Strikers Struggle Again....

Even the great team of 1926 had its ups and downs but Archie Trotter knew the Strikers of '26 had it in them. Now it is 2002 and captain Roni G is looking for his team to rise to the occasion and start putting some good performances together. The Strikers didn't have one of their better days on Sunday when a well seasoned and stuck in there ways Ilam banged home 6 goals to 1. The Strikers had a poor first half letting in 4 soft goals and only securing 1 themselves. Because of some pig headedness by Ilam's skipper, the Strikers were not able to bring on super sub Tony until half time. Once big Tones graced the field the Strikers started to gel more and were looking to get back into the match, but in true winger from Queensland (who's name escapes me at this point) form, Tony had a brain explosion. Not since Harry Pickering was given the perfect cross from North Shore United's Loral Hipkins in the great Chatham Cup final of 1926 had the Sunnyside colours seen a better pass to set up the opposition for a goal. Tony pretty much gave the goal to Ilam which knocked the juice right out of the Strikers oranges. It was a shame really as Tony is an inspirational leader for the Strikers and some say it is not fair to blame Tony for the loss (I agree with Tony's mum). 

So next weekend we take on Thomas and the Fat Controllers team, the Strikers should be looking to get their season back on track and get a couple of points clear of the dreaded A's. 

See below for inspiration.

Chatham Cup 1926
   
SUMMARY

Association      Entries    Representative
-----------      -------    ---------------
North Island: 
Auckland            ?       North Shore 
Wellington          ?       Western Suburbs
Waikato             ?       Huntly Thistle 
South Island: 
Canterbury          ?       Sunnyside 
Otago               ?       ? 


Final  
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[Sep-4] 
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Sunnyside 4-2 North Shore
 [Trotter 3, Pickering - Hipkins, Woolley]
  
Sunnyside: Jim Callaghan, H. Thompson, J. Simpson, Jim Wales, R. Purdie,
W. Bond, Bob McLachlan, D. Sutherland, Archie Trotter, H. Pickering,
W. Robson.
North Shore: Stewart Lipscombe, Len Colebourne, Peter Gerrard, Reg
Baxter, Dick Bird, Dan Jones, L. Hipkins, Ces Dacre, George Jay, John 
Woolley, Jock Bradshaw.
  
Referee: C. Kelly (Wellington)

Regards

Nurse Norm