Posted by Cosi at 11:16 Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
It was another beautiful autumn day for football as FC Adelaide welcomed the Monarchs back to the Western Youth Centre, this time for points. There was no shortage of motivation for our boys with the Monarch’s being the only team to have beaten the FC Adelaide C’s this year, in one of the pre-season trials.
The squad was looking healthy, with John Samaras making his debut as sweeper and no less than 5 subs on the bench. Choosing the team and managing the substitutions presented a bit of a challenge, with Lingam, Adam and Baby Bird all notable absentees this week. Read more…
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Posted by Cosi at 11:14 Monday, May 26th, 2008
Congratulations to our own Davey Hudson who won a Philips 42″ LCD Television in the Harvey Norman raffle!
Davey was hard to convince on Saturday morning when we rang to tell him he’d won, but soon after the call he arrived at the ground with a bottle of champagne to share with the boys.
Other winners were Mr. Phil Harris who won the LG Mini Home Theatre, and Mr. Kon Toyias who won homeware from Cookaholics.
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Posted by Cosi at 11:12 Monday, May 19th, 2008
After a cold & stormy build up, the skies cleared nicely as FC Adelaide hosted Stirling at the Western Youth Centre. It was a welcome change to have a near full strength squad to choose from, with a few lads unlucky not to make the team this week.
Stirling made a very strong start, with good possession early. They were knocking it around confidently, making our boys look second best for long periods in what was a very high standard C’s game. FC Adelaide were made to pay early as the defense once again got caught trying to hold on to possession instead of making a routing clearance. Benny “Baby Bird” Ward was dispossessed outside the box and stand-in keeper Mark “Rumble Fish” Sarcina could do nothing to stop the Stirling no. 7’s unstoppable shot into the bottom left corner. 1-0 to Stirling. Read more…
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Posted by Cosi at 11:11 Monday, May 19th, 2008
Champagne football continues!
Well after last week’s trek to Hahndorf it was again bumper to bumper football at Cowandilla with our 3 teams playing at home.
The game had just started and we had the Hawks on the back foot within 2 minutes when a delightful well placed cross from our right flank found Mohammad who slotted the ball home.
From then on the lads played a nice game of possession football, not letting Hawks have a sniff of anything near the goals. We constantly put offensive pressure, creating numerous chances throughout the first and second halves. Crossbars and posts were the only factor keeping the score respectful for the Hawks. Read more…
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Posted by Cosi at 11:09 Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Both FC Adelaide A’s and B’s have drawn Sunday Division 4 teams in the current rounds.
Challenge Cup - Black Eagles vs. FC Adelaide, 2:45pm Sunday May 25
Reserve Cup - FC Adelaide vs. Para Hills Lions, 1:10pm Saturday May 24
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Posted by Cosi at 11:07 Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
After a dramatic week of injuries and absentees the FC Adelaide C’s squad was decimated, with just barely 11 players able to make the trek up the freeway to face Strathalbyn on their own paddock. Confidence was low with the team being very conscious of having no subs.
To their credit the boys got off to a flying start, with Fernando “Pipa” Murray scoring within the first 5 minutes. It seemed like slow motion as he paused and chipped the ball delightfully over the keeper, with the ball dropping in off the crossbar. The spirit of the entire team was lifted from that point as FC Adelaide began to take control of the early attacks.
James ”Bruce” Li was unlucky to see an effort flash just wide of the post on 10 minutes, as we seized control of the game. Pipa was involved in everything good when FC Adelaide was going forward, he and Lingam combined superbly down the right getting good support from Sam “the Godfather” Tronnolone. Read more…
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Posted by Cosi at 11:05 Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Well this week was our first away game and we trekked to Hahndorf. The game started with our lads taking total control of the game.
Within 5 minutes The Delinquent was fouled in the 18 yard box and was awarded a penalty. He coolly slotted the ball past the keeper to make it 1-0.
Within 10 minutes Schildy headed the ball past the keeper to make it a second and a third came our way via an Yves tap-in. Read more…
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Posted by Cosi at 11:04 Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Well it was time for the long drive to Hahndorf. This match could not come any sooner as the horror of last Saturday was still sitting deep in the heads of all players.
Coach Nick “The Nose” Nicou gave a couple of players a spray during the week and it seemed like it had worked. We started off the game from the opening whistle with some promising attacking play it all looked good when Aaron “Laundromat” Willing was given a through ball. Using his pace he beat the last man and went one on one with keeper only to have his shot saved. Read more…
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Posted by Cosi at 15:28 Monday, May 12th, 2008
Congratulation to the FCA News Hen who has announced his engagement to his fiancé Jessica!
News Hen
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Posted by Cosi at 15:20 Monday, May 5th, 2008
We started the game off strongly, dominating early possession.
Our first goal was a lovely volley by JC which was struck too firmly for the keeper to grab. It fell in the path of Captain Sparrow who put it away.
FCA’s second goal was a dazzling run from the Sparrow who passed 3 players to finish off in fine style for his second. Read more…
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