AJFCYB2017

was the first time the majority of these
2017
were together as a team. That in
boys
with having no pre-season at all,
combination
move to full field 11 a-side and having a
the
squad of 14, meant it was going to be a
small
year.
tough
these challenges, and being against
Despite
teams that were much stronger than us,
some
team stayed positive and never gave up all
our
Not only did we manage some strong
season.
and the occasional win, we displayed a
results
attitude towards each other and our
fantastic
– living the ‘fair play’ mantra, doing
opponents
club proud with our sportsmanship.
the
to all the boys for making the season so
Thanks
Thanks to Ian Clark for seamlessly
enjoyable.
the team all year – and to Donna,
managing
and Jerry for helping us while we were
Prath
as well as all the other parents who were
away,
supportive all year.
very
thanks too to our friends from the U/11s
Special
regularly helped us out by playing for us
who
is an extremely skilful football player –
Antonio
his close control dribbling, passing, and
with
(akin to a young Mark Viduka, for those
vision
remember!). This led to him scoring most
that
our goals. But it was also his commitment on
of
pitch to stay positive, getting back always
the
help out the backline and taking goal kicks
to
A great year mate – well done.
too.
ABBOTSFORD JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB | YEARBOOK 2017 52
UNDER 12 DIVISION 5
"...We displayed a fantastic
attitude towards each other and
our opponents - living the 'fair
play' mantra, doing the club
proud..."
throughout the year.
Player of the season: Antonio Maiese –