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 [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s BURNIE UNITED Under 18 match report Saturday April 30, 2011 When the game kicked off, Devonport got off to a great start. The Strikers held the ball deep in Burnie’s half, making a few half-chances on goal. When the game progressed, it was clear that Devonport had dropped their level of play [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s PROSPECT KNIGHTS Under 18 match report Saturday April 16, 2011 The Under 18 boys had a very convincing start to the match against Prospect Knights on the back pitch at Valley Road. Devonport started off strongly putting a lot of pressure on Prospects defence which lead Ben Andrews to score the first [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s SOMERSET SHARKS Under 18’s match report Saturday April 2, 2011 The Striker boy’s arrived in style ready for the match against Somerset. The game got underway, and Somerset caught the Devonport defence slow to start & scored early in the game. However Devonport had an answer for it & Matt Smith, with [...]

DEVONPORT STRIKERS V’s LAUNCESTON UNITED Under 18’s match report Saturday March 26, 2011 The U18′s second match for the season got underway with the strikers up against Launceston United. In the early minutes of the match, Devonport were having trouble getting into the flow of the game and were struggling to maintain possession, giving Launceston plenty of attacking [...]