Barnstoneworth approached this game against table leaders Umina in a slight state of trepidation, having been defeated roundly at the last meeting. Discovering that the match was to be adjudicated by the same female referee who’d delivered a poultice of penalties a few weeks before at Wyoming didn’t improve matters, but umpires’ decisions are fickle things—as, it’s rumoured, are women—and Barnstoneworth discovered the truth of this maxim five minutes into the first half when Peter ‘Pez’ Miller received a long pass and found himself in space with no-one but the goalie twixt him and the goalmouth. Read more
A tough fought 1-0 victory over a Gosford side that punch well above their position on the ladder.
Most of the action came in the first half and after a few half chances Sheeks put us one up after some great lead up work from Jules and Jimmy O. Read more
Round 13 saw us playing our away game versus The Entrance at Pat Morley Oval, a venue which was expected to have held up well despite the rain that fell during the week leading up to the game. Read more
Avoca players must wake up every morning, look at themselves in the mirror and think ‘Wow, another day as God’s gift to football and the human race generally, how amazing it is to be me.’ You may snigger at this, and you’d be right to, but how else to explain their breathtaking arrogance on the pitch ? Allow me to convince you. Read more
Whistle-fest is the only way to describe a game between two evenly-matched opponents, that was dragged down to a stop-start affair by a referee who blew more penalties than a Welsh rugby ref with a hangover. Read more
Round 12 saw us face off against Killarney for our first-ever competitive game on Terry Oval, a venue we knew well from all those Wednesday night training sessions. Read more
Due to the rescheduling of our washed out round 4 game, we found ourselves facing Kanwal two weeks in a row but this time on our turf.
With some of our missing players able to return our numbers looked slightly better this time around but we still needed to call upon some assistance from the 35C’s in the form of Tim Watt and Leigh McInerny to make sure we could maintain our rotations. Read more
A distinct case of deja vu – Playing the same opponent at the same ground for the second week in a row. We had a great early chance when James Mitchell got himself one on one with their keeper who rushed out and knocked him over the fence into the ambulance station. Penalty awarded but how the heck was that only a yellow???? Unfortunately, Jimmy decided not to wait where he landed in the ambo yard – he could’ve caught the ball from the spot kick… Read more
Despite threatened rain, Barnstoneworth turned up to a sunny afternoon at Gavenlock Oval, where a muddy pitch awaited them. Having drawn with Gosford earlier in the season in a game they thought they should have won easily, Barnstoneworth started the game with confidence, despite being short four key players and down to one reserve. Read more
A look at results and positioning on the ladder suggested we would find ourselves up against an improved Kariong side from the one we played last year. Before the match Kariong were sitting in 3rd spot, one point above us although with this being the replay of round 4, it was the first time we had come up against them with 3rd position being the prize for whichever team won. Read more