Saturday May 24th 2008 - Round 6: Scotch vs Rostrevor

Round 6 Report Scotch vs Rostrevor May 24th 2008 A Grade Scotch 2 - 4 Rostrevor After a very convincing start and leading 2-1 with 20 minutes gone on the 2nd half, it was very disappointing to be over-run and beaten. Compliments to ROC's defensive strength and their speed up font. Again we showed periods throughout the game where we dominated but couldn't increase our score on the board with several shots flashing inches wide. Good belief shown by the bulk of the group to continue fighting the entire 2nd half, and it now gives three games in the next three weeks against the other top 4 teams where we can get back to our selfless work ethic and cement our spot in the top two. 3 votes: Geordie 2 votes: Johnny 1 vote: Chrissa (ref's votes) B Grade Scotch 2 - 4 Rostrevor It was always going t be a very tough assignment against the B1 leaders and a team that are putting in copius amounts of goals against their opponents every week. The Scotchie boys should be very proud and get confidence from their performance that showed wonderful team effort and team morale. At 2-2 with 15 minutes to go we were unfortunately beaten by a couple of commendable finishes by ROC's. 3 votes: Martiin 2 votes: Ricky 1 vote: Dain

Cup Round 1 Report May 17th 2008 A Grade Scotch vs Uni Black A's B Grade Scotch vs Immanuel B's A Grade Scotch 2 - 1 Uni Black A's A convincing performance overall and a game that we controlled and were definitely the dominant team in. It was always going to be a little difficult game against a team that is growing in confidence with some improved results of late, and the fact that we also had four players unavailable and another couple playing that were very unwell, so thanks for the effort! Two very nice strikes from Chrissa and Welly from good team build up cemented the result. B Grade Scotch 0 - 3 Immanuel A game that had everything from missed penalties, send-off's, scuffles, major injuries and goals, and unfortunately we were on the wrong side of most of them!! Good character shown in the end to continue fighting undermanned for the whole 90 minutes boys, and unfortunately didn't get anything out of it. Great game had especially by Pandy, Dain and Ricky

Saturday May 10th 2008 - Round 5: Scotch vs Immanuel

Round 5 Report Scotch vs Immanuel May 10th 2008 A Grade Scotch 2 - 2 Immanuel Overall a very disappointing result for the boys, more so for the way we played and not so much for the result. Credit to Immanuel for continuing to pressure us all over the pitch for the whole 90 minutes. We seemed to be flat for the majority of the game and did not utilize our normal game plan with our wide players. Positive notes were our defensive shape, and we were unlucky to suffer an own goal from a deflected defensive header with 10 minutes to play. Goals went to a cooly slotted penalty from captain Johnny, and a cracker from Welly, nice work boys!!! Hopefully Dunsy has a speedy recovery from a knee injury. Ref's votes: 3 votes: Paps 2 votes: Gabe 1 vote: Johnny B Grade Scotch 1 - 5 Immanuel Well, I think there were couple reasons for the result. Again a half dozen changes to the line-up didn't help, along with another sloppy 20 minute patch in the middle of the game. However, a good debut was had to Martin and Mugel. Thanks for staying patient for your 1st game guys, you both played very well!! At this stage we still feel that we need to choose the team on merit of who attends training week to week and who has paid subs, but we will discuss this very soon if we continue to suffer big results like this. Credit to Immanuel for definitely showing a very strong performance over the entire game, and for some last gasp defending in the 1st 15 minutes when we had several good chances. A massive thankyou to Deano who won't be playing any more matches for us now as he plans to move back over to the USA again. Thanks for all your efforts mate, everyone appreciates it and respects you on-field attitude!! (and swearing on the weekend!! :o) 3 votes: Ricky 2 votes: Toby 1 vote: Quento

Saturday May 3rd 2008 - Round 4: Scotch vs CBC

Round 4 Report Scotch vs CBC May 3rd 2008 A Grade Scotch 5 - 1 CBC A very dominant performance overall, so well done again boys. 3-0 after the 1st 20 minutes put the game beyond doubt early. Over the course of the game it was very pleasing that we again were always in control at the back, dominated the midfield and looked dangerous going forward every time. To be fair we could easily have had a few more (no mention of Chris' misses!! haha), but to CBC's credit they continued to push the entire game and snagged a scrappy goal late in the game. Goal of the day went to a 25 yard SSCCRREEAAMMEERRRR!!! volley from young Matty from out on the left, sweet effort mate! Max, Chris and Matty were instrumental up front all day and either scored or set up each of the goals brilliantly. Top day's work. Defense was intense as always and initiated plays all day, with the midfield staying very organised again. Game plan working well, so nice work. 3 votes: Gabemeister 2 votes: Fergie 1 vote: Geordie B Grade Scotch 2 - 1 CBC First win for the year...and about time!! :o) A very good effort considering the changes that were made from last week. Thank you to everyone for staying motivated and positive with the rotation of players and weekly changes that I realise can become very unsettling and frustrating. It was really a game of contrasting halves, with Scotch having the better of the 1st leading 2-0 at half time, and CBC definitely having the majority of possession and chances in the 2nd half and all in all were a little unlucky not to score again, but credit due to our defenders infighting for every last inch. Our two goals were of great quality and team play that the boys should be happy about. Great goal and debut from Mr Marty, and finally Catton got on the score sheet with a lovely finish for the 1st. 3 votes: Catton 2 votes: Deano 1 vote: Marty