Hey Guys, again someone told me that this maybe came across a little bit like I was having a go at you all for not helping, which really wasn't my intention, I was just a bit pissed off at the school's attitude towards us and really trying impress upon everyone how much we will be needing help next season, and that the school isn't going to give us much unless we show we are getting more organised! Chris and I didn't really ask for much help last year, and we certainly didn't expect any if we didn't ask!! I had no problems at all with anyone's contribution or efforts last season!! I felt we had a really good year on and off the pitch, I just want us to take it to the next level next season! Thanks! Al

Help is needed

Hi All, As some of you may or may not be aware we have struggled mightily with the school over the course of this season over many things. We have witnessed some staggeringly petty acts such as banning us from using the goals for training, to actually removing our playing pitch before the end of the season. Chris and I have been requested to meet with the principal and head of sport in the next few weeks to ‘dicuss a few issues’. I fully expect to hear something along the lines of ‘thanks for playing, now f*ck off’. I firstly would like to say that this is coming only from the school itself, the old scholar’s association has given us nothing but support over the past few years, fighting successfully for us on a number of occasions. It may also suprise you to learn that one of our most vocal supporters has been the Old Scholars Footy club, we have defended our use of the oval for training, and offered significant financial help in our quest to put lights up on the soccer pitch, or down at Montrose so that we can have our own training area. The negative attitudes from the school centre around our use of the soccer pitch, and football oval. It is their opinion that we put excess strain on these facilities without really giving much back to the greater college community. To some extent they are correct in this, over the past few years the club has not been particularly well run, and we have been very lucky to cover match fees, and purchase basic equipment like balls and playing strips, however I think the school believe we run on a much higher budget that we actually have. They see 30 odd blokes training on a Wednesday night, which is about half the playing roster of the Footy club, and so deduce that we must have about half their resources. They have an annual budget of around $100,000, we had our most financially successful season with $6,000. Chris and I have done around 85% (with about 80% of that being done by Chris on his own) of the work running the club this season, and as such have started to turn the club around. We hope to build ourselves into the kind of organisation that can give the donations and support to the college community that I believe the school wish us to be. During our meeting with the principal I intend to point out that this is not a change that will happen instantly, and that we are being seriously hamstrung by their petty attempts to make this difficult for us, and that while that continues we will never be able to grow to the size we need to be a meaningful contributor. In order for this to work, we really need to be able to show further progress on last year’s efforts. CHRIS AND I CANNOT DO THIS BY OURSELVES. In short we need to form a committee that meets regularly (I am thinking I will get a set of keys for the pavilion and we can just meet before/after the first training of every month) and consists of more than 2 active members and a few more names we chuck in whenever anyone looks too closely. We need at least 5-8 people to be involved in this. The people on this committee will need to fill a few roles. At the minimum we need: Someone with experience and skills in website design/computers to initially revamp, and then maintain our section of the college website. It would be helpful if this person(s) also maintained our blog site. An Old scholar to be our link with the Old Scholar’s Association. This will take up roughly 2 hours of your time 3-4 times a year in meetings, and also makes you the first contact point when the association has a request to make of us, which would then be brought back to committee. One or Two people to be our link with the CSL, this involves a similar commitment of about 2 hours 3-4 times a year attending the CSL committee meetings. Help with organising and promoting fundraising events/initiatives as well as seeking out sponsorship. Help with organising closer ties with the college community (particularly with the first XI) With these positions filled, and a regularly meeting committee in place I can make a strong argument for our continued use of college facilities, and I intend to argue, send letters, call upon every favour within the old scholar’s community I possess, and make full use of any and all of my father’s considerable contacts within the college community in order to give us a team to play for next season. This is not something we can afford to ignore. You cannot just read this and hope that somebody else will do it. If you know you have the skills and/or the time we need you to step up and get involved. We also cannot wait long to get things started, we need people to start sticking their hand up in the next week or so. OTHERWISE THERE WILL NOT BE AN OLD COLLEGIANS SOCCER CLUB NEXT SEASON. It is as simple as that, get involved NOW or we cease to exist. Call me (0432961653), text me, facebook me, or e-mail me (alasdairrodgers@yahoo.com) to get involved. Cheers, Alasdair

CSL Awards Night

Just a quick one lads, congratulations to Chris for taking out the 'A' grade top goalscorer award with 18 goals for the season, unfortunately this had to be a joint award with Ryan Stor of unley, the dude who stuck 7 past me when they beat us 9-1. Sorry Chris!! We also had Timmy and Dunsy in the top 3 for the League best and fairest after 6 rounds of voting, but we fell away a little with Dunsy ending up 5th, which was a huge effort considering he only managed about half the season! Congrats to Toby as well for coming 4th in the 'B' grade best and fairest, he was only 2 points behind top spot, and we had a couple of games that I know tobes played a blinder in that had no points recorded by the ref, count yourself unlucky tobias!! Also thanks to Dain and Dave Ollerenshaw for coming along to the dinner, $50 for some decent food and all you can drink made for a pretty good night! Hopefully we get more out next year!

[Sat 19th Sep] 2pm - CSL Cup Final

Scotch A vs Rostrevor A k.o 2pm (Players to be there by 1pm) Adelaide City Park Corner of Hilltop Drive and Fosters Road Oakden Everyone please make a huge effort to come out and support, entry is free!

[Sat 12th Sep] Cup Semi v Pembroke

Scotch A 3 – 2 Pembroke A Goals: Dave 2, Toby A hot and windy day greated us for our semi final encounter with Pembroke. The previous few days had seen us lose our two first choice wingers, but saw the return of our defensive rock Dunsy. Thankfully, it looked like Pembroke had muzzled the one or two morons who had commentated so colourfully on our previous encounter. With the wind blowing directly from end to end it was always going to be a big factor. Ferg did the right thing and won the toss, giving us this early advantage. Despite us having the wind, Pembroke had the bulk of the possession for the start of the first half. It took an inspired formational change from Rev to bring us back into the game, with Dave scoring a cracker from a flicked on ball from Toby. For the remainder of the first half we played well, with few clear chances either way. The second half started in the best possible fashion, with a crossed ball to Chris coming free. Toby somehow managed to latch on to the errant ball, curly it into the top corner from the edge of the box. From that point on, Pembroke lifted a gear and started coming hard at us. The third goal of the game was another cracker, coming from a Pembroke midfielder. Al could do nothing but watch it sail into the top corner. Shortly after, Pembroke grabbed another, with a low shot beating Al at the near post. At the end of regular time it was 2-2 and the Scotchie boys had dropped their heads. Ferg once again won the toss and Pembroke looked the most likely in the first half of extra time. The second half saw some very tired Scotchies take the pitch, with Pembrokes fitness showing through. From nothing, a long ball was flicked on by Chris to find Toby running up the middle. A slide tackle from behind by Case saw us gain a free-kick on the very edge of the box. Dave stepped up and made no mistake with the free-kick. 3-2 Scotch, against the run of play. The last few minutes produced a few anxious moments for the Scotchies, with a seemingly legitimate penalty claim thankfully turned down by the ref. A great win, getting us into our second consecutive cup final. Thanks to all the players who all put in a massive effort, most of them for 120 minutes.

Change of Ground for Sat 5th

Hi guys, due to the unavailablity of the Scotch pitch, our final match against Pembroke on the 5th of Sept, will be played at their home ground.

[29th Aug] vs Mercedes (Home)

Scotch A 0 - 6 Mercedes A Scotch B 1 - 2 Mercedes B

[22nd Aug] vs Uni White (Away)

Scotch A 3 : 1 Uni White A Goals: Dain (2), Chris Scotch B 0 : 2 Uni White B

[15th Aug] vs Rostrevor (Away)

Scotch A 1 : 2 Rostrevor A Goal: Chris Scotch B 1 : 3 Rostrevor B Goal: Gammy

[Aug 8th] Away vs Uni Black

Scotch A 4 - 4 Uni Black A Goals: Chris (2), Timmy (2) Scotch B 5 - 5 Uni Black B Goals: Sam (2), Toby, Chris, own goal

[1st Aug] Home vs Unley

Scotch A 1 - 9 Unley A Goal: Chris Best: Dave 3, Timmy 2, Ferg 1 Scotch B 0 - 9 Unley B Best: Jacob 3, Will 2, Paul 1

[25th July] Home vs CBC

Scotch B's 2 - 1 CBC B's Goals: Toby, Chan Best: 3 Toby, 2 Matty C, 1 Chan Scotch A's 3 - 1 CBC A's Goals: 2 Rooney, Dave Best: 3 Al, 2 Rooney, 1 Matty D

Cup Semi Final Draw

Saturday 12th September 1.00pm: Scotch A's vs Pembroke A's 3.00pm: Mercedes A's vs Rostrevor A's Note: Both games to be played at the same neutral venue

[Sat 18th July] vs Immanuel (Home)

Scotch A's 1 - 1 Immanuel A's Goals: Dave O Best: 3 Dave O, 2 Dave L, 1 QC Scotch B's 0 - 1 Immanuel B's Best: 3 Gammy, 2 Josh, 1 Marty

[Sat 11th July] A's vs Uni White A's (Cup Qtr Final)

Scotch A 4 - 1 Uni White A Goals: Timmy 2, Chris 1, Dain 1

[Sat 4th July] Away vs Sacred Heart

Scotch A's 4 - 5 Sacred Heart A's Goals: Chris (2), Rooney, Dave O Scotch B's 2 -2 Sacred Heart B's Goals: Gammy, Max Best: 3 Max, 2 Toby, 1 Fernie

[Sat 27th June] Away vs Pembroke

Scotch A's 1 - Lots Pembroke A's Goal: Dave O Best:... Scotch B's 1 - 3 Pembroke B's Goal: Sam (near enough!) Best: 3 Gammy, 2 Ben, 1 Max

[Sat 20th June] Home vs Uni Whites

Scotch A's 1 - 2 Uni White A's Goal: Chris Best: 1 Rooney Scotch B's 0 - 3 Uni White B's Best: 3 Toby, 2 Ben, 1 Jacob

Scotch OC Quiz Night

Hi All, We're looking at having a quiz night around mid-september as one of our major fund-raisers and to ensure it is successful we really need a good set of prizes. So if you, or your friends and family work for/own/are involved in any sort of buisness or company that may want to donate some prizes please please let Alasdair know ASAP. For us to grow as a club, and to finally get some decent training facilities it's crucial that nights like this are a big success, so please don't be too lazy about this and get involved! Cheers, Al

[Sat 13th June] Scotch vs Rostrevor

Scotch B’s 2 – 3 Rostrevor B’s Goals: Toby, Paul The B’s started the game in best possible fashion with a cross from Sam finding Toby at the corner of the 18yard box. The youngest of the Rogers clinically lobbed the pink-clad keeper to give the Scotchies the early advantage. The lead didn’t last long, with Rostrevor hitting back shortly after. Another defensive mistake, and Rostrevor were up 2-1. Despite being down, we were playing well and had numerous chances to level the score. Approaching the end of the first half, Sam whipped in a dangerous corner which found Paul at the back post. Paul calmly headed into the net as a well deserved equaliser. The second half started out very evenly, with both sides having good chances. With around 20minutes to go a Rostrevor player yelled something abusive at the ref who mistakenly thought it was Paul. Paul was issued our first red card for the season and begrudgingly left the pitch. Despite being a man down for the remainder of the match, the Scotchies matched if not bettered Rostrevor and were unlucky not to score another. Rostrevor, however, managed to take their chance to hand us another well contested defeat. Great chance against Uni whites next week to grab our first win of the season! Best: 3 Sam, 2 Toby, 1 Pandy, 1 Paul (-2 for the red card!) Scotch A’s 3 – 4 Rostrevor A’s Goals: Chris (3) In stark contrast to the B’s great start, we were on the back foot with a well worked goal splitting our defence apart in the opening minute. Almost from the resulting kick-off, Rooney flicked on a ball which found Chris at the edge of the box who turned, shot and levelled the score. 2 goals in as many minutes and we knew it was going to be a high scoring game. With Dunsy out through injury, and Dan in after a few weeks absence, our defence was a little disjointed to start, but played solidly after the first 10minutes. A hard-driven freekick to the bottom corner saw Chris give us a 2-1 advantage heading into half time. The second half saw our defence under increased pressure and this resulted in two goals, leaving us one down at 3-2. We continued to press and had several good chances until Timmy danced clear and struck a firm shot which the keeper fumbled. The ball fell at Chris’ feet and he completed his hat-trick. Three all and both teams were pushing for the win, unfortunately the referee decided to award Rostrevor a penalty in the dying minutes. Haydn and their pint sized forward were contesting fairly for the ball when their striker fell over rather softly in the box. He proceeded to slot the penalty and secure Rostrevor the points. Al played a good game in goals despite the score line and Dave looked good on his debut for the Scotchies. Best: 3 Chris, 2 Dave O, 1 Rooney

CSL Cup Quarter Finals

Draw for the Quarter Finals of the CSL Cup Unley (B) vs Mercedes (A) Unley (A) vs Pembroke (A) Rostrevor (A) vs Uni Black (A) Scotch (A) vs Uni White (A) 2:30pm Sat 11 July at Scotch.

[Sat 30th May] A' vs Grads Red (Cup)

Scotch A’s 4 – 0 Grads Red A Goals: Chris, Matty L, Andy T, Gammy A replay of last years cup quarter final saw us up a against a very different looking Grads Red side. Due to an initial no-show, the game was started with a Grads Red referee, only to have the official referee show up several minutes into the game. Play continued and Grads Red looked good from the start, playing the ball well through the centre of the midfield. A couple of half chances went begging at either end until a free kick from Dain found Matty L on the left wing. Matty crossed the ball in low and the keeper fumbled into the path of a grateful Chris, who poked the ball home. From that point on, the Grads boys dropped their heads and the balance of play shifted to the Scotchies. Toby entered the game for an injured Dain and had an immediate impact in helping to control the midfield. A great through ball from Dunsy and a good switch of play saw Matty L and Andy T both get their names on the scoresheet with clinical finishes. Gammy was introduced for the final few minutes and also grabbed himself a goal with a well placed header off a perfect cross. 4-0 at the close, a result that closely mirrored last years 4-1 thrashing. Good to see the Grads boys have lost none of their charm, with their tubby elbow throwing midfielder no exception. Best: 3 Dunsy, 2 Matty L, 1 Toby

[Sat 23rd May] Scotch vs Uni Black (Home)

Scotch B 1 – 4 Uni Black B Goal: Sam For the second time this season we had a near full squad available for selection with Rooney, Tully and newcomer Jarrod joining the B’s line-up. The first half was a fairly scrappy affair, with lots of attacking and very minimal defending by both teams. They scored first after a good save from Dave fell to the feet of one of their strikers. Not long after, Toby somehow managed to get a cross in from the left corner which flew straight to Sam at the 6 yard box. Sam controlled and finished brilliantly, giving him his first goal for the season. The remainder of the game saw numerous chances both ways, but where the Scotchies were unlucky, the Uni Blacks managed to convert their chances. Best: 3 Sam, 2 Catton, 1 Rooney Scotch A 5 – 0 Uni Black A Goals: Chris (2), Timmy, Mike, Jake The A's came into the game on the back of two much needed wins and we were keen to get on top early. A flick on from Quinny found chris in the box who slammed a left footed volley through the keepers hands. Timmy followed this up with a powerful shot which found its way into the net via a hefty deflection. The remainder of the first half was more tightly contested, with Uni Black holding the ball well through the midfield and Ferg and Dain running well to limit their chances moving forward. The second half started evenly, until we scored a free kick with Dunsy jumping out of the way at the last second. The game was capped off by a great header from Jake and a amazing spinning shot from Mike that spun its way from the keepers hands over the goal line! 5-0 was a bit flattering in the end but it was great to get our third win in a row for the season. Best: 3 Paul, 2 Chris, 1 Dunsy

[Sat 16th May] Scotch vs CBC (Away)

Scotch B’s 3 – 3 CBC B’s Goals: Gammy (2), Alasdair Following on from a great performance against Immanuel last week, the B’s were keen to get their first win on the board for 2009. Several injuries/absences saw a revamped line-up taking on CBC in their intimidating purple livery. A great through ball saw Alasdair calmly finish in the bottom left corner to give us the early advantage. We continued to apply the pressure and were rewarded by a deflected shot from Gammy that rolled past their unfortunate keeper. Shortly after, Marty was brought down in the box and Gammy was charged with giving us an unprecedented 3-0 advantage. Gammy scored the penalty twice (the first being disallowed through a box infringement) and we had our 3-0 advantage. Sloppy defending from a corner saw CBC pull one back before half-time, but the boys were still positive heading into the second half. The second half saw another number of good opportunities that should have been taken by the Scotchies, but it was CBC who took their chance to peg it back to one goal. In the dying minutes, an unchallenged corner fell to a CBC player at the back post who bungled it in. 3-3. Overall a positive performance that left a bitter taste in the mouth after the great start. Chan had an extremely good game on the wing, with Gammy and Catton solid in central midfield. Best: 3 Gammy, 2 Chan, 1 Catton, 1 Al Scotch A’s 4 – 2 CBC A’s Goals: Chris (2), Timmy, Dain After thumping Immanuel last week, the A’s wanted to start building some momentum with another good win. The game started well with Matty L bursting down the left and finding Timmy at the back post. A great diving header saw the keeper scrambling but unable to keep the ball from the back of the net. More pressure saw Chris with a chance that took a deflection and found its way into the bottom corner. 2 – 0 at half time and we were playing well. CBC came out strongly in the second half and an uncleared defensive corner saw them pull one back. At this point CBC were pressing for the equaliser and it was on the counter that Timmy’s sweeping cross found Chris at the back post who controlled and restored the 2 goal advantage. CBC once again lifted their intensity and were rewarded by a great header that found its way into the top corner. Dain was brought on in the dying minutes to inject some energy to the Scothies, and it worked. 30 seconds on and he had earned himself a yellow card, with one clueless CBC player insisting it was his second. Not much longer after that and Dain claimed his first goal for the season following another Timmy assist. Another good game for us and one that we needed to start clawing our way up the table. Best: 3 QC, 2 Timmy, 1 Haydn

[Sun 17th May] - Champs Friends and Family Day

This Sunday 17th May 20% Off everything for SCOCSC Players/Friends/Families Champs Sports Shop 70 Burnside Village Sunday 17th May Open 11.30am - 4.30pm

[9th May] Away vs Immanuel

Scotch B's 1 - 1 Immanuel B's Goal(s): Mike   After a much improved performance last week, the Scotchie boys were keen to record their first win of the season. A fairly even first half was marred by a defensive lapse which saw Immanuel take the lead. Half-time saw Mike and Chan introduced and they had an immediate impact. Throughout the second half we dominated, with several good chances going begging. Finally a great effort from Chan crashed off the bar and bounced to Mike at the edge of the box. Mike calmly lobbed the keeper at his far post, leveling the score. Immanuel hardly got a look in the second half and were very fortunate not to concede another as the Scotchies finished very strongly. A great performance boys, one that should give everyone lots of confidence heading into next week!   Best: 3 Mike, 2 Chan, 1 Paul   Scotch A's 7 - 0 Immanuel A's Goal(s): Chris (2), Andy (2), Ferg, Mike, Quinny   After seeing the B’s finish the game on top, we were keen to get our first win of the season. The first half was fairly even, with scant chances at either end. Our first goal came from a long throw from Matty L which Chris managed to flick back over the keeper. 1-0 at the break. An injury to Jack saw the long awaited return of Captain “Deflection” Ferguson, with Rooney coming off for Mike. The second half started well for the Scotchies and the Immanuel defence looked very ragged. Several well taken goals including a double for Timmy and a clinical finish by Mike to give him his second for the day, put the game out of the home sides reach. It was great to have a near full strength squad to choose from for a change and this was shown by the end result. Full credit to Al in goals who gave us our first clean sheet of the season and to Matty L and Andy T who were great down both of the wings. Best: 3 Chris, 2 Timmy, 1 Dunsy, 1 Eirik

[2nd May] Home vs Sacred Heart

Scotch B's 1 - 3 Sacred Heart B's Goal(s): Fernie A fantastic day for soccer greeted us for our first home game of the season that saw us taking on long-time rivals Sacred Heart. Al returned to the starting line-up and Niall took his place in goal. The first half was a pretty even affair, with an unfortunate own goal by Will and a great header giving Sacred Heart a 2-0 advantage heading into the break. The second half continued in much the same vane with Scotch having the better half. Sacred Heart grabbed another and a nice finish by Fernie saw Scotch pull one back, albeit after a ridiculous call by the linesman which the ref thankfully overruled. For the remainder of the match, we were on top and unlucky not to score at least one more. It was good to see Chan out for his first game of the season and also to see Al make it through a whole game without injury! A much improved performance boys, let’s get a win against Immanuel next week! Best: 3 Mike, 2 Will, 1 Harry Scotch A's 3 - 4 Sacred Heart A's Goal(s): Timmy, Chris, Linagh Injuries and absences once again saw a weakened starting eleven taking on Sacred Heart A’s. Quinny gallantly agreed to start, and Haydos started on the bench despite still both being injured. This was made even worse with QC pulling out at the last minuted with a hamstring strain. With Ferg and Rooney both out, the captaincy fell to our defensive rock Dunsy. The game couldn’t have started better for the Scotchies, with a floated free kick by Erik falling to Timmy at the back post. Timmy proceeded to ram it in past the hapless keeper at the near post. Sacred Heart then equalised and Dan pulled up injured soon after. Going into the break we were on top and unlucky not to score again. What momentum we had was negated in the second half as Sacred Heart came out firing and scored two early goals. Following the restarting kickoff, Chris intercepted a defensive pass and managed to score at the far post. The game continued fairly evenly until Dunsy was called for a handball, even though the player challenging him for the ball was offside. Sacred Heart scored from the resulting free-kick and restored their two goal margin 2 - 4. We then picked up the intensity and our pressure was rewarded by a cracking long range effort by Matty L flew past their bewildered keeper. Despite several more good chances, we were unable to capitalise, ending in another disappointing loss that could easily have gone either way. Best: 3 Matty L, 2 Chris, 1 Pandy

[25th Apr] vs Mercedes (Away)

Scotch B’s 0 – 6 Mercedes B’s  A wet and windy day greeted us at the home of Mercedes with our hastily erected tent providing little shelter as the rain was near horizontal! It was always going to be a tough day for the Scotchie boys with no less than 10 players out injured or unavailable. The game started well for us, with Dain coming close as the keeper came off his line and a desperate defender clattered into post while clearing. From that point it became pretty much one way traffic with Mercedes knocking in several goals before halftime. The second half continued in the same fashion apart from Chris missing a penalty. A tough game that showed glimpses of promise, lets bounce back with a big win against Sacred Heart next week. Best: 3 Josh, 2 Paul, 1 Pandy   Scotch A’s 0 -1 Mercedes A’s The weather remarkably cleared for the duration of the A’s game and apart from one section of muddiness the pitch was still in pretty good condition. Once again, this was going to be a hard game with 6 players having to play the majority of both games. Despite this, we played well with a good chance early after some great wide play by Matty L, suggestions of a handball in the box were waved away by the referee. A slight defensive lapse resulted in the lone goal in the match to Mercedes. Chris had a couple of golden opportunities to pull one back, but couldn’t convert. The second half saw us push numbers forward in an attempt to grab an equaliser. We had a couple of free kicks in dangerous positions which were both wasted and Paul made some good saves as they hit back on the counter. All in all, a pretty even game that could have easily ended up as a draw. Best: 3 QC, 2 Dunsy, 1 Ben

Sat 18 vs Unley (Away)

Scotch A's 2 - 3 Unley Goals: Matty L, Rooney Best: 3 Matty L, 2 Dunsy, 1 Dain, 1 Jack Scotch B's 1 - 7 Unley Goal: Ben Norman Best: 3 Pandy, 2 Ben, 1 Paul

FFSA 2nd Cup Round vs MetroStars

N.E. MetroStars 7 - 0 S.C.O.C.S.C. Considering many SA football 'pundits' were predicting scores of 13+ to nil, this was a fantastic result against a semi-professional side many divisions above us. NE MetroStars are considered by many to be the top side in the state, and boast 3 ex-Adelaide United players, the former captain of the U/20 national side, and the 2008 National Youth League golden boot winner. Metro came out firing from the whistle, moving the ball around beautifully on their extremely wide pitch. It was obvious they were looking to score a number of early goals and then coast into a comfortable win. Despite losing the frail and aged Al after only 20 minutes, Haydos, Dan, Dunsy and Jack's desperate, tenacious and tough defending saw Metro limited to snatched half-chances and poor long range efforts for much of the first half. Indeed Chris found himself with a golden opportunity (one of many!!) to put Scotch 1 up 30 mins into the first half with a one on one that he sent inches wide of the far post. Only one moment of slack marking saw Metro slot in a single goal before the break. Rooney was replaced by Toby at the break, after a hardworking performance up front, trying to feed on scraps, and Rev gave his usual inspiring pep talk!! After a bollocking from their coach that could be heard in Marden, Metro scored 2 quick goals before the Scotchie boys settled back into the match and again shut up shop for the next 30 minutes. Continued brilliance from the back four again limited Metro to poor shots, but it was about this time that our midfield and strikers began to believe that they could mix it with the big boys and we started to create a few scoring opportunities. Dain, Ferg, Chris, Toby, and Gammy worked tirelessly to win the ball in the midfield and provide the forwards with some service, but it was the pure class of Andy 'Timmy' Timmas that created three wonderful chances that unfortunately the experienced metro defence and keeper manged to put enough pressure on our forwards for indecision to rob us of a deserved goal! Quinnny then came on for Dain and unfortunately got a corked thigh after only having played a few minutes, leaving us with only 10 players for the last 15-20 minutes. It was in this period that Metro's class and superior conditioning took it's toll as they fired in a quick four goals to end the match. Special mention has to go to Dave 'The Wall' Lonardo for his inspired stint in goals today. Classy save followed classy save from a guy who has come a very long way since he first turned out in a Scotchie shirt. I think he suprised a lot of people today, and not just those from MetroStars. Keep it up Dave mate, use it as a platform to build from, you can hold your head high and be very proud of yourself!! Best - Dave Lonardo 3, Matthew Duns & Andrew Timmas 2 each, Dan Adams 1

GAME OF THE CENTURY

Monday 13th April 2:30pm T.K. Shutter Reserve, Fourth Avenue Klemzig FFSA Cup 2009 Round 2 S.C.O.C.S.C. vs N.E. MetroStars Get out there and support the boys for the biggest game in our club's history! Bring your friends and family! All down to the Ed after. Team from : Davo, Dunsy, Haydn, Dan, Jack, Al, Chris, Dain, Fergie, Lynagh, Andy T., Rooney, Toby, Gammy, Quinny

Cup Round 1 - April 4th

Sacred Heart B’s 2 – 9 Scotch A’s Goals: Chris(3), Rooney(2), Andy T (2), Ferg (1), Gammy (1) A game that we were expected to win started in that fashion. 3 goals in the opening 30 minutes following some good wide play from both Matty and Andy T was a good start. Sacred Heart pulled one back before half time after a defensive lapse. Quinny made way for Dain in the second half and Sacred heart grabbed another on the counter, 3 – 2. From that point on, we dominated possession and that was reflected in the final score. A good performance all round, with Matty picking up an impressive 5 assists and thanks to Dain and Gammy for playing even though both weren’t 100%. Best: 3 Matty L, 2 Andy T, 1 Chris Uni White A’s 1 – 0 Scotch B’s First off, one of the best performances the B’s have put in and a really great game to watch. A goal that was probably offside in the first half was the only goal in the match, although we came close on numerous occasions. We had the better of them in the second half hitting the post a couple of times. Probably our best chance was when Toby was through to a 1 on 1 with the keeper and was brought down from behind by a reckless challenge by the last man. Despite the rules stating otherwise, the referee awarded a yellow card rather than a red. Despite this, everyone played really well especially the hard running of Wade, Pandy, Catton and Will. Dave also had an excellent game in goal. A fantastic game that was marred by a shocking performance by a referee who may as well have pulled on a Uni white top. Best: 3 Dave, 2 Pandy, 1 Toby, 1 Jack

Teams for Saturday 4th April

A's vs Sacred Heart B's 1pm at Marymount College, Hove [GK] Ravo [D] Quentin [D] Haydn [D] Dunsy [D] Jacob [M] Andy T [M] Matty L [M] Quinny [M] Ferg [F] Chris [F] Rooney Bench Dain Gammy B's vs Uni White A's 3.15pm Southern Uni Grounds [GK] Dave [D] Jack [D] Josh [D] Wade [D] Lawrence [M] Mike Ilicic [M] Toby [M] Pandy [M] Will [F] Catton [F] Sam Bench Frank? Marty Alasdair (RGK) Ben Norman

2009 Player details

It would help us if everyone could fill out the online form below, and let other new players know about it as well.  Click Here to fill out the 2009 Player Details Form Pre-season training times in the below post! We really need to get as many people out next week as possible, particularly on next Wednesday (25th Feb). That's the last we can decide how many teams to field in 2009.

Pre Season Training

Training Times (Feb/March 09) Mondays Time: 7pm Location: Meet at Glenelg Jetty Bring: Sneakers Wednesdays Time: 6.30pm Location: Scotch College Bring: Soccer boots