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FC BRUNOS MAGPIES

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GLACIS UTD FC

15 February 2016

Kick off 20:30

ROUND TWO OF THE ROCK CUP

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The Magpie

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Programme Sponsor Match Sponsor

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MANAGERS NOTES The magic of the Rock Cup is once again upon us and the team face the biggest challenge to date. We have come up against a premier division team in Lions during pre season and managed a 1-1 draw but tonight will be totally different.: Both clubs really really want this and will go 150% out to get the win which will put them into the next round.

We will need to keep our shape, compact and make sure we take our chances. We are not the favourites, but with our fans acting as 12th man we will give it our all.

Thanks for the support and let's hope for a great game of football.

JOEL WILLIAMS

ABOUT FC BRUNOS MAGPIES

Formed 2013

Home Ground Victoria Stadium

Capacity 5,000

Club Chairman Louis Perry

First Team Manager Joel Williams

Technical director Warren Muscat

Reserve Team Manager Steve Gallagher

Club Physiotherapist Martin Sa

Club Sponsor Chesterton

Club Bar Brunos Bar and Restaurant

Club Property Advisors Chesterton

Club Tax Advisors Almanac

Twitter @brunosmagpies

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FEATURED PLAYER - NANA MARFO

Name: Nana Fiifi Asera Marfo

Age: 22

Place of birth: Accra Ghana

Position: DM/CM/CAM

What brought you to Gib: Football

Best Magpies moment: Scoring a sublime free kick from 25yards

Worse Magpie moment: Not starting my first game (but came on and scored the winner)

Pre-match meal: Brunos restaurant special

Hopes for 2016: To help Brunos Magpie FC win the 2nd division cup and get promoted into the premier league

Wags clubs: Yes I don't mind

Top of my playlist: Future

Biggest influence: My brother, uncle and dad

Message to the fans: To work very hard to help my team mates produce the best result possible

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Good evening,

Its the biggest match of the season tonight for the

Magpies. Our first chance to pit our talent against a

premier league team.

Personally, it is the draw I wanted. Glacis play in claret

and blue due to the founders of the club being West

Ham supporters. So after Magpies, they are my team!

May the winner of this fixture win the Rock Cup.

Theres going to be a lot of focus on this game, with us

being the best supported club in the second division

and hoping for a victory. Plus with just this fixture remaining, only one second

division team (College 1975) has made it into the next round with no second

division club having beaten premier opposition. Could it be our night?

Although not an official GFA competition, supporters will be pleased that our

team won the inaugural Street Soccer League competition a couple of weeks

ago with our Reece Placid the tournaments top scorer. See page 10.

Our next game after tonight is on Wednesday 24th Feb at 18.15 v Cannons in

the quarter final of the Second Division Cup. We would welcome a vociferous

crowd for that one as we attempt to make the semi-final. Beer and burgers at

the ready courtesy of Chesterton Estate Agents.

Tonight we welcome Ryan Martinez as our mascot (page 14) and its a big

thanks for 5 year old Evan for leading the team our last time round (page 15).

Im pleased with our first season of sponsoring football in Gibraltar. I think

weve made a difference. Its our philosophy in everything we do.

Finally we welcome Tim Reoch tonight as the referee, a fellow West Ham

supporter.

Enjoy the game.

Mike Nicholls

Managing Director

MESSAGE FROM THE CLUB SPONSOR: CHESTERTON

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Best fans in the league

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Goalscorers: Dembele (22), Ndiaga (58). Attendance: 51

FC Brunos Magpies 2 v 0 Hound Dogs

11 Feb 2016

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After the success of the first Street Soccer League Winter tournament that was held recently at the Victoria Stadium and Mid Harbour Estate pitch, won by FC Magpies having secured a 6-4 victory versus FC Renegades in the final, the Spring Soccer League Cup will take place on the 19th of March 2016 at 1:00 p.m. It will be held at the Victoria Stadium, with a maximum of 16 teams being eligible to participate. Applicants will have until the 16th March to register a full team and match fixtures for the tournament will be published on the 18th March. Individual players who want to register independently but do not have a team can still sign up and a team among single players will be formed as was done during the Winter SSL Cup.

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FC Magpies are crowned champions of the 5-a-side Winter Street Soccer League Cup after defeating FC Renegades 6 - 4 in the final match of the tournament.

Top scorer in the competition was FC Brunos Magpies Reece Placid.

STREET SOCCER LEAGUE

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The winners of the Rock Cup qualify for next seasons Europa League. The winners of the Europa League qualify for the following seasons Champions League. It couldn't be bigger. It couldn't be better. Come on Magpies, lets do it!

THE ROCK CUP

Team Titles Last Title

Lincoln Red Imps 16 2015

St Joseph's 9 2013

Europa FC 5 1952

Glacis United 5 1998

Britannia XI 3 1948

Gibraltar United 3 2001

Manchester 62 3 2003

Since its inauguration in 1895,

this table shows the teams who

have won the Rock Cup more

than once (Wikipaedia)

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Back row (leftright) Fernando (GK), Lewis Constable, Simon Hogg, Max Bothen, Ahmed Elsahib, Devote Totesaut, Scott Beattie, Danny Cosgrove, Stephen Munns, Steve Gallagher, David Martin (GK )

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Front row (leftright) Michael Macias, Justin Phillips, Jack Neale, Jose Perles, Juan Calvente Rivas, Francisco Perles, Kyle Schembri, Harry Perry, Arif Hattabi, Zane Holgado, Cristian Calvente

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Match Mascot - Owen Martinez

Whats your full name? Owen Michael Martinez

How old are you? Just turned 8 on Friday!

Whats your favourite football team in Gibraltar? Bruno's Magpies all the way

Who is your favourite player? All of them are cool

Whats your favourite football team outside of Gibraltar? Barcelona

What do you want to be when you grow up? Right now a ninja...

What advice would you give the Magpies team if you were

manager? Just go for it boys!!

What do you think of Brunos

Burgers? I love them so much..!

If you would like your child to be a match day mascot,

please contact our mascot coordinator Claire

claire.thirkill@chesterton.gi

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Last weeks mascot - Evan Wink

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Available from Chesterton for

just 7.50

Last few remaining!!

Once theyve gone theyve

gone!

SECOND DIVISION TABLE

CLUB SCARVES

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FIXTURES AND RESULTS

Time

Tue 22/09/2015 FC Brunos 3 v 4 Europa Point FC 18:15

Sun 27/09/2015 Cannons FC 0 v 4 FC Brunos 18:30

Mon 12/10/2015 FC Brunos 4 v 0 FC Hound Dogs 18:15

Tue 20/10/2015 FC Boca Juniors 1 v 1 FC Brunos 20:30

Tue 27/10/2015 FC Brunos 3 v 0 Europa Pegasus 20:30

Sun 08/11/2015 FC Brunos 3 v 1 FC Olympique 18:30

Tue 17/11/2015 Mons Calpe SC P v P FC Brunos 20:30

Thur 03/12/2015 Leo FC 1 v 5 FC Brunos 20:30

Wed 09/12/2015 FC Brunos 3 v 3 Gib Phoenix 20:30

Mon 21/12/2015 Red Imps 2 v 1 FC Brunos 18:15

Wed 06/01/2016 Europa Point FC 3 v 0 FC Brunos 20:30

Mon 11/01/2016 Cannons FC* 3 v 1 FC Brunos 18:15

Sun 17/01/2016 FC Brunos 0 v 2 Mons Calpe 18:30

Mon 25/01/2016 FC Brunos 2 v 0 Cannons FC 18:15

Thur 11/02/2016 FC Hound Dogs 0 v 2 FC Brunos 18:15

Mon 15/02/2016 Glacis Utd FC* V FC Brunos 20:30

Wed 24/02/2016 FC Brunos ** v College 1975 18:15

Sun 28/02/2016 FC Brunos v FC Boca Juniors 18:30

Tue 08/03/2016 Europa Pegasus v FC Brunos 18:30

Sun 20/03/2016 FC Olympique v FC Brunos 20:30

Sun 10/04/2016 FC Brunos v Mons Calpe SC 20:30

Sun 17/04/2016 College 1975 FC v FC Brunos 18:30

Sun 24/04/2016 FC Brunos v Leo FC 18:30

Tue 17/05/2016 Gib Phoenix v FC Brunos 20:30

Fri 27/05/2016 FC Brunos v Red Imps 20:30

*Rock Cup

**Division 2 Cup

Fixtures are subject to change due to pitch re-alloca:ons

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The reserves need support too.! FC Brunos Magpies is one of two second division clubs to enter a team into the reserves league. Right or wrong decision? Only time will tell. Do come along and see for yourselves!

Time

Wed 30/09/2015 FCB Res 2 v 0 Europa Res 20:30

Thur 29/10/2015 FCB Res 0 v 8 Gib Utd Res 18:15

Tue 03/11/2015 FCB Res 2 v 2 Man 62 Res 20:30

Thur 19/11/2015 FCB Res 3 v 4 Lynx Res 20:30

Tue 24/11/2015 FCB Res 0 v 7 Lions Res 18:15

Thur 17/12/2015 FCB Res 0 v 4 Britannia Res 18:15

Tue 19/01/2016 FCB Res 0 v 4 Lincoln Res 18:15

Tue 02/02/2016 FCB Res 1 v 1 St J Res 18:15

Mon 08/02/2016 FCB Res 3 v 1 Glacis Res 20:30

Mon 22/02/2016 FCB Res v Mons Calpe Res 18:15

Wed 02/03/2016 FCB Res v Europa Res 20:30

Tue 15/03/2016 FCB Res v Gib Utd Red 18:15

Sat 26/03/2016 FCB Res v Lions Res 16:00

Mon 04/04/2016 FCB Res v Lynx Res 18:15

Wed 27/04/2016 FCB Res v Britannia Res 18:15

Thur 05/05/2016 FCB Res v Lincoln Res 18:15

Tue 10/15/16 FCB Res v St J Res 18:15

Sun 15/05/2016 FCB Res v Glacis Res 20:30

Sun 29/05/2016 FCB Res v Mons Calpe Res 18:30

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INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

The Gibraltar National Team will be playing a friendly v Latvia (FIFA ranking 100) on the 29th of March 2016, at the Victoria Stadium, in Gibraltar. This follows the friendly against Liechtenstein (FIFA ranking 165), also at the Victoria Stadium on the 23rd March 2016.

Kick-Off times and ticket pricing to be confirmed.

Division 2 Cup

Wed 24/02/2016 FC Brunos v College 1975 18:15

NEXT GAME

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10/02/2016: 20:30 - GIBRALTAR UTD FC 2 V 1 RED IMPS FC

11/02/2016: 20:30 - MANCHESTER 62 FC 1 V 0 LYNX FC

12/02/2016: 20:30 - ST JOSEPH'S FC 0 V 1 EUROPA FC

13/02/2016: 17:00 - LINCOLN RED IMPS FC 5 V 1 FC BRITANNIA XI

13/02/2016: 19:30 - MONS CALPE SC 1 V 4 LIONS GIBRALTAR FC

14/02/2016: 16:30 - GIBRALTAR PHOENIX FC 0 V 4 ANGELS FC

14/02/2016: 18:30 - LEO FC 0 V 1 COLLEGE 1975 FC

BETS ARE OFF

GFA opens investigation to determine whether Red Imps

players bet against themselves

The Gibraltar Football Association has opened an investigation to

determine whether Red Imps second division players bet against

themselves. The Gibraltar-based gaming company Bet 365 reportedly got

its odds wrong, mistaking the second tier Red Imps team for the

defending Premier Division Champions, Lincoln Red Imps FC.

Allegedly, some Red Imps players placed the maximum bet of 500, with

this flagged by the Bet 365 system. GBC understands the bets were

suspended and the incident reported to the GFA.

A GFA spokesperson has told GBC: The Gibraltar FAs Integrity Unit is

aware of the information and has already began a full investigation. He

added, the Gibraltar FA has strict rules on betting which ensure that

Gibraltar Footballs Integrity is upheld.

Source www.gbc.gi

THE ROCK CUP 2ND ROUND

RESULTS

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GLACIS UTD FC SQUAD

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Glacis United Football Club is a football club from Gibraltar, founded in 1965 and a member of the Gibraltar FA. The club share the Victoria Stadium with all other teams.

Club Colours are maroon, sky blue and white as the founders of the club were mostly West Ham Utd supporters.

Glacis have two senior teams, playing in the GFA Premier and Reserves respectively, with a further five youth teams playing in the GFA junior leagues.

Glacis have also a pre-league squad of players aged 3 to 5.

Glacis also has a futsal team in the first division.

The team has its own clubhouse in the Glacis Estate area for members.

https://www.facebook.com/GlacisUnitedFC/ https://twitter.com/glacisutdfc

Honours

League titles 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1997, 2000.

Rock Cup 1975, 1981, 1982, 1997, 1998

Senior Cup 1966, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002

About Brunos Magpies:

Manager Daniel Amaya sees it as a difficult tie where there are a number of good players that his team need to be vigilant to keep under control if they want to win this match.

Morale is high in the team although it is in the lower part of the table.

The team have been playing very good football in the last games but for one reason or another results haven't come their way. Although the priority is not to be relegated they will try to have a good run in the cup where in only one game for each qualifying round, if cards are played correctly there can be some upsets.

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