Welcome to Aussiezone 232

Welcome to another edition of the aussiezone. Would you believe this is the 232 edition of the magazine? Their release schedule has slowed down in recent years due to me writing them largely by myself. Apart from international contributors this is another solo edition as Therk, Eric_the _eel and coconut_wolf_bandit have not been able to contribute. I had hoped cpfclad432 would write an article about his Youtube content on the game but that hasn’t happened either.

I’ll still provide the link to his video should you want to check out his content. It’s not quite OTT TV yet, but there is scope for improvement as he feels out the game.

For those interested in the past when former HRA OTT began a youtube commentary series on the main match of the A-League. This match and the music will be a blast from the past. Featuring Sydney FC and Glasston with now Legendary players Jessop Howard (in his last season), Neale Christini and the man who the A-League MVP award is named after Cullen Rowden on their team.

Whether you’re on the train to work, the toilet, at home or an alternative setting. Enjoy reading as you prepare for the new season.

Written by Scruttino

A-League 58 Round 12-22 – End of Season Review

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6	Status
1	The Smoking Tree	22	17	3	2	89	25	64	54
2	Abbotsford FC	22	15	2	5	83	28	55	47
3	SYDclub	22	14	3	5	75	32	43	45
4	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	22	14	2	6	109	30	79	44
5	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	22	12	2	8	87	36	51	38
6	F.C.Ailsa	22	11	1	10	73	30	43	34
7	City Water Motel	22	11	1	10	74	54	20	34
8	Hop Skip Jump	22	10	3	9	72	26	46	33
9	Crystal Phallus FC	22	10	2	10	66	42	24	32
10	Brisbane Roar	22	5	1	16	48	83	-35	16
11	Hellas FC	22	3	0	19	45	110	-65	9
12	Myrtou FC	22	0	0	22	2	327	-325	0

After 12 years, numerous rage quits and comebacks The Smoking Tree have finally lifted their first A-League Trophy. In a response to a message from Theme Dreamer, Aarons replied

“HAHA thankz man n it makes every rage quit comeback worthwhile”

The odyssey has been long and the rewards will continue for as long as he keeps the team together, which he has indicated will be about 2 seasons, before he sells up to do it all again.

A stellar second half of the season saw Abbotsford climb into second place. All the mid-season challengers such as the {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles, SYD Club and City Water Motel either sold off their elder statesman as City Water did, or just fell away as the season progressed.

Shrewsbury shrugged off a lethargic start, to finish strongly into 5^th place. Below them Senior National Cup winners FC Ailsa were the best of the promoted teams with a solid mid table finish. After selling their best players City Water were lucky to hold on to the last spot of safety. Results for Hop Skip Jump and Crystal Phallus were patchy leaving them to run the Gauntlet of the Playoffs. The bottom 3 were going back to Division 1 long before the season finished.

Round Commentary

Round 12
Let’s do it all again

City Water Motel	10-0	Brisbane Roar
Myrtou FC	0-18	Hop Skip Jump
SYDclub	1-3	The Smoking Tree
Crystal Phallus FC	1-3	Abbotsford FC
Hellas FC	0-9	F.C.Ailsa
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	3-2	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles

scruttino
The Smoking Tree go 2 for 2 over SYD to see off one of their rivals for the title. Shrewsbury win at home over the Crimson Eagles to leave City Water as the main title challenger

Round 13
No real Blockbuster games. Abbotsford-Crimson Eagles and Crystal Phallus-FC Ailsa should be the most competitive matches

City Water Motel	3-0	Hop Skip Jump
Brisbane Roar	2-5	The Smoking Tree
SYDclub	12-0	Myrtou FC
Crystal Phallus FC	1-0	F.C.Ailsa
Abbotsford FC	1-3	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	7-0	Hellas FC

scruttino
Steady as she goes in Round 13

Round 14
The Smoking Tree can really put some distant between themselves and the rest with a win over City Water. From the looks of things there could be a surprise or two this round, it just has that feeling.

The Smoking Tree	4-2	City Water Motel
Myrtou FC	0-14	Brisbane Roar
Hop Skip Jump	2-2	SYDclub
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	3-1	Crystal Phallus FC
Hellas FC	0-5	Abbotsford FC
F.C.Ailsa	0-3	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
It’s the Smoking Trees title to lose from here. Crimson Eagles were lucky win against the Phallus.

scruttino
With Carrol, Kilmister and Shorten on the market City Water have given up on the title race. It’s now up to the Crimson Eagles or SYD will have to mount a challenge or the title is gone.

Round 15
We shouldn’t see to many changes up the top unless FC Ailsa can upset the Crimson Eagles. The most competitive game should be Abbotsford-Shrewsbury, both sides are level on points and equally matched.

The Smoking Tree	0-2	Hop Skip Jump
City Water Motel	7-0	Myrtou FC
Brisbane Roar	1-5	SYDclub
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	1-3	F.C.Ailsa
Crystal Phallus FC	3-1	Hellas FC
Abbotsford FC	2-1	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
The Eagles and Smoking Tree lose. The Biscuits mid table season continues.

Round 16
Busy me writing essays for Uni has me forgetting to do this again.

SYD climb back into the top 3 with a victory over City Water after the sale of their Midfield. Abbotsford called FC Ailsa’s bluff with a one sided tactic. While Shrewsbury took a close win over Crystal Phallus.

Hop Skip Jump	2-0	Brisbane Roar
Myrtou FC	0-12	The Smoking Tree
SYDclub	1-0	City Water Motel
F.C.Ailsa	1-4	Abbotsford FC
Hellas FC	0-8	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	4-3	Crystal Phallus FC

damo11
I’m begging for a win

Round 17
Can Shrewsbury, Crystal Phallus and FC Ailsa throw a spanner in the cogs of their opponents? The Tree have a 4-point lead with 5 games to play, City Water have given up the chase so only the Crimson Eagles and SYD can stop them now.

City Water Motel	0-9	F.C.Ailsa
Hop Skip Jump	1-2	Abbotsford FC
Brisbane Roar	2-1	Hellas FC
Myrtou FC	0-19	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
The Smoking Tree	3-2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
SYDclub	0-0	Crystal Phallus FC

damo11
No

scruttino
Well you’re safe from the automatic relegation zone and that draw rules SYD out of the title race.

Round 18
FC Ailsa could put the final nail in SYD’s title chances. While the Phallus will be hoping the get out of the relegation zone against the Smoking Tree and keep the title alive.

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	3-0	Brisbane Roar
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	21-0	Myrtou FC
Crystal Phallus FC	1-2	The Smoking Tree
F.C.Ailsa	3-0	SYDclub
Abbotsford FC	8-1	City Water Motel
Hellas FC	1-5	Hop Skip Jump

scruttino
the final nine inch nail was driven through SYD’s title hopes. The Eagles now have to win everything and hope against hope

Round 19
Unless we see an upset nothing will change at the top. SYD-Abbotsford looks the match of the round.

Myrtou FC	0-11	Crystal Phallus FC
The Smoking Tree	3-1	F.C.Ailsa
SYDclub	0-2	Abbotsford FC
City Water Motel	1-3	Hellas FC
Hop Skip Jump	0-0	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
Brisbane Roar	2-3	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
Both the Crimson Eagles-Hop Skip Jump and Smoking Tree-FC Ailsa were good game, but results went the way of the Tree allowing them to secure the title in the next round.

Round 20
Even if Abbotsford manage a win over the Smoking Tree it’s only prolonging the inevitable as they have Hellas in round 21.

Attention now turns to the minor placings.

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	3-2	Hop Skip Jump
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	8-0	City Water Motel
Hellas FC	3-6	SYDclub
Abbotsford FC	2-1	The Smoking Tree
F.C.Ailsa	14-0	Myrtou FC
Crystal Phallus FC	6-2	Brisbane Roar

damo11
And me trying to avoid relegation.

scruttino
Abbotsford delay the party for one more round and give themselves a chance of a top 3 finish. But unless the sim really plays up I can’t see Hellas beating the Smoking Tree.

coconut_wolf_bandit
damo if you do your duty in beating Hop Skip and City lose to Shrewsbury, it’s gonna be a last round death fight to avoid playoffs

damo11
yeah, well that didn’t happen

Round 21
On paper this should be the round the Smoking Tree lift the title, nothing less than a simming or a double send-off will stop it from happening. But good on them, they deserve it.

Down the bottom half results could mean that City Water and Crystal Phallus will playoff for the last spot of safety in the last round.

Hop Skip Jump	4-1	Crystal Phallus FC
Brisbane Roar	2-1	F.C.Ailsa
Myrtou FC	0-15	Abbotsford FC
The Smoking Tree	13-0	Hellas FC
SYDclub	3-1	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
City Water Motel	2-4	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
Congrats to Aaron on securing the A-League title. The rebuild has taken awhile, but they’ll be top contenders for at least the next year if he doesn’t sell up during that time.

Down the bottom the playoff teams have been decided. We knew who would be relegated for quite a while. The top 7 know they are safe, with just the order of the finish to work out. Crimson Eagles could far from 2nd to 4th if they lose in the round 22 and other results go against them.

brucehuang
I beat Alisa which I did not imagine

aarons
CheeerZZz big earZ. YEHAA man Im finally the greatest. Ya ive got this squad for another 2 seasonZ then its a sell off and try a farkin again

Round 22

A strange last round greeting. I’ll be supervising the scoreboard bar at tomorrow’s reclink community cup at elsternwick oval tomorrow. Any melbournian’s are welcome to come down and say hi. Otherwise have a good round of MZ football

Crystal Phallus FC	4-0	City Water Motel
F.C.Ailsa	1-2	Hop Skip Jump
Abbotsford FC	4-1	Brisbane Roar
Hellas FC	17-0	Myrtou FC
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	3-4	The Smoking Tree
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1-2	SYDclub

coconut_wolf_bandit
Translation: free beers on scruttino

scruttino
Haha, I’ll be the one in a black T-shirt.

damo11
How was it Scrut? I wanted to go along but was a bit too hungover from the night before.

maccorosso
I’m in Czech at the moment. Beer porn

scruttino
I was busy, but the day was good. The bar did around $10,000 for the day.

scruttino
Well that’s the season, The Smoking Tree extended out their points margin to win comfortably. I’ve some stats to crunch to figure out who won the awards which will appear in the end of season zone. But that was a good season.

damo11
Bit of a shocker for me on my return to the big league.

Competitions

The Rowden Medal

Players	Clubs	Points
Giorgos Sakelariou	The Smoking Tree	44
Niklas Agotnes	{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC	29
Ian Kilmister	City Water Motel	27
Alvaro Saldanha	FC Ailsa	27
Bernardo Azzolina	Abbotsford FC	26
Duncan Mundine	Hop Skip Jump	25
Vaja Munch	SYD Club	25
Nereo Ulizes	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	20
Benard Dobson	Abbotsford FC	19
Luis Angel Carlos	SYD Club	19

It was a non-contest in the end as Giorgios Sakelariou won with a record margin of 15 points. This would have been less had City Water not sold both Adam Carroll and Ian Kilmister with 7 games to play in the season. Bundy’s Boot winner Alvaro Saldanha from FC Ailsa finished 4^th in his first A-League season, scoring a lot of goals against weaker teams, yet struggling to replicate those feats against teams around or better than them.

Bundy’s Boot

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Álvaro Saldanha	AIA	22	69	0	0
2	Niklas Ågotnes	EAGL	22	65	1	0
3	Giorgos Sakelariou	TST	22	61	0	0
4	Vaja Münch	SYD	22	52	0	0
5	Nereo Ulizes	YUM	22	50	1	0
6	Bernardo Azzolina	ABD	22	39	2	0
7	Gigi Ciuhandu	QLD	22	33	1	0
8	Tor Byström	CRY	22	29	2	0
9	Ían Kilmister	佟楼队	15	29	0	0
10	Sabin Panțuru	GRAN	16	28	1	0
11	Esteve Pacorro	CRY	21	27	0	0
12	Pete Nelson		21	23	1	0
13	Fortunato Alfonsi	EAGL	22	20	1	0
14	Buchanan Facey	HLS	22	18	2	0
15	Edwardo Markou	HLS	22	16	1	0
16	Fabian Zăraşcu	QLD	22	15	2	0
17	Rodrigo Ceni	EAGL	22	15	0	0
18	Lowrey Lingwoodock	YUM	12	13	0	0
19	Jonty Nurthen	QLD	22	13	0	0
20	Adam Carroll	BRI	22	11	0	0

Scoring 69 of FC Ailsa’s 73 total goals, that’s 94.52% of his teams goals for the entire A-League season, Alvaro Saldanha secured his first Bundy’s Boot on his first season in the A-League. Overhauling the mid-season leader Niklas Agotnes, with last seasons’ winner Giorgos Sakelariou in third.

A Cuddly Sheet

Goalkeepers (Goals Against)	Clubs	Clean Sheets
Bruce Sinden – (30)	Crimson Eagles FC	10
Wagner Rosa – (30)	FC Ailsa	9
Eren Jaeger – (25)	The Smoking Tree	8
Yavuz Tanyol – (26)	Hop Skip Jump	8
Oliver Beattie – (32)	SYD Club	8
Szymon Bielatowicz – (42)	Crystal Phallus	7
Jurek Wisniewski – (28)	Abbotsford FC	6
Bongbong User – (54)	City Water Motel	6
Bleyd Renney – (20 games – 32)	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	4
Roy Boylin – (20 games – 73)	Brisbane Roar	3

Bruce Sinden from {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC finished the season off better than anyone to claim his first warm blanket after numerous top 5 finishes. Wagner Rosa had a great first season in the A-League finishing 2^nd, leaving last seasons’ winner Eren Jaeger in 3^rd.

The Waterland

Team	Total Points
The Smoking Tree	97
Hop Skip Jump	86
Abbotsford FC	84
SYD Club	82
{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC	81
FC Ailsa	77
City Water Motel	77
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	75
Crystal Phallus	73
Brisbane Roar	39
Hellas FC	24
Myrtou FC	0

The surprise of the season was how Hop Skip Jump kept accumulating MVP votes despite finishing in the relegation playoff zone and being relegated from the A-League. They were the closest side to challenge The Smoking Tree, who have led the Waterland from about round 3-4 of the season all the way to the end.

Club MVP’s

Abbotsford FC	Player Points
Bernardo Azzolina	26
Benard Dobson	19
Pete Nelson	13
Kenneth Morse	7
Moises Seco	5
Jurek Wisniewski	5
Bryce Brennan	3
Matthew Schultze	2
俞益奕	2
Stan Quigley	1
Cole Hursey	1
Emanuel Kihlberg	1
	84

Brisbane Roar	Player Points
Sabin Panturu	9
Adam Carroll	7
Roy Boylin	6
Nicu Corjan	4
Gabriel Neervig	3
Corneliu Musetescu	2
Randolph Andrusiow	2
Calvin Freel	2
Marcelinho Neves	2
Adelio Ledo	1
Stamenko Radisavcevic	1
	39

City Water Motel	Player Points
Ian Kilmister	27
Adam Carroll	15
Jedrzej Czerny	5
Bariscan Baykir	4
Tim Cahill	4
Jacobs Brennand	3
S. Zhen Feng	3
Manole Bunescu	3
Keefe Shorten	2
Bongbong User	2
Laurence Quigley	1
Emiliano Barto	1
Adnan Ozdeger	1
	77

Crystal Phallus	Player Points
Esteve Pacorro	17
Tor Bystrom	16
Konrad Aron	6
Luiz David	6
Best Bundy	6
Adam Sandler	5
Szymon Bielatowicz	5
Alvaro Navarra	5
Loyd Delbridge	3
Drew McWilliams	2
Berny Bailey	1
Otto Bowen	1
	73

{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC	Player Points
Niklas Agotnes	29
Clarke Riley	12
Emil Andberg	11
Fortunato Alfonsi	8
Rodrigo Ceni	6
Bruce Sinden	6
Mido Fielden	5
Vatan Suat	3
Brock Sewell	1
	81

FC Ailsa	Player Points
Alvaro Saldanha	27
Jessop Locke	13
Wagner Rosa	11
Leonard Ballstrom	11
Alvaro Asplund	8
Eliot Lester	3
Mack Quinane	2
Earle Surman	2
Angus Cochrane	2
	77

Hellas FC	Player Points
Buchanan Facey	6
Edwardo Markou	5
Lauder Brien	4
Jaroslav Mastny	4
Cristi Atanasiu	2
Ignac Vass	2
Marlon Horler	1
	24

Hop Skip Jump	Player Points
Duncan Mundine	25
Gigi Ciuhandu	16
Yavuz Tanyol	12
Fabian Zarascu	11
Jonty Nurthen	6
Edgar Mietus	6
Florian Domenge	2
Edmund Skeen	2
Alvin Barclay	2
Brian Benton	2
Arnold Domenichetti	1
Sehzade Sumre	1
	86

Myrtou FC	Player Points
	0

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	Player Points
Nereo Ulizes	20
Paul Freeman	12
Jamese Glover	8
Tyler Boyd	8
Rex Weeks	5
Lowrey Lingwoodock	4
Nedas Genys	3
John Harkness	3
Ralph Lunt	3
Aaron Orvad	3
Imanol Ruiz	3
Bleyd Renney	2
Arne Nolan	1
	75

SYD Club	Player Points
Vaja Munch	25
Luis Angel Carlos	19
Oliver Beattie	9
Xurxo Placencia	8
Zbyszko Lanczak	7
Brandes Hayward	3
谢响庭	3
Teofilo Gomez	3
Jonathon Azulay	3
Yaar Maa	2
	82

The Smoking Tree	Player Points
Giorgos Sakelariou	44
Jens-Erik Persson	14
Giovani Monteiro	9
Eren Jaeger	7
Vlad Chirtoaca	5
Lefteris Efthimiou	4
Simos Paouris	4
Manuel Negri	3
Ernest Gligor	2
Larkins McVey	2
Craig Sayner	2
Emanuel Leal	1
	97

Written by Scruttino

A-League 58 Mid-Season Review Rounds 1-11

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	The Smoking Tree	11	8	3	0	39	9	30	27
2	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	11	8	1	2	58	15	43	25
3	City Water Motel	11	8	1	2	48	13	35	25
4	SYDclub	11	8	1	2	43	16	27	25
5	F.C.Ailsa	11	6	1	4	31	14	17	19
6	Abbotsford FC	11	5	2	4	35	18	17	17
7	Crystal Phallus FC	11	5	1	5	34	23	11	16
8	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	11	4	2	5	35	18	17	14
9	Hop Skip Jump	11	4	1	6	34	13	21	13
10	Brisbane Roar	11	2	1	8	22	43	-21	7
11	Hellas FC	11	1	0	10	19	51	-32	3
12	Myrtou FC	11	0	0	11	2	167	-165	0

It took them some time, but The Smoking Tree ascended to the top with an unbeaten record by the half way mark of the season. Retirements and some unfortunate results have last seasons’ champions Shrewsbury mired in the bottom half.

It’s a race in 4 at the top, with The Smoking Tree currently lead by 2 points from {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles, City Water and SYD. FC Ailsa have been the most impressive promotion team to occupy the mid table with Abbotsford and Crystal Phallus. Hop Skip Jump are 3^rd on least goals conceded, but have struggle to get points out of their matches leaving them at the back of the mid table log jam.

Myrtou have sold up and no one thought Brisbane Roar or Hellas would pose much threat, which has turned out to be true.

Round Commentary

Round 1
Here we go again. Good luck to teams new and old

City Water Motel	3-0	Crystal Phallus FC
Hop Skip Jump	0-1	F.C.Ailsa
Brisbane Roar	0-3	Abbotsford FC
Myrtou FC	1-11	Hellas FC
The Smoking Tree	3-3	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
SYDclub	2-2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

eric_the_eel
Good luck all

aarons
yeehaaa a draw. man that’s much better than a pole being driven up my a@Zhole

Round 2
Toufffffff… took advantage of Myrtou selling up to score big and lead the league. It won’t last as they face The Smoking Tree, but take a picture and put it on the mantelpiece.

Crimson Eagles-SYD looks the match of the round. For all the new teams the Hellas-Smoking Tree game will give them a guide to their chances in the A-League.

Crystal Phallus FC	2-2	Hop Skip Jump
F.C.Ailsa	7-1	Brisbane Roar
Abbotsford FC	17-0	Myrtou FC
Hellas FC	0-4	The Smoking Tree
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	6-2	SYDclub
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	0-3	City Water Motel

damo11
Esteve Pacorro scored on debut, only a day after arriving at the Phallus 🙂

coconut_wolf_bandit
Ailsa dominate fellow promotees Brisbane Roar 7-1… probably the only team that will do well out of the newly promoted imo.

scruttino
Apart from Myrtou, it looks like most team could beat another on their day. Hellas put up a good fight against The Smoking Tree. Ailsa look the best of the promoted teams

Round 3
Promotion side FC Ailsa could be leading the League by the end of the round. With The Smoking Tree favourites against Abbotsford, City Water-Crimson Eagles an each way bet, Ailsa should put at least 15 past Myrtou landing them the top spot. My predictions can be the kiss of death, but they won’t lose this one that’s for sure.

Meanwhile it’s been a slow start to the season for reigning champions Shrewsbury. Which after losing their last 4 games last season, has picking up 1 point of a possible 18 in their past 6 league games.

Hop Skip Jump	1-2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
City Water Motel	4-1	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
SYDclub	6-0	Hellas FC
The Smoking Tree	1-1	Abbotsford FC
Myrtou FC	0-14	F.C.Ailsa
Brisbane Roar	0-5	Crystal Phallus FC

aarons
man don’t make m fave im fkD if ya do.

dissegnator
lucky you have a good keeper to keep it to a draw 😉

aarons
fkn lucky man don’t talk about fkn luck, ive been jammD up the A@Zhole for ageZ n next time I will open a can of whooooop A@Z on ya unless I get jammD up the a@Zhole again HA HA

Round 4
FC Ailsa will have their first real A-League test in The Smoking Tree. I’ll leave the result open to all forms of possibility. But after struggling for all last season City Water could be leading once more, to make 4 different leaders after 4 rounds.

Shrewsbury finally registered their first league win in 7 games against Hop Skip Jump, but it wasn’t as formality. So their era off a top 3 finish could be momentarily over.

Crystal Phallus FC	14-0	Myrtou FC
F.C.Ailsa	0-1	The Smoking Tree
Abbotsford FC	0-1	SYDclub
Hellas FC	1-5	City Water Motel
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	3-0	Hop Skip Jump
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1-1	Brisbane Roar

aarons
about fkn time I kickD some a@Z

scruttino
Shrewsbury’s season has failed to launch. If they don’t start soon it will be a long way back. Abbotsford can feel equally hard done by. Hellas and Brisbane Roar are bound for the bottom 3 with Myrtou. As Hop Skip Jump were better than the scoreline suggests against the Crimson Eagles.

Round 5
There will be some blowout games this round unless the promotion teams can pull out an upset. Ailsa will want a good showing against SYD.

Abbotsford-City Water is the match of the round up the top. While Hop Skip Jump will not want to lose points to Hellas

Brisbane Roar	0-8	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
Myrtou FC	0-20	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC
The Smoking Tree	2-0	Crystal Phallus FC
SYDclub	6-0	F.C.Ailsa
City Water Motel	3-1	Abbotsford FC
Hop Skip Jump	5-0	Hellas FC

coconut_wolf_bandit
The Biscuits are back… 17 goals to Nereo Ulizes in a 20-0 demolition of Myrtou #goaldifference

scruttino
Yeah, after a disappointing season City Water are looking good again.

Round 6
We have a big game between The Smoking Tree and Shrewsbury. First and second last season. Then a bunch of intriguing match ups that will shine a light on the how the midfield will begin to take shape.

F.C.Ailsa	1-0	City Water Motel
Abbotsford FC	0-7	Hop Skip Jump
Hellas FC	0-3	Brisbane Roar
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	19-0	Myrtou FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1-2	The Smoking Tree
Crystal Phallus FC	1-3	SYDclub

maccorosso
Shots 3 20
Possession 43% 57%

Result 1 0

Congrats

scruttino
That’s a cruel result if ever I’ve seen one. Equally surprising was Hop Skip Jump demolishing Abbotsford. While Shrewsbury and The Smoking Tree played out a classic that could have gone either way, as it finished The tree got some valuable away points.

Round 7
This round looks quite uneven on paper, expect some teams to win big and boost their goal difference. City Water-SYD looks the match of the round for a competitive stoush.

Brisbane Roar	0-3	Hop Skip Jump
The Smoking Tree	13-0	Myrtou FC
City Water Motel	3-5	SYDclub
Abbotsford FC	1-1	F.C.Ailsa
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	4-1	Hellas FC
Crystal Phallus FC	3-2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
Things are not going well for Shrewsbury, with The Smoking Tree climbing to first. We can lock in the bottom three teams to be relegated, their performances have not been up to A-League standard, though Hellas are performing the best of the threee.

Round 8
Expect The Smoking Tree to stay on top. Shrewsbury should beat Abbotsford and Crimson Eagles will want a win to keep the pressure on the league leaders.

Hop Skip Jump	0-2	The Smoking Tree
Myrtou FC	1-17	City Water Motel
SYDclub	4-1	Brisbane Roar
F.C.Ailsa	0-3	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
Hellas FC	3-7	Crystal Phallus FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	2-1	Abbotsford FC

damo11
I’m just here to spoil the party now

aarons
Farrrrrk me man that’s the bloooody kiss of the death. ya killin me man. new prediction City 5 tree 2

scruttino
This round went by the book. All the favourites won their matches

aarons
man this is why I should I give up the smoko. me thought ya were talkn bout round 9 haha

Round 9
City Water have the scoring form; The Smoking Tree are better defensively. It’ll be close this one. Aaron has predicted a 5-2 loss for his team.

Hellas FC have been performing better than their points tally suggests, so Abbotsford will not want to slip up.

City Water Motel	2-2	The Smoking Tree
Brisbane Roar	16-0	Myrtou FC
SYDclub	1-0	Hop Skip Jump
Crystal Phallus FC	0-7	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles
Abbotsford FC	6-2	Hellas FC
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	0-1	F.C.Ailsa

aarons
man this is why I should get better smoko n get totally fkD 2-0 up n get bulldozed on the final whistle fk fk fk fk where is my billy n where is the bowl man it’s time to forget about thingZ

damo11
Oh great. 11 shots to 14 and I lost 7-0?

scruttino
That’s the way it goes sometimes. FC Ailsa upset Shrewsbury to leave them mired in mid table. The SYD-Hop Skip Jump match was a cracker, SYD just edged it.

Round 10
I was busy writing an essay yesterday and forgot to write this blurb

Hop Skip Jump	1-2	City Water Motel
The Smoking Tree	6-0	Brisbane Roar
Myrtou FC	0-11	SYDclub
F.C.Ailsa	0-2	Crystal Phallus FC
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	1-4	Abbotsford FC
Hellas FC	1-4	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
But Abbotsford have toppled the league leaders, leaving SYD on top. As yet, no one is stamping a claim on this season

senile_old_men
Man marking is way too effective in this new sim.

damo11
Got the win I needed. Seems the top 4 are way above the rest of us though.

simon_zjw_180
How I got top!?!? Can’t believe it! Lol

maccorosso
http://www.managerzone.com/?p=match&sub=result&mid=847495178
That’s why

Round 11
It’s a blockbuster between SYD and The Smoking Tree for top spot at the turn.

Then we also have Crimson Eagles-Shrewsbury and Abbotsford-Crystal Phallus, both will be good games.

Brisbane Roar	0-6	City Water Motel
Hop Skip Jump	15-0	Myrtou FC
The Smoking Tree	3-2	SYDclub
Abbotsford FC	1-0	Crystal Phallus FC
F.C.Ailsa	6-0	Hellas FC
《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	3-1	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

scruttino
It was close but The Smoking Tree just edged it to reclaim to spot, the return fixture will be just as exciting, in a similar fashion Abbotsford scrapped past Crystal Phallus. While Shrewsbury just don’t have the legs this season, Crimson Eagles back into 2nd.

Competitions

The Rowden Medal

Players	Clubs	Points
Giorgos Sakelariou	The Smoking Tree	20
Ian Kilmister	City Water Motel	17
Duncan Mundine	Hop Skip Jump	16
Vaja Munch	SYD Club	15
Niklas Agotnes	{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC	14
Adam Carroll	City Water Motel	13
Bernardo Azzolina	Abbotsford FC	11
Tor Bystrom	Crystal Phallus	11
Wagner Rosa	FC Ailsa	10
Alvaro Saldanha	FC Ailsa	10

Last season winner Giorgios Sakelariou from The Smoking Tree leads the way again as a less competitive league has strikers amassing more goals and MVP points as a result.

Bundy’s Boot

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Niklas Ågotnes	EAGL	11	32	0	0
2	Álvaro Saldanha	AIA	11	29	0	0
3	Vaja Münch	SYD	11	26	0	0
4	Nereo Ulizes	YUM	11	24	1	0
5	Giorgos Sakelariou	TST	11	24	0	0
6	Bernardo Azzolina	ABD	11	18	1	0
7	Ían Kilmister	CITY	11	18	0	0
8	Tor Byström	CRY	11	16	0	0
9	Gigi Ciuhandu	QLD	11	14	1	0
10	Fortunato Alfonsi	EAGL	11	14	0	0
11	Pete Nelson	ABD	11	13	0	0
12	Esteve Pacorro	CRY	10	12	0	0
13	Sabin Panțuru	BRI	9	12	0	0
14	Edwardo Markou	HLS	11	10	0	0
15	Fabian Zăraşcu	QLD	11	9	2	0
16	Adam Carroll	CITY	11	9	0	0
17	Rodrigo Ceni	EAGL	11	9	0	0
18	Larkins Mcvey	TST	11	8	0	0
19	Tyler Boyd	YUM	11	7	1	0
20	Barışcan Baykır	FCCW	8	7	0	0

Such is the way the game is played now that 13 players in the top 20 goal scorers are foreigners, with Agotnes from Crimson Eagles leading the way at the mid-season turn.

A Cuddly Sheet

Goalkeepers (Goals Against)	Clubs	Clean Sheets
Eren Jaeger – (9)	The Smoking Tree	6
Wagner Rosa – (14)	FC Ailsa	5
Bruce Sinden – (15)	Crimson Eagles FC	5
Oliver Beattie – (16)	SYD Club	5
Yavuz Tanyol – (13)	Hop Skip Jump	4
Bongbong User – (13)	City Water Motel	3
Jurek Wisniewski – (18)	Abbotsford FC	3
Szymon Bielatowicz – (23)	Crystal Phallus	2
Roy Boylin – (9 games – 33)	Brisbane Roar	2
Bleyd Renney – (18)	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	1

Another previous season victor Eren Jaeger of The Smoking Tree has the lead at the half way mark of the season with 6 clean sheets in 11 games. Last season he won with 7 clean sheets for the whole season. It’s been a good showing from Wagner Rosa in his first A-League season to be on 5 clean sheets with Sinden and Beattie.

The Waterland

Team	Total Points
The Smoking Tree	49
City Water Motel	42
SYD Club	42
FC Ailsa	41
Hop Skip Jump	41
Crystal Phallus	40
{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC	39
Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	36
Abbotsford FC	30
Brisbane Roar	17
Hellas FC	10
Myrtou FC	0

 

This table is always a little different from the official league table, but The Smoking Tree are clear leaders from a host of teams fighting for second place.

Club MVP’s

Abbotsford FC	Player Points
Bernardo Azzolina	11
Benard Dobson	9
Pete Nelson	7
Kenneth Morse	3
Jurek Wisniewski	2
Emanuel Kihlberg	1
Moises Seco	1
Bryce Brennan	1
Cole Hursey	1
	30

Brisbane Roar	Player Points
Roy Boylin	6
Gabriel Neervig	3
Sabin Panturu	3
Corneliu Musetescu	2
Randolph Andrusiow	2
Stamenko Radisavcevic	1
	17

City Water Motel	Player Points
Ian Kilmister	17
Adam Carroll	13
Bariscan Baykir	4
Tim Cahill	4
Bongbong User	2
Emiliano Barto	1
Adnan Ozdeger	1
	42

Crystal Phallus	Player Points
Tor Bystrom	11
Luiz David	6
Esteve Pacorro	5
Szymon Bielatowicz	5
Konrad Aron	3
Best Bundy	3
Loyd Delbridge	2
Alvaro Navarra	2
Adam Sandler	2
Otto Bowen	1
	40

{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC	Player Points
Niklas Agotnes	14
Clarke Riley	7
Fortunato Alfonsi	5
Bruce Sinden	3
Emil Andberg	3
Mido Fielden	3
Rodrigo Ceni	3
Brock Sewell	1
	39

FC Ailsa	Player Points
Wagner Rosa	10
Alvaro Saldanha	10
Jessop Locke	9
Leonard Ballstrom	4
Alvaro Asplund	4
Earle Surman	2
Angus Cochrane	2
Eliot Lester	1
Mack Quinane	1
	41

Hellas FC	Player Points
Edwardo Markou	3
Buchanan Facey	2
Lauder Brien	2
Jaroslav Mastny	2
Ignac Vass	1
	10

Hop Skip Jump	Player Points
Duncan Mundine	16
Gigi Ciuhandu	9
Fabian Zarascu	5
Jonty Nurthen	4
Edgar Mietus	3
Florian Domenge	2
Yavuz Tanyol	1
Arnold Domenichetti	1
	41

Myrtou FC	Player Points
	0

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	Player Points
Nereo Ulizes	9
Jamese Glover	8
Tyler Boyd	5
Aaron Orvad	3
Imanol Ruiz	3
John Harkness	3
Rex Weeks	2
Bleyd Renney	1
Arne Nolan	1
Nedas Genys	1
	36

SYD Club	Player Points
Vaja Munch	15
Luis Angel Carlos	8
Oliver Beattie	8
Brandes Hayward	3
Teofilo Gomez	3
Zbyszko Lanczak	2
Yaar Maa	2
Xurxo Placencia	1
谢响庭	1
	42

The Smoking Tree	Player Points
Giorgos Sakelariou	20
Jens-Erik Persson	9
Eren Jaeger	7
Lefteris Efthimiou	4
Simos Paouris	4
Larkins McVey	2
Ernest Gligor	2
Emanuel Leal	1
	49

Written by Scruttino

AIHL Season 50 Review

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6	Status
1	Auckland Anvils	22	20	2	0	117	19	98	62
2	Finlandia HC	22	18	3	1	106	22	84	57
3	Relaxmore	22	16	1	5	80	36	44	49
4	Polar Bear Club	22	14	2	6	84	42	42	44
5	Warringah Wizards	22	11	1	10	57	82	-25	34
6	Slap Bang Wallop	22	9	5	8	66	39	27	32
7	Telita	22	10	2	10	64	63	1	32
8	The Jugular Vein	22	8	2	12	56	65	-9	26
9	Kangaroo Crusaders	22	6	5	11	44	55	-11	23
10	Caboonbah	22	5	1	16	47	95	-48	16
11	Leeton Devils HC	22	3	0	19	21	114	-93	9
12	Bobinawarrah	22	0	0	22	0	110	-110	0

It seems there will never be an AIHL season with no inactive teams, there are simply too few Australian and New Zealander managers with teams Ice Hockey teams. But onto the season that has just been, Finlandia forever the 2^nd or 3^rd place finisher, were finally looking good for a title. Sadly, they have finished 2^nd again as the Auckland Anvils went through the season undefeated to claim the AIHL title and keep the title in New Zealand for another season.

Below them Relaxmore and Polar Bear Club were in a league of their own, with Relaxmore claiming 3^rd place. Then came Warringah, Slap Bang Wallop, Telita, The Jugular Vein and Kangaroo Crusaders, who were step above the bottom 3 sides.

Stats

Most Points (Goals & Assists)

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	FOW	FOL	S	Sft	TOI
1	Jones Porteus	FHC	22	8	12	20	31	2	97	43	33	133	305
2	Ren Goodbun	A A	22	9	10	19	25	0	74	51	38	114	277
3	Dan Fulton	FHC	22	12	6	18	24	0	75	60	45	133	313
4	Lorimer Mosley	PBC	22	8	10	18	16	4	157	94	33	230	576
5	Nichol Shipman	FHC	22	13	5	18	31	2	0	0	38	133	299
6	Norman Argoud	A A	22	11	7	18	18	2	82	64	42	133	325
7	Chu Fan Jian	A A	22	12	5	17	25	2	86	43	30	119	267
8	Aulis Harinen	A A	22	9	6	15	25	0	75	67	43	142	353
9	Lawrance Kinsey	SLAP	22	7	8	15	21	0	165	108	34	252	628
10	Wiktor Filipowski	SLAP	22	9	5	14	10	6	0	0	43	193	454

Most Goals

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	FOW	FOL	S	Sft	TOI
1	Nichol Shipman	FHC	22	13	5	18	31	2	0	0	38	133	299
2	Dan Fulton	FHC	22	12	6	18	24	0	75	60	45	133	313
3	Chu Fan Jian	A A	22	12	5	17	25	2	86	43	30	119	267
4	Norman Argoud	A A	22	11	7	18	18	2	82	64	42	133	325
5	Fidel Montel	A A	22	10	3	13	25	2	0	0	32	128	320

Most Assists

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	FOW	FOL	S	Sft	TOI
1	Jones Porteus	FHC	22	8	12	20	31	2	97	43	33	133	305
2	Ren Goodbun	A A	22	9	10	19	25	0	74	51	38	114	277
3	Lorimer Mosley	PBC	22	8	10	18	16	4	157	94	33	230	576
4	Lawrance Kinsey	SLAP	22	7	8	15	21	0	165	108	34	252	628
5	Alfred Sparrow	SLAP	22	5	8	13	-5	0	135	112	22	219	535

Most Faceoffs Won

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	FOW	FOL	S	Sft	TOI
1	Lawrance Kinsey	SLAP	22	7	8	15	21	0	165	108	34	252	628
2	Lorimer Mosley	PBC	22	8	10	18	16	4	157	94	33	230	576
3	Alfred Sparrow	SLAP	22	5	8	13	-5	0	135	112	22	219	535
4	Edmund Kenack	RELX	22	5	7	12	13	4	102	68	26	163	369
5	Jones Porteus	FHC	22	8	12	20	31	2	97	43	33	133	305

Most Faceoffs Lost

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	FOW	FOL	S	Sft	TOI
1	Cassidy Oconnell	LDHC	22	2	0	2	-34	0	78	136	12	200	449
2	Bert Turnor	LDHC	22	1	0	1	-76	2	68	135	13	366	858
3	Drake Mckay	LDHC	22	0	0	0	-28	2	21	119	9	130	329
4	Alfred Sparrow	SLAP	22	5	8	13	-5	0	135	112	22	219	535
5	Lawrance Kinsey	SLAP	22	7	8	15	21	0	165	108	34	252	628

AIHL Season 51 Preview

The AIHL Playoffs

Groups 1.1

Team		M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
The Jugular Vein	Australian Ice Hockey League	3	3	0	0	18	2	16	9
Yaroona	div1.1	3	2	0	1	9	3	6	6
Karaweena	div1.2	3	1	0	2	8	15	-7	3
Birrego	div1.3	3	0	0	3	0	15	-15	0

Group 1.2

Team		M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
Kangaroo Crusaders	Australian Ice Hockey League	3	3	0	0	15	1	14	9
Tinamba	div1.2	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Brisbane Roar HC	div1.3	3	0	0	3	0	15	-15	0
Ice Cold Firebirds	div1.1	3	1	1	1	7	6	1	4

Both AIHL sides in the playoffs were returned to the AIHL without much challenge, highlighting the lack of depth in Ice Hockey teams across Australia and New Zealand.

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	Arawata	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Auckland Anvils	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Djurgarden Islanders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Finlandia HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kangaroo Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Polar Bear Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Relaxmore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Slap Bang Wallop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Telita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	The Jugular Vein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Toogoong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Warringah Wizards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Given how badly the 2^nd and 3^rd placed teams in Division 1 were beaten by the 8^th and 9^th placed AIHL teams it will be difficult to see the promoted teams Toogoong, Arawata and Djurgarden Islanders surviving.

It’ll be equally difficult for teams to challenge Auckland Anvils and Finlandia as they fight for the title. The four tiers of competition will likely continue as Relaxmore and Polar Bear Club represent the second tier with all the rest sitting in the 3^rd tier and the promotion teams in the 4^th tier. Unless those in the 3^rd tier buy a few players, they will stay there, but remain safe enough knowing that no sides are coming up from the lower divisions.

Written by Scruttino

 

 

National Team Article Season 57 & 58

Seniors

World Cup Qualifiers

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	16	2	14	7
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	12	3	9	7
3	Peru	3	1	0	2	12	6	6	3
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	30	-29	0

Results

1	04-05-2016 04:00	Peru – Australia	2 – 3
2	08-05-2016 04:00	Australia – Hungary	1 – 1
3	11-05-2016 04:00	Honduras – Australia	0 – 8

Our most important game was the first, as Honduras was a freebie and Hungary a challenge. But to progress we needed to beat Peru and we played well using a short passing tactic, but our dominance wasn’t reflected on the scoreboard.

Match Facts	PE	AU
Goals	2	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	0	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	2
Shots	4	20
Possession	48%	52%

Both Boyde Minne goals were cancelled out, so it was up to Remy Bundy in the 65^th minute to score the winning goal and give us the points advantage over Peru. We had more combined shots from our midfielders and supporting striker Tyler Boyd than Minne and Bundy.

10	B. Minne	St	2	5	5	5	100%	0		0	0
12	R. Bundy	St	1	1	1	3	67%	1	0%	0	0

Up next was our toughest game of the group. Hungary are a better team than us, yet Bryce Fazey in goals played the game of his life.

2

B. Fazey

Gk

0

0

0

16

63%

0

14

0

Stopping Hungary from scoring the winning goal, despite hungary having twice as many shots on goal.

Match Facts	AU	HU
Goals	1	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	3	1
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	9	17
Possession	50%	50%

Tyler Boyd scored in the 10^th minute, then through heroic defence and a big slice of luck we held the lead until the 80^th minute, which was enough to get us a draw and guarantee a spot at the World Cup.

The match against Honduras was party time. We amassed 34 shots on goal to their 5, Tyler Boyd bagged a double from only 2 shots and Bundy scored a 30-minute hat-trick coming on as a sub in the 60^th minute.

24	B. Edwards	Mf	1	1	1	9	89%	3	33%	0	2
20	T. Boyd	St	2	2	2	6	83%	0		0	1
34	Í. Kilmister	St	1	6	5	4	50%	1	100%	0	1
10	B. Minne	St	1	12	12	4	100%	1	100%	0	1
12	R. Bundy	St	3	13	13	0		0		0	0

Match Facts	HN	AU
Goals	0	8
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	0	4
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	5	34
Possession	52%	48%

Our Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Remy Bundy	FCB	3	4	0	0
2	Boyde Minne	PAO	3	3	0	0
3	Tyler Boyd	YUM	3	3	0	0
4	Barnabas Edwards	KJU	3	1	0	0
5	Ían Kilmister	佟楼队	3	1	0	0

2015 World Cup

Group 8

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	11	3	8	6
2	Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	7	-2	6
3	India	3	1	0	2	5	8	-3	3
4	Australia	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3

Results

1	01-06-2016 04:00	Ireland – Australia	3 – 1
2	05-06-2016 04:00	India – Australia	3 – 1
3	08-06-2016 04:00	Australia – Portugal	2 – 1

Against Ireland the boys just didn’t show up to play, they weren’t terrible and the short passing tactic was sound. But the overall performance wasn’t there and we got beaten across the park. If we were to go through we now needed to win against both India and Portugal.

Match Facts	IE	AU
Goals	3	1
Injuries	0	1
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	17	11
Possession	55%	45%

Next up was India, we switched to wings and were the better side, having the better of play across the park, yet Boyde Minne went down with an injury early on and Bundy couldn’t score either, while we watched India take their chances to put us out of the tournament.

India Stats

Total

3

12

10

102

65%

68

37%

13

27

Australia Stats

Total

1

17

14

115

77%

45

47%

8

35

As you can see this just wasn’t our game either, the difference between this and first game was we were the better team yet still lost.

Match Facts	IN	AU
Goals	3	1
Injuries	0	1
Yellow cards	2	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	3
Shots	10	14
Possession	48%	52%

So knowing we were eliminated, the pressure was off and the boys rocked up to the game with no expectations. Perhaps that helped, I don’t know, but whatever happened the bad luck evaporated. Our keeper Bryce Fazey had a day to remember as he stopped all but one shots on goal.

2

B. Fazey

Gk

0

0

0

17

82%

0

19

0

This allowed Boyd and Kilmister to take their chances, stealing us a win and our first points of the competition in a game we shouldn’t have won.

20

T. Boyd

St

1

5

5

8

50%

3

67%

0

2

34

Í. Kilmister

St

1

2

2

1

0%

0

0

0

Match Facts	AU	PT
Goals	2	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	4
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	2
Shots	10	20
Possession	47%	53%

Our Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Tyler Boyd	YUM	3	2	0	0
2	Rex Weeks	YUM	1	1	0	0
3	Ían Kilmister	佟楼队	3	1	0	0

U/21’s

2015 Confederations Cup

Group Phase

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	U21 Chile	5	4	1	0	20	3	17	13
2	U21 Peru	5	4	0	1	22	4	18	12
3	U21 Australia	5	3	0	2	12	7	5	9
4	U21 Mz Country	5	1	2	2	8	12	-4	5
5	U21 Singapore	5	1	0	4	6	19	-13	3
6	U21 Lebanon	5	0	1	4	3	26	-23	1

Results

1	11-02-2016 04:00	U21 Peru – U21 Australia	4 – 0
2	14-02-2016 04:00	U21 Australia – U21 Chile	0 – 2
3	18-02-2016 04:00	U21 Australia – U21 Mz Country	3 – 1
4	21-02-2016 04:00	U21 Singapore – U21 Australia	0 – 3
5	25-02-2016 04:00	U21 Australia – U21 Lebanon	6 – 0

It wasn’t a great start to the campaign as the elected NC was too busy to scout and organise enough friendlies until a week before the start of the tournament. As such in our early group games we are still figuring out our best line up. But the with the top 4 teams progressing we could afford to lose a couple and still progress.

Because of NC inexperience the first game was played with an invalid default tactic. As such we got nothing out of it and having only played 3 friendlies before the tournament started were a long way behind in understanding how the team played together.

Match Facts	PE	AU
Goals	4	0
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	4	1
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	22	3
Possession	54%	46%

In the second game we gave Anvisco the chance to play his preferred lineup, they didn’t do too badly and the match was even across the park. We were unlucky to concede an own goal early in the first half, but no one could break through in open play until the 96^th minute when Manuelo Escuti scored for Chile giving them a 2-0 win.

16

M. Escuti

St

1

1

1

1

100%

4

25%

0

0

Match Facts	AU	CL
Goals	0	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	1
Shots	9	8
Possession	47%	53%

Against MZ Country we benefitted from them receiving a straight red card in the 37^th minute and won the match 3-1. Without the red card we may have lost, as the stats were even despite being 2-1 at that point and playing 11 against 10 men for the rest of the match.

We’ve got Alberto Mcjenkins to thank for winning the game, which helped us further define our starters and sub combinations.

17

A. Mcjenkins

St

2

6

4

5

60%

2

50%

0

1

Match Facts	AU	DC
Goals	3	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	1
Free kicks	4	0
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	1
Shots	9	11
Possession	52%	48%

Next up was Singapore, with a settled backline our goalkeeper Myles Hands played his best game of the tournament keeping a clean sheet.

25

M. Hands

Gk

0

0

0

8

63%

0

11

0

Allowing Alberto McJenkins to score 2 goals and Ellis Haeberle 1 goals as shots on goal were even for both sides, despite us have 61% possession.

17

A. Mcjenkins

St

2

3

3

4

100%

0

0

1

22

E. Haeberle

St

1

3

3

0

3

0%

0

0

Match Facts	SG	AU
Goals	0	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	4	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	2	2
Shots	11	11
Possession	39%	61%

Against Lebanon we decided to change things up, giving our 10AP winger and AP midfielders a chance to show what they could do. They impressed us, but we kept in mind that our opponents were the weakest we’d faced in the group, still the wing tactic worked and gave us options for a hybrid tactic in the final stages.

19	J. Gilding	Mf	0	0	0	14	86%	4	50%	0	7
15	W. Reid	Mf	0	0	0	14	71%	5	80%	0	7
45	B. Block	St	1	3	2	4	100%	4	0%	0	1
6	P. Palmington	St	0	3	3	31	71%	0		0	0
4	K. Richards	St	1	8	7	5	80%	4	0%	0	0

Subs

3

L. Lingwoodock

St

1

3

3

3

100%

1

0%

0

1

17

A. Mcjenkins

St

3

6

5

2

50%

1

0%

0

Match Facts	AU	LB
Goals	6	0
Injuries	1	0
Yellow cards	0	4
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	7	1
Penalty kicks	1	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	21	3
Possession	59%	41%

Final Stages

The Last 16

U21 Australia – U21 Argentina

1 – 3

Unfortunately, we drew Argentina as our first knockout opponent. A daunting task, yet we prepared well began the match with wings, it was a tough first half as we were outplayed, yet the defence held up and we entered the sheds at 1-0 down thanks to our keeper and defenders.

25

M. Hands

Gk

0

0

0

13

77%

0

14

0

99	J. Flisfeder	De	0	0	0	6	50%	7	43%	0	4
11	J. Mcinnes	De	0	0	0	4	100%	3	100%	0	0
12	B. Kepert	De	0	1	0	11	45%	12	67%	0	11
18	D. Hanlen	De	0	0	0	5	20%	3	100%	0	1

The second half was much better as we matched Argentina to level the scores with a 59^th minute Lowrey Lingwoodock goal, only to watch them immediately score a goal to take the lead back.

3

L. Lingwoodock

St

1

3

1

5

20%

3

33%

0

0

Our best period of play came when we used our subs to change the midfield and switch from wings to short passing for the last 20 minutes of the game. We controlled the play and had a few chances to level the scores without finding the back of the net, before Biggs Kepert conceded an own goal from a corner. An unfortunate way to concede our last goal for the tournament, but we had played our best game despite losing 3-1 and being outplayed for the first two thirds of the match. Alberto Mcjenkins was our best player for the tournament, with Myles Hands in goal close behind him.

Match Facts	AU	AR
Goals	1	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	6	1
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	2
Shots	5	18
Possession	43%	57%

Our Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Alberto Mcjenkins	ZOX	5	7	0	0
2	Lowrey Lingwoodock	YUM	6	3	0	0
3	Keith Richards	FCJ	5	1	0	0
4	Braedan Block	JW	5	1	0	0
5	Ellis Haeberle	AFC	2	1	0	0

Written by Scruttino

A-League 59 Preview

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P	Last 6
1	Abbotsford FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	BONDI ICEBERGS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	City Water Motel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Duffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	F.C.Ailsa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Glasston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Rodborough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	SYDclub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Telita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	The Smoking Tree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Another season goes by and the revolving door swings 5 new teams back into the A-League. None of them are completely new as Duffield, Glasston, Rodborough, Telita and Bondi Icebergs have all been here before.

It will be difficult to stop The Smoking Tree from securing a 2^nd title in a row as they have the stand out team. The season will be more competitive than the last one, as there are no complete bunnies, but there will be teams that find themselves mired in the bottom half with little chance of getting out. I’m not sure who that will be, but from history we can assume that at least 3 of the 5 promoted teams will be relegated. One will perform well and achieve mid-table safety while another will hover around the relegation playoff zone and most likely end up in it.

Despite Aarons predicting a 3^rd place finish for his side, my personal feeling is that everyone else are playing for second place, but the competition for second place and mid-table safety will be fierce, with results for some going against them for little reason.

Words from the Managers

There was an interesting discussion in the A-League messageboard about the new season as some old managers have come back and resumed rivals that have been absent in recent season. The language got a bit fruity but it’s all in good fun, so with some minor alterations I’ve kept most in place.

aarons
man I replaced my greek international with a useless sack of shit n paid 5.5+ mil for the pleasure. I hate bidding wars, but in saying all that, the useless sack of shit should put 35 past ol’ man grinner n 25 past ol’ man rookerman n 15 past the icebergs which will feel like another winning season. Man I feel all hot n sweaty just thinking about that. Sizey top 3.

aarons
**** I wuz in denial, it was 6.1 million

scruttino
Aarons falls for the ol’ bidding war rope’a’dope. I was dragged into one for my best defender as a 19 year old, I paid about 11.5 million. Similar players can be bought for 6 million or so on the lower end of the scale. Still he’s an awesome defender.

aarons
rope’a’dope mmmmm soundZ like my type of thing, my dude was unmaxed 9 PI. Perhaps he won’t be so useless when the 10th ball arrives

troyh65
I’m hoping to be above the play off line. The team is still reasonably young, about two seasons away from being at its best, so it is in the hands of the Mz gods. As for Aarons, he’d be lucky to beat time with a drum, when I beat him I will savour the moment, then remind him of how rubbish he is.

rookerman
The tragic gibberer is still here I see.

grinner
You all are. I would suggest for the article and huge piece on amazing return of Duffield United to the top fold, how their preparations have included clearing more space in the Trophy cabinet and buying some lube so you fellas don’t get so butthurt and how like death ‘n’ taxes, Duffield lifting the trophy again is inevitable. Hoping to break the cycle and win before season 69 which is the season I’m due, but given the piss poor state of you blokes teams, I suspect it will be sooner.

Written by Scruttino

Seniors National Cup Season 58

Group Stages

It was fairly clear that The Smoking Tree and City Water would emerge from Group 1, as though Hop Skip Jump tried they didn’t have the quality to match them. It was a similar story in Group 3 as FC Ailsa were the only A-League team in the group and the next best was Telita who have achieved promotion into the A-League for season 59. Shrewsbury were heads and tails above the rest in group 2, leaving it to Warburn FC to get the best of the Amputees for second place. While in group 4 it was between Abbotsford, {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles, Bondi Icebergs and SYD. Even Glasston weren’t out of it, but it was Abbotsford and {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles who stuck their heads highest above the mire.

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	The Smoking Tree	12	11	1	0	51	9	42	34
2	City Water Motel	12	10	1	1	52	7	45	31
3	Hop Skip Jump	12	8	0	4	37	16	21	24
4	Joachim Wiking	12	6	0	6	31	22	9	18
5	Rangers – Real Madrid	12	3	1	8	27	29	-2	10
6	AMICI	12	2	1	9	18	36	-18	7
7	Genesis	12	0	0	12	0	97	-97	0

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	12	12	0	0	79	2	77	36
2	Warburn F.C	12	8	1	3	51	15	36	25
3	Amputees FC	12	8	0	4	40	28	12	24
4	Gunyah	12	4	1	7	20	46	-26	13
5	Dewrang Lions	12	4	0	8	22	44	-22	12
6	Relaxmore Deux FC	12	3	1	8	22	37	-15	10
7	Mustard Tigers	12	1	1	10	7	69	-62	4

Group 3

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	F.C.Ailsa	12	12	0	0	77	4	73	36
2	Telita	12	10	0	2	58	13	45	30
3	Darwin Saville FC	12	8	0	4	43	10	33	24
4	South Beach AFC	12	4	1	7	33	41	-8	13
5	Trinity FC	12	4	1	7	29	46	-17	13
6	Melbourne Rockstars	12	2	2	8	19	57	-38	8
7	Manly United	12	0	0	12	3	91	-88	0

Group 4

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Abbotsford FC	12	8	1	3	35	16	19	25
2	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	12	8	0	4	28	23	5	24
3	BONDI ICEBERGS	12	6	2	4	28	23	5	20
4	SYDclub	12	5	3	4	32	17	15	18
5	Glasston	12	3	5	4	22	26	-4	14
6	HC Kings	12	4	1	7	15	32	-17	13
7	HASSELHOFF BABES	12	1	2	9	8	31	-23	5

Quarter Finals

F.C.Ailsa – Abbotsford FC

4 – 3

Known for their willingness to take a risk, Abbotsford matched up FC Ailsa’s wing tactic with in a one sided short passing tactic. Tactically they won the dual, amassing 65% of possession and having more shots on target. But they lost the game through the individual brilliance of Alvaro Saldanha who scored a first half hat-trick to give them a 3-2 half time lead.

10

Á. Saldanha

St

4

11

11

7

86%

2

50%

0

2

He added a 4^th goal in the 67^th minute to seal the win for FC Ailsa, as despite a 3^rd consolation goal for Abbotsford in the 96^th minute it was not enough to force the game into golden goal extra time.

Match Facts	AIA	Abd
Goals	4	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	4	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	1
Shots	12	14
Possession	35%	65%

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – The Smoking Tree

4 – 2

This was a heavy weight encounter between two top A-League sides for whom results had gone the way of The Smoking Tree in the regular season. But the Senior National Cup is a different beast and regularly dumps more favoured teams in the gutter, disregarding form lines in favour of one off encounters.

This was one of those games, as {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles scored through the first of three Niklas Agotnes goals which would win the game for the Eagles.

6

N. Ågotnes

St

3

10

7

7

71%

3

67%

0

0

His first came in the 31^st minute. But after half time Giorgos Sakelariou then scored 2 goals in the 59^th and 63^rd minutes to give The Smoking Tree back the lead.

3

G. Sakelariou

St

2

12

11

12

92%

1

0%

0

0

Niklas Agotnes then immediately equalised in the 66^th minute and Fortunato Alfonsi put them in back in front in the 87^th, before Agotnes secure his hat-trick in the 92^nd. Thus one of the favourite had eliminated another.

4

F. Alfonsi

St

1

4

4

7

86%

3

33%

0

0

Match Facts	EAGL	TST
Goals	4	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	3	0
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	13	15
Possession	53%	47%

Telita – Warburn F.C

1 – 0

Both sides went into the game with radical tactics that cancelled each other out. Telita running a box 4-man defence, 2 centre backs and 2 sweepers with no wide defenders, moving into a wing attack. Which Warburn FC countered with a one sided short passing tactic.

The contest was extremely close, so close that the man of the match was Telita goalkeeper Saul Lluc, who kept out all of the shots on goal by Warburn allowing Cheng Yun Bin to score the winning goal in the 74^th minute.

1

S. Lluc

Gk

0

0

0

9

67%

0

14

0

8

C. Yun Bin

St

1

9

8

9

56%

3

33%

0

0

Match Facts	Tea	WAR
Goals	1	0
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	6	5
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	3	0
Shots	13	14
Possession	45%	55%

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC – City Water Motel

8 – 0

By this time of the season City Water had sold their best players and as you can see the match was a non-event. Essential this was a forfeit.

Match Facts	YUM	City
Goals	8	0
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	0
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	20	2
Possession	64%	36%

Semi Finals

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – F.C.Ailsa

0 – 5

For whatever reason the form {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles showed in their quarter-final match against The Smoking Tree was absent and they walked out on to the pitch tired husks of the players they are. You could make an argument that they played a 3-man defensive short passing tactic against FC Ailsa’s wing tactic, putting them at a disadvantage, but still they underperformed and FC Ailsa were at the top of their game.

Alvaro Saldanha was again on song, scoring a hat-trick with 1 goal in the first half and 2 in the 2^nd half. Throw in an own goal from {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles Aldamo Trancoso and

10

Á. Saldanha

St

3

17

14

6

83%

5

100%

0

1

a single goal to Jessop Locke and the end scoreline of 5-0 reflects the blowout it was.

21

J. Locke

Mf

1

1

1

14

71%

14

43%

0

5

Match Facts	EAGL	AIA
Goals	0	5
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	1
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	1
Shots	6	15
Possession	45%	55%

Telita – Shrewsbury Biscuits FC

1 – 4

Statistically the match was closer than the result suggests. But despite the evenness of the

Telita Match Stats

Total

1

10

5

117

67%

44

50%

7

39

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC Match Stats

Total

4

14

10

109

64%

42

60%

4

38

stats Telita struggled to imposed themselves on the game. As they didn’t have the players to match Shrewsbury, who through the experience of players like Nereo Ulizes who scored a hat-trick won the match.

11

N. Ulizes

St

3

7

5

10

50%

2

50%

0

3

As despite scoring first through Florian Demaria, Telita then conceded goals steadily throughout the first half to be 3-1 down at halftime. Another Shrewsbury goal came in injury time of the 2^nd half, but the game was well won by then.b

6

F. Demaria

St

1

3

3

11

64%

3

67%

0

3

Match Facts	Tea	YUM
Goals	1	4
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	0	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	5	10
Possession	46%	54%

3^rd Place Playoff

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – Telita

4 – 3

The 3^rd place playoff was an engrossing contest as {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles built a steady lead and looked to be safely in front when Niklas Agotnes added their 3^rd goal in the 47^th minute.

6

N. Ågotnes

St

1

7

7

12

92%

1

0%

0

0

But from here Telita began to fight back as Cheng Yun Bin reduced the deficit to one, with his first and second goal.

8

C. Yun Bin

St

3

9

9

7

57%

2

50%

0

0

Fernando Alfonsi then gave the Eagles back a 2 goal buffer, which was brought back to 1 when in the 79^th minute Cheng Yun Bin scored his 3^rd goal with plenty of time for more. But this was where the flurry of goals ended and {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles held out for a 3^rd place finish in the senior national cup.

4

F. Alfonsi

St

2

3

2

9

56%

0

0

0

Match Facts	EAGL	Tea
Goals	4	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	1
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	12	12
Possession	54%	46%

Final

	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC – F.C.Ailsa		3 – 4
On league form this was an unexpected final. Shrewsbury are rebuilding after retirements and the sale of their older players, while FC Ailsa were having a solid first season in the A-League. Both sides looked evenly match on paper and on form, so as both sides line up for the national anthem each would have thought they had a good chance of winning. Shrewsbury had the best of the play early, scoring first through Tyler Boyd in the 10th minute. From then on the first half was dominated by FC Ailsa, allowing them to 9  T. Boyd St 2 4 4 8 50% 0 0 0 equalise through Leonard Ballstrom in the 36th minute, then continuing his red hot form Alvaro Saldanha took them ahead in the 41st to allow FC Ailsa to lead at the break. 16  L. Bållström Mf 1 2 2 15 87% 8 38% 0 1 Just like the first half, the second half began well for Shrewsbury as Nereo Ulizes equalised in the 46th minute, before once more FC Ailsa got back on top. Eventually converting 11  N. Ulizes St 1 4 4 6 100% 0 0 0

their possession and weight of shots on goal with man of the match Alvaro Saldanha completing his hat-trick in the 54^th and 89^th minutes to give FC Ailsa a 2 goal lead.

10

Á. Saldanha

St

3

20

17

4

100%

1

100%

0

2

Tyler Boyd scored again in the 94^th minute, but the party had begun for FC Ailsa who had captured their first National Cup trophy.

Match Facts	YUM	AIA
Goals	3	4
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	1	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	8	19
Possession	56%	44%

Top Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Álvaro Saldanha	AIA	15	81	1	0
2	Nereo Ulizes	YUM	15	45	1	0
3	Giorgos Sakelariou	TST	13	37	1	0
4	Cheng Yun Bin	TEA	15	35	0	0
5	Bradley Markwell	WAR	13	33	1	0
6	Ían Kilmister	佟楼队	12	25	0	0
7	Florian Demaria	QPR	15	21	0	0
8	Oséas Veiga	D.S	11	20	2	0
9	Orest Fedetskyi	WEST	12	20	1	0
10	Gigi Ciuhandu	QLD	12	19	1	0
11	Niklas Ågotnes	EAGL	14	19	1	0
12	He Sha Kuan	BIG	12	19	0	0
13	Gerson da Cunha	D.S	12	18	0	0
14	Ellis Haeberle	AFC	12	17	1	0
15	Poli Gonzalez	TFC	12	16	1	0
16	Vaja Münch	SYD	12	16	0	0
17	Tyler Boyd	YUM	15	15	0	0
18	Valer Goicea	STB	12	14	0	0
19	Ruhi Yetiş	JW	11	13	3	0
20	Nedas Genys	YUM	15	12	0	0

This was Alvaro Saldanhas’ tournament, taking FC Ailsa to the title with 81 goals, 36 more goals than his nearest competitor Nereo Ulizes. That’s almost double, quite a feat and FC Ailsa deserve the title.

Written by Scruttino

U/18 National Cup Season 58

Group Stages

For all the groups we had a 3 tier system of 2 sides progressing that were much better than those below them. Then 2 sides in the 2^nd tier (3^rd and 4^th) who weren’t as good as those above yet clearly better than both teams finishing 5^th and 6^th.

From Group 1 and Group 2 Amputees FC and {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC made it through with perfect records of 10 wins from 10 games. From Group 4 Rangers – Real Madrid weren’t far behind with 9 wins and 1 draw, while FC Ailsa from Group 3 had a 9 win, 1 loss record.

{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC achieved a first in U/18 competition conceding no goals at all during the group phase, quite an achievement. Going through as 2^nd place finishers were The Smoking Tree, City Water Motel, Hop Skip Jump and Bondi Icebergs.

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Amputees FC	10	10	0	0	64	12	52	30
2	The Smoking Tree	10	8	0	2	45	15	30	24
3	South Beach AFC	10	5	1	4	18	25	-7	16
4	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	10	3	2	5	19	32	-13	11
5	SYDclub	10	2	1	7	30	23	7	7
6	Dewrang Lions	10	0	0	10	3	72	-69	0

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	10	10	0	0	62	0	62	30
2	City Water Motel	10	7	1	2	43	14	29	22
3	Trinity FC	10	5	1	4	26	33	-7	16
4	Relaxmore Deux FC	10	3	3	4	24	30	-6	12
5	HC Kings	10	1	1	8	9	42	-33	4
6	Manly United	10	1	0	9	7	52	-45	3

Group 3

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	F.C.Ailsa	10	9	0	1	38	14	24	27
2	Hop Skip Jump	10	7	2	1	48	11	37	23
3	Abbotsford FC	10	4	3	3	28	13	15	15
4	Glasston	10	4	0	6	20	28	-8	12
5	Joachim Wiking	10	2	1	7	9	45	-36	7
6	Gunyah	10	0	2	8	5	37	-32	2

Group 4

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Rangers – Real Madrid	10	9	1	0	54	17	37	28
2	BONDI ICEBERGS	10	8	0	2	37	15	22	24
3	Telita	10	5	0	5	24	27	-3	15
4	HASSELHOFF BABES	10	3	2	5	23	28	-5	11
5	AMICI	10	2	2	6	13	31	-18	8
6	Warburn F.C	10	0	1	9	12	45	-33	1

Quarter Finals

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – The Smoking Tree

1 – 4

Despite not conceding a goal during the group phase and entering the knockout phase as favourites for the cup {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles FC were outplayed from start to finish.

Match Facts	EAGL	TST
Goals	1	4
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	3	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	9	15
Possession	41%	59%

Down in possession and shots they were eliminated easily by The Smoking Tree as Barry Whittington scored a hat-trick to seal a 4-1 victory.

62

B. Whittington

St

3

11

9

4

100%

4

75%

0

1

Rangers – Real Madrid – Amputees FC

0 – 2

Rangers – Real Madrid had more possession, but struggled to move the ball forward and generate shots on goal.

Match Facts	RM	AFC
Goals	0	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	3
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	1
Shots	7	20
Possession	52%	48%

Steady pressure from the Amputees through goals in either half from Brynn Huff allowed them to consolidate their group stage form and move into the semi-finals.

70

B. Huff

St

2

12

12

1

100%

1

0%

0

0

F.C.Ailsa – Hop Skip Jump

2 – 1

In a seesawing contest 1 goal to Adam Mackney for Hop Skip Jump and 2 goals for FC Ailsa striker Burns Shearn before half time allowed for a 2-1 score line at the break. Which was where the score stayed despite both sides having multiple chances in the second half, meaning Hop Skip Jump were eliminated.

Match Facts	AIA	qld
Goals	2	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	4
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	10	8
Possession	50%	50%

City Water Motel – BONDI ICEBERGS

5 – 2

Despite cancelling out City Water’s first goal with one of their own Bondi Icebergs were always playing from behind. City Water strikers Benjy Mcjunkins and 80^th minute sub Bernie Balaam each scored a double to allow for a comfortable victory.

Match Facts	City	BIG
Goals	5	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	4
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	12	5
Possession	56%	44%

Semi Finals

Amputees FC – The Smoking Tree

2 – 0

The 1^st and 2^nd teams from Group 1 met up again in the Semi-Finals. The Smoking Tree looking for revenge on 2 losses handed to them in the group phase. Amputees FC hoping to continue their dominance and booked a place in the final.

Possession was pretty even, but Amputees FC were regularly playing the ball higher up the ground, and their better positional play allowed more shots on goal. Despite this a first half goal to their starting striker Brynn Huff in the 36^th minute, appeared to be all they would get. Keeping The Smoking Tree in with a chance right up until the 93th minute when Bradshaw Trenoweth sealed game for the home team.

Match Facts	AFC	TST
Goals	2	0
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	2	3
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	10	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	15	6
Possession	51%	49%

City Water Motel – F.C.Ailsa

5 – 3

The closest of the semi-finals was the second match, City Water scored first and despite the even contest looked set to take a 3-0 lead into the half time break thanks to a double from Brayden Rheistein and a single strike from Benjy Mcjunkins.

33

B. Rheistein

St

2

4

3

4

50%

0

0

1

Yet on the stroke of half time Burns Shearn gave FC Ailsa a hope of getting back into the contest providing a halftime score line of 3-1. Shearns made it a double in the 50^th minute to reduce the deficit to 1 goal before Mcjunkins scored his 2^nd for the match, extending the lead back out to 2 goals.

30

B. Mcjunkins

St

2

5

4

5

100%

2

0%

0

1

FC Ailsa wouldn’t lie down though and Shearns completed his hat-trick in the 74^th minute to once more reduce the margin to 1 goal.

79

B. Shearn

St

3

9

9

6

83%

3

33%

0

0

But the comeback was snuffed out 5 minutes later when Bernie Balaam made it 5-3 in favour of City Water. They would hold out until the end and book a finals berth to take on the Amputees.

Match Facts	City	AIA
Goals	5	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	3
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	13	11
Possession	53%	47%

3^rd Place Playoff

The Smoking Tree – F.C.Ailsa

3 – 2

As consolation for their effort thus far The Smoking Tree and FC Ailsa lined up in the game no one wants to play. FC Ailsa had the best of the possession and more shots, yet found themselves down 2-1 at halftime.

Frustrations were beginning to abate when Lawrance Mapps equalised just after the interval, and it seemed with the weight of shots and possession that they would score more. But a dreadful game in front of goals from Artie Hunn failing to score from 11 shots and Barnett Magrath saving 11 in goals for The Smoking Tree.

90

A. Hunn

St

0

11

9

5

80%

2

100%

0

0

61

B. Magrath

Gk

0

0

0

17

18%

0

11

0

Allowed Martin Wood to cap off an otherwise unspectacular performance with the winning goal from his first and only shot on goal in the 86^th minute.

63

M. Wood

Mf

1

1

1

2

50%

5

0%

0

1

FC Ailsa supporters were left grasping at straws and extremely frustrated as they left the stadium defeated.

Match Facts	TST	AIA
Goals	3	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	8
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	4	14
Possession	45%	55%

The Final

Amputees FC – City Water Motel

3 – 1

For once the final lived up to its billing and produced tight contest. With possession and shots on goal about even it all came down to who could take their chances.

A first half double from Amputees FC striker Brynn Huff allowed them to take the ascendancy into the halftime break. As despite having more overall shots City Water were doing so mostly from long distance by midfielders, who were horribly inaccurate spraying them everywhere.

70

B. Huff

St

2

8

7

2

50%

2

50%

0

0

Both sides kept at in the second half and Benjy Mcjunkins gave City Water fans a lifeline in the 70^th minute.

30

B. Mcjunkins

St

1

8

7

9

56%

2

50%

0

1

His goal triggered substitutions for both teams with the Amputees subbing both strikers and City Water changing a striker and a midfielder. Essential cancelling each other out, as none of the subs had a game changing impact and Hank Annis sealed the Amputees 2^nd U/18 National Cup title with a goal in the 79^th minute.

Match Facts	AFC	City
Goals	3	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	3	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	3	6
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	11	10
Possession	47%	53%

Top Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Dwight Lawson	EAGL	11	41	0	0
2	Pearce Pound	RM	11	40	0	0
3	Burns Shearn	AIA	12	37	2	0
4	Barry Whittington	TST	13	28	1	0
5	Battle Prinsep	BIG	11	26	1	0
6	Brynn Huff	AFC	13	20	1	0
7	Best Brading	SYD	10	20	0	0
8	Adam Mackney	QLD	11	20	1	0
9	Edwardo Haslett	ABD	10	19	1	0
10	Earnest Kreck	TEA	10	17	0	0
11	Matthew Nelson	QLD	9	16	2	0
12	Darren Hodgson	RLX	10	15	1	0
13	Bradshaw Trenoweth	AFC	13	15	1	0
14	Niles Shorten	EAGL	11	14	0	0
15	Benjy Mcjunkins	CITY	5	13	1	0
16	Hank Annis	AFC	13	12	1	0
17	Aden Garing	TFC	10	12	1	0
18	Blade Clarke	YUM	10	11	1	0
19	Sabastian Lorenz	TST	13	11	1	0
20	Rolando Pickhills		8	11	0	0

Interestingly, of the strikers that played in the final only Brynn Huff was in the top 10 for goals scored and Benjy Mcjunkins only played 5 games for the entire campaign, 3 of which were finals. It seems there is much to be said for sharing the goals around by subbing your strikers and having an attacking midfielder scoring regularly.

Written by Scruttino

U/21 National Cup Season 58

Group Stages

The U/21 Cup always has the fewest participants due to both Club Members and Non Paying members having to pay power tokens to compete. 12 sides were split into 2 equal groups, with all the regulars competing.

The rebuilding Amputees FC and {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles showed strong group form topping their respective groups. The Amputees were most impressive conceding just 1 goal with a perfect record of 10 wins from 10 games. In group 1 SYD progressed in 2^nd place through better defence and scoring than The Smoking Tree. While it could have gone either way in Group 2 as FC Ailsa edged out Rangers – Real Madrid despite scoring less and conceding more goals.

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Amputees FC	10	10	0	0	56	1	55	30
2	SYDclub	10	6	2	2	31	14	17	20
3	The Smoking Tree	10	4	3	3	23	16	7	15
4	BONDI ICEBERGS	10	4	1	5	13	19	-6	13
5	Gunyah	10	1	3	6	7	33	-26	6
6	HASSELHOFF BABES	10	0	1	9	6	53	-47	1

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	10	9	0	1	59	10	49	27
2	F.C.Ailsa	10	7	0	3	36	33	3	21
3	Rangers – Real Madrid	10	5	1	4	43	23	20	16
4	Hop Skip Jump	10	4	0	6	26	37	-11	12
5	South Beach AFC	10	2	2	6	18	29	-11	8
6	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	10	1	1	8	11	61	-50	4

Semi Finals

F.C.Ailsa – Amputees FC

0 – 4

This game was so one sided FC Ailsa had only 3 shot for the whole game, none hit the target, as the Amputees did what they liked and toying with their opposition at whim. The only reason the Amputees didn’t score more was 14 saves from Calvin Tupman in goals for FC Ailsa.

41

C. Tupman

Gk

0

0

0

18

33%

0

14

0

Otherwise the Amputees midfielders and strikers did as they pleased

4	C. Sayner	Mf	0	0	0	13	85%	5	80%	0	11
15	L. Graham	Mf	0	0	0	12	83%	5	20%	0	6
19	R. Marley	Mf	0	0	0	5	60%	0		0	1
16	L. Feutrill	Mf	0	1	1	18	83%	5	40%	0	6
3	J. Tucknott	Mf	1	3	1	9	67%	2	0%	0	4
9	J. Banach	St	1	6	5	7	71%	2	50%	0	0
1	E. Haeberle	St	2	9	9	4	100%	1	100%	0	0
51	G. Muff	St	0	2	1	2	50%	0		0	0

Match Facts	AIA	AFC
Goals	0	4
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	8
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	0	18
Possession	40%	60%

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – SYDclub

3 – 1

Not quite as one sided as the Amputees – FC Ailsa game, but the end result was never in doubt. Goals to Mario Plumber and Barnes Orr gave {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles a 2-0 lead, which despite Cod Holdsworth scoring for SYD before half time, the procession continued in the 2^nd half with Brice Benton sealing the game in the 70^th minute.

53	B. Orr	St	1	5	4	3	67%	5	40%	0	2
67	B. Benton	St	1	3	1	6	50%	3	67%	0	1
42	M. Plumber	St	1	9	9	2	100%	2	0%	0	1

Match Facts	EAGL	SYD
Goals	3	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	2
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	6	7
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	3	0
Shots	17	5
Possession	54%	46%

3^rd Place Final

SYDclub – F.C.Ailsa

2 – 0

Given the one-sided nature of the semi-finals, there was hope that this match would be more of an even contest.

The match winners were Lewis Pinhey in goals for SYD who despite terrible passing was able to blunt all the shots FC Ailsa sent in his direction. This coupled with goals in the 7^th and 12^th minute of game to Bern Crane allowed SYD maintain their lead throughout the game.

42

L. Pinhey

Gk

0

0

0

13

8%

0

10

0

66

B. Crane

St

2

10

9

3

67%

2

0%

0

0

Match Facts	SYD	AIA
Goals	2	0
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	2
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	3	2
Penalty kicks	1	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	16	10
Possession	49%	51%

Final

Amputees FC – 《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles

2 – 1

This was the game everyone was looking forward to. No one had been able to challenge either side and on form Amputees FC began as favourites conceding only 1 goal in the whole tournament.

This didn’t seem to bother {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles as once play was underway they took the game right up to the Amputees, getting the best of the first half with a goal to the tournament top scorer Mario Plumber in the 20^th minute, a lead they would maintain into the half time break.

The second half was much of the same. Both sides continued to be evenly matched, with the Amputees having slightly better of the play without being able take advantage. It was clear that something would have to change for the Amputees to have a chance and they activated their attacking sub in the 61^st minute. Still, despite fresh blood up front it looked like {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles would hold on to their lead until Jagger Tucknott finally scored in the 83^rd minute to level the scores.

3

J. Tucknott

Mf

1

7

6

5

60%

4

25%

0

2

Then deep into injury time as the game looked set for extra time, Amputees FC sub Growling Muff scored the winner in the 92^nd minute. Securing their first U/21 national cup trophy.

51

G. Muff

St

1

3

3

3

33%

1

0%

0

0

Match Facts	AFC	EAGL
Goals	2	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	13	10
Possession	52%	48%

Top Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Mario Plumber	EAGL	12	29	1	0
2	Paul Isaac	QLD	10	21	1	0
3	Orest Fedetskyi	WEST	10	19	0	0
4	Barnes Orr	EAGL	11	19	2	0
5	Matthew Smoothey		11	18	2	0
6	Ellis Haeberle	AFC	12	17	0	0
7	Amos Jeffress	TFC	7	17	2	0
8	Otto Markou	DUFF	9	12	2	0
9	Lawrence Feutrill	AFC	11	10	2	0
10	Growling Muff	AFC	12	10	0	0
11	Lowrey Rishton	MOA	10	10	1	0
12	Valer Goicea	STB	9	10	3	0
13	Iggi Tearle	TST	9	8	2	0
14	Handley Howard		8	7	0	0
15	Bruce Cuddihy	AFC	8	7	1	0
16	Murphy Seistrup	BIG	9	7	2	0
17	Robert Marley	AFC	12	7	0	0
18	Jagger Tucknott	AFC	12	6	0	0
19	Cod Holdsworth	SFC	6	6	1	0
20	Cornelius Gillingwater	TST	10	5	1	0

Amputees FC ended up with 6 players inside the top 20 for scoring. While Mario Plumber won by 8 goals from Paul Isaac.

Written by Scruttino

U/23 National Cup Season 58

Group Stages

As results progressed it was clear that Amputees FC, Relaxmore Deux FC, Rangers – Real Madrid and Joachim Wikings would easily progress from groups 3 and 4. In group 2 Warburn FC were the only side with a perfect record, while below them Shrewsbury Biscuits FC and Hop Skip Jump played out a duel for 2^nd place which the Shrewsbury Biscuits won. Things were not so clear cut in group 1 as South Beach AFC, {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles and SYD Club engaged in a 3-way battle for 1^st place with SYD being the unlucky 3^rd wheel, despite scoring the most goals.

Group 1

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	South Beach AFC	10	8	0	2	32	13	19	24
2	《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles	10	7	1	2	31	7	24	22
3	SYDclub	10	6	3	1	47	14	33	21
4	F.C.Ailsa	10	4	1	5	27	27	0	13
5	Glasston	10	1	1	8	6	39	-33	4
6	HASSELHOFF BABES	10	1	0	9	10	53	-43	3

Group 2

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Warburn F.C	10	10	0	0	51	7	44	30
2	Shrewsbury Biscuits FC	10	7	0	3	48	19	29	21
3	Hop Skip Jump	10	6	1	3	28	20	8	19
4	Telita	10	2	3	5	19	33	-14	9
5	City Water Motel	10	2	2	6	19	36	-17	8
6	Mustard Tigers	10	0	0	10	0	50	-50	0

Group 3

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Amputees FC	10	9	1	0	64	4	60	28
2	Relaxmore Deux FC	10	8	0	2	46	10	36	24
3	Manly United	10	4	1	5	22	36	-14	13
4	Abbotsford FC	10	3	2	5	31	28	3	11
5	Dewrang Lions	10	2	2	6	13	25	-12	8
6	HC Kings	10	1	0	9	3	76	-73	3

Group 4

	Team	M	W	D	L	+	–	=	P
1	Rangers – Real Madrid	10	8	2	0	70	7	63	26
2	Joachim Wiking	10	8	2	0	65	9	56	26
3	BONDI ICEBERGS	10	5	0	5	20	27	-7	15
4	Gunyah	10	4	1	5	17	38	-21	13
5	The Smoking Tree	10	2	1	7	15	45	-30	7
6	AMICI	10	0	0	10	3	64	-61	0

Quarter Finals

Relaxmore Deux FC – Amputees FC

1 – 2

1^st and 2^nd in group 3 had to play each other again in the quarter-finals. Having already lost twice to the Amputees in the group phase, Relaxmore knew this would a tough game. The sole reason this game remained close throughout, was an outstanding game in goals for Relaxmore by Prospero Romano with 20 saves for the match. He also watched 2 shots rebound off the posts as Amputees FC peppered the goals all game, yet just after the break

20

P. Romano

Gk

0

0

0

25

20%

0

20

0

Darren Hodgson equalised for Relaxmore. This wasn’t in the script, and despite their dominance Ellis Haeberle saved the Amputees bacon with the winning goal in the 57^th minute.

33

D. Hodgson

St

1

2

2

1

100%

2

50%

0

0

Match Facts	Rlx	AFC
Goals	1	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	1	11
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	2	24
Possession	46%	54%

Joachim Wiking – Warburn F.C

3 – 2

Joachim will be thankful the new sim doesn’t punish you like the last for going a man down, as Navarro Locke was sent off with a straight red in 29^th minute when they were 1-0 down. Previously this would have meant an automatic loss, but they managed to hold on and not concede any more goals. When the game changed again as Abbott Mccarthy was sent off for Warburn in the 68^th minute for receiving his second yellow card.

This made it 10 men each and Joachim began to gain the ascendancy, scoring goals in the 77^th and 80^th minute to first equalise and then take the lead. Which looked to be enough until Duke Schonke scored with the last touch of regular time in the 95^th minute to send the game into golden goal extra time.

Golden goal extra time was ended in the 102^nd minute by man of the match Apolo Roano sending Joachim through to the semi-finals.

1

A. Roano

Mf

1

2

2

20

90%

8

63%

0

6

Match Facts	JW	WAR
Goals	3	2
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	2
Red cards	1	0
Free kicks	6	4
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	0
Shots	14	5
Possession	53%	47%

South Beach AFC – Rangers – Real Madrid

0 – 9

As one-sided games go this was a white wash, Rangers – Real Madrid had the ball on a string amassing 72% possession. South Beach AFC had no chance.

37	H. Sobczak	Mf	0	1	0	30	73%	4	50%	0	34
33	J. Gilding	Mf	0	0	0	4	75%	0		0	2
32	N. Simpson	Mf	1	4	2	15	80%	3	100%	0	3
24	L. Rishton	St	2	3	2	8	88%	0		0	6
45	O. Markou	St	2	5	4	5	100%	1	0%	0	1
39	O. Fedetskyi	St	4	18	15	3	33%	1	0%	0	0

Match Facts	STB	RM
Goals	0	9
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	0	3
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	1	23
Possession	28%	72%

Shrewsbury Biscuits FC – 《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles

2 – 4

This match was a story of 3rds. The first 30 minutes belonged to Shrewsbury as they went 2-0 up through goals to Flavio Razzo and Lowrey Eicke. Then despite continuing to have shots on goals their strikers couldn’t convert. Allowing {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles to inch back

25	L. Eicke	Mf	1	2	2	12	58%	4	25%	0	2
16	F. Razzo	St	1	2	1	8	63%	2	0%	0	0

into the contest with a first half strike to Mario Plumber to enter the sheds 2-1 down. Then after the break he completed his hat-trick in the 72^nd minute, with Brockman Pearson adding another. Leaving Shrewsbury to think of next season as they left the field of play.

42

M. Plumber

St

3

9

7

6

83%

1

100%

0

0

43

B. Pearson

Mf

1

1

1

14

71%

9

22%

0

6

Match Facts	YUM	EAGL
Goals	2	4
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	4	0
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	0
Shots	9	10
Possession	45%	55%

Semi Finals

Amputees FC – Joachim Wiking

4 – 1

Joachim would have fancied their chances as both side entered the field of play. But as the Amputees scored in the 10^th, 19^th, and 39^th minute, it was clear they weren’t coming back.

9	J. Banach	St	2	5	4	10	50%	4	75%	0	3
1	E. Haeberle	St	1	2	2	3	67%	1	0%	0	0
51	G. Muff	St	1	4	4	0		0		0	0

In the second half a goal each way had things ending as the first half finished, with a 3 goal margin and the Amputees going through to the final.

Match Facts	AFC	JW
Goals	4	1
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	7	3
Penalty kicks	0	1
Corners	1	0
Shots	20	6
Possession	61%	39%

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – Rangers – Real Madrid

2 – 3

The 2^nd semi-final was much closer than the first, going all the way to extra time. Rangers – Real Madrid had the better of the game, but failed to make the most of their extra possession and shots. Ever reliable Mario Plumber scored first in the 23^rd minute for {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles, only to watch Orest Fedetskyi cancel out his strike before halftime to level scores at the break.

42

M. Plumber

De

1

11

10

4

100%

3

33%

0

0

39

O. Fedetskyi

De

1

9

8

7

71%

2

50%

0

1

The second half began like the first, with Kane Busst giving the lead back to the{Draxonia} Crimson Eagles and they held the lead until the last possession of regular time when a

32

K. Busst

De

1

1

1

5

40%

5

40%

0

2

last gasp attempt on goal Otto Markou levelled the scores in the 94^th minute. This sent the game into golden goal extra time which Lowrey Rishton ended when he scored for Rangers – Real Madrid in the 100^th minute of the game.

45	O. Markou	De	1	4	4	9	78%	3	100%	0	0
24	L. Rishton	De	1	4	4	8	25%	2	50%	0	0

Match Facts	EAGL	RM
Goals	2	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	2	2
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	2	5
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	0	2
Shots	12	17
Possession	44%	56%

3^rd Place Playoff

《Draxonia》Crimson Eagles – Joachim Wiking

2 – 3

Another game that ebbed and flowed as it went the distance all the way into golden goal extra time. Equally matched from the opening whistle, Ruhi Yetis got Joachim off to the perfect start when he opened the scoring in the 5^th minute of the game, their joy was short lived though, when Filomeno Derwin was sent off for a horrible tackle in the penalty area.

12

R. Yetiş

St

1

4

4

15

33%

10

40%

0

7

Kane Busst convert the penalty for {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles, levelling the scores just before halftime.

32

K. Busst

St

1

5

5

13

38%

3

33%

0

1

Despite being a man down Joachim used their wing tactic against a 3-man defence to maintain their ascendancy, increasing their lead again in the 70^th minute through Braedan Block.  Then watched on as {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles defender Abraham Forrest received two yellow cards in 2 minutes, to be sent from the ground.

14

B. Block

St

2

11

6

16

63%

8

25%

0

2

Yet amazingly {Draxonia} Crimson Eagles fought back to level the scores with the last kick of regular time as Mario Plumber reached into his bag of trick to force the game into golden goal extra-time.

42

M. Plumber

St

1

8

5

7

86%

0

0

1

Extra time went on and on without either side scoring until players were running at a standstill. The tension was broken when Braedan Block scored his 2^nd goal for the match in the 129^th minute of the game. So much for being a 3^rd place playoff, this was a great game.

Match Facts	EAGL	JW
Goals	2	3
Injuries	0	0
Yellow cards	3	0
Red cards	0	1
Free kicks	2	6
Penalty kicks	1	0
Corners	1	4
Shots	12	14
Possession	49%	51%

Final

Rangers – Real Madrid – Amputees FC

1 – 2

So it came to be that Rangers – Real Madrid, arguably the most consistent U/xx team we have in Australia and New Zealand. Faced off against Amputees FC, the most improved team of the competition.

From the opening whistle the Amputees looked to take the most direct route to goal, straight down the middle with the fewest touches and no mucking about. Their plan worked with Ellis Haeberle opening the scoring in the 9^th minute of the game.

1

E. Haeberle

St

1

7

6

3

67%

3

67%

0

0

His strike was cancelled out in the 34^th minute when Orest Fedetskyi levelled the scores, as Rangers – Real Madrid played for possession over shots leaving scores level at half-time.

39

O. Fedetskyi

St

1

4

3

5

80%

2

0%

0

0

Both sides continued to their alternative approaches to the game in the second half, with the Amputees generating more shots, while Rangers – Real Madrid amassed huge passing stats with 40+ more passes than the Amputees by the end of the game. Yet it was the Amputees who broke the game open in the second half to score the winning goal through Julian Banach in the 73^rd minute. The Amputees would hold the lead until the end of the game to complete a historic treble of the U/18, U/21 and U/23 National Cups in the same season.

9

J. Banach

St

1

2

2

7

43%

5

40%

0

2

Match Facts	RM	AFC
Goals	1	2
Injuriesf	0	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0
Free kicks	5	2
Penalty kicks	0	0
Corners	1	1
Shots	10	17
Possession	55%	45%

Top Scorers

	Player	Team	GP	G	YC	RC
1	Orest Fedetskyi	WEST	13	53	1	0
2	Ruhi Yetiş	JW	13	31	1	0
3	Vaja Münch	SYD	10	28	0	0
4	Mario Plumber	EAGL	13	27	0	0
5	Braedan Block	JW	13	23	1	0
6	Ellis Haeberle	AFC	13	21	1	0
7	Valer Goicea	STB	11	20	1	0
8	Bud Haskell	RLX	11	19	1	0
9	Matthew Smoothey		10	19	2	0
10	Flavio Razzo	YUM	11	18	0	0
11	Edmund Hicks	ROU	10	17	0	0
12	Lawrance Beverley	HLS	13	15	0	0
13	Ike Williams	GUH	10	13	1	0
14	Growling Muff	AFC	13	13	1	0
15	Christopher Mcmurchie	WAR	11	13	1	0
16	Barth Huntington	BIG	10	12	0	0
17	Bickford Toth	WAR	10	11	2	0
18	谢响庭	SYD	9	11	0	0
19	Dalton Mcjunkins	RLX	6	11	1	0
20	Duke Schonke	WAR	11	10	1	0

Rangers – Real Madrid striker Orest Fedetskyi scored more than 20 goals more than his nearest competitior. Yet it wasn’t enough to take his team to the title as the Amputees built a side based on accumulative team scoring rather than individual brilliance.

Written by Scruttino