Under 13’s
The young lads had their best start of the season away against a physically imposing Endeavour United outfit. Despite this, they went behind to a great strike against the run of play and went further behind a few minutes later.

At two goals down, a real test of character emerged for the visitors. A great first touch and follow up left foot shot from Manny Scarlett saw Gippsland FC go in at half time with a more palatable 1-2 score line.

After an early let off, Gippsland equalised after a great run and unselfish cut back by Harrison Meyer was tapped in at the back post by Kishen Parekh. Meyer followed up minutes later to put the visitors in front, winning a one on one battle with the keeper after being put through by a great Scarlett ball.

Gippsland were playing great football by this stage, and a fine pass by Ryan Massaro down the line was received by Julian Colantuono who cut inside and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the top left hand corner of the net to extend the lead.

A goal to the hosts set up a nervy final five minutes but the boys held on for a memorable 4-3 victory.

In a superb team effort, Oscar Plenkovich, Harrison Meyer and Julian Colantuono played very influential roles.

Under 14’s
The boys came crashing back down to earth at home, going down 0-2 against a resolute Berwick City SC.

An even first half was marred by trying, windy conditions which made smooth football difficult to achieve. Despite this the visitors took the lead with a well taken goal.

The coach asked for more pressure from Gippsland to unsettle the visitors. A fine strike from Connor Dastey flashed narrowly wide and this was about the only real pressure the Berwick keeper had to deal with.

A fine low strike into the bottom corner saw the visitors double their lead and the game was
effectively over.

Toby Mullins had a fine game in a match the boys will hopefully put down to experience and regroup next week with a point to prove.

Under 15’s
The boys conceded an early goal after losing
the ball in midfield and allowing Berwick City SC to open the scoring with a swift breakaway.

A hand ball later in the half, conceded a penalty to the visitors, which was duly despatched to double the visitors lead.

A promising final ten minutes of the half saw them go in behind at half time but still in the game.

The windy conditions proved difficult and there were few clear cut chances in the second half. Berwick defended well and broke down most of the hosts attacks on the edge of the 18 yard box. The game petered out into a 2-0 victory for the away team.

Oscar Bowler and Shem Murphy were singled out by the coach for their contributions.

Under 18’s
The under 18 Boys returned to the winners list after securing an away win at Endeavour United SC.

The boys continued the good form they have shown over the past few weeks. After dominating early possession Riley Winkleman-Atkinson opened the scoring with a great strike into the top corner.

Fellow newcomer Calum Simpson added a second 10 minutes later after great work down the left by Lochie Phillips and the team went in 2-0 up at half time.

Endeavour came out after half time and pressed forward early to almost score; however GFC responded quickly with Chris Oulton scoring after a great run on the right by Keegan Grealy.

An even game was unfortunately marred, when a goal saving tackle by Marcus Carte resulted in a knee injury and he was stretchered off. Endeavour took advantage of the break in Gippsland’s concentration and scored from a long range shot almost immediately after the restart.

However, Gippsland again responded five minutes later when Nelson Tombra broke through to score past the keeper. Despite Endeavour scoring a consolation goal in the 84 th minute, Gippsland went on to score a comfortable 4-2 win.

Goalkeeper John Beamer made a number of key saves to make it a quiet day for the Endeavour United SC forwards.

This week’s matches – 5 June, 2016

The boys are split home and away again this week. The under 13’s and 18’s are in Trafalgar to Sandringham SC and Berwick City SC respectively at 12pm and 3pm. The under 14’s travel to play against Peninsula Strikers Junior FC at 12.30pm, whilst the under 15’s are playing away to Chelsea FC Wanderers with a 3pm kick off.