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BMFC 17.1: 0
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Penrith Rovers FC: 2
BMFC Goal Scorers:
Player of the Match: Coach’s – Aidy
Match Report: The rain came in the night before and was still coming down when we arrived early at Parker Street. The ref was happy to go ahead and play, so game on
A tight first half, with Rovers more in the ascendency. Not much was created at either end though. Five before half time a dubious corner was conceded and from this the ball bobbled around in the six yard box and was poked home
After this we got on top and started to play much better football. Harry Burns dribbled through from midfield and as the defenders backed off to mark their man Harry was able to get a shot away – just wide. The good play continued in the second half but we just couldn’t find an opening – the closest was possibly a header from Luke from a corner that went wide
We conceded a second with 20 minutes to go. Chasing the game we changed the shape to 3-4-3. The boys pushed Rovers back but could not create a clear cut opening – Rovers hit us on the counterattack but the back three at this stage of Brayden, Sam and Aidy did exceptionally well to repel
Coach’s pick for player of the match to team Captain Aidy who fought for everything. When things are not going your way, inspirational effort from the Captain that didn’t go unnoticed
A tough day and tightens the top of the league right up as we come into the final four games of the season
BMFC O35.1: 4
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Werrington FC: 3
BMFC Goal Scorers: Sem, JB, The Gaffer
Player of the Match: The Gaffer
Match Report: With depleted numbers, we entertained Werrington
I missed the opening half hour, getting my socially distanced photo done with the 17’s but score updates were coming in from those around me – 1-0 Werrington, 1 all, 2-1 Werrington
I was told Mark Sem raced through, scored but instead of his usual Alan Shearer-Esque outstretched arm above the head celebration, his hand went the other way, to the back of his leg – hammy gooone …
1-2 at half time. Paulie is probably the best header of a ball in our team. The Gaffer decided to give Paul some advice – when a cross comes in, head the ball down – it does look good when a header flys in the top corner but this keeper is saving them. Head it down
Two minutes into the second half and Tolly whips in a cross from the right & guess what? Paulie arrives, heads the ball down and into the net. Coaching Master Class from The Gaffer
A few moments later we took the lead when JB steered what I believe was another Tolly cross past the keeper
Werrington equalised when a long range shot was deflected and wrong footed Our Kev
Plenty more chances came and went – a strike from the edge of the box both from Zap coming very close. I found myself chasing balls (I look like The Tin Man when running apparently) regularly, into what is now known as ‘Cobra Corner’
Who then could take their chance and find a winner?
Cometh the hour cometh The Gaffer. A loose ball in the box following Thor’s cross sat up perfectly for Marty to welly it, like Roy of the Rovers, past the keeper and into the net. Rolling back the years
BMFC 17.1: 4
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Penrith FC: 1
BMFC Goal Scorers: Finn (2), Liam (pen), Ash
Player of the Match: Players Player – Finn
Match Report: Finn was given a run up front and produced two goals in the first fifteen minutes. The first came after two minutes when Harry Burns made a surging run forward from midfield, passing to Harry Smith, who played Finn in behind the last defender to knock neatly past the oncoming keeper
The second came after Jacob got to the left by-line and pulled the ball back, in the air, for Finn to control an awkward volley well into the top corner
Off a corner Brayden took a boot to the head and the boys appealed for the free kick – not given – and a Penrith player took full advantage of the momentary pause, lobbing Eli with a cross come shot
Just before half time, a hand ball was given in the box and Liam stepped up to take the penalty and calmly put it away for 3-1
The second half saw us create a lot of opportunities – Finn missing out on his hat trick three minutes into the half when Ash whipped in a super cross from the left that just sat up at the wrong height for Finn and the ball went over
We did get one more goal – Jacob getting away up front on the break, the ball came to Ash who belted it home with his left foot
Another good team performance, playing good possession and sharp passing football
Finn picked up Players Player this week – making the most of his opportunity at centre forward
Photo – Goalkeeper Eli rises like a salmon to catch the ball
BMFC 17.1: 2
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Jamisontown FC: 0
BMFC Goal Scorers: Ash, Liam
Player of the Match: Coach’s – Knobsy
Match Report: Glorious weather for Fathers Day and a mid-morning game at The Sack. First time this season on the show court and it was looking in schmick condition
The boys donned the alternate kit to ensure no clash with the opposition, Andy remarking the shirts looked really good on the lads
The first 10 minutes Jamo came at us hard and we had to defend, which we did well. No clear cut chances but plenty of pressure was soaked up by the starting back line of Brayden, Sam, Knobsy & Luke. Eli catching and covering well in behind
The next 20 minutes the boys put on some of the best football we have played all year. Possession was valued; a number of chances created. Aidy had a half chance in the box but hit his shot wide; Sam made a driving run forward from the back and hit a long range shot well that just went over. We took the lead at the 20 minute mark when Jacob put Ash just in behind the defence and from just inside the 18 yard box Ash unleashed a pile driver off his lethal left boot that hit the back of the net before the keeper had a chance to move
Liam and Harry Burns had a good hold of the centre of midfield; Luke, at CDM, defended well and took his opportunity to burst through the midfield into attack – getting one shot away that was not far off target. It was good to watch – Finn, Jacob, Aidy, Damo and Harry Smith all heavily involved
After 30 minutes Harry Burns made a run out of centre mid and was brought down some 25 yards out. Liam hit the free kick well and the power and trajectory beat the keeper
Second half and more of the same but we couldn’t find the back of the net. The closest we came was when Ash hit a free kick which found Luke in the box – his snap shot hitting the outside of the post. We didn’t concede though which is almost as important as scoring!
Martin and Damo both shined in the second half in midfield, attacking roles – really influencing the flow of the game
Super team performance – everyone played well today. Luke & Sam excellent at the back and both made driving runs forward on numerous occasions which I love to see. Brayden was relatable as ever at sweeper. Knobsy was the Coach’s choice for player of the match – although prefers to play in a more attacking role will always play in the back line for the good of the team when asked. Pace, read of the game, timely challenges and distribution were all on show today and rewarded with a clean sheet for the team. Well played Knobs!
BMFC 17.1: 3
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Penrith FC: 1
BMFC Goal Scorers: Harry Smith, Ash, Liam
Player of the Match: Coach’s player – Ash
Match Report: A night make up game on a lush Jamison Park – it was very warm and still light when we arrived making it feel like we were playing Summer Football
We started brightly and took the lead after just 7 minutes. Jacob danced around a couple of defenders in the box and from the bye line of passed the ball across the six yard box for Harry Smith to tap in
Penrith started to come back into the game in the last 15 minutes of the half and won a free kick on the edge of the box 3 minutes before the break. Well struck and into the net
In the second half we weathered an early few minutes of attack and then started to take control again. Numerous chances came and went but with 15 to go we got the go ahead goal as Ash was put through 1on1 and slotted neatly past the Penrith keeper, who had made a number of saves to keep the scores level up until this point. A few minutes later we won a free kick on the edge of the box and Liam returned the compliment banging home a beauty
Some super performances – Ash getting coaches player – denied a few times and was getting gassed but found one last effort to give us the lead. Jacob was excellent too and took the players player and Sam solid as ever in the backline getting the Parents players vote
A good competitive game of football and a positive result but the highlight of the evening for everyone was seeing and catching up with Ethan at the game and putting a smile on his face with a win
BMFC 17.1: 3
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Cranebrook United FC: 2
BMFC Goal Scorers: Harry Smith, Finn, Liam
Player of the Match: Parents Player – Sam
Match Report: Depleted numbers for the first time this season. Jake suspended, Ethan’s injury and Harry Burns away at an all weekender 1990’s throwback rave on the South Coast
The boys started well and created an early chance in the fifth minute when Liam put Harry Smith away one on one with the keeper – Harry calmly slotting home. We continued to play good possession based football and from a quickly taken corner from Martin to Damo, Damo’s cross was met well by Sam but his header went over the bar
Cranebrook played direct football on the break and got behind us once, good goalkeeping by Eli, getting off his line early coupled with scrambling cover defence by Sam, Aidy and Brayden cleared the danger
Finn, playing in the centre of midfield, fed Harry again later in the half but this time his shot was well saved
Just before half time we doubled the lead. A good passage of play set up Harry to shoot from the edge of the box. The shot was blocked but fell to Finn just outside the box and Finn struck it sweetly – the ball flying into the top left corner of the goal
We created another chance straight off the kick off but Ash was unlucky not to finish the move. Ten into the second half we conceded a free kick just outside the box and the cross from the free kick was knocked into the net to put Cranebrook back in the contest. Two minutes later the game was level, a well hit ball beating Eli
With 20 minutes to go the pressure was on to get back in front. We found the goal, with about 12 left – Liam hitting a loose ball in the box into the bottom corner
A game we played some great football in and looked comfortable winners at one point but ultimately relieved to come away with the win
Parents player of the match to Sam for some stout defending and surging runs forward to get us on the offensive
We sent Harry a text to let him know the result. Harry sent us a photo back, below, still raving on early on the Sunday morning
BMFC AM.4: 0
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Colo Soccer FC: 5
BMFC Goal Scorers:
Player of the Match: The esky
Match Report: Fondue is a Swiss melted cheese dish served in a communal pot over a portable stove heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread into the cheese using long-stemmed forks.
It also apparently makes for a good dinner party, and Zac and Lachy arrived at Colo looking exactly as one would expect someone to look after consuming 5kg of cheese and bread, washed down with copious amounts of the devil’s drink, and minimal sleep.
But thankfully they managed to turn up (and avoid appearing on RBT) as Niall was a late scratching, so too Joe as his dog ate his homework again.
But the biggest cheer was saved for the triumphant return of the esky, missing for well over a week without a trace and fears for the worst – caretaker Dirty informing us that a wheel had fallen off, but otherwise fit and well.
And without anyone willing to volunteer for the gloves, fate stepped in as the Blueys 7s were playing the game prior – enter our old GK Stevie Buffon stepping up to play back-to-back games in a deal brokered by his coach el Presidente for only a small appearance fee of a few tins of Tooheys New, consumed entirely by said el Presidente over the course of the match.
Ads won the toss but somehow picked the direction of the howling gale incorrectly, leaving us to fight against “a 4 goal breeze” in the 1st half. Plenty of goal kicks for Dre to practice – most barely clearing the 18-yard box against the gale or Dre electing to find touch for a lineout instead.
There were chances created up front to get in behind the line, but new dad Matty’s final passes were softer than talcum powder on a new born’s skin and Ads’ arms were caught 4m offside a couple of times while his body remained onside.
Another game, another yellow for new boy Kris, this time for simulating getting hit right in front of the ref who would not stand for any Days of our Lives ham acting on his watch, luckily el Presidente had his head in our esky at the time so didn’t have to bear witness.
Down by 3 at the half, Dre spent almost the entire 15 min break looking to blame others for his goal kicks but with a 4 goal breeze at our back and “more through balls played that half than all season” he fancied us to get right back in it.
But most importantly the esky was still with us.
And we dominated the first 10 mins of the new half. Lachy stepped up to take our first corner but was waved off the ball by Dre who ran 70m from centre-back to take it, clearly chomping at the bit to have a kick with the wind at his back for a change, the resulting effort probably in the field of play for all of 5m before swinging harmlessly over the by-line … Dre stripped of corner duties for the foreseeable future.
And from a free kick soon after, Kyle had worked his way into the box and was Johnny-on-the-spot to bundle in the scraps after a bit of pinball action, but the linesman’s flag denying the left back his first and probably last chance to score this year…
After being injury-free all year, we lost Marty then Ghost in quick succession – this left it up to the Fondue brothers to shake off the dust and play some football, Zac hitting the woodwork and Lachy (who would later rate his performance today as “pretty good”) running around like a headless chook to get something going up front.
The only further highlight was Dre finally latching onto a beauty and sending it 70m downfield; unfortunately, this was an attempted pass to Felts who was only 10m away …
Big thanks to Stevie again for taking the gloves, thanks to el Presidente for leaving us a couple of tins and thanks to the esky for just being you.
BMFC 17.1: 1
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Lowland Wanderers SC: 2
BMFC Goal Scorers: Ethan
Player of the Match: Parents player – Finn
Match Report: A very cold & windy lunchtime kick off played at Colo’s ground. Full squad available. Harry Burns arrived sporting an absolutely shocking mullet. I found out there was a very good reason for it – read on, details at the end of this report
The windy conditions really impacted the quality of football played. In the first half we had the wind behind us. Passes had to be firm to feet otherwise the ball was too often blown away. We scored about fifteen in – Knobsy hitting a corner well across the wind and to the far post where Ethan rose well to nod home
We played in the ascendency for the most of the half but struggled to create clear cut chances – one came to Ash right on half time but his close range shot was saved
Playing into the wind in the second half and the game evened up. The mood of the game changed when Ethan charged onto a ball & his opponent slid in and collected Ethan across his shin. It was a solid whack and Ethan stayed down. He was carried to the car and went to hospital
Lowlands found an equaliser with a shot from the edge of the box. We then won a penalty when Knobsy, playing at centre forward now, was clean through on goal but pulled down from behind – how that’s not a red card I do not know. At 1 all Knobsy had the kahunas to step up and take the penalty but unfortunately the keeper went the right way and made the save
With time running out, Jake received a red card and then with the final kick of the game Lowlands scored the winner – Eli saving and was bundled over the line – the ref adjudging the initial shot to be in and therefore the ensuing foul was irrelevant
A day where things just didn’t go for us. We later found out that Ethan had broken his leg. This awful news put the day into perspective – football and winning is important but is absolutely meaningless compared to the health and well being of all our boys. Your team mates and all the parents are thinking of you Ethan and send positive vibes for recovery
Oh yes, Harry’s awful mullet! Harry and his year 12 mates are raising money for a great cause, Mental Health Research. Please consider donating here
BMFC 17.1: 3
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Penrith Rovers FC: 0
BMFC Goal Scorers: Ash, Harry Smith, Ethan
Player of the Match: Players Player – Harry Smith
Match Report: A downpour Friday night had meant all but a few games were postponed – fortunately, the drainage on Knapsack Main 2 was in sparkling form leaving it very much playable for another big game with Rovers
A few concerns in the hour before the game – Evan taking a tumble off the ladder putting the nets up & with five minutes to go before the game, just one young Assistant Referee staring hard toward the car park & hitting re-dial again on his phone. Where was the referee and the other assistant? No show (we found out after the game they thought it had been called off – pfft, it was never in doubt!) We needed a ref. Andy went looking in our socially distanced yet heaving home support & JB stepped up
We were finally underway. We set up to cover the pace we now knew Rovers had coming from out wide. We got on top & controlled a lot of the possession early and created a few half chances. From a corner swung in by Ash, the ball was half cleared to Aidy at the edge of the 18 yard box. Aidy played a super ball cutting out the defender to Finn out on the right & he put a cross back into the box and at the far post Ash appeared getting just enough on the ball, the keeper getting to it but only after it had crossed the line
Off a Rovers throw in back to the centre half, Ethan went very close to doubling the lead – stealing the ball and shooting just wide of the goal as the keeper advanced. We then won a free kick just outside the 18 yard box and Liam having scored a few weeks earlier stepped confidently up but his strike went just over the bar
Our defence was solid. Jake’s aerial strength and ability to break up play along with Knobsy & Luke at stoppers nullifying Rovers most dangerous players. On the odd occasion someone did get beyond them, Brayden was there to sweep up & the ever reliable safe pair of hands from Eli were rarely troubled
Half time came and it was an easy team talk to deliver – keep going, keep playing the way we were, we could have been further ahead and more goals will come. We have also talked at training about putting two good half’s together – something we have only done once this season – a poor half and 1-0 will easily be turned around
Rovers pinned us back early in the second half but the defence did well – Sam had been introduced & was a wall as ever. Martin and Jake shielded & broke play up time and again in the important CDM role. Just as I was about to make a couple of changes, the boys broke away – the two Harry’s combining. Harry Burns broke through the midfield and passed to Harry Smith. Harry feigned to shoot with his right just inside the box and then cut hard onto his weaker left foot and belted the ball across the keeper into the far corner. An excellent piece of finishing
A couple of late challenges and some unsavoury language to the ref saw one of the Rovers boys given a straight red
A third goal came our way. Aidan fed cousin Harry who dribbled inside the oppositions half with Ash to his left and Ethan on his right. A timely pass and Ash’s pace saw him through one on one with the keeper. Smartly Ash squared the ball to Ethan who had been careful to stay onside and knock the ball into the empty net. Well deserved goal for our centre forward who works so hard for the team
More chances came – Harry and Ash combined again in the box but Ash hesitated and the keeper had the advantage to get the ball. Finn got away down the right & fired a bullet cross in for Ethan that was well saved. Jacob produced a brilliant bit of ‘now you see him now you don’t’ in the box and again combined with Ethan for another opportunity
A late Rovers chance hit the bar and scrambling defence by Luke cleared the ball. Typified the teams resolve to the end
Best performance of the year. Every player played their part. Very hard to pick coach’s, parents and players player and a different one for each. Clean sheet says it all about the defence. Midfield dominated – Harry Burns both Coach’s stand out. Up front, combinations were changed during the game but the goal threat was there all match
Players player went to Harry Smith for a huge impact when he went on for Ash, who also had a superb game. Terrific goal from Harry and caused trouble on both left and right wings, well done mate!
Big thank you to JB for stepping in at the last minute and ref’ing such an important game
Photo: Luke, eyes firmly focused on the the ball
