MATCH DAY PROGRAM 27th May 2017 Photo courtesy of AT Photo UPPER HUTT CITY VS WESTERN SUBURBS MAIDSTONE PARK - KO 3:00 PM A message from Mark . The last couple of weeks has seen has play in the Chatham Cup against a very spirited Kapiti side and away on grass (first time for many a moon) against one the best defences in the league, Tawa. Cup football is always exciting and where dreams are made, this game marked the start of our dream, which we managed to keep alive thanks to an early goal from Josh. The remainder of the game was a midfield battle with very few chances created. Overall in my view we did enough to progress, with the added positives of not picking up any injuries or yellow cards. So into the hat we go for the next round, fingers crossed for a good draw, 1. At home (YES), 2. Not a Central League team (YES), 3. Not Petone, as we play them on the Saturday before (YES), 4. Anyone Else (YES) – We drew Tawa at home on Queens Birthday Monday. Long live the dream! Back to our bread and butter, the league, Tawa away on grass. This game was to have many challenges, as I said we had not played on grass for nearly a year and it certainly showed, our passing wasn’t as slick as it had been and combined with Tawa’s very high line, it proved to be very scrappy, stop start affair. Tawa did manage to score with one of their few raids into our half via a deflection that looped over Logan’s head, game on. Tawa’s high line and our inability to break through caused for a few more grey hairs (yeah I know, is it possible) and we went to the break 1 down. City Review A message from Mark . The second half got underway with us still in the changing rooms, not literary but mentally and Tawa should have doubled their lead. Luckily their striker had his boots on the wrong feet and put it wide. It seemed to kick start us into action in where we dominated possession and territory but again to our frustrations no joy and more offside flags than Sheldon has on the Big Bang Theory. We introduced Sam P with about 25 to play and with his first touch drew us level after some good work from Jeremy. We pressed hard to find a winner but with no success and had to settle for a draw. Today marks the start of 3 consecutive home games in which will be pivotal to our season, starting with welcoming Jamie, the staff and the Wests players to Maidstone Park. Wests have made a solid start to their season and I’m sure want to push on with their aspirations. Most of their squad form part of the Ole academy who have a good possession based style of play. This will certainly suit our style between us and I’m sure it will produce a cracking game to watch. This game also marks the half way point in the league, where has that time gone! Thanks to all the supporters who ventured out to Redwood Park and other venues to support the team, your support is certainly appreciated. Hope you enjoy the game, look forward to catching up with you in the clubhouse to discuss the finer matters of the game, don’t forget yell for the orange! Foz City Review Introducing your teams . GK Logan Van Der Vegt 2 Brandon Postlethwaite 3 Josh Hinton 4 Peter Czerwonka 5 Luke Bradshaw 6 David Lane 7 Sam Patterson 8 Matt Fong 9 Jeremy Fong 10 Dan Close 11 Cameron McLachlan 12 Joe Sambrooke 13 Sam Rausch 14 Bryce Tamahaga 15 Nathan Woods 17 Benn Dawson 18 Ben Wood 19 Connor McIndoe 20 Donal Gahan 21 Simon Rippon COACHES/ MANAGEMENT Mark Foster John Milroy Hamish McLachlan Dianne Shirer City Review Introducing your teams . GK Frankie Walkington 2 Jaga Scott Greenfield 3 Ashlen Stroud 4 Jamie O'Connor 5 Oliver Van Rissel 6 Sasha Sneyd 7 Jesse Kang 8 Cameron MacKenzie 9 Michael Fraser 10 11 Ahmad Mohammadi 12 Alex Clayton 13 14 Michael Clayton 15 Tim Rawiri 16 Brandon de la Rosa 17 18 Kyle Adams 19 Billy Scott GK Erik Alexandersson Coaches/Management Jamie O'Connor Shane Bilderbeck Ben Sippola City Review The results so far . Petone 01-Apr-17 A L 0 - 2 Waterside Karori 08-Apr-17 H D 2 - 2 D Close, J Fong Island Bay 13-Apr-17 A L 0 - 4 Lower Hutt 16-Apr-17 H W D Lane, J Fong, B 3 - 0 Dawson North Wellington 22-Apr-17 H W 2 - 0 J Fong (2) Wellington Olympic 29-Apr-17 A W 3 - 0 B Dawson, C McLachlan, J Fong BNU 06-May-17 H W 4 - 1 J Fong (2), J Hinton, M Fong Kapiti Coast United 13-May-17 H W 1 – 0 J Hinton (CUP) Tawa 20-May-17 A D 1 – 1 Sam Patterson Western Suburbs 27-May-17 H Petone 03-Jun-17 H Waterside Karori 10-Jun-17 A Island Bay 17-Jun-17 H Wellington Olympic 01-Jul-17 H Lower Hutt 09-Jul-17 A North Wellington 22-Jul-17 A BNU 29-Jul-17 A Tawa 05-Aug-17 H Western Suburbs 12-Aug-17 A City Review Fixtures and table . This Weeks Fixtures – TIME & VENUE HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM 2:30 PM Sat 27 May North Wellington vs Petone Alex Moore 3:00 PM Sat 27 May Parapine ITM Western vs Maidstone Park Upper Hutt City Suburbs 3:30 PM Sat 27 May Brooklyn Northern vs Tawa AFC Wakefield 1 United 12:00 PM Sun 28 May Island Bay Lower Hutt AFC vs Fraser Park United AFC 1:00 PM Sun 28 May Wellington Waterside vs Wakefield 2 Olympic Karori Next Week’s Fixture: Parapine ITM Upper Hutt City vs Petone 3.00 Maidstone Park Table – Premier League TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS Petone 8 7 1 0 22 8 14 22 Integration Works Waterside Karori 8 5 1 2 24 17 7 16 Ngatiawa Russell Lodge NW 8 4 2 2 23 13 10 14 Parapine ITM Upper Hutt City 8 4 2 2 15 10 5 14 Western Suburbs 8 4 1 3 18 18 0 13 Island Bay United AFC 8 3 1 4 18 17 1 10 Tawa AFC 8 2 3 3 9 8 1 9 Lower Hutt AFC 8 2 1 5 8 14 -6 7 Wellington Olympic 8 2 0 6 6 22 -16 6 City Review Brooklyn Northern United 8 1 0 7 6 22 -16 3 Wests Wests - 12/08 Tawa Tawa - 05/08 BNU BNU - 29/07 Nth Wgtn Wgtn Nth - 22/07 CUP CUP - 16/07 Lower Hutt Hutt - 09/07 Olympic Olympic - 01/07 CUP CUP - 24/06 Island Bay Bay Island - 17/06 Karori Karori - 10/06 . Appearances . CUP CUP - 05/06 Petone Petone - 03/06 Wests Wests - 27/05 1 , 1 , 1 Tawa Tawa - 20/05 s x x x x x x x x x s s x x 1 , 0 CUP CUP - KCU KCU - 13/05 s nu x x x x x x x x x s x x s 4 , 1 , 4 BNU BNU - 06/05 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x 3 , 0 0 , 3 Olympic Olympic - 30/04 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x 2 , 0 0 , 2 Nth Wgtn Wgtn Nth - 22/04 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x 3 , 0 0 , 3 Lower Hutt Hutt Lower - 16/04 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x snu snu snu 0 , 4 4 , 0 Island Bay Bay Island - 13/04 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x 2 , 2 2 , 2 Karori Karori - 08/04 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x 0 , 2 , 0 Petone Petone - 01/4 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x City Review Kieran Duncalf Kieran Pedro Garcia Pedro Simon Rippon Simon Donal Gahan Donal Connor McIndoe Connor Ben Wood Benn Dawson Benn James Bennett James Nathan Woods Nathan Bryce Tamahaga Bryce Sam Rausch Joe Sambrooke Cameron McLachlan Cameron Dan Close Jeremy Fong Jeremy Matt Fong Matt Sam Patterson Sam David Lane David Luke Bradshaw Peter Peter Czerwonka Josh Hinton Brandon Postlethwaite Brandon Logan Van Der Vegt Der Logan Van Name McGlinchey- we can match the bigger nations On the back of some of his finest displays in an All Whites shirt, Michael McGlinchey is in a confident frame of mind and says there is a real belief in the New Zealand squad that they can foot it with the best sides in the world. Anthony Hudson’s men will have to do just that at next month’s FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, where they will come up against the hosts, Mexico and Portugal – all countries ranked far higher than the All Whites current standing of 112th but ones McGlinchey is relishing the prospect of taking on. His bullish approach stems largely from the All Whites’ noteworthy tour of the USA at the back end of last year – which brought a 2-1 loss to Mexico and 1-1 draw against the States – as well as an unbeaten start to OFC Stage 3 qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup against New Caledonia and Fiji.