[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