark and Kuwait, a draw with Bulgaria,
and losses to Belgium and the Czech Republic saw us needing to beat China.

Ultimately, we lost 1-0 and missed out on World Cup action for the first time in some seasons. Most of the team came from a handful of AIHL clubs, but apart from 5-6 superstars the quality on a whole was at the lowest I’ve seen.

The seniors had an equally frustrating time, participating in the 2015 Confederations Cup. This is a tournament we have had success at before, regularly making the semi-finals. This time however we were beaten by Canada in the first knockout round and the season was over. The team struggled with deterioration and retirements and the next crop coming through is a little useless! Not many friendlies were played either.

No excuses from me, after many seasons of dedication I too gave up on Ice Hockey and sold up Dunedin Thunderbirds HC for some nice money. Nav and his team Warringah Wizards should have the run until he too gets bored, and then who knows what will happen.

Good luck to future National Team Coaches and hopefully one day we can return to greatness!

AUTRALIA NATIONAL TEAM

Our national Team played in the Confederations Cup 2015. We finished 2^nd in the group stage behind Chile and ahead of Paraguay and Lebanon. We lost out to Canada in the quarter Finals 3-2.

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Chile	3	3	0	0	15	3	12	9
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	13	5	8	6
3	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	6	11	-5	3
4	Lebanon	3	0	0	3	3	18	-15	0

Quarter Finals Results

Australia – Canada

2 – 3

AUTRALIA NATIONAL U21 TEAM

To qualify for the U21 world Cup finals the U21 team didn’t get through the group play. We placed 5^th from a group of 7. Always a challenge for a nation with no real winter. 😉

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	U21 Czech Republic	6	6	0	0	40	4	36	18
2	U21 Bulgaria	6	4	1	1	27	11	16	13
3	U21 Belgium	6	4	0	2	17	16	1	12
4	U21 China	6	3	0	3	17	27	-10	9
5	U21 Australia	6	2	1	3	10	9	1	7
6	U21 Denmark	6	1	0	5	11	20	-9	3
7	U21 Kuwait	6	0	0	6	1	36	-35	0

Written by Eric the eel and Therk

Senior National Cup Season 54

Final

City Water Motel – BONDI ICEBERGS

3 – 4

City Water Motel again provided us with a surprise taking the game right up Bondi, turning the final between a Division 1 and A-League side into a game worthy of being a final.

It was a cagey opening as both sides missing chances in front of goal, before a Prus double before leading into half time gave Bondi a good lead to consolidate after the break.

Another quiet opening in the second half came a went before Braedan Ross for City Water netted a double in 6 minutes to level the contest with 20 minute remaining. The game then went up a notch as both sides searched for the winner and Prus thought he had it in the 86^th when he completed his hat-trick. Yet City Water came right back at them and levelled the game up for a second time in the 90^th minute to send it into extra time.

Upon the resumption in golden goal extra time nothing had changed and both sides kept up the pressure until it final broke in the 105th as Prus scored his 4^th and Bondi players mobbed him as they played stacks on to celebrate their first senior cup success in quite some time.

City Water were far from outplayed and had more shots, yet Bondi took the possession. So in the end it came down to an astounding player in Prus have a season to remember breaking the deadlock. One of the best finals there ever been in the senior national cup.

3^rd Place Playoff

Narraweena Azzurri – SYDclub

2 – 3

A great contest that held the crowd in rapture until the very end. Cugat secured his hat-trick in the first half took SYD into the break with a 3-1 lead. Justino Gregory further reduced the deficit in the 55^th minute, but despite keeping up the pressure subbing late in the game Narraweena couldn’t produce the equalising goal to take the game into extra time, giving 3^rd to SYD.

Semi Finals

BONDI ICEBERGS – SYDclub

4 – 0

A classic case of attack versus defense as Bondi and Prus once again showed their class to make the scoreline seem a blow out, but the stat show that SYD Club attempted 73 tackles. So they really let them fly with both feet studs up, unfortunately none of their shots passed the brick wall of Fasey in the Bondi Goals to send Bondi through to the final.

Narraweena Azzurri – City Water Motel

0 – 3

More passes, tackles and shots with greater percentages of efficiency, along with more possession made City Waters quarter final victory over Crimson Eagles no joke. They comprehensively outplayed Narraweena from start to finish to well deserve a finals berths on their own account.

Quarter Finals

Amputees FC – BONDI ICEBERGS

0 – 1

This was a slugfest. Neither side gave an inch but over the course Bondi edged the possession and shots and so their goal in the dying seconds of the game was well earned granting them a semi-final berth.

F.C.Ailsa – SYDclub

1 – 2

In a close game the extra experience and class of Cugat and his 2 goals gave the win to SYD Club. Putting an end to the surprise run of FC Ailsa, but it’s good to see another young team coming through the ranks alongside Rangers – Real Madrid.

Crimson Eagles FC – City Water Motel

1 – 4

In somewhat of a surprise result. A red card in the 44^th minute to Crimson Eagles turned an even contest on its head. City Water then put in 4 second half goals and ran away with a comprehensive win.

Glasston – Narraweena Azzurri

2 – 3

This was a really good contest. Fan Xun and Glasston took the early lead before Gledden levelled and then put Narraweena in front before half time. The second half was even as two well matched sides let the tackles fly as they cancelled each other out until with the last kick of the half Fan Xun pulled Glasston off the canvas as he levelled the scores. Then game then continued in the same hard-nosed fashion until the 124^th minute when Gledden sealed it for Narraweena with his hat-trick sending Narraweena through to an improbable semi-final.

Last 16

BONDI ICEBERGS – Skoolage United

6 – 1

This game was a one sided contest with Prus winning it off his boot with 6 goals in a team that had more shots but lost out on the possession

Cheltenham – Amputees FC

1 – 3

3 first half goals for the Amputees, 2 to Bundy and 1 for Lungarov set the game up and despite not scoring again the Amputees held 59% of possession, preventing Cheltenham from getting back into the contest. A late red card to Cheltenham was more of a formality than a game changer as Cheltenham had already lost by then.

Abbotsford FC – F.C.Ailsa

0 – 1

Despite dominating the game and having a man advantage from the 28^th minute onwards FC Alisa couldn’t capitalise until the 91^st minute when Norwegian Jens Slavesen broke the deadlock. The goal came more as a relief than anything else and he sunk down on the pitch as his teammates surrounded to celebrate his goal and their teams win.

SYDclub – Rangers – Real Madrid

5 – 0

The game itself was a close contest on all but the scoreboard as Cugat ran wild and netted 5 goals all to himself playing as the lone striker. Rangers – Real Madrid can consider themselves unlucky not to score, but they’ll be back as they are a team on the rise.

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC – Crimson Eagles FC

1 – 2

This top of the table A-League heavyweight bout was an epic contest. The Crimson Eagles had more possession and shots but their early goal in the 2^nd minute to Monico was cancelled out in the 68^th by Ulizes and it went into extra with the deadlock unbroken. The tight contest kept on going until 107^th when Berke Cubit stepped into the spotlight and took the prize of a quarter finals berth with a clutch goal.

City Water Motel – The Smoking Tree

2 – 1

The all division one contest was an even encounter and neither side score in the first half. Then Braedan Ross took the game by the scruff of the neck and put them 2-0 up with 20 minutes remaining. The smoking tree then went on the attack and got one back but time was their enemy and the game ended in a win for City Water.

Arrested Developers – Glasston

1 – 2

Glasston won the possession and Arrested Developers had more shots, Glasston scored early twice and had their lead cut in half before the break. But afterwards despite pouring pressure down on the Glasston goal Dale Barling held firm single turned shots away and made the game Glasston’s for the taking.

Dewrang Lions – Narraweena Azzurri

2 – 5

Robbie Kruse and the Dewrang Lions actually took the lead first, but it was one way traffic from then on for Narraweena. 3 goals before halftime and 2 more afterwards made the match a foregone conclusion long before the end, despite Dewrang scoring again.

Group Stages

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Arrested Developers	10	10	0	0	56	2	54	30
2	Dewrang Lions	10	6	2	2	30	15	15	20
3	Kangaroos	10	6	1	3	24	16	8	19
4	Polar Express FC	10	2	2	6	11	19	-8	8
5	Pukatika	10	1	2	7	5	37	-32	5
6	PINKBULL 19	10	0	3	7	5	42	-37	3

In the absence of any A-League sides Arrested Developers made hay while the sun shined. This left the Dewrang Lions to battle it out with the Kangaroos for 2^nd in which the Lions prevailed.

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Rangers – Real Madrid	10	9	1	0	44	4	40	28
2	The Smoking Tree	10	7	1	2	35	7	28	22
3	Crystal Phallus FC	10	6	1	3	44	16	28	19
4	Brooklyn Youth FC	10	4	1	5	40	22	18	13
5	Brisbane Roar FC	10	1	0	9	11	51	-40	3
6	Canalpin	10	1	0	9	4	78	-74	3

Another group of life without A-League representation and Rangers – Real Madrid produced another display of fine Football to make it a sweep of all their group stages in national cup competitions for the season. A better defence allowed the Smoking Tree to prevail in 2^nd over Crystal Phallus despite them sharing the same goal difference.

Group 3

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Narraweena Azzurri	10	6	2	2	23	9	14	20
2	Crimson Eagles FC	10	6	1	3	22	14	8	19
3	Melbourne Rockstars	10	5	1	4	20	20	0	16
4	Darwin Saville FC	10	4	1	5	18	15	3	13
5	Dunder Mifflin FC	10	4	1	5	19	17	2	13
6	Hop Skip Jump	10	2	0	8	7	34	-27	6

Despite struggling in the A-League all season and being likely to achieve automatic demotion Narraweena Azzurri put that behind them in the national cup to top their group and beat The Crimson Eagles and A-League high flyers into 2nd. The rest tried valiantly but didn’t have the quality to challenge the top 2 regularly, with a surprise bombing of Dunder Mifflin in 5^th.

Group 4

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	SYDclub	10	7	1	2	48	10	38	22
2	Abbotsford FC	10	6	3	1	50	13	37	21
3	Ghinnighi	10	6	1	3	34	13	21	19
4	Telita	10	4	1	5	43	18	25	13
5	AMICI	10	3	0	7	20	49	-29	9
6	Sandhurst	10	1	0	9	7	99	-92	3

Abbotsford turned what appeared a cake walk for SYD upon the release of the group stages into a tough contest. Both prevailed, yet Ghinnighi and Telita made them earn it.

Group 5

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	8	8	0	0	44	3	41	24
2	Cheltenham	8	6	0	2	46	6	40	18
3	HASSELHOFF BABES	8	3	0	5	12	24	-12	9
4	Gunyah	8	2	0	6	11	36	-25	6
5	Relaxmore FC	8	1	0	7	6	50	-44	3

Three A-League sides in a small group meant that the strongest in Shrewsbury Biscuits and Cheltenham would survive. As in the A-League the Hasselhoff Babes didn’t have what it took to challenge them.

Group 6

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	City Water Motel	8	7	0	1	47	12	35	21
2	BONDI ICEBERGS	8	7	0	1	41	7	34	21
3	Red Devils United	8	3	1	4	41	18	23	10
4	Ayreon	8	2	1	5	17	26	-9	7
5	Joachim Wiking	8	0	0	8	0	83	-83	0

The shock here was that City Water topped the group over the current A-League leaders Bondi. The rest were left in their wake.

Group 7

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Glasston	8	7	1	0	57	1	56	22
2	F.C.Ailsa	8	5	1	2	32	9	23	16
3	Tugun Jets FC	8	4	2	2	30	11	19	14
4	Dead Dodos	8	2	0	6	11	33	-22	6
5	White City Eagles	8	0	0	8	0	76	-76	0

Glasston were the favourite and made it known early. The race was then for 2^nd, an improving FC Alisa took the chances given to them and made it through.

Group 8

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Amputees FC	8	8	0	0	49	4	45	24
2	Skoolage United	8	5	1	2	28	15	13	16
3	Nighthawk FC	8	3	2	3	14	16	-2	11
4	Amarapura United	8	1	1	6	11	38	-27	4
5	Happy Little Vegemites	8	0	2	6	5	34	-29	2

The Amputees were untouchable and Skoolage were the next best. The Nighthawks tried but weren’t quite good enough.

Top Scorers

Pos.	Player		Team		Goals
1		Ricardo Cugat		SYDclub	54
2		Remy Bundy		Amputees FC	41
3		Mei Fan Xun		Glasston	41
4		Mikolaj Prus		BONDI ICEBERGS	36
5		Pete Nelson		Abbotsford FC	34
6		Nereo Ulizes		Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	33
7		Braedan Ross		City Water Motel	29
8		Lance Freeman		Cheltenham	27
9		Isaac Newton		Telita	27
10		Teddy Sheringham		Red Devils United	26

 Written by Scruttino

 

U/23 National Cup Season 54

Final

Ayreon – The Smoking Tree

2 – 4

Without a semi-final guide to gauge the strength of Ayreon their 10 man quarter final victory would have to be their line in the sand, and it served to be a good measure as both sides put in an even contest.

Ayreon took the early lead with a brace to Alexandre Turkglu to go 2 up, before the Smoking Tree leveled the scores before half time with Bernie Rafferty and Larkins Mcvey putting the ball past Arjen Lucassen.

Both teams took stock a half time and re-emerged with renewed focus. Ayreon pulled their subs early in the second half yet they failed to take the game away from the Smoking tree and when defender Malclm Lyle put them in front in the 84^th minute. Before the game was sealed in the 87^th by Larkins Mcvey’s second goal and the celebrations could begin for the players on the bench before the final whistle had been blown.

3^rd Place Playoff

Narraweena Azzurri – Rangers – Real Madrid

1 – 3

Quite a bit less spectacular than the extra time semi-final loss for Rangers, but at least Narraweena fielded an eligible squad and the game could be played. Sadly the contest was one sided and Rangers – Real Madrid amassed 59% of the possession twice as many shots to come out victors with a comfortable win.

Semi Finals

Ayreon – Narraweena Azzurri

5 – 0

Following on from their surprise victory over Bondi, Narraweena follow it up….. by forfeiting the match through fielding an invalid squad. We can only assume it was a clerical error rather than a big night out.

The Smoking Tree – Rangers – Real Madrid

2 – 1

Now this was a cracking match, there’s nothing like an extra time thriller to make up for a forfeit. In many ways this should have been the final as both were the stand out performers from the group phase.

It was a tight struggle through the first 70 minutes before Kacper Skrzypek put Rangers – Real Madrid into the lead on 71 minutes, the celebration were short lived as Larkins Mcvey cancelled out in the lead 4 minutes later.

Despite Rangers – Real Madrid having more possession, the shots count remained pretty even and it wasn’t until the 101^st minute that Romania import Ernest Gilgor score the win to send the Smoking Tree through to the final in front of a parochial home crowd.

Quarter Finals

Dewrang Lions – Ayreon

2 – 5

Even with a red card in the 70^th minute Ayreon added a further 2 goals with 10 men to win comfortably. 5 goals to Turkoglu was a huge effort to win the game off his own boot.

BONDI ICEBERGS – Narraweena Azzurri

1 – 3

In somewhat of a surprise result Narraweena Azzurri dominated possession and took their chances to send Bondi out of what has been a success hunting ground in previous seasons, for a well deserved win.

Rangers – Real Madrid – Crystal Phallus FC

5 – 2

The favourite for the title made this game a formality with heavy possession and lots of shots on goal. If Rangers – Real Madrid don’t make the final it will be the result of a huge upset.

Crimson Eagles FC – The Smoking Tree

0 – 4

The Crimson Eagles were put to the sword in a dominant display of football from the Smoking Tree. Group 1 appears to have been a strong one.

Group Stages

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	The Smoking Tree	16	15	1	0	104	4	100	46
2	Narraweena Azzurri	16	11	4	1	65	8	57	37
3	HASSELHOFF BABES	16	9	1	6	53	29	24	28
4	Amputees FC	16	9	1	6	47	23	24	28
5	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	16	7	3	6	38	25	13	24
6	Nighthawk FC	16	5	4	7	32	40	-8	19
7	Amarapura United	16	6	1	9	27	55	-28	19
8	Hop Skip Jump	16	2	1	13	18	87	-69	7
9	AMICI	16	0	0	16	6	119	-113	0

The Smoking Tree and Narraweena Azzurri had this group under control well before it ended. Hasselhoff Babes, Amputees and Shrewsbury Biscuits were all about the same strength and bogged each other down in mid table.

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Rangers – Real Madrid	16	14	0	2	81	17	64	42
2	Ayreon	16	14	0	2	66	14	52	42
3	SYDclub	16	10	1	5	57	23	34	31
4	Abbotsford FC	16	10	0	6	62	15	47	30
5	Red Devils United	16	9	2	5	57	14	43	29
6	City Water Motel	16	6	2	8	38	53	-15	20
7	Joachim Wiking	16	4	1	11	41	80	-39	13
8	Brisbane Roar FC	16	2	0	14	14	120	-106	6
9	Happy Little Vegemites	16	0	0	16	0	80	-80	0

Continuing their mastery of the U/xx comps Rangers – Real Madrid again took out the top spot in their group, not undefeated as they tied on points with the rebuilding Ayreon who seem on track to re-emerge in the next few seasons. But both were a step above SYD, Abbotsford and Red Devils United.

Group 3

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Crimson Eagles FC	16	14	0	2	61	12	49	42
2	Dewrang Lions	16	13	2	1	76	13	63	41
3	Glasston	16	12	0	4	53	32	21	36
4	F.C.Ailsa	16	8	1	7	41	37	4	25
5	Relaxmore FC	16	7	1	8	38	42	-4	22
6	Kangaroos	16	6	0	10	47	35	12	18
7	Gunyah	16	5	3	8	24	30	-6	18
8	Sandhurst	16	3	1	12	17	76	-59	10
9	Canalpin	16	0	0	16	0	80	-80	0

Since their return to competitive action the Crimson Eagles have dominated at U/23 level, they have declined slightly as their initial batch of players have aged, but they are still good enough to be tough opposition. With the Dewrang Lions climbing out of obscurity grab a surprise 2^nd place, from Glasston, with the rest falling further away.

Group 4

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	BONDI ICEBERGS	14	13	1	0	70	4	66	40
2	Crystal Phallus FC	14	11	0	3	58	21	37	33
3	Skoolage United	14	10	1	3	52	16	36	31
4	Tugun Jets FC	14	5	2	7	25	26	-1	16
5	Telita	14	5	1	8	28	42	-14	16
6	Arrested Developers	14	5	0	9	31	44	-13	15
7	Polar Express FC	14	4	1	9	22	63	-41	12
8	Dead Dodos	14	0	0	14	0	70	-70	0

A big win for Crystal Phallus in the final round and a draw between Skoolage and Bondi allowed the Phallus to squeeze out enough juice to lubricate their way into 2^nd behind Bondi. The rest ended up with a negative goal difference.

Top Scorers

Pos.	Player		Team		Goals
1		Ernest Gligor		The Smoking Tree	61
2		Antonio Hursey		Narraweena Azzurri	55
3		Alexandre Türkoğlu		Ayreon	51
4		Bradley Markwell		Crimson Eagles FC	42
5		Kevin Unicomb		Abbotsford FC	41
6		Robbie Kruse		Dewrang Lions	41
7		Ed Norman		Glasston	32
8		Marco Hodson		HASSELHOFF BABES	31
9		Eddy Bundy		Crystal Phallus FC	31
10		Herbert Wright		BONDI ICEBERGS	31

Written by Scruttino

U/21 National Cup Season 54

Final

Rangers – Real Madrid – Crimson Eagles FC

4 – 0

Rangers – Real Madrid are on the march. It’s about time a new manager broke through to win titles with regularity, though it seems they will never make the A-League as they prefer the U/xx competitions and are selling the talent that brought their success this season.

The game itself was quite one sided as Rangers scored at steadily intervals throughout the game and when the red card came in the 82^nd minute for Crimson Eagles the match was already well lost. But still the Crimson Eagles made another final, so well done.

3^rd Place Final

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC – BONDI ICEBERGS

0 – 1

Shrewsbury Biscuits had more possession and twice as many shots, yet they couldn’t score and the game went into extra time. Brandes Hayward then broke free to take his chance in the 101^st minute and stole the game for Bondi.

Semi Finals

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC – Rangers – Real Madrid

0 – 4

Both semi finals followed the script of the group phase as Rangers – Real Madrid blew Shrewsbury Biscuits off the park in a dominant display of football.

BONDI ICEBERGS – Crimson Eagles FC

1 – 3

This game was well under the control the Crimson Eagles until a red card in the 57^th minute altered the balance of the match. But try as they might, Bondi couldn’t take advantage of the extra man and the match finished 1-3

Group Stages

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Rangers – Real Madrid	16	16	0	0	111	3	108	48
2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	16	13	1	2	56	19	37	40
3	Narraweena Azzurri	16	9	1	6	58	28	30	28
4	Crystal Phallus FC	16	7	1	8	47	46	1	22
5	Skoolage United	16	7	1	8	37	41	-4	22
6	Hop Skip Jump	16	7	1	8	35	44	-9	22
7	Tugun Jets FC	16	5	3	8	22	44	-22	18
8	Sandhurst	16	4	0	12	22	83	-61	12
9	Dead Dodos	16	0	0	16	0	80	-80	0

Quite a few teams got stuck in the middle, but only two the really stood out. Continuing on their form the U/18 group phase Rangers – Real Madrid were untouchable and Shrewsbury Biscuits won the close games against those beneath them to progress in 2^nd.

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Crimson Eagles FC	14	12	1	1	70	12	58	37
2	BONDI ICEBERGS	14	12	1	1	49	10	39	37
3	The Smoking Tree	14	8	2	4	56	14	42	26
4	Amputees FC	14	8	2	4	28	15	13	26
5	SYDclub	14	5	1	8	26	32	-6	16
6	Nighthawk FC	14	5	1	8	25	35	-10	16
7	Polar Express FC	14	1	1	12	12	65	-53	4
8	F.C.Ailsa	14	0	1	13	10	93	-83	1

This was a four tier group. The Crimson Eagles and Bondi Icebergs continued their rivalry and the Smoking Tree and Amputees not quite good enough to match them

Top Scorers

Pos.	Player		Team		Goals
1		Angelo Legg		Rangers – Real Madrid	45
2		Bradley Markwell		Crimson Eagles FC	39
3		Duke Schonke		Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	26
4		沈骋俊		Rangers – Real Madrid	25
5		Ronald Ward		Crystal Phallus FC	25
6		Aron Worsley		Crimson Eagles FC	25
7		Malcolm Lyle		The Smoking Tree	24
8		Burns Venz		The Smoking Tree	24
9		Berkeley Rhoades		Narraweena Azzurri	23
10		Buck Hayman		Nighthawk FC	19

Written by Scruttino