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  • Wanderers defeat Nepean FC 5-0 in Inaugural Match

    mack

    By mack

    Nepean FC defeated 5-0 by Western Sydney Wanderers in the Wanderers inaugural match.

     

    A nicely taken goal from Labinot Haliti was the first ever goal in Wanderers colours. 4 from Joey Gibbs did his claims for a full contract no harm and enabled the fledgling club to cruise to victory in the second half.

     

    The first half opened to rapturous applause from a crowd I estimate to be 3,000 to 3,500 strong. An incredible result for the first ever match, and one that bodes well for future matches against higher tier opposition and into the A-League season itself.

     

    Nepean were on the back foot for the entire half, with Haliti striking the woodwork on numerous occasions. One involved the ball cannoning off the upright only to land safely in the arms of the Nepean keeper. Bridge spurned several chances but that is excusable considering how rusty he would be. A one-on-one

     

    Haliti's goal with 2 minutes to play in the half, in front of the Red and Black Bloc home end was the difference at half-time.

     

    With major changes from both sides at the break, it was the Wanderers and their hungry trial players to make their mark. A procession of four goals all from Joey Gibbs killed the game off as a contest but it was never a complete rout.

     

    Aaron Mooy dominated the midfield in what appeared to be a defensive holding position, spraying several long range accurate passes across field to find open markers. If he can stay injury free he looks like being the key to Wanderers and their finals hopes.

     

    A great night for all. Thousands of people went home happy, the Red and Black Bloc began their role in the home end support with vigour and I'm certain many will be back for the next matches and those beyond it.

     

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    Jowel

    Lyle said something about that he is giving us his support and appreciates what we do and he's all pumped up for round 1 against the Mariners.

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    matty

    i remember when the Nepean goal keeper made a hand gestures towards us, that was really funny :P ....not too sure what hand gesture he made but i assume it wasnt too friendly :P

     

    I think he was putting his hand up when someone started shouting "who ate all the pies"

     

    What an awesome night, spent the first half singing with you boys then went down the ther end for the 2nd half to get closer to the action. The noise coming from the RBB was loud from the other end and only got louder as the game went on. The smoke bomb looked awesome from the other end, was cracking up when the security guard took the flare and then didn't know what to do with it. Not like the old nsl days when they had buckets of sand ready.

    lol i assumed that he was just giving us the finger or something :P so funny he did that obviously has a bit of a sense of humour also i was at the back so i didnt get much of it but what did Lyal say to us before the match started?

     

    something to the effect of "heart and soul of the club"

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    StillWandering

    i remember when the Nepean goal keeper made a hand gestures towards us, that was really funny :P ....not too sure what hand gesture he made but i assume it wasnt too friendly :P

     

    I think he was putting his hand up when someone started shouting "who ate all the pies"

     

     

    Guilty and present! I shall continue to harass opposition teams with enthusiasm, hopefully with similar results.

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    Neverbloom

    Anyone see SBS news tonight. Awesome segment on the game. There was a shot of the RBB too :)

    wish i watched that, i tend to forget that SBS exist :P great to see them covering it though

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    StillWandering

    Thanks for the link Ezza. That was great coverage by the SBS, hopefully some of the more mainstream channels might take notice (Im not holding my breath). They can only ignore the noise for so long.

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    Erebus

    No one would have really expected to have a crowd of 3.5k against Nepean at a suburban ground.

    And then to have a loud active support section was the icing on the cake for the players, one would think.

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    moxey25

    "A few hundred" attended Hearts first ever match, so we smashed that.

     

    We should also smash the record of 14,421, which was the attendance of Wellingtons first ever (home) A-League match which would mean we will have the biggest ever expansion club attendance in the first ever match.

     

    If we get a sell out of 20000+ then we will beat GC's first ever match, although that was Away so it doesn't count.

     

    Also many other attendance records we can beat in the first week or so. It will be physically impossible to beat the record for the first ever match of any club, as Sydney FC have the record of 25,000 which Parramatta Stadium doesn't hold.

     

    Sydney FC's average attendance is dismal for a large city. Average last season was 11,861. Newcastle, Brisbane and Victory were above them.

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    BHF

    Lyle said something about that he is giving us his support and appreciates what we do and he's all pumped up for round 1 against the Mariners.

     

    He said that before the flare went off.. lol

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    ge0rge10

    They were injured and couldn't play. They came over for some photos with the RBB :)

    Cheers. Any idea what kind of injuries?

     

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