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for the 2013-2014 Season
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Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
Sun | Oct 12 | home | Brisbane Roar | loss | 1 | 2 | Huysegems | All Whites missing. Debuts Hernandes, Cunningham, Riera, Caira, Adams, Hicks, etc. Injury time winner to Bris, deserved better. Ifill subbed on. |
Sun | Oct 20 | away | West Sydney Wands | draw | 1 | 1 | Brockie | Ifill great impact as sub, set up goal, Carlos excel hold up, passing, free kick just kept out, Dura and Siggy strong. Manny knocked out Mooy. |
Sun | Oct 27 | home | Newcastle Jets | draw | 0 | 0 | Napier. Leo cleared off line, Carlos hit woodwork twice. Not much else. | |
Mon | Nov 4 | away | Melb Victory | loss | 2 | 3 | Brockie, P. Ifill | Down 3 - 0 in half hour, fought back very well, good passing in midfield. Carlos pulling the strings |
Sat | Nov 9 | home | Perth Glory | draw | 1 | 1 | Durante | Christchurch. Perth keeper Vukovic misses Carlos cross and it bounces off Durante into the goal! All Whites rush to plane to fly out for World Cup game v Mexico straight afterwards. |
Sat | Nov 23 | away | Sydney | loss | 1 | 2 | K. Cunningham | Deserved much more, played very good football, Hicks should have had a pen, Brockie should have scored, Kenny Cunningham came on as sub, hit the post, had a goal disallowed then scored in 90th min, pushing forward we were caught out. |
Sun | Dec 1 | home | West Sydney | draw | 0 | 0 | WSW keeper Covic kept them in the game. Carlos should have scored twice. They should have scored too.Fenton a good game at right back, Siggy strong | |
Dec 6 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 2 | 4 | Huysegems, Ifill | Leading 2 - 1, then Perth score two late goals to win. | |
Sat | Dec 14 | home | Brisbane Roar | loss | 1 | 2 | C. Hernandes (pen) | Brockie puts it over from 5 metres after a Stein shot parried. As usual, playing well but not winning. Riera controlling the midfield. |
Thurs | Dec 19 | away | Central Coast Mrnrs | loss | 0 | 1 | Stein missed three good chances including pen saved, Brockie, Hicks all missed. Siggy slips and they win. | |
Sun | Dec 22 | home | Sydney | win | 1 | 0 | Huysegems | Nix created more chances, but Mossy kept them in it with two great saves. Finally, after hitting the post, a nice pass from Carlos and Stein rounds the keeper and slots home from tough angle. Paul Ifill snapped achilles. Our best player gone. |
Fri | Dec 27 | away | Melb Heart | win | 1 | 0 | Huysegems | Carlos hit post, Tyler Boyd subbed on and assists Stein with good cross. Mossy again makes good saves. Fenton injures shoulder. Reira consistently good, Dura led well. |
Wed | Jan 1 | away | West Sydney | win | 3 | 1 | T. Boyd, Huysegems (2) | An outstanding performance, with Carlos out with broken wrist, Fenton popped shoulder out again, subbed off, no Ifill. A lot of possession, Reira superb. Go behind after half time, then... sub Ridenton flick to Stein, cross to Boyd, goal. Stein steals ball great finish, Boyd to Stein, back heel goal. Wow! |
Sun | Jan 12 | home | Central Coast Mrnrs | draw | 1 | 1 | Cunningham | Gale force winds made it hard to play, the Nix had a good last hour. Kenny Cunningham nice shot across the keeper. Roy Krishna debut. Fans chanting 'Thankyou very much to Auckland City...' (Reira, Krishna, etc) |
Sat | Jan 18 | home | Melb Victory | win | 5 | 0 | Hernandes (2), Cunningham, Brockie, Huysegems | Outstanding performance. 3 Costa Rican goals. Kenny dipping volley lob a real special. Brockie broke his drought late in the day. Reira, right back Boxall both great too. Coach Ernie Merrick has performed miracles. |
Fri | Jan 24 | away | Brisbane Roar | loss | 1 | 2 | Huysegems | Great first half, but humidity played its part. Two superb Roar goals took the game. Carlos and Kenny on international duty. |
Sat | Feb 1 | home | Adelaide Utd | win | 2 | 1 | Hernandes (pen), Cunningham | 18000 in Auck, Good first half, Carlos winked at keeper Galekovic before sending him wrong way. Kenny super goal, Stein hit post then bar from rebound. Pubs on New North Road overflowing. |
Sun | Feb 9 | away | Newcastle Jets | win | 3 | 2 | Hernandes, Huysegems, J. Hicks | Missing Boxall, & Kenny suspended, Riera injured. Attacked well, Three great goals into the corners of the goal. Stein and Carlos superb. Ridenton first start. Brindall-South and Rufer debuts. |
Sun | Feb 16 | home | Melb Heart | loss | 0 | 5 | Over run in midfield. Riera out for 8 weeks. | |
Fri | Feb 21 | away | Central Coast Mrnrs | win | 4 | 1 | Cunningham, Hernandes, Huysegems, Brockie | Behind 1 - 0 at half time, Kenny nice early goal 2md half, very unlucky penalty conceded but Moss saves it. Carlos hits a screamer, then Stein scores again a minute later. Even Brockie gets a goal! Siggy exc in defence. Manny back in midfield. |
Thur | Feb 27 | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 1 | 5 | Cunningham | Adelaide too good, Nix not helped by Eye socket fracture to Caira, broken bone in foot for scorer Kenny and red card to Manny Muscat. Doh. |
Sun | Mar 9 | home | Perth Glory | draw | 1 | 1 | Cunningham | Scrappy first half, Perth goal to Wm Gallas. Josh Brindell-South nasty ankle injury from hole in pitch. Nix created lots of chances in second half. Krishna hit post. Cunnungham good late header. |
Sun | Mar 16 | away | Melb Heart | draw | 2 | 2 | R. Krishna, Boyd | Early goal to Roy. Boyd shot stopped on line by Kisnorbo's arm, no pen! Siggy two yellow cards, off before half time. Tyler scores another after good work by Roy. Kewell's dive earns a pen. Courageous display earns a point. Dura and Boxall immense. |
Sat | Mar 22 | away | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 5 | Even first half with Heskey scoring from corner. Poor second half. Siggy suspended | |
Sun | Mar 30 | home | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 1 | Stein missed one on one with keeper, Dura brought down Tarek Elrich to give them the pen. Even the Yellow Fever were quiet. | |
Sun | Apr 6 | away | Sydney | loss | 1 | 4 | Hernandes (pen) | Very wet pitch. Nix bossed the game for 25 min, desperate defence keeping them out. Soft pen given Del Piero fell over (later booked for another dive). |
Sat | Apr 12 | home | Melb Victory | loss | 1 | 4 | Brockie | Last game. Typical injury weakened team. Concede goal in 1st minute. Late in game Yellow Fever conga line to other end of stadium "Always look on the bright side of life...." Brockie ends game with spectacular volley. Next day announcement Huysegems and Bertos leaving. |
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Leading Scorers:
Stein Huysegems | 10 |
Carlos Hernandes | 7 |
Kenny Cunningham | 7 |
Jeremy Brockie | 5 |
Tyler Boyd | 2 |
Paul Ifill | 2 |
Roy Krishna | 1 |
Jason Hicks | 1 |
Andrew Durante | 1 |
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