The Ave - Issue Nine feat Auckland United

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3 PAGE NUMBER

PAGE DESCRIPTION

5

UPCOMING CLUB FIXTURES

6

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

7

NRFL MATCH PHOTOS

8&9

NRFL PREMIER SCHEDULE / RESULTS

10 & 11

WOMENS FIRST TEAM LINEUPS

12 & 13

WOMENS MATCH REPORT

14 & 15

WOMENS RESERVES LINEUPS

16 & 17

NEXT NRFL GAMES

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PHOTO & TWEET OF THE WEEK ISSUE 10 Issue ten focuses on the Women’s team taking on Franklin in the Kate Sheppard Cup 3rd round - an exciting tie


4 WELCOME TO AUCKLAND UNITED It’s the start of the 3rd round in the 2021 Women’s Premier League and at this point teams are pretty familiar with each other so the last 2 rounds should be interesting to see what surprises coaches throw at their opposition. So a warm Michaels Ave welcome to Mauro and his Auckland United team.

For the rest of the club it’s also Cup football weekend as most of our senior teams look to progress in either the Cup or the Plate competition with an all Ellerslie match up between EPSDS and Instituto the highlight. Unfortunately there is not much in way of interesting opposition team names this weekend so we will have to pass on giving out opposition team name of the week. Big shout out to the Women’s Reserves as they take on 2nd placed Auckland United in the Women’s Premier Reserves league, the Ponies are yet to take max points from a game with United this season so a win here will be a massive step towards running away with the league or a loss will pull United right back into the frame. Lastly just a reminder to teams to please take care with the grass fields - they are starting to show some wear and tear from the season so please remember to do your warm up off the fields and make sure your opposition are aware as well.

Cheers Tim Adams Chairman FRONT COVER: Grgicevich sisters Mia and Kat with Jemma BACK COVER: Red Army!!


5 ELLERSLIE TEAM

OPPOSITION

VENUE

DATE

TIME

Ellerslie Diamonds

VS Western Springs Diamond Geez

Michaels Ave 1

12.06

3pm

Ellerslie Colts

VS Eastern Suburbs VJSS

Madills Farm 4

12.06

3pm

Ellerslie Iguanas

VS Uni-Mt Bohemian BOHOS

Colin Maiden 3

12.06

1pm

Ellerslie Business Time

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie Deceptively Slow

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie Instituto

VS Ellerslie EPSDS

Michaels Ave 1

12.06

1pm

Ellerslie EPSDS

VS Ellerslie Instituto

Michaels Ave 1

12.06

1pm

Ellerslie Red Ruru’s

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie ZFFC

VS Western Springs Olys

Seddon Fields 1

12.06

1pm

Ellerslie Black Ponies

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie Bonobos

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie Sea Dogs

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie Red Knights

VS Auckland United ATSC

Keith Hay Park 4

12.06

1pm

Ellerslie O35’s Masters

VS Ranui Swanson

Michaels Ave 2

12.06

3pm

Ellerslie O40’s Zephyrs

VS Beachlands Maraetai Legionnaire Michaels Ave 5

12.06

3pm

Ellerslie O45’s Metro

VS Not in the Cup

Ellerslie O45’s Mustangs

VS Uni-Mt Bohemian Hawks

Michaels Ave 3

12.06

3pm

Ellerslie Rebels

VS Pukekohe AFC

Bledisloe Park 1

13.06

1pm

Ellerslie Red Fury

VS Not in Cup

Ellerslie Zamantix Roverines

VS Postponed

Postponed

Zamantix Force

VS Double Rum Greenhithe

Greenhithe War Memorial

13.06

3pm

Zamantix Return

VS CHN Eagles FC

Eastdale Reserve 1

13.06

2pm

Zamantix Deuce

VS FC Eagles

Crossfield Reserve 1

13.06

2pm

AFC Bohemians 1

VS Independiente FC

Seddon Fields 3

13.06

3pm

AFC Bohemians 2

VS Gurkha FC

Valonia Reserve 2

13.06

2pm


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7

MATCH PHOTOS Ellerslie vs Western Springs (Reserves) A) B) C) D) E)

Pre-kick off activation sprints Kat congratulated on her hattrick It’s all on in the box The officials have a conflab about an incident Hollie stretching late in the game


8 ROUND

DATE & TIME

OPPOSITION

1

28.03.21 @ 3pm

Auckland United

Michaels Ave

2-2

2

02.04.21 @ 3pm

Hamilton Wanderers

Porritt Stadium

1-2

3

11.04.21 @ 3pm

Northern Rovers

Michaels Ave

2-3

4

18.04.21 @ 3pm

Eastern Suburbs

Michaels Ave

0-1

5

25.04.21 @ 3pm

Western Springs

Michaels Ave

0-2

6

02.05.21 @ 1pm

Auckland United

Keith Hay Park

3-1

7

09.05.21 @ 3pm

Hamilton Wanderers

Michaels Ave

1-1

8

16.05.21 @ 1pm

Northern Rovers

McFetridge Park

3-1

9

23.05.21 @ TBC

Eastern Suburbs

Madills Farm

1-3

10

30.05.21 @ 3pm

Western Springs

Seddon Fields

0-1

KS2

06.05.21 @ 2pm

Waikato Uni-col

Michaels Ave

6-0

11

13.06.21 @ 3pm

Auckland United

Michaels Ave

KS3

20.05.21 @ 2pm

Franklin United

Drury Sports Complex

12

27.06.21 @ 1pm

Hamilton Wanderers

Porritt Stadium

13

04.07.21 @ 3pm

Northern Rovers

Michaels Ave

14

18.07.21 @ 1pm

Eastern Suburbs

Madills Farm

15

25.07.21 @ 3pm

Western Springs

Michaels Ave

16

01.08.21 @ 1pm

Auckland United

Keith Hay Park

17

08.08.21 @ 3pm

Hamilton Wanderers

Michaels Ave

18

15.08.21 @ 1pm

Northern Rovers

McFetridge Park

19

22.08.21 @ 3pm

Eastern Suburbs

Michaels Ave

20

29.08.21 @ 1pm

Western Springs

Seddon Fields

NOTES • Home Reserves games kickoff at 12:45pm on Sundays • Away Reserves games kickoff at 10:30am on Sundays • Fixtures are subject to change - please check

VENUE

NRF Website: www.aucklandfootball.org.nz Lotto NRFL Twitter: @LOTTONRFL Lotto NRFL Facebook: @LOTTONRFL

RESULT


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ONTENTS

28/05

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

1-0

ELLERSLIE AFC

R.Hirano

30/05

n/a

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

NORTHERN ROVERS FC

3-3

HAMILTON WANDERERS AFC

H.Reddy, S.Haering, A.Cook

30/05 Place

HOME TEAM

S.Carpenter, A.Mooar, J.Bremner

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

EASTERN SUBURBS AFC

3-1

AUCKLAND UNITED FC

T.O’Brien 2, L.Strachan

P.Catton

Team

PL

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

10

8

1

1

23

10

13

25

2

EASTERN SUBURBS AFC

10

5

2

3

18

18

0

17

3

NORTHERN ROVERS FC

10

4

3

3

22

22

0

15

4

AUCKLAND UNITED FC

10

3

2

5

15

16

-1

11

5

ELLERSLIE AFC

10

2

2

6

13

17

-4

8

6

HAMILTON WANDERERS AFC

10

2

2

6

15

23

-8

8

RESERVES

30/05 30/05 30/05 Place

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

0-1

ELLERSLIE AFC

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

EASTERN SUBURBS AFC

1-4

AUCKLAND UNITED FC

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

NORTHERN ROVERS FC

1-1

HAMILTON WANDERERS AFC

Team

PL

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

ELLERSLIE AFC

10

7

1

2

25

13

12

22

2

AUCKLAND UNITED FC

10

6

1

3

36

26

10

19

3

HAMILTON WANDERERS AFC

10

5

1

4

20

17

3

16

4

NORTHERN ROVERS FC

10

3

4

3

26

24

2

13

5

WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

10

3

3

4

16

17

-1

12

6

EASTERN SUBURBS AFC

10

0

2

8

9

35

-26

2


10 #

PLAYER NAME

GAMES

1

Erin SIMPERINGHAM

62

4

Leigh AITKEN

49

5

Tayla HAWES

31

6

Kim MESIAS

10

7

Deb TUTTY

171

8

Annabelle PAKIETO

15

9

Kim OOSTERBEEK

36

10

Hollie LEONA

25

11

Anita TRUDGEN

64

15

Courtney ROWSE

13

16

Britney CUNNINGHAM-LEE

19

KAT GOW

17

Cat PRETTY

11

18

Lauren MCKENZIE

0

18

Lulu LANCE

0

A hattrick against Waikato UniCol, enough said really. Kat was an absolute menace to the opposition, dominating shots etc.

19

Maddy MCCORMICK

34

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

21

Holly MARX

11

HEAD COACH

Ryan Shiffman

22

Jemma MCCORMICK

4

ASSIST. COACH

Callum McKenzie

24

Marie GREEN

5

ASSIST. COACH

Mark Thompson

25

Mia GRGICEVICH

6

GK COACH

Nadia Olla

27

Charli COLLARD

36

MANGER

Kevin Green

28

Kat GOW

10

MANAGER

Donna Collard

35

Faith MOA

4

PHYSIO

Kojo Norku


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ONTENTS

#

PLAYER NAME

1

Rivalina FUIMAONO

2

Emma LEAMING

AR 1

Stephen PARKER

3

Jess PHILPOT ©

AR 2

Avi NARAYAN

4

Genevieve RYAN

Ref Assessor

5

Caitlyn MCKAY

6

Kate DUNCAN

7

Stella LAWSON

8

Jessie MATTHEWS

9

Bree JOHNSON

10

Alosi BLOOMFIELD

11

Tessa LEONG

12

Sophie BRADLEY

16

Isabella RICHARDS

17

Alaina GRANGER

19

Ally TOAILOA

20

Ruby NATHAN

21

Prue CATTON

22

Nadine ROBERTS

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

23

Ella MCKAY

HEAD COACH

Mauro DONOSO

ASST. COACH

Jordan ROBERTS

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

REFEREE

MATCH OFFICIALS

Nicholas KANG

n/a

WEBSITE: WWW.AUCKLANDUNITEDFC.ORG.NZ TWITTER: @auckland_united

FACEBOOK: @AucklandUnitedFC

INSTAGRAM: @aucklandunitedfc

ASST. COACH MANAGER GK COACH

Andrew LAWSON


12 KATE SHEPPARD CUP: FIRST EVER GOALS FOR ELLERSLIE BY GOW CRUCIAL IN CUP WIN It might have only taken Kat Gow 3 minutes to open the scoring in this 2nd Round Kate Sheppard Cup match but it would have been a relief to the skilful striker to open her Ellerslie account in her 10th appearance for the Ponies after moving to the club from Onehunga Sports at the start of the 2020 season. Little did we know at that point that she had a bigger story to tell. I think it's an understatement to say the players were excited for this game, seeing as the competition was cancelled in 2020 due to Covid and that there are only 6 teams in the Premier League this season, having something a little different is needed. Ellerslie have not had the best record in the Kate Sheppard Cup recently as we failed to pass this round since 2003 (when we were losing finalists) - a string of losses against Premier League opposition predictably took place between 2011 and 2019, with some close results being recorded.

To this season and you can imagine the excitement of a chance to right the record and drawing a non NRFL team was a bonus as well. From what I can tell Waikato Uni-Col last played in the cup in 1999 when they dipped out in the quarters to Lynn Avon United and this season is their first attempt back at the cup and as our record shows it's a lot road to progressing past this round. It's worth noting however that Waikato Uni-Col also have some history in the cup with a 3-1 win over Petone in 1995. Back to present time and the lineup for this match, with Ellerslie taking the opportunity to change their lineup this week with a few injuries and niggles to deal with and some impact players really pushing for starting spots. This saw the frontline change as Kat Gow came in for Annabelle Pakieto and Hollie Leona for Kim Mesias, while in the midfield we saw Jemma McCormick with her first start as sister Maddie stood down after getting a head knock during a school game during the week. At the back it was business as usual with Tayla shaking off some small injuries to take her place beside Kim Oosterbeek, Marie Green and Anita Trudgen, with skipper Erin Simperingham behind them. Coach Ryan Shiffman and assistant to the head coach Callum McKenzie had picked a streamlined bench of three players, consisting of Holly Marx, Mia Grgicevich and Faith Moa. Waikato Uni-Col actually started the game off well as they put together a 4 or 5 pass move and ended up with a long range well hit shot that Erin gobbled up relatively easily but I think you could see the spectators thinking hmm this might be an interesting game. Kat Gow however as earlier mentioned put that sentiment to bed as she went for an adventure down the left flank after Anita had played a nice ball in the channel, bit of a stop and go move on the edge of the box lost the Uni-Col cover defender, which left Kat with a look at the goal, albeit from a tough angle but that didn't worry her as she smoked her shot home at the near post, just beating the keeper. The left side for the Ponies was on fire early on as Anita playing as a very attacking left back, stood her player up and got in-behind the defence and fired a cut back in, only for a Waikato player to clear it back across the box, which after a few half tackles in the box fell to Leigh who slammed in a low hard shot from the edge of the area, which the keeper did well to see and then push out for a corner. Sophie Daley in goal might have not been too impressed by conceding at her near post but she was making up for it with the save above and then another equally as impressive save from the resulting corner, again off a Leigh Aitken effort. The next 10 odd minutes was spent by Ellerslie trying to pick apart the Waikato defence with the visitors proving they had enough quality to compete, and look dangerous on the odd counter attack - but in the 21st minute a cross was played into the box from the right hand side and Kat Gow leaped up to compete with the keeper but must have caught the keeper in the side with her knee and the keeper dropped straight to the ground and required a length injury break, which unfortunately resulted in her being stretchered off and an ambulance called for what was a suspected hip dislocation. Our best wishes go to Sophie, her family and teammates and hopefully the injury isn't as bad as feared and you're back on the park soon.


ONTENTS

13

The replacement keeper came in and while another football scribe noted the first four things she did were pick the ball out of the back of the net four times - it wasn't really like that - she had a few off target shots and plenty of organising of her team to do before Kat Gow struck again to double the score and to be fair no keeper in either league would have saved her shot to the tippy top of the far corner. Anita was again crucial in the buildup to the goal as she picked up Hollie's layoff and played a ball into the box to Kat's feet - who spun between two defenders and let fly her right shoot laser accurate shot. Ellerslie's next chance came from a corner - a set piece the team spends a lot of time working on and an area we found tricky when we stepped up a division so we knew it was an area we could get some reward from in this match, and that came true when our two youngest players combined for a goal, Jemma with a good corner to the back post and Marie with a strong header down into the goal, her first goal for the First Team also. The next goal was a great piece of team work as Ellerslie started with a throw in on the right and 7 passes later, including a sharp 1-2 right on the edge of the box Hollie Leona was left with a shot in the box about the penalty spot mark and she made no mistake, picking out the inside side netting on the far side of the goal. Jemma McCormick with another assist as well! With halftime approaching Waikato Uni-Col for the first time in the match looked a little overpowered, with two goals in 7 minutes and then Ellerslie struck again just 90 seconds after the previous one to make it 5-0, this goal was scored by Kim Oosterbeek who had watched her young centre back partner score earlier from a corner, this time however it wasn't a strong header, instead a set play was run and Kim had a shot from the top of the box which the keeper got a hand to but not a strong enough one to stop the ball hitting the back of the net. To the away teams credit they tried to hit back after that disappointing period and their #10 Maggie Leaver, who had wracked up the nutmegs in this game, cracked another one and got off a low powerful shot which would have asked questions of Erin in goal but an Ellerslie player blocked the shot and another player cleared away the danger. The second half threatened to be a repeat of the first but Waikato UniCol adjusted a bit and while they couldn't grab more possession they did limit our chances in the 2nd half and a combination of poor finishing and some good keeping meant the score didn't blow out, with only 1 goal being added to the halftime score. That goal came in the 76th min as Jemma and substitute Holly Marx started a move in midfield which saw Holly find Britney free in the box with a slip ball Britney intelligently squared the ball to Kat Gow who had her first attempt blocked but slammed home the loose ball for her Kat-trick. Britney had a couple of chances to put the icing on the game but a combination of a little bit of a lack of confidence infront of goal and some excellent keeping meant she couldn't add to her impressive goal total for The Ponies - she had to be happy with a very efficient 90 minutes down the right flank and two assists. It wasn't all roses for the Ponies as substitute Faith Moa took a knock to her knee prior to that last goal and with no subs remaining the Ponies played with 10 for a decent period of time, but we are all hoping the powerful fullback's injury isn't too bad and we see her back on the park soon. Ellerslie's next game in the cup will be on the weekend of the 19th and 20th of June - with the draw for the Kate Sheppard Cup being done today by New Zealand Football on twitter. Media Picks Woman of the Match: Impossible to go past Kat Gow today - three goals, plenty of shots and just an all round action filled game - honourable mentions to Jemma McCormick for a very tidy 90 mins with a couple of assists, not bad for her first start at this level.


14 #

PLAYER NAME

18

Lauren MCKENZIE

18

Lulu LANCE

2

Anna HOWDEN

3

Chante’ DU PLESSIS

4

Marie GREEN

5

Maggie JAQUES

6

Sarah ROBINSON

7

Ruth BOWERMAN

8

Abby NICOLSON

9

Caitlin TURNER

10

Ella WIEBE

11

Dalila MOSCA

12

Tove BENNETT

15

Stephanie JONES

21

Holly MARX

22

Jemma MCCORMICK

23

Katjana GRGICEVICH

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

24

Kezia KELLY

HEAD COACH

Ian Davidson

25

Mia GRGICEVICH

ASSIST. COACH

Callum McKenzie

27

Charli MARVIN

GK COACH

Nadia Olla

31

Claire ALDERTON

MANAGER

Kevin Green

35

Faith MOA

MANAGER

Donna Collard

PHYSIO

Kojo Norku

SARAH ROBINSON In the last Reserves game (against Springs) Sarah was everywhere, winning tackles, going for runs and combining with teammates - a star effort


15

ONTENTS

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE

Avi NARAYAN

#

PLAYER NAME

1

Rivalina FUIMAONO

21

Prue CATTON

AR 1

n/a

22

Lucy JOHNSTON

AR 2

n/a

23

Ella MCKAY

Ref Assessor

n/a

24

Breearne ILLING

25

Amelia CALTAUX

26

Issy GERRAND

27

Sienna NEILL

28

Kristy GAGE

29

Brook CONOVER

30

Danielle TURTON

32

Emily PILBROW

33

Vibha GODHA

34

Maureen FITZPATRICK

35

Jennifer MCMURRAY

26

Kieran DAVIDSON

38

Charlotte GORDON

WEBSITE: WWW.AUCKLANDUNITEDFC.ORG.NZ TWITTER: @auckland_united

FACEBOOK: @AucklandUnitedFC

INSTAGRAM: @aucklandunitedfc

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

HEAD COACH

Jordan ROBERTS

ASSIST. COACH MANAGER PHYSIO

Jason GERRARD


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19 TWEET OF THE WEEK It’s more like thread of the week for this weeks TOTW we see in this thread the topic of changing the club colours raise it’s head again and it’s swiftly and un-equivocally dealt with by the admin.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

You can’t beat a good facials football pic. Here Auckland City skipper Mario Ilich and Ellerslie’s Josh Lai go “knee to knee” to win the ball.


ELLERSLIE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB

Photo’s supplied by Tim Adams

Michaels Avenue Reserve P.O. Box 11 328

Program Editor

Ellerslie, Auckland 1542

Tim Adams

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