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PHOTO/TWEET OF THE WEEK Issue 13 Focuses on the key clash between Ellerslie AFC and Hamilton Wanderers, pending results this weekend this game could be critical in deciding the final NwL spot.
4 WELCOME TO METRO FC After a tough game last weekend in miserable conditions it’s nice to be home again and we welcome Metro FC to Michaels Ave, only a fortnight after their close neighbours MAP were here. Anyway welcome to Ant’s and his team to Michaels Ave for this NRFL Men’s Div 1 clash. It’s an interesting clash with Metro having lost to Bucklands Beach last week to throw the relegation battle back into action, Ellerslie will be keen to match Bucklands result to put that issue to bed but in our way is a Metro team that we know can play and with a really impressive defence record we will have to work hard for our goals. For the Ressies a tough game against this team last time, it was a physical battle and we expect the same this time, with Ellerslie not able to catch leaders Takapuna it’s also time to give some development time to younger players which as always will be interesting to see.
Moving on to the Community Teams - at the time of printing there were a few fixtures missing, not sure what NRF is doing there (I could spend a lot of time trying to understand some of the things they do) - anyway a couple of names stand out, with Albany Schmalbany being a previous winner - so todays winner has to be South Auckland Rangers, Rongomai Park Strangers, who doesn’t love a rhyme! Play hard and play fair!!! Cheers Tim Adams Chairman
FRONT COVER: Ryan and Lex in the black strip when we played away at Waitemata FC BACK COVER: Jonathan keeping a close on his team during the Takapuna game
5 ELLERSLIE TEAM
OPPOSITION
VENUE
DATE
TIME
Ellerslie Diamonds
VS
East Coast Bays Drum & Bays M1 Ashley Reserve 2FT
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie Colts
VS
Albany United Red M
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14/08
15:00
Ellerslie Iguanas
VS
Albany United Schmalbany M
Rosedale Park 2
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie Business Time
VS
Metro FC Football Friends M5
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie Deceptively Slow
VS
Auckland United FC Rangers M5
Ngahue Reserve 2 - Turf
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie Instituto
VS
Onehunga Sports Honey Badgers Waikaraka Park 6
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie EPSDS
VS
Western Springs AFC Tevez M6
Ngahue Reserve 2 - Turf
14/08
15:00
Ellerslie Red Ruru’s
VS
Ellerslie AFC M6 ZFFC
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie ZFFC
VS
Ellerslie AFC M6 Red Rurus
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie Screaming Eagles
VS
Auckland United FC Liverpool M6 Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14/08
15:00
Ellerslie Black Ponies
VS
TBC
TBC
Ellerslie Bonobos
VS
TBC
TBC
Ellerslie Sea Dogs
VS
SAR Rongomai Park Strangers
Simson Reserve 1
14/08
13:15
Ellerslie Red Knights
VS
TBC
TBC
Ellerslie O35’s Masters
VS
BYE
James Watson Reserve 1
14/08
13:00
Ellerslie O40’s Zephyrs
VS
South Auckland Rangers AFC
Rongomai Park 2
14/08
15:00
Ellerslie O45’s Metro
VS
Uni-Mount Bohemian AFC Hawks Colin Maiden Park 3
14/08
15:00
Ellerslie O45’s Mustangs
VS
South Auckland Rangers AFC Kiwi Barry Curtis Park 3
14/08
15:00
Ellerslie Rebels
VS
Papakura City FC W1
McLennan Park Stadium
15/08
11:00
Ellerslie Red Fury
VS
Papatoetoe United FC Misfits W4 Michaels Ave Reserve 2
15/08
13:00
Ellerslie Zamantix Roverines
VS
Onehunga Mangere Utd Dunks
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
15/08
11:00
Zamantix Deuce
VS
Internationale FC
Seddon Fields 1FT
15/08
15:00
Zamantix Return
VS
Kamarak FC
Barry Curtis Park 2
15/08
15:00
Zamantix Force
VS
Albany Green Machine 2
Michaels Ave 5
15/08
15:00
AFC Bohemian Celtic 1
VS
HNK Auckland
Michaels Ave 3
15/08
15:00
AFC Bohemian Celtic 2
VS
Football Club Khukuri
Waikaraka Park 5
15/08
15:00
6
7
MATCH PHOTOS Top Left: A stacked bench against Takapuna, watching with some focus. Top Right: Farhan Azim on the run down the left and causing Taka all sorts of issues. Bottom Right: Rory Kelly bossing midfield against Taka.
8 ROUND
DATE & TIME
OPPOSITION
VENUE
1
27.03.21 @ 3pm
Takapuna AFC
Michaels Ave
2-3
3
05.04.21 @ 3pm
Manurewa AFC
Michaels Ave
2-1
4
10.04.21 @ 3pm
East Coast Bays
Bay City Park
2-4
5
17.04.21 @ 3pm
Mt Albert Ponsonby
Anderson Park
1-5
6
24.04.21 @ 3pm
Waitemata FC
Michaels Ave
0-5
7
01.05.21 @ 3pm
Bucklands Beach
Michaels Ave
2-1
8
08.05.21 @ 3pm
Albany United
Michaels Ave
0-1
CC1
15.05.21 @ 2pm
Greenhithe FC
Rosedale Park
4-0
9
22.05.21 @ 3pm
Metro FC
Phyllis Street
1-1
10
29.05.21 @ 3pm
Waiheke United
Michaels Ave
1-4
CC2
05.06.21 @ 2pm
Auckland City FC
Kiwitea Street
0-7
11
12.06.21 @ 3pm
Tauranga City
Links Ave
1-3
12
26.06.21 @ 3pm
Bucklands Beach
Lloyd Elsmore Park
7-0
14
10.07.21 @ 3pm
Manurewa AFC
Memorial Park
1-3
15
17.07.21 @ 3pm
East Coast Bays
Michaels Ave
0-4
16
24.07.21 @ 3pm
Waitemata FC
McLeod Park
1-3
17
31.07.21 @ 3pm
Mt Albert Ponsonby AFC
Michaels Ave
3-2
18
07.08.21 @ 3pm
Takapuna AFC
Taharoto Park
1-3
19
14.08.21 @ 3pm
Metro FC
Michaels Ave
20
22.08.21 @ 3pm
Albany United
Rosedale Park
21
28.08.21 @ 3pm
Tauranga City
Michaels Ave
22
04.09.21 @ 3pm
Waiheke United
Onetangi Sports Park
NOTES
• • • •
Reserves games kickoff at 12:30pm on Saturdays Fixtures are subject to change - please check Check NRF’s website or social pages for updates Round 2 and 13 are BYES
NRF Website: www.aucklandfootball.org.nz Lotto NRFL Twitter: @LOTTONRFL Lotto NRFL Facebook: @LOTTONRFL
RESULT
9 07/08
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
MT ALBERT PONSONBY AFC
2-1
MANUREWA AFC
J.Viviani, L.Black
07/08
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
EAST COAST BAYS AFC
2-3
WAITEMATA FC
J.Scott, L.Andersen
07/08
S.Tanner 2, A.Kochasira
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
TAKAPUNA AFC
3-1
ELLERSLIE AFC
S.Willcox, W.Heather, OG
07/08
R.Morrow
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
BUCKLANDS BEACH AFC
2-0
METRO FC
J.Smith 2
07/08
n/a
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
TAURANGA CITY AFC
1-3
WAIHEKE UTD
B.Fisher-Vanderveen HOME TEAM
n/a Place
J.Perez
R.Lindner 3 SCORE
AWAY TEAM
ALBANY UTD
BYE
n/a
n/a
Team
PL
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
1
WAIHEKE UTD
16
11
1
4
31
20
+11
34
2 3
TAKAPUNA AFC ALBANY UTD
15 16
10 10
3 2
2 4
32 32
17 25
+15 +7
33 32
4 5 6
MANUREWA AFC EAST COAST BAYS AFC WAITEMATA FC
16 16 16
9 8 7
1 3 3
6 5 6
24 32 31
17 20 27
+7 +12 +4
28 27 24
7
MT ALBERT PONSONBY AFC
16
7
2
7
42
26
+16
23
8
TAURANGA CITY AFC
17
6
3
8
21
28
-7
21
9
METRO FC
17
4
5
8
19
23
-4
17
10 11
ELLERSLIE AFC BUCKLANDS BEACH AFC
16 17
3 1
1 2
12 14
24 26
44 67
-20 -41
10 5
10 #
PLAYER NAME
GAMES
GOALS
1
KYRYL BOLHARYN
35
0
2
LEX DAVIES-CAMPBELL
37
3
3
AALOK PAUDEL
38
0
4
JORDAN BRESLER
37
0
5
JOSH LAI
34
2
6
ALEX CLARK
32
5
7
RORY KELLY
20
2
8
ADAM SCOTT
97
7
9
ERMAL FUSHA
13
5
10
RYAN MORROW
24
12
11
REI OGAWA-BRACEY
25
0
12
ANDRE MUNRO-WILSON
11
3
13
JOSH TORRENS
62
1
14
PAT GREY
10
1
15
SEB POELMAN
95
9
16
ROWAN CORBETT
65
18
17
CONRAD BENEFIELD
48
1
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
18
MASILLAN VEEJIAN
5
0
HEAD COACH
Dave Edmondson
20
KOJO NORKU
12
0
ASSIST. COACH
Fred de Jong
21
DIRRENESH THIRUKUMAR
5
0
GK COACH
Tony Jenkins
22
COBI ALLEN
3
0
MANAGER
Tim Adams
25
ADAM PAULSEN
8
3
PHYSIO
Aaron Collin
KOSEI HAGINO 90 + 55 = an epic effort! There was lots of moments of quality in that shift as well as he came on early in the First Team game for Lex who got injured.
11 #
PLAYER NAME
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
MATCH OFFICIALS
1
Jack MARSHALL
REFEREE
2
Aaron DORMER
AR 1
Avi NARAYAN
3
Victor ESPASANDIN
AR 2
Khalid ELGANA
4
Daniel PEAK
5
Craig SQUIRES
6
Joe MINTO
7
Michael SOFFE
8
Oliver MOXHAM
9
Pat REDDICK
10
Leo SHIN
11
Maac BOND
12
Enoch CHU
13
Alex COCHRAN
14
Ahmad MOHAMMADI
15
Rafi MOHAMMADI
16
Malachi FAALOGO-LILO
17
Omid RAJABI
18
Peter JONES
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
19
Bradley RATHBUN
HEAD COACH
Tim RAGG
23
Meyshum SHAHAFI
ASSIST. COACH
Bhupinder SINGH
Riley GREENBURY
Ref Assessor
n/a
WEBSITE: http://www.metrofootball.org.nz/ TWITTER: @MetroFC1899
FACEBOOK: @MetroFCNZ
INSTAGRAM: n/a
TEAM MANAGER Nathan CHRISTIE PHYSIO
Rehab Co.
KIT MAN
Mathew BRUNTON
12 MEN’S FIRST TEAM: TAKAPUNA TOO GOOD AT TAHAROTO Ellerslie faced an in-form Takapuna on Saturday away at Taharoto Park. Coming off the back of a big win against Mt-Albert Ponsonby, the boys were in positive spirits. The line-up was almost exactly the same as the previous week—Bolharyn retained his spot in goal after a great performance in the last game. Ogawa-Bracey, Torrens, Poelman and Scott were back again, as well as Grey, Lai, Clark and DaviesCampbell. Fusha was unavailable allowing Kelly to come back into the starting line up, while Morrow made another appearance for the Ponies.
The game was relatively even in the opening stages, with both teams sharing possession and a couple of half chances. However, it didn’t take long for the home side to fire first and go 1-0 up. Build up play allowed Takapuna to go down the left and send a flat ball into the box. It travelled across the edge of the 6 yard and Sean Willcox was able to fire it home, leaving the Ponies empty handed from such close range. Despite the early goal, the Ponies clawed themselves into the game and created a few big chances of their own. These included a well-hit but slightly off target volley from Kelly, a Morrow Lai combo in front of goal, with Lai’s execution lacking enough for the keeper to make a big save and a short corner that resulted in a shot missing the goal by inches. Maybe one of those shots would have gone in if the Takapuna goals were a standard size—has anyone ever measured them? They looked well short to the media team and sideline supporters. Ellerslie were dealt a blow in the 35th minute, when Davies-Campbell pulled up short with an injury, forcing Edmondson to substitute him off. He called on youngster Kosei Hagino, despite having already played for the Reserves earlier. The Ponies managed to get to the half unscathed. After the break, Benefield entered the fray, pushing Hagino to left back and Scott to the bench. Ten minutes into the half, Takapuna got onto the scoresheet again in what seemed to be a controversial goal. Takapuna found a break and Bolharyn came well forward to try and shut the player down, there was a bit of a scramble before the ball found the back of the net. However, because Bolharyn came so far for-
13 ward it appeared that a Takapuna player was offside when the ball was played to him—usually the assumption is that there’s a defender and the keeper but because Bolharyn was essentially out of the picture, there needed to be two defenders to keep the Takapuna player onside. The goal was logged as an own goal to Hagino on Comet, so maybe that’s where the loophole came from, despite no one thinking it was an own goal at the time either. Despite the Ponies creating a few more chances, they weren’t able to claw a goal back before Takapuna found their third. A tidy finish from William Heather essentially closed out the game for the blue and yellow side. A 90th minute goal from Morrow after some good link up play from Lai, Kelly and Benefield wasn’t enough for the Ponies, only denying Takapuna a clean sheet for their efforts. One positive takeaway from the match was Ben Alexander receiving his First Team debut in the 81st minute. Alexander has been a vital cog in the Reserves wheel so it was nice to see him get some First Team time and experience for his efforts. Hopefully we’ll see him take the pitch again soon!
So a disappointing loss away but the boys will look to put their focus into their next fixture against Metro at The Ave this coming Saturday. This is shaping up to be a vital one as Ellerslie sit only 5 points above relegation with four games to go. Bucklands Beach beat Metro last weekend to close the gap so the Ponies will want to produce points to widen that gap again. The lads are going to need the support so make sure you don’t miss out! Media Picks Man of the Match: Josh Lai was dangerous with the ball at his feet and Rory Kelly’s workrate in the midfield were both big parts of the Ponies game, but it’s hard to go past Kosei Hagino. The youngster played 90 minutes for Reserves then was called on to play another 55 for the First Team. A commendable effort from the left back.
14
15
16 #
PLAYER NAME
18
Jonathan DAVIDSON
21
Dirrenesh THIRUKUMAR
24
Ben ALEXANDER
26
Shohei MONJU
28
Rai-Arii HENDERSON-ENOKA
29
Andrew HOLDSWORTH
30
Daniel EVANS
32
Ryan RIFAI
34
Luke MACKAY
35
Farhan AZIM
36
Jordan ROBERTS-RADFORD
37
Brock GUNSON
38
Athan RATNAM
39
Liam BUYCK
40
Jayden BUSH
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
42
Aaron COLLIN
HEAD COACH
SEB BOUVIER
43
Ryan ROBINSON
ASSIST. COACH
n/a
44
Patrick FAHEY
GK COACH
TONY JENKINS
MANAGER
TIM ADAMS
PHYSIO
AARON COLLIN
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
REFEREE
ASSESSOR
MATCH OFFICIALS
AALOK PAUDEL One of our futsal superstars, Aalok is just as effective on the Football field as he was the glue in midfield against Takapuna!
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
MATCH OFFICIALS
Khalid ELGANA
AR 1
n/a
n/a
AR 2
n/a
17 12
#
PLAYER NAME
#
PLAYER NAME
13 1
Brock EVANS
12
Aidan O’RORKE
14 2
Frankie ELLIOT-PATTEN
13
Iyaad ALI
15 3 16 4
Jake TOGHER
14
Caleb WILKINSON
Harvey GOODALL
15
Logan RANDELL
5
Reza AKHLAQUI
16
Maac BOND
6
Aidan VAZ
17
Alfie LUGUE
7
Rafael MARINS DE SOUSA
18
Oscar YEE
8
Niclas KOENIG
19
Ricky ALLEN
9
Malachi FAALOGO-LILO
20
Akshath JANI
10
Cameron HARTLEY
21
Liam PLATT
Shaurya MALHOTRA
22
Ben HISCOTTE
17
18 19 20 21
22 11
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
HEAD COACH
Tim RAGG
PHYSIO
Rehab Co.
ASSIST. COACH
Terry MUTIMER
TEAM MANAGER
Place
Team
PL
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
1
TAKAPUNA AFC U23
16
13
2
1
57
16
+41
41
2
TAURANGA CITY U23
17
11
1
5
61
28
+33
34
3
EAST COAST BAYS AFC U23
16
8
5
3
40
20
+20
29
4
WAIHEKE UNITED (*NOT AN UNDER 23 TEAM)
17
8
2
7
30
32
-2
26
5
ELLERSLIE AFC U23
15
7
4
4
39
30
+9
25
6
ALBANY UNITED U23
16
6
1
9
42
46
-4
19
7
METRO FC U23
17
4
6
7
31
42
-11
18
8
WAITEMATA FC U23
16
5
1
10
19
40
-21
16
9
MANUREWA AFC U23
16
4
3
9
22
43
-21
15
10
BUCKLANDS BEACH AFC U23
17
4
3
10
30
61
-31
15
11
MT ALBERT PONSONBY AFC U23
15
3
4
8
28
41
-13
13
19 TWEET OF THE WEEK
Honestly we think it’s surprising that Conrad’s haircut hasn’t got much media attention before this game - we think it’s epic and apparently some of the twitter followers at the game last weekend felt the same. Oh and he is also a great sparky
PHOTO OF THE WEEK Manukau Utd’s Jade Mesias keeps an eye on the game between Ellerslie AFC and Hamilton Wanderers while keeping an eye on his kids, to be fair it was a pretty wet day so the tent is extremely practical.
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Program Editor
Ellerslie, Auckland 1542
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