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Late equaliser denies Tigers victory

In what was their best showing for a couple of weeks, the Tigers outplayed Colo Colo only to concede a late equaliser in an entertaining 2-2 draw. Balmain took the lead early from a corner and went in at the break with a 1-0 lead. Colo Colo snatched a lucky equaliser midway through the second [...]

Tough derby ends in stalemate

The local derby between Balmain and Gladesville ended in a hard fought 0-0 draw despite the Tigers laying siege to the Gladesville penalty area late in the game. Both sides struggled to create meaningful chances on a pitch scattered with lumps and bumps, the piece-de-resistance being the cricket pitch in the middle which had been [...]

Sponsorship Secured

Balmain SC is pleased to announce that the Exchange Hotel, Balmain will be our proud sponsors for the 2003 season. The Exchange is situated in the heart of Balmain on The corner of Montague and Beatie streets and hosts live bands, comedy nights, great food, private function rooms and 3 main bars. Manager Simon Tripp [...]

Uncompetitive Tigers Swamped

A poor second half from Balmain enabled UTS to put the Tigers away 3-0 on Saturday. The first half was scoreless but UTS took the lead shortly after the restart. Balmain got a sniff when UTS had a player sent off for saying something that the very pedantic referee didn’t agree with. However they couldn’t [...]

Points shared in tough encounter

The Tigers were denied victory on Saturday by a Trasandinos side that twice came back from a goal down to earn a 2-2 draw. In an entertaining game, the Tigers had the better of the first half but were shaded in the second, with only poor finishing preventing Trasandinos from winning the game at the [...]

Solid start by both grades

Balmain started season 2003 off with victories in both grades away to Roosters FC on Sunday. The first team played reasonably well in a 3-1 victory, with Dave Hardwick opening the scoring, and Vinnie Leonard bagging a second half double. In the earlier game, a great first half saw the Reserves take a 2-0 lead. [...]