THE AVE - ISSUE 7 8th & 9th August
NRFL DOUBLE HEADER
2 Welcome to another issue of Ellerslie’s almost award winning match program, The Ave. This weekend we welcome our feature guests, being Takapuna AFC on Saturday and Hamilton Wanderers on Sunday. Welcome to Joe and Steve and their teams respectively. I don’t need to tell you how big the Men’s NRFL game on Saturday between Ellerslie and Takapuna is, both teams will desperately want the win and we may see a pretty interesting match up. Sunday is big for another reason, this is the first game of the 2nd round for Women’s NRFL Premier and it’s a chance for both teams to see how they have progressed in the last 7 weeks. Of course Ellerslie had a flying start to the first game of the season with a 3-0 halftime lead against Wanderers but almost lost everything as the Hamilton side put in a superb second half shift and both teams had to settle for a draw. Up in the clubrooms we have some exciting news as we have managed to do a deal with local brewer “Isthmus” and we will now be selling their XPA beer. It’s great to support a local business and we hope you will give it a try (responsibly of course). A special mention to all the photographers who take photos of our games, in particular to JC who works for Suburbs and took some amazing photos of our Women’s NRFL team when they played the Lilywhites, check his website out for more - jcphotographynz.com
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PAGE DESCRIPTION
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS
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THIS WEEKS CLUB FIXTURES
6&7
NRFL DIV 1 SCHEDULE/SUMMARY
8&9
NRFL PREMIER SCHEDULE/SUMMARY
10-13
WOMEN’S FIRST TEAM MATCH REPORT
14-17
MENS FIRST TEAM MATCH REPORT
18
ELLERSLIE MENS FIRST TEAM LINEUP
19
TAKAPUNA FIRST TEAM LINEUP
20
ELLERSLIE WOMENS FIRST TEAM LINEUP
21
HAMILTON WANDERERS FIRST TEAM LINEUP
22
ELLERSLIE MENS RESERVES LINEUP
23
TAKAPUNA RESERVES LINEUP
24
ELLERSLIE WOMENS RESERVES LINEUP
25
HAMILTON WANDERERS RESERVES LINEUP
26-29
NRFL PLAYER PROFILES
30
CLUB APP
31
MENS RESERVES MATCH PHOTOS
32
WOMENS RESERVES MATCH PHOTOS
33
MENS FIRST TEAM MATCH PHOTOS
34
COMBINED CLUB TABLE
35
NEXT WEEKENDS FIXTURES
FRONT COVER: It’s team huddle time! BACK COVER: Skipper Erin Simperingham was kept busy last weekend by Suburbs
Next week we take a break from “The Ave” as both our teams travel to McFetridge Park to play Glenfield Rovers
NRFL DOUBLE HEADER 15/16th August
MEN - SAT @ 3PM WOMEN - SUN @ 1PM
4
5 DATE
TIME
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
VENUE
07-08
19:00
Ellerslie AFC Deceptively Slow
VS
Papatoetoe United M4
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
07-08
19:00
Ellerslie AFC Bad Company
VS
Ellerslie AFC M4 Business Time
Michaels Ave 1 - Turf
08-08
12:30
Ellerslie AFC Reserves NRFL1R
VS
Takapuna Reserves NRFL1R
Michaels Ave 1 - Turf
08-08
13:00
Eastern Suburbs Lads on Toure
VS
Ellerslie AFC M4 ZFFC
Ngahue Reserve 2 - Turf
08-08
13:00
Ellerslie AFC Auck Wanderers
VS
High School Old Boys Red M2
Point England Reserve 2
08-08
13:00
Uni-Mount Bohemian Red Devils
VS
Ellerslie AFC M7 Black Ponies
Colin Maiden Park 3
08-08
13:15
Ellerslie AFC M1 Colts
VS
Eastern Suburbs Nuggsy M1
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
08-08
13:15
Fencibles United Bangers M5
VS
Ellerslie AFC M6 The Red Rurus
Riverhills Park 2
08-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC NRFL1
VS
Takapuna NRFL1
Michaels Ave 1 - Turf
08-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M1 Diamonds
VS
Pukekohe AFC M1
Simson Reserve 1
08-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M2 Colts Reserves
VS
Eastern Suburbs Keats M2
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
08-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M2 Iguanas
VS
Waiuku AFC M2
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
08-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M8 Barons
VS
Manurewa Golden Eagles M6
Point England Reserve 2
08-08
15:00
Three Kings United Ramrod M9
VS
Ellerslie AFC M9 Red Knights
Keith Hay Park 7 Snr
08-08
15:00
Bucklands Beach AFC Red Bulls
VS
Ellerslie AFC Screaming Eagles
Lloyd Elsmore Park 3
08-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M40/3 Zephyr
VS
Beachlands Maraetai Rebels
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
08-08
15:00
Uni-Mount Bohemian Tripzville
VS
Ellerslie AFC M40/5 Mustangs
Colin Maiden Park 3
09-08
11:00
Papatoetoe Cougars & Cubs W3
VS
Ellerslie AFC W3 Red Fury
Murdoch Park 1
09-08
12:45
Ellerslie AFC Reserves NRFLWPR
VS
Hamilton Wanderers NRFLWR
Michaels Ave 1 - Turf
09-08
13:00
Beachlands Maraetai W1
VS
Ellerslie AFC W1 Rebels
Te Puru Park 1
09-08
13:00
Uni-Mount Bohemian W3
VS
Ellerslie AFC Zamantix Roverines
Bill McKinlay Park - Turf 1
09-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC NRFLWP
VS
Hamilton Wanderers NRFLW
Michaels Ave 1 - Turf
VS
6 ROUND
DATE & TIME
OPPOSITION
1
20.06 @ 3PM
BUCKLANDS BEACH AFC
MICHAELS AVENUE
3-3
2
26.06 @ 7:30PM
METRO FC (FRI)
PHYLLIS STREET
1-2
3
04.07 @ 3PM
WAITEMATA FC
MICHAELS AVENUE
1-1
4
11.07 @ 3PM
TAURANGA CITY AFC
LINKS AVE
1-3
5
18.07 @ 3PM
ALBANY UTD
MICHAELS AVENUE
0-5
6
24.07 @ 7PM
MT ALBERT PONSONBY (FRI)
ANDERSON PARK
2-2
7
01.08 @ 3PM
MANUREWA AFC
MICHAELS AVENUE
0-0
8
08.08 @ 3PM
TAKAPUNA AFC
MICHAELS AVENUE
9
15.08 @ 3PM
GLENFIELD ROVERS
MCFETRIDGE PARK
10
22.08 @ 5PM
WAIHEKE UTD
MICHAELS AVENUE
11
29.08 @ 3PM
EAST COAST BAYS AFC
BAY CITY PARK
12
TBC
TBC
TBC
13
TBC
TBC
TBC
14
TBC
TBC
TBC
15
TBC
TBC
TBC
16
TBC
TBC
TBC
NOTES • Reserves games kickoff at 12:30pm on Saturdays • Fixtures are subject to change - please check Auckland Football’s website or social pages for updates AFF Website: www.aucklandfootball.org.nz Lotto NRFL Twitter: @LOTTONRFL Lotto NRFL Facebook: @LOTTONRFL
VENUE
RESULT
7 HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
ELLERSLIE AFC
0-0
MANUREWA AFC
n/a
0-0 (HT)
n/a
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
TAKAPUNA AFC
0-2
MT ALBERT PONSONBY
n/a
0-1 (HT)
L.Black, N.Hindson
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
GLENFIELD ROVERS
2-4
ALBANY UNITED
N.Naoya, A.O’Toole
0-2 (HT)
T.Nkoy, J.Hicks, R.Singh, K.Hajderaj
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
WAIHEKE UTD
2-1
TAURANGA CITY
J.Canay, R.Salinas
2-0 (HT)
T.Jentzsch
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
EAST COAST BAYS
5-6
WAITEMATA FC
M.Palmer 2, K.McMinn, J.Scott, D.Sweeney
4-2 (HT)
A.Kochasira, P.Norris, J.Hight, O.Moxam, J.Hong, T.Mosquera
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
BUCKLANDS BEACH
0-2
METRO FC
n/a
0-0 (HT)
A.Mohammadi, H.Han (p)
01/08
01/08
01/08
01/08
01/08
01/08 PLACE
TEAMS
PL
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
1
MT ALBERT PONSONBY
7
6
1
0
18
6
12
19
2
METRO FC
7
5
0
2
12
5
7
15
3
WAIHEKE UTD
7
4
2
1
15
12
3
14
4
GLENFIELD ROVERS
7
4
1
2
16
8
8
13
5
ALBANY UTD
6
4
0
2
19
9
10
12
6
EAST COAST BAYS
7
3
0
4
24
16
8
9
7
WAITEMATA FC
7
2
3
2
12
13
-1
9
8
MANUREWA AFC
7
2
2
3
9
20
-11
8
9
BUCKLANDS BEACH
7
2
1
4
15
21
-6
7
10
TAURANGA CITY AFC
6
2
0
4
9
12
-3
6
11
ELLERSLIE AFC
7
0
4
3
8
16
-8
4
12
TAKAPUNA AFC
7
0
0
7
3
22
-19
0
8 ROUND
DATE & TIME
OPPOSITION
VENUE
1
21-06 @ 1pm
Hamilton Wanderers
Porritt Stadium
3-3
2
28-06 @ 3pm
Glenfield Rovers
Michaels Ave
4-0
3
03-07 @ 7pm
Forrest Hill Milford
Becroft Park
1-3
4
10-07 @ 7:45pm
Western Springs
Seddon Fields
2-1
5
19-07 @ 3pm
Claudelands Rovers
Michaels Ave
12-0
6
26-07 @ 3pm
Auckland United
Michaels Ave
2-6
7
02-08 @ 3pm
Eastern Suburbs
Michaels Ave
1-3
8
09-08 @ 3pm
Hamilton Wanderers
Michaels Ave
9
16-08 @ 1pm
Glenfield Rovers
McFetridge Park
10
23-08 @ 3pm
Forrest Hill Milford
Michaels Ave
11
06-09 @ 3pm
Western Springs
Michaels Ave
12
13-09 @ 1pm
Claudelands Rovers
Galloway Park
13
20-09 @ 1pm
Auckland United
Keith Hay Park
14
27-09 @ 1pm
Eastern Suburbs
Madills Farm
NOTES •
Home Reserves games kickoff at 12:45pm on Sun
•
Away Reserves games kickoff at 10:45am on Sun
•
Fixtures are subject to change - please check
Auckland Football’s website or social pages for updates AFF Website: www.aucklandfootball.org.nz
RESULT
9 02/08
02/08
02/08
02/08
Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
Glenfield Rovers
0-1
Western Springs
n/a
0-1 (HT)
R.Hirano
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
Forrest Hill Milford
0-2
Hamilton Wanderers
n/a
0-1 (HT)
M.Foster, C.Elliott
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
Claudelands Rovers
0-8
Auckland United
n/a
0-7 (HT)
M.Puketapu 5, T.Leong 2, E.Russ
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
Ellerslie AFC
1-3
Eastern Suburbs
L.Aitken
0-0 (HT)
J.Parris, R.Burrows, T.O’Brien
Team
PL
W
D
L
GF GA GD PTS
EASTERN SUBURBS AFC HAMILTON WANDERERS AUCKLAND UTD FORREST HILL MILFORD ELLERSLIE AFC WESTERN SPRINGS GLENFIELD ROVERS CLAUDELANDS ROVERS
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
6 4 4 4 3 3 0 0
0 3 1 0 1 1 1 1
1 0 2 3 3 3 6 6
33 27 30 14 25 10 4 2
7 8 13 13 16 10 27 51
26 19 17 1 9 0 -23 -49
18 15 13 12 10 10 1 1
10 An intriguing first half with the teams locked at 0-0 at halftime didn't accurately portray the quality of the goals we would see in the second half as Jade Parris who had been guilty of spurning some chances in the first half got the opening goal before Leigh Aitken equalised for the Ponies with an excellent goal. Rebecca Burrows grabbed the lead for the Lilywhites straight back before an emphatic strike from Tayla O'Brien from the edge of the area locked in the points for the Madills Farm side. There was no respite for "The Ponies" after their heavy loss against Auckland United last weekend to now face defending champions Eastern Suburbs who after a slightly indifferent start to the season are now on a roll. Also perhaps slightly motivated by a loss in pre-season to "The Ponies" and of course it's a derby game as well! Ellerslie were dealt a blow in the week leading up to this game with Abby Murphy ruled out due to unavailability, but we were able to welcome back Courtney who was back after illness last week there were no other player issues as Alejo continues to do a great job in conditioning and injury prevention. With Suburbs likely to field their strongest lineup we knew we had to play much better than last week to get anything out of this game, and we had to not concede early (or preferably not at all) as we knew our backline would be under pressure from the triple threat of Hannah Pilley (in her last game), Tayla O'Brien and Jade Parris. That proved somewhat difficult as Suburbs piled on a few chances in the first half, with the first one the result of a nice piece of play down the Lilywhites left side and ended up with a shot being pushed just wide of the back post. Pilley had the next chance as she snuck in behind Deb who had tucked across to give cover, a Suburbs long ball from the back was just too high for Anita and it skipped through to Pilley, but an excellent recovery run from Debs put her under pressure and she hit her shot underpowered and right to Erin in goal.
11 That wasn't going to be Erin's last involvement, as she was quickly called into action again as a teasing through ball found Jade Parris, Erin had spotted the through ball early but wasn't sure she could make up the ground, and her hesitation had left her in a tricky position as Jade lined up her shot - but using every millimeter of her long reach she pushed the shot which was destined for the top apex of the goal away for a corner. That moment might have dwelled on the Suburbs two-time golden boot winners mind as she was played in again, this time with a clever reverse pass from Tayla O'Brien. Kim did well to recover and force Jade to take a shot from wide, but again her shot was underpowered and straight at Erin in goal. While Jade Parris wasn't having much luck with her shooting, she was finding plenty of space, this time she identified a large gap in the backline between Kim and Tayla and Rebecca Burrows found her with a perfect lofted pass. Credit to the Ellerslie fullback Tayla who had been caught out of position but she raced back and put pressure on Jade to take her shot, which she didn't strike cleanly as it bobbled out of play wide of the near post.
The narrative continued however as Parris was in the right place yet again as a Lilywhites forward flicked on a lofted pass, which left Parris one on one with Erin, but she again fluffed her shot and Erin was able to easily gather the bobbling ball and kill the attack. While Parris was clearly frustrated by not being able to find the finish she wanted, "The Ponies" were concerned as there was a large number of chances stacking up and it would have been fool-
12 ish to think the Suburbs markswoman was not going to find her shooting boots sooner or later. However there was enough time in the first half for Parris to have one more go - a Suburbs corner was cleared but no pressure from the Ellerslie side pushing out meant the ball was popped back into the box and found Parris with no marker at the back post, admittingly this was one of her harder chances as she had to side volley a bouncing ball, but her effort ended up being a side foot chip which lolli-popped into Erin's waiting arms.
That was pretty much halftime as the Ponies came off the field happy with the clean sheet but knowing they had to do a bit more to compete in the game - no real chances of note in that first 45 and a number of decent chances to Suburbs was not a good recipe for staying in the game. The Suburbs goalkeeper at this point had really only come into play cleaning up through balls and dealing with a few crosses, but her high line had done a great job of compressing the large Michaels Ave field and made it tricky for Ellerslie to find space to unleash their top scorer Britany Cunningham-Lee. Back to the subplot in the first half, which focused on Jade Parris and her profligacy in front of goal, like any good hollywood movie (think The Usual Suspects) there was a twist and 7 mins into the second half Parris opened her account for the game, and in the process started a flurry of goals. I would love to describe this goal to you, however as luck would have it I not only missed seeing the goal live, I also missed it on camera so there is no official record of it, however with the narrative being the way it had been, it was probably her hardest chance of the game and she absolutely smashed it in... I dunno. Ellerslie were not happy conceding that goal and put their foot on the gas, desperate to find a way back into the game - then finally Britney managed to escape the prison of white shirts she had been living in, expertly wardened by Rebekah van Dort as she picked up a quick throw in from Annabelle - using her pace and strength Cunningham-Lee rolled her marker and drove past the Suburbs left back and delivered a perfect low hard cross to the middle of the goal, where Leigh had made an excellent run from the left and infront of her defender and guided the ball home just as
13 the suburbs cover arrived - a classy finish to match some classy setup play. The celebrations from the large Ellerslie crowd, including a rendition of "Oh Ellerslie" from the Iguana's (Ellerslie's #1 reptilian based team) was cut short as the Lilywhites showed the class of champions as they retook the lead within 3 minutes of conceding - this goal did have an element of luck to it, but the finish was all class. After finding a strikers feet on the edge of the area a tackle from an Ellerslie player ricocheted the loose ball back to the pressing Burrows who was then tackled by another Ellerslie player but such was her determination she picked up that ricochet as well - with only Erin in goal to beat she smashed her shot past the Ellerslie keeper and into the top far corner of the net. There wasn't long between that goal and the final goal for the Ponies to rue that defensive error as Tayla O'Brien won the ball in midfield off Lily (which is normally easier said than done) and lined up a shot from 3 or 4 meters outside the box with her right foot and sent a bullet into the back of the net which Erin couldn't keep out such was the power. That was the scoring concluded and the defending champions locked in all three points as they consolidated their 3 point lead at the top of the table, over Hamilton Wanderers who are "The Ponies" next opposition as we start the 2nd round of games. Despite the last two losses the Ellerslie side have still a lot to play for, and this game against Wanderers will be a good test of our progress (and theirs) so far this season.
14 Reaching Round 7 of the Men’s NRFL Division One, Ellerslie were still on the hunt for their first win of the season. Following last week’s draw against Mt Albert Ponsonby, Fred de Jong stepped down as head coach to focus on his role as Ellerslie's Director of Football, with Munith Naidu taking over the reigns. Naidu’s first match in charge saw the Ellerslie lads take on Manurewa AFC at The Ave, but a dream start for the new boss wasn’t to be as the score stayed locked at 0-0 right up to the final whistle.
It was a different sight in the dugout at the weekend, as we saw Munith Naidu lead the lads for the first time this season. We all warmly thank Fred de Jong for his 56-game long service as head coach, and can’t wait for what new stars he unearths in his role as Director of Football within the club. Change is always scary and exciting, but I’m sure everyone is keen to see what Naidu brings to Ellerslie and the Men’s squad as they fight to get out of the bottom two. In his first game in charge, there were a few changes to the team that took on Manurewa. Denny Twigg came in for his first start as left fullback, pushing Jordan Bresler to the bench, while Rei Ogawa-Bracey remained on the right. Andre Munro-Wilson was unavailable, which gave Conrad Benefield a chance to come in as CDM, while Anton Moore retained his spot at the back with skipper Seb Poelman. Josh Lai switched out from the left to settle into an attacking midfield role alongside Dylan Horgan, with Alex Clark also taking a seat on the bench. Adam Paulsen and Rowan Corbett held their starting spots, and after scoring a goal
15 last week, Rory Kelly came back into the starting XI. Ryan Morrow was on the bench with Aalok Paudel, and newcomer Hamish Grey, who was called up for the first time in 2020. So Naidu made a couple of tweaks to the team in order to play the boys in a way better suited to his system, and that was evident as the men in red came out organised and clearly hungry for a win. Despite only having a week with the new coach, the Ponies all looked to be on the same page, evident through some well-executed passing patterns. A few goal-scoring opportunities were created, but the biggest one came in the 28th minute when Manurewa tried to play out from their own half. Lai was able to get a toe in for Horgan to collect before linking with Kelly, who took a touch and then offloaded back to Lai. Manurewa's fullback had come in to pick up Kelly when he had the ball, which left a large gap on the right for Corbett to recognise and run into. Lai, with the ball at his feet, played a pinpoint pass through the backline for Corbett to gather. Corbett let it roll to his right foot before hitting it low towards near post but Manurewa keeper Felix Sorge-Stratton was able to get a hand to it and push it wide. Other than a few half-chances, the first half saw no goals as both teams headed into the sheds. Ellerslie looked well organised for the most part, though there were moments where it was obvious there are still some kinks to iron out, which I’m sure will come as the boys get more familiar with Naidu and his playing style. Manurewa were equally as organised, utilising neat passing triangles to make their way up the field to get themselves into goal-scoring
16 positions. Thanks to some solid defending at the back and a couple of key saves by Kyryl Bolharyn, the away team's opportunities were snuffed out. With no changes at halftime, the second spell started much like the first. There was a missed opportunity in the first 15 minutes of the half from Ellerslie, and a few close calls from Manurewa. Still, both teams failed to find the back of the net. For most of the second 45, Ellerslie looked to have the upper hand as they utilised their high and wide players to drive towards goal. Benefield looked confident in his role, while Horgan and Lai linked up well to manoeuvre their way through the blue and yellow defence. Horgan showed his class with his tidy ball work, constantly creating headaches for the away team. Corbett was unlucky not to put away a few of his chances, as his shots looked much cleaner compared to previous weeks. One of his best finishes unfortunately came seconds after an offside whistle was blown, robbing him of the opener. On another day, Ellerslie could have been up by a few goals but for the efforts of Manurewa's Sorge-Stratton between the sticks, who kept his lads in the game. With the game still goalless at the 73rd minute, Naidu finally looked to his bench. Kelly was given a rest after a big shift, as Nadiu brought on Clark to sit in the middle, with Lai pushing out wide. This brought a different dynamic to the game, but it still wasn’t enough to break the tie. With ten minutes to go, the momentum started to switch as Manurewa used up the remain-
17 der of their substitutes to inject some much-needed energy. Naidu refrained from making any more changes and outside of Clark, kept the same men on the field. This allowed the team to keep their cohesion as they absorbed wave after wave of pressure from Manurewa, who were on the hunt for a goal to finally break the stalemate. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as both teams had to settle with sharing the points when the man in the middle blew his whistle to mark full time. It was disappointing that Ellerslie couldn’t find a goal to earn them three points, but there are positives to take away from the game. Twigg looked at home at left back and the shift he put in was impressive. Benefield proved dynamic as he showcased his ability to play as a CDM, and in turn earned himself Player of the Day, while Lai looked well utilised in the middle, playing nicely off Horgan. Corbett is getting closer to scoring and I’m sure we’ll see a goal from him in the next fixture. Poelman and Moore can only go from strength to strength as they build on their partnership with every game, while Bolharyn had a solid game between the sticks as he kept a clean sheet, which is all you can ask from your keeper. I’m not sure if it’s The Ave or the colours blue and yellow, but Saturday marked Ellerslie’s third draw at home and third draw against a team wearing a variation of those colours. Lets hope it’s a coincidence and not a curse, as the lads look to prepare for their next fixture at home against the bottom-placed, blue and yellow Takapuna AFC. Come on down at 3pm to support the Ponies as they try to find that elusive first win of the season.
18 #
PLAYER NAME
GAMES
GOALS
1
KYRYL BOLHARYN
20
0
2
ALEXEI DAVIES-CAMPBELL
28
3
4
JORDAN BRESLER
33
0
5
DENISH CHAND
20
0
6
ALEX CLARK
22
3
7
RORY KELLY
6
2
8
ADAM SCOTT
78
6
9
HAZEM AL-FAYAD
2
0
10
DYLAN HORGAN
85
17
11
REI OGAWA-BRACEY
6
0
12
ANDRE MUNRO-WILSON
4
0
14
ANTON MOORE
6
0
15
SEB POELMAN (C)
76
8
16
ROWAN CORBETT
52
13
17
CONRAD BENEFIELD
37
1
18
BRENDAN HALL
0
0
20
AALOK PAUDEL
33
0
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
19
HAMISH GREY
0
0
HEAD COACH
MUNITH NAIDU
21
JOSH LAI
16
2
ASSIST. COACH
TERRY TORRENS
23
RYAN MORROW
6
0
ASSIST. COACH
MIKE HORGAN
25
ADAM PAULSEN
4
1
GK COACH
KRIS PINNOCK
30
PATRICK FAHEY
16
1
MANAGER
TIM ADAMS
34
DENNY TWIGG
26
6
PHYSIO
AARON COLLIN
What makes Denny Twigg unique, apart from being one of the only left footed players in the team, find out more on page 28
19 #
PLAYER NAME
1
Brendan KAVANAGH (GK)
2
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
Riley GREENBURY
Ryan HOWLETT
AR 1
Bradley JOHNSTON
4
Jonathan LEWIS
AR 2
Khalid ELGANA
5
Dylan BURNS
6
Connor DAW
7
Elliott DOOLEY
8
Mitchell WATTS
9
Nicholas QUINN
10
Wesley BALDWIN
11
Thomas MILLER
12
Joshua CHOICE
14
Jack ANDERSON
15
Jack TAYLOR
16
Ben ALLAN
18
William HEATHER
19
Joshua BARTRAM
NOTE: Team lists not supplied by Takapuna, data taken from the last round of games in COMET
ASSESSOR
n/a
WEBSITE: http://www.takapunaafc.co.nz/
TWITTER: @takapuna_afc
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Takapuna.football/
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
HEAD COACH
Joseph DAW
ASSIST. COACH
Justin MACKAY
GK COACH
Gregory THOMPSON
MANAGER
Wayne HALLFORD
20 #
PLAYER NAME
GAMES
1
Erin SIMPERINGHAM
50
4
Leigh AITKEN
37
5
Tayla HAWES
20
6
Lily TAITIMU
6
7
Deb TUTTY
8
Annabelle PAKIETO
6
9
Kim OOSTERBEEK
24
10
Hollie LEONA
17
11
Anita TRUDGEN
52
12
Erin MATTINGLY
40
13
Ella WIEBE
31
14
Petra BUYCK
3
15
Courtney ROWSE
6
16
Britney CUNNINGHAM-LEE
7
17
Tove BENNETT
127
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
19
Maddy MCCORMICK
26
HEAD COACH
Ryan Shiffman
21
Holly MARX
9
ASSIST. COACH
Callum McKenzie
23
Dee MOSCA
5
ASSIST. COACH
Mark Thompson
24
Abby MURPHY
6
ASSIST. COACH
Chris Thurston
25
Ruth BOWERMAN
3
GK COACH
Kris Pinnock
26
Kezia KELLY
50
MANAGER
Steph Jones
27
Charli COLLARD
30
PHYSIO
TBC
167
In the spotlight this week is our loudest new recruit - she rates herself pretty high on the banter-meter as well, find out more about Lily on page 26
21 #
PLAYER NAME
1
Angelique TUISAMOA
3
Kate WILLIAMS
AR 1
Caley MCNEELY
5
Michaela FOSTER
AR 2
Courtney DAY
6
Chloe HENDERSON
7
Emma CAWTE
8
Kate LOYE
9
Lisa EVANS
11
Rachel MAJOR
12
Shannon TREBBES
13
Serena MURRIHY
14
Jordana BREMNAR
15
Grace COX
16
Caitlin BYRNE
17
Kim MAGUIRE
18
Lily MUSPRATT
19
Maddi OLLINGTON
20
Chelsea ELLIOTT
23
Sophie DALY
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
REFEREE
MATCH OFFICIALS
Deborah STEVENS
ASSESSOR
n/a
WEBSITE: https://hamiltonwanderers.co.nz/
TWITTER: @HamWanderersNZ
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BlueArmySc/
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
HEAD COACH
Stephen COX
ASSIST. COACH
Mauro MARTINS
MANAGER
Kelly WARN
MANAGER
Paul CARPENTER
PHYSIO
Elliot COOPER
22 #
PLAYER NAME
GAMES
GOALS
1
TAYLOR HARRISON
0
0
1
BEN SHAW
55
0
3
ANDREW HOLDSWORTH
0
0
22
KSHITIJ GOHEL
0
0
24
HARRY STANBRIDGE
0
0
26
MONJU SHOHEI (C)
18
0
27
TARIRO MASHONGANYIKA
26
1
28
AVI ENOKA
0
0
29
FARHAN AZIM
0
0
31
LUKE TYRO
0
0
32
JENSEN FA’AFUA
0
0
33
DIRRENESH THIRUKUMAR
0
0
35
ATHAN RATNAM
0
0
37
DAS LAI-SAI
5
0
38
LEE HARMON
0
0
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
39
RAIHAN AZIM
0
0
HEAD COACH
SEB BOUVIER
40
ALEX ARNOLD
0
0
ASSIST. COACH
n/a
42
JOSH MARSHALL
1
0
GK COACH
KRIS PINNOCK
43
JAYDEN BUSH
0
0
MANAGER
TIM ADAMS
44
LEVI PAHINA
0
0
PHYSIO
AARON COLLIN
A midfield powerhouse who lists a be-speckled Dutch midfielder as his football influence, find out more about Tariro on page 29
Games and Goals are First Team games and goals only! Players do float between teams, but will always wear their dedicated number in First Team games
23 #
PLAYER NAME
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
REFEREE
MATCH OFFICIALS
21
Emile MCARTHUR (GK)
Khalid ELGANA
2
Mitchell CAIRN
AR 1
n/a
5
Callum ROWE
AR 2
n/a
7
Lewis CLARKE
ASSESSOR
n/a
8
Dillon HOUCHING
9
Matthew GULIK
10
Ethan USHER
11
Saiga OTSUBO
12
Bailey DERRINGER
13
Kyle THOMPSON
14
Jonathon HORGAN
15
Tyler PATERSON
16
Matthew WHITE
17
Stefan BOKOS
18
Mitchell WATTS
WEBSITE: http://www.takapunaafc.co.nz/
TWITTER: @takapuna_afc
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Takapuna.football/
NOTE: Team lists not supplied by Takapuna, data taken from the last round of games in COMET
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
HEAD COACH
Sean BOKOS
ASSIST. COACH
Jassen ELLIOTT
ASSIST. COACH MANAGER
24 #
PLAYER NAME
GAMES
1
Lauren MCKENZIE
2
Anna HOWDEN
133
3
Charli COLLARD
30
4
Mia GRGICEVICH
0
5
Maggie JAQUES
19
6
Scarlett HUNTER
13
7
Kathryn GOW
2
9
Ella WIEBE
31
10
Lyric DAVISON
18
11
Sarah ROBINSON
3
12
Hannah GRIMSEY
0
13
Sophie WESTON
0
15
Jess GALLAGHER
0
16
Erin MATTINGLY
40
17
Tove BENNETT
127
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
19
Ayla SURTEES
30
HEAD COACH
Ian DAVIDSON
20
Dee MOSCA
5
ASSIST. COACH
Callum MCKENZIE
21
Holly MARX
9
ASSIST. COACH
Ryan SHIFFMAN
22
Hollie LEONA
17
GK COACH
Kris PINNOCK
23
Kezia KELLY
50
MANAGER
Steph JONES
25
Ruth BOWERMAN
3
PHYSIO
TBC
0
This week we find out more about Sophie Weston, we don’t want to spoil the surprises so read her profile on page 27
Games listed are First Team games only!
25 #
PLAYER NAME
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
1
Sophie DALY
3
Kaylee OOSTHUYSEN
AR 1
n/a
4
Rivi MAILING
AR 2
n/a
5
Jamie FOSTER
ASSESSOR
n/a
6
Sarah CARPENTER
7
Adi-Grace MOOAR
8
Maia COONEY
9
Haylee SMITH
10
Iona LOVE
12
Cayin MITCHELL
14
Jordana BREMNAR
16
Lucy COULSON
17
Caitlin VARCOE
18
Rylee MAY
REFEREE
MATCH OFFICIALS
Caley MCNEELY
WEBSITE: https://hamiltonwanderers.co.nz/
TWITTER: @HamWanderersNZ
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BlueArmySc/
TYPE OF OFFICIAL
TEAM OFFICIALS
HEAD COACH
Stephen COX
ASSIST. COACH
Mauro MARTINS
MANAGER
Paul CARPENTER
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Moving to Ellerslie for a puffer jacket
WHICH TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT: Manchester United
WHO HAS THE BEST BANTER I rate myself pretty high but if I have to pick someone it would have to be Tim because we are on the same level (height)
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ginny, she comes to every after match and she’s the star of the show.
AGE: 19
SEE LILY’S FULL PROFILE ON THE ELLERSLIE FACEBOOK PAGE
27
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
-Playing Women’s Reserves 2020 -Winning the 10th grade league and scoring 46 goals that season (yep believe it or not I was a striker back in the day)
DREAM 5 A SIDE TEAM: One Direction before Zayn left
PLAYER TO WATCH:
Maddy McCormick - she'll be running circles around the oppositions midfield this season
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE:
I'm not great at that advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?
WHO HAS THE BEST BANTER: Hannah Grimsey
AGE: 18
SEE SOPHIE’S FULL PROFILE ON THE ELLERSLIE FACEBOOK PAGE
28
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Scored a screamer in the finals of the Napier U19 Tournament to crown Ellerslie AFC as champs of NZ
GOALS FOR 2020: Score more than I did last year (1)
WHICH TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT: Manchester Utd
DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN ONE HASHTAG #Baller
AGE: 20 GOALS: 6
SEE DENNY’S FULL PROFILE ON THE ELLERSLIE FACEBOOK PAGE
29
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Manurewa 1st Team, Ellerslie 1st team
GOALS FOR THE 2020 SEASON: Win reserves league
WHICH TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT: Arsenal
DREAM 5 A SIDE TEAM:
Henry, Brazilian Ronaldo, Zidane, Gattuso and (Oliver) Kahn.
AGE: 25 GOALS: 1
SEE TARIRO’S FULL PROFILE ON THE ELLERSLIE FACEBOOK PAGE
30
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31
Das (top) made a full recovery and scored the final goal in this game of a cross from Dee (bottom right), while bottom left Avi celebrates his opening goal
32
The Ponies grabbed a late goal to equalise against Eastern Suburbs
33
Lot’s of huff and puff but no goals for the expectant fans to see
34 WIN % 67% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 50% 50% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 25% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 17% 0% 0% 0%
ELLERSLIE TEAM NAME MEN'S RESERVES ZEPHYR ZFFC COLTS WOMEN'S FIRST TEAM MUSTANGS DECEPTIVELY SLOW WOMEN'S RESERVES BLACK PONIES DIAMONDS RED FURY BARONS BAD COMPANY AUCKLAND WANDERERS REBELS BUSINESS TIME SCREAMING EAGLES COLTS RESERVES RED KNIGHTS IGUANAS MEN'S FIRST TEAM ZAMANTIX ROVERINES RED RURU'S
DIVISION NRFL DIV 1 RESERVES AFF 040'S DIV 3 AFF MEN'S DIV 4 AFF MENS’ DIV 1 NRFL PREMIER LEAGUE AFF 040'S DIV 5 AFF MEN'S DIV 4 NRFL PREM RESERVES AFF MEN'S DIV 7 AFF MEN’S DIV 1 AFF WOMEN'S DIV 3 AFF MENS' DIV 8 AFF MEN'S DIV 4 AFF MEN'S DIV 3 NRF WOMENS CHAMPS AFF MEN'S DIV 4 AFF MEN'S DIV 7 AFF MEN'S DIV 2 AFF MEN'S DIV 8 AFF MEN’S DIV 2 NRFL DIV 1 AFF WOMEN'S DIV 3 AFF MEN'S DIV 6
PL
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6
5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 0
1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 4 5 5 6 3 4 6
27 19 10 20 24 17 13 20 10 11 8 5 10 9 6 12 6 5 16 10 8 4 5
12 12 8 11 13 15 10 12 12 13 16 12 13 18 9 15 19 14 23 24 16 13 21
15 7 2 9 11 2 3 8 -2 -2 -8 -7 -3 -9 -3 -3 -13 -9 -7 -14 -8 -9 -16
16 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 3 6 4 3 3 4 4 2 0
Ellerslie AFC combined League table rankings based on win percentage then fewest goals conceded.
35 DATE
TIME
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
VENUE
12-08
19:00
Ellerslie AFC Zamantix Roverines
VS
Uni-Mount Bohemian W3
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14-08
19:00
Mt Albert-Ponsonby AFC M1
VS
Ellerslie AFC M1 Diamonds
Anderson Park 1
14-08
19:00
Ellerslie AFC M4 ZFFC
VS
Ellerslie AFC M4 Bad Company
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14-08
19:00
Ellerslie AFC M4 Business Time
VS
Ellerslie AFC Deceptively Slow
Michaels Ave Res 1 - Turf
15-08
12:30
Glenfield Rovers Res NRFLR1
VS
Ellerslie AFC Reserves NRFL1R
McFetridge Park 1
15-08
13:00
Central United UoA M2
VS
Ellerslie AFC M2 Iguanas
Kiwitea Street 1
15-08
13:00
Ellerslie AFC M6 The Red Rurus
VS
Eastern Suburbs Misfits M6
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
15-08
13:00
Ellerslie AFC M7 Black Ponies
VS
Ellerslie AFC Screaming Eagles
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
15-08
13:00
Ellerslie AFC M8 Red Knights
VS
Ellerslie AFC M8 Barons
Michaels Ave Res 1 - Turf
15-08
13:15
Western Springs Young Ones
VS
Ellerslie AFC M2 Colts Reserves
Seddon Fields 4
15-08
15:00
Glenfield Rovers NRFL1
VS
Ellerslie AFC NRFL1
McFetridge Park 1
15-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M1 Colts
VS
Western S Diamond Geezers
Michaels Ave Res 1 - Turf
15-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC Auck Wanderers
VS
Mt Albert-Ponsonby AFC M3
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
15-08
15:00
Ellerslie AFC M40/3 Zephyr
VS
Manurewa Drifting Kite M40/3
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
15-08
15:00
Uni-Mount Bohemian HART
VS
Ellerslie AFC M40/5 Mustangs
Colin Maiden Park 4
16-08
10:45
Glenfield Reserves NRFLWR
VS
Ellerslie AFC Reserves NRFLWPR
McFetridge Park 1
16-08
11:00
Ellerslie AFC W1 Rebels
VS
Birkenhead United W1
Michaels Ave Res 1 - Turf
16-08
11:00
Tuakau W4
VS
Ellerslie AFC W3 Red Fury
Dr John Lightbody Reserve 1
16-08
11:00
Ellerslie AFC Zamantix Roverines
VS
Western Springs Kereru W3
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
16-08
13:00
Glenfield Rovers NRFLW
VS
Ellerslie AFC NRFLWP
McFetridge Park 1
VS VS VS
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