Saturday friendlies - 18 January 2025

Photo:  Number 15 for Brunswick Juventus opens the scoring against Clarence Zebras today. [PlessPix] 

South Hobart sent out a warning to the other Tasmanian NPL teams today by beating the visiting Pascoe Vale 3-0 at South Hobart Oval.

The visiting Victorian play in Victoria’s NPL 2 competition.

South Hobart’s new senior NPL coach, Max Clarke, has worked in Victoria for a few years until returning to Tasmania recently and this may have helped him prepare his team for this game.

He would have had the intelligence on Pascoe Vale and his team obviously had their measure.

Photo:  A Brunswick Juventus attack is thwarted by a timely interception. [PlessPix] 

South Hobart’s Women’s Super League side thrashed the visiting Geelong Galaxy 9-0 at South Hobart Oval today.

That made for an auspicious start for their new coach, Ken Morton, who stepped down as the club’s NPL coach at the end of last season.

Glenorchy Knights got a commendable result today in their NPL hit-out against Riverside Olympic at KGV Park, winning 6-2.

In the Under-21 clash between the sides, Glenorchy Knights beat Riverside Olympic 5-1.

Clarence Zebras’ NPL side lost 3-1 to the visiting Brunswick Juventus at KGV Park.

The game was goalless at half-time.

Brunswick took the lead shortly after the resumption but Clarence Zebras were level shortly after.

Photo:  Brunswick Juventus celebrations after the opening goal. [PlessPix] 

Two more goals by the visitors proved too much for Clarence Zebras to handle.

Incidentally, Clarence Zebras beat Launceston United 5-2 away last weekend which was a sort of revenge for United NPL win over Clarence Zebras last season.

Kingborough Lions United downed Southern Championship side Taroona 5-1.

Photo:  Clarence Zebras celebrate their equaliser by Ethan Medhurst, but only temporarily. [PlessPix]

Devonport City beat Launceston City 2-1 away at Prospect.
 

Merry Christmas for 2024 and happy New Year

 

Wishing all readers, players, officials and supporters from all clubs a very merry Christmas for 2024 and a happy New Year.

May 2025 be a great year and may all your hopes and wishes come true.

Vale Karl Heinz Jakubec (28/8/1944 – 24/11/2024)

Photo:  Referee Karl Jakubec (right) records a goal in a social leagues game at KGV Park on 17 July, 2022. [PlessPix] 

The death has occurred in Hobart of refereeing identity Karl Jakubec at the age of 80.

He refereed at high levels locally earlier in his career and was well-known to players at every level of the game in Hobart.

Karl was still refereeing this past season in the social leagues despite being four-score years old.

He will be missed by all football followers, and in particular, by those social league players who often relied on Karl to referee their games.

He will be hard to replace at this level of the local game, where officials are scarce.

Karl thought nothing of officiating at two games in one day, one after the other.

Apart from refereeing, he was also a member of the Lindisfarne RSL Sub-Branch.

My condolences go to Karl’s family and friends.

He was always a cheery fellow who loved football dearly and was a servant of the game until the end.

Photo:  Referee Karl Jakubec (right) officiating at a social leagues match at KGV Park on 17 July, 2022. [PlessPix]