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Good Effort Pat but .... but ya gotta hate Eight...
Rab Smith

Some days at the Office or between the sticks - your best just aint good enough eh Pat ?

But it looked like you and lads in blue might just keep the shutters up, and maybe Dano or Reggie might find space to use pace and catch Cavy on the bounce.

Your Penalty save was a cracker, and later as the thin blue line faltered, that was still a top stop to deny young Ant Hancock (left) on the gallop..

But it was like Custer and the Little Big Horn eventually and those nippy Indians were all wearing red shirts.

General McGarry tried to spread calm, but even he looked a bit laboured, and without skyscraper Tom Bekker, and captain Mike Abbott, and a couple of injuries sustained during the 90 minutes - Mosgiel was just outmanned and outclassed.

In contrast, Caversham showed strength in depth, and although Hancock and Rob Deeley still lug plaster casts around on their arms - is that a handicap system ? - it certainly did not slow them down. Although Robbie gets points for looking smarter.

And without carrying concrete, Tom Jackson and Harley Rodeka showed real atheticism - and nous, with intelligent running of the angles, and hard to imagine, but they both were probably outshone by Patrick Fleming who picked up Cavy's Man of the Match award.

Then there was Ant Hancock looking like a laterday Gerd Mueller, strong, stable and yet evasive, and always keen to drill a shot goalward.

And for all that praise, Mosgiel still earned respectable ball possession, Luke Burgess had moments of magic, young Matt Brook put his body on the line, and the Day boys and Dano battled away.

But as gaffer McGarry said,' OK we were a couple of players short, but we gave the ball away too easily, and that makes it hard against a good side like Cavy.'

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Steve Fleming is rarely one to gush, but he seemed pretty happy with the squad's performance - and most of the squad had a run. ' All that is left now is the Draw,' he said, ' and we all know that can be as exciting as any cup-tie...'

Tucked in behind the favourites, Roslyn-Wakari kept Cup hopes alive with a 5-2 win over Northern Hearts, and where I come from, beating Hearts is always welcome.

In its third away Cup fixture, Roslyn hit attacking form early to rip into a 3-nil lead, thanks to goals from Tim Dalman and Tom Connor (2) in Timaru.

Then as management were starting to relax, the Tims struck back to narrow the scoreline to 3-2 with thoughts of extra time and more nail biting.

But, Tim the Dalman showed that the game is all about 90 minutes, and struck twice in the closing minutes for a respectable 5-3 scoreline, and respite for TVG's cuticles.

FPL Table

	P	W	D	L	For	Ag	Pts
Dunedin Technical	10	9	1	0	33	3	28
Caversham	9	8	1	0	36	7	25
Mosgiel	9	5	1	3	25	16	16
Roslyn Wakari	9	5	0	4	23	17	15
University	10	3	3	4	15	21	12
Queenstown	10	3	1	6	14	20	10
Northern	10	3	1	6	12	22	10
Grants Braes	10	3	1	6	14	28	10
Spirit FC	10	3	1	6	19	34	10
Green Island	9	1	0	8	4	27	3

Premier Men 19 June:  Northern 0, Dunedin Technical 4; Grants Braes 1, Queenstown 0; Spirit FC 2, University 0:

  Div 2: Roslyn Wakari 2nds 6, Dunedin Technical 2nds 1; Mosgiel 2nds 1, Grants Braes 2nds 4; Green Island 2nds 0,
  Northern 2nds 7; Caversham 2nds 4, Balclutha 1st 1; University 2nds 9, Mornington 1:

  Div 3:  Mosgiel 3rds 4, Melchester 2; Green Island 3rds 0, Northern 3rds 5; Caversham 3rd 4, Roslyn Wakari White
  1; University 3rds 5, Roslyn Wakari  Black 0; Northern B 3, Dunedin Technical 3rds 2:

  Div 4 :  Caversham Smeg 3, Melchester 6; Dunedin Tech 4th 2, University 4ths 2; Grants Braes 4th 2, Melchester Sharks 3;
  Roslyn 4th White 1, Roslyn Wakari 4th Black 0; Green Island 4ths 1, Northern  4th 5:

  Div 5 :  Redemption 2, Caversham 5th 0; Caversham Phoenix 3, Northern A 4:

  Div 6 :  Northern Relics 0, Roslyn Wakari Stallions 5; Mosgiel Masters 6, Roslyn Wakari Originals 1, Dunedin Tech
  Gerries 3, Roslyn Wakari Moas 2; Dunedin Tech Frotters 2, Melchester Rovers 4; Green Island Gold 7, Northern Masters 1; Dunedin   Tech. Colts 1, Grants Braes Yellow 3; Highgate Hobbitts 3, Grants Braes Black 1:

Juniors, 19 June.

Dn Jnr 11th:  Dun Tech Real Madrids 4, Maori Hill 11th Maroon 3; Dunedin Tech Troopers 1, Maori Hill 11th Red 5; Grants Braes Mac
  Bay 5, Dun Tech All Stars 2; Northern 11th 1, Mosgiel 11th White 5; Melchester Rovers 2, Grants Braes Raptors 5; Roslyn Wakari 11th 0,
  Maori Hill 11th Gold:

  Dn Jnr 12th:  Mosgiel 11th 5, Maori Hill 12th Maroon 2; GI 11th Joe's 2, Melchester Rovers 6; Dun Tech Terrors 2, Roslyn Wakari 12th
  White 0; Mosgiel 12th White, 2 GI 12th Dragons 3, Harbourside Hammers 0, Roslyn Wakari 12th Red 13; Caversham 0,
  Maori Hill 12th Gold 3:

  Dn Jnr 13th:  Northern 13th 0, GI 12th Phoenix 16; GI 13th Falcons 9, Mosgiel 13th 1; Dun Tech Bears 0, Maori Hill 13th White 7;
  Dunedin Tech Rookies 7, Grants Braes United 1:

  Dn Jnr 14th:  Balclutha 14th 2, Mosgiel 13th 10; Grants Braes Devils 2, Dunedin Tech Storm 3; Dunedin Tech Screamers 4, Maori Hill
  14th White 2; Grants Braes Hornets 1, GI 14th Scorchers 1:

  Dn Jnr 15th:  Grants Braes Rangers 0, GI 15th Rebels 10; Waitaki BHS 0, Mosgiel 14th 6; Dun Tech Strikers 2, Maori Hill 15th Gold 1:

  Dn Youth:  Dunedin Tech Tigers 6, Melchester Rovers 1; Dunedin Tech Eagles 1, GI Youth 1; Waitaki BHS 1sts 4, Northern 0; Roslyn
  Wakari Youth 4, Dunedin Tech Glory 1: