THE AVE
ISSUE 9
Ellerslie vs Waiheke Utd
28.07.18
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Contents
Page #
Welcome Page
3
Fixtures this week
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Mental Health NZ
5
League Tables
8&9
NRFL Div 1 Match Centre
12-17
NRFL Match Report
18-21
NRFL Div 1 Lineups
22&23
Match Photos
26&27
NRFL Div 1 Reserves Lineups
28&29
100 Club
32&33
Chatham Cup
34&35
Women’s Conference
36&37
Kate Sheppard Cup
38&39
Club Partners
40&41
Next Weeks Fixtures
42&43
Welcome everyone to another great weekend of Footy at Michaels Ave and around Auckland – in store for you at “The Ave” this weekend we have a historic NRFL match as Waiheke United make their debut visit to the home of Ellerslie AFC, check out the main game at 3pm with the Reserves set to be a 2nd vs 3rd encounter not to be missed from 12:30pm. We also have a community event on Sunday as we team up with LiteClub and Sustainable Coastlines to clean up Michaels Ave – our Green Ponies group have driven this initiative as we strive to reduce our footprint on the Reserve – come down between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday to help us out! For the main game we welcome a name who is familiar with Michaels Ave in Malcolm McPherson who was in charge of neighbours and National League partners Eastern Suburbs not so long ago – so welcome to Malcom and his team which features a number of national league players, Tom Shaw, Marc Evans, Silivo Rodic, Jerahl Hughes to mention a few – no doubt it will be a tough game but one we are up for! Looking away from home we have a key game being played in Waiuku as our league topping Champs team take on Waiuku in what looks to be a league deciding fixture, so good luck to Glenn and his lads there! On a slightly different note a massive congrats to a couple of players who have reached or are about to reach individual milestones: Tove Bennett made her 100th First Team appearance earlier this season – we were able to present her with her 100 Club shirt after the Norwest game recently – she joins 2 of her current teammates in the 100 Club. Dylan Horgan sits on 49 First Team appearances so if he gets on the field against Waiheke he will make his 50th – all done just after his 19th birthday! Great effort. Deb Tutty has 149th appearances for the Women’s First Team – so if she plays against Onehunga she will hit 150 – what an achievement! Good luck to all the teams for this weekend and we look forward to seeing you back in the clubrooms for a cold beer and some hot chips!
Cheers Tim Adams Chairman ELLERSLIE AFC
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Ellerslie AFC Team
Date
Opposition
Venue
Time
NRFL Men's First Team
28/07
Waiheke Utd AFC
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
15:00
NRFL Men's Reserves
28/07
Waiheke Utd AFC
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
12:30
AFF Champs
28/07
Waiuku AFC MCD
Massey Park (Waiuku) 1
14:45
AFF 1 Boylan
28/07
Drury UFC M1 DIY Hire
Drury Sports Complex 1
14:45
AFF 1 Diamonds
28/07
High School Old Boys M1 Red
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14:45
AFF 2 Deceptively Slow
28/07
Three Kings Utd M2 Rangers
Keith Hay Park 3
13:00
AFF 2 Business Time
27/07
Ellerslie AFC M2 Champs Reserves
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
19:00
AFF 2 Champs Reserves
27/07
Ellerslie AFC M2 Business Time
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
19:00
AFF 3 KFCFC
28/07
Bay Olympic CMPs M3
Crum Park 1
13:15
AFF 3 Kaizer Chiefs
28/07
Western Springs AFC AFF M3 Black Swans
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
14:45
AFF 4 Barons
25/07
Unimount M4 Quiche
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
19:00
AFF 4 Barons
28/07
Bucklands Beach AFC M5 Horses
Lloyd Elsmore Park 4
14:45
AFF 5 Black Ponies
28/07
Drury UFC M5 Bellancas
Ngahue Reserve 2 - Turf
14:45
AFF 5 Shicksy
28/07
Unimount M6 Red Devils
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
13:00
AFF 6 McMahonMcFace
28/07
Clendon Utd M6 Avengers
Default Win to Away Team
13:00
AFF 6 Sharks
28/07
Pukekohe AFC M6
Ngahue Reserve 2 - Turf
13:00
AFF 35/3 Elks
28/07
Mangere Utd Red Devils
Simson Reserve
14:45
AFF 40 Conference Metro
28/07
BYE
BYE
AFF 40/4 Mustangs
28/07
Unimount M40 Tripzville
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14:45
AFF 40/4 Zephyr
28/07
Fencibles Utd AFC 40/P GIVOVA
Riverhills Park 1
14:45
Conf Women's First Team
29/07
Onehunga Sports WCon
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
15:00
Women's Reserves
29/07
Metro FC AFF W1 Frankcom
Phyllis Street Reserve 1
13:00
Champs Womens Rebels
26/07
Beachlands Maraetai AFC Ladies 1
McLennan Park Stadium
19:15
Champs Womens Rebels
29/07
Beachlands Maraetai AFC Ladies 1
Te Puru Park 1
13:00
AFF Womens Div 3 Red Fury
29/07
Onehunga Mangere W3 Dunks
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
10:45
ASFA Auckland Wanderers
29/07
Internationale FC
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14:00
ASFA Auckland Volcanoes
29/07
Kiwi True Blues
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14:30
ASFA Kiwi True Blues
29/07
Auckland Volcanoes
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14:30
Please check www.aff.org.nz for any updates to fixtures or league tables
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MENTION ELLERSLIE AFC TO GET A DISCOUNT
NRFL Div 1 Reserves NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Fencibles Utd AFC
16
14
0
2
73
16
57
42
Ellerslie AFC
17
12
3
2
49
16
33
39
Waiheke United
17
12
2
3
48
17
31
38
Melville United
16
11
0
5
42
24
18
33
North Shore United
16
10
0
6
38
28
10
30
Forrest Hill Milford Utd
17
8
2
7
32
34
-2
26
Mt Albert-Ponsonby AFC
15
6
1
8
31
27
4
19
Tauranga City
17
6
1
10
26
48
-22
19
Manurewa AFC
16
3
3
10
24
43
-19
12
Hibiscus Coast AFC
16
4
0
12
23
50
-27
12
Oratia Utd
15
2
2
11
19
57
-38
8
Waitemata Football Club
17
2
2
13
15
59
-44
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Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Eastern Suburbs AFC WCH
12
9
1
2
33
9
24
28
Beachlands Maraetai AFC W1
11
9
1
1
32
14
18
28
Ellerslie AFC WCH Rebels
11
6
2
3
24
15
9
20
Onehunga Mangere W1 Scarlets
12
6
1
5
24
13
11
19
Onehunga Sports WCH
12
4
1
7
26
27
-1
13
Ellerslie AFC WCH
11
3
0
8
18
30
-12
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Metro FC AFF W1 Frankcom
11
0
0
11
6
55
-49
0
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Ellerslie AFC MCH
16
13
0
3
47
11
36
39
Waiuku AFC MCH
13
10
1
2
45
19
26
31
SAR AFC CL
16
10
0
6
37
32
5
30
Western Springs AFC MCH
15
9
2
4
38
27
11
29
Central United Football Club
14
8
1
5
49
30
19
25
Mt-Albert-Ponsonby AFC MCH
15
7
3
5
33
24
9
24
Otahuhu Utd AFC MCH
15
4
2
9
26
54
-28
14
Fencibles Utd AFC MCH
15
3
2
10
27
40
-13
11
Papatoetoe United FC MCH
16
3
2
11
27
59
-32
11
Pukekohe AFC MCH
13
0
1
12
8
41
-33
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Women’s Reserves and Thirds NAME
Men’s Thirds NAME
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Club League Table NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Place
EAFC Men's First Team
17
4
3
10
17
29
-12
15
9th of 12
EAFC Men's Reserves
17
12
3
2
49
16
33
39
2nd of 12
EAFC Men's Champs
16
13
0
3
47
11
36
39
1st of 10
EAFC Boylan
15
2
3
10
30
60
-30
9
10th of 10
EAFC Diamonds
15
13
2
0
48
14
34
41
2nd of 10
EAFC Business Time
16
6
1
9
36
33
3
19
6th of 10
EAFC Deceptively Slow
15
7
2
6
32
37
-5
23
5th of 10
EAFC Champs Reserves *
9
4
0
5
22
22
0
12
8th of 10
EAFC KFCFC
15
5
2
8
30
42
-12
17
7th of 10
EAFC Kaizer Chiefs
15
3
3
9
22
40
-18
12
9th of 10
EAFC Barons
15
3
3
9
18
52
-34
12
10th of 10
EAFC Black Ponies
15
9
1
5
55
42
13
28
3rd of 10
EAFC Shicksy
15
8
2
5
41
25
16
26
4th of 10
EAFC McMahonMcFace FC
14
4
1
9
37
54
-17
13
6th of 10
EAFC Sharks *
8
2
0
6
16
27
-11
6
9th of 10
EAFC O35 Elks
14
6
1
7
32
35
-3
19
5th of 8
EAFC O40 Metro
12
9
1
2
57
25
32
28
1st of 7
EAFC O40 Mustangs
14
7
1
6
32
29
3
22
5th of 10
EAFC 040 Zephyr
14
10
2
2
58
19
39
32
2nd of 10
EAFC Women's First Team
11
6
1
4
33
22
11
19
3rd of 8
EAFC Women's Reserves
11
3
0
8
18
30
-12
9
6th of 7
EAFC Women's Rebels
11
6
2
3
24
15
9
20
3rd of 7
EAFC Women's Red Fury *
10
2
2
6
11
29
-18
8
8th of 9
Please check www.aff.org.nz for any updates to fixtures or league tables
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Here at NRFL Prediction headquarters we are officially in squeaky bum time - it's the business end of the season and unlike the boring NRFL Division Two we have a proper race on for the promotion spots (well one of them anyway). Let's get stuck into looking at this weekends games. FORREST HILL MILFORD vs MELVILLE UTD BECROFT @ 3pm It's easy to forget that FHM were one of the relegated sides from Premier League last season (although they have done much better than Manurewa) but dispite not being that great they have notched up a run of wins recently and if they can do the unthinkable and take points off Melville they could genuinly be in the discussion for second spot. Melville on the other hand just need to keep focusing, I think i read somewhere that if they win this weekend and another result goes their way they can win promotion this weekend - I can't be bothered checking that so let's just go with it. PREDICTION: Melville although only by 3. WAITEMATA FC vs TAURANGA CITY MCLEOD @ 3pm Tough match - both teams rely on a physical presence with a touch of skill than anything else and both sides have some big units - Waitemata have found goals recently from the boot of Kuyama Toma Kanon which has helped. Tauranga on the other hand have battled along all season and never really been too badly thrashed, staying in most games as long as they could - A war of attrition! PREDICTION: Can't seperate these teams, 1-1 or 2-2 HIBISCUS COAST vs MT ALBERT PONSONBY STANMORE BAY @ 3pm Coast have been in free fall - something like 5 losses on the bounce, conceeding 16 goals in that period while scoring 2. Coast also had their coach Maurico Rojas sent off last week after the game for abuse of a match official, so a four game ban there won't be helping. The only thing in their favour is that 18 points is probably enough to keep them safe. MAP have had a decent season again under the stewardship of Scott McKay - in reality if they can win their catch up games they sit 3 points off Waiheke in 2nd so plenty to play for if the Anderson Park based side want Premier League in 2019. PREDICTION: MAP by several. MANUREWA AFC vs ORATIA UTD MEMORIAL @ 3pm Massive game for both teams, who sit 11th and 12th respectively with only a point keeping Rewa above Oratia. If Rewa win they come within two wins of Ellerslie and a sniff at a great escape - Oratia face the same scenario although due to goal difference they will need two more wins and a draw at minimum to leapfrog Ellerslie. This could be a classic dogfight and I wouldn't be surprised to see a red card or two or a goalfest. PREDICTION: Something tells me to expect a high scoring draw - something like 3-3.
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FENCIBLES UTD vs NORTH SHORE UTD WILLIAM GREEN @ 3pm A real grude match from a Fencies POV as they face up against a stacked Shore team who have spent their way back into promotion, including grabbing two of Fencibles top scoring players in Sean Latimer and Charlie Maddison. Fencies had been off colour but a nice win against Oratia in their last game has given them a bit of confidence for this clash, but Shore are talented across the park and will fancy a crack at second spot and promotion into the premier league. PREDICTION: Hard to see Shore not taking this game - could be tight though, maybe 2-1
NRFL DIVISION ONE - SEASON SCHEDULE 24.03.18 R01 - vs Hibiscus Coast, 5pm 31.03.18 R02 - @ Mt Albert Ponsonby, 3pm 07.04.18 R03 - vs Waitemata FC, 5pm 14.04.18 R04 - vs Oratia Utd, 3pm 21.04.18 R05 - @ Forrest Hill Milford, 3pm 25.04.18 R06 - vs North Shore Utd, 5pm 28.04.18 R07 - @ Waiheke Utd, 3pm 05.05.18 R08 - vs Fencibles Utd, 6pm (Mental Health Awareness Game) 19.05.18 R09 - @ Melville Utd, 3pm 26.05.18 R10 - vs Manurewa AFC, 5pm 02.06.18 R11 - @ Tauranga City, 3pm 09.06.18 R12 - @ Hisbiscus Coast, 3pm 16.06.18 R13 - vs Mt Albert Ponsonby, 5pm 23.06.18 R14 - @ Waitemata FC, 5pm 30.06.18 R15 - @ Oratia Utd, 3pm 07.07.18 R16 - vs Forrest Hill Milford, 5pm 21.07.18 R17 - @ North Shore Utd, 3pm 28.07.18 R18 - vs Waiheke Utd, 3pm 04.08.18 R19 - @ Fencibles Utd, 3pm 11.08.18 R20 - vs Melville Utd, 3pm 18.08.18 R21 - @ Manurewa AFC, 3pm 01.09.18 R22 - vs Tauranga City, 3pm
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TRANSFER NEWS It’s been a busy transfer window for Mark Rudan and the Phoenix with a handful of new signings let’s have a look at the new recruits. Steven Taylor - probably the most well known of the signings having played a lot for Newcastle United between 2003 and 2016 (215 games), with a fair amount of those years spent in the Premier League. Injuries in the end dulled what was a very promising career with Taylor donning the arm band for the Magpies on several occasions. A rugged defender, he will bring a hard edge to the Nix if he can avoid the Physio table.
Filip Kurto - A 1.9 Meter tall GK who hails from Poland and has experience in the Dutch Premier League mostly with Roda JC. Capped at every youth level it appears Rudan has found a solid man for his most troublesome position, time will tell!
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Michal Kopczynski - Another Polish recruit for Rudan who might list Sydney FC’s ex star and fellow Pole
Adrian Mierzejewski as his recruitment agent, Michal joins the club on a one year loan from Polish Champions Legia Warsaw, his boyhood club. 53 appearances with the majority coming in the last 2 seasons, which includes a handful of Champions League fixtures mean he has experience and youth on his side - will he be the next defensive midfield star for the Wellington club? Mitch Nicholls - The journeyman Aussie joins the Nix as his 5th A-League club and maybe with a point to prove, a star with the Roar in their fantastic league winning seasons but Mitch has bounced between a few clubs since then. He has the quality, but the proof will be if he can perform in Wellington he doesn’t have many chances left if he fails. David Williams - only 30 years of age but with over 150 A-League app’s with three clubs makes David a good recruit to add competition to a front line at the Nix which has the reputation of going missing during the season, one of those players who always seemed to score against the Nix - let’s just hope that doesn’t keep happening!
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NRFL DIV 1 NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Melville United
16
15
1
0
56
11
45
46
Waiheke United
17
11
1
5
41
21
20
34
North Shore United
17
11
1
5
36
21
15
34
Forrest Hill Milford Utd
17
10
3
4
40
30
10
33
Fencibles Utd AFC
16
8
3
5
36
24
12
27
Mt Albert-Ponsonby AFC
15
7
4
4
25
15
10
25
Tauranga City
17
6
2
9
24
38
-14
20
Hibiscus Coast AFC
17
5
3
9
22
31
-9
18
Waitemata Football Club
17
5
3
9
26
42
-16
18
Ellerslie AFC
17
4
3
10
17
29
-12
15
Manurewa AFC
16
2
1
13
16
40
-24
7
Oratia Utd
16
1
3
12
16
53
-37
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Next Weeks NRFL Div 1 Fixtures (05.08.18)
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Fencibles Utd
vs
Ellerslie AFC
North Shore Utd
vs
Manurewa AFC
Oratia Utd
vs
Hibiscus Coast AFC
Mt Albert Ponsonby AFC
vs
Waitemata FC
Tauranga City
vs
Forrest Hill Milford
Melville United
vs
Waiheke Utd
Lotto NRFL Men’s Division One Melville United 3-2 Waitemata FC (HT: 2-0) MEL: Jama Boss 25′, Josh Davies 30′ 67′ WAI: Kuyama Toma Kanon 58′ 60′ (Both PEN) Tauranga City 2-1 Hibiscus Coast AFC (HT: 1-1) TAU: Riley Bidois 42′, Joe Pamment 79′ HBC: Pete Benjatikul 7′ Oratia United 1-5 Fencibles United (HT: 0-3) ORA: Anthony Lockton 63′ FEN: Cheauxyan Maukau-McPhee 14′ 25′, Brennan Priestley 41′, Lebon Ndaye 58′, Jordan Kalk 81′ North Shore United 3-0 Ellerslie FC (HT: 1-0) NSU: Sam St De Croix 20′ 56′, Sean Latimer 76′ ELL: None
Waiheke United 0-1 Forrest Hill Milford United (HT: 0-0) WAIH: FHM: Damien Mosquera 79′
NORTHERN DIV 1 GOLDEN BOOT Goals
Player
Club
18
Jama Boss
Melville United
14
Marc Evans
Waiheke United
14
Josh Davies
Melville United
9
Troy Christophers
Manurewa
8
Julian Stevenson
Hibiscus Coast
8
Charlie Maddison
North Shore Utd
7
Jordan Lamb
Melville United
7
Jordan Kalk
Fencibles United
7
Sean Latimer
North Shore Utd
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Playing at Allen Hill is always a bit strange – I wouldn’t say cursed although results there have been a little tough to get against Shore recently, but mostly that’s just because they have had some good players more than anything else. On Saturday we had a classic Allen Hill moment, players were late, lost and no showed – mostly for the reserves which was a shame as a win against a tough Shore team would have put some real pressure on Fencibles, instead it looks tough to catch them now. During the week I tried to prepare the players for the travel component of the North Shore challenge, I warned them about allowing extra travel time and I posted up both names, being Allen Hill Stadium and Dacre Park for the millennials to use for their google search (actually I’m pretty sure once they do a google search it tells them the travel time as well – maybe that’s not that useful once you have already left late…) Still I’m confident my instructions stopped one player from heading to QBE stadium by mistake…… On a more serious note we did have players unavailable for a genuine and scary reason as Reserves player John Murphy who was a key part of the club last season and had just returned from a 6 month sabbatical and was preparing to don his Ellerslie colours for the first time this season was hit by a taxi on Friday night and was probably lucky to only suffer a badly broken leg – A bitter blow for John but he had the support of some of his teammates in Adam Barkley and Joe Junge who recused themselves of playing duties to be with their teammate and friend through his Hospital and Surgery experience, John’s family are still overseas so it was very important for Adam and Joe to be there! We didn’t announce this news to the teams before their games as we didn’t want to distract them too much – some people knew and I’m sure we all wish John all the best with his recovery.
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So to the Reserves game – a tough challenge against a Shore team who beat us in the end quite convincingly in the first round and on what was a very tricky pitch as well – it had drained well but was still soft on top and hard underneath which made footing a bit of an issue at times – some of the younger guys with only the one pair of boots struggled even
more!! In team news there was a welcome back to the squad for Rowan Corbett who had been on holiday and Alex Arnold who made his first start in Reserves, a well-deserved start. The game started well with Ellerslie doing well with the ball and creating a few opportunities across the front three of Rowan, Karar and Leon with Monju in behind them in the 10 role. To be fair we probably wasted a couple of chances but also should have ended up with a man advantage when the Shore GK raced out to challenge Monju outside the box – was it not for the foul Monju would have had the ball on the edge of the box with only a defender who had retreated into the goal to beat – the definition of an obvious goal scoring opportunity. (for those who are yelling at your screen now that the GK wasn’t the last man, stop reading now as you need to go pick up a copy of the laws of the game and catch up). The referee however either didn’t want to effect the game so early or is still operating on the now defunct laws – either way the end result was only a yellow for the GK . That didn’t slow us down initially as we kept pushing for a goal and a nice ball forward that was flicked on by Monju to Rowan who sprinted clear and finished well past the GK to open the scoring. That was the extent of the scoring in the first half – as Rowan took his leave to sit on the bench for the First Team and U17’s player Andre Fruh took a spot in midfield and we shuffled the team around to suit. Shore did come out better in the second half, and as the game wore on we weakened, something that is systematic of not having a full bench and also there has been a noticeable drop in training attendance from a few players in the reserves so conditioning is not maybe where it should be. When Shore equalised we did stage a mini revival but not long after that Luke MacKay got hit by the cramp demon and had to be replaced, Nick Shaw came in for him into a midfield role and Karar I think dropped to fullback. Our last sub saw Marshy enter the game for Karar who was required for First Team duties, a well deserved call up again for Karar who has made massive leaps with his game this season.
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Shore grabbed another two goals in the second half to win the game – I don’t have the times or scorers as the Referee didn’t have access to comet so has not filled in the info on the match report. The result makes it tricky for us to hunt down Fencibles at the top of table and also means staying in second may be a challenge with third place Waiheke coming to Michaels Ave this weekend – a crucial fortnight for the Reserves so seeing good numbers at training would be a good start! For the First Team we faced a bit of a challenge – with Dan McLean away we called up Seb who has been immense for the Reserves this season and has performed well for the First Team whenever called upon so it was great to see him pick up his 46th First Team appearance – Adam Scott kept his place in the side and Conrad returned in midfield as did Jordan Bresler. Early on in the game we looked ok and moved the ball around reasonably well on the tricky pitch and Shore pressed us high to find an early error, which was not forth coming. However in the 20th minute a couple of defensive lapses combined with some good play from Shore cost us a goal. Rahman Bashir started the attack on the left flank and was well tracked by Sam Twigg before he passed the ball inside to Sam St De Criox who had not been tracked by Dylan – Sam made an excellent 1st time pass to Sean Latimer who had dropped off our backline and turned and played a little dinked ball over the backline to Sam St de Croix who had made a run from deep and had enough space to control Sean Latimer’s excellent pass and finish inside the right hand post – a nice little goal but one that could have and maybe should have been stopped at several points.
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At halftime we spoke about how we were going to get back into the game – we had looked decent in midfield in stages with Dylan getting the ball in some good areas and Sam proving a threat in behind his fullback – we just gave away a lot of ball in the final third which released the pressure on what was a solid but not spectacular backline for Shore.
The second half however was not kind to us and we regressed and as the game wore on we struggled more and more – of course it could have been worse as only 3 minutes into the second half the referee awarded (harshly in my view) a penalty to North Shore after Rahman Bashir got inbehind us and chopped the ball back in the box and lost his footing as Jordan came in to shut him down – was there a little bit of contact, I didn’t see much but the referee was certain. However the footy gods were smiling on us a little and Conor Tracey with all his experience made what we thought was a crucial save to deny Sam St de Criox a second goal. Sam St de Criox didn’t wait long to make up for his effort from the spot as he slammed home a nice outside of the foot shot after a patient buildup that saw our midfield pulled to one side of the field and an intelligent ball to a late run from Sam saw him with the chance to bury his shot which he did well – this goal triggered a few changes as we brought on Ben Shaw and Rowan Corbett to try and shake a goal loose from the tree and mount an unlikely comeback Unfortunately all that happened is that Shore grabbed a third goal to kill off the game – this one was a little unlucky as a deflected pass wrongfooted Seb and then Sean Latimer who had two assists at this point managed to beat our last defender and beat Conor in goal with a nice angled strike. Not an ideal game for us but Shore are a very decent side and with Sam St de Criox they have a gem of a player – Shore certainly belong in the argument for second place with Waiheke and MAP the other serious contenders in my mind. This weekend we get to see promotion hopefuls Waiheke up close and personal in what will be a tricky set of games for us – check it out at 12:30pm for Reserves and 3pm for First Team at Michaels Ave Reserve.
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CONOR TRACEY
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DENNY TWIGG
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JORDAN BRESLER
55
SAM TWIGG
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ADAM SCOTT
10 7
ADAM BARKLEY
13 8
JOSH TORRENS
15 10
SEB POELMAN
16 11
ART TWIGG
17 12
CONRAD BENEFIELD
18 13
LLOYD HUYSMANS
20 14
AALOK PAUDEL
23 15
DYLAN HORGAN
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KARAR SOHRABI
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ALEXI DAVIES-CAMPBELL
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ROWAN CORBETT
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GOALS
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START
EAFC RESERVES FIRSTAFC TEAM Sponsored by ELLERSLIE
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Fred de Chris Wallace Jong GrantTorrens Terry Marshall Kris Pinnock Kris Pinnock Matt Hylla Tim Adams Isaac Jacobs Tim Adams John Twigg
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COACH Coach ASST COACH Asst Coach GK COACH Asst Coach SPORTS GKMEDIC Coach MANAGER Manager ASST MANAGER Physio VIDEOPhysio ANALYST
Match O Today’s Mat Referee: Andrew Referee: Pat Barr AR1: AR1: AR2: Daniel N AR2: Assessor: n/a Assessor: n/a
Officials tch Officials Lamberth rett Neville
WAIHEKE UNITED 1
Sebastian Ciganda HERRERO (GK)
2
Rhys RUKA
3
Lautaro GAUNA
4
Finn COCHRAN
5
Claudio AMAD
7
Marko MEMEDOVIC
8
Bradley WHITWORTH
9
Marc EVANS
10
Jerahl HUGHES
11
Emiliano CANDIA
12
Charl COMPAAN
13
Nicolas CHAMLET
15
Borislav SIMIC
16
Ramon LINDNER
19
Tom SHAW
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Silvio RODIC (GK)
Malcolm McPherson
Coach
Gareth Jenkinson
Asst Coach
Luke Reynolds
Physio
Lee Smith
Manager
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LLOYD HUYSMANS
22
DENNY TWIGG
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SHO KINOSETA
11 5
JOE JUNGE
12 6
MICHAEL GLENNY
21 7
DENISH CHAND
24 8
CONNOR MCCONCHIE
26 10
MONJU SHOHEI
27 11
CONNOR LEWIS
29 12
KARAR SOHRABI
30 13
VIC GANESCU
34 14
TARIRO MASHONGANYIKA
41 15
LEON KONG
GOALS
GK 1
GOALS START
APPS
ELLERSLIE EAFC RESERVES FIRSTAFC TEAM Sponsored by
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Ian Davidson Chris Wallace Grant Marshall Kris Pinnock Kris Pinnock Aaron Collin Tim Adams Isaac Jacobs
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COACH Coach Asst Coach ASST COACH Asst Coach ASST COACH GK Coach SPORTS MEDIC Manager MANAGER PhysioMANAGER ASST Physio
Today’s Mat Match O Referee: Pat Barr Referee: AR1: AR1: n/a AR2: AR2: n/a Assessor: n/a n/a Assessor:
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WAIHEKE UNITED 1
Sebastian Ciganda HERRERO (GK)
2
Angel BORQUEZ
3
Enzo Ramon CANDIA
4
Federico Adrian ROMANIA
5
Claudio AMAD
7
Lautaro GAUNA
8
Carlos LEIDI
9
Damian PROSPERI
10
Alejo VILLASANA
11
Emiliano CANDIA
12
Luis Maria SUAREZ
14
Bruno BURGOS
15
Matias MONTERO
16
Ramon LINDNER
17
Lautaro LATORRE
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Marcos BATTACCHI
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Ignacio GIRARDELLI (GK)
Borislav Simic
Coach
Gareth Jenkinson
Asst Coach
Lee Smith
Manager
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The set of quarter-finalists in the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup is now complete after Manukau United came from behind to defeat fellow Aucklanders Mt Albert Ponsonby 3-1 in extra time in a rescheduled round four fixture this afternoon. See below for the match details and all the quarter-final fixtures, which will take place on the weekend of August 4-5.
ISPS Handa Chatham Cup Round Four Results Saturday 14 July
Melville United 1 (Liam Hayes 7’) Onehunga Sports 3 (Boon Ozawa 39’, 41’, Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi 82’) HT: 1-2 Central United 0 East Coast Bays 5 (Nicolai Berry 3’, 62’, Judd Baker 23’, 68’, Logan Archer 41’) HT: 0-3 Nelson Suburbs 1 (Matt Tod-Smith 20’) Green Island 0 HT: 0-0 Wairarapa United 2 (Hamish Watson 27’, pen 90’ + 1’) Stop Out 1 (Luis Corrales pen 84’) HT: 1-0
Sunday 15 July Cashmere Technical 2 (Andrew Tuckey 39’, Aaron Clapham pen 85’) Roslyn Wakari 0 HT: 1-0
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Birkenhead United 4 (Lachie McIsaac 90’ + 3’, Christian Gray pen 90’ + 5’, Alex Connor-McLean 112’, Jack Kelly
114’) Western Springs 3 (Adam Abba 19’, 36’, Matt Conroy 110’) AET, HT: 0-2, FT: 2-2 North Wellington 1 (Maksym Kowal 53’) Western Suburbs 4 (Mohamed Awad 43’, Elijah Just 51’, 86’, Noah Billingsley 71’) HT: 0-1 Manukau United 3 (Andre Estay 65’, 120’, Sanni Issa 116’) Mt Albert Ponsonby 1 (Stewart Mackay pen 55’) AET, HT: 0-0, FT: 1-1 ISPS Handa Chatham Cup Quarter-Finals Nelson Suburbs vs East Coast Bays Wairarapa United vs Birkenhead United Manukau United vs Cashmere Technical Onehunga Sports vs Western Suburbs
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Women’s Conference NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Onehunga Sports WCon
10
8
0
2
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16
26
24
Norwest United WC
10
6
2
2
21
11
10
20
Ellerslie AFC WC
11
6
1
4
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22
11
19
Central Utd WCL
10
5
1
4
15
13
2
16
Fencibles Utd WCon
9
4
1
4
18
11
7
13
Northland FC WC
9
4
1
4
20
18
2
13
Hibiscus Coast WC
11
4
0
7
19
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12
Manukau City AFC WCL
10
0
0
10
7
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Women’s Conference Fixtures Next Round
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Manukau City
vs
Hibiscus Coast
Northland FC
vs
Ellerslie AFC
Central Utd
vs
Fencibles Utd
Norwest Utd
vs
Onehunga Sports
vs
Since our last roundup the Women’s First Team have had two matches (shock horror), with the first one being a comprehensive 5-2 win against Hibiscus Coast on Thursday night at Michaels Ave infront of a decent crowd – goals to Tove Bennett, Kezia Kelly, Leigh Aitken, Anita Trudgen and Pippa Carr. Then we moved to Sunday and the Reserves played the curtain raiser against Metro (who we were playing for the first time this season thanks to some postponed games) and the Reserves recorded their first clean sheet of the season and found their shooting boots to record a 7-0 win, with goals coming from Steph Trowill (3), Eva Maculay (2), Pippa Carr, and Maggie Jaques and a Reserves debut for Josie Kairua who played really well.
The Women’s First Team then took on Manukau on the turf, Manukau going through a tough patch only had 9 players so Zoe stepped up after having played an entire Reserves game and played the first half of the game at which point an 11th player had turned up for Manukau and in the second half Akhita and Pippa helped the away side out which was nice to see in the spirit of football.
With Manukau being short of numbers the result was never really in question, so with a bit of pressure off we went about our business and raced out to a 5-0 lead at halftime thanks to goals from Tove (2), Anita, Leigh and Deb who popped in a standard headed goal for good measure. We took the opportunity to rest some legs seeing as we were playing twice in 4 days after not having played more than once every 14 days for the last two months so the second half was a little more tame in terms of goal scoring, however we still grabbed two more as Kez continued her hot scoring streak and Sarah grabbed one as well – sadly Erin had her clean sheet ruined with a slightly dubious penalty call for handball, it didn’t change the game however but GK’s and defenders get a little grumpy when these things happen which is understandable – irony is that the final score of 7-1 is the same as the first round against Manukau so there is at least some symmetry there.
So all in all a decent period of games with 3 wins from three games – looking forward to this weekend the First Team have a tough challenge at home in league leaders Onehunga Sports while the Reserves head across town to play Metro in the reverse fixture in what is the last league game of the season for the Ressies.
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KATE SHEPPARD CUP QUARTER-FINALS Eastern Suburbs 1 (Lucy Carter pen 41’) Glenfield Rovers 1 (Geena Gross 33’) AET, HT: 1-1, FT: 1-1 Glenfield Rovers win 4-3 on penalties Wellington United 3 (Hermina Van Dam, Michaela Robertson 2) Wairarapa United 1 (Anna McPhie) HT: 0-1 Coastal Spirit 1 (Cody Taylor) Dunedin Technical 4 (Kate Guildford 2, Emily Morison, Ruby Anderson) HT: 1-2 Hamilton Wanderers 3 (Shae Brady 21’, 89’, Kim Maguire 47’) Forrest Hill Milford United 4 (Chloe Wilson 17’, Samantha Tawharu 20’, 34’, Jane Barnett 55’) HT: 1-3 Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup Semi-Finals
Wellington United vs Dunedin Technical Glenfield Rovers vs Forrest Hill Milford United
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RECENT CHAMPIONS 2017: Glenfield Rovers 2016: Forrest Hill Milford Utd 2015: Glenfield Rovers 2014: Glenfield Rovers 2013: Coastal Spirit 2012: Three Kings Utd 2011: Glenfield Rovers 2010: Claudelands Rovers ELLERSLIE HONORS 2003: Runners up 2002: Runners up 2001: Winners DID YOU KNOW? Kate Sheppard Cup giants Lynn Avon are the most successful side ever with 9 championships from 10 finals, their only ever loss in the final was in 2001 against Ellerslie AFC
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UPCOMING EVENTS: The Great Michaels Ave Reserve Clean Up
29th July (1pm to 3pm)
Team Photos
6th/7th Aug
For more information about the above events please visit our website and click on key dates - or flick us an email on info@ellersliefootball.org.nz
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Ellerslie AFC Team
Date
Opposition
Venue
Time
NRFL Men's First Team
04/08
Fencibles Utd AFC
William Green Domain 1 - Turf
15:00
NRFL Men's Reserves
04/08
Fencibles Utd AFC
William Green Domain 1 - Turf
12:30
AFF Champs
04/08
Fencibles Utd AFC MCH Morgan
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14:45
AFF 1 Boylan
04/08
Clendon Utd M1 Taveuni
Ngahue Reserve 2 - Turf
14:45
AFF 1 Diamonds
04/08
Western Springs AFC AFF M1 Stingers
Seddon Fields 2 - Turf
14:45
AFF 2 Deceptively Slow
04/08
Papatoetoe United FC M2 Saanjh
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
13:00
AFF 2 Business Time
04/08
Onehunga Sports M2
Simson Reserve 1
13:00
AFF 2 Champs Reserves
04/08
Eastern Suburbs AFC AFF M2 Nuggsy
Crossfield Reserve 4
13:00
AFF 3 KFCFC
03/08
Three Kings Utd M3 Humble FC
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
19:00
AFF 3 Kaizer Chiefs
04/08
SAR AFC M3 Botany
Rongomai Park 1
13:00
AFF 4 Barons
04/08
Unimount M4 Quiche
Bill McKinlay Park - Turf 1
12:00
AFF 5 Black Ponies
03/08
Ellerslie AFC M5 Shicksy
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
19:00
AFF 5 Shicksy
03/08
Ellerslie AFC M5 Black Ponies
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
19:00
AFF 6 McMahonMcFace
04/08
Bucklands Beach AFC M6 Red Bulls
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
13:00
AFF 6 Sharks
04/08
Papakura City FC M6 Redsocks
McLennan Park 2
13:00
AFF 35/3 Elks
04/08
Mangere United Red Devils M35/2
Simson Reserve 1
14:45
AFF 40 Conference Metro
04/08
Fencibles Utd AFC 40/Conf Dogbolters
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
15:00
AFF 40/4 Mustangs
04/08
Onehunga Sports M40/M Hunga
Waikaraka Park 4
14:45
AFF 40/4 Zephyr
04/08
Unimount M40 Hart
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14:45
Conf Women's First Team
05/08
Northland FC WC
Tikipunga Park 1
13:00
Women's Reserves
05/08
Onehunga Sports WCH
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
13:00
Champs Womens Rebels
05/08
Onehunga Mangere W1 Scarlets
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
13:00
AFF Womens Div 3 Red Fury
BYE
BYE
ASFA Auckland Wanderers
TBC
ASFA Auckland Volcanoes
TBC
ASFA Kiwi True Blues
TBC
Please check www.aff.org.nz for any updates to fixtures or league tables
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Program Editor Tim Adams