Salisbury Football Club looking for set of guernseys stolen after game
Spotted a set of 25 black and white Adelaide Footy League guernseys for sale online? They may be the ones that have been stolen from Salisbury Football Club.
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Here are some things that caught our eye in round eight:
STOLEN GUERNSEYS STILL MISSING
Salisbury Football Club officials are looking for a set of stolen guernseys.
A bag containing 25 of the Magpies’ A-grade jumpers went missing overnight on May 18 from the Hillbank home of Salisbury’s team manager following that day’s match against Pulteney.
The Magpies estimated the gear was worth about $2000.
“The team manager’s son was out the back with some friends having a quiet drink on a Saturday night … and the front door was unlocked,” Salisbury football director Gino Capogreco said.
“Someone grabbed that bag with the guernseys and a couple of other sports bags that had some dirty gear in it, and made off.
“If anyone sees on Gumtree a set of guernseys – and they might try to advertise them as Collingwood guernseys – they should call the police.”
Thankfully for Salisbury, apparel supplier Port Road Sports produced a new set of guernseys by the following Friday so the club could wear them in their game the next day.
“We were like ‘what do we do?’ We need a set of guernseys,” Capogreco said.
“We do thank Port Road Sports for their quickness.”
An SA Police confirmed the guernseys were stolen between 10pm and 1am on May 18-19.
“Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000,” the spokesman said.
MILERA KICKING GOALS FOR FUN
Ian Milera lined up in three SANFL reserves games for Glenelg this season but was not enjoying his footy.
Safe to say he is having fun now at division three club Portland after booting 11 goals on Saturday.
Milera, 21, was best on ground in the Thunder’s 32.17 (209) to 9.7 (61) shellacking of Gepps Cross at Port Reserve.
His haul took his goals tally from six games at Portland this season to 26 – the third-most in the competition.
“Footy is fun again and it’s nice to be kicking goals like that,” Milera said.
“It’s a good feeling and almost like I’m back home again just at my local club.
“Portland is a real family club.
“After the game everyone sits around and has a good talk.”
Milera booted 44 goals for the Tigers in 30 matches after debuting in round one, 2017.
He played at Glenelg with his older brother, Terry, who joined Noarlunga in the off-season and tried to recruit him to the Shoes.
But former North Melbourne and Port Adelaide forward Lindsay Thomas lured him to the Thunder, where Milera played juniors.
“I couldn’t really find the enjoyment (at Glenelg) anymore, so I came back out to Portland,” Milera, of Ethelton, said.
“When I first moved over to Adelaide from Ceduna when I was about 15, Portland was my first club.
“Lindsay grew up with my older brother Terry, so he’s like a big brother to me so he sort of gave me a call and asked me to come out and play.
“I’m finding that I’m enjoying the game more now at Portland.
“Terry wanted me to go out there with him but I didn’t really want to travel so I came out to Portland.”
Thomas missed Saturday’s match due to hamstring soreness but Milera was hopeful his mate would rejoin Portland’s forward line against Glenunga away on June 15.
Milera did not rule out a return to the SANFL next season but was firmly focused on helping the Thunder win a flag in the Adelaide Footy League this year.
Portland is fourth with five wins, two losses and a draw.
ROOS SEEKING NEW COACH
Morphettville Park is looking for a new senior coach after mutually agreeing to part ways with Jack Horan.
The Roos and Horan made the decision last week and he took charge of his last game on Saturday – a 33-point home loss to Glenunga.
Morphettville Park has battled in division three this season, sitting second-bottom with a 1-7 record.
Horan confirmed he had agreed to end his tenure, citing the amount of work required to turn the Roos fortunes around was beyond him.
He and his wife are expecting their second child in a month.
“With work and my wife, it was getting a bit tough to give the commitment that was required,” said Horan, a premiership assistant at West Adelaide in 2015 and former Sacred Heart Old Collegians coach.
“I felt I was letting them down a bit because I wasn’t getting there and doing enough.
“I’ve always been upfront with the club that I probably wasn’t going to do it next year and that comes into it – can you get a fresh voice to get the enthusiasm back up and try to get some wins in the back half of the year.
“We came to an agreement that they’d get an interim coach for the rest of the year and that’d be in the best interests of the club and myself and my family.”
Horan said the Roos had taken time to jell and struggled at home, where it played each of its first six games this season.
He said he would consider returning to coaching when his children were older.
Morphettville Park president Troy Rosser said the club assess over the long weekend its options to replace Horan.
CAPTURING TOWNS’ GLORY
Few grassroots footy clubs get books written solely about them.
But Edwardstown’s 100 years from its foundation in 1919 to last season have been chronicled in a new work by Adelaide historian Dr Bernard Whimpress.
The book, The Towns: 100 Years of Glory – 1919-2018,
Former Edwardstown player Ian Cooper approached Whimpress late last year about writing it and the author got to work in January.
“I’ve come to this book without any great knowledge of the club … but the best starting point was the club had its minutes from day one, from 1919, and they were very good,” Whimpress said.
The book includes photos through the years, the names of every Towns senior player since 1954 and juniors from 1996, as well as a host of other statistics, timelines and even quirky information such as nicknames.
“There’s a lot of light moments about the social side of the club and there’s its connection with the community,” Whimpress said.
The book is available now through the club – $39 for a soft cover and $85 for a hardback – but will be officially launched at the Towns’ past players’ day on June 29.
Contact Edwardstown stalwart Peter Dabinett on 0406 646 958 to get a copy.
MAGPIE TO CAPTAIN SA
Port District’s Trent Heffernan will captain the SA amateur side to take on its Queensland counterparts in Brisbane this Saturday.
Heffernan was on Thursday announced to lead the team and his Luke Manuel (Rostrevor Old Collegians) and Brett Ancell (Payneham Norwood Union) were named joint vice-captains.
The final squad is: Jay Boyle, Tarquin Brown, Sam Kennedy (Brighton), Tom Carter (Goodwood Saints), Ned Heath, Nathan Bowles (Henley), Ancell, Pierce Seymour, Dylan Auciello (Payneham Norwood Union), Heffernan, Nick Hales (Port District), Ian Milera (Portland), Ollie Clarke, Craig Pitt, Jake Pitt, Will Dalwood, Hayden Jolly (Prince Alfred Old Collegians), Manuel (Rostrevor Old Collegians), Tristan Carcuro (Sacred Heart Old Collegians), Jy Farrar, Scott Taylor (Scotch Old Collegians), Toby Schulz (St Peter’s Old Collegians).
Prince Alfred Old Collegians mentor Brett Backwell is the side’s coach.
The match will be live streamed from 3.00pm Brisbane time.
FORMER FULL-BACK HITTING THE SCOREBOARD
Former Port Adelaide full-back Alipate Carlile only kicked five goals during his 167-game AFL career.
But he has slotted six majors from four matches for Port District’s reserves this season/
Carlile, 32, booted two against Brighton on Saturday, which followed one, one and two in his other three games.
His brother, Anthony, also plays at the Magpies.
Carlile retired from the Power in 2016.
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