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Sporting Slaughtered

» Posted by Spud on 11-May-04

Balmain easily accounted for the visit of Sporting SCC with a 4-0 victory in Saturday's clash at Birchgrove. The Tigers were short of players due to injury and illness, so this meant call-ups from the high flying reserve team for Grant Burgess and Chris Grayson, with Nick Flower moving into the centre of midfield. It was Nick Flower who opened the scoring for the Tigers, scoring after latching onto a loose ball that dropped in the box from brother Jake's free kick. Dave Hardwick then popped up to head in a second goal before Jake Flower finally broke his scoring duck with a searing left footed drive from just inside the area. Going into half time with a three goal cushion, the game looked just about over, but Sporting were granted a lifeline with a penalty late in the first half. Stand in keeper Steve Lewis was up to the challenge though, producing a great save to keep the score 3-0 at the break. The second half saw Balmain unable to capitalise on a couple of good chances until Julian Bracewell volleyed home a towering box to box clearance from keeper Lewis to make the final score 4-0. The penalty save and goal assist for Steve Lewis earned him the man of the match award.

Balmain Reserves notched up their second double-digit demolition this season with a 12-0 victory over their hapless oppponents. Starting the game against only eight men, the Tigers were quick to capitalise and had gained a 3-0 lead before Sporting fielded their full 11 players. Leading 6-0 at half time, the Tigers added another six in the second half. Jem Richardson became the third player this season to score five in a match, Dylan Zammit contributed a more than useful four goals, Honza Capek grabbed two, and Olly Roberts scored his first of the season. It was an excellent team performance, with Eamon Byrne, Hugo Muecke, and the Mongolian-lamb-powered Nick Bounds playing particularly well, but in the end coach Alex Kaltenegger couldn't go past Jem Richardson's five goals for the man of the match award.

Comments

  Posted by Max Civili at 10:22 AM on 11-May-04

Hi guys,
it's Max Civili at the keyboard. Good to see that we are dominating the league (both grades). I know that you all miss my creativity (Dave Grill in particular) and my lobs. Please do not despair, players like myself and Baggio never really give up (actually he is 2 years older than me and 2 billion dollars richer). It is also good that Jimmy came back...scottish soccer produces mostly good coaches (let's not talk about players...Dalglish and Souness were just exceptions).

Miss you all.
Max

  Posted by Paul Ritchie at 01:08 PM on 11-May-04

Lost Mobile Phone!!!
Due to me having to speed off last week before the end of the reserves game vs Sporting I left my mobile phone in the changing rooms!!! It was on the bench so if anyone came across it can they bring it down to training this week??? Cheers Paul Ritchie!!

  Posted by Alessandro del Shaino at 09:43 AM on 12-May-04

Ciao max. It's Alex here, your old striking partner from last couple of seasons. It seems the Balmain boys don't need your italian creativity or my Australian... well, my australianess! Well done to the mighty tigers, looking forward to div. 2 next year already!

  Posted by Spud at 10:31 AM on 12-May-04

Alessandro del Shaino... I like it!

  Posted by ollie " bracewell" at 05:30 PM on 13-May-04

whos spud?

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