Loyal adventures — Community League

I headed up the highway again to take in some FFA Cup magic as Sydney United 58 FC hosted Western Sydney Wanderers FC in Campbelltown. Was not disappointed, although I was hoping for a closer contest. It ended up a very comfortable win for the Wanderers but that doesn't reflect the passion on display.    I reckon it was about 50:50 in supporter terms, heaps of families as well as two of the stronger active support groups in the country. Lots of noise from both SUS and RBB at either end of the stands and it lasted all game no matter what the score. Still impressed by...

The early goal on Wednesday night was tough for Marconi Stallions FC to manage. The teams were fairly even across the park and I especially liked the solid home defence, Melbourne City FC had to work hard for their chances.    The late Stallions goal gave them a big boost though and boy they went close to forcing extra time. Some might disagree but I thought the main difference between the two sides was that extra polish, fitness and consistency that comes from fulltime football. Top match to be part of.   

Flashing back to a brilliant football memory from 2007 - the Wollongong District League GF between Berkeley Sports Football Club and Uni of Wollongong.  Our end-of-season trip was to Wollongong (hey it's better than you think!) and we looked up any local match we could go along to. This was the match we found so we trekked to a ground as brilliant as it's name, Balls Paddock. We didn't know which team to support but when we saw the Berkeley blokes with green helmets and an inflatable mascot we thought, "These are our people."It had everything, drinking, goals, a marching band, a...