Samford Rangers Football Club

Our first away match at Mitchelton.

A great entertaining close game by both teams.

Congratulations to Isabella for having a fantastic first ever game. Sam proved to be an absolute superstar in goals in the second half. Christian & Jackson had a fantastic game proving to be crutial in attack and defense.

This weeks player of the week went to Brandon for once again showing his skills in the midfield.

Manchester United met Mitchelton Thunder on their home ground at Teralba Park. The numerous spectators from both teams had polarised themselves into opposite sides of the field for what was to be terrific game of Under 9 football.

The guys were beginning to demonstrate many more of their new skills and played much more cohesively as a team. There were moments of brilliance when Manchester United's passing left Mitchelton Thunder stretched but Mitchelton's attacks were to prove too numerous in what was mostly a defensive game for Manchester United while our back line including Dan, Conor, Flynn and Bailey kept them in check.

Zackary,  Harrison and Lincoln covered the mid field where a number of Manchester attacks began with swift passes forward to Mitcheltons goal that resulted in some nail biting shots at their goal by Ben and Jesse.

Matthew started the game as goal keeper and saw some spectacular saves and in the second half, in attack, he capitalised on a pass from Ben to find the back of Mitchelton's net.  Conor kept goals in the second half and made some terrific saves and dives onto the ball.

Unfortunately, the final score was not representative of the valiant game played by our guys and as our teamwork, passing and striking improves we'll likely see more on the board this season.

 For his strong defensive game, Ben was awarded "player of the match" and for a powerful and energetic game Flynn was awarded the "player of most encouragement".

Man of the match - Ben Mortensen

Team Photo - Players wearing a pink ribon for "Remember Kate Day" (thanks to all)

Player of most encouragement is Flynn Scott at far right (back row)

A very close game. Great defence from Pine Hills Hearts made scoring goals difficult. The boys all played in unfamiliar positions at times as part of the plan to give them all experience across the field.

Goal Scorers:

Sid Adams (1)

Michael Hietala (1)

This weekend we faced a very strong team in Pine Hills Rangers.  Even though we recorded our first loss for the season (2-4) the team played very well and should be proud of their efforts.

Emelio contined his red hot form in front of goals scoring twice. Jonte had another great game in goals, repelling many shots and throwing himself about.  Ben had a great game split between attack and midfield.  Declan was assured in defence as was Matthew.  Teague took many great corner kicks and was tireless in his efforts around the ground.  Jack showed some nice touches, always looking to pass to someone in a better position. Ryan was industrious around the field.

Josie was named player of the match for her tireless efforts and willingness to compete. Well done Josie!

Ray did it again; killing a drop off from the goalie for the 1:0. Michael followed with a nice shot after a great switch across the box for the 2:0 half time score.

Defence nailed it with Simon's powerful kick for the 3:0 after being motivated by a kick to his legs.

Well done all.