Not a good day at Belmore

Belmore Sports Center, home of Sydney Olympic its a difficult ground for Wollongong boys.

My second time visiting that ground and lost both times.

We knew that would be a difficult game and we were ready for it.

We scored probably the fastest goal in the NSW Premier League ever.

1st minute of the game a long pass all the way from the defense found Ilija in the GK's face, flicking the ball over him and scoring the 1st goal.

Early goal gave us motivation to keep the ball in possession and making better circulation than Sydney Olympic, we scored again.

It was 2-0 for us with only 11 minutes in the game.

Well, Sydney Olympic never quit and showed why is one of the favourite teams once again this year.

Coming back from 2-0 down, they scored 2 goals till the half time.
I must say that in the defense we made it a bit easy for Sydney Olympic.

Two plays that we should have cleared easy they didnt wasted the chances and we went to the sheds with 2-2.

Second half I reckon we gave them to much space and they use it the best way.

Also we never pick it up again our game and they finished their chances created in the second half, giving us no chance to recover till the last whistle.

Heavy 5-2 loss and very disappointing to Wollongong.

Now time to work well this week at training and focus on our next opponent - Sutherland Sharks Sunday at Crehan park.

My shirt ... all the way to Chile

A couple weeks ago, a friend of mine Giordano, original from Chile, living in Wollongong for many years, came to me and said he had a special request and would need my help.



So Giordano is a big football fan and always follow the games in Wollongong. Giordano's request was for a couple of friends and Family back in Chile that are big football fans. Unconditional Colo Colo supporters in Chile, in Australia they follow and cheer for the WCFC.

They would like to have a shirt signed from me and also a couple of photos where Im with Luis Figo and with the trophy after win the 2008 NSWPL Grand Final.



These are the photos of the boys posing with the shirt and the pics.

Doesn't matter where you are and how old you are. Football is a universal language, I love this game :))



Muchas gracias a todos Chilenos e especialmente para Miguel Andres, Mario Albert Ramirez, Miguel Angel Villalobos e Ernesto Fortunato Villalobos.

Suerte en el futbol Miguel Andres



Miguel Andres Villalobos (game organiser, Colo Colo fanatic, football fanatic ... and a friend)

A good game with a bad result !

Sydney United was the guest on Crehan Park for the 3rd round.

They are the only team undefeated in the league. A couple of ex socceroos and ex A League players compose a very organized team.

We try to play our game and most of the possession was ours during the 90 minutes.
I can say that on the 3rd game we are playing a very confident football.

However our superiority in the middle of the park wasn't enough to create chances for goal.

I think the crowd enjoyed the game, each team had a few chances to score. But each defense did a very good job to keep the nets clean.

Unfortunately at the 71st minute a shot from outside the box got a deflection on ... me, that eluded Alex (GK) and it was 0-1!

It was the end of the game and a very sad end for us.

Time now to move on and to look forward preparing another difficult opponent next week, Sydney Olympic away game.

Thanks to the crowd that attended the game.

WCFC Inspiratonal afternoon

First home game of the season, I believe was worth for the crowd that decided to attend to the game.

After the 1st round lost at Bankstown's home, everyone showed up at Crehan Park with expectation to see what we could do at home against Bonnyrigg.

Despite a good start, dominating most of the time, Bonnyrigg found the back of the net twice and got us one man down just before the half time, when Ben side tackle a Bonnyrigg player with the referee, deciding for the red card.

But the break came in the right time. We knew we were the best team on the park and the score , even being two goals and one man down, it was possible to win the game.

Well, thats what we did. We start a great second half and worked till the end.
The unthinkable for some, did really happen.

Ilija scoring twice and Samet scoring the winning goal gave us the 3 points.

Well done lads!!! Great performance of all team.

It was great to see the crowd excited and pushing for the team at the stands.
It feels good to play under that atmosphere.

Thanks to all!

P.S - Next sunday again at home against Sydney United! Dont miss it!!!

New Colours ... New Game ...

This weekend we will have the 09'WCFC new colours,that we hope will be a winning combination!



We are playing our first home game of the season against Bonnyrigg White Eagles.
The team trained very well during all week and free of injuries we will face Bonnyrigg in 100%.

I hope a good crowd will attend the game.

Lets go boys!

2009 season start ...

Sunday, March 1st

We were the better side for most part of the game, despite the defunct of the Wolves and the many changes for this year, with new players, having the team the age range around the 22.

The new WCFC stepped up on the field for the first time this year, looking for a good result and bring some points home.

Well as the game went through the confidence raised up and we had a few good chances to score with Ilija, Samet and Josh.

We fought for 90 minutes, and wasn't Bankstown, with a more mature and experienced team, that impressed the "new" Wollongong boys.

However a single goal for Bankstown around the 70th minute gave the 3 points to the home team.

End of the day, I want to congratulate my team mates for a good start of season, that despite the score they never stopped trying to win the game.

Well done lads for a start.

My thank you also for the supporters that followed us from Wollongong.

See you guys next sunday March 8th @ 6pm at Crehan Park against Bonnyrigg White Eagles.