New Website

Hi all, please be advised that we now have a new website, address below: www.scocsc.com.au

Pre-Season!

Hi Guys, yes, it's that time of year already! Scotch will be commencing pre-season next week with one training session a week. New players are extremely welcome, so bring anyone who is interested in having a kick about. Details below: Date: Weds 13th Jan Time: 6.30pm Location: Scotch College Bring: Trainers & Boots Look forward to seeing you there! Chris

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