A blast from the past......Brendon RAE ( a member of the FDMC 1st X1 in 1989) writes
My name is Brendon Rae, and I'm currently in Melbourne so will not be able to watch the match (Duff Rose Bowl Final).
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 Oly Whites 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 pushing soccer 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
Great to hear from you Brendon and we will be doing our best to get a win in the final on Saturday!!
Any other old boys from this era, please contact me on ian.mcgrath@fdmc.school.nz
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Congratulations to all the FDMC first eleven football squad for all your achievements this year.
I have been following your results from 12,500 miles away in the UK and have had great pleasure to see the progress and success you have all achieved in such a short space of time. The Cup final on Saturday is the pinnacle of all your success, so the best of luck, give it all you have, and most of all play with a smile on your face and enjoy it.
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