Had a PM from someone who played with Pooraka United in their last few seasons (1992, 1993) and their father and uncles also played for the club in the late "70's.
i played against Pooraka a few times in Division 2 and in several Cup games and always found them difficult opponents. Also knew some of the players that played at the Downs, Alan McManus, Harry Dommerdich, Kenny Craig....
One of the older clubs that unfortunately vanished from the SAASL after season 1993.
I think they might have begun as Salisbury Fijians and were playing in 1969 ?
Rob Howe???? WTF I play cricket with that bloke, and have done for 5 or 6 seasons now. TOP BLOKE and a freak of a cricketer! Has won numerous Div1 and Div2 player of the years in the PDCA.
Anyone here play soccer with/against him? He is a natural at almost anything he tries so I assume he could play a bit on the soccer pitch too.
andyb wrote:Rob Howe???? WTF I play cricket with that bloke, and have done for 5 or 6 seasons now. TOP BLOKE and a freak of a cricketer! Has won numerous Div1 and Div2 player of the years in the PDCA.
Anyone here play soccer with/against him? He is a natural at almost anything he tries so I assume he could play a bit on the soccer pitch too.
Paul Breucher at the Downs (over 35's) played in many of the same sides as Rob Howe...he would know him quite well.
I refereed a couple of Smithfield East east games whe Rob was playing.
I remember one game where they had an identikit photo of a wanted person in the Sunday Mail and it was a splitting image of Rob's player pass photo !
[quote="andyb"]Rob Howe???? WTF I play cricket with that bloke, and have done for 5 or 6 seasons now. TOP BLOKE and a freak of a cricketer! Has won numerous Div1 and Div2 player of the years in the PDCA.
Anyone here play soccer with/against him? He is a natural at almost anything he tries so I assume he could play a bit on the soccer pitch too.
dobbo certainly is a natural....i first came across him in 2001/2 ish he was playing in goals for the fields , word is he was a state keeper as a kid
andyb wrote:Rob Howe???? WTF I play cricket with that bloke, and have done for 5 or 6 seasons now. TOP BLOKE and a freak of a cricketer! Has won numerous Div1 and Div2 player of the years in the PDCA.
Anyone here play soccer with/against him? He is a natural at almost anything he tries so I assume he could play a bit on the soccer pitch too.
dobbo certainly is a natural....i first came across him in 2001/2 ish he was playing in goals for the fields , word is he was a state keeper as a kid
have been told he was/is a very good keeper. heard a rumour that a Div 2 team approached him to be their reserves keeper this season even though he hasnt played for years. Someone must know something about his ability if this is true
Outlaw 2.0 wrote:Good to see D. Eggers scoring a few back in 1993 and still kicking about in the first team these days.
maybe kicking in a few weeks you mean
Mr Eggers had a good year in 1995....Division 3 top goalscorer and would have had the B&F if not for a suspension...polled 14 more votes than the winner (team mate I. Hobson ) ouch !
Journeyman wrote:Thanks for that Swansong....some memories there
You're quite correct about the connection with Salisbury Fijian....the club eventually became Pooraka United
I think it was last July we held a re-union of for old players and supporters....was great to catch up with alot of old faces
Nice to catch up with you the other night...
Thought these lists might interest you also Journeyman.
Notice the Roy Laird (Elizabeth Vale) near the bottom of the page....is it the Centrals coach.
