Words: Aaron Cooper
Additional reporting: Thibault Berthier

It was hard-fought, but Gold Coast City have recorded just their fourth victory of the season with a narrow win over Sunshine Coast FC.

Neither side appear destined to feature in the finals, but City will take pride out of a tight 1-0 win that sees them jump clear of the bottom three sides.

Neither side was able to create many meaningful chances in the first half with Teleya Reynolds’ early chance the closest either side came to opening the scoring.

GCC then had a number of chances in quick succession, but it wasn’t until the 60th minute when they broke the deadlock through Briellyn Bond, who turned her opponent before sublimely finishing into the bottom corner.

Both sides had quality chances in the final half hour with Lisa Van Hooijdonk desperately unlucky to not find the net following two one-on-one opportunities in the final stages.

It was to be though as the Fire remain in tenth spot, hovering just three points above bottom-placed Western Pride.

City now hit the road to face UQ while the Fire have the week off before facing Souths United on home turf.

Key Moments

5’ – CHANCE FOR GCC – The ball falls to Teleya Reynolds in the area who forces Shannon Buhmann into a point-blank range save.

51’ – CHANCE FOR FIRE – Lisa Van Hooijdonk breaks free down the left flank but directs her effort straight at Ellen Hepburn in the City net.

53’ – CHANCE FOR GCC – Neesa Doyle has an effort from range that flies just over the bar.

55’ – CHANCE FOR GCC – Close range efforts from Briellyn Bond and Lily Lowe force Buhmann into a strong double save.

60’ – GOAL FOR GCC – Bond turns her player on the edge of the area and smashes the ball into the bottom corner following some slick build up play from City.

74’ – CHANCE FOR GCC – Bond breaks free of the Fire defence but Buhmann saves well.

82’ – CHANCE FOR FIRE – Hayward’s deflected effort wrong foots Hepburn but bounces wide of the target.

89’ – CHANCE FOR FIRE – Van Hooijdonk finds herself one-on-one with Hepburn but the keeper saves strongly

90’ – CHANCE FOR FIRE – Van Hooijdonk again finds herself in on goal but this time sends her effort wide

Match Details

PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues Women Queensland – Round 12
Sunday, June 25
Mallawa Complex

Gold Coast City FC Women 1 (Briellyn BOND 60’)

Sunshine Coast FC Women 0