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VS AFF NRFL Reserves - 12.30pm Lotto Northern League Premier Division– 1.00pm 1st August 2009 Manurewa AFC Club Rooms P.O. Box 75 122 War Memorial Park Manurewa Gibbs Rd Auckland Manurewa Phone: (09) 267 1120 www.manurewaafc.org.nz Presidents Report I have not yet come down from the high I reached last Saturday. What a terrific result for the club. I don’t know whether it was my Chatham Cup story that I told to the team on Thursday night or not, but the boys rose to the occasion and turned on a mighty game. They could have put Nelson away in the first twenty minutes with many attempts on goal, just missing, but then let nelson back into the game, conceded a goal, and then had to come from behind. When T-bags slotted home that excellent third goal the euphoria was beyond comprehension. All the team played well. In the change room after the game i said that they all deserved to be the player of the day and I was happy to see that Mark agreed and gave the award to them all. The reserves played away against Central at Kiwitea Street, and as I didn’t see their game I cannot comment. This week we play host to the teams from the Onehunga Sports Club and we extend a warm welcome to them and hope they enjoy our hospitality. Alex Ogilvy Supporters Chatham Cup Semi Finals! Just a note to let you know what is going on with our Chatham Cup trip to Wellington! There is a supporter’s deal that you can get in on through Flight Centre in Manukau City. You will need to speak to Angelina Cunningham (Aaron Lawrence’s partner (Rowdie)) who will get you the deal that is going on. You can contact her on ph 263 6700 or email [email protected] or call into the shop. It is opposite the seafood market by Foodtown in the Westfield mall. Flight centre have generously given us $50 off each person’s flights when booking through Angelina. It involves flights down to Wellington on the Saturday just after lunch time, and of course flights home at around 7pm on Sunday night. It also includes a bus to and from the airport and to and from the game, as well as accommodation at the Ibis. This is estimated to be at around $315 per person (but could be more depending on the deal with jet star on the day – it is not expected to fluxuate too much – the sooner you get in the better!) The team is staying at different accommodation so we do not disturb their pre game work and be “ferocious and hostile” as the Nelson Mail states us to be. But flights will be the same. If you wish to have flights arriving earlier on the Saturday or leave later on the Sunday this can also be arranged with Angelina and you will still receive the bus and accommodation package. Hope to have as many people there as possible! The ladies teams are at it again! Promised to be an awesome night! We are fundraising for the club (not the ladies) and would love to see you all there! Tickets selling fast! Posters placed around the club- rooms. See any of the ladies to purchase tickets or Crystal Hill/Tania Bevan for more details! If you have any news or any photos you would like put into the programme please email to [email protected] with a name and brief description. Reserve Coaches Comments Hello to Ross and his Onehunga sports side, also hello to our supporters. Last week we had 2 games our first against Central at Kiwitea st. On a very nice pitch and nice weather we lost the game 2-5. We started the game a bit slower than we would of liked with central having most of the play in the first 10 mins, but when we settled down we started to get a grip of the game and we got the first goal coming from Jason with a nice through ball of Matt. After the goal I was disappointed that we conceded the equalizer so quickly. When half time came we were happy with the way we were playing there was just a couple of minor things that we needed to concen- trate on, I told the boys during half time that we would get more chances we just needed to be patience and disciplined at the back. But as our season has gone this year we turned off at the start of 2nd half and we conceded 3 goals in the space of about 10mins and from then on we were chasing the game. Our commitment showed and we never gave up and got our 2nd goal from Arib. We carried on trying to get another couple of goals but couldn't find the back of the net, and as we were chasing the game some holes opened up and we conceded the 5th. I was pleased with 75 mins of the game and if we can put a 90min perform- ance I know we will get a win. Our player of the day was Clayton with a super per- formance in goal. Our 2nd game was supposed to be against Otahuhu in the Counties Manukau cup, but they pulled out on Sat so we go into the quarter finals without playing a game in the cup. I would like to thank Chris's mum (Linda) for doing the strip the last couple of weeks. Lastly, this week is Yash's last game before he heads of to the Uk, we would like to wish him all the best on his travels. So thanks for you services this year you will be missed in the remainder of the season. Mark Rodwell AFF NRFL Reserves AFF NRFL Reserves (Blue & Gold) (Green & White) Coach: Mark Rodwell Coach: Ross Berry Technical Advisor: Gareth Jenkins Manager: Roland Parkinson GK Nick Lawrence GK Clayton Chappell RGK Justin Keene 2 Martyn Veele 2 Matthew Fahey 3 Jamie Bevan 3 Marc Hird 4 Steve McCormack 4 Matt Willoughby 5 Mark Baker 5 Anmol Shanker 6 Kevan Loftus 6 Brendon Coe (Captain) 7 Zac Rush 7 Yash Singh 8 Adrian King 9 Ross Berry 9 Erib Yousif 10 Sean Gordon 10 Jason Clowes 11 Yuanwan Zhoe 11 Chris Mudgeway 12 Ali Al-Anbuky 12 Evaschal Moodley(VCaptain) 13 Paul Webster 14 James Alexander 13 Martin Aprim 15 Andrew McLaern 14 Wayne Newsome 16 Mamoru Higashi 17 Mark Rodwell 17 Andrew Parkinson 18 Mitchell Fergusson A big thank you to today’s referee Wayne Scott Premier League Coaches Comments A warm welcome to Memorial Park to Onehunga Sports coaching staff, players and supporters. Sports’ come to us today after an important win over Metro to get them away from the bottom. Last week’s Chatham Cup quarter final had everything that is great about a cup tie. Goals, drama, cards, great crowd and fine weather! The team and management are thrilled at gaining a semi final spot and the realisation that we are a game away from the final is very exciting. The game itself started well for us with two chances in the first ten minutes created but not converted. The game settled down with both teams sharing possession and trying to gain advantage. Some marginal referee decisions were adding to the flavour and too many yellow cards given when a quiet word for the first offence would have been more appropriate. Nelson was causing problems with fifteen minutes of the first half remaining and some desperate defending kept them scoreless until halftime. The halftime talk was all about keeping to our game plan chances will come and the game will turn. After fifteen minutes the game did change but the wrong way with Nelson scoring with a volley from a left wing cross. The next fifteen minutes we tried hard to get the equaliser but were struggling to break down their resolute defence. Just when things were looking glum, Graham played a ball into Brad who turned his defender inside the penalty area and crossed to Stu, who chested down and volleyed goalward, only to be blocked by a defender with his arm. So up stepped Stu to take the penalty and after a barrage of abuse from the keeper calmly slotted home the equaliser (so I’m told). We then with huge crowd support pushed on for the winner and forced two corners straight away which were cleared and then on the break Nelson nearly stole the winner with Jono having to clear off the line and the ball rebounding off the striker into Ally’s arms. With ninety minutes up and myself thinking about drumming up some words of wisdom for extra-time Dave from left fullback pushed forward with the ball and let fly from thirty metres (he has possibly said longer) and we all watched as it bulleted into the top corner of the net. The bench and crowd erupted but we had to endure many minutes of added time. After five more minutes Theara added the icing on with a low drive just inside the near post to sew it up. So the semi final beckons for us and news just in puts us up away (how dare they) against Wellington Olympic. Not for the first time this year we have seen an absolute thriller go to the wire and the noise and roar from the grandstand was a huge boost for the team.