Round 10 Reports and Club News

Presidents Report

Prior to the weekends football, 140 odd Hotspurs players, former players, parents and friends gathered at our famous annual Trivia Night. Having such a large group together is something we used to take for granted, and it was great to have some normality back again. Thanks so much to those that donated prizes and also those that spent so much time putting the night together. Later in the evening the Commercial Club noticed a spike in their Wifi use, however Im sure the best team won on the night.

After another day of sunshine at Jelbart park for Miniroos on Saturday, we hosted Wangaratta on Sunday for what was our 7^th home round at the halfway point of the season.

Thanks to those who picked up a fair amount of slack from the duty team of the day.

By the end of the day there was a large crowd on the Hotspurs Hill and tremendous banter coming from the natives. There was some excellent results over the course of the day with Spurs taking the points more often than not. Most teams are away at Twin City Wanderers this Sunday, however the Senior Men will be playing the Saturday night at Willow park. Please get along and show your support, night football is a great spectacle.

#GoSpurs

Brad Howard
President
Albury Hotspurs

All Abilities

Next home day for All Abilities is on Sunday July 11.

Miniroos

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Training today Tuesday 22 June and game Saturday 26th. Then 2 weeks off from training and games.

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Match Reports

Div.1 Men v Wangaratta Lost 1-5

The seniors were matched against the ladder leaders in what turned out to be a very tough game. The team worked very hard in the first half but unfortunately conceded a goal just on halftime to be down one goal at the break. A penalty early in the second half added plenty of controversy to the match with the kicker playing the ball against the post and following up to the place the ball in the net. It is a rare occurrence which fooled the officials. The goal should have been disallowed as a penalty taker cannot kick the ball twice. This goal really made the situation difficult for Spurs. However all fourteen Spurs players who got on the pitch played with great endeavour but found our opponents too good on the day. James Eggleston and Kristian Shipard were outstanding for Spurs and Jack Castles scoring his first senior goal was another highlight.

Women Div.1

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Div.2 Men

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Over 35s v Wangaratta Drew 3-3, then Lost 2-3!

Over 35s had a chance to move from 4^th to 3^rd on the ladder. However the effort, individual quality and team performance was below par to say the least. At half time coach Butsy told us to take up golf as we were not playing as a team. Two nice goals from Harro and Loz was not enough and the Wang keeper denied Kel’s penalty shot. We did create more chances than Wang but either our lack of quality or the Wang defence and keeper kept us to only the two goals.
The team needs to improve a lot if we want to get anything out of or game next week against a quality Twin City outfit.

Div.3 Men v Albury CityDrew 0-0

Sunday saw Hotspurs become the first team this season to take points off a strong Albury City outfit. Having lost 5-1 in the first encounter between the teams this season, we were second-favourites going into the game, but turned in probably our best performance of the season to escape Jelbart with a well-deserved draw. Spurs started the first half on the front foot, with Cody Newcomb looking strong on his return to the club, and Maja putting in some excellent work on the right wing. As the half went by, City came more into the game without overly worrying goalkeeper Harry Nagle, who dealt comfortably with anything that came his way. The calculated risk of a goal-saving foul by Marcus Cautela was punished with a red card early in the second half, but the rest of the team stepped up to make up for his absence for the remainder of the match. In spite of almost constant pressure from the home side, Spurs had opportunities to score on the break, with Maja in particular looking lively throughout, and Tomo causing trouble for the City defence with almost every touch. This performance gives us plenty to build on as we head into the second half of the season.

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17 Girls v Wangaratta Won 3-2

Sunday saw a clash between the two undefeated teams. Led by Keely, the girls took the game to Wang and controlled play throughout the first half. Wang’s key players were kept quiet for most of the first half with strong challenges and excellent possession by Spurs. Alex and the back four were solid throughout the match and closed down a number of penetrative runs from Wang’s forwards. The deadlock was broken with a timely finish from Maddie allowing Spurs to go to the break 1 – Nil up. The second half was a closer contest with the introduction of another talented Wang player in the middle. The score see-sawed with Wang’s newly introduced player striking an unstoppable shot into the top corner to make the score 1 all. This was quickly followed by a brilliant team effort to see Ro put Spurs back in front. With 5 minutes to go a lucky deflection and shot by Wang saw the score tied again. Both teams were hurting as many had played games earlier in the day and this game was turning into a survival of the fittest. With less than 2 minutes to go Hotspurs made a decisive move up the right side of the field with Alice, Rylee and Ro pushing deep into the 18 yard box only to see the ball cleared for a corner. Alice stepped up to once again deliver a splendid cross into the box finding a number of Spurs players eager to score the winning goal. It was Keely who delivered to decisive strike ending the game of the day with Spurs taking home the points. A big thank you to Elisha for her efforts in goal against a talented opposition and to Haley Quinn for her speedy diagonal runs to get in behind the defence. Finally, to the Team Captain Keely who showed excellent leadership by her example, focusing the team and encouraging them to fight hard all day.

15 Boys v Wangaratta Drew 2-2

We were a little undermanned today with some big names out injured, sick or playing elsewhere.
But the boys really gave it their all, Wang kicked a miraculous goal which was really against the run of play.
Will and Cooper were deep in midfield for 60 minutes after playing full games in the 13s just prior and were rock solid.
Patrick bagged a nice brace, but congratulations to Dustin, Nic, Sam, and Murray who started the year a little rusty but have stuck to it and made huge improvements week after week.
I’m impressed with the steady improvements and I’ve no doubt we will beat that lot next time we meet.
One of the spectators noted, “Im not sure Lambert Park has ever seen so many mullets”. Goals: Patrick Mason x2

14 Girls v Wangaratta Won 6-1

This was another milestone for this great team. Our senior players in Wildy, El and Alice had just played 90 minutes of football in the Senior ladies but came and lead their fellow team mates with their incredible will to win. Other guns like Muireann Kilroy, a full game of 13 boys and 12 girls just prior, and Rylee Steele had already taken apart the Wang Ressie ladies midfield. Then we have such accomplished footballers who play their role with infinite football smarts, courage and persistence like Shanaya, Furzey, Bi, Seanna, Ellissa and Pania. And with our newer players to the group in Lyla, Shayla and Amelia who all had their best games so far this year and are making huge improvements week to week. Also special mentions to Indi and Em for assisting after the 12s.
Most of these girls have faced this Wangaratta side on numerous occasions over the years, they class them as arch rivals. They have never beaten them by 5 goals (Justin Wild ?)
We are undefeated at the half way point of the season and the coach and manager could not be prouder. Well done.
Goals: Wildy x3, Alice x2 and Rylee x1

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12 Boys v Wangaratta Won 2-1

Today we faced Wangaratta at Lambert park, the first half was pretty even and we went into the break at nil all, in second half the team lifted there work rate and after a beautiful cross from Cayde and a pinpoint finish from Billy we were up 1 nil, Wangaratta scored on the counter not long after to make it 1-1 with 5 minutes go, once again the team never gave up and Billy scored the equaliser with literally the last kick of the game to come away with a 2-1 victory. The whole team played well, special mention to Sam, Billy, Cayde and Hector.