DUFF ROSE BOWL SEMI FINAL
FDMC CENTRAL FINANCE (3) V HAWERA (1)
FDMC STORM INTO THE DUFF ROSE BOWL FINALS!!
FDMC put in a first class performance to blast into the finals and set up a fairytale final against League Champions, Waitara. Three first half goals by Shane GARNER, Tomas MOSQUERA and Morgan HALL sealed the win and fired the team into history.
In a tense game against a very strong Hawera team, FDMC took an early lead courtesy of a sweeping move from right to left, finished with a sweet strike on the run by Shane GARNER. Hawera immediately hit back with a quality goal of their own to make it 1-1 but FDMC responded with a superb goal direct from the restart, Tomas MOSQUERA turning in a goal from close range to finish off a neat passing move down the right hand side. The swift response rocked the visitors and visibly took the wind out of their sails - from the ecstasy of scoring an equaliser to the low of conceding a quick second goal, FDMC took control again.
As the first half came to a close, FDMC had more territory and posession which they converted into a third goal, scored by Morgan HALL, who once again showed his class and calm manner in front of goal. At 3-1 going in at half time, there was still much to play for but a controlled and disciplined performance kept Hawera at bay and only restricting them to a few half chances.
As the game came to a close, FDMC had further chances to extend their lead but they failed to convert leaving them comfortably in control and through to the Duff Rose Bowl Final for the first time ever.
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Congratulations for getting one step further than the 1989 team. Good luck for the final!
HEY b - THANKS FOR POSTING, LET ME KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND MORE ABOUT THAT 1989 TEAM.
WERE YOU PLAYING? OR JUST HAVE SOME ARCHIVE KNOWLEDGE?
WE WILL BE TRYING OUR BEST TO WIN THE TROPHY ON SATURDAY!!
IAN MCGRATH
I'm obviously from that era as I haven't figured out to update my blogger tag yet!
My name is Brendon Rae, and I'm currently in Melbourne so will not be able to watch the match.
If you grab a yearbook from the library you'll see we won the Youth League for the second year in a row that year. In our squad we had fellow Taranaki age-group reps Adam Chylek, John Clarke (went on to play professional football in the lower leagues in England for a while) and Sean Cunningham (older brother of Paul who just dipped out on making the Olywhites squad). I see a couple of other team members still play in NP (i.e. Nikki Marinovich), while Jock Ross inspired the team he had worked with for several years.
The following year most of the squad went to play for the club based at Lynmouth Park, I'm not sure why. I bused back from Waikato University to play for them each weekend, but without regular training it was the beginning of the end for my career. Wayne Kibby may be able to shed some light on the move - he was a key force within the school in getting soccer "accepted" as a legitimate competitor to rugby and its really good to see how far the sport has progressed at FDMC.
Best of luck for the weekend, would be great if some video highlights were made available!
Brendon
BRENDAN,
Great to hear from you - would you mind if i added that stuff to the blogspot page?
Are you in contact with any of the old boys?
If so encourage them to contact me on:
ian.mcgrath@fdmc.school.nz
keep watching for the match result and i will try to get some multimedia options for the match.
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