INSIDE THIS WEEK... www.goalweekly.com $3 Boo’s World & Tsigan Focus on AIS’s James Holland Photo: Steve Starek Season 3: Issue 17 Monday 20th August 2007 Supporting all colours and reporting in black and white SHINING KNIGHTS! PLUS► ALL THE LATEST ACTION FROM THE FOXTEL CUP, STATE & PROVI LEAGUES, WPL, JUNIORS & MUCH, MUCH MORE! Goal! Weekly PLAYER PROFILE Goal! Weekly FOXTEL CUP FOOTBALL FOCUS 27 Dandenong Thunder’s Jamie Heard JAMIE’S THUNDERSTRUCK JAMES HOLLAND Heard throws down gauntlet to Coburg AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT FULL NAME: James Holland defender’s fate is all but the future and he remains ambitious. BIRTHPLACE: Wahroonga, Sydney sealed when Dandenong “I play football by doing what comes BIRTH DATE: 15/5/1989 Thunder wing-back Jamie naturally. I go at people and I love doing HEIGHT: 180cm Heard has him back- my tricks. That’s what people come to see WEIGHT: 75kg pedalling. One stepover, and hopefully it will get me higher up in the MARRIED: No another stepover, a sway game here. CAR: No to the left then quickly to the right. What’s “I’ve heard that some Premier League clubs OCCUPATION OUTSIDE OF FOOT- Acoming next? might be interested and I had a phone call BALL: Uni student - Studying psychol- In the blink of an eye Heard slips the ball about six weeks back from an A–League club ogy and coaching science between your legs and motors past leaving but they wanted me to fl y over for a trial. I NICKNAME: Dutchy you cursing and your defence exposed. was hoping for something more concrete and PREVIOUS CLUBS: Central Coast, There’s nothing Heard likes better than I didn’t want to trial there with no contract Parramatta Eagles, NSWIS REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS: bamboozling an opponent with his trickery offer on the table.” Captain of Under 16’s NSW team, which regularly involves a multitude of Hmmm. Fly over, eh? Heard wouldn’t played for the Young Socceroos in the stepovers, back heels and fl icks. name the A–League outfi t involved (“it Weifung Cup (China) this year. He’s cheeky bordering on arrogant. He’s also was a private phone call”) but it’s a fair bet CHILDHOOD FOOTBALL HERO: Zini- one of the great entertainers in Victoria’s that he was talking of either Perth Glory or dine Zidane State League Division One and the closest Wellington Phoenix. FAVOURITE O/S PLAYER: Andrea that league has to Manchester United icon Maybe those A–League outfi ts have seen him Pirlo Cristiano Ronaldo. play or maybe they know of his outstanding FAVOURITE FORMER SOCCEROO: Entertainers like Heard draw spectators to pedigree. Robbie Slater games and although his side is involved in Heard’s father Pat boasts a European Cup FAVOURITE CURRENT SOCCEROO: a fi ght to avoid one of the bottom four spots winner’s medal won as part of the Aston Marco Bresciano in its league and relegation to Division Two, Villa squad that reached the pinnacle of that MOST MEMORABLE MATCH AS A his approach to football remains bubbly and continent’s game in 1982. PLAYER: Australia v Iran and this year refreshing. Pat Heard also played with Everton, in the Weifung Cup “We won’t go down. We’ll get out of this Newcastle United and Arsenal and is a player MOST MEMORABLE MATCH AS A 100 percent,” said the former Leeds, Hull agent back in England. Heard in action against Southern Stars recently. FAN: Manctester United v Bayern Mu- nich, 1999 European Cup Final City, Chester and Morecombe player. Jamie Heard’s professional career was on Fatih Akdogan gives chase. MOST MEMORABLE GOAL YOU’VE But if you think Heard’s approach on the the up when the Sheffi eld-born 16-year-old about the youngster’s talents. “There are so many different nationalities SCORED: Free kick versus Iran this fi eld is bold wait till you hear his assessment joined Leeds United’s youth team and found year At that stage the Heard family lived in Hull and different styles of football here and of his teammates. himself rubbing shoulders with Socceroo FUNNIEST MOMENT IN FOOTBALL: so the homecoming looked like a great some really good players too. I expected the “On paper we’ve got the best team in the icons Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell. BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing league, no doubt about it,” said the 24- That was when Leeds were fl ying in Premier move but managerial changes that saw Little standard to be lower when I came here but it to the Republic of Korea under 20’s side year-old. “Okay, it’s going to be a bit of a League and money was no object but when replaced by Jan Molby who in turn was turned out to be a challenge and I’m loving earlier this year. fi ght over the last few games because there then Hull City manager Brian Little stepped replaced by Peter Taylor did little (oops) to it.” WORST INJURY: Broken ankle are clubs trying to get promoted and others in and offered the teenager a three-year enhance Heard’s career. When O’Dell was appointed senior coach MOST DIFFICULT OPPONENT: trying to avoid relegation but this club is too contract he jumped at the chance of trying to Chester City came in for the youngster of Coburg for the 2007 season he phoned Republic of Korea Under 20’s good to go down.” get into the fi rst team. and signed him for an undisclosed fee. Heard and said he wanted to sign him. Heard FAVOURITE AWAY GROUND: But as much as Heard is enjoying his second Little and Pat Heard had been teammates at Undisclosed? What happens to the player’s was impressed by the club’s ambition and Bob Jane Stadium stint with Thunder, he also has one eye on Villa and Little had heard (no pun intended) percentage of the transfer fee if it remains the eagerness of its president to get the side SUPERSTITIONS: Left boot on fi rst undisclosed? into Premier League so he joined the Turkish TYPICAL MATCH DAY MEAL: Pasta “If you’ve got 10 percent written into your outfi t. WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS: Work contract then you’ll get 10 percent but “We were playing really good football at the ethic sometimes you might get your transfer fee start of this season then Andy got the sack. WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES: percentage paid through your wages rather I had nothing against the club but I felt that Left foot than in a lump sum and you don’t always I had to leave as there was not the same FAVOURITE TEAM WHEN GROWING UP: Manchester United work out what the fee was if they (the clubs) security there once they’d sacked a British FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTS: refuse to disclose it.” manager. Tennis Former Liverpool and England international “Coburg eventually released me from my FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTSPER- centre-half Mark Wright was manager of contract after a few arguments along the SON: Rodger Federra Chester and the 2003–04 season was a career way.” FAVOURITE FOODS: Chocolate highlight for Heard who made 27 appearances Then Thunder senior coach Savas Saglaam FAVOURITE ACTOR/ACTRESS: Jes- in all competitions in a season that saw was keen for Heard to rejoin and even after sica Alba- unbelievably good looking Chester win the Nationwide Conference and former Springvale White Eagles coach HOBBIES: Body boarding gain promotion to the Football League. Zoran Trajceski took over as head coach with FAVOURITE HOLIDAY RESORT: Fiji Towards the end of September 2004, Saglaam assisting, Heard’s name continued FAVOURITE NIGHTSPOT: Lago on the Morecambe manager Jim Harvey moved to to be one of the fi rst pencilled in during team Central Coast, NSW sign Heard on a non-contract basis and the selection. IDEAL DATE: Jessica Alba youngster impressed many with his early “Savas has been brilliant to me and he played FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: What about performances for the Shrimps playing as a me every week. He’s a really good coach. So Brain/House wing back and then right back in a 4–4–2 is Zoran and I’ve just enjoyed playing for FAVOURITE MUSIC: Dance/R&B FAVOURITE FILM: Shaw Shank re- system. what I think is a brilliant club. demption Heard became a fan favourite at Morecombe “We’ve got an important catch-up game LAST SOCCER SHIRT YOU BOUGHT: Photo by John Punshon and agreed a contract to stay on at the club against Coburg at Port Melbourne’s ground Manchester United home strip shortly after the end of the 2004–05 season in a week or so. It’s a nice pitch so there FUNNIEST RUMOUR YOU’VE HEARD but his contract was cancelled in October are no excuses. Let’s see who the best ball ABOUT YOURSELF: I can actually after mutual agreement between himself and players are then.” dance!!! the club. Let’s see indeed and now that Heard has BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: His arrival on these shores last season to thrown down the gauntlet to his former My mum join Dandenong Thunder on a working teammates at Coburg it will be well worth BIGGEST DRAG IN SOCCER: visa was prompted by his father contacting making the trip to JL Murphy Reserve on the Violence between ethnic groups Toby Paterson and Andy O’Dell who were night of Wednesday 29 August to witness FOOTBALL AMBITION: To be a coaching the club at the time. what promises to be a highly absorbing successful player overseas and be a It’s a move Heard does not regret albeit that contest.