were just four winners from round 13 of the State league season – Chelsea, Seaford United, Mount Eliza and Aspendale. Three of them are mounting serious promotion campaigns while Seaford is hopeful of finishing the back half of the season in style. Chelsea is in second spot in State 4 just four points behind Springvale City and maintained its promotion momentum with Saturday’s 3-0 away win over Ashburton United. Chelsea came out of the blocks flying on Saturday and was three up after 23 minutes. Adam Dunsford struck first with a point-blank finish following a corner in the 3rd minute.…
Author: Craig MacKenzie
SOCCER LANGWARRIN’s resurgence continued in style with Friday night’s 5-0 trouncing of Port Melbourne at Lawton Park. In the last six weeks Langwarrin has won four games and drawn one while also keeping three clean sheets. “The past six weeks have provided the group with enormous confidence heading into the final eight rounds after the transfer window,” head coach Jamie Skelly said. “The league table has tightened considerably and our focus is on continuing to build momentum and put ourselves in a strong position to climb further up the ladder. “Our midfield has been outstanding in recent weeks with the…
SOCCER PENINSULA Strikers brought State 2 leader Knox City’s unbeaten run to a halt with Saturday’s 4-3 win at Centenary Park. Knox broke quickly in the fifth minute after Strikers lost possession in midfield and Alex Dimitriou had no problem converting from a one-on-one with Strikers keeper Jamie Walker. The home team hit back in the 22nd minute when an Oscar Colgate-Jones cross was headed home by Riley Anderton. The Kiwi striker was on target again in the 34th minute. Max Civil sent Matt Harrington down the wing and his cross found Colgate-Jones whose shot was blocked with Anderton pouncing…
SOCCER MORNINGTON’S promotion push maintained momentum on Saturday when it proved too classy for St Kilda Celts at Civic Reserve. James Kelly had home team fans roaring their approval in the 15th minute when he scored a contender for goal of the season. Kieran Dover crossed from the right and Kelly’s stunning bicycle kick sent the ball rocketing past St Kilda keeper Matt Harrington. Nine minutes later Kelly was the main man again with another spectacular effort. He pounced on a poor clearance, rounded an opponent and from 25 metres struck a powerful shot that once more left Harrington clutching…
SOCCER CHELSEA scoring machine James Stinson put Greater Dandenong to the sword at WJ Turner Reserve on Saturday with a stunning seven-goal display. The former Sunderland youth striker is in his third year at Edithvale Recreation Reserve and is on course for back-to-back league Golden Boot honours. The last thing that cellar dweller Greater Dandenong needed was to go down to 10 men early in the contest and that’s what happened when Ezatullah Mohammadi was shown a straight red after a clash with Paddy Briggs in the 12th minute. A minute later Stinson put Chelsea 1-0 up and by half-time…