MINIROOS & 12 BOYS IS OFF

Unfortunately due to the condition of the grounds all Miniroos training has been cancelled for today.

Presidents Report

Gday Spurs,
Sunday was a cracking day where we celebrated Mothers Day as well as having our Female Football week celebrations.
Our very young Division 1 Ladies team were incredibly gallant in defeat against the league leaders United. Its awesome to see the development of so many of these talented players who have been at the club since Miniroos. It wont be long until they develop the strength to dominate this competition. Our youngest Sunday Girls team the U/12s played straight afterwards and are showing signs of following in their footsteps, remaining undefeated in a dominant performance.
Praise indeed to all those that have helped them get to this level and it is evidence that our Miniroos program and the efforts for all our female competitors is really working.

Respect our Referees:

Spectators Code of Conduct

Again, we need to remind ourselves of how we should be acting whilst being a Hotspurs spectator.
As we have touched on previously, the number 1 rule in the FFA Spectator Code of Behaviour instructs us to;

‘Respect the decisions of Match Officials and teach our children to do the same’.

I know Albury Hotspurs have a tremendously passionate supporter base, this is why I believe we can be the drivers of a cultural change that sees us never cross the line between good supportive banter and abusive language towards officials, players, coaches and managers.   Without match officials we do not have a game, please respect them and their decisions at all times and lets make sure Hotspurs are setting the best example.

This Sunday we are home again and it looks a chilly one against Twin City.

Our new SPURS Beanies are becoming very popular so get on board. Available in the canteen.

#GoSpurs

Brad Howard
President
Albury Hotspurs

Trivia Night – Book your ticket

When: Friday 18 th June 2021
Where: Commercial Club ALbury
Time: 7pm start
Cost:

• $25 Adults 19 years and over
• $15 Youths 16-18 years

RSVP: 5:00 PM Wednesday 9th June

Tables of 8-10 people
Book your ticket/s here now

Great prizes. Finger food provided. Drinks at bar prices.

*Donation of Prizes required thank you – can be left at canteen on match/training times.

Major Sponsor, Beyond Bank

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New Club Short

Thanks to sponsors, Beyond Bank Australia and Bonetti’s Pizza & pasta the club shorts and new strips looked fantastic.
#GoSpurs

Current Stock – 11/5/2021

K2 x 3, K6 x 1, K8 x 8, K10 x 1, K12 x 4, K14 x 4, K16 x 9.
S x 15, M x 4, 2XL x 1.
L6 x 2, L8 x 1 L10 x 3, L12 x 5, L14 x 2, L16 x 1, L18 x 2.

Club happy to exchange size if pair in very good condition.
Additional pair can be purchased $25 each.
*Note registered player yet to recieve a pair have first priorety with stock.

Club Shop

Place your Made to Order club gear ASAP. Cut off date Friday 14 May for mid May delivery. Go to the shop!

Current Stock – 11/5/2021

Fleece Hoodie $35
K8 x 2, K10 x 2, K12 x 2, K14 x 1, M x 2, XL x 2

Jackets $35
L8 x 1, L12 x 1, S x 3, 2XL x 1, 3XL x 1

Polo shirts $30
K8 x 2, K10 x 2, K12 x 2, K14 x 2, S x 1, M x 4, XL x 2

WOW Caps x 5 only $15

Neck Ties x 8 ony $25

Scarves $20

New SPURS pom pom Beanie available from the canteen $20each

Match Reports

Div.1 Men v Boomers Lost 0-5

It was a tough day at the office for the senior men. Our injury list is getting bigger and we came up against a well organised team. We had some early chances to score and put some pressure on but this was not to be. Boomers certainly took their opportunities well. The postive from the game was Will Karantanis, Jack Castles and Leo Castles all had a chance to play seniors and all three played very well. The younger team members Harrison Maher, Kristian Shipard and Ben Gardiner all worked hard for the Spurs. We look forward to a better result next week.

Women Div.1 v United Lost 0-3

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Div.2 Men v Boomers Lost 1-2

Another challenging week for the boys against the top side. We had two new faces with us this week with James Eggleston and Andrew Bonetti joining us for their first runout with the ressies. The game started at a very fast pace and stayed that way, unfortunately we found ourselves down after just 9 minutes but James equalised for us at the 25^th minute. Both teams continued to press and Boomers scored again in the 60^th minute and butchered 2 more opportunities in the last couple of minutes. Previously we would have walked away from this match happy that we were only beaten by one goal but such is the growth and belief of the team, now they walk away disappointed. The loss sees us sitting in 5^th position and taking on 6^th placed Twin City this weekend.  

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Over 35s v Boomers Won 2-0

Mother’s day had the team from Glen Park visit us for a pulsating encounter of football. The team was wondering how we would go for the first time against the mythical Platini, after Boomers FC enacted his buyout clause in the previous COVID hit season. Spurs were right in the gun with some injuries and unavailability leaving us a little short on the bench. The referees association decided that it was that big of a spectacle that they threw on one of the regions up and coming stars in the centre for his senior football referee debut. The game certainly heated up instantly with the Colonel getting into the French marauder from the start and there was much fanfare when he threw his escargot on the ground in disgust but Boomers were soon on the back foot after Kel recreated a classic Bergkamp finish for us to be up 1-0 after 6 minutes, Boomers forced an excellent save from Edwardo in goals but Spurs were dominating and when Harro played possibly the cross of the season for Kinno to bury it 2-0 was the lead. Boomers tried to come back into the game through some dubious handballing tactics but it soon became a war of attrition as both teams started to get injuries from the frenetic pace. It was great to see the boys control the game but next week will be a tougher occasion as we play a white hot Twin City who are currently second on the ladder. This win leaves us in 5^th place but hopefully over the next month or so our injuries and availability will improve for a us to build on a big second half of the season. Thanks to Brad for running the middle and to all the supporters for coming out and for Scotty and his efforts to win the bib!

Div.3 Men v Diamonds Lost 1-2

match report pending, match report pending, match report pending.

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17 Girls had a bye

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15 Boys had a bye

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14 Girls had a bye

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12 Boys v Boomers Won 7-1

This week the team played SS&A Boomers and due to the opposition only having 10 players we had to play 10 v 10. After adjusting to a new formation we opened the scoring and didn’t look back, winning the game 7-1. Goal scorer’s on the day were Cayde, Connor, Noah, Harry and Taj. Sam, Hector and Alec also played well.

12 Girls v Wangaratta Won 7-0

On a lovely afternoon for soccer our girls showed up raring to go. We were the set up team for the day so most of the girls had been around the club a lot of the day, their highlight was walking on with the Senior ladies for their game.
The game started off a mile a minute and we kept getting sucked in to the contest and pulled out of position. With some direction from the sideline the girls reverted back to their structure and this lead to instant success. Pallas who was playing wide on the left found herself in acres of space and took the game on and calmly finished past the keeper to make it 1-0. This was followed quickly with a goal by Mia Harding her first for the club, she becomes the highest scoring Harding at the club with her father Scott still awaiting his first goal after 4 years ?.  A further goal by MJ directly from a corner brought us into the break 3-0 up.  At HT the girls got very excited to see our Senior ladies come over to support them, some were more excited about the possibility of having some of the Mother’s day Cake that the Senior ladies seemed to be enjoying! We jumped out of the blocks quickly with outstanding finishes by both Stam and Pallas to make it 5-0. Our 6^th goal was a familiar combination with Lily N finishing from an MJ corner, I count that as the 6^th this season in all competitions from this combination with many more to come I am sure. We saved our best goal until last, Indie who is our outstanding centre half asks every week can I run with the ball, the answer we give is in most situations you need to stick to our structure and try to get the ball out wide and build. This week we gave Indie a little form freedom in the second half and played her in midfield with 10 minutes to go. Her powerful running from midfield was similar to Steven Gerrard, breaking the line a couple of times and almost breaking the net with smashing finish. This was Indie’s first goal for the club and with a finish like that I can see many more coming. We may need to find a new Centre Half.
Well done to the girls on a fabulous win and a big thank you to all our parents and the girls who helped during the day with set up, BBQ, canteen and pack down.
Go Spurs

Match reports and newsletter information

Please email all match reports, photos and Hotspurs news to info@alburyhotspurs.com.au by Tuesday morning at 9am.

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Presidents Report

On Sunday we were back home hosting Myrtleford Savoys. There were some great results for Spurs across all junior grades in the boys and girls teams. The Senior Men fought on honourably after going down to 10 men and you can see they are going to get some reward for their efforts once they maintain some consistency.
Our Quest Albury MiniRoos season kicked off on Saturday and Alexandra Park was a sea of Gold with our record number of MiniRoos taking the field for the 2021 season. Worth noting that part of this was 4 x dedicated female teams which is again record breaking and a credit to our MiniRoos program and organisers.
This Sunday is Mothers Day and is all about our female competitors for Female Football week.
Hotspurs have a great history of brilliant female footballers and we can once again celebrate this on game day.
We will be hosting Boomers FC across some teams but our Senior Ladies will be playing arch rivals United at 11:20am on Aloysius. Post this game we will be cutting some cake in celebration before we witness our youngest females the U/12 girls playing for points against Wangaratta on Lambert.
Olivia will be putting on some great Canteen specials for Mothers Day so those involved can make a day of it.

#GoSpurs

Brad Howard
President
Albury Hotspurs

Trivia Night – Save the date

When: Friday 18 th June 2021
Where: Commercial Club ALbury
Time: 7pm start
Cost:

• $25 Adults 19 years and over
• $15 Youths 16-18 years

RSVP: 5:00 PM Wednesday 9th June

Tables of 8-10 people
Book your ticket/s here now

Great prizes. Finger food provided. Drinks at bar prices.

*Donation of Prizes required thank you – can be left at canteen on match/training times.

Fixtures Results Ladders

With the introduction of SportsTG/GameDay all Fixtures, Results and Ladders are now availbe to view under menu…
SEASON 2021>Fixtures Results Ladders>Hotspurs Only or All AWFA
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New Club Short

Thanks to sponsors, Beyond Bank Australia and Bonetti’s Pizza & pasta the club shorts and new strips looked fantastic.
#GoSpurs

Club Shop

Place your Made to Order club gear ASAP. Cut off date Friday 14 May for mid May delivery. Go to the shop!

New SPURS pom pom Beanie available from the canteen $20each

Match Reports

Div.1 Men v Myrtleford Lost 2-3

The senior men always provide plenty of entertainment. The team lost to the ladder leaders by the odd goal after a real battle. The boys were down an early goal after a mix-up in the defence. Despite the setback the Spurs showed great determination to fight back and were level after Mitch Aitken pounced on an defensive error by the Myrtleford defence.
The game was very even but unfortunately Myrtleford took a lead to halftime after scoring from a free kick. The second half was very tight with neither side able to create many scoring chances. Hotspurs went down to ten men after Zac Burhop received a second yellow and Spurs were really up against it particularly as Myrtleford scored a third goal soon after. Despite this the team worked really hard and James Eggleston was able to score a goal and get Spurs back in the game. The last ten minutes were hectic but no further goals were scored.
The senior men again played well. Zac Bonetti had a strong game in goals.
Brandon Vescio ,Kristian Shipard and Dave Robin were also excellent for Spurs.

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Div.2 Men FFA Cup v Boomers LOst 0-4

Last Wednesday night we travelled to Melrose Park to take on Boomers FC senior side in the FFA Cup. As the last remaining reserves side in the competition it was always going to be a battle against one of the form teams in the senior competition. Going into the halftime break we were 3-0 down but had battled valiantly for the entire half, we just needed to clear the ball a bit better from corners. In the second half our goal was to try and score one goal, unfortunately we didn’t do this but we didn’t concede until the 89^th minute. The entire team found the evening to be hugely enjoyable and the comradery that we have gained will be invaluable going forward in the season. While the entire team was fantastic on the night, I have to make mention of Francesco and his efforts in goal and young Tomo Heinjus who represented us for the first time.

Div.2 Men v Myrtleford Drew 2-2

Well Sunday’s game was full of excitement with Myrtleford travelling down to meet us at home. The first half was filled with a lot of passion from both sides and unfortunately we went into the break 1-0 down. We knew that they game would open up for us in the second half and we found the equaliser in the 49th minute with Jack Castles. We continued to push and unfortunately let ourselves down with another goal from a corner in the 79th minute. This really fired the team up and our continual attacks finally resulted with Leo being tunnelled and we received a penalty that David Mporashima calmly slotted. This draw leaves us in 4th spot with a home game against ladder leaders Boomers FC this weekend.

Women Div.2 v Mrytleford Lost 0-4

The beautiful weather didn’t suit the ladies who failed to get their 3^rd win in a row. Unfortunately, despite trying to get going, the ladies couldn’t get out of the blocks and never really looked like taking this one out.
Everyone ran their hearts out, but it wasn’t enough. In patches we played some great football and were unlucky not to get a goal or 2, however Myrtleford deserved the win on this occasion. Georgia was great in goals again, while Steph worked hard up front. Rylee and Chantal worked hard in the middle. The girls have next weekend off the freshen up and am sure will be firing next time they play.

Over 35s v Albury United Drew 1-1

We played our R3 catch up game on Wednesday evening under lights at Jelbart Park.
This fixture is always a tough encounter and this was no exception. Jono Cochrane made his long awaited debut and put in a mountain of work in the midfield for the team. We had the better of the chances in the first half but didn’t make the most of the great lead up play when the opportunity finally arrived.
A defensive error in the second half was the opening United seized upon to take the lead. Kinno replied with a cracking thunderbolt left foot strike into the top corner to equalize. Kinno later had a chance to make it 2 and give us the lead and possible victory but the United defender managed to toe poke the ball away just as he was about to strike.
Much improved TEAM performance from our last hit out.

Div.3 Men v Diamonds Lost 0-2

Spurs Div 3 Men finally got to play their second game of the season this weekend. Due to the unfortunate scheduling of matches, the Under 17 contingent of the squad were forced to rush straight from their game at Aloysius to back up away at Diamonds. This doubling up and lack of time to fully prepare led to us being on the back foot from the get-go against a Diamonds side that looked fresher throughout. Goalkeeper Joel McDonough was a confident and calming  presence at the back, while Paul Kinning ran the defence well until his injury late in the first half. While both teams had been well-matched for most of the first half, an error from our own possession late in the half allowed Diamonds to score a goal that we had never really looked like conceding up to that point. Fatigue worked against Spurs in the second half, and Diamonds grew in confidence, especially in the midfield, when they doubled their lead on the counter-attack. Spurs came more into the game from this point, and started playing some more flowing attacking football, but we just couldn’t make it click in the final third, with a well-worked shot from Andrew Bonetti being our best chance on target. Veteran Mick Corkett looked bright throughout, while our U17s worked hard but were beaten by fresher legs. We look forward to a repeat of this fixture this coming Sunday.

17 Boys v Myrtleford Won 3-1

The team played really well and deserved the win. Somehow Myrtleford  took the lead after a shot was saved against the crossbar by Lachie but a goalmouth scramble meant he snagged a goal.
Not long later Spurs scored a brilliant goal that looked just like a training drill with Brodie finishing a beautiful move that started from the back line and ended up with a cross being drilled to the back post.
Solomon put us ahead before half time with a nice goal. Jay finished off the game with a deserved goal late in the second half. Once again, the backline was strong and Lachie made some great saves in goal. Seamus had a great game on the wing, while Jay again worked tirelessly in the middle. It really was a great team effort with everyone doing their bit to get the win.

17 Girls v Myrtleford Won 10-0

After over a month without a game the 17 Girls were keen to continue their unbeaten record. The game started with a flurry including Roisin Wilson scoring two goals in the first few minutes. This was Roisin’s first game for Hotspurs and she continued to threaten the Myrtleford goal scoring 4 for the day. The team also welcomed another two players being Hayley Quinn and Aleya McCullough. The game was played in a very friendly manner with both sides enjoying the competition but also finding opportunities to appreciate a spot of banter. The final result was a 10-0 win to Hotspurs but the score could have been higher. Goal scorers were Roisin 4, Lily 3, Keely 2 and Alice McIntosh 1.

15 Boys v Mrytleford Won 11-1

This team has really started to train well and put in some good performances for no reward. Today they got the reward. With a new formation Patrick was able to break free to find himself 1 out with the keeper on numerous occasions to have a hattrick by half time.
Wildy also found herself having a solo run from Centre back and finishing a ripper goal before being moved into the midfield at half time. Great improvement has been shown from Carl and Isaiah (once he arrived ?) Dustin also did his bit at right back before getting the opportunity to trouble the scorers and finished a great Patrick cross. Murray was also provided a similar opportunity to finish but couldnt quite angle his size 13s around it. Read the room Murray, the crowd would’ve gone nuts. Sam and Nic again solid in defence.
Keep up the good work team, we will be peaking at the right time of the year.
Goals: Patrick x5, Cooper x2, Wildy, Dustin, Ben, Frankie, Will (OG)

14 Girls v Myrtleford Won 4-1

The girls started the game up and about. It was noted all week that Alice hadn’t scored a goal all year and was determined to rectify this. She scored 2 in a minute and really was the difference.
A lot of our team played a few games as AWFA representatives on Saturday and were a little flat at certain times. They were still able to work the ball around well and attack. Most of the game was played in our forward half and we really could’ve won the game by a lot more, Craig counted 12 attempts that should’ve gone in but hit side netting or were gently passed to the keeper. It looks like finishing practice will again be on the cards at training again. Well done though girls, we are starting to be very consistent. Great games by Alice in attack Elissa in the midfield and Bianca at Centre Back.
Goals: Alice x2, Wildy 1, Elissa 1

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12 Boys v Myrtleford Won 9-1

This week the team face Myrtleford at Home. Hotspurs scored two early goals within the opening few minutes to take a commanding 4-1 lead at half time, we played even better in the second half to score another 5 goals to win the match comfortably 9-1. Noah scored a hat trick, Billy and Aidan scored two goals a piece and Sam and Mason each scored singles. Hector was excellent in defence as was James, overall it was an outstanding team performance. Well done!

12 Girls v Myrtleford Won 1-0

The girls arrived for a top of the table clash against the only other unbeaten side in the competition. There was lots of nervous young ladies pre kick off. The coaching staff assured the girls, many of whom where running out at Spurs Stadium for the first time that the home crowd will get behind them and that they had put the hard work in training so there was no need for nerves.
The first half was very entertaining. Spurs where the more attacking side with the Savoy goalkeeper keeping them in the game on multiple occasions. We created multiple chances in the first half the best of which fell to Izzy, only to be denied by a world class save.  Our defence was outstanding through out with Stella, Indie and Lily F shutting out the very dangerous Myrtleford attack.  We went into the break 0-0. As with previous weeks the coaching team asked the girls to back themselves in and to stick to our structure and continue to get the ball out wide.  The girls came out flying in the second half Harper and Ivy led the line and both went close in a goal mouth scramble. As the game progressed some of our girls began to tire, 7 of the girls had played in Griffith at a rep tournament the previous day and the fatigue began to show, however the girls dug deep and kept going and never gave up or complained. Whilst our coaching staff where making some tactical substitutions and not watching the game we took the lead through a cross/shot from Muireann which looped into the top corner. As the game was so tight and tense we rejigged our defensive structure as Savoy pushed for an equaliser. The two Lilys and Indie again quashed any attacks and gave a masterclass in how to defend. Molly carrying a niggle from the previous day dug deep and sat in front of the back line and was instrumental in breaking down their attacks. When the game ended the girls sang the song as loud as I have heard it been sang ever!  I am not sure our coaches and parents can handle another game like this!!

Match reports and newsletter information

Please email all match reports, photos and Hotspurs news to info@alburyhotspurs.com.au by Tuesday morning at 9am.