Soccer KYLE Eichenberger’s signing could be Baxter’s saviour as it heads into the second half of the season with renewed hope that it can maintain its State 4 South status. To do so would mean a top six finish for Billy Armour’s side given the effects of the upcoming league restructure which severely impacts State 4 and State 5 levels and creates new State 6 and State 7 divisions. Enticing Eichenberger to Baxter Park is one of the marquee moves of the season and hopes are high that he will provide the finishing touch so desperately needed. Eichenberger joined Peninsula…
Author: Craig MacKenzie
Soccer SEAFORD United is on target for a top six finish in State 5 South with Saturday’s 2-1 win over Aspendale. This game was broken open by three second-half goals in contrast to the sometimes scrappy first-half that preceded it.Despite losing top scorer Dylan Waugh to injury at half-time Seaford struck just four minutes after the break. A deep free-kick from Conor Mcfall found Tristen Stass heading back across goal and Zain Ahmad’s deft touch made it 1-0. A defensive error cost Aspendale dearly in the 58th minute allowing Ahmad to square the ball from the right to Blake Hicks…
SOCCER FRANKSTON Pines’ senior men’s program is in disarray after reports emerged last week that Jason Grieve had resigned for the second time in five months. Neither Grieve nor Pines president Liz Diaz would respond to multiple attempts to make contact and director of football Ross Evans would only offer a terse “no comment” when asked who was the senior coach of the beleaguered club.At Saturday’s 7-0 thumping from Baxter the match started with Evans and reserves coach Cal Peacock in the Pines dugout and the official teamsheet listed Evans as coach and Peacock as his assistant. Baxter recorded its…
Soccer JAMIE Skelly and Gus Macleod are in the news for different reasons as Langwarrin fights to avoid relegation while Chelsea strives for promotion. Skelly’s Langwarrin was convincingly beaten 5-0 away to Caroline Springs George Cross in their VPL1 clash last weekend while Macleod’s Chelsea closed to within a point of top spot in State 4 South.n Langy is in the midst of a relegation battle with three teams facing the drop at season’s end.There was no stopping George Cross striker Saif-Eddine Sakhi on Saturday and his hat-trick underpinned a commanding display by the home side with Brad Blumenthal’s 76th-minute…
SOCCER THE revolving door through which senior coaches at Frankston Pines have been passing is spinning once more. Jason Grieve is the “new” Pines senior coach, the fifth man to grab that poisoned chalice in six months. However this is Grieve’s second stint in the role taking over from Donn Delaney late last year after the latter joined the committee and most of the senior players in the largest mass exodus from a local club this century. Grieve didn’t last long though and quit in January so what prompted this change of heart? “I always kept in touch with the…