Albany United Football Club
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Address: Rosedale Park Jack Hinton Drive, Albany P O Box 302 – 764 North Harbour Auckland Phones: 415 8771 415 8772 Email: admin@albanyunited.org
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Albany United Football Club President’s Message Rashaad VAHED We welcome everyone to Rosedale Park for what we trust will be an enjoyable day of football. A huge thank you to all the volunteers, managers, coaches, supporters, staff, sponsors and my fellow board members for all your hard work in making our club successful. This year marks the clubs 39th season and we hope to add to the clubs great history while building a sustainable club for the future. To the hard work the squad puts in every week, Thank You. You wear the club jersey and colours with pride that stands testament to many people that currently and previously put in to make our club a success and a home. Our past is important to remember so we don't’ forget who we are while creating new history. So Thank you to everyone in the club. Around the club we progressing exceptionally well in all aspects we wanted to achieve this year. Our midgets are going outstanding and enjoying the game while the cluster training is proving to be a key launch in meeting its purposes. We can now move to our plans and extending play to a wider group of clubs which we have been working on in the background and will be ready to communicate this soon across the midget sector. With grading now over, were hoping the juniors and youth will now see benefit from the coaches and dividends will now pay off in the respective leagues. Off field we still have lots we wish to do and achieve and are not pleased with the progress we are making into the plans and wish list. With not a lot of assistance on the volunteer side, the same around 15 people run the operation week in and week out which puts strain on them looking after anything else or putting time and energy into the strategic matters to make us better. Successfully though we are making small in roads to improving and improving our member experience and meeting our strategic goals nevertheless slower than we would like. For today’s main fixture we welcome Manukau and their supporters to the ‘Dale for the NRFL fixture. We have picked ourselves up and managed to secure some points and grow as a squad. With players coming back from injury the fight for a starting place is becoming a real problem for the coaches and some hard decisions had to be made to ensure the overall picture and continuity of the squad is taken into account. The players are cementing themselves in the club for us to build around which is great to see. We secured 7 out of 12points from the last two away games. Todays task will be no doubt very difficult so hopefully we can get the 6points. To all our other visitors across the football community, welcome to Rosedale. Best of luck to our coaching and management staff and the squad for their respective fixtures today. To all our Senior teams both home and away; Africans, Wanderers, Athletic, Humble, Red, Champs, Brewers, Colombians, North End, Watsons Heroes, Devils Rock, Redmen, Undertakers, Nortons, Originals and our Women’s team ….. do us proud. Welcome to all our opposition and supporters to Rosedale. I wish you an enjoyable day and invite you to relax in our clubrooms after.
Albany United Football Club
Introducing today’s ball boys (and girl!) Albany United 9th Grade Redbacks The team started 4 years ago and has always been predominately made up of students from Albany Primary School. This season there are still 4 players from the original team enjoying their football together. The team trains every Tuesday afternoon at Rosedale in preparation for the eagerly anticipated game on Saturday. Everyone has been enjoying their first season playing on a ¼ size field and also having the opportunity to play other clubs. We are now starting to learn about the different positions on the field and how important teamwork is. Everyone has been looking forward to today’s opportunity to see what happens at a First Team game and get close to the action. With more practice and hard work I am sure we will see some of the Redbacks running out for the first team in a few years. Come on Albany!!
Albany United Football Club
Junior & Youth Results last time out Grade
Albany
9th Grade
Albany Development
9th Grade
Albany Fire Eaters
9th Grade
Albany Redbacks
9th Grade
Albany Windsor Wildfires
9th Grade
Albany Windsor Wildebeests
10th Grade
Albany Aces
10th Grade
Albany Hurricanes
10th Grade
Albany Storms
Score 1 1 4 4 0 4 2 6 1 2 1 1 1 1
Opposition Birkenhead Busters Forrest Hill Italy Birkenhead Benfica
Forrest Hill France Birkenhead Blackpool North Shore Lyon Glenfield Jaguars
2
Score 2 2 4 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0
Forrest Hill Leeds 5 1
0
Albany Windsor Whirlwinds
10th Grade
Albany Young Guns
11th Grade
Albany Development
0
Waitemata Chelsea
0
11th Grade
Albany Firebirds
2
Forrest Hill Inter
2
11th Grade
Albany Strikers
1
North Shore Dortmund
9
11th Grade
Albany Windsor
3
Glenfield Typhoons
1
12th Grade
Albany AJHS
1
ECB Manolas Royals
7
12th Grade
Albany Flames
2
Warworth
3
12th Grade
Albany Terrors
2
East Coast Bays Raptors
3
13th Grade
Albany United
3
Waitakere City
2
14th Grade
Albany United
1
Hibiscus Coast Keegan
1
15th Grade
Albany Windsor
0
Puhoi Rickards
2
16th Grade
Albany United
--
BYE
--
17th Grade
Albany Windsor
0
North Shore Belarus
0
0 4 1
Norwest Spain
2
10th Grade
North Shore Monaco
3 2 1
Albany United Football Club Junior & Youth Fixtures H/A
Division
Albany
Opposition
No f sc xtu ho re ol s ho du l id e t ay o s
Time
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Albany United Football Club Senior Results last time out Division
Albany
Score
Opposition
Score
NFF Women’s Div 4
Albany PussInBoots
6
Norwest United
1
NRFL Div 2
Albany United FC
2
Claudelands Rovers
2
NRFL Div 2R
Albany Reserves
3
Claudelands Rovers
2
NFF Men’s Div 1
Albany Africans
4
ALBANY WANDERERS
0
NFF Men’s Div 1
Albany Wanderers
0
ALBANY AFRICANS
4
NFF Men’s Div 2
Albany Athletic
0
Glenfield Re-United
1
NFF Men’s Div 2
Albany Humble
postponed
ALBANY RED
postponed
NFF Men’s Div 2
Albany Red
postponed
ALBANY HUMBLE
postponed
NFF Men’s Div 4
Albany Brewers
3
ALBANYY CHAMPS
2
NFF Men’s Div 4
Albany Champs
2
ALBANY BREWERS
3
NFF Men’s Div 5
Albany Colombians
12
Waitakere Aarque Group
1
NFF Men’s Div 6
Albany North End
1
East Coast Bays Olla
0
NFF Men’s Div 6
Albany Watsons Heroes
0
Ranui Swanson
2
NFF Masters Div 3
Albany DevilsRock
2
ECB Silver Foxes
3
NFF Masters Div 3
Albany Redmen
4
Waitemata Red
1
NFF Masters Div 3
Albany Undertakers
4
Glen Eden Blue
0
NFF Masters Div 4
Albany Nortons
6
Greenhithe Roaming 40s
4
Masters O45s Div 1
Albany Originals
4
ECB Mums Mob
2
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Albany United Football Club Senior Fixtures Time
H/A
Division
Albany
Opposition
SENIOR WOMEN - Games 17th July 10:45am
A
NFF Division 4
Albany PussInBoots
Glen Eden Social
SENIOR MEN - Games 16th July 3:00pm
H
NRFL Division 2
Albany United FC
Manukau City
12:30pm
H
NRFL Div 2 Reserves
Albany United Reserves
Manukau City
2:45pm
A
NFF Men’s Division 1
Albany Africans
Birkenhead Catimba
2:45pm
H
NFF Men’s Division 1
Albany Wanderers
Oratia United
1:00pm
A
NFF Men’s Division 2
Albany Athletic
North Shore Rangers
1:00pm
H
NFF Men’s Division 2
Albany Humble
Oratia Forrest
1:00pm
A
NFF Men’s Division 2
Albany Red
Glenfield Re-United
1:00pm
H
NFF Men’s Division 4
Albany Brewers
Navy
2:45pm
A
NFF Men’s Division 4
Albany Champs
Puhoi Wolfpack
1:00pm
A
NFF Men’s Division 5
Albany Colombians
North Shore 95’s
1:00pm
H
NFF Men’s Division 6
Albany North End
Ranui Swanson
1:00pm
A
NFF Men’s Division 6
Albany Watsons Heroes
Glenfield Revolution
MASTERS – Games 16th July 1:00pm
A
NFF Division 3
Albany DevilsRock
Birkenhead Bonnie Lad
2:45pm
A
NFF Division 3
Albany Redmen
ECB Silver Foxes
2:45pm
H
NFF Division 3
Albany Undertakers
ECB Catimba
Friday 7:00pm
H
NFF Division 4
Albany Nortons
Hibiscus Heroes
2:45pm
H
NFF O45s Division
Albany Originals
Forrest Hill Bucan
Albany United Football Club NRFL Division 2 - Reserves
Coach
Josh ANDERSON
Manager
Team Manager
Bill PITTMAN
Squad Physio
Tom MASON Y
R
G
G
R
Y
Assistant Coach
Gary HOGG
tme o f
Head Coach
Kevin CARTER
2
Alex YOUNG
3
Shane O’BRIEN
4
Ben SEMPLE
5
Josh ANDERSON
6
Cameron WILLS
7
Callum SEALES
8
Zach CHAMBERLAIN
9
Sam ROBERTSON
9
10
Mike McMURTRIE
10
11
Aayush GYAWALI
11
Not pr ovided at
1
GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Albany United Football Club NRFL Division 2
Tel SHEEHY
Kevin FALLON
Coach
Assistant Coach
Peter SHAW
Ricky ESPINOZA
Manager
Squad Physio
Tom MASON Y
1
Stefano LORUSSO
2
Liam McELWEE
3
Vinesh POKHREL
4
Dev POKHREL
5
Andrew HARRIS
6
Alex McTIERNAN
7
Leewaine SCOTT
8
Jack HADFIELD
9
Andy TURNER
10
Bill PERRIN
11
Ihor ZHENZHERA
R
G
G
R
Y
at tm e
Bill PITTMAN
N ot p r ovided
Team Manager
of p r i n t
Head Coach
GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Albany United Football Club Senior Tables
Albany United Football Club Senior Tables
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Albany United Football Club Reserve Team Comments Albany United welcome Manukau and their supporters back to ‘The Fortress’ What a start to the season for us….strange results, wiered officiating decisions, staff and players leaving, new players joining and an abundance of injuries. Over the last few weeks we have pushed ourselves and even when it looked like we would not take anything from the game, came away with wins. With a win last week despite the conditions we are putting the pressure back on Taka. We are cementing our place in the top half of the table and proving worthy contenders in the league. We fully plan to keep our winning ways going into today fixture and continue our success and form. Our squad is playing and training with great confidence which is great to see. Our aim is to replicate how we have been training over the last few weeks and come away with the right result from today’s game, a win for us. Today we take on Manukau who despite their placing on the table are a very tough side that just hasn’t clicked. In round 1 we battled for the win and although the scoreline read fancy to us, it was a very hard fought win. We expect nothing less from them today so can not take it for granted because they are in the lower part of the table it will be easy today. We showed character last week to not drop our heads. With every bounce, first phase, tackle, 50/50 balls going Claudelands way. They clearly had a plan that would work for them on their home turf and it paid off for them. We were under immense pressure and were lucky only to concede one. Drawing back gave us huge confidence and with almost all the squad not coping with the conditions, I made call and thankfully it paid off. We got the winner in the 90th minute and even then were lucky and thankfully Murtz took a caution for the team. To my guys I personally ‘Thank you’ all for the efforts and hard work you are all putting in, especially with all the disruption that has been happening recently. All I can say is keep believing in yourselves and each other, keep fighting hard! I can’t wait to see all the hard work you have all put in at training finishing up with another win today, not just for us but for the ‘Red Army’. A massive thank you to ‘The Godfather’ Bill for his dedication to this team and my new supporting staff, Josh for standing in and helping at such a crucial time of the season. All the best and I’ll enjoy having a beer with you back in the clubroom. Gary HOGG Reserve Team Coach
Albany United Football Club NRFL Division 2 Reserve Table Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Takapuna AFC
14
12
1
1
49
19
30
37
2
Albany United FC
15
9
2
4
38
25
13
29
3
Northland FC
13
8
1
4
29
19
10
25
4
Fencibles Utd
14
7
1
6
29
25
4
22
5
Te Atatu AFC
13
6
2
5
25
26
-1
20
6
Waitemata AFC
13
5
2
6
21
23
-2
17
7
Papatoetoe AFC
13
4
2
7
19
26
-7
14
8
Claudelands Rovers
14
4
2
8
27
37
-10
14
9
Onehunga Mangere Utd
14
3
4
7
21
27
-6
13
10
Manukau City AFC
13
3
2
8
20
40
-20
11
11
Ngaruawahia Utd
12
3
1
8
16
27
-11
10
AFC Fury
Withdrawn from the league
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Albany United Football Club NRFL Division 2 Reserve Fixtures RND
DATE
H/A
VERSUS
FIELD
TIME
1
25th Mar
H
Ngaruawahia AFC
QBE Stadium Turf
12:30 pm
L
1–2
2
2nd Apr
A
Northland FC
Tikipunga Sports Complex
12:30 pm
L
0–1
3
9th Apr
A
Takapuna AFC
Taharoto Park
12:30 pm
D
2–2
4
16th Apr
H
Waitemata FC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
L
3–4
5
23rd Apr
H
Claudelands Rovers
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
W
3–1
6
25th Apr
A
Manukau City AFC
Walter Massey Park
12:30 pm
W
3–1
7
30th Apr
8
7th May
A
Fencibles United
William Green Domain
12:30 pm
L
2–4
9
21st May
H
Te Atatu AFC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
W
2–1
10
28th May
A
Papatoetoe AFC
Murdoch Park
12:30 pm
W
3–1
11
4th Jun
H
Onehunga Mangere AFC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
D
2–2
RC
6th June
A
Takapuna Reserves
Taharoto Park
12:00pm
W
4–3
12
11th Jun
A
Ngaruawahia AFC
Centennial Park
12:30 pm
W
4–2
13
18th Jun
H
Northland FC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
W
4–1
14
25th Jun
H
Takapuna AFC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
W
4–1
15
2nd Jul
A
Waitemata FC
McLeod Park
12:30 pm
W
2–0
16
9th Jul
A
Claudelands Rovers
Galloway Park
12:30 pm
W
3–2
17
16th Jul
H
Manukau City AFC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
X
x–x
18
24th Jul
19
30th Jul
H
Fencibles United
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
X
x–x
20
6th Aug
A
Te Atatu AFC
Te Atatu Peninsula Park
12:30 pm
X
x–x
RC
13th Aug
A
Onehunga Mangere AFC
Mangere Domain
12:30 pm
X
x–x
21
20th Aug
H
Papatoetoe AFC
Rosedale Park
12:30 pm
X
x–x
22
27th Aug
A
Onehunga Mangere AFC
Mangere Domain
12:30 pm
X
x–x
AFC Fury
AFC Fury
RESULT
AFC Fury have withdrawn form the league
AFC Fury have withdrawn form the league
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Albany United Football Club First Team Comments I’m pleased to welcome the Kevin Fallon led Manukau City team and all their officials and supporters to Rosedale Park for this NRFL Division Two fixture. In recent weeks Manukau have struck a rich vein, putting in big performances against the top two teams and taking key points to haul themselves up into joint 2nd place on the table. First up was a 2-2 draw away to table topping Takapuna, the only disappointment being a late penalty miss which denied Manukau all three points. In their next fixture, at home to Waitemata, an impressive performance saw them secure all three points in a 4-2 victory over the much fancied Waitemata outfit. They now sit level with Waitemata and four points behind Takapuna with a game in hand on each. The last time Albany and Manakau met, back in round 6, Manukau enjoyed a 2-0 victory courtesy of goals from Ubaldo Espinoza and Krishneel Krishna. Since then Kevin has strengthened the squad with a number of quality acquisitions including players such as Iwa Shaker & Imraan Shah. So once again I am expecting a tough fixture and a really good test of our development and improvement over the second half of the season. Since the last time of writing, we’ve put in what was probably our best 90 mins of football this season in an impressive 2-2 draw with high-flying Takapuna. Goals from Scott Vine and Leewaine put us in a position to win the game and so we were obviously disappointed when an injury time goal allowed Takapuna to enjoy a share of the spoils. Next we travelled to Waitemata and found ourselves 2-0 down in the first 10 mins, as we showed our opponents too much respect by standing-off and allowing them to play. Thankfully, once the first 30 mins were out of the way we started to claw our way back into the fixture. In the second-half we created a couple of good 1-on-1 chances, which if we’d managed to convert would have made for an interesting last 15-20 mins. Ultimately, the score finished 2-0 and there were several positives we could take out of the game. Last weekend we travelled to Hamilton to take on Claudelands Rovers. The first 45 mins were not our best as we struggled to adapt to the conditions and went into the HT break 1-0 down. A much better second-half performance saw us equalise via a Dev Pohkrel goal (his first of the season), only to fall behind again two mins later. Leewaine Scott then put us back in the game with an equaliser in the 70th min, but despite dominating the last 20 mins and creating several chances we were unable to put one in the back of the net to secure all three points. Either way at this stage of the season, I was pleased with a solid performance on the road and bringing a valuable point back home! Hopefully the weather today will not be as stormy as the forecasts predict and conditions will allow both teams to play some entertaining football. In closing, I look forward to welcoming our guests from Manukau back to the clubhouse for the aftermatch speeches and wish everyone a safe journey back home. Best wishes to all.
Tel Sheehy First Team Coach
Albany United Football Club NRFL Division 2 Table Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Takapuna AFC
14
9
4
1
45
15
30
31
2
Waitemata AFC
14
8
3
3
37
19
18
27
3
Manukau City AFC
13
8
3
2
29
13
16
27
4
Fencibles Utd
14
8
2
4
32
20
12
26
5
Onehunga Mangere Utd
14
7
1
6
28
18
10
22
6
Papatoetoe AFC
13
7
1
5
25
31
-6
22
7
Ngaruawahia Utd
12
4
5
3
17
15
2
17
8
Te Atatu AFC
14
4
2
8
29
29
0
14
9
Albany United FC
15
3
2
10
20
41
-21
11
10
Claudelands Rovers
14
3
2
9
16
44
-28
11
11
Northland FC
13
0
3
10
10
43
-33
3
12
AFC Fury
Withdrawn from the league
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Albany United Football Club NRFL Division 2 Fixtures RND
DATE
H/A
VERSUS
FIELD
TIME
1
25th Mar
H
Ngaruawahia AFC
QBE Stadium Turf
15:00 pm
L
1–2
2
2nd Apr
A
Northland FC
Tikipunga Sports Complex
15:00 pm
W
2–1
3
9th Apr
A
Takapuna AFC
Taharoto Park
15:00 pm
L
0–3
4
16th Apr
H
Waitemata FC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
L
0–4
5
23rd Apr
H
Claudelands Rovers
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
W
3–2
6
25th Apr
A
Manukau City AFC
Walter Massey Park
15:00 pm
L
0–2
7
30th Apr
8
6th May
A
Fencibles United
William Green Domain
19:30 pm
L
1–4
CCR1
14th May
H
Te Atatu AFC
Rosedale Park
14:00 pm
L
2(1)–2(3)
9
21st May
H
Te Atatu AFC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
L
2–5
10
28th May
A
Papatoetoe AFC
Murdoch Park
15:00 pm
L
2–6
11
4th Jun
H
Onehunga Mangere AFC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
L
1–4
12
11th Jun
A
Ngaruawahia AFC
Centennial Park
15:00 pm
L
1–2
13
18th Jun
H
Northland FC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
W
3–0
14
25th Jun
H
Takapuna AFC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
D
2–2
15
2nd Jul
A
Waitemata FC
McLeod Park
15:00 pm
L
0–2
16
9th Jul
A
Claudelands Rovers
Galloway Park
15:00 pm
D
2–2
17
16th Jul
H
Manukau City AFC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
X
x–x
18
24th Jul
19
30th Jul
H
Fencibles United
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
X
x–x
20
6th Aug
A
Te Atatu AFC
Te Atatu Peninsula Park
15:00 pm
X
x–x
21
20th Aug
H
Papatoetoe AFC
Rosedale Park
15:00 pm
X
x–x
22
27th Aug
A
Onehunga Mangere AFC
Mangere Domain
15:00 pm
X
x–x
AFC Fury
AFC Fury
RESULT
AFC Fury have withdrawn form the league
AFC Fury have withdrawn form the league
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