The Ave - Issue 12 feat Mt Albert Ponsonby by Ellerslie AFC

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PAGE DESCRIPTION

UPCOMING CLUB FIXTURES

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

NRFL MATCH PHOTOS

8&9

NRFL DIV 1 SCHEDULE / RESULTS

10 & 11

MENS FIRST TEAM LINEUPS

12 & 13

MENS FIRST TEAM MATCH REPORT

14 & 15

NRFL NEXT GAMES

16 & 17

MENS RESERVES LINEUPS

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 MT ALBERT PONSONBY This weekends feature match sees Mt Albert Ponsonby visit Michaels Ave, with both teams needing points for entirely different reasons, Ellerslie need points to kill off the chance of Bucklands Beach catching us while Mt Albert Ponsonby need points to stay in what is a tight promotion race in Div 1 this season. It’s hard not to feel a bit for the Anderson Park team who were superb in 2020 before Covid stopped the season and therefore any promotion/relegation. In the curtain-raiser to this game we see an interesting clash in the Reserves as Ellerslie who were upset last week by Waitemata up against a MAP team that gave the Ellerslie team a bit of a lesson in the first round - something Seb and his team will want to put right. As you can see to your right we have not been able to update the venues for our community teams this weekend, this is due to the weather causing all sorts of problems in the last 2 to 3 weeks with pitch availability at Michaels Ave, fingers crossed we can see a few more dry days in the next month and get some more football back at Michaels Ave - but I must say our members have been amazing in dealing with the disruption to training and games, thanks guys and girls! Lastly we just wanted to send our thoughts to Ngaruawahia who lost their president to illness in the last week or so, it’s never nice to lose a club member and particularly one who had done so much for the “Green Machine” - our thoughts are with his family! Cheers Tim Adams Chairman

FRONT COVER: Reserves and Napier U19’s coach Seb Bouvier looking pensive while Reserves golden boot leader Athan Ratnam takes a breather. BACK COVER: First Team golden boot leader Ryan Morrow is kept under wraps by Waitemata FC

5 ELLERSLIE TEAM

OPPOSITION

VENUE

DATE

TIME

Ellerslie Diamonds

Albany United Goose M

TBC

Ellerslie Colts

Pukekohe AFC 1sts M1

TBC

Ellerslie Iguanas

Albany United Champs M

TBC

Ellerslie Business Time

Uni-Mount Bohs Bad Company

TBC

Ellerslie Deceptively Slow

Metro FC Football Friends M5

TBC

Ellerslie Instituto

Auckland United FC Rangers M5

TBC

Ellerslie EPSDS

Lynn-Avon United MD6

TBC

Ellerslie Red Ruru’s

Western Springs AFC Choppers

TBC

Ellerslie ZFFC

Mt Albert-Pon Freemans Bayern

TBC

Ellerslie Screaming Eagles

Western Springs AFC Tevez M6

TBC

Ellerslie Black Ponies

Ellerslie AFC M7 Red Knights

TBC

Ellerslie Bonobos

Onehunga Sports FC CTMS M7

TBC

Ellerslie Sea Dogs

Papatoetoe AFC Rewa M8

TBC

Ellerslie Red Knights

Ellerslie AFC M7 Black Ponies

TBC

Ellerslie O35’s Masters

Western Springs AFC Revolution

TBC

Ellerslie O40’s Zephyrs

Fencibles United Diggas

TBC

Ellerslie O45’s Metro

BYE

TBC

Ellerslie O45’s Mustangs

Mangere United FC Rewa M45

TBC

Ellerslie Rebels

Greenhithe FC Mozamba W1

TBC

Ellerslie Red Fury

Bucklands Beach AFC Vixens W5

TBC

Ellerslie Zamantix Roverines

Papatoetoe AFC Cougars & Cubs

TBC

Zamantix Deuce

Albany Green Machine

TBC

Zamantix Return

AUT FC

TBC

Zamantix Force

Albany Green Machine 2

TBC

AFC Bohemian Celtic 1

FC Eagles

TBC

AFC Bohemian Celtic 2

CHN Eagles FC

TBC

MENS RESERVES AND FIRST TEAM VS WAITEMATA FC Last weekend our Men’s NRFL teams travelled to McLeod Park to take on Waitemata FC - here are a couple of snaps from that game. Top left: Avi has a time to have a laugh with a Waitemata FC player Top right: Lex ponders if he will have to play 90 after Ellerslie makes a 2nd sub in the first half. Bottom right: The flying mullet goes up against the Hammer in a tussle at a corner.

8 ROUND

DATE & TIME

OPPOSITION

VENUE

27.03.21 @ 3pm

Takapuna AFC

Michaels Ave

2-3

05.04.21 @ 3pm

Manurewa AFC

Michaels Ave

2-1

10.04.21 @ 3pm

East Coast Bays

Bay City Park

2-4

17.04.21 @ 3pm

Mt Albert Ponsonby

Anderson Park

1-5

24.04.21 @ 3pm

Waitemata FC

Michaels Ave

0-5

01.05.21 @ 3pm

Bucklands Beach

Michaels Ave

2-1

08.05.21 @ 3pm

Albany United

Michaels Ave

0-1

CC1

15.05.21 @ 2pm

Greenhithe FC

Rosedale Park

4-0

22.05.21 @ 3pm

Metro FC

Phyllis Street

1-1

29.05.21 @ 3pm

Waiheke United

Michaels Ave

1-4

CC2

05.06.21 @ 2pm

Auckland City FC

Kiwitea Street

0-7

12.06.21 @ 3pm

Tauranga City

Links Ave

1-3

26.06.21 @ 3pm

Bucklands Beach

Lloyd Elsmore Park

7-0

10.07.21 @ 3pm

Manurewa AFC

Memorial Park

1-3

17.07.21 @ 3pm

East Coast Bays

Michaels Ave

0-4

24.07.21 @ 3pm

Waitemata FC

McLeod Park

1-3

31.07.21 @ 3pm

Mt Albert Ponsonby AFC

Michaels Ave

07.08.21 @ 3pm

Takapuna AFC

Taharoto Park

14.08.21 @ 3pm

Metro FC

Michaels Ave

22.08.21 @ 3pm

Albany United

Rosedale Park

28.08.21 @ 3pm

Tauranga City

Michaels Ave

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 24/07

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

BUCKLANDS BEACH AFC

1-1

ALBANY UNITED

S.Latimer

24/07

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

MT ALBERT PONSONBY AFC

2-3

EAST COAST BAYS AFC

T.Picken, T.Sudmann

24/07

L.Archer, L.Andersen, D.Stansfield

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

METRO FC

1-1

TAURANGA CITY AFC

M.Fa’alogo-Lilo

24/07

J.Langton

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

WAIHEKE UTD

0-4

MANUREWA AFC

n/a

24/07

D.Horgan 2, A.Varela, OG

HOME TEAM

SCORE

AWAY TEAM

WAITEMATA FC

3-1

ELLERSLIE AFC

S.Tanner, A.Kochasira HOME TEAM

E.Fusha SCORE

AWAY TEAM

TAKAPUNA AFC

n/a Place

J.Lawson

BYE

Team

PTS

Albany United

Waiheke United

East Coast Bays

+14

Takapuna AFC

Manurewa AFC

Waitemata FC

Tauranga City AFC

-3

Mt Albert Ponsonby AFC

+16

Metro FC

-1

Ellerslie AFC

-19

Bucklands Beach AFC

-39

10 #

PLAYER NAME

GAMES

GOALS

KYRYL BOLHARYN

LEX DAVIES-CAMPBELL

AALOK PAUDEL

JORDAN BRESLER

JOSH LAI

ALEX CLARK

RORY KELLY

ADAM SCOTT

ERMAL FUSHA

RYAN MORROW

REI OGAWA-BRACEY

ANDRE MUNRO-WILSON

JOSH TORRENS

PAT GREY

SEB POELMAN

ROWAN CORBETT

CONRAD BENEFIELD

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

MASILLAN VEEJIAN

HEAD COACH

Dave Edmondson

KOJO NORKU

ASSIST. COACH

Fred de Jong

DIRRENESH THIRUKUMAR

GK COACH

Tony Jenkins

COBI ALLEN

MANAGER

Tim Adams

ADAM PAULSEN

PHYSIO

Aaron Collin

JOSH LAI A brilliant assist and a couple of key crosses that could have been converted, plus a truck load of work and against a very physical team Josh battled hard and showed true warrior spirit

11 #

PLAYER NAME

Robbie GRAHAM

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE

Tanvir BHAMJI

Ben BILLINGS

AR 1

Beth RATTRAY

Cameron SINCLAIR

AR 2

Sinan CHALABI

Mose D’ARSEI

Ref Assessor

Martin NEALE

Chris KESSELL

Joshua MOODY

Jonathan VIVIANI

Jonathan CANTLE

Kris BRIGHT

Sharvan SHARMA

Nicholas HINDSON

Thomas PICKEN

Stuart GILLETT

Marshall GURNEY

WEBSITE: https://www.sporty.co.nz/mtalbertponsonbyafc

TWITTER: @mapafc

FACEBOOK: @MtAlbertPonsonbyAfc

Scott WALLACE

Timothy SUDMANN

Lewis BLACK

Cole TINKLER

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

Ben THOMAS

HEAD COACH

Alan HINDSON

Louis CORBETT

ASSIST. COACH

Paul COLEGATE

INSTAGRAM: map.afc

TEAM MANAGER Jonathan ROSS PHYSIO

Naythan DE MELO

GK COACH

James Warren

12 EARLY INJURIES PUT ELLERSLIE ON THE BACK FOOT FROM THE GET GO The Ponies travelled to McLeod Park to take on Waitemata FC on Saturday, in much more favourable conditions compared to the previous week. The lineup stayed much the same, with Veejian lining up in goal again. An unchanged backline saw skipper Poelman, Torrens, Ogawa-Bracey and Scott take the field, with a midfield made up of Davies-Campbell, Lai, Clark and Benefield instead of Grey. Morrow took his place up top with Corbett, pushing Fusha to the bench. The game started at a fast pace and a high intensity. Challenges were heavy from the first whistle but the lads were up for it. Ellerslie had the first real chance of the game off the back of some poor corners from the home side. Morrow did well to pick out a through ball to Lai, in which the midfielder found himself 1v1 with the keeper. He hit a low and hard shot, but the keeper was able to gather it up. It was Waitemata who found the net first, after their winger went for a long run down the left. Ogawa-Bracey managed to block his cross, but the deflection was gifted straight back to Waitemata and he made no mistake whipping in the second delivery. Veejian made a good attempt at batting it away from the approaching striker, but the rebound fell straight to Shane Tanner, who was able to tap it home. To add insult to injury, Ellerslie were forced to make a sub when Corbett went down after taking contact on his knee that he’s had previous problems with. The physio was quick to signal the end of his game and Edmondson brought Fusha on. The Ponies did well to create a number of attacking opportunities through some cleverly linked play between Morrow, Lai and Clark. While down the other end, the backline was doing their best to contain a surging Waitemata side. Poelman especially made some clutch last ditch efforts to deny the home team. Ellerslie almost made it to the half without anymore upset, until the 40th minute when Edmonson was forced to make another unplanned sub. Veejian had come out to challenge a 1v1 and as he went up to clear the ball, he collided with the oncoming forward, resulting in a bad knock to the head. The physio was called on immediately and after a few minutes of assessing him, he was deemed unfit to carry on. This forced Edmonson to replace him with Bolharyn. The lads managed to get to the half, giving Bolharyn some time to re-warm himself up. There was going to be a big shift needed from the Ponies, with only one possible interchange in hand. Waitemata edged the visitors out in the opening stages of the second spell, but the backline were doing well to hold their own. Waitemata

13 almost made it two when they hit the crossbar. The ball bounced straight down and Poelman did well again to clear it off the line. The relentless attack from Waitemata eventually saw them find their second goal. A well-placed cross into the box resulted in a header from close range at backpost. There was nothing Bolharyn could do from such close distance. However, only mere minutes later Ellerslie found themselves in with a chance as they got on the scoresheet. A ball to Lai down the right edge had him beating his first defender. He put in an early cross much to the disappointment of some of the supporters who wanted him to keep dribbling. They had to eat their words though, when the cross found Fusha, who calmly finished it past a diving keeper. Edmonson used his last sub to bring Kelly on for Davies-Campbell, hoping to inject some energy into the side and find that equaliser. It wasn’t meant to be though as the home side found their third not long later to take the wind out of the Ponies sails. Arnold Kochasira had the ball down the left and rocketed it in, in what was clearly a cross. But such is football (and an apparent curse for the Ponies as the women have conceded similarly a couple times) the ball skimmed the side post and somehow found the side netting on the opposite side. A disappointing way to concede in a game the Ponies had definitely clawed themselves back into. The last 10 minutes saw some entertaining end-to-end football as Ellerslie threw everything they had at Waitemata. They couldn’t find those elusive goals though, and the game finished at 3-1. It was an entertaining game to watch, with both teams going toe-to-toe the whole 90 minutes. There were plenty of heavy challenges, resulting in a number of yellow cards. However, what the media team saw and what the referee was dishing out appear to be quite different. Not in terms of the fouls themselves, but just who was on the receiving end of them, therefore this report doesn’t touch on any of them. Despite the loss, the performance over the weekend was completely different to what the boys supplied us with against East Coast Bays. If they can carry that intensity and drive into their next fixture against Mt AlbertPonsonby, we’ll have one entertaining fixture on our hands. The Ponies will host MAP at The Ave this coming Saturday for a 3pm kick off, so make sure you don’t miss out! Media Picks Man of the Match: A few goal line clearances and a good intensity from our skipper gives Seb Poelman our man of the match this week. He set the precedent with his work ethic and showed what it was going to take to see out the 90 minutes.

16 #

PLAYER NAME

Jonathan DAVIDSON

Dirrenesh THIRUKUMAR

Ben ALEXANDER

Shohei MONJU

Rai-Arii HENDERSON-ENOKA

Andrew HOLDSWORTH

Daniel EVANS

Ryan RIFAI

Luke MACKAY

Farhan AZIM

Jordan ROBERTS-RADFORD

Brock GUNSON

Athan RATNAM

Liam BUYCK

Jayden BUSH

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

Aaron COLLIN

HEAD COACH

SEB BOUVIER

Ryan ROBINSON

ASSIST. COACH

n/a

Patrick FAHEY

GK COACH

TONY JENKINS

MANAGER

TIM ADAMS

PHYSIO

AARON COLLIN

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

REFEREE ASSESSOR

MATCH OFFICIALS

FARHAN AZIM A busy game for Farhan, as he scored our only goal and had several other chances where he could have scored

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

MATCH OFFICIALS

Sinan CHALABI

AR 1

n/a

AR 2

n/a

17 12

PLAYER NAME

13 GK Louis CORBETT

Zac BROCKLEHURST

14 2

Sidharth SINGH

Romy SUNNY

15 3 16 4

Minjoo KIM

Jonty EPSKAMP

James TANIELU

Jacob COUPER

Reece NOORWALLA

Timothy SUDMANN

Stuart HOPE

Liam CAMPBELL

Matthew BREW

Ryan DIETSCHIN

Christopher MAHAN

Brandon PATTERSON

Oscar MCCALLION

Thomas SEARCHFIELD

Chris KESSELL

22 11

Sam GILBERT

17 18 19 20 21

LEV PROKOFYEV

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

TYPE OF OFFICIAL

TEAM OFFICIALS

HEAD COACH

James WARREN

PHYSIO

Scott WALLACE

ASSIST. COACH Place

TEAM MANAGER Stuart HOPE Team

PTS

TAKAPUNA AFC

TAURANGA CITY

EAST COAST BAYS

ELLERSLIE AFC

WAIHEKE UNITED (NOT U23)

-7

ALBANY UNITED

-3

METRO FC

-7

WAITEMATA FC

-19

MANUREWA AFC

-19

BUCKLANDS BEACH AFC

-22

MT ALBERT PONSONBY AFC

-15

TWEET OF THE WEEK One of our best performing tweets ever was when we announced the appointment of social media queen Hollie Leona to the executive board at the club - Welcome Hollie, we are happy to have you on board!

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Fans at Seddon Fields were pretty happy at halftime against Western Springs with a 2-1 lead, cold beer and hot food - what more could you want?

ELLERSLIE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB

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Program Editor

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Tim Adams

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