Western Strikers ( 3 ) Southern Knights ( 1 ) ....with pics

[swannsong]

Western Strikers ( 3 ) Southern Knights ( 1 )
....................................... Ben Jones

My second attempt at uploading this report.....my brief written match reports etc. vanished off into the ether...will try again at a more reasonable hour !
*not too many photos due to leaving my umbrella at home, the constant drizzle and poor light conditions.


Link to all 2012 Western Strikers v Southern Knights photos



Brenton Rowe displaying confidence early in the game.


Western Strikers keeper ( who I believe also had a full game in goal for their Reserves) started and continued the game in excellent form.
Ian Bourne fails to intercept and incoming cross.


Anguish for Paul Martin and Brenton Rowe as Western Strikers take an early lead.




Paul Martin demonstrates his ability to levitate and hover above the ground.




Some gutsy work from 18 year old Knights keeper Brenton Rowe.


Western Strikers keeper tries to jump over Matty Harrison but spills the ball.


Ben Jones celbrates with Ian Bourne after pouncing to grab a goal for Southern Knights.


Ben Smith searches for solutions for Knights woes.





Reserves
Western Strikers ( 1 ) Southern Knights ( 2 )
....................................... Perro Cokara, Aaron O'Toole


Special mention to Colin Mooney for accepting to referee at Western Strikers request.




New signing Stuart Blyth in his first game for Southern Knights.


Lee White was a key players for Southern Knights starting out in defense whilst Dustin McMahon had a quiet day up front for Knights.




Western Strikers nearly grab a goal midway through the first half.


Knights faithful look on as Sladj Bilic battles for the ball.




Phil Smith makes a good grab to thwart Strikers...












Phil Smith makes a good save only for the ball to fall favourably for Strikers to slot the ball home for a 1-0 lead.








Perro Cokara runs back surrounded by Knights team mates after putting the KNights back on level terms at 1-1.


Link to SAASL facebook group - 2011 - A year In Pictures - Link to a collection of links to SAASL images and stats....

Round 1 - Southern Knights ( 2 ) MSSC Blue Eagles ( 5 )
Round 2 - Southern Knights ( 0 ) Brahma Lodge ( 2 )
Round 3 - Para Hills West ( 4 ) Southern Knights ( 1 )
Round 4 - Western Strikers ( 3 ) Southern Knights ( 1 )

[Aldo Serena]

Swanny, is that your club referee? I thought it was a Strikers home game.

[swannsong]

Swanny, is that your club referee? I thought it was a Strikers home game.

Yes, Strikers said the only referee they had was playing in the A's and asked if someone from our Club could do the second half (or shorten the game to 2 x 35 min halves ) Colin offered to do the whole game.

[A.V.N.M]

Swanny, is that your club referee? I thought it was a Strikers home game.

Yes, Strikers said the only referee they had was playing in the A's and asked if someone from our Club could do the second half (or shorten the game to 2 x 35 min halves ) Colin offered to do the whole game.

Yes Swanny, very appreciative that Colin was able to fill in for us on Sunday. You try and be organised at the club but when 2 of the 3 registered refs were late witdrawals on the day, it didnt help but as I said we were very thankful that Colin could assist. Please pass on our thanks again, I do believe our club offered to pay him for the day, not sure if he accepted though?
Also it wouldn't be fair if no Mooney's could take a part in the day, we were glad the other one didn't

[born slippy]

Swanny, is that your club referee? I thought it was a Strikers home game.

Yes, Strikers said the only referee they had was playing in the A's and asked if someone from our Club could do the second half (or shorten the game to 2 x 35 min halves ) Colin offered to do the whole game.

Our club referees pulled out on the morning of the game and the only possible replacement was a player who was required to play A's. The game would have been shortened to 2 x 40 min halves (acceptable under league rules) to give the player an extra 10 mins to prepare for the A's game. A big thankyou to the Southern Knights Club referee for stepping up and officiating for us.

[swannsong]

Swanny, is that your club referee? I thought it was a Strikers home game.

Yes, Strikers said the only referee they had was playing in the A's and asked if someone from our Club could do the second half (or shorten the game to 2 x 35 min halves ) Colin offered to do the whole game.

Yes Swanny, very appreciative that Colin was able to fill in for us on Sunday. You try and be organised at the club but when 2 of the 3 registered refs were late witdrawals on the day, it didnt help but as I said we were very thankful that Colin could assist. Please pass on our thanks again, I do believe our club offered to pay him for the day, not sure if he accepted though?
Also it wouldn't be fair if no Mooney's could take a part in the day, we were glad the other one didn't

I think Colin's payment was in the form of a six-pack
Traditional SAASL universal currency !

[MATTY6]

I happen to know Colin was more than happy with the beers, and I also know I was more than happy to help him drink them on the trip home!

[swannsong]

I happen to know Colin was more than happy with the beers, and I also know I was more than happy to help him drink them on the trip home!

Just because your body is your temple MATTY6....you don't make too many offering at the temple