You would have to agree that it is fantastic to see hundreds of kids running around on the park on practise nights. The reason that I got my kids involved in football was to have them active, joining in a team environment and being involved with some great adult role models. From my perspective adults that volunteer and give up their time to coach kids are great people and the type of people I want my kids to be around. Our junior and youth coaches are great people doing a fantastic job - THANK YOU!!!

One problem all coaches are facing is that of more teams needing to fit into our training areas - this has caused a little bit of friction at times but it is nice to see coaches able to work through the issues and share the area available. With a little cooperation and give and take we can all fit in and continue the positive work with the kids. If difficulties do arise shout out to one of the committee members who are often floating around and talk it through, solutions are usually not too hard to find if everyone remembers we are all there to work with kids and be positive role models as coaches and adults.

Pukekohe AFC is going from strength to strength and growing pains are to be expected - lets work through them with a smile.

Good luck to everyone for the rest of the season!

[Loosely after WS]

No witches, no witch craft, just some Devilz, plenty of Samba and Eagles, escaping with the spoils.

Zdravstvuyte Tavarish; how good is this ENGLISH football team? Click through for some musings. 

Chris Milicich Head Coach of Waitakere United, he of the famous:

"We’ll go back home and win 2-0, end of story." 

quote after his Waitakere United's 1-3 defeat to Kossa in the 2008 O-League final's first leg (they went home and won it 5-nil), and Neil Emblen, senior player, Assistant Coach to Chris Milicich and Director of Youth Football for the club as a whole will visit Pukekohe for two one hour coaching sessions with our youth teams on Sunday the 29^th of June, 2008.  

The 17th Grade boys showed again they know how to score goals with a 5-1 win over Lynn  Avon this week. It was another very good all round team performance with a strong showing across the park. THere were many features to admire:

Backs bringing the ball forward strongly, midfield challenging every ball, strikers running free- calling for the ball and getting great delivery.

If the game  proved one age old adage it would be "chase everything". Whether defending, competing in midfield or running at goal these boys run at everything and don't give up.  The first saw a long ball played through- their keeper started coming, their defender ran back to cover but they didn't count on Elliot at top speed sprinting, stretching and getting a side foot on it to tap it passed the keeper  who turned in horror to watch it trickle across the line. Elliots second proved that if in doubt strike towards goal as you don't know what might happen- the keeper expected a cross to come in- Elliot hit it low on goal and the surprised keeper reached down to snatch at the ball, missed and it ran between his legs into the net (again this week if there had been one!)

Elliot also contributed to another goal by chasing down a long ball from half way then provided a perfect cross for a tap in from Paul who was where every good striker should be - in front of goal. Paul scored a second and Ben pushed one passed the keeper after another burst of blinding speed saw him get in behind the defenders.

Lynn Avon pulled one back after a vicious bounce saw Daniel handball in the box. Nekoda was close to getting something behind the ball to save the penalty but it was in off the post.

5-1, another solid win from a solid performing team. Well done guys, your positive play and positive attitude make my job as manager easy and enjoyable.

The weather was grey but the football was sparkling as the boys showed everyone how to score goals in a 9-1 domination of Fencibles. Read on for a match report featuring the future senior players of Pukekohe. 

Yeah alright, unlike Mr. C. Rattue; most of us were there (I am sure I spotted L DM in a chequered shirt over his tight blue jeans boogying it up, clutching a long neck Bud) at the Hammersmith Odeon in ’75 when Jon Landau decided he had seen the future of Rock’n Roll, in persona of Mr. B. Springsteen… funny what a Detroit Medley can do to you. 33 years on we were there when the future of PAFC football graced messy Massey Park, it was all Rock’n Roll but we still got the blues from the show.

 Well, if you exchange Ronaldo with me, Germany with The McAttacks and Brazilian with Papakurian than you got the gist of this weekend’s outing of the Devilz. Click on the head-line to get the juicy bits too.

I still have heaps of available times to Ref YOUR game so either call or text me on 0273275190 or email me on karl060699@hotmail.com to arrange where and when you would like me thier.

I am prepared to do several games in a day.