5-2 win v Redfield Lions

SCORERS: Fish, Harry, Matt Fawcett, Mark Ezzy, Matt Pittman

Not often we do a match report (well, never in fact) but felt today was the day it had to be done. We had a magnificent win over the undefeated Redfield Lions who today saw how Pumas can outrun and outplay a mean bunch of lions. There was much pushing and shoving (not from us I might add) but by far the best push was in front of the goal mouth when one of the Lions came rushing up behind Fishy – it looked like a push, the ref said it was a push, but the dive was something to behold – straight out of the World Cup! Well done Fishy – another goal for the Pumas. We were up 2 nil in the first half thanks to a couple of nice ones from Fishy and Harry and could hardly believe our luck – this is one of the top teams and we were all over them. Second half saw Matt F. put a neat one away during a bit of a melee in front of their goal that was followed up by another by Mark (The Penalty!) and one more by Matt P. for good measure. They did manage to put 2 away as well but thanks to the awesome goalkeeping skills of ‘Can’t Catch me out Karl’, they were really struggling. It was an awesome game to watch and the cheer squad was on fire! Great game guys!

0-3 Loss to Beecroft SC

First time on the pitch for this AA team a combination of what was left of last year’s U/17’s and AA17’s. A good mix of young and those who aren’t 18 anymore – not mentioning any names! Out of 17 registered players we managed to scrape together 12 (where did everyone go)? So it was going to be tough with only one sub, first match of the season and up against a formidable opponent – Beecroft – who actually applied for a much higher division but didn’t get it, that’s how good they are.

Anyway, to their credit, the boys gave it their all and held up really well in the first half but then began to tire. There was no stopping Beecroft who managed to put away 3 very tidy goals. We came very close to scoring on a number of occasions but it just wasn’t our day.

Maybe next week guys when we can hopefully get a few more numbers to come and play.