Archive for July, 2011

Strikers Pipped By Sunshine Coast Again For Championship

Jul 29, 2011 No Comments by Steve Pitman

Round 10 David Large 1Round 10 David Large 2Round 10 Richard Hudson 1Round 10 Richard Hudson 2Round 10 Richard Hudson 3The Sunshine Coast Fire clinched their third QSL championship in four years last night, beating the Brisbane Strikers 4-3 in an entertaining, uncharacteristically free-scoring and sometimes controversial season decider at Stockland Park. A depleted Strikers [...]

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Mission Possible, Insists Large

Jul 27, 2011 No Comments by Steve Pitman

Suppose, for a moment, you are a coach of a football team and your mission for the week, if you choose to accept it, goes like this: We want you to win us a championship. To do so, you must go to the home ground of the team that has taken two championships and two [...]

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Logan Strikers Crash Youth League Finals Party

Jul 26, 2011 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Logan Strikers have clinched a spot in the Hyundai State Youth League Southern Division top four, and offered a glimpse of their finals potential as well, in fighting out a 2-2 draw with Southern Cross United at Meakin Park last night. Going into the game in fifth position a point behind the QAS, who [...]

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Thurtell Crosses The Ditch As Strikers Consider Their Options For Friday Decider

Jul 26, 2011 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers will go into Friday night’s QSL championship without Matt Thurtell, who has had to leave the club to take up an exciting offer from A-League club Wellington Phoenix. Thurtell, who has been the club’s top goal scorer for the past two seasons, left for New Zealand today after Wellington asked to see [...]

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Gold Coast United Game Off

Jul 25, 2011 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers wish to advise that, due to the scheduling of the club’s vital QSL catch-up fixture against the Sunshine Coast Fire on Friday night, the previously-scheduled friendly fixture against A-League club Gold Coast United this Wednesday night has been cancelled. While this step was taken with reluctance, head coach David Large and club [...]

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Strikers Beat Miners To Set Up Championship Decider

Jul 23, 2011 No Comments

Round 18 Graham Harvey (1)Round 18 Graham Harvey (2)Round 18 David Large (1)Round 18 David Large (2)Round 18 David Large (3)The Brisbane Strikers have earned the right to take the race for the QSL championship all the way to the finishing line after toughing out a gutsy and disciplined 2-1 win over a talented Whitsunday [...]

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Ninety Minutes That Could Define A Season

Jul 21, 2011 No Comments

As the Brisbane Strikers go into their last two fixtures of the 2011 Hyundai QSL season, two points behind the Sunshine Coast Fire with a game to come against that team, they have a simple equation ahead of them if they want to be crowned Champions of Queensland – win both games! The first of [...]

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Frustration For Strikers As Stars Do The Double Over Them

Jul 17, 2011 No Comments

Round 17 Matt Thurtell (1)Round 17 Matt Thurtell (2)Round 17 John StewartThe Brisbane Strikers have stumbled again in sight of the finishing line in the race for this year’s QSL championship, going down 1-0 for the second time this season to the Gold Coast Stars in this afternoon’s Round 17 game at Mudgeeraba. With last [...]

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QSL Results Tonight

Jul 16, 2011 No Comments

Whitsunday Miners 2 Sunshine Coast Fire 0 Bundaberg Spirit 3 Capricorn Cougars 3 NQ Razorbacks 2 FNQ Bulls 4

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Logan v SWQ Postponed

Jul 16, 2011 No Comments

Supporters should please note that tthe Strikers have been informed this afternoon’s scheduled game between the Logan Strikers and Southwest Queensland at Toowoomba has been postponed due to overnight rain rendering the pitch unsuitable for play.

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