Curtin University 1 Perth Royals 1

Rob Curry (90 mins)

Took one point but deserved all three. Lots of possession for Royals throughout the game. A harsh penalty awarded to Uni on 65 mins was luckily missed. However, against the run of play, Curtin took the lead in the 88th minute. All looked lost as Royals kicked off with 1 min 47sec left on the clock. The ball was launched, Route One, into the box. It was flicked on by Nathan and Rob Curry lobbed the keeper, who was caught in ‘no man’s land’, to equalise. There was not even time to restart the game, 1 – 1… Justice!

Division 6 Curtin University Res 2 Perth Royals Res 0

The score was 0 – 0 at half-time. Royals were unlucky to concede an own goal and a fluke late on. Curtin certainly count themselves lucky on this one. Royals had had 3 or 4 good chances throughout the game. You have got to make your own luck, but we are getting closer.

Lady Royals 3 - 1 Gwelup

Another win!
Reason enough to celebrate, but it has to be said, we could have and should have made this win a whole lot more spectacular.

We got off to a strong start, bringing the ball up nice and wide and feeding it in to the box like we knew what we were doing. Amelia worked the line well and once her shoes were sorted, Charlotte owned the left wing. But our multiple shots on goal were landing squarely in the goalie's gloves every single time.

Lauren made a debut appearance in defence today and closed down most of what Gwelup had to offer on the left wing. Lee had the other wing covered and Amy was in her usual fine flying form through centre back. It was only an unlucky fumble in the first half that led to a Gwelup fast break that left Bek and Lauren split and let Gwelup's first and only goal of the day in.

We weren't especially impressed by that score line and increased our efforts to get the damn ball into the back of the net. With "place the ball!" ringing in our ears we surged forward time and time again and placed the ball....right into the goalie!

In one of her many fast breaks forward, Elaine belted one...right into the goalie...but this one was deflected and her second crack was a delightful chip shot that finally had us on the board!

Equalised, our confidence lifted and we started passing the ball some more, maintaining possession through some great balls wide and even some very grown up looking back passes.

Defense, tired of seeing the forwards miss so many goals, started pushing even further forward and Amy's brilliant long shot was only stopped by a hand ball. Karen's penalty shot was beautifully placed....into the goalie!

At this point Darrin is starting to look a tad rabid and we're starting to wonder if we can bear the shame of a draw after lasts weeks glory.

Second half we came out revamped. Kept up the running and passing and started talking a whole lot more. Dixie and Jasmine worked the ball well into the box on numerous occassions. Simone played a blinder on the wing and her through ball found Elaine who stepped neatly around goalie to score our second. Phew!

Never one to ignore instructions, when Ange was told to stay on their last man, she took it a tad literally and succeeded in not only felling her but landing on her. Needless to say, a goal was not scored!

Our third and final goal came from an awesome cross by Karen. Lauren would most certainly have got a foot to it if only the Gwelup defender hadn't got in the way and stolen all her glory with an own goal! Goal's a goal though. We finally felt we were making some headway...but time was out. There would be no trouncing today.

Player of the match to Karen - who held her position and kept a level head about her all game.

We're looking like a real team out there. With more talking (on the pitch) and a little more accuracy towards the net we can surely keep up the winning streak. Surely! For the moment at least, we are no longer staring down the barrel of relegation.