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Welcome!
Welcome to the website for Old Scotch Soccer club. You'll find stacks of information about the club, past and present.
There is a lot of information on the site but we are always looking for more input. Please contact us if you have any comments or anything to add.
All the latest match results and action
Access to all the ladders, matches and reports. Click here.
2008 details
Another successful year at Old Scotch. All the bits including awards, results and table from 2008 Click here.
Welcome to the website for Old Scotch Soccer club. You'll find stacks of information about the club, past and present.
There is a lot of information on the site but we are always looking for more input. Please contact us if you have any comments or anything to add.
All the latest match results and action
Access to all the ladders, matches and reports. Click here.
2008 details
Another successful year at Old Scotch. All the bits including awards, results and table from 2008 Click here.
Match Report - Reserves 2009
RESERVES @ Old Camberwell
Round 6 - 09/05/2009
Round 6 - 09/05/2009
RESSIES STEELY DETERMINATION PROVES TOO MUCH FOR OLD CAMBERWELL
A few weary-eyed Reds turned up to Old Camberwell's (OC) ground after being gently awoken by a mysterious text message from Pip announcing that you better be at the ground on time, otherwise you'd be sittin' on the pine! The trick worked as some camped out as soon as the player listings were emailed on Friday. Not much can be said about the OCs, other than that they held second spot and appeared to be cruising in the league. After the disappointment of last week, the Reds were adamant they could stop their good run.
From the whistle, held by a most humble of referees, Scotch dominated play for the majority of the half. Balls were being knocked around at will in midfield as Captain Alfie led by example aided by Wardy, Pallis and Steve on the right. Tackles were hard and the Reds had an amazing amount of air superiority, particularly in defence as Jimmy, Cam and PC let their strikers have nothing while the old hand of Bondy, promoted to sweeper, only needed his booming voice to blast the ball away from danger. Mike was seen with a nail file out and a cup of tea behind a goal post.
But it was Pip's master plan to play with pace up front in Dawsy, and to a minor extent Alex, to reap dividends in what was soon to be dubbed, "the scoring end". Within fifteen minutes, a Mike clearance bounced twice past all OC defenders and onto a running Alex who slotted the ball away to open his account for the season. Not long after, it was essentially mirrored for Dashing Dawsy to score. 2-nil and the Reds weren't giving up. OC's defence was in disarray as Steve almost made it three with a great nod on the back post while Pallis should've had a goal had he not barely missed the far post with a desperate effort.
There was not much to say at half time except that Beamer liked the steak sandwich.
But as it turned out, Scotch's new defensive setup would be put to the test. As if the roles were reversed, it was OC's chance to square the ledger in the second half with a monopoly on possession. When Pip subbed himself for Alex, it was soon clear that he'd be defending more than planned. Not long after, a corner was nodded home by an OC striker, and the pressure mounting was enough to burst a few stock markets bubbles.
Corner after corner, free kick after free kick, and penalty appeal after penalty appeal. All were dealt with because the Reds on this day wanted it more, and despite a ref that may have seen too many Champions League games as demonstrative examples, it was Scotch's grit of dealing with long balls that saved the day. Mike, now firmly in the game was called to make a few outstanding saves and despite the chain of passing breaking down, mental toughness was enough to see the Reds over the line. A side note of thanks to Chas whose debut was greeted with the quickest yellow card possible (not even with the ball in play!), and Daz for having bi-polar in wanting to come on, yet being somewhat timid about it because he was injured.
The chase continues…
AP
A few weary-eyed Reds turned up to Old Camberwell's (OC) ground after being gently awoken by a mysterious text message from Pip announcing that you better be at the ground on time, otherwise you'd be sittin' on the pine! The trick worked as some camped out as soon as the player listings were emailed on Friday. Not much can be said about the OCs, other than that they held second spot and appeared to be cruising in the league. After the disappointment of last week, the Reds were adamant they could stop their good run.
From the whistle, held by a most humble of referees, Scotch dominated play for the majority of the half. Balls were being knocked around at will in midfield as Captain Alfie led by example aided by Wardy, Pallis and Steve on the right. Tackles were hard and the Reds had an amazing amount of air superiority, particularly in defence as Jimmy, Cam and PC let their strikers have nothing while the old hand of Bondy, promoted to sweeper, only needed his booming voice to blast the ball away from danger. Mike was seen with a nail file out and a cup of tea behind a goal post.
But it was Pip's master plan to play with pace up front in Dawsy, and to a minor extent Alex, to reap dividends in what was soon to be dubbed, "the scoring end". Within fifteen minutes, a Mike clearance bounced twice past all OC defenders and onto a running Alex who slotted the ball away to open his account for the season. Not long after, it was essentially mirrored for Dashing Dawsy to score. 2-nil and the Reds weren't giving up. OC's defence was in disarray as Steve almost made it three with a great nod on the back post while Pallis should've had a goal had he not barely missed the far post with a desperate effort.
There was not much to say at half time except that Beamer liked the steak sandwich.
But as it turned out, Scotch's new defensive setup would be put to the test. As if the roles were reversed, it was OC's chance to square the ledger in the second half with a monopoly on possession. When Pip subbed himself for Alex, it was soon clear that he'd be defending more than planned. Not long after, a corner was nodded home by an OC striker, and the pressure mounting was enough to burst a few stock markets bubbles.
Corner after corner, free kick after free kick, and penalty appeal after penalty appeal. All were dealt with because the Reds on this day wanted it more, and despite a ref that may have seen too many Champions League games as demonstrative examples, it was Scotch's grit of dealing with long balls that saved the day. Mike, now firmly in the game was called to make a few outstanding saves and despite the chain of passing breaking down, mental toughness was enough to see the Reds over the line. A side note of thanks to Chas whose debut was greeted with the quickest yellow card possible (not even with the ball in play!), and Daz for having bi-polar in wanting to come on, yet being somewhat timid about it because he was injured.
The chase continues…
AP