DUFF ROSE BOWL QUARTER FINAL
FDMC CENTRAL FINANCE (3) v Woodleigh (2)
FDMC SURVIVE A FRIGHT AS THEY EDGE A DOUR ENCOUNTER!!
FDMC won their quarter final match against a spirited Woodleigh who battled hard to frustrate the home team and when they scored a late headed goal to make it 3-2 they had everyone on their edge of their seat.
FDMC looked flat from the start, unable to display their normal high level of energy or fast flowing tempo to their game. Throughout a poor quality game on a very bumpy pitch, Woodleigh offered nothing really from open play that looked like threatening the home team's defence, but FDMC struggled to gain any fluidity to their game with a lack of movement, poor passing and option taking.
In a dour, scrathcy game that seemed to fuel the enthusiasm of the visitors, it was a moment of real magic that opened the scoring when Morgan HALL scooped up a poor clearance from a corner kick and drilled a superb shot from the edge of the penalty box into the top corner of the net leaving the Woodleigh goalkeeper with no chance.
The home team went in at half time 1-0 up and searching for some inspiration that might inject some life into the performance but the second half continued to drift along with neither side taking a grip on the game. Woodleigh levelled the score from a corner kick, mid way through the second half with a thunderbolt header, from an unmarked player and this seemed to be the jolt that FDMC needed. A sweeping move down the right, resulted in a superb cross to the far post and Andrew CROWE nipped in front of his marker to guide a header home and restore the lead.
Domenico SQUATRITI latched on to another good cross from the right to steer home the third and at last FDMC enjoyed some breathing space in a very scratchy game. With nothing to lose and about 10 minutes left on the clock, Woodleigh threw a number of players forward in an attempt to salvage the game and forced a number of set pieces and corner kicks that put the home side under pressure and they were rewarded for their efforts when they scored another header that took a wicked bounce of the bumpy ground into the roof of the net.
The last five minutes of the game proved to be very edgy as Woodleigh gambled even further in pursuit of an equaliser looking to take the game into extra time but FDMC held their nerve to see out a game that will certainly not go down as a classic.
FDMC can now look forward to the Semi Final next Saturday as the team seek to extend their dream run this season and earn a unique place in the Duff Rose Bowl Final to be played at Yarrows Stadium on Sunday September 14th.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
1ST X1 CLUB NEWS
FDMC CENTRAL FINANCE 2008
TARANAKI MENS SENIOR PREMIER DIVISION
RUNNERS UP / CHALLENGE TROPHY WINNERS
LEAGUE STATS:
PLAYED - 18
WON - 11
DREW - 4
LOST - 3
GOALS SCORED - 57
GOALS AGAINST - 38
GOAL DIFFERENCE - +19
TOP GOAL SCORER - TOMAS MOSQUERA (24 LEAGUE GOALS) AND MORGAN HALL (16 LEAGUE GOALS)
TARANAKI MENS SENIOR PREMIER DIVISION
RUNNERS UP / CHALLENGE TROPHY WINNERS
LEAGUE STATS:
PLAYED - 18
WON - 11
DREW - 4
LOST - 3
GOALS SCORED - 57
GOALS AGAINST - 38
GOAL DIFFERENCE - +19
TOP GOAL SCORER - TOMAS MOSQUERA (24 LEAGUE GOALS) AND MORGAN HALL (16 LEAGUE GOALS)
1st X1 Match Images
FDMC CENTRAL FINANCE - 2008 TARANAKI SENIOR MENS PREMIER LEAGUE "CHALLENGE TROPHY WINNERS"
Junior / Youth Match Report
FDMC Celtics (12) V NPR (0)
THE CELTICS ARE STILL FLYING HIGH AT THE TOP OF THE 13TH GRADE DIVISION!!
Goals to: Brook MELODY -2 Damien MOSQUERA -2 Thomas DONLAN -2 Satch PRYOR -2 Jack CONWAY -2 Aarron RANSFIELD -1 Andrew HUESSER -1
With 26 teams covering four divisions in the 13 grade, FDMC CELTIC still find themselves unbeaten this season and top of the first division as they push to secure the Championship in coming weeks. This is a really fantastic achievement for the players and management - a great acomplishment for these boys.
With just three game remaining this season, the boys are playing great football with good team work giving them the results they deserve.
THE CELTICS ARE STILL FLYING HIGH AT THE TOP OF THE 13TH GRADE DIVISION!!
Goals to: Brook MELODY -2 Damien MOSQUERA -2 Thomas DONLAN -2 Satch PRYOR -2 Jack CONWAY -2 Aarron RANSFIELD -1 Andrew HUESSER -1
With 26 teams covering four divisions in the 13 grade, FDMC CELTIC still find themselves unbeaten this season and top of the first division as they push to secure the Championship in coming weeks. This is a really fantastic achievement for the players and management - a great acomplishment for these boys.
With just three game remaining this season, the boys are playing great football with good team work giving them the results they deserve.
1st X1 Match Report
FDMC Central Finance (3) v NPR (1)
Ending on a high note ...but it aint over just yet!!
FDMC Central Finance put in a commanding performance to comfortably win 3-1 against local rivals New Plymouth Rangers and end their league season on a high and can look forward to taking some good form in to the Quarter Final of the Duff Rose Bowl next Saturday.
NPR started brightly and played some neat football through midfield without actually penetrating the defence or creating clear cut chances and it was the home side who had to work hard to contain their opponents. After the initial flurry of play in the opening 15 minutes the game started to settle down and FDMC began to hustle well and turn over more posession. They used the ball well and threatened well down the left hand side with Andrew Crowe dazzling down the left hand side and combining well with Morgan HALL and Tomas MOSQUERA.
With NPR contesting every decision that the referee made, the game became niggly and disjointed but the home team continued to play with much more purpose and it was Tomas MOSQUERA who opened the scoring with a clinical finish inside the box. The lead was stretched moments later when a long ball over the top from MCGRATH sent MOSQUERA scampering down the right wing and a superb ball to the near post was tucked away in a flash by Morgan HALL. MOSQUERA missed a golden opportunity to add to his goal tally but missed an easy chance with the goal begging.
FDMC went in at half time with a comfortable lead and in total control of the game and they started the second half with the same level of intensity. With most of the NPR players continuing to contest every decision made by the referee the spirit of the game was severly tested and FDMC maintained their discipline well. FDMC always looked comfortable on the ball and with some fluid passing movements they were able to stretch their opponents on a number of occasions and were unlucky to not add to the two goals in the first half.
NPR looked for inspiration from the bench and made three substitutions in an attempt to change the flow of the game, but it made little difference to a determined home team. NPR grabbed themselves a life line when they scored from a quickly taken free kick with fifteen minutes left, catching keeper Stefan WALSH off his line but it was probably the only real chance that they had created all game. It spurred FDMC into action and with the away team tiring quickly, Andrew CROWE and Morgan HALL linked well to create two golden opportunities to score. Both were unlucky to see good chances just creep past the post with the keeper beaten. It was left to Morgan HALL to wrap up the game with his second goal five minutes from time and seal a well deserved victory and a dominant performance.
An excellent performance that leaves FDMC three points clear in second place above rivals Hawera, who have yet to play their final game against Eltham - Hawera needing to win by a four goal margin to steal "Runners Up" in the league. The joy and relief of signing off with a commanding victory also gave the home team their first ever Senior Cup win, as they secured the Challange Trophy for 2008, that they first won on April 5th, in their opening game of the season against back to back Champions, Waitara Football Club. The college looks forward to having their name engraved on the impressive piece of silverware for ever and a day!!
A BIG THANKS TO ALL OF THE PLAYERS, PARENTS, COLLEGE STAFF AND SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE MADE THIS YEAR THE MOST FANTASTIC SEASON OF FOOTBALL AND HAVE ENABLED THIS TO BE SO MEMORABLE IN MANY MNAY WAYS!!
Ending on a high note ...but it aint over just yet!!
FDMC Central Finance put in a commanding performance to comfortably win 3-1 against local rivals New Plymouth Rangers and end their league season on a high and can look forward to taking some good form in to the Quarter Final of the Duff Rose Bowl next Saturday.
NPR started brightly and played some neat football through midfield without actually penetrating the defence or creating clear cut chances and it was the home side who had to work hard to contain their opponents. After the initial flurry of play in the opening 15 minutes the game started to settle down and FDMC began to hustle well and turn over more posession. They used the ball well and threatened well down the left hand side with Andrew Crowe dazzling down the left hand side and combining well with Morgan HALL and Tomas MOSQUERA.
With NPR contesting every decision that the referee made, the game became niggly and disjointed but the home team continued to play with much more purpose and it was Tomas MOSQUERA who opened the scoring with a clinical finish inside the box. The lead was stretched moments later when a long ball over the top from MCGRATH sent MOSQUERA scampering down the right wing and a superb ball to the near post was tucked away in a flash by Morgan HALL. MOSQUERA missed a golden opportunity to add to his goal tally but missed an easy chance with the goal begging.
FDMC went in at half time with a comfortable lead and in total control of the game and they started the second half with the same level of intensity. With most of the NPR players continuing to contest every decision made by the referee the spirit of the game was severly tested and FDMC maintained their discipline well. FDMC always looked comfortable on the ball and with some fluid passing movements they were able to stretch their opponents on a number of occasions and were unlucky to not add to the two goals in the first half.
NPR looked for inspiration from the bench and made three substitutions in an attempt to change the flow of the game, but it made little difference to a determined home team. NPR grabbed themselves a life line when they scored from a quickly taken free kick with fifteen minutes left, catching keeper Stefan WALSH off his line but it was probably the only real chance that they had created all game. It spurred FDMC into action and with the away team tiring quickly, Andrew CROWE and Morgan HALL linked well to create two golden opportunities to score. Both were unlucky to see good chances just creep past the post with the keeper beaten. It was left to Morgan HALL to wrap up the game with his second goal five minutes from time and seal a well deserved victory and a dominant performance.
An excellent performance that leaves FDMC three points clear in second place above rivals Hawera, who have yet to play their final game against Eltham - Hawera needing to win by a four goal margin to steal "Runners Up" in the league. The joy and relief of signing off with a commanding victory also gave the home team their first ever Senior Cup win, as they secured the Challange Trophy for 2008, that they first won on April 5th, in their opening game of the season against back to back Champions, Waitara Football Club. The college looks forward to having their name engraved on the impressive piece of silverware for ever and a day!!
A BIG THANKS TO ALL OF THE PLAYERS, PARENTS, COLLEGE STAFF AND SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE MADE THIS YEAR THE MOST FANTASTIC SEASON OF FOOTBALL AND HAVE ENABLED THIS TO BE SO MEMORABLE IN MANY MNAY WAYS!!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Junior / Youth Match Results
FDMC CELTIC (5) Hawera (0)
Goals to: Damien Mosquera / Thomas Donlon / Jack Conway / Cavan Wild / Jack Earp
An all round team effort for the boys with four games to go until the end of
the season.
Goals to: Damien Mosquera / Thomas Donlon / Jack Conway / Cavan Wild / Jack Earp
An all round team effort for the boys with four games to go until the end of
the season.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
1st X1 Match Report
Eltham (4) v FDMC (7)
A valuable win but still leaking goals!!
FDMC responded perfectly to a recent dip in form and rattled seven goals past a very physical Eltham team to get back on track. 5-0 up at half time and coasting the team must have thought that the job was done and conceded four quick goals in a bizarre 10 minutes of play that saw Eltham fight back and give FDMC a real scare in a game that demonstrated the very best and worst of this talented young team.
Some superb football carved open numerous early chances for the away team and Thomas SMITH opened the scoring with an excellent low drive into the corner of the net from the edge of the box. Fluid passing movements and excellent running of the ball led to a second for Tomas MOSQUERA which was quickly followed by a third from close range. At 3-0 down Eltham responded through frustration with some very heavy challenges and it was there wreckless tackling that nearly had a player sent off and ultimately led to a penalty kick. Morgan HALL kept his cool to slot home the spot kick and in a half of great play Tomas MOSQUERA rounded of his hat trick in style.
With the game won, or at least so it seemed, FDMC made a number of changes at half time and pushed forward in the early minutes of the game. In a surreal 10 minutes that followed Eltham found themselves in some good attacking positions and scored not one, but two, three and four goals in quick succession - with nothing to lose and throwing players forward they were able to catch the FDMC midfield ahead of the ball time and time again and exploited their numerical advantage to great effect. 5-4 and the game was back in the balance, but with great resolve the young players responded well and played with more shape and discipline as the game went on.
More steady at the back, Aaron HUESSER, Thomas SMITH and Andrew CROWE had more of a platform to play from and they started to combine well with the striker. It was CROWE who seized on a mistake by their keeper to slide home the sixth goal and give his team some breathing space. Morgan HALL rounded the keeper to add a seventh and by the end of the game FDMC had restored their authority and recorded a well deserved victory.
A valuable win but still leaking goals!!
FDMC responded perfectly to a recent dip in form and rattled seven goals past a very physical Eltham team to get back on track. 5-0 up at half time and coasting the team must have thought that the job was done and conceded four quick goals in a bizarre 10 minutes of play that saw Eltham fight back and give FDMC a real scare in a game that demonstrated the very best and worst of this talented young team.
Some superb football carved open numerous early chances for the away team and Thomas SMITH opened the scoring with an excellent low drive into the corner of the net from the edge of the box. Fluid passing movements and excellent running of the ball led to a second for Tomas MOSQUERA which was quickly followed by a third from close range. At 3-0 down Eltham responded through frustration with some very heavy challenges and it was there wreckless tackling that nearly had a player sent off and ultimately led to a penalty kick. Morgan HALL kept his cool to slot home the spot kick and in a half of great play Tomas MOSQUERA rounded of his hat trick in style.
With the game won, or at least so it seemed, FDMC made a number of changes at half time and pushed forward in the early minutes of the game. In a surreal 10 minutes that followed Eltham found themselves in some good attacking positions and scored not one, but two, three and four goals in quick succession - with nothing to lose and throwing players forward they were able to catch the FDMC midfield ahead of the ball time and time again and exploited their numerical advantage to great effect. 5-4 and the game was back in the balance, but with great resolve the young players responded well and played with more shape and discipline as the game went on.
More steady at the back, Aaron HUESSER, Thomas SMITH and Andrew CROWE had more of a platform to play from and they started to combine well with the striker. It was CROWE who seized on a mistake by their keeper to slide home the sixth goal and give his team some breathing space. Morgan HALL rounded the keeper to add a seventh and by the end of the game FDMC had restored their authority and recorded a well deserved victory.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
1st X1 Match Report
Peringa (3) v FDMC Central Finance (2)
FDMC SLUMP TO ANOTHER DEFEAT
On another wet and very gusty day for football, FDMC slumped to their third defeat in Round 2, handing back the initiative to Hawera in the race to secure runners up.
Against a Peringa team who offered little more than an impressive will to win, FDMC were certainly the better side but gifted their opponents two goals through a comedy of errors and some individual mistakes. Football proving once again that unless you stop conceding goals at one end, you are building on sand, no matter how potent your potential at the other end.
FDMC started well and played some good football in the first half, rarely threatened at the other end in open play and comfortably controlling posession and territory. The hugely impressive Shane GARNER was playing with a real buzz down the left hand side and teased the opposition with intricate skills, build up play and pin point crosses into the box. Midfield dominance resulted in several half chances before Rory GARNER scored the opener with a superb header from a corner kick, timing his run to perfection and nodding the ball home.
Out of nothing, a mistake by Stefan WALSH gifted Peringa an equaliser, as he came to collect a looping ball on the six yard box and misjudged it completely only to see the ball bounce into an empty net. FDMC soon established the lead once more when Morgan HALL pounced on to a wicked defelction to slot home the teams second and order was restored - it seemed.
Again out of nothing, Peringa grabbed a second equaliser when the dangerous Leighton DEARDON somehow skipped through two tackles, when seemingly well covered by a number of defenders to smash home a rasping shot from just inside the box. To their credit it was a very well taken shot that left goalkeeper, WALSH with no chance.
The second half of the game followed the pattern of the first in terms of territory and posession but FDMC increasingly failed to press home their advantage and take a number of golden opportunities to bury the game. Poor finishing, incorrect option taking and a "bit of luck" assisted Peringa's dogged defence but the increasing frustration was evident for all to see.
Peringa made only a few breaks into the FDMC half during the second half but as the game went on it was starting to look like they were more likely to score out of the two sides. DEARDON went close twice as the FDMC defence was at sixes and sevens time and time again. The inevitable happened with five minutes to go as three defenders and the goalkeeper suffered a moment of madness that cost FDMC the game and gifted the home team with a narrow win.
It was nothing more than FDMC could have expected given the fact that they seemed incapable of defending with any level of consistency and made significant errors that proved to be costly. Being the better team and playing the better football was no consolation as the team continues to find that winning formula that served them so well for so much of the season.
Back to the drawing board at training this week and some adjustment required to the attitude of the squad, who will need to turn round their current form fast if they have any hope of cementing second place and looking forward to a good run in the Cup.
FDMC SLUMP TO ANOTHER DEFEAT
On another wet and very gusty day for football, FDMC slumped to their third defeat in Round 2, handing back the initiative to Hawera in the race to secure runners up.
Against a Peringa team who offered little more than an impressive will to win, FDMC were certainly the better side but gifted their opponents two goals through a comedy of errors and some individual mistakes. Football proving once again that unless you stop conceding goals at one end, you are building on sand, no matter how potent your potential at the other end.
FDMC started well and played some good football in the first half, rarely threatened at the other end in open play and comfortably controlling posession and territory. The hugely impressive Shane GARNER was playing with a real buzz down the left hand side and teased the opposition with intricate skills, build up play and pin point crosses into the box. Midfield dominance resulted in several half chances before Rory GARNER scored the opener with a superb header from a corner kick, timing his run to perfection and nodding the ball home.
Out of nothing, a mistake by Stefan WALSH gifted Peringa an equaliser, as he came to collect a looping ball on the six yard box and misjudged it completely only to see the ball bounce into an empty net. FDMC soon established the lead once more when Morgan HALL pounced on to a wicked defelction to slot home the teams second and order was restored - it seemed.
Again out of nothing, Peringa grabbed a second equaliser when the dangerous Leighton DEARDON somehow skipped through two tackles, when seemingly well covered by a number of defenders to smash home a rasping shot from just inside the box. To their credit it was a very well taken shot that left goalkeeper, WALSH with no chance.
The second half of the game followed the pattern of the first in terms of territory and posession but FDMC increasingly failed to press home their advantage and take a number of golden opportunities to bury the game. Poor finishing, incorrect option taking and a "bit of luck" assisted Peringa's dogged defence but the increasing frustration was evident for all to see.
Peringa made only a few breaks into the FDMC half during the second half but as the game went on it was starting to look like they were more likely to score out of the two sides. DEARDON went close twice as the FDMC defence was at sixes and sevens time and time again. The inevitable happened with five minutes to go as three defenders and the goalkeeper suffered a moment of madness that cost FDMC the game and gifted the home team with a narrow win.
It was nothing more than FDMC could have expected given the fact that they seemed incapable of defending with any level of consistency and made significant errors that proved to be costly. Being the better team and playing the better football was no consolation as the team continues to find that winning formula that served them so well for so much of the season.
Back to the drawing board at training this week and some adjustment required to the attitude of the squad, who will need to turn round their current form fast if they have any hope of cementing second place and looking forward to a good run in the Cup.
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