Words: Michael Flynn
Additional Reporting: Stathi Mihalis

Olympic FC struck a stunning four goal second-half blitz to dismantle Northern Fury 6-1 at International Park in Ayr.

The visitors held a comfortable two goal advantage at the half courtesy of Matthew Heath and Liam O’Bryan before turning it on in the second half to post their biggest win of the season.

Heath netted his second shortly after the restart before substitute Youeil Shol effectively wrapped up the points after the hour.

Fury found consolation via Matthew Richards’ with twenty minutes remaining, however further goals to Daniel Byrne and Kazuya Ito ended any hope of an improbable comeback for the hosts.

Olympic become the first south-east Queensland team this season to take maximum points from their travels to the state’s tropical north following last week’s upset win over league leaders FNQ Heat.

Their third straight win lifts Olympic to a season’s best seventh place in the standings, while the winless Fury remain mired to the bottom rung of the ladder as they continue their club record losing streak.

Key Moments

31’ - GOAL FOR OLYMPIC – Fury fail to clear an Olympic free-kick which ultimately falls invitingly for Matthew Heath to poke home at close range

42’ – GOAL FOR OLYMPIC – Daniel Byrne delivers a low cross toward the back post that is calmly slotted away by the oncoming Liam O’Bryan

50’ – GOAL FOR OLYMPIC – O’Bryan’s pass release Heath behind the Fury defences with the Olympic attacker slotting the finish past Fury gloveman Luke Macdonald one-on-one

65’ – CHANCE FOR OLYMPIC – Matthew Gordon drives down the line and picks out Sam Cronin with the cross but the midfielders first-time effort is tipped over the crossbar by McDonald

68’ – GOAL FOR OLYMPIC – Youeil Shol makes a well timed run in behind the Fury defence and stays composed to slot his effort past the onrushing Macdonald

7O’ - GOAL FOR FURY – A neat ball over the top from Corey Waples is met by Matthew Richards, who opens his body and places his shot neatly into the bottom right corner of the goal

78’ – GOAL FOR OLYMPIC – Shol chases down a cleared ball before driving into the box then squaring for Byrne to convert with a first-time finish

79’ – CHANCE FOR FURY – Waples’ switch picks out Hamish Cassady, who cuts back on to his right foot and hammers a low effort into the arms of Nicholas Mooney

80’ – GOAL FOR OLYMPIC – Shol outmuscles Lydnsay Gabiola out wide before squaring for Kazuya Ito to slot the finish and round out the result

What They Said

“For the young boys we need to show them not to give up and to keep going hard into tackles both in games and in training. Us senior boys can’t show that we are slackening off both on and off the pitch and giving up unless the younger boys will follow and that’s where things will fall apart.” - Jonathon Bagley, Northern Fury midfielder

“We have made a lot of changes to everything we are doing from the administration side of things to training and to the way we are playing and the players we have bought in. We are in a progressive stage from where I came in from four to five weeks ago to where we are now and it is a huge improvement and that’s what we are looking for every week.” - Terry Kirkham, Olympic FC coach

Match Details

PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2016 – Round 12

Saturday, June 6
International Park, Ayr

Northern Fury FC – 1 (Matthew RICHARDS 70’)
Olympic FC – 6 (Matthew HEATH 31’ 50’, Liam O’BRYAN 42’, Youeil SHOL 68’, Daniel BYRNE 78’, Kazuya ITO 80’)

Match Centre – http://bit.ly/287GJQ7

Match Officials – Casey REIBALT (referee), Graham BUZZI (assistant), Liam O’CONNOR (assistant), Matthew TOUMAZOU (fourth)