2008 Pre-season Schedule

Hello Boys! THE SCOTCH VIKINGS ARE BACK Yes its time for the 2008 SCOTCH season already! YEEEEHHEWWWWWW!!!!! Considerable work has been done over the off-season to begin preparing us for a very successful 2008 Collegiate League season both on and off of the pitch, including an effort to bring in a breed of new sponsors and more players to compliment our already growing teams. Success breeds success, and that's what we are after this year as we try to ensure the club becomes much more established!! Pre-season training kicks off on: Wednesday JANUARY 16th at GLENELG JETTY 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start EVERYONE EXPECTED!!!!!!! ** PLEASE BE AT ALL WEDNESDAY TRAININGS AT 6.15pm for a 6.30pm START** ______________________________ Pre-season calendar: (revised dates) Wednesday Jan 16th: Glenelg Jetty Sunday Jan 20th: "Snake Pit" Sand Dune Fitness Circuit, next to the Police Training Centre, Largs Bay (10am) Wednesday Jan 23rd: Scotch College Wednesday Jan 30th: Glenelg Jetty Sunday Feb 3rd: "Snake Pit" (10am) Wednesday Feb 6th: Scotch College Wednesday Feb 13th: Glenelg Jetty Sunday Feb 17th: "Snake Pit" (10am) Wednesday Feb 20th: Scotch College (If you are incredibly intelligent you can see that it is every Wednesday and alternate Sundays to begin with!!!) Don't worry, we will only train once a week during the season! more dates to follow... ______________________________ TAKE NOTE: This year during pre-season, could everybody please make a genuine attempt to achieve both of the following: 1. Find a bit of sponsorship to help support the club 2. Bring out someone new that is interested in joining the club as a player We will organise a pre-season get together sometime during January or February also, more to some on this. Please call me with any problems, otherwise I will see all of your ugly faces at Glenelg Jetty on January 16th at 6.15!!!! Paps 0407 018 801

Reminder: Back to the Blue and Gold

OK GUYS BACK TO THE BLUE AND GOLD IS ONLY ELEVEN DAYS AWAY, AND ONLY ONE PERSON HAS BOUGHT A TICKET! THAT'S REALLY, REALLY CRAP. WE'VE ALL BITCHED FOR YEARS ABOUT HOW WE NEED LIGHTS, AND MORE SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE OLD COLLEGIANS, AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING IT, AND HARDLY ANYONE IS BOTHERING TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO DO THE ONE THING THEY ASK OF US! IT'S ONLY $75, YOU GET FREE FOOD, FREE BOOZE, FREE LIFT INTO TOWN AFTER, YOU CAN BRING AS MANY OF YOUR MATES AS YOU LIKE, AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DRESS UP, NORMAL GOING OUT CLOTHES ARE FINE. CALL, SMS OR LEAVE ME OR PAPS A MESSAGE ASAP! YOU COULD BRING THE MONEY TO THIS MONDAY SOCCER THING, OR WE CAN COME COLLECT IT, OR YOU CAN DROP IT OFF TO US, OR EVEN TO SOMEONE WHO WILL SEE US, THERE ARE ALWAYS WAYS! YOU COULD EVEN BE A BIT MORE PRO-ACTIVE AND BUY THE TICKETS YOURSELF ONLINE AT www.scotchoc.com.au OR CALL JOHN FORBES ON 8274 4341 E-MAIL HIM AT jforbes@scotch.sa.edu.au OR EVEN GO INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT THE SCHOOL AT BUY THEM YOURSELF. IF YOU CHOOSE ANY OF THESE, HOWEVER, YOU DO NEED TO TAKE THE VERY SIMPLE STEP OF LETTING ME OR PAPS KNOW, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY CLAIM CREDIT. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET BACK TO US ASAP!

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.

25th August 2007 - Round 19: Scotch vs Unley

A1: Scotch 1 - 4 Unley B1: Scotch 1 - 7 Unley Sorry, there will be no write-up for today's games, as Paps was not there and didn't play so can't write it up..... and Johnny is just lazy!!!! :o) Also..................................DON'T FORGET.............. ***Scotch Family and Friends Day*** ***THIS SATURDAY*** Saturday September 1st Scotch vs Pembroke Scotch College, Torrens Park B's kick-off 1.30pm A's kick-off 3.15pm Bring all of your mates and family out to Scotch this saturday for the Scotch vs Pembroke game that should be a cracker!!!I heard the weather will be great that day also so no excuses!!! :o) FREE BBQ and DRINKS!!!!!!!!! Full BBQ (food supplied by our master chef from the Ed Mr Johnny McQueen), and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be provided for free Come and support the team for their final home game of the year and see what the new team is all about. Seating on the "Home Grandstand Hill" also provided. Come down and have a great Saturday arvo supporting the Scotch Boys!!

Upcoming Events

Back To The Blue & Gold Scotch Old Collegians' Sporting Celebration Night Date: October 20, 2007 Venue: The Shores Complex Henley Beach Everyone from the team expected, so book it in your diary now and make it a night to remember!! More details to follow ASAP. .................................................. Scotch Family and Friends Day Saturday September 1st Bring all of your mates and family out to Scotch on 1st September (2 weeks!!!) for the Scotch vs Pembroke game that should be a cracker!!! I heard the weather will be great that day also so no excuses!!! :o) Full BBQ and drinks will be provided for a few dollars as a small fund-raiser for the club and to get as many people to come and support as possible and see what the new team is all about. Seating on the "Home Grandstand Hill" also provided. Come down and have a great Saturday arvo supporting the Scotch Boys!! .................................................. Fantasy Premier League Back on the telly!!!!! As everyone is aware the English Premier League season has kicked off again, and it's great to see so many boys put in a team for the Fantasy EPL!!! The sledging has began already!! Going to be some big bragging rights at the end of it!!! :o) Don't worry, Geordie wont be up the top for long.... can't keep getting that much luck!!! As soon as you can (within the next 2 weeks!!!) please give your $10 to Paps or Johnny who can then put it with the rest of the club funds and sort out a 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the end of the Premier League season!! ..................................................

18th August 2007 - Round 18: Scotch vs PAC

A1: Scotch 1 - 1 PAC B1: Scotch 2 - 2 PAC A1 Summary In a game that we were very confident of winning, it ended up being a dissapointing day with a genereally uninspiring draw considering our recent form and results. The most interesting part of the first half was the fact we were all down each others throat!! Oh well, I guess the positive out of that was the fact we were frustrated at how we were playing and trying to gee each other up. Something that should never happen again though!! We had the bulk of posession of the first 30 minutes and managed to score a nice goal through a well constructed in-direct free kick from inside the box when Paps found a nice diagonal run to the back post from Max for him to tap in and make it 1-0. The rest of the half had Scotch still holding most of the posession but not being able to utilise it properly, giving it away on the most part trying to attack too quickly. The PAC goal come about 20 minutes from the half with an unfortunate long clearance that rebounded off of the chest of the PAC forward who trundled in and slotted it around Dietmar. 1-1. We played a lot more clinical in the 2nd half, and although the game remained scrappy at times, we held more of the posession again and had all of the main scoring opportunities but unfortunately couldn't find the back of the net from several chances that should have been taken. The highlight of the day would have been Clop's left foot curler from about 30 yards on a tight angle that somehow went the wrong side of the upright as the keeper had been stranded off his line. The back four again looked very strong and were generally untroubled for the majority of the game, and again were the catalyst for our attacking play. Thanks to Clop and Jordan for both playing with injuries and somehow making it through!! Dietmar only had a couple of tough saves to make throughout the game, but did them both very well and again was strong between the sticks. Mitris was very effective out wide until he went off injured with a knee that we hope will pull up OK following an awkward challenge, and Max was again a good workhorse and put in some dangerous balls from the right. Clop and Ferge were consistent in the middle, but we all struggled to find that final decisive ball to make the difference. Most votes go however to the boys at the back for their continual strength indefence and their ability to start the play with accurate balls. 3 votes: John McQueen 2 votes: Eirik Sandvik 1 vote: Andrew Clopper B1 Summary The game started very promising again for the B's, coming out of the blocks flying again for the 3rd week in a row, and having all of the early possession. The first goal came from a lovely free kick from the right from Al after Will had been fouled making another good run down the right, with Fabs getting his pretty French noggen onto the end of it and heading it home!! 1-0. PAC scored the next two goals, both from some sloppy defending but also from some continual pressure on our back line that failed to clear its line on several dangerous occasions. Our most positive asopect of the past few weeks is our ability to now hold posession of the ball for much longer and more controlled, and the fact we are creating many chances each game and hence putting a lot more goals away. The only dissapointing thiong of today was the fact we were quite soft in a lot of tackles and let PAC have it a little easy in our defensive box a couple of times. Well done though to keep fighting and to snatch a late equaliser, one that was very deserved, with Big Bad Bussling Chrissy Rogers coming off the bench to help out and again getting his name on the score sheeet, this time with a very nice goal from the left inside the box on a tight angle!! Cheers mate!! Big announcement that our new B's captain and bright green armband (thanks Chris!!) has gone to Mr Joshie "Munch" Millard for the remainder of the season, and I'm sure everyone would agree that no-one deserves it more. An inspirational leader on the pitch, well done mate!! 3 votes: Toby Rogers 2 votes: James Catton 1 vote: Nathan Pana

11th August 2007 - Round 17: Scotch v Sacred Heart

A1: Scotch 2 - 1 Sacred Heart B1: Scotch 1 - 0 Sacred Heart A1 Summary Well well well, another win on the trot for the Scotchie boys hey!! In a good rivalry that has always been close faught both through the A2's for previous years and the A1's this year, the Scotch and Sacred Heart derby was again a close faught encounter, with Scotch coming out on top this time! Baard made his return into the team this week up front and played well considering his less than perfect knee, with Patty, Jordan and Clop all out from last week with injury. The last month has seen us hit hard again with injury, now totalling 14 boys! Thanks to Chris again for DOMINATING in both games again, and for those that are playing out of position and doing extra workload with such a thin squad. Anyway, the game got off to an even start, with possession shared and chances sparce early on a pitch that was finally not muddy!! Mitris scored the first about 20minutes into the first half following a wonderful long diagonal ball from Fergie from the left, that found Mitris about 22 yards out on a slight angle. He took a touch then hit the ball very sweetly on the half volley low and hard to the keepers left, who was beaten with the pace from distance and had the ball skid in below his arms. Great strike mate! 10 minutes later following a good period of pressure from scotch from out wide with Max and Mitris, Sacred Heart caught us on the break and played the ball sweetly down the centre then out to the left around the back of our defence which they are very good at as part of thier game plan, then finished the move with a sweet strike across Dietmar into the bottom far corner. 1-1. It stayed like that until half time, after Dietmar had pulled off a couple of great saves again from a short distance, and both Sacred Heart and Scotch missing a couple of easier chances they normally may score but put over the bar, but with Sacred Heart genreally having the best of the final 20 minutes with Scotch looking unorganised at times which was very frustrating. The 2nd half began the same as the first with even posession and a physically strong game from both teams, with a couple of yellow cards being shown. We came out playing a lot better in the 2nd half following a formation change with paul going up front, and getting Max and Mitris into the game a lot more, with Paps and Fergie now having more space in the middle to try control the game from. Fabs came on for Mitris about 20 minutes into the half to add some extra run out wide and did well. The back four looked much stronger and more stable in the 2nd half and were back to their more dominant selves. Our 2nd goal came about 10 minutes from time following a quick throuw from Geordie to Paps, who played a long ball to Paul down the middle, who ended up finishing very smartly from the left side of the goals with the outside of his right foot from close range on a tight angle following a nice little one-two with Baard. 2-1!!! The goal came following about 10 minutes of strong Sacred heart pressure where we held out well and stayed disciplined, with Scotch having several close chances before that from both open play and a few free kicks we should have done better with. Overall it was an even game and one we should be estatic to get a result from considering it puts us very close to Sacred heart and Uni White now with a game in hand and several games coming up we should get results from. Well done for the fighting in the 2nd half and for the attitude and work rate change shown by everyone in the 2nd half. Another generally very solid performance shown by the back four starting most of the good plays going forward and for Chris especially with some effective forward runs and some very important hard challenges at crucial times of the game, a disciplined running effort from Mitris, Max and Fabs out wide with some great balls in throughout the 2nd half especially that forms the crux of our dangerous plays, Fergie again being hard working and creative in the middle of the park, with Baard and Paul creating chances up front with some grat running off of the ball and instinctive plays. Well done to Paul for the hard work throughout the game changeing positions and coming up with the winner!! 3 votes: Chris Rogers 2 votes: Paul Cadman 1 vote: Brendan Connelly B1 Summary Two in a row fellas!!! Moving up the table now! Well done and most thoroughly deserved. In a generally convincing performance where we should have definitely put away many more chances especially in the opening 30 imnutes (no names mentioned Mr Nathan Pana!!!! haha :o) against a Sacred Heart team that was significantly undermanned with several new faces on the pitch. The final few weeks have been improving very well for us with a more confident team, especially now we are beginning to put away more goals. This is also considering today we again had several key players missing with injury, but with the crux of the team over the last few weeks still being there. The goal came about half way through the 2nd half from a penalty that was thumped away high into the net from the confident frenchman Mr Fabian!! Never looked like missing! Games of note go to Joshie and Quent especially for controlling the back line with authority and some good touches throughout the game, to Dayne for his creativity up front, Fabs for his dominance on the left, Chris for his dominance in the middle and for playing two games, and to Stewie for his classic shirt front of the opposition while still being in possession of the ball!!! :o) 3 votes: Fabian Moison 2 votes: Dayne McClure-Thomas 1 vote: Josh Millard

4th August 2007 - Round 15: Scotch vs Uni White

Firstly, thanks to all that made it to Pint 'n' Parmie Saturday night, it was a great effort to get so many boys at the Ed, and raised $120 towards players trip. Just a few rumours that were going around that I have to clarify: 1. Yes, Max did eat a full-fat parmie!! 2. Even though he thinks so, Fergie is NOT KICKASS!! 3. Yes, the mighty Crows did beat the shitty Power. 4. Yes, all those that went into town and not the bay are not cool people. They are uncool. 5. Sunderland has always, and will always, be a better team than Newcastle. A1: Scotch 2 - 0 Uni White B1: Scotch 4 - 1 Uni White A1 Summary The game was probably one of our most even defensive efforts and tackling efforts which was very pleasing. We played with a 4-5-1 formation as Baard was unavailable, and Ravo had another start in goals as Dietmar was unwell. Ravo had easily his best game for the club, being exceptional off of his line and very confident. Well done mate. The 1st goal came about 15 minutes after kick-off, after we had started very well with several shots on goal and most of the midfield possession. The ball was hoisted high into the box from the left, where it fell into the centre of the 18 yard box mud patch ( following rain and 3 games previous to this one today) between Jordan and two defenders. Both defenders lost their footing and went to ground and the keeper remained on his line, to allow Joprdan to turn and play the ball low to the keepers right into the back of the net. 1-0! We had to wait a while for the 2nd goal, that came about 15 minutes from time, following a shot from Paul that was hand balled deliberately on the line. Somehow though the defender failed to get either a red or a yellow!!?? Paps finished the penalty to make it 2-0. Overall it was a very even, tough effort throughout the whole team, especially defensively. On top of that we created many chances, and controlled probably the fair proportion on the possession. Fergie continued his consistent form with another great game, Clop was both hard working and creative in the middle, Max and Mitris put in some great balls following attacking runs out wide and defended very well also, Jordan was an amazing workhorse again today in the lone role upfront with quality touches throughout the game. Our back four was marshalled again by Johnny who cleaned everything up very well, with Chris, Geordie and Eirik never really looking troubled and being the beginning of nearly all attacking moves. Patty, Paul and Fabs all changed the game when they came on and were involved immediately which was very pleasing. Just to mention, we were lucky in the 2nd half when we gave away a penalty (one of many baffling decisions that was given by the referee for both teams), that was fortunately missed by Uni White. Thanks to Geordie for his "Psyche Out" skills!! Overall, a very balanced and tough effort throughout the match, and we still continue to improve week by week which is very pleasing. Sacred Heart this week fellas!!! 3 votes: Jordan Byron 2 votes: Chris Rogers 1 vote: Ravo B1 Summary Well, let me say that we just didn't look like loosing today!!! The first half an hour was all Scotch, with Stewie hitting the bar and several other near misses. We then went down 1-0 following a own goal from a corner that unfortunately wrong footed Dave. Thanks Nathan!!!!!!! haha Following that point again it was all Scotch. Stuart finally got on the score sheet following a great work ethic in the 1st half with a nice finish from about 10 yards following a good save from a long range effort. 1-1 at half time. In the 2nd half Chris scored a belter about 5 minutes in following a great run through midfield with a solid strike from just inside the box high to the keepers left. This was followed up by a great little solo effort for Mr "Twinkle Toes" Lars who slotted home, and a clinical finish from Paul late in the game from a breaking run through midfield. Most pleasing aspects of the game was the level of talk, support and self belief today, and the overall defensive effort. Because of this, we broke very well and created a lot of chances. Well done boys, another win this week against Sacred Heart now!! The team will continue to grow in strength, that is very exciting, now we have more players coming out to the A's, so stay focussed and get another couple of wins before the year is out. Thank very much to Chris and Paul who put in excellent efforts to play both B's and A's during the day, it was very appreciated by the boys!! It was also great to welcome back Fabs following injury, who had a great game on the left. 3 votes: James Catton 2 votes: Stuart Binnion 1 vote: Jassa Amir-Lang

Reminder: Pint and Parmie Night

DON'T forget!!!!!!........... SCOTCH BOYS PINT and PARMIE NIGHT!! Sat 4th August (After Uni White game) $15 only Front Bar of The Ed 7.30pm start Then a blinder in town afterwards!!!!! $5 will go towards the club for upcoming events

28th July 2007 - Round 14: Scotch VS CBC

A1: CBC 0 - Scotch 0 B1: CBC 5 - Scotch 1 A1 Summary In a game that we approached only thinking that we should get a win from we came away with a disappointing draw! In fact a win was no more than we deserved as we had that many scoring chances but alas CBCs unbeatable keeper kept us at bay with a string of unbelievable blocks and stops! We started the game welcoming back Goal machine Baard, a very tired and jet-lagged Eirik and a debut from our new American friend Clop. A back 3 of Eirik, John and Geordie was behind Paps, Fergie, Mitris, Max and Clop with Baard and Paul up front, and as ever the ever impressive Dietmar in goal. First things first, Dietmar had only a few things to do but what he did was impressive the flying fingertip save to put the ball over was brilliant, even if you did throw it to the CBC player! Everyone played a solid game, the back 3 never looked in trouble. Fergie had one of his thunderbolts from distance brilliantly saved. Paul was denied by the keeper again Paps had two shots turned away when a goal seemed destined. Clop had a great one-on-one blocked and Jordan hit the bar. What could we do to score???? Thanks to Eirik for his efforts after only getting back into Adelaide at 11am from Norway after spending 14hrs overnight in Melbourne Airport and to Chris for giving us 20mins even though he was ill! Paul had his best game so far for us and Maxy and Mitris ran and ran all day up and down the wings. A great all round performance from the boys, a solid defence from Geordie and Eirik playing out of positions and a great debut from a man to match Maxy's title of Mr Health Club, Clop!!! 3 Votes - Max 2 Votes - Paul 1 Vote - Eirik 1 Vote - Clop Oh yeah, did I mention that Paps missed an open goal and fell over when running on Goal???? Geordie told me to write that mate. B1 Summary I didn't see much of this game but what i did see was an ever-committed bunch of lads giving everything and getting little in the way of luck or good fortune. Great Displays from the Norwegian boys of Lars, Harald and Hoorvad and the Tractor Boy himself James. 3 Votes- JAMES 2 Votes - HARALD 1 Vote - JASSA

Scotch Vikings!

Pint and Parmie Night - Saturday 4th August

SCOTCH BOYS PINT and PARMIE NIGHT!! Sat 4th August (After Uni White game) $15 only Front Bar of The Ed 7.30pm start Then a blinder in town afterwards!!!!! $5 will go towards the club for upcoming events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotch Fantasy Premier League Competition The official fantasy league competition of the EPL There's been a lot of talk over the last few weeks about who going where, who's good and who's not, who's loved and who's hated, so lets see if you really know your football!!!!!!!! Go to http://fantasy.premierleague.com and choose your players for your English Premier League Fantasy team, then once it's all confirmed go to 'Join or Create League' (should be under 'Points/Rankings' in the grey column) and enter 15069-5465 as the league code. We will organise to chip in a little cash and have a prize for the winner!! Season starts August 11 so get cracking!!!! Its ON!!!!! Who's going to have the scotch bragging rights!!!???? Would be great if everyone got involved!!! Thanks to Geordie for setting this up.

14th July 2007 - Round 13: Scotch vs Rostrevor

A1: Scotch 3 - 2 Rostrevor B1: Scotch 0 - 11 Rostrevor A1 Summary Yeeeehoooooooooooooo!!! Well done fellas!!!! Thoroughly deserved win with our recent form! The game was played at Rostrevor's ground who probably have the best pitch in the league at the moment. It was always going to be a very tough game and in all fairness a game we were not expected to get points from. However, we have been continuing to improve rapidly and we got some rewards for this today. We changed our line-up to a 5-4-1, because although we have been beginning to score more goals we have conceded far too many, so we brought Johnny in from right back to play as a sweeper, and it worked very well. The game started quite evenly with both teams having equal share of the ball, with Scotch having the first few chances with Paps and Fergie having a couple of shots from distance that didn't worry the keeper. Surprisingly Rostrevor for the bulk of the half looked quite slow and poor in possession. Due to playing only Fergie and Paps in the middle, most of our play came out of defence from the full backs to the wide midfielders which is a little different for us, but something we have been working towards. A lot of this was started by good awareness and throwing from Dietmar in goals. We had several excellent passages of play like this, with some exceptional touches between Geordie or Max out wide, with Jordan up front. Some great one-two's from Jordan had both Max and Geordie open down the wings looking very dangerous in the first half, both having a couple of shots and some great crosses we should have made more from. Jordan's work rate up front as the lone striker for the entire game was exceptional, offering every time we needed him too and working his diagonal runs much better. All you need is a couple more goals now!! The breakthrough came about 25 minutes into the first half when Fergie (yes again!!!) had one of his trademark runs and shot from about 30 yards (maybe 50 yards even!!?? :o) on his right. He hit the shot very sweetly and the ball flew into the back of the onion bag over the top of the keeper with some trademark Fergie Ferg swerve and dip. Another blinder mate!! Within 10 minutes after this, we got a big stroke of luck (that I feel we deserved because we have been under the pump so much this year and were controlling the game at this point). Our re-incarnated strapping centre-back (to his annoyance still :o) Chrissy Rogers stepped up to try and beat Fergie with a audaciously strike (otherwise known as a clearance) from inside his own half, that took a slight deflection (passed back to the keeper by a defender!!!) that wrong-footed the keeper who watched the ball bounce over his head once again!!! Nice work Chrissa!!!! I'll put that one down as a goal for you! :o) So 2-0 at half time. The majority of the second half was dominated by Rostrevor who were pushing for a result and playing the way we expected them to in the first half. They were putting lots of pressure on us from out wide especially and had several very good chances on top of the two goals they pulled back on around the 60 and 75 minute mark from two crosses to make it 2-2. We struggled for most of the 2nd half to hold meaningful possession, but did however have several effective breaks and counter attacks as the game opened up considerably with Rostrevor throwing lots of numbers forward, that we could have done more with. Paul was changed for Mitris at left back to add a little more pace to our defence to counter a couple of changes Rostrevor made at half time, and Dayne came on into the centre of the park and replaced Fergie who was suffering still from illness. Our third goal came in the last couple minutes of the game from a quick counter attack out of defence with a ball that found Dayne just forward of the centre circle, who fought very hard to fend off a couple of challenges and somehow get a ball out square to Paps who did everything he could to stumble over the ball and leave it behind him, before taking it forward and slotting it along the ground with the outside of his foot around the keeper who was rushing out off of his line. GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3-2!!!!!!!!!!!! A great effort all round boys, a result well deserved as we continue to improve week by week. Very pleasing aspects of the game were the way we stayed disciplined defensively, with a line-up that again has boys playing out of position. Several notable mentions need to be made: Firstly to Dietmar who kept us in the game yet again with a myriad of awesome saves and body blocks, especially in the 2nd half when we were under the pump. Thanks mate!! Chris and Quent in the centre of defence did their job all day very effectively by stopping most dangerous turns by the Rostrevor big-men up front. Thanks guys, its a very unselfish position and I know you don't like it Chris!! :o) All of our full backs throughout the day Patty, Paul and Mitris were great defensively with much improved zonal work (that finally is beginning to work a little better!!) and setting up of the plays. Johnny, I thought you had a fantastic game at sweeper, not just with distributing the ball from the back, but mainly with your defensive cover and "one percenters" covering behind the back four all game and with your instructional talk that is very important. Geordie and Max both has brilliant attacking games in the first half and tough defensive games in the 2nd half. We can see the difference when we play wide like we did in the 1st half and get the ball to these two guys as soon as possible. Geordie I reckon it was your best game this year for the club. Well done boys!!! Got a bye this week, then some must win games to continue moving up the table!!! ......... The Scotchie boys are jumping!!!!!......... I struggled to narrow the votes down to 3 people, so following is what I thought fairest: 3 votes: Brendan "Geordie" Connelly 2 votes: John McQueen 2 votes: Dietmar Keovec 1 vote: Jordan Byron B1 Summary Bad luck boys!! Unfortunately we were never in the game today and were outplayed by a better and far more experienced opposition. Try to all learn something from the game, especially the need for midfielders to drop back quicker to help the defence, and how the defence need to close players a LOT quicker to nullify shots!! Again, continue to keep our heads up, we are definitely playing HEAPS better than early in the season, and we have several games after the bye against teams that we should get a lot closer to now we have improved. Thankyou for all the enthusiasm and mateship that continues considering we have been hammered a few times! 3 votes: Will Rogers 2 votes: Josh Millard 1 vote: Alastair Rodgers

7th July 2007 - Round 12: Scotch vs Mercedes

Sorry again boys for the very late and very short match reports.....still having computer troubles at home so this is another rush job from work!!! A1: Scotch 1 - 6 Mercedes B1: Scotch 0 - 9 Mercedes A1 Summary Well, let me start by saying that I don't think the score line is not a totally accurate indication of the game!! Mercedes definitely outplayed us and deserved a win, but the 6-1 score line was certainly flattering to them! We welcomed back into the A's side week Mr Scotch Old Scholar himself Quentino Croucho to play at centre-half with Chris. It was a bit of a baptism of fire for you sorry mate!! :o) We started the game very poorly by conceding 3 goals in the opening 15 minutes, two from very poor defending as a team and the other from an unnecessary penalty. From this point on however, once we had finally woken-up, the game was a lot more even. Mercedes had the bulk of the attacking chances throughout the game with Dietmar getting another good work-out in goals, with midfield possession quite evenly shared throughout the match with Scotch definitely holding their own and looking dangerous throughout. Things may have been a little different if we had made the most of a couple of good chances, one in the opening minute when Jordan had a 1-on-1 with their keeper who pulled off a great save, a couple of other poorly-timed shots from Paps and Fergie from inside the box that should have been better, and a footy tackle on Paps that surely MUST!!!??? :o) have been inside the box that was given as a free kick to be taken actually on the 18 yard line!!! and the player went unpunished somehow!! Anyway the free kick was very poor in the end anyway!!! :o) The highlight of the day came halfway into the 2nd half when out of the sleeting rain and hurricane winds, Mr Nick Ferguson (yes... Fergie himself, not his butler!!!!) ran onto a bouncing ball from about 25 yards and sent a stunning strike off of the right hand post, onto the keeper then into the net!!!! Very nice goal mate, sweetly struck!! We have been continuing to improve weekly (except for this week!!) but we are our own worst enemy due to having such an unsettled line-up due to such regularly changing personnel. we have Rostrevor this week who we can definitely take points from with the team we have, then a run of teams following our bye we definitely need to take 3 points from if we are to look as respectable in the league by the end of the season as we should be. Keep working hard and keep our social side going as strong as it has been also!!!! 3 votes: Jordan Byron 2 votes: Max Adams 1 vote: Nick Ferguson B1 Summary We welcomed back our B's coach and player Mr Al "I'm a hamstring calamity"Rodgers, following weeks out with.... you guessed it.... hamstring problems!! :o) Was a tough game to come back to!! We were unfortunately outplayed throughout the whole match today by a very talented and experienced Mercedes B's side. We also weren't helped by several key players missing, another two being forced off with injury at half time and others carrying injuries for the majority of the game!! But it was very pleasing how much fight we continued to show for our team-mates playing next to us and were always looking to create more scoring chances, and had a couple that we should have taken!! 3 votes: Dayne McClure-Thomas 2 votes: James Catton 1 vote: Andy Dean

30th June 2007 - Round 11: Scotch vs Unley

Apologies for not getting the write-up done sooner!! My hard drive crashed on my computer last week and I havn't got it back yet, so I'm doing this from work and it will unfortunately be very quick!! A thankyou needs to go to Mr Dannyboy Adams for his help this year with both his on field performances and his setting up of the website. He has now left us all as we cry, as he is and his lovely girlfriend are jet setting around the world!! Cheers buddy!!! We also forgot to welcome back his younger (and less handsome!!) bro Maxie who returned back from Norway last week prior to the PAC game. Welcome back mate! A1: Scotch 0 - 2 Unley B1: Scotch 2 - 3 Unley A1 Summary After a very promising first 30 minutes where we easily could have grabbed a goal from one of a couple decent chances, we went 1-0 down following some poor zonal positional play down our left that ended up in a shot being rifled past Dietmar from about 12 yards out. The game stayed at 1-0 for its majority, with Scotch probably having the majority of control of the 1st half, and Unley controlling the 2nd half. It was a tough day in the midfield with probably the boggiest pitch so far this year underfoot in the middle third. Unley's second goal came late in the 2nd half following a rude bounce just in front of Dietmar that caused the ball to bounce off of him into the path of an Unley striker to tap home from a few yards. Unfortunate!! 2-0. We had a couple of half chances and free kicks in the second half we couldn't make the most of that could have made things interesting. Overall a pleasing effort, considering we had 12 boys out all together for the day and several guys had to play 2 games, with many boys playing out of preferred positions. Our match play is continuing to improve weekly and it is the first game we havn't scored in for a while. Watch out Mercedes this week! 3 votes: Nick Mitris 2 votes: Paul Cadman 1 vote: Chris Rogers B1 Summary What could have been hey!!?? After leading 2-0 at half time against the top team in the league unfortunately we went down 3-2 after 3 late goals from Unley in the final 20 minutes of the game. Our first goal came from a Unley keeper blunder from a pass back as he swung wildly and missed the ball that rolled into the back of the net. The next goal come 40minutes into the first half following a good move down the right that had the ball played into the box where a foul occurred and where new super-signing from AFL footy Matty "Macho Man" Luker finished off well into the bottom left corner. The ref however had blown for a foul and played no advantage so a penalty kick had to be taken. Big Bad Busslin Benny Norman steped up and scored to make it 2-0. We were unfortunately over-run in the final minutes due to fatigue from lack of numbers and also due to inexperience and unfortunately went down. Keep our chins up though lads, we are improving rapidly each week! Look at how we are playing compared to the beginning of Round 1 with a team that hasn't been settled more than 1 week in a row. Well done 3 votes: Quentin Crouch 2 votes: Joel Quinn 1 vote: Toby Rogers

23rd June 2007 - Round 10: Scotch vs PAC

A1: Scotch 3 - 2 PAC B1: Scotch 3 - 1 PAC A1 Summary Well done boys!!! Awesome to get another win finally, its been coming and is well deserved!!! Its great to be on the opposite side to a 3-2 score hey!! :o) The game was defnitely decided in the first half, with scotch holding most of the meaningful possession in the forward half, with Fergie and Baard looking dangerous from the kickoff. We had a different looking line-up due to missing players for different reasons, mainly uni exams and suspensions, with Rhino going to right back and Eirik to left back to sure up the defense, where both their long ball skills and great touch were the difference a lot of the time. The opener came about 10minutes in from a stinging left foot strike from the top of the box that took a deflection into the bottom right corner from Maxie, following a blocked shot from both Baard and Fergie immediately prior that were both on target. Very soon after the score was 2-0 when Baard ran onto a free kick from the halfway line and neatly tucked the ball across the keeper on his left foot after a neat first touch. The third came about 30 minutes in when a good run up the left from Max had him cut the ball back to Baard at the top of the box, who claimed his second by hammering the ball past the keeper into the bottom right corner. 3-0! The whole first half was very good football generally, looking very strong at the back and bringing the ball out of the back with some structured possession and nice long balls. The second half was a different story, with Scotch seemingly going to sleep for the bulk of the half. It was a far cry from the quality of Scotch play in the first half, with PAC definitely having the bulk of the half and nearly snatching a point. Both their goals came within 10 minutes of each other and were both from the penalty spot, one for obstruction and the other a very unlucky handball. All in all a job well done though, and its now time to really astart catching up some points on the others! Thanks very much to the new boys that have come out, we really appreciate it, as we will need all the numbers we can because of people still missing due to exams etc, and also most of the Norwegian contingent going home for a few weeks back to warm and sunny Scandanavia! We'll miss you!! Hurry back!! :o) 3 votes: Baard Kristiansen 2 votes: Eirik Sandvik 1 vote: Jordan Byron B1 Summary Well well well!!!! About time!!!! :o) Well done lads, first win on the board for the year, and a very convinving one at that!! Very well deserved for continuing to improve every week and to keep fighting over the past few games when things havn't gone our way. Well done Notable mentions need to go to Andy Dean and Quent for marshalling the defense in a very good manner, and to Jassa and Josh for playing probably your best games for the year yet from fulll back. Jassa you need to teach the rest of us how to tackle so effectively! :o) Quinny had a blinder in the middle of the park setting up lots of the attacking moves and being involved in most things, with Dayne and Harald being the difference in the first half up fron with their skill, Dayne taking two goals and Harald could have had as many if things went a little different. Well done to Chrissy for snagging a nice left foot volley after a great run from Harald for the third. A mention also needs to go to Dave in goals for pulling out a couple of top drawer saves, especially in the second half when PAC were starting to put on more pressure. Thankyou so much for the boys that filled in to play when you weren't expecting it; Dayne, Eirik and Chris. Shows what sort of team we are to help each other out :o) Thats the first of a few more now fellas!!!! 3 votes: Joel Quinn 2 votes: Dayne McClure-Thomas 1 vote: Jassa Amir-Lang

16th June 2007 - Round 9: Scotch vs Sacred Heart

A1: Scotch 2 - 3 Sacred Heart B1: Scotch 2 - 6 Sacred Heart A1 SUMMARY Another dissapointing day result wise for the Scotch boys who just can't take a trick at the moment, as I feel we definitely deserved more from the game. We made a couple of line-up changes today with Stig and Havar beginning in the back four, and Mitris and Dannyboy starting up front to try and exploit Sacred Hearts lack of pace at the back. Dietmar returned back in goals for us, and Eirik was missing due to uni exam commitments. Things got off to a great start when with only 5 minutes gone, a through ball played by birthday-boi Johnny found Mitris at the top of the box, who then bravely slid in to knock the ball past the keeper as he was charging out. Nice goal mate! 1-0! With a start like that we then should have consolidated and controlled the game, however about 10 minutes later we went to sleep three times inside our defensive box and allowed easy balls to be played in from the left (Paps' fault!!) and conceded 3 goals in 10 minutes, 2 from headers and one from a tame shot that wasn't closed down from the penalty spot. 3-1 down just like that! Our formation obviously wasn't working so we needed to make some changes for the second half. Dan went back into defence as we needed a little more pace at the back to help cover, and Paul and Jordan were bought on to play as a double centre-forward pairing, that I thought worked well. It will be very good when they're both 100% fit. All in all we played the better soccer in the second half, and had several good shooting chances, especially from around the box, but struggled to make the keeper work. Our goal came about 20 minutes into the second half, when a great cross from Fabs found captain John at the back post who headed strongly past the keepers feet from half a yard!! (it was probably several yards but we can't give Johnny a big head!) The birthday boy scores and we were back in it. 3-2. Unfortunately the score stayed that way but we had the majority of the attacking play for the final 30 minutes. Geordie and Mitris played very well all day out wide and wereboth dangerous putting balls in and running at players. We look so much better when we use these two guys quickly and get balls into the box. Johnny marshalled the midfield well all day and had a series of great free kicks from distance we unfortunately couldn't get on the end of. In the end we again are still improving weekly, and our posession and attacking play and confidence is certainly on the up very quickly. it is still our inability to keep clean sheets and defend strongly and hold our formation when we need to that is our downfall. Still plenty of time to work on that though!! Thanks again to those that came out to watch on not the warmest day ever, and on an afternoon that seemed like we needed some lights on the pitch! We will start getting some wins on the board!! 3 votes: Brendan Connelly 2 votes: Nick Mitris 1 vote: John McQueen B1 SUMMARY What do we need to do to get a win!?!? Well, maybe not concede as many goals for a start!! :o) haha The first half was quite a good performance really, with Dayne making his return after breaking some ribs several weeks ago! Our first goal came from Will who went for a long range shot (or cross?? we'll say a shot!!) that was deflected into the back of the net from a Sacred Heart defender. This was in a 25 minute period of the first half where Scotch had nearly all possession and should have made it count on the score board a little more. In the second half, similar to the A's match, there was a 20minute period where the defensive concentration was lost and Sacred Heart put several past us a little too easily. Andy Pandy tried to restore some fight with a good shot from about 15 yards out theat went into the top right corner. This was definitely one of the games we really thought we could win, but it unfortunately didn't turn out that way. A big positive is that we scored a couple times in a match. 3 votes: Dayne McClure-Thomas 2 votes: Will Rogers 1 vote: Harald

11th June 2007 - CSL Cup Round 2: Scotch A1 vs Mercedes B1

Scotch A1 3 - 4 Mercedes B1 Firstly let me apologise for the length of time it has taken to get the blog organised and these reports up this week. Also sorry they're VERY short... I'll be back on it next week!!! Just ran out of a bit of time this week. To put it simply I guess this was a match that had a bit of everything!! Incliding immense dissapointment from the Scotchie boys by the final whistle! Mercedes went 2-0 up within 30 minutes through a cross and a forward run that were both poorly defended by the scotch midfield and defense. Atleast it finally woke us up though! It was suprising we actually got some game time up to this point and throughout the match in the midst of the referee's whislt going off non-stop to penalise fouls that we would normally be considered a fair, hard faught challenge on the ball from both teams... very annoying! And was handing out yellow cards like they were mcDonalds vouchers. Well.... handed out all yellow cards except one! yes, our MACHO captain Johnny got sent off in the 39th minute for a tackle that looked nothing more than slightly awkward! Down to 10 men. 2 minutes later Paps was brought down in the box (yes brought down... not a dive!!) and then slotted it away to make it 2-1. (And let me remind everyone who reads the blog comments that it was Paps who scored 1st out of him, Geordie and Johnny. Sorry John!) Scotch opened up strongly in the 2nd half and Jordan found himself the scorer of the second following a good run, where he then shot, the ball hitting the keeper, rebounding back onto Jordan then back off the post and into the net! Gold! 2-2 and the game was on. Mercedes went 3-2 up soon after from a poorly defended corner, but then James Catton stood up with a great header to the keepers top right from a cross of our own! 3-3 with 5 minutes remaining! Mercedes pretty much then went down the end a couple of minutes after the re-start and scored their 4th. It was tough going with 10 men but I thought Scotch did a great job holding possession, especially in the second half and the last 20 minutes mostly. It was dissapointing that we leaked a few goals from some poor positional defending, especially after we have been imporving defensively so much. Havar and Catton off of the bench gave us a lot of help aswell when they came on. Thanks to everyone that came out to watch and support us, it was VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! Thankyou also especially to Rory Rogers for all of the awesome photoes you have been taking, they're brilliant! Sincere thanks :o) 3 votes: Dan Adams 2 votes: Eirk Sandvik 1 vote: Nick Ferguson

9th June 2007 - Round 8: Scotch vs Immanuel

A1: Scotch 0 - 0 Immanuel B1: Scotch 0 - 2 Immanuel A1 SUMMARY Overall quite an even game possession wise , with Scotch probably having the bulk of scoring chances, especially in the last 20 minutes where we continued to bombard the Immanuel goal time after time! If only Chris or Eirik could have finished from 5 yards each!! haha Those damn defenders and posts that get in your way on the line hey!! 3 votes: Nick Ferguson 2 votes: Eirik Sandvik 1 vote: Dan Adams B1 SUMMARY What can I say?? When you get a penalty given against us for a supposed tackle that no-one saw, not even the opposition players, you know it's not going to be your day!! Overall it was another valiant effort, but we continue to not be able to finish off good moves with a goal when it counts. The story of the year!! The performances continue to improve rapidly though, so much better is still to come I'm sure. Thakyou to Alastair's mate Matty Lynagh who came out and played a blinder in his first soccer match in 5 years after concentrating on AFL footy. 3 votes: Matt Lynagh 2 votes: Havar Hauger 1 vote: Jassa Amir-Lang

2nd June 2007 - Round 7: Uni White vs Scotch

A1: Scotch 0 - 1 Uni White B1: Scotch 1 - 3 Uni White Firstly a big thankyou to everyone that turned out for the Players and Partners night at the Ed last night, it was a great night and was awesome to get 40 of us there. Great kangaroo Johnny!! I think best dressed has to go to Chris and his 1920's mafia trench coat, I was looking over my shoulder all night making sure he wasn't about to pull a gun out, or that he wasn't flashing someone!! Everyone looked great, well apart from Geordie and his white belt, and I thought it was an excellent chance to get to know each other better and get the social side to our team moving on the up aswell. Thanks to all the girls that came... sorry if a lot of the talk was on football!!! We will organise another night and something a little different in around 6 weeks or so. Any ideas for a good night??? A1 SUMMARY Overall it was a very dissapointing day score wise, because we definitely deserved something from the match and certainly had the majority of scoring chances, with Fergie having a couple of narrow misses, Eirik hitting the post twice (should have done better!!! haha), Paps missing a couple he should have done better with and Mitris and Geordie putting on lots of pressure in the box from out wide. The last 20 minutes especially was all scotch pressure and we were unlucky not to get some sort of result. It was a close fought match for the entirity and played in tough but good spirits, on a pitch I'm glad we don't have as a home ground now as its half mud! Pleasing aspects are that we are looking much tighter at the back than in earlier rounds, and we are beginning to play much better through the midfield and wings. All we need is a natural centre forward that can play every game!! Dustie!!?? Baard!!?? :o) Overall everyone played very well, including Paul and Joel who came off of the bench and gave us a lot of momentum going forward and allowed us to make a couple of formation changes. It was hard to pick votes as everyione was quite even, especially considering the conditions, but here's the top 3 due to their dominance of their respective positions on the day. 3 votes: Nick Ferguson 2 votes: Brendan Connelly 1 vote: John McQueen B1 SUMMARY Well we are getting closer!! And what could have been hey!? Thanks to a great kick out from Dave that ran onto our latest Norwegian recruit Lars, who controlled the ball very well, ran with it then slotted it into the back of the onion bag to the keepers top left corner, we were 1-0 up within 20 minutes!! Unfortunately Uni White scored three times after that and deserved the win, but we are still improving every week, and when we can finally get a settled line-up we may see some results. Playing much better though!! We also welcome into the side, aswell as Lars, another old-collegian Alex Greville. 3 votes: Havar Hauger 2 votes: Lars Tolpinrud 1 vote: Andy Dean

Players and Partners Night

Players and Partners Night This Weekend!!!!! Saturday June 2nd Three course Dinner 7pm start The Edinburgh Hotel $25 for three courses Geordie shouting everyone for beers! Please everyone come along for a great dinner and for plenty of drinks so we can all hang out together and have an awesome night. Should be 40-50 of us there! The Ed has put on a great deal for us, so please bring girlfriends/wives/escorts if you have one along aswell so we can all meet each other and get the social side to our team going also!!! No excuses not to be there!!!

26th May 2007 - Round 6: Scotch vs CBC

A1: Scotch 3 - 2 CBC B1: Scotch 0 - 3 CBC A1 SUMMARY Our first league win!! Well done boys!! Its about time, and very much deserved! Here we come now!..... Into the side today came Dustie McGregor to play up front, an ex Adelaide City player, so it was great to have him out! Thanks mate! And of course he was going to be influential later on in the game! The game started well on a beautiful sunny day (maybe even a little too hot for the poor little poms Geordie and Johnny!). We took the lead a short way into the first half after Johnny put a great ball over the top to Paps who crossed first time from wide left (a great ball by me I might add if I don't say so myself!!! haha) to find Dustie inside the 6 yard box who cooly chested (yes chested, not headed!) the ball past the keeper. 1-0, great start! We had most of the play for the next 20 minutes, with Fergie and Eirik controlling the middle of the park with much improving possession between the midfield, and our back-four looking very strong. Geordie and Mitris were both in the game out wide and looking dangerous, with Dustie using his causing trouble up front. The score then suddenly went 1-1 when after Dietmar had just made a couple very strong saves, was beaten by a tame header from a cross that took a big deflection on the bounce just before him. For the remainder of the half the game was quite even, until Fergie unleashed one of his trademark left foot crackers from about 25 yards, with the ball taking a deflection off the back of one of the CBC defenders to wrong foot the keeper, who watched the ball sail past his left shoulder into the back of the net. 2-1!! (are you sure you arn't a leftie Fergie!!??). It was a great way to go into half time. CBC came from behing again to level the score early in the second half following a good passage of play down the right and a clinical finish past Dietmar. The rest of the half was quite even in posession, but with Scotch having the bulk of the chances. We had several free kicks in danerous areas but iunfortunately couldn't make the most of them, and there was plenty of strong tackles being dished out from both teams, especially in the nidfield. Good to see us get a bit more fight into our game, especially considering we are a smaller team than most!! (I'll teach you the head-butt during the week!! haha) Dietmar kept us in the game as usual with a couple top saves, and coming off his line exceptionally quickly. Dan, Joel and Paul came off of the bench throughout the 2nd half and all added a lot of extra run and pace to our game. The last 20 minutes was very open with both teams pushing hard for the winner. With only a couple of minutes to go, Dustie pulled one out of his top drawer with a right foot curler (I thought left footers could only use their right foot for standing on!! :o) ) into the top right corner from about 25 yards. Cracker!! 3-2 and the first league win under our belt!!! Great way to do it! Overall it was good game for us, as we are improving heaps every week with our team work and organisation and being able to keep possession for longer, which is very pleasing. We still have so much potential left in us when we get more games under our belt together and are more comfortble with each others games. I think we definitely have the potential to be a top 5 side this year. Thanks again to family members and friends that come out to watch!! It's very appreciated considering the game can get pretty scrappy at times!! Thanks :o) 3 votes: Chris Rogers 2 votes: Dustie McGregor 1 vote: Dietmar Keovec B1 SUMMARY Unfortunately it was again a dissapointing day for the B's, who had one of their strongest line-ups for the year. The opening 30 minutes of the game was all Scotch, with several very good chances falling to us but we were unable to take them which proved to be the difference in the match. With basically their 1st proper attack of the match, CBC got their first goal from a poorly cleared ball that was punished with a great shot from the top of the box. For the majority of the game it was very even, with the Scotch holding much more posession than previous games. Two more goals were scored in the 2nd half as we tired. Again, our game is definitely improving week by week as we get some games under us and a little experience to a lot of the youg guys. All we need is a win to get our confidence up!!! It will definitely come, and boy will we all celebrate it when it does!! Look forward to it! 3 votes: Paul Cadman 2 votes: Will Rogers 1 vote: James Catton

19th May 2007 - CSL Cup Round 1: Scotch vs Rostrevor

Scotch A1 3 : 2 Rostrevor B1 Scotch B1 0 : 16 Mercedes A1 A1 SUMMARY Well isn't it about time!! :o) Well done boys!! we got our first win for the season.... its on now! The first round of the 2007 CSL Cup had us drawn against the B1's top side, Rostrevor. From a couple of weeks ago when we played Rostrevor we knew we would have to be on top of our game as their B side is a strong combination. Absentees from our line-up today included Eirik (who had El Presidente of the Norwegian Day Organising Committee duties... soft!) and Dietmar (work and sore legs from so many goal kicks last week!!). We welcomed back into the side the dynamic Norwegian duo of Stig and Baard, who would later have great impact on the game. We again lined up with a 4-5-1 formation, that I think will now suit us much better, with Baard at striker, Mitris wide left, Geordie wide right, Fergie, Patty and Paps in the middle, and Fabs, Chris, Johnny and Stig holding a strong back four. It worked very well. It was an eventful 1st half, with midfield maestro Patty pulling his hamstring within the first 1 second (maybe 3 minutes), and his replacement Dayne then copping a vicious ball the the face and being concussed and sore-nosed! Oh yeah... and we scored two ripper goals!! The first was following great play down the left from the Frenchman Fabs, who after a storming run put a ball into the box towards our super-striker (who puts fear into defenders!!!) Baard, who miraculously took one touch off his chest then 1st time bicycle-volleyed it into the top left corner from 12 yards! If only we had a video camera! Certainly one to remember!!! 1-0. The second goal again came from the left with a great '1-2' played between Mitris and Baard, with Mitris then finishing with a thunderous shot from a tight angle just inside the box across the keeper. 2-0 and two fine strikes! For the 1st half we had most of the possession and control of the game with Geordie and Mitris controlling the flanks and putting in dangerous balls, Baard running very hard and creating havoc up front with his great ball skills and pace, our midfield taking the line share of possession in the middle of the park, and our back four looking controlled and untroubled. Our third goal came midway into the second half when the game had opened up quite a bit, with Johnny and Fergie playing a couple of good return passes between each other, with Johnny then slotting through a "world-class"!! clinical diagonal ball through to split the defence and find Baard who hammered it past the keeper to give himself a well-deserved double. There were plenty more chances for us to get some more goals of we could finish a little better. Rostrevor's two goals came from a sloppy header from a corner that was poorly defended in the first place, and from an unfortunate hand ball in our defensive area to give them a penalty. Over-all it was a good win to get and hopefully gets the ball rolling with regards to the next few weeks of fixtures with the "must-win" games. There are plenty of positives from the game that we will definitely take out. Great to snag our first win!! Oh yeah... and HAPPY NORWEGIAN DAY to half of our team!!! 3 votes: Baard Kristiansen 2 votes: Chris Rogers 1 vote: Brendan Connelly (Geordie!!) B1 SUMMARY It was easily the worst team to draw in the 1st round of the cup, Mercedes A1, who are no doubt the stand out team thus far in the entire competition. In a one sided game, Scotchies B1 did very well to have as much posession as they did, and were unlucky not to snag a goal or two! Thank you to everyone for trying so hard and keeping their heads up, it is a testament to our player group and we showed great fight for a very young and extremely inexperienced team. Chin up boys!!! Things will turn! 3 votes: James Catton 2 votes: Andy Dean 1 vote: Jassa Amir-Lang