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Sunshine Coast Fire Win Preliminary Final

Sep 05, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Sunshine Coast Fire booked a Hyundai QSL Grand Final rematch with the Brisbane Strikers next Saturday night when they prevailed 3-1 over the North Queensland Razorbacks in the Preliminary Final at Stockland Park today. The Fire overturned a 1-0 deficit to take the match into extra time, before goals from Tyson Holmes and Chris [...]

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Strikers Ready To Fire

Aug 26, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Brisbane Strikers should be at full strength and as well prepared as they can be for their Hyundai QSL major semi-final clash with the Sunshine Coast Fire in Gympie on Sunday. Coach David Large confirmed today that, barring any training ground mishaps, all of his players will be fit and well and available for [...]

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“We’ll Be Underdogs” Says Hews

Aug 22, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pitman

The Brisbane Strikers will travel to Gympie to play the Sunshine Coast Fire in the major semi-final on Sunday with the knowledge that they beat the Fire in their most recent clash.  But Brisbane Strikers skipper Chay Hews says his team has no reason to consider itself favourite to win the game that will decide [...]

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Changes Likely For QAS Fixture

Aug 12, 2010 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers are likely to make a number of changes to their starting eleven as they go into their last regular season fixture for 2010, against the Queensland Academy of Sports at Perry Park on Saturday night, trying to juggle several objectives. First and foremost they will want to take the three points on [...]

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Revised Kick-Off Time For FNQ Bulls Fixture

Aug 05, 2010 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers wish to announce that, owing to an electrical problem with the floodlights at Perry Park, Saturday’s Hyundai QSL Round 20 clash with the Far North Queensland Bulls has been moved forward to a new kick-off time of 3.00 pm. The problem is located within one of the four light poles and cannot [...]

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Attacking Football Seems Assured As Bulls Come To Town

Aug 04, 2010 No Comments

If quality goal scorers and attacking team philosophies can ever be a guarantee of an eye-catching game of football, then Saturday afternoon’s Brisbane Strikers v Far North Queensland Bulls fixture at Perry Park should offer entertainment aplenty. The two teams have scored 95 goals between them in their 38 combined games in the Hyundai QSL [...]

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No Easing Up As Strikers Chase Seven-From-Seven Target

Jul 29, 2010 No Comments

It’s a case of ‘four down, three to go’ as David Large’s resurgent Brisbane Strikers travel to Bundaberg this weekend in search of the fifth scalp in their quest to deliver on a pact to win their last seven Hyundai QSL fixtures. The Strikers’ stirring 1-0 victory over league leaders Sunshine Coast Fire at Perry [...]

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Blackman The Focus As Strikers Aim To Topple Arch Rivals

Jul 22, 2010 No Comments

“Neutralise Shaun Blackman”! That’s the message reverberating around Perry Park this week as the Brisbane Strikers prepare for the visit of the title-chasing Sunshine Coast Fire on Saturday night. The evergreen, elongated Sunshine Coast centre-forward has been identified by the Strikers as the lynchpin of the Fire’s awesomely consistent campaign, which sees them within one [...]

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Miners Next On ‘Must Win’ List

Jul 16, 2010 No Comments

Five games to go.  A gap of ten points to bridge. That is the simply expressed, but difficult to achieve, assignment ahead of the Brisbane Strikers as they embark on what they will hope is their last flight north out of Brisbane this Hyundai QSL season to take on the Whitsunday Miners. Retaining second position [...]

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Razorbacks Game Still a ‘Must Win’

Jul 08, 2010 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers take to the skies again this Saturday to return to the scene of their first away loss in the Hyundai QSL – Townsville’s Brolga Park – for a game against the North Queensland Razorbacks that could prove pivotal in their 2010 campaign. With the Strikers having opened up a four point gap [...]

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