MATCH DAY PROGRAM 3rd / 5th June 2017 Photo courtesy of AT Photo UPPER HUTT CITY VS PETONE SATURDAY 3:00 UPPER HUTT CITY VS TAWA MONDAY 2:00 A message from Mark . Crikey – where do I start, last week we played Western Suburbs reserves in what turned out to be a game for the spectators. Plenty of goals, some great attacking play and some sloppy defending from both sides and to top it all off a bit of feisty ness towards the end. Our defence has been one of our strongest parts of our game this year and for one reason or another it let us down and we conceded a whopping 5 goals. This is no means a criticism of the back 4 alone as I have always said we start defending from the front and work our way back from there. Hopefully this was just a blip on the radar and we can get back to our miserly best over the weekend. In saying that though there were plenty of positives as well, we scored 4 great goals and it could have been more. The spirit the team showed to come back 3 times and nearly a 4th when we hit the cross bar in the 97th minute. This weekend will certainly test the squad as today we welcome Paul, and the undefeated (on the field) Petone side and their supporters. Paul has certainly got a talented squad and has got them playing very well. Having spent ten years at Petone, I know how hard they work at getting things right both on and off the field and know they will be hurting from last year’s performance. A wounded team is always very tough to beat but I’m sure we won’t be lying down for them as there is nothing better than winning against your former club. City Review A message from Mark . Then on Monday, thanks to the Queen for letting us have the day off work, we welcome Richard, Lance and the Tawa team for a Chatham Cup match, in hope to continue the dream. We only played Tawa two weeks ago at Redwood Park in which turned out to be a very tight affair, ending 1 apiece. Let’s hope it doesn’t end that way today otherwise we will have to play another 30 minutes and then possibly penalty’s, which I’m sure the spectators will enjoy. What I’m sure of though is that we have learnt a lot from that encounter and will hopefully put this into practise and put the game to bed in 90 minutes. To add to the difficulty of these games, Petone & Tawa are tighter than Sam Rausch and have the best defences in the league, only conceding 8 goals in 9 games, we will have to be at our very best to break them down to get the rewards that we want. Both games stack up to be crackers for their own reasons, let’s hope we end up on the right side of the ledger and keep up with the leaders and keep the cup dream alive! Look forward to catching up with you in the club after the games, remember to shout for the orange, it certainly does spur the team on! 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 (Saturday) . GK Shea Stapleton 2 James Nash 3 Jimmy Sheppard 4 Morgan Blair 5 Hayden Stuthridge 6 Jordan Pickering 7 Shaun de Roo 8 Ta Eh Doe 9 Zach Watson 10 Michael Pickering 11 Tavonga Mahowa 12 Mitchell Blair 13 Karl Whalen 14 Mohammad Hekmatzadah 15 Ben Feld 16 Alex Shepherd-Reynolds 17 Taban Dier 18 Sefa Mamea-Hind 19 Hami Paranihi- Nuku 20 Ali Nazari 21 Sam Pickering Coaches/Management Paul Whitmarsh Phil Pickering City Review Introducing your teams (Sunday) . GK Lance Ramaekers 2 Lewis Mackay 3 Nick Johnston 4 Ricky Stevenson 5 Paul Willis 6 Andrew Tang 7 Jake Shugg 8 Sam Lawrence 9 Soe Reh La 10 Ollie Story 11 Mike Ramaekers 12 Tom Hinder 13 Jamie Nicholas 14 Ben Edusei 15 Aaron Magill 16 Cameron Sanderson 17 Luke Martin 18 Nick Mcfadyen 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 L 4 - 5 B Dawson (2), J Fong, S Rausch 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 – Venue Home Team Away Time 1:30 PM Wellington Island Bay United vs Wakefield 2 Olympic AFC 2:30 PM North Wellington vs Waterside Karori Alex Moore Artificial 2:30 PM Tawa AFC vs Western Suburbs Redwood Park 3:00 PM Parapine ITM vs Petone Maidstone Park (Turf) Upper Hutt City 3:30 PM Brooklyn Northern vs Lower Hutt AFC Wakefield 1 United Next Week’s Fixture: Waterside Karori vs Parapine ITM Upper Hutt City 2.30 Karori Park Table: Premier League TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS Petone 9 8 1 0 26 8 18 25 Integration Works Waterside Karori 9 6 1 2 26 17 9 19 Western Suburbs 9 5 1 3 23 22 1 16 Ngatiawa Russell Lodge NW 9 4 2 3 23 17 6 14 Parapine ITM Upper Hutt City 9 4 2 3 19 15 4 14 Island Bay United AFC 9 4 1 4 21 18 3 13 Tawa AFC 9 3 3 3 12 8 4 12 Lower Hutt AFC 9 2 1 6 9 17 -8 7 Wellington Olympic 9 2 0 7 6 24 -18 6 Brooklyn Northern United 9 1 0 8 6 25 -19 3 City Review 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 . Appearances . Karori Karori - 10/06 CUP CUP - 05/06 Petone Petone - 03/06 4 , 5 Wests Wests - 27/05 s s s x x x x x x x x x x x 1 , 1 , 1 Tawa Tawa - 20/05 s x x x x x x x x x s s x x 1 , 0 , 1 CUP CUP - KCU KCU - 13/05 s x x x x x x x x x s x x snu 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 Czerwonka Peter Josh Hinton Brandon Postlethwaite Brandon Logan Van Der Vegt Der Logan Van Name Sam Rausch – celebrating 100 games Today marks a very special day for Sam who is playing his 100th 1st team game for the club Sam made his debut in 2009, with 1 start and 3 sub appearances with 0 goals scored. Sam was part of the successful team that got promoted to Central league from the 2012 season, playing in all 18 games and play off matches, and scoring his second goal for the club. Sam had a couple of years away from the game due to a serious knee injury and was unavailable for the 2013 / 14 seasons.