This morning was a momentous occasion on the Gold Coast as Pacific Pines U13 div 2 duked it out with Southport for the 3rd time this season to eventually run out 2-1 winners.
Stifler, affectionatly known as Tristan, was pivotal to the Pine's scoring both goals in the first half and dropping back to help the defense against a surging Southport in the 2nd.

StiflersMom was drafted as a lineswoman and notes there was No sign of GazGoldCoast at this event. In both his other meetings (4-4 and 2-4 To Southport) Gaz graced the sidelines.

Unfortunately this will be the last time this season the 2 sides will meet as Pine's are languishing at the bottom of the table with virtually no hope of making the top 4.



Edited by StiflersMom: 20/7/2009 07:02:55 AM

The Guys from Pacific Pines are on a roll winning 3 of their last 4, the latest against 3rd place Murwillumbah with Tristan scoring one and setting up another in the thrilling come from behind 4-3 win. Calib was man of the match with a brace and Mark the workhorse of the team chipped in with the 4th.
Tristan has now 6 goals from the last 4 games helping the team off the bottom of the ladder.

The real test is still to come as Pines must face the table top two in the final 4 weeks of competition. It's early days but a top 4 finish is mathimatically possible for the early season easy beats.


Go PINES!

Hey I was there! You should have come and said hello! Well done Pac Pines.

Our Southport Div 2 boys crumbled to Coomera yesterday, 2-2 halftime then 2-7 blowout second half, we'll now be struggling for top four too.

Div 3 has just been a mad scramble to get 11 kids on the pitch all season, we had four U11s helping us out at Croatian Club sat. Sigh...

I didn't see you, I was running the line....As was another Pac Pine's parent.. and we were at YOUR home ground

Yeah, sorry about that mate - our club has been in a shocking state. I probably would have been running the line myself but I didn't get there till half time coz I was at my other boys game. Would have been nice for some of our parents to grab a flag, but the ones who've made an effort are already sick of things... Too much politics, too much focus on the seniors, not enough focus on building a real football club community. Might have something to do with why you beat us!

I'm hoping the arrival of the Gold Coast United Youth Team (see my blog today) is a sign of change on the horizon.

How did you guys go against Magic? Our boys play them tomorrow, and like you we'll be hoping to overtake them for a top 4 finish.

Magic we lost - Jack Walbanks in the midfield is the key, he is about the largest on their team, easy to spot, the most gifted ( I was his first every coach ), keep him away from the box or anywhere near it and the rest of the team is average. They drew on the weekend meaning a few wins and we can catch them.

Unfortunately half our team is hit with flu - this could be a challenge! Thanks for the tip!

BTW as I remember the Pac Pines game at your place started 1/2 hr late, which really messed me around. I thought I could watch the first half then rush of to my Div 3 game, but when I got there the refs were already on the field and everyone was waiting for the coach (me) to arrive with the shirts! So we are not the only club with a few issues... LOL!

It's not really an issue with me, my daughter plays for Southport Womans.

The fairy tale continues, Pines pull out all stops and gave comp leaders Kingscliff a real shake today, Tristan opened the scoring for Pines in a game that had everything. Fantastic support from the mums and dads and not one boring minute. Leading 2-1 with 6 to go Kingscliff drew level with a long range worm burner catching a sleeping keeper off guard. End result a well earned 2-2 draw.

Go Pines.=d>

Sorry mate we didn't do you any favours! Southport were leading Magic 2-1 with 5 mins to go when they drew level from a penalty where the young ref said it was handball in the box but our boy swears it was off his stomach. Oh well... :evil:

Very exciting for Magic parents as they scored the winning goal way, way, way into injury time and then the ref blew the final whistle - 3-2 Magic. Our boys should have put it away, they certainly had their chances. Well done Magic. =d> =d>

And yes, that #6 knows his stuff. Good luck catching them, Pines.. I think that's our season done. :-({|= :-({|= :-({|=

Edited by gazgoldcoast: 1/8/2009 02:10:22 PM

For those who watched, that was Pacific Pines on Football Star of Tomorrow, which aired today on 9.=d>