SOCCER
THREE local teams remain in the Dockerty Cup after last weekend’s third preliminary round.
Langwarrin, Mornington and Skye United will fly the flag for peninsula football.
Skye is at home to Brunswick Juventus, Langy is away to Westvale and Mornington is away to Western Unted in round 4 ties which are expected to be played over the Easter weekend.
Last Saturday Mornington strolled to a 5-0 Cup win over Moonee Ponds with goals from Ryan Paczkowski, Kieran Dover, Campbell Steedman, Natthan Sim and Kosta Droutsas.
The tie was over at half-time with Mornington leading 4-0.
Skye beat Baxter 3-1 at Baxter Park.
Skye’s Arash Sadeghi opened the scoring after 16 minutes when his free-kick evaded everyone and nestled inside the far post.
Five minutes later a Nashir Hussainy strike from distance gave Skye a two-goal buffer.
Marcus Spivey converted from the spot on the hour mark followed by Baxter’s Charlie O’Connell who rounded out the scoring 10 minutes later.
State 4 Seaford gave its State 1 opponent Collingwood City an almighty scare at North Seaford Reserve on Saturday.
Goals from Dylan Waugh and Mahdi Hairadi had Seaford 2-0 up at half-time but goals in the 50th and 53rd minutes from Collingwood’s Jimin Dooley had Seaford on the back foot.
It took until the 82nd minute for Collingwood to hit the front through Dean Markovski.
In the first minute of time added Seaford keeper Hayden Hicks brought down an opponent inside the box and the ref pointed to the spot and sent Hicks off.
Philip Markovski converted to make it 4-2 but the action didn’t end there.
Seaford substitute Luke Murray was shown a straight red for comments made to the referee and Seaford’s Cup run was over.
This week the spotlight turns to the start of the State league season and Chelsea kicks off proceedings on Friday night when it hosts East Kew at Edithvale Recreation Reserve.
It will be a good test for Gus Macleod’s men who are among the favourites to win promotion from State 4 South-East.
In VPL1 news Langwarrin drew 1-1 away to Port Melbourne on Friday night after playing with 10 men for most of the match.
A series of corners finally took its toll in the 23rd minute when a corner to the back post was headed back across goal and headed in by Port’s Jason Quinlan.
Langwarrin was staring down the barrel in the 34th minute after keeper James Burgess was harshly judged to have deliberately handled outside the box and red carded.
Second choice keeper Branten Kindler replaced Brad Blumenthal and three minutes later the 10 men levelled.
Port didn’t deal with a long free-kick to the back post and when the ball fell to Alun Webb the Welsh striker hammered it home from close range.
Port’s inability to force Kindler into action was a measure of how well Langwarrin defended for the remainder of the contest.
Here are local State League senior squads (with the exception of Mount Martha who failed to supply a squad).
New signings have last year’s club in brackets after their names.
ASPENDALE
GOALKEEPERS: Josh Mravljak, Mathew Self. DEFENDERS: Jordy Athanassiou, Cam Zamora (Mentone), Mathew Leggett, Oliver Clark, Darcy Maher, Nathan Padinis. MIDFIELDERS: Mark Antonopoulos (Noble Hurricanes), Patrick Finnegan (Elwood City), Daniel Trevisan, Harry Williamson, Evan Bibby. FORWARDS: Mitch Hodder (unattached), Kailan Smith, Oscar Carter, Samuel Curtis, Ryan Mravjak.
BAXTER
GOALKEEPERS: Colby Jones (Berwick City). DEFENDERS: Aiden McKenna, Aaron Credlin, Daniel Jones, Cody Storton-French (C), Jordy May (Peninsula Strikers), Michael Millar (Peninsula Strikers), Logan Wilson. MIDFIELDERS: Niko Juric, Jack Bradbury, Kyle Eichenberger, Jacob Pay (Peninsula Strikers), Calvin Delaney (Hampton Park Utd) Robbie O’Toole, Davide Sbalchiero. FORWARDS: Charlie O’Connell, Jai Power, Tez Hashemi, Austin Sporys.
CHELSEA
GOALKEEPERS: Carl Darling (Bayside Argonauts), Ollie Walder. DEFENDERS: Adam Dunsford, Alex Namar, Nathan Gondelle, Nemanja Lojanica, Tom Flavelle, Nathan Boccari, Luke D’Allesandro, Marcelo Burgos, Sean Murphy (Endeavour Utd). MIDFIELDERS: Dylan Scott, Ryan Scott, Lachie Davies, Liam Burford, Victor Cruz De Faria (Monash University), Michael Swinnerton (Collingwood City). FORWARDS: Daniel Vella, James Stinson, Marcus Anastasiou (Somerville Eagles), Patrick Briggs (East Bentleigh).
FRANKSTON PINES
GOALKEEPERS: Ben Jones, Caleb Parr, Josh MacLaren (unattached). DEFENDERS: Adam Steele (unattached), Charley Hunt (Mount Martha), Jacob Platt (Mount Martha), Jaden Taberner (Mount Martha), Kevin Derry (unattached), Sam Allen (Lyndale Utd). MIDFIELDERS: Archie Thomas (Mount Martha), Jack Carter (unattached), Howie Anderson (Mount Martha), Kane Ireson (Chelsea), Tom Oswell (unattached), Kenan Akalan (Dandenong South). FORWARDS: Alec Keisoglu (unattached), Connor Mooney (unattached), Kyan Taberner (unattached), Naseer Mohammad (Seaford Utd), Nathan Yole (unattached).
MENTONE
GOALKEEPERS: Noa Corimbelly, Damon Guerrieri. DEFENDERS: Stefan Sepulveda, Matias Cantavenera, Morgan Knight, Matt Main, Archie Weldin, Ali Durbani (Mazenod). MIDFIELDERS: Archie Rowland, Osman Gowni (Springvale City), Jamie Powell, Eric Ervine, Sachin James, Rahman Afzali ( Gleeson, South Australia). FORWARDS: Danny Richa, Haris Hares (Springvale City), Luka Varga, Leahcim Francis, Nikola Varga.
MORNINGTON
GOALKEEPERS: Kane Runge, Jarrod Nardino. DEFENDERS: Nate Sim (Bentleigh Greens), Kameel Khan, Matt Hennessey, Ryan Paczkowski, Flynn O’Reilly. MIDFIELDERS: Joe Hunt (Bentleigh Greens), Liam Grimshaw, Rhys Craigie, Shaun Kenny, Chris Droutsas (Bentleigh Greens), Kosta Droutsas (Bayside Argonauts), Ethan Goulding (Peninsula Strikers), James Clarke, Lachlan Jamieson, Taketo Hosokawa (Bayside Argonauts). FORWARDS: James Kelly, Campbell Steedman (Peninsula Strikers), Keiron Dover, Max Civil, Josh Mackenzie (Dandenong Thunder).
MOUNT ELIZA
GOALKEEPERS: Luke Armao. DEFENDERS: Cooper Tossavainen, Jackson Tossavainen, Callum Drysdale, Michael Wright. MIDFIELDERS: Fraser Keon, Noah Green, Tom Scudamore (Brighton), Harris Battison. FORWARDS: Alfie Harris (Rosebud), Joshua Luca, William Gowans (Rosebud), Troy Buchanan-Ferguson.
PENINSULA STRIKERS
GOALKEEPERS: Ben Caballero, Jamie Walker (Knox City), Austin Kerney. DEFENDERS: Tuach Ter (Brandon Park), Sonny Lindsay (Hampton Park Utd), Harry Zervos (Hampton East Brighton), Rayann Sidiqqui (Hampton Park Utd), Ryan Wolfe (Pakenham Utd), Ali Noor (Baxter), Dave Petty. MIDFIELDERS: Danny Brooks, Wayne Gordon, Alex Whyte, Santiago Ramirez (Casey Comets), Cal Bradbury (Hampton Park Utd), Jack Gallagher (unattached), Laiq Haidary (Greater Dandenong), Felix Hampson (Aspendale). FORWARDS: Riley Anderton, Rohan Gani (Berwick City), Jerome Valadon (Hampton Park Utd), Matt Harrington, Josh Botha, Hayden Schreck (Doveton), Chudier Ter (Port Melbourne).
ROSEBUD
GOALKEEPER: Col McCormack, Enzo Rosenblum. DEFENDERS: Ethan Hunt, Billy Painting, Kaemon Salvato (Skye Utd), Riley Gill, Duncan Macpherson (Baxter), Jack Heseltine (Mornington), Lewis Pendleton, Jack Wyer, Louis Bisogni, Jacob Biggsi. MIDFIELDERS: Charlie Gunning, Joe Brown, Luke Tsantefskis, Barney Johnson, Mark O’Connor, Seb Fernandez (Bentleigh Greens), Ben Symonds, Sam Timuska-Carr (Aspendale), Julien Dos Santos, Eli Masterson (Somerville), Rome Hodson (Peninsula Strikers). FORWARDS: Ben Craig (Mornington), Connor Wharton, Elisha Davies (South Melbourne), Elliott Craig (Skye Utd), Mikey Turner (Skye Utd), Jakob Markulin, Sean Smith.
SEAFORD UTD
GOALKEEPERS: Hayden Hicks, Bayleigh Caulfield, Kane Jackson. DEFENDERS: Tristen Stass, Sean Crespo, Shubhdeep Sandhu, Callum Norton, Anthony Acampora, Jonas Harrasser, Rosh Livera, Michael French (King’s Domain), Connor Tzelios (Moone Ponds), Josh Keenan, Jafar Batu (Baxter), Matthew Denville, Zac Johnstone. MIDFIELDERS: BackyBarakzoi, Conor McFall, Matthew Cobb, Matthew Davis, Luke Murray, Marcus Haringcaspel, Mahdi Haidari (Casey Panthers), Hassan Nazari (Baxter), Omid Hassani (Endeavour Hills Fire), Jordan McCabe, Sterling Murton, Aodhan McLoughlin, Nave Yoresh. FORWARDS: Blake Hicks, Andrew Mazzone , Zain Ahmad , Dylan Waugh, Keegan Bell, Mitch Lander, Jarrod McCabe.
SKYE UTD
GOALKEEPERS: Ittetsu Hirai (VCU, US), Nathan Brown (Somerville Eagles). DEFENDERS: Emmanuel Scarlett, Jason Nowakowski , Arash Sadeghi, Jack Geddes (Mornington), Hamish Millar. MIDFIELDERS: Benjamin Lund, Nhan Than, Alexandro Boisseranc, Nashir Hussainy (Heatherton Utd). FORWARDS: Daniel Attard, Mitch Blake, Shameit Sharma, Varmah Mgoneh, Marcus Spivey (Mentone), Artim Baki (Dandenong Thunder).
SOMERVILLE EAGLES
GOALKEEPERS: Nick Buccello, David Lennox (Langwarrin). DEFENDERS: Tom Hennessy, Tom Pollock, Corey Riddle, Ben Schmidt, Jack Gorbert, Connor Carson, Alexander Hall, Joel Wade. MIDFIELDERS: Nick Simmons, Josh Simmons, Trey Dekker (Pakenham Utd), Joe Hitchcock (Whitehawk FC, England), Connor Phillips, Istvan Kozma. FORWARDS: Max Watson, Tom Simmons, Devlin Lee, Xavier Apela, Mitchell Hawkins (Mount Martha), Cole Ryan (Chelsea), Will Doughton.
NEXT WEEKEND’S GAMES
Friday 20 March, 8.30pm
Eltham Redbacks v Langwarrin, Eltham North Reserve
Chelsea v East Kew, Edithvale Recreation Reserve
Saturday 21 March, 3pm
Mornington v Collingwood City, Civic Reserve
Peninsula Strikers v Waverley Wanderers, Centenary Park
Somerville Eagles v Fortuna 60, Westernport Secondary College
Sandown Lions v Seaford Utd, Ross Reserve
Croydon Ranges v Aspendale, KM Reedy Reserve
Saturday 21 March, 3.30pm
Old Ivanhoe v Mount Eliza, Home of the Matildas
Saturday 21 March, 6pm
Rosebud v Ashburton Utd, Olympic Park
Saturday 21 March, 7pm
Keysborough v Mount Martha, Coomoora Reserve
Frankston Pines v Mentone, Monterey Reserve
Skye Utd, Baxter BYES
(Baxter v Glen Waverley friendly game, Baxter Park, 12 noon & 2pm)
