DEVONPORT STRIKERS v NORTHERN RANGERS Under 18 match report – NTCA, Launceston Saturday 28th April, 2012 Devonport defeated Northern Rangers 4-1 The Strikers under 18′s were hosted by the Northern Rangers at the NTCA ground in Launceston. Heading into the game, Devonport were sitting around the top of the ladder after an impressive unbeaten streak, [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS v LAUNCESTON CITY Under 18 match report – Valley Road, Devonport Saturday 21st April, 2012 Devonport defeated Launceston City 5-1 Arriving at the gates of Valley road, Devonport knew they had to get the job done to reach top spot on the ladder. With the first-years playing good football and mixing with the [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS v BURNIE UNITED Under 18 match report – Montello, Burnie Saturday 14th April, 2012 Devonport drew with Burnie 1-1 For the first away game of the season, Devonport were confident against Burnie. Past encounters between the two teams have been very close and well contested and this was to be expected again this [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS v ULVERSTONE Under 18 match report – Valley Road, Devonport Saturday 31st March, 2012 Devonport defeated Ulverstone 7-2 The Under 18s kicked off the season facing Ulverstone at home, in great conditions. The boys were desperate for a good start to the year to reward the hard work in pre-season, which was soon [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s RIVERSIDE OLYMPIC Under 18 match report – Valley Road, Devonport Saturday July 16, 2011 The Devonport Strikers hosted Riverside Olympic this week, coming off a 1-1 draw last time the two teams met. The game started slowly but, before long, Matt Smith was played through as the Riverside keeper advanced and Devonport [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s BURNIE UNITED Under 18 match report – Valley Road, Devonport Saturday July 9, 2011 As the U18 strikers jogged onto the Valley Road pitch, with two games in a row under their belt and a third victory in the U19 cup, the boys had high hopes to keep up their winning streak [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s NORTHERN RANGERS Under 18 match report – Valley Road, Devonport Saturday May 28, 2011 Devonport hosted Northern Rangers at home in what was shaping up to be a good game. In good playing conditions both teams started well. Unfortunately Rangers were a bigger and older squad and soon scored. With plenty of [...]

Both teams ran out onto the pitch at Cardigan St looking to  come away with a win, the Strikers aiming to make it back to back victories. Devonport had much of the ascendancy in the first half against the bottom placed Sharks opening the scoring through Josh Harris but a quick reply from Somerset leveled the scores at [...]

The game against Launceston City started strongly with both teams searching for the win. The first goal was produced early in the first half after Josh Harris made a run which lead to a defensive error where an own goal from Launceston sent Devonport into the lead. At the end of the half, in a [...]

This week saw the Devonport under 18′s come up against Launceston United. The Strikers had a slow start with the boys looking like they didn’t know how to play as a team for the first ten minutes. After some words from the sideline and a quick burst of energy from the midfield we started to [...]