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YELLOW FEVER'S FINGER ON LOCAL FOOTBALL'S PULSE
Edition Fourteen
MIRAMAR INCH CLOSER
TO BIG LEAGUE TITLE
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As we hurtle towards the end of the season we can start to
look forward to the summer, when there is less mud, and more
football.
Most Central League teams have just four games left to play
and Miramar Rangers look pretty set to hang on to their 5 point
margin over Wests and take the O’Brian Shield/Central League
double.
They also looked alright playing against the Wellington Phoenix
on Wednesday night at Te Whaea. A couple of Miramar boys
even played for the Nix who were without regulars Paul Ifill
(hammy), Vinnie Lia (lazy), Chr is Greenacre (doesn’t play in the
cold) and Leo Bertos (semi-retired).
There were also a few interesting trialists on display for the
Nix, including Englishman, and former Mariner, Nicky Travis,
goalkeeper Jess van Straten, and the supebly named Spanish
striker Dani Sanchez, who had just flown in after being released
by Inverness in Scotland.
The Phoenix have warm up games against Western Suburbs
next Wednesday, the New Zeland U20s and Waitakere City the
week after, before a trip to Dunedin for a massive game againstthe Brisbane Roar on August 20th. A-League Champion Judas
Bubble Kosta Barbarouses was in attendance at last night’s
game, probably reflecting on how nice it was to be at a club with
money.
FOOTBALL CENTRAL PREMIER LEAGUE
This week’s sees a highly unspectacular round with each of the
top five teams facing a bottom five team.
Having lost the use of Newtown Park due to the RWC,
Wellington United (4th, 22pts) play host to Karori (6th, 16pts) at
the new turf at Wakefield Park. United have slipped to fourth
after being on Chatham Cup duty last week, while Karori have
risen to sixth following their 3-1 win over Wests. Karori boast
a number of United rejects including Coco, Tony Wall, JohnnyDwyer and Nick Tarrant, who will all want to put one over G
Little and his cash filled boots.
Parky predicts: United wins 2-1.
Also on Wakefield, Olympic ressies (7th, 15pts) try to resuscitate
their season when they face Miramar ressies (3rd, 23pts). It
won’t happen. Olympic have been going backwards, and the
depth of the Mar should be far too strong.
Parky predicts: Mar wins 4-1.
Island Bay (5th, 22pts) have also been going backwards in recent
weeks, and face a potential banana skin fixture against Marist
(8th, 15pts). Marist came from 2-0 down last week to share the
spoils with Wainui, while the Bay’s poor run continued with a
2-0 loss to Stop Out. Park Life hears rumours that even club
stalwarts like Bay U19s head recruiter Jamie Milne is frustrated
with the club and talking of walking the plank.
Parky predicts: 1-1 draw.
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In what could end in a massacre, Wainui (9th, 8pts) travel north
to face Upper Hutt (1st, 28pts). Upper Hutt pulled 5 points
clear at the top following a 1-0 win over Olympic. After raiding
the playing stocks of Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt seems to have
steadied the speed wobbles they experienced a few weeks
ago. The title is theirs to lose, for the second year running.
Parky predicts: Upper Hutt wins 4-0.
And finally, Stop Out (2nd, 23pts) travel to Endeavour Park for
their clash with Wests ressies (10th, 6th). Stop Out have come
from nowhere to jump into second place. If Capital Football
had a half decent website we’d be able to tell you what kind
of run they are on. What we can tell you is that they won 2-0
over Island Bay last week. Riveting stuff. Wests ressies on the
other hand are horrible. However, with their first team playing
on Sunday, and effectively out of the running in Central League,
expect the mandatory stacking of three first teamers this
weekend. Will it be enough? Will Comedy Carney still be at the
club come this weekend? And will Jason Musgrove receive his
token yellow card?
Parky predicts: No, yes, yes, and a 3-1 win to Stop Out.
Wellington United vs Waterside Karori Wakefield 2 (Sat 12.45)
Olympic vs Miramar Rangers Wakefield 1 (Sat 5.30)
Island Bay United vs Marist Wakefield 1 (Sat 3.30)
Wainuiomata vs Upper Hutt City Prouse 1 (Sat 2.30)
Western Suburbs vs Stop Out Endeavour 1 (Sat 2pm)
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Rangers’ relentless run towards the Central League title
continued with a 4-0 thumping of the Bubbles, who finished the
game with 10 men after an obligatory red card. Dom Rowe got a
brace to end any hopes the Bubbles may have had of defending
their title, and Miramar, undefeated in the league this season,
would require a meltdown of epic proportions to let it slip now.
Wests retained their faint hopes of the winning the league with
a 2-1 win over a Lower Hutt side mired in inner-club turmoil.Ryan Cain scored a double to keep Wests in second, 5 points
adrift of Miramar with 4 games to go (and a reserve team to
prop up!)
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The game of this round is undoubtedly Rapa vs Wests – Rapa are
lying third, 10 points behind Miramar, but with two games in
hand thanks to their successful Big Cup run so far. The winner
of this game will extend their hopes of somehow snatching the
title away from Miramar for at least one more week, while the
loser could well end up out of the title race – Wests reserves will
certainly be watching with keen interest.
Miramar welcome Napier City Rovers at Farrington Field –
Rovers’ are stuck in the middle of the table going nowhere, and
have set their sights now on the Big Cup where they’re through
to the quarter-finals. All this may mean that Miramar could have
a relatively straightforward afternoon, but let’s not forget that on
their way to the Big Cup quarters, the Rovers crushed Miramar
5-0 in Napier. Can the Rovers repeat their heroics? Or will the
Rangers return the favour? Parky’s money (all 75c of it) is on
Miramar.
The remaining three games bring us all the excitement of sitting
in a dentist’s waiting room. Brendan McIntyre’s McLower Hutt
1921 welcome the Palmy North Marist side which is on its way
to relegation, Tawa and Petone will engage in an epic c lash to
move up to 7th place (maybe even 6th!), and Bubbles wil l try
to restore some pride after two weeks of battering when theyhead up to sunny Hawke’s Bay to face the second-to-bottom
Maycenvale.
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CURRENT NIx TRIALIsTs
Jess Vanstrattan Nicky Travis
Saka Runzzie
Nick Tsattalios
Danny Sanchez
Shaun Kelly
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P W D L GF GA Pts
Miramar Rangers 14 8 6 0 33 14 30
Western Suburbs 14 8 1 5 24 24 25
Wairarapa Utd 12 6 2 4 23 18 20
Olympic 13 5 3 5 34 29 18
Lower Hutt City 14 4 5 5 20 20 17
Napier City Rovers 12 4 4 4 16 15 16
Tawa 12 4 3 5 24 27 15
Petone 12 4 3 5 21 25 15
Maycenvale 13 4 2 7 22 31 14
PN Marist 12 2 1 9 13 27 7
LOTTO MENS CENTRAL LEAGUE:
Miramar Rangers vs Napier City Rovers David Farrington Pk
Saturday, 2.30pm
Lower Hutt City vs PN Marist Bell Pk Saturday, 2.30pm
Tawa vs Petone Redwood Saturday, 2.30pm
Maycenvale vs Olympic Hastings Sports Pk Sunday, 2pm
Wairarapa Utd vs Western Suburbs Sports Bowl Sunday, 2pm