End of Year Awards Night

SCOTCH COLLEGE OLD COLLEGIANS' SOCCER CLUB End of Year Dinner and Club Awards Night "The Vikings Night of Nights" This Friday night!!! Friday 21st September The Edinburgh Hotel 7 High Street, Mitcham 7.30pm start Formal dress $30 only for 3 course meal YEEEAAHHHH!!!! Please everyone and their partners come along for a massive night of fun and festivities followed by a big night out after The Ed closes Wouldn't want to miss it for the world!!!

Back to the Blue and Gold

Get on board Boys!!! BACK TO THE BLUE AND GOLD Miami Vice Style Compulsory for everyone to attend this wonderful annual Scotch Old Collegians event!!! The more support we show the School and The Old Collegians Association, the more help we receive with our soccer club, plus it will be an awesome night, it always is!! October 20th, 8pm (Book it in already!!!) Cocktail Dress "Miami Vice Style" Shores Complex Cnr Hamra and Military Rd, WEST BEACH $75 pp including all beer, wine, champagne, and food!!! Bring any friends who want a sweet night out as well, anyone and everyone is invited and welcome. Please contact Alasdair 0432961653 or Paps 0407018801 for tickets/questions______________________________________

15th September 2007 - Round 22: Scotch vs Immanuel

A1: Scotch 0 - 1 Immanuel B1: Scotch 3 - 3 Immanuel It was a bit of a dissapointing day result wise for us today for different reasons for both teams. The B's somehow managed to squander a 3-0 lead from the 1st half to end up drawing, and the A's again managed to totally dominate a game but be unable to find the back of the net with a heap of golden chances going begging once again. Chin up though! :o) The B's opened with a blaze of glory and were 3-0 up within the 1st 30 minutes, following two great thunderbolt strikes from Matty Lynagh, and a 30 yard stunner from Frenchie Fabs. Unfortunately we lost our way a little in the 2nd half, and following a penalty and two lucky goals it was all square. Boys a massive thankyou to you all for the efforts this year though!! It didn't help only oranising the team a week before the start of the season and only half the team having played outdoor football before, and we have been under the pump all year against better teams and you have improved weekly without doubt and can be very proud of what you have achieved team wise and for the spirit that has remained throughout the team for the entire year. I hadn't experienced anything like that before. With a good preseason under our belt and a few extra players next year will be considerably more successful result wise. Well done and thankyou! Thanks also to all of the A's boys, with such an unsure line-up for most of the season and weekly changes plus people playing with injury, thankyou for the effort you have put in the the spirit that has been among us for the year. Lets be honest, we didin't do the best but it was a bloody fun year!! Apart from our 1st five games (1 draw, 4 losses = 1 point!!) we did do very well and climbed our way up the table week by week from the bottom and should be proud. Today was a little dissapointing dominating and having possession like we did but again lacking that final touch into goal, which to be honest we should have been able to do with the amount of chances we had!! :o) Immanuel though are great fighters and have great spirit and their season of improvement probably deserved them a win also so well done to them. It was a physically tough match played in fair spirits (mostly!) and was a good season finiser, apart from the fact we lost! :o) Thankyou to the Immanuel boys for their hospitality after the game with BBQ and drinks, it was very appreciated! Thankyou for the year fellas..... much more to offer next year with more sponsorship, more school support, better club structure, a very decent pre-season and a few new talented faces, so I hope all of you are out there for 2008!!!! Paps

8th September 2007 - Round 21: Scotch vs Grads Red

A1: Scotch 4 - 1 Grads Red B1: Scotch 0 -3 Grads Red A1 Summary All in all a very convincing win and one that puts us another place higher on the table, so well done boys! We started the game well and after about 15 minues of good pssession Fergie let one fly from 25 yards out on the left and watched it fly perfectly into the top right corner. Awesome strike!! And it didn't even take a deflection mate!! :o) Soon after that Max was brought down in the box, but Paps misses the penalty with a good save by the keeper. 2nd penalty miss!!! :o) I guess I wont be taking any more!! haha We then did put the second on the board following some great play down the left by Max, who after a nice interplay of passes with Paps and Paul got the ball to Eirik, who turned sharply in the box and slammed the ball past the keeper at his near post. Lovely team goal! We then went to sleep all over the park for the last 10 minutes of the half, and Grads Red snuck one back following a quick counter attack that left us out numbered at the back. 2-1 at the break. Again we had the bulk of the chances and possession in the second half, with Paul, Fergie, Eirik, Clop and Paps all having several good shots that werre narrowly wide or well saved. We went 3-1 when Geordie got a lovely long ball out to Max, put in a nice cross from the right that was cleared tentatively to the top left corner of the box to Paps, who cut inside and slotted it home across the keeper. The fourth came following more pressure, where a nice through ball to Eirik had him calmly slot the ball around the keeper who was rushing off of his line. 4-1. The back four looked solid as usual today, with Mitris and Eric providing plenty of run, and John and Geordie starting the majority of plays while being very solid and tough at the same time. Fergie and Clop both had dominating games in the middle of the park, and were unlucky not to get more goals betwen them, and both played well despite carrying injuries. Paul was in the game all day up front but couldn't quite get ont the end of one, but played the provider role very well. Max was again very creative and attacking out wide, with Eirik topping off a neat little game with two goals and an assist!! Well done boys. B1 Summary In a game we were exeecting to do well from, we unfortunalely never really got into it and couldn't find the back of the net again following several great chances!!! :o) The game was at 1-0 for a long time from the 1st into the 2nd half, but then a flurry of late goals killed the game for us. Credit goes to Grads Red for a good display however.

New Club E-mail Address

Ok guys, just so y'all know, i've just created a club e-mail address its: scocsc@yahoo.com Also make sure you start saving your $75 for the Back to the Blue and Gold, it's all you can eat and drink, with live entertainment and a free lift into town after, we need you ALL there with partners, friends, family, the dog, whatever! Remember our attendance at stuff like this shows how valuable we are to the Old Colleigians, and means we get more help with lights, clubrooms etc! Al

1st September 2007 - Round 20: Scotch vs Pembroke

A1: Scotch 1 - 2 Pembroke B1: Scotch 0 - 5 Pembroke Firstly, a massive thankyou to everyone that came out to be part of the Family and Friends day for Scotch, we all really appreciated the number of people that made the effort to come and support the boys. Apart from the results on the pitch, it was a great day and I hope everyone enjoyed the food, drinks and music!! It was awesome to have so many people out watching. Please feel welcome any stage to come out and watch the boys and show your support again. Many thanks!!! A1 Summary Everyone that watched the game would agree that we definitely shouldn't have lost the match and Pembroke were very lucky to win, however they are not 4th for no reason. Scotch definitely held the majority of posession and had easily the bulk of scoring chances over the course of the day but were denied by the frame a couple of times and by some unlucky finishing in general. We went down 1-0 about 30 minutes in following holding all of the play, when a long free kick into the box took a wicked bounce off of the hard surface and wrong footed Dietmar in goals, who saw the ball bounce over his shoulder in to the back of the net. The game stayed at 1-0 for the majority of the match until Paps found the net with a long range effort about 20 minutes from time that beat the keeoper to his right. With the scores at 1-1 Fergie hit the bar, Clop had a diving header that somehow didn't go in, Waz squandered a 1 on 1 with the keeper, Paps hit the post and Paul had a couple of chanmces that just didn't sit right for him. What could have been!! :o) Following all of this and from another free kick at the other end that was well kept out by Dietmar, the ball unfortunately fell to the feet of a Pembroke player who tapped it in from a few yards to make it 2-1. Dietmar was strong again, Geordie was chopped and changed several times at the back but had a very good, solid game, Eirik was creative as usual, with Clop and Fergie controlling the ball in the middle of the park with out much haassle for most of the game. Chris unfortunately sustained what looks like a serious aknle injury early into the first half and this will leave a big hole in our defence to cover if he can't play the remaining games. Paul was in the mix all day up front but unfortunately couldn't quite find that killer punch to finish today. Max had a great game out wide and was a large contributer to the dominance our midfield had. Our next two games against Grads Red and Immanuel are must wins if we are to grab another spot on the ladder. Well done today though, it was an enjoyable game on a great day, and all I can say is that the score could have been much different! B1 Summary Today we were beaten quite convincingly by a quicker and more experienced team, although we showed great fight as usual and created some good chances we unfortunately couldn't make the most of. It didn't make it easy missing our two regular centrebacks and our two regular centre midfielders through injury and other commitments, so credit needs to go to everyone for the display you put on. Notable mentions need to go to Nathan Pana for the work he has done since only coming out a few weeks ago and being thrown in the deeop end!!! Wellk done mate! And to Jassa and Josh for their continual leadership and commitment to the boys when the going gets tough and in setting up creative plays. It was also great to see Alastair finally get through a full game without injury!!! :o) Well done boys.