Ellerslie vs Central 12th May 2013 by Ellerslie AFC

“THE AVE” ELLERSLIE AFC VS CENTRAL UTD

WELCOME TO MICHAELS AVE Today we host what can only be referred to as the glamour game of the Lotto NRFL competition - Central in my eyes are the NRFL version of Manchester United, they have struggled in the league recently falling behind rivals Bay Olympic (Chelsea) and East Coast Bays (Man City) but they are strong in the cup and have amazing pedigree. We all know the worst time to face either Man Utd or Central is during a poor run, because they don’t often go too many games without getting a win. So welcome today to Chris and his Central team - we hope you enjoy your first visit back to Michaels Ave for some time and we have no doubt you will be pleasantly surprised by the changes (Someone tell Hoani we have fixed the light above the visiting teams shower please!). We know Central like to play and so do we so we expect to see two great games tonight, first our undefeated reserves defend their home patch, it is awesome to see the ongoing development coming out of these guys and we all can’t wait to see what else Chris Wallace has taught you in the past week. The First team have had a slightly rockier re-introduction to the Premier League and although we sit on 7 points from 5 games we don’t feel we have really played to our full potential yet, so that should be good to see sometime—tonight maybe? After the games have finished up please join us in our clubrooms above the YMCA for a cold drink and some hot food and warm Ellerslie AFC hospitality. Lastly congrats to todays two birthday boys - Captain Eddie Sillars and I guess vice captain Will Roper!! Enjoy guys!

FRONT COVER: This week’s birthday boys Eddie and Will celebrate a goal, from 6 or wait is that a 9? BACK PAGE:

Last week’s Player of the Day Ollie Mullane in action.

CLUB EVENTS

Around the World Night - TBC

Sports Quiz - TBC Mid Season Napier Training Camp - 19th to 21st July Senior Prizegiving - TBC Open Grade Tournament - TBC Kiwi’s vs The Rest - TBC

In this Issue: Presidents Welcome (P4)

Sponsors (P5)

First Team lists (P6&7)

First Team Report (P8&9)

Reserves Team Lists (P10&11)

Reserves Report (P12)

Word Scramble (P13)

NRFL Information (P14)

Premier League Re-caps (P15)

Juniors Report (P16&17)

Club Rankings (P18&19)

League Tables (P20&21)

Between the Sticks (P22)

Next Week’s Games (P23) Back Cover (P24)

PRESIDENTS REPORT It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Ellerslie Football Club, to extend a warm welcome to our visitors from our fellow NRFL Premier and Reserve Club teams, together with our own Club members and supporters, to our recently completed new facilities at Michaels Avenue Reserve. We trust that you will all enjoy the benefits associated with the completion of Stage 1 of our Reserve’s Redevelopment Plan, and look forward in anticipation to further facilities improvements over the next year or so. A lot of publicity has surrounded Auckland Council’s recent commitment to embark upon a 10 year plan to significantly upgrade field capacities across Auckland, with a prime initiative being the installation of more artificial surfaces. As a Club that has been at the forefront of this , the opportunities that such surfaces present to coaches, players and supporters was brought into stark focus recently when within a number of hours of a typical Auckland tropical downpour, our members were able to continue their training and playing regimes uninterrupted, whilst other Clubs wrestled with the logistics of ground closures etc. The positivity that is now palpable around all aspects of this Club is fantastic to see and feel. The challenge for all of us is how to gain the best value and outcomes for our members from the significant investment both made, and still to be made, in the improvement of our facilities. But ultimately, facilities are only one aspect of this Club’s Strategic Plan and we all have a role to play in identifying ways and means by which our players, coaches and supporters can come together to make this Club, the Club of choice in our region. So, come and get involved. Best wishes to Warren Parke, Chris Wallace, their support staff and players in both the Premiers and Reserves, as they continue on their respective journeys tonight. Kind regards Mark B. Weipers President

CLUB GOLDEN BOOT 7

Perry Graham

Div 8 Hardly Ath

Rob Akroyd

Div 8 Hardly Ath

Joe Barnes

Div 4 Hicks

Hamish Cross

Div 8 Hardly Ath

Hamish Cross

Div 8 Hardly Ath

Perry Graham

Div 8 Hardly Ath

Alex Witteveen

First Team/Res

Lana MacFarlane

Women’s Div 3

CLUB SPONSORS Huge thanks from ELLERSLIE AFC to all our sponsors below

Tim Hawes

Tom Damon

Ahmed Al-Jawad

Callum Brown

Ollie Mullane

Nick Russo - Assistant Coach

Dylan Manickum

Matt Hylla - Physio

Eddie Sillars ©

Tim Adams - Manager

Will Roper

Scott Wallace

Alex Witteveen

Isaac Brealey

Zach Margison

Ryan O’Sullivan

Warrick Hart

Jamie Olausen

Nathan Palmer

Callan Manickum

Michael Ritchie

Andrew Wallace

Sean Dowling

COACHING STAFF Warren Parke - Head Coach

Paul Hooper - Assistant Coach

PREVIOUS RESULTS

Onehunga Sports 2, EAFC 0 EAFC 2, Manurewa 0 Waitakere City 0, EAFC 1

Ball Boys proudly from: Ellerslie AFC Juniors

Fahim Hamza

Joshua Morrison

Nick Dale

Diego Giovani Jimenez

Adam Mitchell

Faiti Hamilton

Jordan Roberts

Paul Rhodes

Paul Urlovic

Ouadhah Ragued

COACHING STAFF

Anthony Hagan

Coach - Chris Zoricich

Stephen Carmichael

Asst Coach - Michael Ridenton

Finn Cochran

Manager - Phil Graham

William Batts

Physio - Andrew Newmarch

Regi Murati

Dean Lausev

Greg Uhlmann

Riki Van Steeden

TODAYS MATCH OFFICIALS Referee -

AR1 AR2 4th Official - n/a

Refereeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assessor -

Physio - Tim Read

RGK Blaz Bugarin SPONSORED BY

PLACEMAKERS COOK STREET

FIRST TEAM MATCH REPORT The trip to Hamilton to face Wanderers was one we looked forward to, as they were sitting high on the table, and with the challenge that presented on a good pitch and a bus trip on top we headed down in good spirits. I was pleased to learn that the referee was down from Auckland as sometimes decisions can be clouded with a local referee when Jaffa teams travel.

The match took on an early high tempo and this continued through to the final whistle. We were struggling a little with our possession statistics early on, but were never really threatened, until a corner was conceded and a driven delivery near post was met very well at pace from a deep runner and the glancing header flew into the goal and became lodged in the net behind the stanchion. It was a very good goal and we did what you do and took it on the chin.

We then set about getting in the game a bit more and showed some real spirit as we did. We frustrated Wanderers, who clearly thought they were in for an easy afternoon, and had them rattled many times as we stretched their back four regularly with our pace.

We went in at half time 0-1 down, but having had Nathan Palmer and Andy Wallace in on goal a few times already were confident we would get something out of the match if not all three points.

We replaced Monju in his midfield role at the break, with Mike Ritchie in his first run with us this season after his long term injury and kept our shape as it was troubling Hamilton. Their midfield was being outworked and were beginning to struggle.

As the game progressed we introduced Dylan Manickum and Warrick Hart and then started knocking loudly on Wanderers door. So no surprises then, when at 75 minutes we scored to even things up. Nathan Palmer timed his run onto a very good ball into the box from Dylan Manickum and showed good strength to belt home high into the net past the impressive Hamilton keeper.

We hammered away over the next 15 minutes and could have gone ahead on a number of occasions, but it was an effort from Warwick Hart that in any other match would have won it for us, which brought out the class of the Wanderers keeper as he pushed Warricks effort away at full stretch. The match finished 1-1 and was real entertainment. Sean Dowling in our goal was strong in all areas and the back four of Gregg Crestenallo, Ahmed Al Jawad, Ollie Mullane and Callum Brown all deserve recognition for not only good individual performance but while troubled on occasion from Hamilton worked tire-

FIRST TEAM MATCH REPORT

Hamilton scoring their goal from a corner kick lessly to press and get players behind the ball showing real qualities as a unit. Ollie picked up our MOM.

Our Midfield worked hard and moved the ball well as Wanderers pressed us hard but this caused our opponents to lose their shape and become unbalanced, giving us more possession. They tired badly as we finished stronger than them and were probably glad to hear the final whistle and settle for a point.

Well done to both squads, who looked and behaved like Premier players with a Premier league club.

This was a good day for us and if we continue to make the improvements we need to, then there are many more good days to look forward to.

Kind Regards

Warren Parke - First Team Coach

GK 2 3

Myron Manickum

Ben Shaw

Callum Waters

Monju Shohei

Lewis Parke

Adam Scott

Jordan Oosterhof

Adam Foley

Greg Crestenallo

COACHING STAFF Chris Wallace - Coach Grant Marshall - Coach Matt Hylla - Physio James McCarthy - Manager

LAST 5 RESULTS Hamilton 1, EAFC 1

Michael Glenny

Freddie Ljungberg

EAFC 1, Bay Olympic 0

Matt Scarborough

Waitakere 1, EAFC 4

EAFC 3, Manurewa 2

Onehunga Sports 2, EAFC 3

Fahim Hamza

Oliver Sail

Scott Jacques

Reeda Maged

Isaac Moffat-Young

James Brandon

AR2 - n/a

Nik Posa

4th Official - n/a

Dane Norton

Refereeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assessor - Ian HISCOX

Devon Jones

William Batts

Regont Murati

COACHING STAFF

Kurt McLachlan

Coach - Paul Posa

Matthew Kolose

Connor Watts

Oscar Lipscombe

Gareth Smith

Nicolas Zambrano

Brandon James

TODAYS MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee AR1 - n/a

SPONSORED BY

PLACEMAKERS COOK STREET

RESERVES REPORT Sat May 4th took us to the Waikato to play Hamilton Wanderers at Porritt Stadium and as they were currently sitting in 1st place equal with us we were expecting our toughest game of the season. While the trip down was fine it had rained over night so we had been bumped off the main stadium pitch which was like a carpet onto #4 which could only be described as a paddock. However it was the same for both teams and from the get go was a fascinating and competitive game. We started well knocking the ball around and generally felt in control of the game however 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 15 minutes in, we conceded a penalty following a ball to hand shot on the top edge of the penalty box which looked to be heading upwards over the goal. The 0-1 score line remained until about the 85th minute when Freddie Ljungberg scored a fortunate goal after a corner clearance was poorly executed. Up until this point, there was very little between the two teams. Ellerslie were more comfortable with their passing game retaining possession for long periods but were unable to finish a number of promising moves. On the other hand Hamilton had a number of tricky players who liked taking us on and were unlucky not to have score from a couple of quick counter attacks. With the score at 1-1 and 10 mins to go including injury time the game came alive. Freddie was unlucky not to have scored when his powerful and well struck left foot volley was expertly saved by the Wanderers goalkeeper. Had we been more awake and followed the shot in we could have converted the keepers save but not to be and he re-gathered. Waikato too attacked with gusto but our defences which had been solid all game held and the game finished at 1 all and the two teams remained unbeaten at the top of the table. Tim Hawes (not Adams) was awarded Man of the Match with his sound performance which included a number of sharp saves. This week we welcome Central United who have started slowly but are starting to show some form and we are expecting another tough game as they are coming off a good win over East Coast Bays last weekend. Equally we have been playing well showing resilience and patience that has ended in some excellent results so far this season and we are determine for this to continue. Finally I wish Warren and the 1 st team well tonight against what I am sure will be a formidable opposition. To all you spectators I hope you have an enjoyable evening at The Ave as I am sure the teams will provided some exciting football.

Kind Regards Chris Wallace - Reserves Coach

WORD CHALLENGE How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the letters below, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with

a capital are allowed. There are at least 8 five letter words, 1 six letter word and

kudos if you can find a seven letter word (I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t) â&#x20AC;Ś

CENTRAL Good

Excellent

Amazing

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NRFL INFORMATION NRFL PREMIER LEAGUE NAME

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Pts

Birkenhead Utd (NRFLP)

Hamilton Wanderers AFC (NRFLP)

East Coast Bays (NRFLP)

Three Kings Utd (NRFLP)

Onehunga Sports (NRFLP)

Ellerslie AFC (NRFLP)

Central Utd (NRFLP)

Bay Olympic (NRFLP)

-1

Manurewa AFC (NRFLP)

-14

Waitakere City FC (NRFLP)

-21

This Weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games East Coast Bays ______ Vs_______Manurewa AFC Three Kings _________ Vs__________Hamilton W

Birkenhead_____ ____ Vs__________Bay Olympic Onehunga Sports ____ Vs________Waitakere City Ellerslie AFC____ ____ Vs___________Central Utd 14

NRFL PREMIER LEAGUE RE-CAPS Birkenhead United AFC increased their lead at the top of the Lotto NRFL Men's Premier League in a rain-interrupted fifth round of the competition on Saturday. Lotto NRFL Men's Premier League - Saturday 4 May East Coast Bays AFC 2-0 Central Utd FC (half: 1-0) ECB: Joe Bresnahan, Eric Seekie CEN: -

Waitakere City FC 1-6 Birkenhead Utd (half: 1-4) WAI: Meneua Fakasega BIR: Stuart Hogg 2, Ryan Howlett, James Lawson, Jack Hobson-McVeigh (pen), Sam Jenkins Manurewa AFC 3-1 Onehunga Sports (half: 1-0) MAN: Michael Smith 2, Brad Rathbun ONE: OG Bay Olympic v Three Kings Utd - Match abandoned due to weather conditions Hamilton Wanderers 1-1 Ellerslie AFC (half: 1-0) HAM: Raymond How ELL: Nathan Palmer

NRFL PREMIER LEAGUE GOLDEN BOOT Goals

Player

Club

Blair Konik Paul Urlovic Stuart Hogg

Three Kings United Central United Birkenhead United

JUNIOR NEWS With the holiday program running at a great success with many GETTING MENTAL EDGE Ellerslie players showing up, THE it is time to put the focus back on the season and developing our skills for the future. Hi there and welcome to the Semen’s Skills School for the 2012 season. After 2011 was cut short due to some criminalof charges I havePlan come trainings back to During the week, the reasonably club runsserious its Whole Football share with you aspiring footballers the key aspects to becoming the next Harry Ngatain that are for the entire grade to show up and develop their skills or Phil Neville. There is a common misconception thatfootball is played with the feet a fun and encouraging environment. The purpose of these trainand I am here to dispel the myth. Getting the mental edge is your first step to success ings is to develop the skills of our young players. Most of the foon the field...... cus is on gaining a strong base in athletic movements and develBE BETTER THAN YOU ARE: A lot of the youngest children at my coaching clinics oping their dribbling skills. These are the two most important fohave no talent to speak of and struggle with the basics, often presenting themselves cuses for players this age and we feel as though the program we as the ones to fail in life. These players also have difficulty with dribbling around the have in place will do just that. The players that are attending are cones. To beat this frailty, it is important to teach these kids to be better than they having fantastic time. on It how will to bebeexciting toyou watch their are. Hereaare several methods better than actually are! skills develop over the course of the season. THINK ON YOUR FEET – NOT WITH THEM: Be adaptable! Case in point, a child was The attendance programs has been aforgotten bit below we left behind after my at firstthese clinic three weeks ago, obviously aboutwhat by his parents orbeen he didn’t have any Instead complaining and sulking about prehave hoping forparents. and we are of encouraging our teams tohisget dicament as itenjoy grew darker and darker he used hisand initiative andsome hitchhiked home with out there, the turf training time learn new skills. a complete stranger in an unregistered this with interest and I We cannot emphasize enough van. howI watched important it isgreat to attend these am disappointed that he hasn’t returned for future sessions.

trainings. Even when an entire team cannot make it, having a few CONCENTRATION AND FOCUS show up and having a parent volunteer to help train the group for the is perfect. There is little no football It’s aafternoon well documented fact that Tiger Woods in histo teenage years wasknowledge abused relentrequired to run the session as everything is setup and lessly by his parents whilst standing over crucial putts or talking with hisprovided friends, which is typical of the Chinese. would call him the most awful of names and subject for the coach on theThey day. him to questionable household disciplines which have been proven to be at the fore-

Having listened to feedback from many of the older teams who front of his extramarital troubles. While I don’t readily practice these techniques at have seen trainings in action, comments have been my clinics it isthese fair to say a billion dollars and 14the majors show immense focus. Findover the top full of jealousy and envy. Many players and coaches wishing method that works for you and your child at home and remember you don’t need to they have something like that at their disposal when they were be orthodox. coming through the system. Please take advantage of this great VISUALISE opportunity! Being good at pretending and pretending you are good are the same thing, just ask some of my past students. Endorsed by an offshoot of FIFA, some of my techniques have made great players in the short term. Often the methods aren’t suitable for eve-

JUNIOR NEWS 6th Grade - Thursday 4-5p 7th Grade - Tuesday 4-5p

8th Grade - Wednesday 4-5p All trainings are held at Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ave Turf Field.

Any players interested in extra training can logon to the club website to view the opportunities we have for extra player development. The courses that are listed are great for strengthening a players foundation of skills and improving them as a player, but also getting them more time to play the game they love so much. Please logon to the Ellerslie club website at www.ellersliefootball.org.nz click on Junior/Youth, then Courses Player Development for more information on these courses. Ryan Shiffman Junior/Youth Coaching Director

FOOTBALL CLUB RANKINGS After this week’s ratings Ellerslie have risen up to 17th place – our highest rating so far – let’s see how everyone else fared… After this weekend’s games there’s a new team at the top of the rankings. Dunedin’s Green Island hammered Grants Braes 7-0, but also benefited from a huge upset in the MPL to take the #1 spot. I for one did not imagine Ferrymead Bays would lose 1-0 at home to lowly Nomads Utd. And while Ferrymead slip to #5, Wellington Olympic maintained their 100% record to climb to #2. The young Birkenhead Utd side climb three spots to #3 following their thrashing of Waitakere City, and Miramar Rangers remain in #4 after an impressive home win over Lower Hutt City. The top five have opened a bit of a gap at the top of the rankings table, and this group is pretty unlikely to change much after next week's games – win, lose or draw. The big movers this week were Otago University, who fell five spots to #12 after a 3-2 home loss to Roslyn Wakari, Petone and Napier City Rovers whose wins saw them enter the top 20, and Central Utd who fell eight places to #23 after a third consecutive loss. Next week sees Round 1 Chatham Cup action, with the majority of Tier 2 sides involved. The big exception will be in the NRPL - weather permitting there will be a full round of league action! Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Team Green Island Wellington Olympic Birkenhead Utd Miramar Rangers Ferrymead Bays Caversham AFC Western Suburbs Roslyn Wakari Cashmere Technical East Coast Bays

Points 1166.69 1164.75 1164.57 1162.53 1162.52 1159.25 1158.39 1158.22 1157.40 1157.10

Change 1 1 3 0 -4 -1 2 3 -1 4 18

FOOTBALL RANKINGS CHART 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Nelson Suburbs Otago University Three Kings Utd Hamilton Wanderers Western Dunedin Technical Ellerslie AFC Petone Napier City Rovers Onehunga Sports Lower Hutt City Bay Olympic Central Utd Halswell Utd Coastal Spirit Wairarapa Utd Invercargill Old Boys Upper Hutt City Mosgiel Nomads Utd Queenstown Rovers Northern AFC Manurewa AFC Wellington Utd Grants Braes Tawa Waitakere City FC Twenty11

1157.04 1156.29 1154.74 1154.23 1153.37 1152.64 1150.51 1150.04 1149.47 1149.09 1148.86 1148.85 1148.73 1148.69 1147.93 1147.81 1145.78 1145.44 1145.08 1142.19 1140.10 1139.83 1137.89 1136.99 1136.12 1135.73 1134.28 1130.85

-1 -5 0 -2 4 0 4 5 7 -3 -3 0 -8 1 -5 -2 2 -1 2 2 -1 -4 4 -1 0 0 -3 0

Ellerslie AFCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ranking History: Week 3 - 18th Week 4 - 21st Week 5 - 17th

LEAGUE TABLES NRFL PREMIER LEAGUE RESERVES NAME

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Pts

Hamilton Wanderers (NRFLPR)

Ellerslie AFC (NRFLPR)

Birkenhead Utd (NRFLPR)

Three Kings Utd (NRFLPR)

Central Utd (NRFLPR)

Manurewa AFC (NRFLPR)

Onehunga Sports (NRFLPR)

-1

East Coast Bays (NRFLPR)

-3

Waitakere City FC (NRFLPR)

-11

Bay Olympic (NRFLPR)

-12

LAST SATURDAY’S CLUB RESULTS First Team: Drew 1-1 with Hamilton Reserves: Drew 1-1 with Hamilton Champs: Beat Western Springs 7-1 KB’s Beat SARS 3-0 MD’s Washed out Elks Beat Uni-Mt 3-1 Hicks Washed out Jackson Drew 2-2 with Mangere Utd Findlay Washed out Lane Beat Western Springs 3-1 Woods Beat Eastern Suburbs 1-0 Hardly Athle Beat Pukekohe 7-0 Shotaholics Drew 3-3with Western Springs Barons Lost 2-1 to Western Springs Muppets Beat Manurewa 4-0 White Lost 4-1 to Western Springs Metro Beat East Coast Bays 8-2 Mustangs Washed Out

LAST SUNDAY’S CLUB RESULTS Women’s First Team: Drew 1-1 with Bay Olympic

Women’s Div 1: Postponed Women’s Div 3: Postponed U19’s Sunday: Lost 3-2 to Onehunga Sports

LEAGUE TABLES U19’s CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION NAME

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Pts

Onehunga Sports M19S

Ellerslie M19S

Oratia M19S

Western Springs AFC M19S

Three Kings M19S

Central Utd FC M19S Yellow

Manurewa M19S

Takapuna M19S

Papatoetoe AFC M19S

-6

Central Utd FC M19S Blue

-3

East Coast Bays M19S

-4

Fencibles Utd AFC M19S Carroll

-12

Waitakere City M19S

-29

Waitemata M19S

-62

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE DIVISION ONE NAME

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Pts

Hibiscus Coast WC1

Three Kings WC1

Glenfield Rovers Reserves WC1

Onehunga Sports WC1

Lynn-Avon Utd AFC WC1

Ellerslie WC1

Eastern Suburbs AFC WC1

-16

Bay Olympic WC1

-5

Fencibles Utd AFC WC1

-13

Western Springs AFC WC1

-9

Tables correct at the time of printing

BETWEEN THE STICKS

Kind Regards

Tim Hawes

First Team Keeper Ellerslie AFC 22

CLUB FIXTURES NEXT WEEK Ellerslie AFC Team

Opposition

Venue

Time

EAFC Men's First Team

East Coast Bays (NRFLP)

Michaels Ave 1FT