Nominations are now open for the 2019 Players’ Choice Awards!
Due to time constraints, the nomination period is just 4 days, closing next Monday September 9. This will be followed by the voting period, which will close Friday September 13. This will just give us enough time to count the vast number of votes before the presentations on September 14, when the awards will be announced.
An example nomination is listed on the right of each category.
Registration and payment are due before the season starts in April.
All players must register online with both the Adelaide Uni Sports Association (AUSA) and the Football Federation of Australia (FFA). You must pay your fees as part of registering with the AUSA.
For new players, fees will cover club shorts and socks.ddd
If you cannot afford to pay the entire fee, speak to your coach or a committee member ASAP. You must at least purchase the “AU Sport Membership”, which is free for students.
Follow these steps to register with the AUSA and pay your fees for the season. The “AU Sport Membership” below provides you with insurance, covering any injury.
Follow these steps to register with the FFSA as a player. Note that the site has changed this season
Go to the My Football Club Player Registration page and click Get Started.
If you have previously played for the Whites, or any other FFA club (including juniors), you already have an FFA number. Click Sign In and follow the prompts.
Otherwise, create an account.
Please ensure your contact details including email and emergency contact are up to date.
IMPORTANT: If you are from overseas, for the section International Transfer Certificate:
If you need help, ask Ian, Stuart, Alan, or the Facebook group.
Ignore any invoice you get from the FFSA. We will take care of this.
| John Whitehouse Medal | TBA |
| A’s Best & Fairest | Courtney Davis |
| A’s Team Man | Matt Chan |
| B’s Best & Fairest | Abdulmalik Alsawafi |
| B’s Team Man | Aarron Chen |
| C’s Best & Fairest | Al-moatasem Al-omrani |
| C’s Team Man | Campbell Hodgins |
| D’s Best & Fairest | Ben Hanna |
| D’s Team Man | Will Yeomans |
| E’s Best & Fairest | Samuil Belyovski |
| E’s Team Man | Leo Phan |
| Drinking XI MVP | TBA |
| Goal of the Year | Yeni Vasili |
| Save of the Year | Marc English Ian Begg |
| Best Comment | Max Demianyk |
| Best Match Report | Steve Safralidis |
| Wez Reid Dummy Spit Award | John Whitehouse |
| Most Obscure Absentee | Jules Harris-Jansen |
| Best Recruiter | Homood Alabdali |
| Moment of the Year | E’s winning the league! |
| Supporter of the Year | Bill Hill |
| Players’ Player of the Year | Abdulmalik Alsawafi |
| John Whitehouse Medal | Adam Pedron |
| A’s Best & Fairest | Matt Chan |
| A’s Team Man | Amir Khasanov |
| B’s Best & Fairest | Lewis Whittenbury |
| B’s Team Man | Ian Begg |
| C’s Best & Fairest | Ali Musa |
| C’s Team Man | Dan Anthony |
| D’s Best & Fairest | Al-moatasem Al-omrani |
| D’s Team Man | Aaron Lucas |
| E’s Best & Fairest | Wez Reid Mohammed Alghusaini |
| E’s Team Man | Bobby Vidanage |
| Drinking XI MVP | Ollie Smith |
| Goal of the Year | Jules Harris-Jansen Alan Evans |
| Save of the Year | Martins Elemo |
| Best Comment | Mike Williams James Reilly |
| Best Match Report | Matt Bate |
| Wez Reid Dummy Spit Award | Adam Pedron |
| Most Obscure Absentee | Jorge Lopez Fernandez |
| Best Recruiter | Steve Bresolin |
| Moment of the Year | B’s 8 – 0 Mercedes |
| Supporter of the Year | Pepe |
| Players’ Player of the Year | Courtney Davis |
With only 3 points separating the top three teams, the boys faced Immanuel in what would be the first of 2 weeks that’ll shape our season.
Immanuel were sitting top of the table & have not lost since round 1. In our previous encounter at the start of the season they’d belted us 7-1, so we were out for a bit of redemption.
We had a strong squad for this game, but it was somewhat weakened as Mohammed didn’t make it to the ground by the time we handed match sheets in.
On the flipside, we gained the services of GT and Ryo who’d both played earlier in the day.
At the start Immanuel kicked with the breeze and came out with all guns blazing. They had more of the ball and kept us inside our half – but our defence and midfield were compact and disciplined and we were doing an excellent job of keeping them at bay.
On the couple of occasions they did get passed the backline – Markus (in his last game for the club) made a couple of super saves!
Late in the half though Immanuel got a breakthrough – as a corner came in – Ben got front position, but was nudged over (no free given!) allowing his opponent to head home from close range.
Going in at 1-0, with the breeze behind us for the 2nd half, we were all thinking anything was possible.
Immanuel though again had a little more of the ball, as their midfield and mobile forwards were making us work hard. They managed a 2nd goal and a 3rd before we rung the changes. Bringing on Chris, Andy, Mike, Bryan and Ryo to spice things up.
Late on we managed to peg a goal back as Zac’s nice free kick went around the wall and bounced in off the upright (all that practice during the week paid dividends).
In the end – Immanuel were worth their 3-1 win, which now puts them 2 games ahead of us with another huge game against 2nd placed Pembroke this week.
Man of the match for us was (again) Markus – in his last match for the club – his 2nd half of the season has been top shelf.
A special mention must also go to Matt Bate who covered a lot of km in the defensive midfield role on a pretty tough day.
Massive game next week. If we want to keep our season alive we must beat Pembroke this week and hope that Immanuel drop the bundle somewhere along the way.
See you all at training.
That’s it!
The Uni Whites will be celebrating 20 years since winning the League and Cup Double!
A Legends game, followed by BBQ at the club & possibly dinner (details to follow)
All Uni Whites past and present welcome.
For information, contact Steve Saf on 0410 376 083 or via Facebook.
If you are planning to take holidays during the cold weather, please take into account when we are not playing! There are no matches on the June long weekend. Also, the C’s, D’s and E’s all have byes during the year. If your team is knocked out of the cup, you may also have another couple of weekends off (note that Div 3B has league matches on those weeks):
| Date | Event | Who’s Playing? | ||||
| Apr 28 | Div 5 bye | A’s | B’s | C’s | E’s | |
| May 12 | Cup Rd 2 | A’s | B’s | C’s | E’s | |
| June 2 | Div 3B bye | A’s | B’s | C’s | D’s | |
| June 9 | Long Weekend | |||||
| June 16 | Cup Rd 3 | ? | ? | ? | E’s | |
| June 30 | Div 4 bye | A’s | B’s | D’s | E’s | |
| July 21 | Split round | E’s | ||||
| July 28 | Div 5 bye | A’s | B’s | C’s | E’s | |
| Aug 18 | Div 3B bye | A’s | B’s | C’s | D’s | |
| Sep 8 | Div 4 bye | A’s | B’s | D’s | E’s | |
The last 3 rounds of the cup are played midweek:
Mike Williams: (Referring to the directions for the E game) “It wasn’t that hard.”
Graeme: “Well obviously it is, because I’m the smartest person here and I couldn’t find the ground. It shouldn’t have said Rostrevor College!”
Big Mikey: “I agree with half of what you said.”
The B’s had a stellar season. The following shows how they’ve stacked up against Uni Whites’ season stats since 2003:
One player who scored some big goals for the B’s this year was Patty Jenko. He notched up his 50th appearance for the Whites last week in the A’s against Sacred Heart.
Congrats also to Amir Khasanov who racked up his 100th match for the Whites in the final round. Amir once again showed his versatility by completing his century at left back, after Eddie succumbed to an ankle injury.
Another White has joined the prestigious Century Club. Congratulations to Simon “Michael” Clarke who capped off his century with a goal against the hapless Blues.
Plaudits also go to Ellery “Richie Jnr” Shopen who has become the Whites leading goal scorer (since 2003). On his way to knocking Richie “The Don” Coburn from top spot, he hit 9 past Grads Blue. This beats the previous record of 6 also held by the esteemed Richie, and the dead-to-us Nick “Mercedes” Ward.
Our five wins also produced a goal tally record for the club: 32 goals in a league round smashes our previous best of 22 from May last year.
Our commiserations go to the struggling Blues who helped make all of this possible. Hopefully they have better luck in div 2 next year.