Field Position: Defender D.O.B. 11 November 1989 Home town: Mareeba Previous Clubs: Brisbane Strikers Youth, Sheffield United, Mareeba, Stratford United One of four graduates to the Brisbane Strikers senior squad from its Hyundai Queensland Youth League team of last year, Shade was described by former Brisbane Strikers coach Stuart McLaren as being “as close to [...]
”Gus” Gives It His All When the ball moves from the defensive third of the field to the attacking third for the Brisbane Strikers tonight, or in the opposite direction for the opposition, there is a strong chance it will not do so without the assistance or intervention of the player wearing the yellow number [...]
Brisbane Strikers goalkeeper Seb Usai (pictured) has this week rejoined the squad to fill the gap left by regular custodian Brendan White, who has learned that his shoulder injury is likely to rule him out of action for up to eight weeks. Usai, who was part of the Strikers’ Hyundai QSL squad at the start [...]
The avalanche of goals that has recently been following the Brisbane Strikers around buried the Queensland Academy of Sports last night as the Strikers ran out convincing 7-2 winners over the youngsters at Perry Park. The chief destroyer for the Strikers was Sean Burke, who continued his mid-season form surge with a hat trick as [...]
Brisbane Strikers’ winger Myles Carseldine’s long, long wait for a return his team’s starting eleven is nearing completion, with coach David Large confirming that Carseldine is likely to play a major role in the side to face the QAS on Saturday. Carseldine, whose only starting appearance for the Strikers since suffering an abdominal injury in [...]
Watching your favourite team play football, and living with it through its ups and downs can be exhilarating and frustrating in equal measure. It mirrors life’s trials and tribulations, but in ninety-minute snapshots once a week rather than 24/7. And there can be no denying that being there in the stands with other supporters who [...]
The Brisbane Strikers’ season of inconsistency continued last night as they were held to a 4-4 draw by the Far North Queensland Bulls in a fiercely-contested thriller that, while spectator-friendly, nonetheless left Strikers coach David Large fuming and speaking darkly about “boys against men” in his post-match comments. In a fluctuating encounter the Strikers took [...]
Fresh from their confidence-boosting 7-1 win over Bundaberg Spirit last weekend the Brisbane Strikers undertake their longest commute on Saturday to do battle with a team that is just five points behind them on the QSL table – the Mareeba-based Far North Queensland Bulls. The Strikers currently lie second on the QSL table, a considerable [...]
Perry Park once again proved to be the setting for an evening of misery for the Bundaberg Spirit last night, playing host to another flogging from the Brisbane Strikers as David Large’s rejuvenated home side posted a 7-1 win over of the team that has become their Hyundai QSL bunnies. After the Spirit broke through [...]
Field Position: Goalkeeper D.O.B. 16 April, 1992 Home town: Brisbane Previous Clubs: Brisbane Strikers Youth, North Star, Capalaba At the tender age of 18, Brendan White is an exciting goalkeeping prospect. His performances for the Brisbane Strikers’ youth team throughout last season earned him the “Star of the Future” award at the club’s end of [...]
