Archive for May, 2010

Imperfect Strikers Prolong Perfect Record

May 30, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Brisbane Strikers maintained their perfect record over the Whitsunday Miners and gave new coach David Large a three-point start to his era in charge with a win that, at first glance, had a great deal of symmetry to the result between the two teams in Mackay two months ago – 2-0 over an opponent [...]

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Strikers Youth In First Defeat

May 30, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Brisbane Strikers Under-19s experienced the sour taste of defeat for the first time this season when they were beaten 2-1 by South West Queensland at Perry Park yesterday. The Strikers had a dream start to the game, going ahead in the second minute with a freakish goal from Alex Winters, who went in for [...]

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Perfect Record Goes On The Line

May 26, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Brisbane Strikers will attempt to keep their one hundred percent winning record against the Whitsunday Miners intact on Saturday night when the two teams meet at Perry Park in round ten of the Hyundai QSL. In five previous meetings between the two clubs the Brisbane side has come out on top every time and [...]

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McLaren Farewells On A Winning Note

May 23, 2010 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers gave departing coach Stuart McLaren the farewell gifts that he would have been craving last night – three points and a much-improved performance – as they overcame a stubborn North Queensland Razorbacks team 1-0 to seize back second position on the Hyundai QSL table. A first-half goal to Matt Thurtell proved enough [...]

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Battle Lines Forming For McLaren’s Last Stand

May 20, 2010 No Comments

If history, emotion, youthful ambition and the pressure of playing for vital points mean anything in football, Saturday night’s Round 9 Hyundai QSL clash between the Brisbane Strikers and North Queensland Razorbacks at Perry Park should be a beauty. Some people might suggest that “history” is a strange word to use in the context of [...]

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Youth Team Up Over Coast

May 19, 2010 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers Under-19s team have won their postponed Hyundai QSL Youth League game against the Gold Coast, running out 2-1 winners at the Gold Coast tonight. Goals from Dylan Goodman and Sean Burke got the Strikers the three points over a Gold Coast outfit that showed a great deal of improvement over the one [...]

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Goalless In Rocky as Cougars Frustrate Strikers

May 16, 2010 No Comments

Two more Hyundai QSL points slipped from the Brisbane Strikers’ grasp in Rockhampton this afternoon when the Capricorn Cougars held out for thirty-five minutes with ten men for a 0-0 in a tight, tense and sometimes rugged game of football at Ryan Park. The match featured two sides who were missing key players and fluent, [...]

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McLaren Moves Onwards and Upwards

May 13, 2010 No Comments

The second coaching tenure at the Brisbane Strikers of head coach Stuart McLaren is drawing to a close, with McLaren having accepted the position of assistant coach at Townsville-based A-League club North Queensland Fury. McLaren, who first took the reins at the Brisbane Strikers as a player-coach in the final season of the National Soccer [...]

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Strikers Need To Dig Deep In Rockhampton

May 13, 2010 No Comments

Sunday afternoon at Rockhampton will see a headlong clash between two clubs who have spent the week dealing with disappointment while itching for a chance at redemption after surprising reversals in last weekend’s Hyundai QSL fixtures. Ryan Park will be the venue for a Round 8 battle between the Brisbane Strikers and their hosts, the [...]

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Football Superstars At Perry Park

May 10, 2010 No Comments

The filming of the Fox 8 TV show “Football Superstar” comes to Perry Park this week, with the Series 3 hopefuls vying for an A-League contract with the Brisbane Roar. On Tuesday night the budding superstars will pit their skills against the Brisbane Strikers – who happen to have more than a few young footballers [...]

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