ISC Raptors ( 1 ) Southern Knights ( 4 ) ...with pics

[swannsong]

ISC Raptors ( 1 ) Southern Knights ( 4 )
.............................. Matt Harrison
.............................. Scott Bradley
.............................. Paul Thompson 2

A huge sense of relief for Southern Knights today as they came from be 1-0 down to winning 1-4 and retained their foothold in SAASL Sunday Dvision 2 for 2012.
Coach Ben Smith, still buoyed up from playing in South Adelaide Panthers 1-2 win over Salisbury on Saturday night, managed to extract plenty of effort from a yet again depleted Southern Knights side....minus Glen Crute, Bradley Armour, Alex Field and Ben Vidgeon.
Knights got off to a nervous start and found themselves 1-0 down after Raptors were able to break through a flat Knights defence and slot the ball home. Steve Maguire in Knights goal subsequently denied Raptors from stretching their lead several times with excellent saves.
At the other end, Nathan Bassett in goal for Raptors looked strong in the air and he too deinied Knights a much needed equaliser on several occasions.
However, Knights eventually equalised a minute befor half time when Matt Harrison pounced on the ball from a corner and slotted home a very important goal the Club.
After the break Knights looked a totally different side and pressured Raptors...however, it wasn't until substitute Paul Thompson entered the fray that Knights were able to go to a 1-2 lead.
Knights went further ahead when Scott Bradley superbly volleyed from ~30 metres on the corner of the box giving Bassett no chance despite a feint touch off his glove.
The final nail in Raptors coffin came when Paul Thompson pounced for his second goal of the game ( and 4th for the day).
Best for Knights today were Steve Maguire, Matt Harrison, Mick Paay, Paul Martin, David Mooney, Ben Jones, Chris Bradley, Lee White, Scott Bradley, Andre Rickers, Lyndon Parry and Paul Thompson and Coach Ben Smith

Commiserations to Raptors, who I think have the depth and club strength to quickly bounce back from this setback...and also to the lads at Vikings who have taken 2 hits in two seasons.
Congratulations to SAASL Sunday Division 2 Champions Modbury Vista and runners up Salisbury Inter...best of luck for 2012.

My final Southern Knights picture report for 2011...it's been a tough year for the Club...hopefully the Knights will regroup and come out more determined in 2012....off to grab some images from the semi-finals next Sunday.


Link to all ISC Raptors v Southern Knights photos
My apologies for the photo overkill....but in perspective, it was a good day


Mick Paay looks on as Matt Harrison starts confidently for Knights in the air.


More aerial assertion from Matt Harrison as Lyndon Parry, Ben Jones, Scott Bradley and Raptors look on.


Nathan Bassett, in a familiar position behind the pack, prepares as David Mooney lurks close.




Southern Knights go behind the 8-ball as Raptors take an early 1-0 lead...Lee White discusses the off-side rule with Raptors no.23.


Raptors press forward for a second goal....


Lee White can't look as Raptors menace the Knights goal during a succession of corners.


Nathan Bassett dominated the Raptors goal mouth early in the game.




David Mooney deflects the ball goalwards as Matt Harrison prepares to pounce and level the game at 1-1 minutes before half time.


Sheer joy for Matt Harrison and Knights........ but it is back to defending after the break.




Knights keeper Steve Maguire and Mick Paay look on as Paul Martin clears the lines.


Ben Matthews almost puts Raptors ahead about 10 minutes into the second half.




Substitute Paul Thompson has a profound impact as he puts Southern Knights 1-2 in front.


Disbelief and a game defining moment as Raptors rue a missed opportunity to level the game again moments later.


Scott Bradley's own game defining moments as he volleys home from 30+ metres to give Knights a 1-3 lead.
A brilliant strike that probably surpassed his long range effort against Adelaide Vikings earlier in the season.




Paul Thompson is all smiles as he stretches Knights lead to 1-4 with his second goal of the game ( and 4th. for the day).


Knights defending and waiting for the final whistle.








Reserves
ISC Raptors ( 5 ) Southern Knights ( 2 )
.............................. Paul Thompson 2

Paul Thompson scored a double to take his Reserve League tally to 18 (I think...should be 19, but apparently a goal earlier in the year was awarde to a wrong Knights player.) as Knights came back from a 3-1 deficit to 3-2. Unfortunately Raptors pulled away and took the game 5-2 in the finish.


Ben Vidgeon, keeper Phil Smith and sexy football advocate Richard Finlayson prepare as Raptors attack.


An attempt at the Guinness Book of Records attempt to capture the most footballers in one frame !


Phil Smith is wrong footed as Raptors open the scoring.


This time Phil Smith has the angle covered.




Tony Harrison rises like a "spawning salmon"......but fails to nod the ball home.


Face off at 2 metres !..........




Raptors celebrate their second goal to take a 2-0 lead...


Paul Thompson's long range free kick drifts into the net off the woodwork.






Reserve Referee James Kitching, from St Ignatians....aboout to depart Australia to take up his place in the prestigious FIFA Masters Course in Europe.


3-1 to Raptors....






Anthony Chukwuma Micheal has improved and contributed more as the season progressed and will hopefully contribute to Knights in 2012.




The Whistleblower ends the encounter....5-2 to ISC Raptors...


A quick drink at Raptors then off to the Marion Hotel who kindly sponsored the Southern Knights in 2010 and again in 2012....hopefully that relationship will continue in 2012


Soaking it up back at the Marion Hotel.







Big thankyou for the Marion Hotel for putting on a barbeque and a few beers forr the Knights....the beer tasted so much better this week



Links to previous 2011 pictorial reports

Round 18 - ISC Raptors ( 1 ) Southern Knights ( 4 )
Round 17 - Southern Knights ( 2 ) Macedonia United ( 3 )
Round 16 - Modbury Vista ( 4 ) Southern Knights ( 1 )
Round 15 - Southern Knights ( 2 ) Adelaide Vikings ( 0 )
Round 14 - Bosna Adelaide ( 3 ) Southern Knights ( 2 )
Round 13 - Brahma Lodge ( 2 ) Southern Knights ( 2 )
Round 12 - Southern Knights ( 0 ) Para Hills West ( 1 )
Round 11 - Salisbury Inter ( 9 ) Southern Knights ( 1 )
Round 10 - Southern Knights ( 3 ) Beograd ( 2 )
Round 9 - Southern Knights ( 2 ) ISC Raptors ( 2 )
Round 8 - Macedonia United ( 6 ) Southern Knights ( 0 )
Round 7 - Southern Knights ( 1 ) Modbury Vista ( 2 )
Round 6 - Adelaide Vikings ( 1 ) Southern Knights ( 5 )
Round 5 - Southern Knights ( 8 ) Bosna Adelaide ( 2 )
Round 4 - Southern Knights ( 1 ) Brahma Lodge ( 1 )
Round 3 - Para Hills West ( 2 ) Southern Knights ( 3 )
Round 2 - Southern Knights ( 1 ) Salisbury Inter ( 2 )
Round 1 - Beograd ( 5 ) Southern Knights ( 2 )

Cup Quarter Final - Parafield Gardens ( 3 ) BOSA ( 2 )
Res. Cup Quarter Final - Elizabeth Downs ( 1 ) Stirling District ( 0 )
Cup Round 3 - St Peters ( 2 ) Southern Knights ( 1 )
Cup Round 2 - Parafield Gardens ( 2 ) Old Ignatians ( 0 )
Cup Round 2 -Adelaide Comets ( 1 ) Southern Knights ( 3 )
Cup Round 1 -Southern Knights ( 8 ) Modbury Jets ( 6 ) after extra time & penalties
Res. Cup Round 2 -Elizabeth Downs ( 3 ) Sturt Marion ( 0 )

Over 35's - Elizabeth Downs ( 1 ) Para Hills West ( 4 )

[sephiroth]

for a 30m+ volley that looks suspiciously inside the box!

[swannsong]

for a 30m+ volley that looks suspiciously inside the box!

That is probably the centre circle Maybe 40+ metres might have been more apt !

[King Kazu]

Haha great photo, thanks Swanny. Thanks for letting all my facebook friends see what I look like when I ref

Knights Reserves (bar one incident) were generally well behaved, easily the easiest game I've had to ref out at Trinity Gardens.

The bloke above has it right, i was closest to that shot (about 5m away on the line) after the three defenders and the volley was just inside the box. The raptors left back didn't mark up from a long ball and the knights forward slipped in behind him and hit it first time into the bottom right corner, Basset got a hand to it but couldn't keep it out, was hit too powerfully. Superb technique!

[swannsong]

Haha great photo, thanks Swanny. Thanks for letting all my facebook friends see what I look like when I ref

Knights Reserves (bar one incident) were generally well behaved, easily the easiest game I've had to ref out at Trinity Gardens.

The bloke above has it right, i was closest to that shot (about 5m away on the line) after the three defenders and the volley was just inside the box. The raptors left back didn't mark up from a long ball and the knights forward slipped in behind him and hit it first time into the bottom right corner, Basset got a hand to it but couldn't keep it out, was hit too powerfully. Superb technique!

Even if it was just inside the apex of the of the box and is volleyed into the opposite corner of the goal it can still be very close to 30 metres (I wasn't very good at trigonometry).....don't destroy the myth....in 10 years time it will be 50 metres...
25metres from far goalpost to the side of the box 16.5 metres out....X = ?

[King Kazu]

in 2009 i scored a goal against BUdapest Reserves from about 5m inside the halfway line, last year when I told the story to the newbies at the club I was on the halfway line, and this year I was inside my own half!!!!

[Stitch This]

Haha great photo, thanks Swanny. Thanks for letting all my facebook friends see what I look like when I ref

Wait 'til they see the T-shirt.

[swannsong]

Haha great photo, thanks Swanny. Thanks for letting all my facebook friends see what I look like when I ref

Wait 'til they see the T-shirt.

Forgot to mention....nice to catch up with Stitch This, Stitch That, God Is An Englishman, Dicky Knee, popov vromgolarov....and sundry other forumites...I hope the game entertained !

[Knight15]

Haha great photo, thanks Swanny. Thanks for letting all my facebook friends see what I look like when I ref

Knights Reserves (bar one incident) were generally well behaved, easily the easiest game I've had to ref out at Trinity Gardens.

The bloke above has it right, i was closest to that shot (about 5m away on the line) after the three defenders and the volley was just inside the box. The raptors left back didn't mark up from a long ball and the knights forward slipped in behind him and hit it first time into the bottom right corner, Basset got a hand to it but couldn't keep it out, was hit too powerfully. Superb technique!

Hopefully he apologised to you even though it was handbags at 12 o'clock

Great job of refereeing well done

[Stitch This]

Forgot to mention....nice to catch up with Stitch This, Stitch That, God Is An Englishman, Dicky Knee, popov vromgolarov....and sundry other forumites...I hope the game entertained !

It certainly did. Good game, good company. I'd already watched Metros vs ABE on Saturday and Campbelltown vs ABE U17s on Sunday morning so it was good to get another perspective on the local football scene.

Some good banter (Surely Knight15 could make a living out of it) and some great goals.

With MSSC Blue Eagles gaining promotion to Div 2, I'll probably be going to a few more amateur games next year and look forward to the Knights visit to Marden.

[ExtraTime]

What total relief as the ref blew his whistle for the final time this year
Many thanks to all at Raptors and for your hospitality.. maybe buying a few more match balls may have helped but I understand the circumstances around that which I wont elaborate
Well ref Kitch with plenty of banter on the field ...
To everyone involved at Southern Knights what a bumpy year ,,,, coach resigning week before the season kicked off. Players coming and going ...

Thanks to Swanny for you match reports and photos.

To our Major Sponsors
Marion Hotel
Wayne Phillis Ford
Quality Training and Hospitality ( they encourage sexy football)
Bradley Painting

To Ben Smith who came in to steady the ship and take control .All the best Saturday week in your Grand Final
Jeff Ellis and Knight15 cheers for also coaching this year ..
There also plenty of others to thank for the work you have put in behind the scenes

Now its time to relax and look forward to next season

[Knight15]

Forgot to mention....nice to catch up with Stitch This, Stitch That, God Is An Englishman, Dicky Knee, popov vromgolarov....and sundry other forumites...I hope the game entertained !

It certainly did. Good game, good company. I'd already watched Metros vs ABE on Saturday and Campbelltown vs ABE U17s on Sunday morning so it was good to get another perspective on the local football scene.

Some good banter (Surely Knight15 could make a living out of it) and some great goals.

With MSSC Blue Eagles gaining promotion to Div 2, I'll probably be going to a few more amateur games next year and look forward to the Knights visit to Marden.

I need to focus on my T-Shirt business which hit a snag on the weekend with the Knights surviving

Anyone want to buy a Knights 2011 - 'Going Down' T-shirt?

[swannsong]

Forgot to mention....nice to catch up with Stitch This, Stitch That, God Is An Englishman, Dicky Knee, popov vromgolarov....and sundry other forumites...I hope the game entertained !

It certainly did. Good game, good company. I'd already watched Metros vs ABE on Saturday and Campbelltown vs ABE U17s on Sunday morning so it was good to get another perspective on the local football scene.

Some good banter (Surely Knight15 could make a living out of it) and some great goals.

With MSSC Blue Eagles gaining promotion to Div 2, I'll probably be going to a few more amateur games next year and look forward to the Knights visit to Marden.

I need to focus on my T-Shirt business which hit a snag on the weekend with the Knights surviving

Anyone want to buy a Knights 2011 - 'Going Down' T-shirt?

Just have the word "not" screen printed over the top

[BADA BING]

once again good work swannie, its been a pleasure reading your reviews and photos throughout the season.

[MATTY6]

"What doesn't break you will only make you stronger" comes to mind!

I am sure the boys will respond well next season, starting with some of us older & wiser crew starting our bike rides in the coming weeks. Especially those of us that chose to play heavy every week this season

[ExtraTime]

Also got to mention Knights Boxing also won 4 state titles over the weekend

[God is an Englishman]

How is michael hasselhoff and his talking motorcycle?

[swannsong]

How is michael hasselhoff and his talking motorcycle?

Can't believe I didn't get a photo of him

[maxin in the shade]

some great action shots as always swannie

gonna miss those SK/Raptors games - always played in the right spirit

best of luck to you guys next year in Div 2

[Adolf Hįtler]

for a 30m+ volley that looks suspiciously inside the box!

It was definitely inside the box.

[Bodø Glimt]

Hopefully he apologised to you even though it was handbags at 12 o'clock

You and your handbags!

[swannsong]

for a 30m+ volley that looks suspiciously inside the box!

It was definitely inside the box.

Can anyone demonstrate how it is mathematically possible for the ball to travel ~30 metres from just inside the box......I think it must be close ?

[Journeyman]

From where i was standing Scott appeared to hit it on the edge of the 18 yard box but definately on an angle. When Basset got his hand to it, I thought he'd initally managed to save it or it had hit the side netting.

Either way, given the trajectory and pace at which the initial cross was hit, it was one of those 'special goals'.

[God is an Englishman]

for a 30m+ volley that looks suspiciously inside the box!

It was definitely inside the box.

Can anyone demonstrate how it is mathematically possible for the ball to travel ~30 metres from just inside the box......I think it must be close ?

Well, the goal is 7.32m wide, the 18 yard box is 16.5m wide. So from the back post the edge of the 18 yard box on the touchline is 23.82m.

The distance from that point to the edge of the 18 yard box is 16.5m.

So using pythagoras's theory on right handed triangles we can define that, the edge of the 18 yard box is at most = 28.98m.

However if you add in trajectory of the ball (bend and dip) and the fact that this is a ground level calculation and the the top corner of the goal is 2.44m high.

Then we can conclude it is easily possible to hit a 30 yard volley from inside the box.

[Adolf Hįtler]

Then we can conclude it is easily possible to hit a 30 yard volley from inside the box.

But would it be 30m?

[God is an Englishman]

Then we can conclude it is easily possible to hit a 30 yard volley from inside the box.

But would it be 30m?

Well ground to ground is 28.98m. So as long as the ball wasn't more than 1.44m off the ground, then 30m is eacily achievable.

[swannsong]

Then we can conclude it is easily possible to hit a 30 yard volley from inside the box.

But would it be 30m?

Well ground to ground is 28.98m. So as long as the ball wasn't more than 1.44m off the ground, then 30m is eacily achievable.

So 30m it is then