Updated: 18 Apr 2003

CHERRYBROOK BULLDOGS HISTORY

CHERRYBROOK BULLDOGS LEAGUE SEASON 7

Season 7 was interrupted for about a month due to school exams and Matthew Lee announced that he was going overseas for a few months, and had to play all of his second round matches in one week.

Nick started well with a 7-0 thrashing of Alex, who also lost 5-0 to Richard in the same day. Once again, Nick was involved in a crazy match. This time, after letting in an early goal to Stephen, he just gave up and eventually lost the match 8-1!

Stephen was hoping to extend his lead at the top, but had to come back from 1-0 down to draw 1-1 in a tense match with Adrian.

Richard moved into top spot when he beat Stephen 2-1. He got a much-needed 1-0 win over Nick, but then lost 2-1 to Anthony.

Matthew completed his first round with a 3-0 loss to Anthony, and then a 2-1 loss to Alex, which left him at the bottom of the table. In his second round matches, he was unlucky to lose 1-0 to Stephen, conceding a late goal, then also gave a good defensive performance, losing 2-0 to Richard, but lost 6-1 to Anthony and 3-1 to Nick.

In the match between Nick and Anthony, Nick scored in the first five minutes. In the last five minutes Anthony scored an equaliser to draw 1-1.

Matthew's defence had Adrian frustrated, as he superbly saved shots that looked certain to go in. Adrian wasted plenty of chances and came out of the match with only one point. A good result for Matthew, 0-0. Matthew was unable to play his last match against Alex, but it was eventually played, and was 0-0.

Anthony beat Stephen 1-0 with a late goal in a close match with plenty of missed chances from both players. Richard missed his chance to go top when he lost 3-2 to Nick. Richard thrashed Stephen 5-0!, but Steve got his goal difference back by beating Alex 5-0.

In the big deciding match, Anthony scored after only 23 seconds against Richard, but the match was tight from then on. After a late struggle, Richard scored an equaliser and was relieved to come away with a point.

When Nick beat Adrian 3-0, he moved into top place, but not for long. Richard beat Alex 4-0 to go top on goal difference.

Season 7 was decided, surprisingly by Adrian, who had been knocked out of the title race weeks ago. Richard's season ended with a 2-1 win over Adrian, which left him at the top with 26 points. Nick was in second place with 24 points after a 3-3 draw with Stephen. Anthony was 5 points behind Richard, with games in hand against Adrian and Alex, he had to win them both to go top. Adrian had been beaten comfortably by everyone else and even had a shock 0-0 draw with Matthew, but after a goalless first half Adrian took the lead and scored again to lead 2-0. Anthony scored a late consolation goal, but it was not enough.

Richard's wait was over, he had won his fourth league title in seven seasons and took the trophy back from Anthony.

League Table

Pl

W

D

L

F

A

Gd

Pts

1

R.Wilson

12

8

2

2

28

8

20

26

2

A.Spencer

12

7

3

2

30

7

23

24

3

N.Brill

12

7

3

2

35

17

18

24

4

S.Wilson

12

6

3

3

31

13

18

21

5

A.Grunbach

12

4

4

4

13

13

0

16

6

A.Sutcliffe

12

1

1

10

2

53

-51

4

7

M.Lee

12

0

2

10

3

31

-28

2

League Results

A.Spencer

0

N.Brill

1

N.Brill

1

A.Spencer

1

A.Sutcliffe

0

S.Wilson

5

S.Wilson

5

A.Sutcliffe

0

M.Lee

0

R.Wilson

3

R.Wilson

2

M.Lee

0

S.Wilson

0

A.Spencer

0

A.Spencer

1

S.Wilson

0

N.Brill

0

R.Wilson

1

R.Wilson

2

N.Brill

3

M.Lee

0

A.Grunbach

1

A.Grunbach

0

M.Lee

0

R.Wilson

1

A.Spencer

2

A.Spencer

1

R.Wilson

1

A.Grunbach

1

N.Brill

1

N.Brill

3

A.Grunbach

0

A.Sutcliffe

2

M.Lee

1

M.Lee

0

A.Sutcliffe

0

R.Wilson

0

A.Grunbach

0

A.Grunbach

1

R.Wilson

2

M.Lee

0

S.Wilson

5

S.Wilson

1

M.Lee

0

N.Brill

7

A.Sutcliffe

0

A.Sutcliffe

0

N.Brill

7

A.Spencer

3

A.Grunbach

0

A.Grunbach

2

A.Spencer

1

A.Sutcliffe

0

R.Wilson

5

R.Wilson

4

A.Sutcliffe

0

S.Wilson

8

N.Brill

1

N.Brill

3

S.Wilson

3

M.Lee

0

A.Spencer

3

A.Spencer

6

M.Lee

1

A.Grunbach

4

A.Sutcliffe

0

A.Sutcliffe

0

A.Grunbach

3

R.Wilson

2

S.Wilson

1

S.Wilson

0

R.Wilson

5

A.Sutcliffe

0

A.Spencer

7

A.Spencer

5

A.Sutcliffe

0

N.Brill

5

M.Lee

0

M.Lee

1

N.Brill

3

A.Grunbach

1

S.Wilson

1

S.Wilson

2

A.Grunbach

0


BULLDOGS LEAGUE CUP SEASON 7

The League Cup took on a different format this year with a straight knock-out instead of qualifying rounds. As the standard of our league players is very close, we decided that the quarter-finals and semis would be double leg matches, giving the loser a chance to come back and win the next match.

Richard beat Adrian 1-0, but in the second match Adrian won 2-1 to give a 2-2 aggregate score. Adrian scored in sudden death extra time to win 3-2. Stephen beat Alex twice, 2-1 and 4-2, to get an aggregate score of 6-3.

Anthony got a bye as he was supposed to be playing Matthew. And because of the odd number, last Season's Winner, Nick got a bye into the semis.

In the Semi-Finals, Anthony beat Adrain 3-0 and 2-1 to get an aggregate win of 5-1. Nick beat Stephen 2-1, but the return match was a 1-1 draw. Nick won 3-2 on aggregate.

The Third-Place Play-Off was an amazing match, Stephen drew with Adrian 4-4, so sudden death extra time was needed. Steve won it 5-4.

In the final there was another high scoring match, Nick and Anthony displayed the awesome shooting powers of the Toccer figures. Nick was 2-3 down and came back to win 5-3.

League Cup Results

Quarter-Finals (Double Leg Matches)

R.Wilson

1

A.Grunbach

0

A.Grunbach

3

R.Wilson

1

(aet-sd)

(A.Grunbach wins 3-2)

S.Wilson

2

A.Sutcliffe

1

S.Wilson

4

A.Sutcliffe

2

(S.Wilson wins 6-3)

A.Spencer

BYE

M.Lee

-

A.Spencer

BYE

M.Lee

-

(A.Spencer wins)

N.Brill

BYE

(Cup Holder)


Semi-Finals
(Double Leg Matches)

A.Spencer

3

A.Grunbach

0

A.Spencer

2

A.Grunbach

1

(A.Spencer wins 5-1)

N.Brill

2

S.Wilson

1

N.Brill

1

S.Wilson

1

(N.Brill wins 3-2)


3rd Place Play-Off

S.Wilson

5

A.Grunbach

4

(aet-sd)


Final

N.Brill

5

A.Spencer

3


CHERRYBROOK ORAL-B OPEN 6

Stephen Wilson had a 4-1 win against last year's Finalist, Nick Brill. He then went on to beat Richard 3-1and finished off his unbeaten run, beating Ray Raffoul and Alex Sutcliffe. Richard finished second in the group after a 2-2 draw with Nick and wins against Alex and Ray. After a good 1-1 draw with Nick, Alex had a chance to qualify, but lost to Richard by a single late goal to finish third. Nick Brill showed some poor form, losing badly to Steve, then drawing to Ray, Alex and then Richard.

In the other group, Cup Holder, Anthony Spencer, came top on goal difference above Adrian Grunbach after two wins and a 1-1 draw. Matthew Lee had a strong defence in his match against Adrian and won 5-0 against Paul Carrick. Paul played quite well, considering his first match was his first ever! He lost all three games, and finished fourth.

In the Semi-Finals, Stephen survived a late comeback from Adrian to win 2-1. Richard won 2-0 in a tense match against Anthony. Anthony won the Third Place Play-Off, by beating Adrian 3-2.

In the Final, Stephen opened the scoring early in the game, but Richard equalised straight away. Steve scored again before half time to lead 2-1. After the break, Richard piled on the pressure, and with two quick goals he found himself in the lead, 3-2 up. With 7 seconds left, Richard knocked the ball out to one of Stephen's attackers and watched in horror as the ball rolled into the goal. Final score 3-3. After only two minutes of the extra time period, Stephen scored the sudden death goal and won the Oral-B Cup for a second time.

Open Results

Group A

Group B

S.Wilson

4

N.Brill

1

A.Grunbach

1

M.Lee

0

R.Wilson

2

R.Raffoul

0

A.Spencer

4

M.Lee

0

N.Brill

0

R.Raffoul

0

A.Grunbach

5

P.Carrick

0

S.Wilson

3

A.Sutcliffe

0

M.Lee

5

P.Carrick

0

S.Wilson

2

R.Raffoul

0

A.Spencer

3

P.Carrick

0

R.Wilson

2

N.Brill

2

A.Grunbach

1

A.Spencer

1

S.Wilson

3

R.Wilson

1

A.Sutcliffe

1

R.Raffoul

0

N.Brill

1

A.Sutcliffe

1

R.Wilson

1

A.Sutcliffe

0

(All Group matches 10 minute halves)


Loser's Semi-Final

N.Brill

3

P.Carrick

0

A.Sutcliffe

0

M.Lee

0

(aet, 3-1 pen.)


5th Place Play-Off

N.Brill

3

A.Sutcliffe

0


Semi-Finals

S.Wilson

2

A.Grunbach

1

R.Wilson

2

A.Spencer

0


3rd Place Play-Off

A.Spencer

3

A.Grunbach

2


Final

S.Wilson

4

R.Wilson

3

(aet)

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