Blackfriars Old Scholars beat Angle Vale in division six amateur league by 70 goals

THE coach of Blackfriars Old Scholars, Aleks Bojanic, had a feeling his side would romp home with a big margin. But by THAT much?

Blackfriars Hounds senior coach Aleks Bojanic with players Michael Iuliano and Jack Sande

BLACKFRIARS Old Scholars coach Aleks Bojanic got the feeling his side was in for a big win early in Saturday’s division six amateur league match against Angle Vale and his hunch would prove correct.

By final siren time the Hounds had kicked an incredible 71.30 (460) at St Dominics Oval in North Adelaide — the highest score in the amateur league’s 103-year history.

They held the poor old Owls to 5.1 (31) to record a 429-point win, the second-biggest margin in league history.

“Angle Vale has been struggling through out the first six rounds and we knew that coming in but, in saying that, in round two they had a very close game against West Croydon, so we weren’t quite sure what to expect,’’ Bojanic said.

“But look, they’ve been struggling for numbers and it became pretty clear early on it was going to be a one-sided game.”

The Hounds eased into the match with a 10-goal-to-nil first term but then clicked into gear and slammed through 36 goals over the next two quarters.

By three-quarter time, Angle Vale was reduced to 12 men with fatigue getting the better of some players who had also suited up in the earlier B-grade game.

Blackfriars reduced its own numbers in a gesture of goodwill and then rammed through a merciless 26 final-term goals — another league record — as the match developed into what could best be described as an open one.

To round out the records, the Hounds’ Andrew Demasi kicked a club record 16 goals.

Angle Vale made a division seven grand final last year but — as is becoming a worrying pattern in the amateur league — lost a stack of players over summer.

The club does not pay players and can’t compete with neighbouring country clubs.

“We lost basically our whole A-grade last year,’’ said president Bruce Lockwood, who strapped on the boots to ensure the team didn’t forfeit.

“A year is a long time in amateur footy at the moment.

“We’re playing against a lot of clubs who pay their players now and we’re trying to keep our guys here out of love for the club …

“We’ve done as much as we can to keep the boys around, we’ve dropped our registration fees.

“But it gets hard when you are losing badly.”