Sunday 8th August

Woodbridge 2 - Nelson 3

WSC women came to within a whisker of holding Nelson to a 2 all draw in Warrane on Saturday. The two Woodbridge goals scored by Kate, were nearly enough to secure a point. A late Nelson goal however saw the home team steal a 3 - 2 win in the last minutes of the game.

Woodbridge 5 - Huon Valley 3

It was nice to have a qualified referee for the Woodbridge Vs Huon rematch and it was quite a relief to also have 11 members of the men's team available for the game. A couple of up and coming players from the Under 16 squad came along to act as subs when needed and to run the lines.

Huon scored first, but Ryan soon found an answer; and just to be on the safe side Jack blasted 2 more in before half time. Dale and Nick added to the tally in the second half and Huon also managed to net two goals in the second; one from a penalty - which made up for the penalty shot that one of Huon's players had fluffed up in the first half.

Sunday 18th July

WSC Women 2 - Clarence United Red 2

The women's team rounded together another point by securing a 2 all draw against Clarence United Red on Sunday. The girls are now on equal points with University, a mere 4 goals separating these two teams on the Div 2 ladder.


WSC 3 - South Hobart 3
(WSC goalscorers: Dale, Justin & Jack)

Woodbridge got off to a flying start with both of the Byrne boys finding the back of South's goal soon after kick off. South pulled a goal back before half-time, but it was really Woodbridge who owned the first half.

South pulled out all the stops in the second, and played a lot better than they had in the first. Unfortunately, the offside rule was interpreted with a great deal of imagination, and consistently from a long way behind the play. So Jack was the only WSC player to score in the second half, adroitly avoiding any chance of an of-side call by delivering the ball to the back of South's net in person.

The game ended as a 3 - 3 draw

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Sunday 11th July

Woodbridge senior men's team faced off against a ten man Barnstoneworth United squad at Kettering Oval on Sunday, triggering flash-backs to all those times in previous years when it has been Woodbridge who has entered the field a man (or two, or three) down; it's so nice to see the menfolk consistently able to field a full squad this season.

As so often happens when a team plays with less than eleven players, Barnstoneworth rocketed out of the stalls firing on all ten cylinders, each player putting in extra effort to make up for the shortfall. Unfortunately for the visitors, Woodbridge too, was determined to put on a great performance at this much more public Kettering ground, and having a full squad and a sub ended up making all the difference. By half-time Jack had put the ball into the net twice, once off his foot and once off his head, Dale had scored and so had Justin; Barnstoneworth had managed to get the ball past our keeper only once, so at the break the score stood at 4 – 1.

The second half began with an own-goal from the visitors, which was swiftly followed up by a series of Woodbridge goals, one each from Dalles, Owen and Ryan and another from Dale. The visitors managed to get the ball into the net at the correct end of the pitch once during the second half; but an hour and half of ten men doing the work of eleven had taken it's toll and Woodbridge, with its extra legs. was just warming up. The game ended with a score-line of 9 – 2 in Woodbridge's favour.

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Meanwhile, the women's team had journeyed to Blackman's Bay to take on top placed Southern FC. As often happens with a match up between the top and bottom team, the ladder-toppers emerged from the game with the win. The 4 – 0 loss for the Woodbridge girls however, improves dramatically on the 7 – 0 defeat suffered at the hands of Southern FC last time these two teams met.

The 3 goal win 'accidentally' predicted last week, may not have eventuated as such, but there was a 3 goal improvement in the score-line. This proves not only that the Woodbridge team has improved, but also suggests that it might be time to subject the ol' crystal ball to a bit of spit and polish before foreseeing a 3 – 1 win for Woodbridge at Kettering this coming weekend. Ooops.

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Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th July

WSC Women 2 - Clarence United Black 4

The WSC women's team, as accidentally predicted last week, showed great improvement against second-placed Clarence United Black at Kettering on Sunday. Laura and Siubhan both contributing a goal each to the 2 - 4 scoreline. Perhaps not a win, but a good showing never-the-less and a lovely improvement from previous meetings.

I might accidentally suggest a much improved and fantastic 3 - 0 win for the girls in an exciting game against Southern FC on the weekend and see what happens...

WSC Men's team 5 - DOSA 1

In the men's div 4 game DOSA scored first but Justin replied with one for the home team shortly after. A disallowed goal, and Jack displaying his integrity by owning up to a hand ball ensured the first half was interesting and ended in a 1-1 draw. In the second half Dale and Jack both scored twice, DOSA's number 11 was red-carded and the full-time score was a 5 - 1 win for the home team.

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WSC Women 1 - Nelson 4

Apologies the women's team played against Nelson Eastern Suburbs last Saturday, not Clarence United Black as suggested in the previous post.

Sunday 27 June

WSC Women 1 - Clarence United Black 4

Kate Followes provided the WSC women's only goal on the weekend at Kettering Oval. The end result of a 4 - 1 loss, improves upon the previous encounters against this second placed Clarence United Black team (where the scorelines had been 4-0 and 5-1 respectively)

WSC Men 1 - Southern FC 1

The men's team travelled to Sherburd Park on Sunday where they mostly contolled play but only managed to scrape a 1-1 draw. The Southern FC Div 4s were SFC's only senior men's team to come away with points on the weekend - thier div 1s (0-13), reserves (3-6) and div 2s (0-3) suffering losses on Saturday.

Dale was once again the goalscorer for Woodbridge, putting in the solo goal from the penatly spot. Overall the result was a little disappointing following last week's game, but never-the-less a fine peformance against a mostly defensive opposition.

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Sunday 20 June WSC Vs KLUSC

The WSC men's team was back in top form on Sunday, traveling to Lightwood Park to compete against the Kingborough Lions. With regular goalie Jed P.S. still sidelined due to injury, the Woodbridge goals were guarded by Steve, then Craig and finally by a multi-skilled Jack.

Justin put in the first Woodbridge goal 16 minutes after kick-off and big brother Dale, not to be out-done, matched him 2 minutes later. Kingborough fought back, holding the score line to 2 - 0 until half-time.

The flood gates opened almost immediately in the second, Dale scoring his second and third goals in rapid succession. Jack, shortly before donning the keeper's jersey, headed in a beauty to bring the score to 5 - 0 in Woodbridge's favour. Eventually Kingborough managed to claw back a goal, a lovely and unstoppable long-shot.

With 15 minutes left on the clock, Dalles unleashed Super-Sub Jy, one of our Under 16 players who had come along in case the team was undermanned (a situation not unheard of). Within moments Jy had snaked the ball past his former coach* and scored the 6th and final goal for Woodbridge.

The whole team provided a performance that was a joy to watch. An excellent game and a great way to conclude a fantastic weekend of football.


*Jy had started the season at Kingborough, but left to join Woodbridge to avoid being repeatedly mistaken for a goalkeeper


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