SOCCER HAVING played, coached at junior and senior levels, been a team manager, sponsor and committeeman putting his hand up for the presidency seemed the next logical step in Travis Mitchell’s Skye United journey. The 45 year-old father of three was recently elected unopposed to the local club’s top job after Mick Stevens ended a two-year stint to concentrate on family matters. “I’ve known the Attard family really well and talking to Daniel helped me realise that I had all the tools needed to run the club and make sure we are focussing on the right areas,” Mitchell said. The…
Author: Craig MacKenzie
SOCCER GETTING the gang back together could be the underlying theme of the return to the coaching helm of one of Peninsula Strikers’ favourite sons in Scott Morrison. In just one season what were highly competitive senior and reserve programs at Centenary Park collapsed this year with the seniors being relegated to State 3 South-East and the reserves finishing last. Morrison had taken a year-long sabbatical to concentrate on family matters and could only watch despairingly as the club lurched towards an unhappy season finale. As soon as he decided to return to football and specifically to Strikers his successors’…
SOCCER SOMERVILLE Eagles and Rosebud United announced new coaches last week for their 2027 seasons. State 5 side Somerville appointed Liam George to his first senior coaching position while newly merged State 4 side Rosebud United opted for a joint senior coaching set-up with Mark Larner and Julien dos Santos at the helm. George has a strong background in NPL junior boys and senior men’s programs and has a Football Australia C licence. He was in charge of Skye United’s reserves for four seasons before returning to his boyhood club Langwarrin as under-16 boys NPL head coach. He became Langy’s…
SOCCER JAMIE Skelly has been re-appointed head coach of Langwarrin and Dave Kuhanez is the new head coach of Baxter. The contrast between the appointments is stark. Skelly has an extensive senior coaching background and will be in charge of football matters at Lawton Park for a fourth straight season while 2027 will be Kuhanez’s senior team coaching debut. Under Skelly Langwarrin has finished no higher than ninth and has shown a resilience when confronting the prospect of relegation which has become a persistent issue. Yet Skelly summed up season 2026 in a positive fashion. “Overall we achieved what we…
SOCCER SCOTT Morrison has returned to the senior coaching role at Peninsula Strikers. The club made the announcement late last week three days after announcing the departure of this year’s head coach Ross Walliss and assistant Ben Sharland. Morrison returns after a three-year stint which ended in missing out on promotion in the last game of the 2025 season when Strikers drew 3-3 with Casey Comets at Centenary Park. “This time last year we’d had three really big seasons and the emotional toll it took on me and my family was quite significant,” Morrison said. “I didn’t have the right…