The Chat Godfather

In November 1974, I took my first position as a Manager at Stenhousemuir, its amazing to think that all these years have passed and I'm setting off on another season of working alongside Declan Murphy, a young manager of similar age to myself back in 1974 (The Youngest Manager in Europe at the time). I'm sure that despite the varying times, he is following the same enthusiasm and love for the game which motivates you to want to work in the game forever. The only difference being, I was a young manager with 11 board members, a committee and a physio, and we were lingering at the bottom of the Scottish Second Division. In the past 5 years, I've witnessed Michael Keating (Former First Team Coach) take the club from a very amateur set up, to giving Declan a platform to continue the upwards spiral of the club. Myself In particularly is very much looking forward to the new season, after securing the 2022 FQPL 5 Men's Premiership and Grand Final Double. This weekend we look forward to going into a Australia Cup Tie against Kingscliff Wolves, and going forward into the League Fixtures that follow, and hopefully carry on the strong performances from last year. One thing I feel very strange about is that I've got the sane excitement for the new season as I had when I started the journey in November 1974 with Stenhousemuir. The Feeling is the same, and I'm sure Declan feelings will be mirrored.

Max "Official" Metro Correspondent

'Metro to the Max' is the segment where we take a closer look at the Metro Side of the Club. To run you through the first edition, here is Club Pest and Metro Vice President Max.

As we head into the new season, there are three certainties in life, Death, Taxes and Metro Men drinking at the bar post-game. And the 2023 season looks to be no different. With many new and returning faces as we look to defend our Springfield Cup Title won by the City 4 in 2022. 2023 also sees the return of the Metro Women at Springfield United, we look forward to seeing them in action throughout the season as well.

The lads have been hard at work at training and some interclub friendlies with some promising signs for the upcoming season. A quick rundown of how we went last year: Three finals appearances with two being Grand Finals

Goals scored: 239 Goals over 83 games between the 6 teams.

Top Goal Scorers: Daniel Lake - 18; Nathan Crowley - 17; Eoin Friel - 14

Most Yellows: Justin Hilliard - 3

Beer drunk at the Cross Bar: Too many to count.

This week the SUFC Metro Men play over four fixtures. With an interclub match of SUFC Gold and SUFC Blue kicking off at 6pm on 2B. SUFC Silver also kickoff at 6pm against Wynnum Wolves on 2A. And if you can’t find anything better to do this Saturday afternoon come and watch some fun football, as SUFC White battle it out against Toowong in the afternoon heat with a 3pm kick off on Field 1A in a curtain raiser to the FQPL4 Australia Cup game at 7pm.

Lee

"Official" Overs Correspondent

Here is the first edition of 'Over The Hill', a segment where we delve into the Overs Side of the Club. To give you a quick overview of the Overs setup for 2023, here is Club Overs Legend Lee.

Over'Our QMF masters teams take to the field in 2023 strengthened by the addition of an 8th team. This will see 5 o35s teams and 3 o45s teams representing the club. This also makes us the largest represented club in the QMF. With a combined total of 12 seasons of o35s since 2017, the club has made 9 grand finals, winning 7 of those. Catering for all abilities, "Old Man Football" promotes fitness, mental well-being and mateship through football. Plus you'll always find us supporting 'The Crossbar' on a Friday night after every home game, reliving the games with laughter and beers!'