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Strikers Bounce Back At Fire’s Expense

May 19, 2013 No Comments by Steve Pitman

A vastly improved all-round team performance has arrested the Brisbane Strikers’ recent form slump and earned them the club’s biggest ever winning margin over arch rivals Sunshine Coast Fire, with three second half goals carrying the Strikers to a 3-0 win at Perry Park last night. Strikers coach David Large, dissatisfied with the defending that [...]

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Opportunity Knocks

May 18, 2013 No Comments by Steve Pitman

Football, as they say, can be a funny old game. Funny as in ‘strange’. Even when things the football gods seem to be going against you they can also be going for you. Take the result in last night’s Redlands United v Olympic FC fixture, for example, which has presented the Brisbane Strikers with a [...]

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Robinson Moves On

May 17, 2013 No Comments by Steve Pitman

Brisbane Strikers skipper Nick Robinson has been released by the club and has signed with NPL rivals Redlands United. Robinson, 30 (pictured), had not been selected to play for the first team since Round 3 when the Strikers lost 7-2 to Olympic FC and, after a period of time trying to force his way back [...]

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Another Fiery Contest Looms

May 16, 2013 No Comments

New competitions like the National Premier Leagues can take a while to develop intense rivalries between their clubs, because rivalries tend to develop due to unpredictable sets of circumstances and over long periods of time. So when a rivalry already exists between two clubs in a new competition it should be viewed as a real [...]

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Guesswork Replaces Form Book

May 13, 2013 No Comments

Results over the last two weekends in the National Premier Leagues senior men’s competition have left the Brisbane Strikers precariously placed in fourth position, while underlining the growing unpredictability of the new league. Back to back losses for the Strikers to teams who had previously struggled – QAS and Palm Beach – have halted the [...]

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Strikers NPL Scoreboard – Round 9

May 12, 2013 No Comments

Here are the latest scores from this weekend’s fixtures involving the Brisbane Strikers and Souths Strikers teams: Senior men: Palm Beach 3 Brisbane Strikers 2 (HT 3-1) Under 20 men: Palm Beach 2 Brisbane Strikers 3 (HT 2-1) Under 18 boys: Palm Beach 2 Brisbane Strikers 6 (HT 1-3) Under 16 boys: Palm Beach 1 [...]

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Sharks Put The Bite On Slow-Starting Strikers

May 12, 2013 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers again slipped on a banana skin last night as they failed to negotiate the dangers posed by desperate Palm Beach Sharks in going down 3-2 to the home side at Mallawa Drive. The Strikers were hit by a Panic attack in the first half of the game as their former centre forward, [...]

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Changes Certain As Strikers Step Into Shark Pool

May 09, 2013 No Comments

All bets are off for the Brisbane Strikers this week in terms of team selection for the club’s first visit to the Mallawa Sports Complex since 2007 to play the Palm Beach Sharks on Saturday. Such has been the disquiet caused among the Strikers’ coaching staff by last Friday’s 1-2 loss to the Queensland Academy, [...]

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Post-Match Interviews – Strikers v QAS

May 07, 2013 No Comments

Check-out the post-match analysis of the Strikers’ 1-2 loss to the QAS at Perry Park last Sunday as coaches David Large and Graham Harvey give their view of proceedings before QAS coach Josh McCloughan and winger Shannon Brady got to savour their first win of the season.

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Strikers NPL Weekend Scoreboard – Round 8

May 05, 2013 No Comments

The Strikers’ juniors have again been flying the club’s flag proudly in NPL fixtures today. Here are the scores we have so far: Senior men: Brisbane Strikers 1 QAS 2 Under 20 men: Bye Under 18 boys: Brisbane Strikers 0 v QAS 1 (HT 0-0) Under 16 boys: Bye Under 15 boys: Brisbane Strikers 8 [...]

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