| Glen Waverley Soccer Club - Mens Seniors & Reserves |
Round 20 v Eltham (home - catch up round)
The original round 20 games were called off, with GWN under water followed
the deluge on the previous Friday. As were most of the games that weekend.
So we ended up tagging the game on at the end of the season, since it was
one of the most important games in our short history. The reserves also got
their fun in the sun.
Venue - Glen Waverley North Reserve
Pitch - perfect, second time round
Weather - perfect, second time round
Canteen - we did our best, bbq and drinks.
Crowd - large and boisterous - mixture of bogans
and cultured souls
Reserves
Result ... Won 8-2
Scorers ... Yure (2), Chris M, Lloyd, Theo, Alex M,
Bill G. Kenny
This ended up being the last game of the season for the reserves and boy did
they finish on a high.
Everyone it seemed wanted to join in the fun of scoring. Even after putting
5 past the hapless visitors
by half time and being asked to slow down, the lads still rattled in another
three. The young players who made up the bulk of the team made their mark,
but it was also good to see Bill G and Theo get on the score sheet again.
Especially after being there to do all the hard work for the others.
A terrific season came to an end with boys lying 4th on the ladder. With 2
games not played and
against teams they'd beaten previously, there was a fair chance they could
have wrapped up runners up spot, and rightfully so.
Player's player of the year votes
Lloyd ... 24 points
Alex M ... 14
Yure ... 9
Seniors
Result ... Lost 1-4
Scorer ... Johnny (2nd half sometime)
So for the final game of the season, the lads needed the three points to
stay in 10th spot. However
Eltham decided that they'd come to play because 4th spot in the league was
SOOOOO important.
Anyway, they didn't do us any favours and came to play competitively and
ultimately ran our comfortable winners.
On the day, it was just one match too far for our lads. Injuries and
rescheduled games took their toll
and our team just wasn't up to it. Two goals to the visitors in the first
half just about killed the game.
Johnny gave us some hope in the second half but Eltham had other ideas and
powered home 4-1
winners. That ended our season just as it had began, with a loss. There was
plenty of effort nevertheless and Gazz, Johnny, Stevie W and Jules gave
their all.
A final position of 11th on the ladder was not a fair reflection of our
capabilities, but it doesn't lie.
Player's player of the year votes
Gazz ... 18 points
Johnny/Stevie W ... 13
Jules ,,, 12
The original round 20 games were called off, with GWN under water followed
the deluge on the previous Friday. As were most of the games that weekend.
So we ended up tagging the game on at the end of the season, since it was
one of the most important games in our short history. The reserves also got
their fun in the sun.
Venue - Glen Waverley North Reserve
Pitch - perfect, second time round
Weather - perfect, second time round
Canteen - we did our best, bbq and drinks.
Crowd - large and boisterous - mixture of bogans
and cultured souls
Reserves
Result ... Won 8-2
Scorers ... Yure (2), Chris M, Lloyd, Theo, Alex M,
Bill G. Kenny
This ended up being the last game of the season for the reserves and boy did
they finish on a high.
Everyone it seemed wanted to join in the fun of scoring. Even after putting
5 past the hapless visitors
by half time and being asked to slow down, the lads still rattled in another
three. The young players who made up the bulk of the team made their mark,
but it was also good to see Bill G and Theo get on the score sheet again.
Especially after being there to do all the hard work for the others.
A terrific season came to an end with boys lying 4th on the ladder. With 2
games not played and
against teams they'd beaten previously, there was a fair chance they could
have wrapped up runners up spot, and rightfully so.
Player's player of the year votes
Lloyd ... 24 points
Alex M ... 14
Yure ... 9
Seniors
Result ... Lost 1-4
Scorer ... Johnny (2nd half sometime)
So for the final game of the season, the lads needed the three points to
stay in 10th spot. However
Eltham decided that they'd come to play because 4th spot in the league was
SOOOOO important.
Anyway, they didn't do us any favours and came to play competitively and
ultimately ran our comfortable winners.
On the day, it was just one match too far for our lads. Injuries and
rescheduled games took their toll
and our team just wasn't up to it. Two goals to the visitors in the first
half just about killed the game.
Johnny gave us some hope in the second half but Eltham had other ideas and
powered home 4-1
winners. That ended our season just as it had began, with a loss. There was
plenty of effort nevertheless and Gazz, Johnny, Stevie W and Jules gave
their all.
A final position of 11th on the ladder was not a fair reflection of our
capabilities, but it doesn't lie.
Player's player of the year votes
Gazz ... 18 points
Johnny/Stevie W ... 13
Jules ,,, 12
