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What a great night. A 2 – 1 victory over Fulham FC from the English Premier League. Granted it is their first match since last season, but GCU dominated the play for the majority of the match. I would love to see the stats.
After a great start we gave away a free kick about 25m out and Danny Murphy hit a well placed shot over the Van Stratten to go 1-0 up.
Later in the half we were robbed of a blatant penalty when a defender hand balled what was a definite goal and neither the ref or assistant saw anything. Then Porter missed a 1 on 1 chance with Schwartzer who saved it.
Some changes at half time saw Taj Minnecon come on and the tempo if the game changed for the better. We were more attacking. Finally the goal came from Taj in about the 79th minute.
Then Golden Boot himself, Shane Smeltz, slotted one home.
There were some hard hits and a few Yellow cards given to Fulham and I think only 1 to GCU.
We now play some local club tea,s on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday before heading back to Skilled Park on Sat 18th to face CCM. That will be a real test against a proven A-League team.
If you are on the Gold Coast, come along and join in a very exciting time. Join the forum and Supporters Club and Stand United.
Cheers
Tezza
July 08 2009 | Gold Coast United | No Comments »
A mate of mine who is a self confessed “Ego Maniac Jerk”, has inspired me. I need to generate publicity for the Supporters Club meeting next Monday night so we can at least get a few people along and discuss what we are going to do.
So I have sent a press release to all the media outlets on the Gold Coast. It appears that the ABC have taken me up and will interview me tomorrow Morning (Friday July 3rd).
Tune in to ABC Gold Coast 91.7 FM between 6:30 and 8am to the Peter Scott Breakfast Show.
Cheers
Tezza
July 02 2009 | Gold Coast United | No Comments »
Gold Coast United Supporters Club
It’s Time.
It is now 5 weeks until the start of the season. Gold Coast United needs a “United” supporters group to support them from the “Home End”.
Come along to the Dog and Parrot on Monday night July 6th at 7pm and be part of history. 2 nights later we take on Fulham FC at Skilled Park for our 2nd home game ever.
We need to get the “Home End” standing and singing as one voice. Football Supporters are unique in this type of support for the home team. The more people we get and the more noise we make the better the experience will be for the entire stadium.
So come along and make your voice heard.
Let’s Stand United
Join the forum and have your say on all things GCU.
Join the Facebook Group and have the latest GCU news streamed straight to your Facebook
Cheers
Tezza
July 02 2009 | Gold Coast United | No Comments »
The first game against A League opposition was played on Tuesday night against fellow newbies, North Queensland Fury. GCU won the match 2-0.
It was not a very convincing start but I thought there were many positives to take away.
Our Central defenders , Bas Van der Brink and Michael Thwaite were very solid. I think Bas will be a bit of a cult figure among the GCU fans as the season progresses.
We played against New Caledonia in Noumea last night and came away with a 5-0 win. It was only 1-0 at half time and apparently could have been 1-1 if not for Jess van Stratten who had his first hit out for GCU.
We are off to Hong Kong and Singapore this week before returning to the Coast for a friendly against EPL side Fulham FC. This will pit Jason Culina against his Socceroo team mate, Mark Schwarzer. It should be a cracker of a night.
I am excited about an EPL side just playing here on the coast. It will also be the first hitout for the GCU Home End.
There has been little in the way of organising any Supporters group with the exception of Clive Pickering who tried in vein earlier in the year to get the ball rolling.
We now have an opportunity to kickstart the process. My next post will be about the Supporters Club/Group.
Cheers
Tezza
June 28 2009 | Gold Coast United | No Comments »
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