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Photo: Beachside goalkeeper Michael Soszynski cleras upfield in the semi-final against Taroona [PlessPix]
(Video footage courtesy of Ash Wilkes.)
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Photo: Ken Morton accepts full blame for the disqualification of South Hobart [PlessPix]
(My thanks to Ash Wilkes for this interview.)
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Photo: Saturday's crowd at South Hobart watched two games that were all for nought [PlessPix]
Beachside has been disqualified from the Men’s Section A Summer Cup Final after fielding two ineligible players in last Saturday’s semi-final win over Taroona.
This follows the earlier disqualification of South Hobart for fielding Brazilian Mizael Linhares Caires against Olympia Warriors in the other semi-final on Saturday when he was ineligible.
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Photo: Olympia's Nick Mearns got the better of South Hobart's Kostas Kanakaris on this occasion [PlessPix]
(My thanks to Ash Wilkes for providing this video footage.)
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Photo: Mizael Linhares Caires was inelgible to play for South Hobart's senior side in Saturday's semi-final win over Olympia Warriors [PlessPix]
South Hobart have been disqualified for the Men’s Section A Summer Cup Final after fielding an ineligible player in Saturday’s semi-final against Olympia Warriors, which they won 3-0.
According to the rules of the Summer Cup, a player must have played for a team in the preliminary round to be eligible to play in the semi-finals and final.
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Photo: A young boy watches as Josh Thorpe smashes home Beachside's first penalty in the shoot-out with Taroona [PlessPix]
(Summer Cup, Men’s Section A Semi-Final, South Hobart, Saturday, 9 March 2013)
Beachside 2 (P Willcock 18, T Gordon 64)
Taroona 2 (S James 27, E Luttmer 79)
HT: 1-1 FT: 2-2 Penalty Shoot-out: 4-1 Ref: K Barker
Beachside: Soszynski; Brazendale, Chadwick, Doran, T Gordon, Gaskell, Jarvis, Neilson, Westland, Willcock, Robinson (Interchange: Jones, Seeney, Thorpe, Fazackerley, McManus)
Taroona: Burridge; Darragh Carey, Cherry, Abbott, Dove, James, E Luttmer, H Luttmer, Schaap, Stevens, Tubb (Interchange: Kang, Haslewood, Quigley, Young)
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Photo (L-R): Hobart Specsavers co-owner Linda Higginson, FFT CEO John Boulous and referees Kim Barker and Allira Barker at today's media conference announcing the Specsavers sponsorship deal [PlessPix]
Referees and goalkeepers will benefit from a new sponsorship deal announced today between Specsavers and Football Federation Tasmania.
Specsaver stores in Hobart, Glenorchy, Launceston and Rosny Park are part of the sponsorship deal.
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Photo: Zebras' Adam McKeown (right) in pursuit of the Lions' Nick Hill [PlessPix]
Kingborough Lions United 2 (N Cuthbertson 51, D Cooper 87) lost to Tilford Zebras 4 (J Ladic 14, A McKeown 47, H Fagg 58, R Self 91)
Taroona 3 (F Kang 63, H Luttmer 87, S James 90) beat Somerset 1 (S Cocks 43 pen)