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Pre-Season Wrap-Up
It's tantalisingly close to the beginning of the new season, and I feel like we have had a brilliant pre-season to propel us. Here's a full recap of the pre-season results.
Results
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We began our 6 week run with a short trip to Canberra, to play off against the
Australian National University. An own goal early on coupled with a Dimitrijevic goal meant we jumped out to an early lead, and Seb Ryall sealed the deal with an unlikely brace, giving us a 4-0 win.
Next we travelled to Adelaide to face
Campbelltown City. They stunned us with an early goal but the magic of Heskey kicked in. By the 61st minute he had single handedly hauled us in front and an unlikely goalscorer in Bruce Mailer gave us a 3-1 win.
The last of our non-Sydney matches was in the coastal town of Wollongong, where we would play
Port Kembla. The gulf in class wasn't obvious after the first half, where we held a 1-0 lead thanks to Heskey. However, after half time the floodgates opened as Heskey doubled the advantage after just 3 minutes. Next was new signing Ander Bergara, followed by an own goal and then a penalty, slotted by Heskey to give him his hat trick. A resounding 5-0 win from the lads.
We got more than we bargained for against
Bonnyrigg White Eagles, thanks to a thrilling 2 goal comeback. Nikola Petkovic scored from the kick off and Bergara doubled the advantage just 11 minutes later. I believed we had it in the bag, but 2 second half goals from the Eagles meant we eventually drew 2-2 in a disappointing display.
Nepean FC was next, and we quickly showed our dominance with 4 goals in the first 22 minutes. Bergara and Irvine both scored whilst Heskey hit 2 as we burst out of the blocks. The second half was a bore, but we got a dominant 4-0 win in the end.
Our last game was a chance for me to rest my first XI, and instead I sent my youth team out. We got an early lead but eventually succumbed to
Sydney Olympic FC, losing 3-1.
Player Of The Pre-Season
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Emile Heskey was a goalscoring machine in the pre-season, netting 7 goals in 5 games to perhaps show a glimpse of things to come. I felt Ander Bergara was very, very impressive as was Sebastian Usai in goals.
So now the pre-season is over, a very successful pre-season at that. Some promising results coupled with a new look squad means we're ready to go for season 2016/17!