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CONTENTS KEY CONTACTS

3 Matchday Overview CLUB PRESIDENT David Williams 4 Introduction [email protected] President’s Welcome 021 897 888 Coaches Comments VICE PRESIDENT 8 Northern League Jaron Burbidge Tables and Results [email protected] This Week’s Fixtures 021 467 770

10 Premier Men’s Squad SECRETARY 2020 Men’s Team Rochelle Lee [email protected] 12 Player Profiles Luke Jorgensen TREASURER Sian Chad 13 Upcoming Fixtures [email protected] Men’s First Team DIRECTOR OF COACHING/ 14 Season Overview MEN’S FIRST TEAM COACH First Team Overview Paul Hobson 021 144 8702 15 Club Sponsors SOCIAL MEDIA 16 Matchday Squads Melissa Sullivan [email protected]

JUNIOR CONVENOR Ross Frisby [email protected] 021 648 352

CLUB ADMINISTRATOR Makayla Williams [email protected]

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WELCOME TO SHEPHERDS PARK FOR ROUND 14 OF THE NORTHERN LEAGUE, AND IT IS GREAT TO HOST WEST COAST RANGERS HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. Although we played out a relatively comfortable On the subject of support, the Women’s win (4-0 in Round 3) against West Coast Rangers Championship team have now stitched together last time out, they are now coached by Albert two games unbeaten, which a few months ago may Riera, and they will provide a much sterner have seemed like another mountain too high. But challenge this time around. perseverance and some solid support, have seen this group develop into a more competitive outfit. The Northern League continues to show how Again, I commend you to check their games out, competitive it is with most results last weekend with a 1pm kick-off on a Sunday afternoon, as well ending as draws. That West Coast ended up worth the effort, and of course a little bit of support on the wrong side of a resurgent North Shore does go a long way! Unfortunately, they are away to last weekend will, I am sure, only further work to Northland on the 11th, so we wish them all the best make todays challenge even more competitive on their travels, even though there will be a battle for our lads. There is so much at stake in the new royal on here at Shepherds on that day. National League System, every game is laden with expectation, and every result under increasing We know that with the weather causing closures, scrutiny as all team’s scrap for every single point. football for many has been a frustrating process And as we get closer and closer to the end of the over the last few weeks. We really appreciate your season in September, this situation will only get collective patience when these situations occur, and more and more pronounced! we are working closely with Council officers and our elected representatives to see what we can do to At a time of the year when the can minimise the impact of weather and closures. As often be relied upon for some light relief, with I am sure you can all respect this is not something some interesting away rounds, we instead find that can be resolved with a short-term solution! ourselves at home and experiencing the visits of But we are hopeful that if we are successful in our two of the most imposing sides in the country! bid to become a Training Base for the Women’s What a game, and what a WIN, we had a fortnight World Cup in 2023, that the investment in assets ago against a formidable United side and infrastructure to provide the type of facilities coach by Hiroshi Miyazawa! And now we host required to meet FIFA’s exacting standards, will Auckland City on Sunday 11th, in round 4 of the begin to assist us in solving some of the underlying Chatham Cup. Just so we are all clear, this is the challenges. same Auckland City who currently sit top of the Northern League, 10 points above Auckland United I hope you enjoy the day today, that you get the in second and 16 points above us! But if we know chance to be BIRKO LOUD & PROUD! AND that you one thing about Birko, no challenge is too great, continue to enjoy your football and this community. OR … there is no mountain high enough, and no This is a special place and we are all the better for all river wide enough, with all appropriate thanks to of your involvement. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell! All we need to be sure off is that WE are ALL here on Sunday 11th, David Williams making sure that our team get all the BIRKO Birkenhead United Club President MASSIVE support we can muster!!!

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WELCOME TO ALBERT AND WEST COAST RANGERS PLAYERS AND STAFF FOR THIS AFTERNOON’S FIXTURE. West Coast Rangers have most definitley improved under Albert and have picked up a couple of great wins recently.

Every game has a final feeling to it. We’re desperate for the points today and whilst we’re on a 6 game unbeaten run, we’ve only got 1 win and 3 draws in the 4 league games in that run.

We had a great cup win against Auckland United and have earnt a great draw at home to Auckland City. It should be a great day with another huge crowd at Shepherds Park. I can almost guarantee that there won’t be a bigger crowd this season ...

We earnt a point at Hamilton last week down at Porritt, although probably a touch fortunate in the end. Happy to see Sanni Issa scoring his first goal for the club.

The club are in a great spot with so many good youngsters coming through whilst our first team squad of 24 players is made up of 14 x U20s players. The development team players are really knocking at the door to get in the first team squad now and 90% of this squad are U18 .

Finally congrats to Zak Edwards, Curtis Hughes, Sam McIntosh and Everton O’Leary for there inclusion in the NZ U20s training squad .

Also congratulations to Alex Greive who has been training with the NZ U23 Olympics team.

Paul Hobson Birkenhead United First Team Coach

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HOME FIXTURE

BIRKENHEAD UNITED vs vs WC RANGERS

Saturday 3 July, 3.00pm Kick Off Shepherds Park, Beach Haven

Position: 6th Position: 11th Matchday Sponsored By: Last Result: Last Result: Scorers: 3-3 Draw (H.Wanderers) 4-0 Loss (Nth. Shore)

OTHER FIXTURES RESULTS AUCKLAND CITY FC Friday 2 July, 7.30pm, – vs Croatian Cultural Club

EASTERN SUBURBS Saturday 3 July, 3pm, – vs Madills Farm

MANUKAU UNITED Saturday 3 July, 3pm, – vs AUCKLAND UNITED Mangere Centre Park NORTH SHORE UNITED Saturday 3 July, 3pm, – vs WESTERN SPRINGS Allen Hill Stadium

HAMILTON WANDERERS Saturday 3 July, 3pm, – vs MELVILLE UNITED Porritt Stadium

8 Birkenhead United AFC | 2021 Northern League NORTHERN LEAGUE ROUND 13 REVIEW

ROUND 13 RESULT REST OF LEAGUE RESULTS HAMILTON WANDERERS vs BIRKENHEAD UNITED BIRKENHEAD UNITED 4 - 1 NORTH SHORE UNITED vs WC RANGERS vs WEST COAST RANGERS EASTERN SUBURBS Saturday 3 July, 3.00pm Kick Off 1 - 1 vs WESTERN SPRINGS Shepherds Park, Beach Haven BAY OLYMPIC 1 - 1 vs AUCKLAND UNITED

3 - 3 MANUKAU UNITED Scorers: Scorers: 2 - 2 vs AUCKLAND CITY Issa, Jorgensen, NORTHERN ROVERS Projbert 0 - 1 vs MELVILLE UNITED

LEAGUE TABLE P W D L GF GA GD PTS Auckland City FC 13 11 1 1 47 13 +34 34 Auckland United 13 7 3 3 21 14 +7 24 Eastern Suburbs 13 6 3 3 22 16 +6 21 Melville United 13 6 2 2 18 23 -5 20 Hamilton Wanderers 13 5 4 4 28 23 +5 19 Birkenhead United 13 5 3 3 29 24 +5 18 Bay Olympic 13 5 3 3 20 32 -12 18 North Shore United 13 4 5 5 22 18 +4 17

Western Springs 13 5 2 2 26 25 +1 17 Manukau United 13 2 4 4 21 29 -8 10 Northern Rovers 13 2 4 4 13 23 -10 10 West Coast Rangers 13 2 2 2 15 42 -27 8

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DAMIAN ZAK ANDREW NICHOLAS HIRST EDWARDS CROMB MILICICH GOALKEEPER GOALKEEPER DEFENDER DEFENDER

DYLAN ARDRI CORBAN EVERTON HOBSON MCARTHUR PIPER O'LEARY DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER

DINO JAMES SAM NATHAN BOTICA GREEN MCINTOSH LOBO DEFENDER WING BACK WING BACK WING BACK

JACKSON JOSH ROB CONNOR WOODS TURNER DYMOND O MALLEY WING BACK MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER

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SAM LUKE ALEX ALEX BURFOOT JORGENSEN GREIVE CONNOR-MCLEAN MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER FORWARD FORWARD

PAUL CHAD SHAFIEK MARKO HOBSON COOMBES DU TOIT NUICH HEAD COACH ASSISTANT ASSISTANT PHYSIO

GRAHAM ROUTLEDGE TEAM MANAGER

birkenheadunited.org.nz @BirkenheadUnitedAFC @BUAFC_NZ @birkenhead_united_afc 11 LUKE 8 JORGENSEN PLAYER BIO: FAVOURITES: AGE: PRO TEAM: Celtic 24/09/1999 (Age 21) PLAYER: NATIONALITY: FOOD: Dumplings TRAVEL DESTINATION: Bahamas PREVIOUS CLUBS: Bay Olympic MOVIE: Shawshank Redepmption HOBBIES: 365 PREFERRED FOOT: BOOK: Any Autobiography Ambidexrtous MUSIC GENRE: Rap HONOURS: • Chatham Cup PRE-GAME SONG: • Napier U19s Whatever Greives is playing QUOTE: “The way I see it if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain”

Q&A SESSION:

WHERE WERE YOU PLAYING BEST PLAYER YOU’VE PLAYED WITH OR BEFORE BIRKENHEAD UNITED? AGAINST? Waitakere United Mario Billen

HOW LONG HAVE YOU PLAYED DREAM 5-ASIDE TEAM, YOU AND WHO ELSE? AT BIRKENHEAD UNITED? Myself, , , Tony Lochead 4 seasons. and .

BEST FOOTBALL MEMORY? WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME Nike Cup. OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL? Hang out with friends. BEST GOAL YOU’VE SCORED? There’s a bunch of them. IF YOU COULD MEET ANYONE? Jordan Belfort, speaks for itself. MAIN WORK-ON FOR THIS SEASON? Cool head, warm heart. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS A PLAYER? WHO’S THE ONE TEAM YOU MOST LOOK Get it, give it. FORWARD TO PLAYING AND WHY? Auckland City in the Chatham Cup, it’s IF YOU COULD PLAY ANOTHER POSITION? written in the stars. GK, be the hero.

BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR CAREER? Chris Turner.

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CHATHAM CUP ROUND 04 HOME

BIRKENHEAD UNITED vs vs AUCKAND CITY

Sunday 11 July, 2.00pm Shepherd’s Park

NORTHERN LEAGUE ROUND 15 HOME

BIRKENHEAD UNITED vs WESTERN SPRINGS vs Saturday 17 July, 3.00pm Shepherds Park, Beach Haven

NORTHERN LEAGUE ROUND 16 HOME

BIRKENHEAD UNITED vs vs NORTH SHORE UNITED Saturday 24 July, 3.00pm Shepherds Park, Beach Haven

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COMP. DATE K.O OPPOSITION H / A RESULT NRFL SAT 27 MAR 3.00PM NORTHERN ROVERS AWAY 2 - 1 W NRFL SAT 2 APR 3.00PM HAMILTON WANDERERS HOME 0 - 3 L NRFL SAT 5 APR 3.00PM WEST COAST RANGERS AWAY 4 - 0 W NRFL SAT 10 APR 3.00PM WESTERN SPRINGS AWAY 0 - 2 L NRFL SAT 17 APR 3.00PM NORTH SHORE UNITED AWAY 3 - 2 W NRFL SAT 24 APR 3.00PM EASTERN SUBURBS AWAY 2 - 4 L NRFL SAT 1 MAY 3.00PM MELVILLE UNITED HOME 9 - 0 W NRFL SAT 8 MAY 3.00PM AUCKLAND CITY AWAY 0 - 5 L NRFL SAT 15 MAY 3.00PM AUCKLAND UNITED HOME 0 - 1 L NRFL SAT 22 MAY 3.00PM BAY OLYMPIC AWAY 3 - 0 W NRFL SAT 29 MAY 3.00PM MANUKAU UNITED HOME 2 - 2 D CHATHAM SAT 5 JUNE 5.00PM FRANKLIN UNITED AWAY 4 - 0 W NRFL SAT 12 JUN 3.00PM NORTHERN ROVERS HOME 1 - 1 D CHATHAM SAT 19 JUN 3.00PM AUCKLAND UNITED HOME 1 - 0 W NRFL SAT 26 JUN 3.00PM HAMILTON WANDERERS AWAY 3 - 3 D NRFL SAT 3 JUL 3.00PM WEST COAST RANGERS HOME - CHATHAM SUN 11 JUL 2.00PM AUCKLAND CITY FC HOME - NRFL SAT 17 JUL 3.00PM WESTERN SPRINGS HOME - NRFL SAT 24 JUL 3.00PM NORTH SHORE UNITED HOME - NRFL SAT 31 JUL 3.00PM EASTERN SUBURBS HOME - CHATHAM SAT 31 JUL 3.00PM TBC (QUARTER-FINALS) AWAY - NRFL SAT 7 AUG 3.00PM MELVILLE UNITED AWAY - NRFL SAT 14 AUG 3.00PM AUCKLAND CITY HOME - NRFL SAT 21 AUG 3.00PM AUCKLAND UNITED AWAY - CHATHAM SAT 21 AUG TBC TBC (SEMI FINALS) TBC - NRFL SAT 28 AUG 3.00PM BAY OLYMPIC HOME - NRFL SAT 4 SEP 3.00PM MANUKAU UNITED AWAY - CHATHAM SAT 11 SEP TBC TBC (GRAND FINAL) TBC - NATIONAL 2 OCT TBC TBC TBC -

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WE THANK ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS THAT DONATE TOWARDS THE OPERATION OF OUR CLUB. birkenheadunited.org.nz @BirkenheadUnitedAFC @BUAFC_NZ @birkenhead_united_afc 15 BIRKENHEAD WEST COAST UNITED RANGERS DAMIAN HIRST 1 1 SAMUEL MCLAGGAN DINO BOTICA 2 2 MAX DRAKE JACKSON WOODS 3 3 JOSHUA JONES ANDREW CROMB 5 4 BEN HUTTER NATHAN LOBO 6 5 JASON ALAMA ALEX CONNOR-MCCLEAN 7 6 JADE MESIAS LUKE JORGENSEN 8 7 IGNACIO MACHUCA ALEX GREIVE 9 8 RYAN FRANCES SAM BURFOOT 10 9 KWAME NORKU NICHOLAS MILICICH 15 10 JASON HICKS DYLAN HOBSON 16 11 JOSHUA ARMITT ROB DYMOND 17 12 MATTHEW DARRAH JOSH TURNER 18 13 ZAK EDWARDS 19 14 HARLAN BLACKWOOD JAMES GREEN 20 16 BENJAMIN GALLAGHER ARDRI MCARTHUR 21 17 SAHADEV POKHREL SANNI ISSA 23 18 STEVEN MACDONALD CORBAN PIPER 24 19 MAALOSI ALEFAIO EVERTON O’LEARY 25 SAM MCINTOSH 26 CONNOR O’MALLEY 28

PAUL HOBSON ALBERT RIERA Head Coach Head Coach MATCHDAY MATCHDAY SQUADS ANGEL BERLANGA SHAFIEK DU TOIT MIKE ANDERSON Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

MARKO NUICH MEI MORTON Physiotherapist Physiotherapist

GRAHAM ROUTLEDGE ALEX RICHARDSON Team Manager Technical Analyst

ROUND 14

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