An unofficial NZ Knights page
for the 2005-2006 Season
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Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
21 Aug | away | Queensland Roar | loss | 0 | 2 | Sean Devine denied great headed goal. Tambo's cramp. Battling defence. | |
2 Sept | home | Sydney FC | loss | 1 | 3 | J. Rose | Josh Rose goal after Devine flick on. Collett cleared off line. Robbie Middleby flattening the ref at the final whistle. Nearly 10,000 at Albany. |
10 Sept | away | Central Coast Mariners | win | 2 | 0 | S. Yeo, S. Devine | No TV coverage. Radio Sport missed the first goal! Danny hit the post, and led a good defensive effort. Two goals on the break. |
17 Sept | away | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 4 | Two keeper errors, poor defending first half. Yeo's eye for goal. 13 Knights corners! | |
22 Sept | home | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 1 | Deserved better. Rose hit bar, plenty of possession and half chances. Keeper Moss's two handed takes. Collett and Caravella great in midfield. Bazeley's runs down the wing. | |
2 Oct | home | Adelaide Utd | loss | 1 | 2 | Yeo | Torrential rain, water surface, Yeo red carded for hydroplane tackle, ref's other decisions - no goal, no penalty. Devine's running. Bull's wet weather skills. |
10 Oct | away | Melbourne Victory | loss | 0 | 3 | Emblen early knee injury. Rose good shot well saved. Fitzsimons good down right flank | |
16 Oct | home | Queensland Roar | loss | 0 | 2 | Tinkler debut. Milosevich's saves. Caravella non-stop midfield work | |
21 Oct | away | Sydney FC | loss | 0 | 2 | Bazeley cleared Dwight Yorke off the line. Danny Hay back, strong. Collett solid midfield | |
29 Oct | home | Central Coast Mariners | loss | 1 | 3 | Yeo (pen) | Bright debut. Collett defended soundly. Poor home crowd reflected poor second half |
4 Nov | home | Newcastle Jets | loss | 2 | 4 | J. Brockie (2) | Went 4 - 0 down. Milosevich saves pen, Brockie scores twice in five minutes after good combination with Kris Bright. Imaya starting to look good in centre midfield |
11 Nov | away | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 3 | Caravella getting his boot entangled with Colosimo's. Milo, Tambo and Caravella OK | |
20 Nov | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 1 | Injuries! Van Eijs debut. Milosevich's point blank saves. Devine's volley from Hay flick-on saved in final minutes. | |
26 Nov | home | Melbourne Victory | loss | 2 | 3 | J. Christie, Devine | Hay stood down. Christie strong in mdifield, Brockie's runs down the left. A good performance from all. Melb winner on the break. |
1 Dec | away | Queensland Roar | draw | 1 | 1 | Yeo | Yeo lovely backheader from Collett freekick. Milo great saves. Brockie maurauding down the right. Tambo stretchered off. |
30 Dec | home | Sydney FC | draw | 2 | 2 | Devine, Brockie | Strong all round Knights performance (even though Yeo went home to Eng). Excellent early and late strikes kept Dwight Yorke's lot in their place. Tambo's strength in the air, Caravella superb in midfield. Emblen super-sub striker. China v Korea curtain raiser. |
8 Jan | away | Central Coast Mariners | loss | 0 | 1 | Deserved a draw. Injury time goal. Hard working Imaya stretchered off. | |
13 Jan | away | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 3 | Injury and suspensions depletion. Sam Jasper debut. Maguire good balls from midfield. | |
19 Jan | home | Perth Glory | loss | 1 | 4 | N. Emblen | Hay back, playing for Perth! Noah doing well as centre back, winning headers even. Moss not wearing a cap into the sun. Cheer leaders high flips. Bloc 5's mesmerising slow dirge/chants. |
28 Jan | home | Adelaide Utd | draw | 1 | 1 | X. Zhang | Zhang's headed goal and yellow card for bare chested celebration. Devine beating his man heaps and off side heaps. |
4 Feb | away | Melbourne Victory | loss | 1 | 2 | Brockie | Moss's string of good saves. Tambo hooking ball off line and ending up tangled in the back of the net. Brockie's cool finish. |
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Leading Scorers:
Jeremy Brockie | 4 |
Simon Yeo | 4 |
Sean Devine | 3 |
Xiaobin Zhang | 1 |
Neil Emblen | 1 |
Jeremy Christie | 1 |
Josh Rose | 1 |
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