All five make finals series
Edge Hill went into the Finals Series as the only team in the FNQ premier divisions with all 5 teams to make it into the finals, including The Premier Men’s, Reserve Men’s, 2nd Division Men’s, Ladies and Youth.
The second division kick off at home on a friday night, and was accompained by a massive turn out for the successfull junior presentation night. playing 4th place Douglas the best knew they had to be good in order to win. Gaining two goals in the first half the boys were able to hold on for the victory. They will now play dimbula at home on friday 18th.
After already taking the minor premiership trophy the reserve mens team were hungry for more. Scoring first the resevres continued to play. It wasn’t until the the last minute of the game, opponents Leichhardt were avble to snatch a goal to send them into extra time. Beginning to dominant in the extra period niether teams were able to get the crucial goal needed. Going into penalties the kick takers were as follows. 1st to shoot was Mdudzi (MD) Dube who slotted the ball perfectly into the net. 2nd was Paul (Rasta) Connelly, who if scored would take the lead for Edge Hill, after goalkepper Sam Ferguson made a terrific save. Sam soon had saved another almost unstoppable shot, before scoring the teams third to seal the win for Edge Hill and send them straight to the finals.
Ladies were the first to kick off in Mareeba on a big Sunday for Edge Hill, getting the crucial victory to send close rivals Stratford home with nothing. The win for the ladies gives them alot of confidence going into the next match against Leichhardt.
Straight after the ladies edge hill youth played against Leichhardt, to earn a spot to play Marlin Coast, however the young boys would have to do the job without Sam Hos and Shay Douglas. However the boys were unlucky and suffered a 3-0 loss.
The Premier Mens kicking off in the afternoon at 4 pm. Starting of slow, many wouldn’t realise what the game really meant for everybody. Mareeba were the first to score, getting a penalty and taking it straight down the middle. Mareeba were the team to score next as well, will the boys were half asleep. With minutes to go before the half ended, the time team talk suddenly changed when young midfielder shay douglas went on to score from a Robert Wales through ball. the second half kicked off and Edge Hill were unlucky not to score on a number of occasions. But it was Justin Corser who made the break through the defence to win a penalty for Edge Hill. Colin Hagbord took the penalty and scored with ease. The game was beginning to turn and the pace was much quicker, as the crowd began to enjoy the football Edge Hill played. Dominating the half it wasn’t until the last minute when Justin Corser found the determination to run through the defence and beat the keeper to score. 3-2 and Edge hill looked to hold the lead. More drama when the referee played 3 minutes extra time, which cause Curtis Cowles to stop the ball off the line to secure the victory. Winning 3-2 Edge hill won the club a Home elimination final game against Minor Premiers Marlin coast.
Friday 11th September HOME
¨ EHUFC 2nd Division v Douglas 8pm @ Tiger Park WON ’EASY’ 2-0
Saturday 12th September AWAY
¨ RESERVE MENS v Leichhardt @ Marlin Coast WON ’THRILLING’ 1-1 3-1 on penalties
Sunday 13th September AWAY
¨ EHUFC LADIES V Stradford 10AM @ Mareeba WON ’BREATH TAKING’ 3-2
¨ EHUFC Youth v Leichhardt 11.30AM @ Mareeba LOST ‘HARSH’ 3-0
¨ PREMIER MENS v Mareeba 4.oo PM @ Mareeba WON ’UNFORGETTABLE’ 3-2
Posted: September 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized.