SFNL: How late Liam Frazer goal lifted Chelsea Heights to third win in over a season

A late recruit has wasted no time making his mark for Chelsea Heights after he lifted the club to a thrilling last-gasp win, just the club’s third in over a season.

Chelsea Heights coach Nathan Robinson. Picture: Valeriu Campan

A late recruit has wasted no time making his mark for Chelsea Heights after he lifted the club to a thrilling last-gasp win.

The Demons prevailed over the Frankston Dolphins following a Liam Frazer goal with less than a minute on the clock in Division 2 of the Southern league at Beazley Reserve on Saturday.

Frazer made his debut for the club in round 2 after last playing for Eltham in 2023.

Victories have been few and far between for the Demons after a pair of testing seasons in Division 1, with their first triumph of 2025 just their third since round 14, 2023.

“For us, the result and the amount that we won wasn’t relevant to me, it was more just getting a win,” reflected Chelsea Heights coach Nathan Robinson of the four-point win.

“It was a tight tussle all day, they were really good opposition and we were the ones on the right end of the ledger when the final siren went.

“There was only probably 20 seconds left on the clock, we had a few opportunities to get the ball forward and just couldn’t convert, then luckily it fell in the hands of (Frazer), it wasn’t a great kick but it went through.”

Hearts had been in mouths of the Chelsea Heights faithful after conceding three goals on the trot to cough up a 17-point lead in the final term.

“The last two years have been hard in Division 1 and to get that ability to win a game when you’re against the odds … for them to come back at us, I think last year we would’ve lost that game,” Robinson said.

“The ability to fight it out, especially the last five or 10 minutes when we were down, we still had belief in wanting to win the game, I am proudest of that, the fact that we were able to get the result back our way when we could’ve easily turned and given up.”

Chelsea Heights skipper Robert Macpherson. (Photo by Josh Chadwick)

Robinson was particularly impressed with Frazer in just his second game for the club after a connection with another player got him over the line.

“He was probably underdone the week before but he really stood up through the middle and gave us some drive and some grunt through the middle,” Robinson said.

“It was an area on the ground we were lacking, we were probably lacking some midfield depth, he just offers that drive, he’s a leader in terms of communicating on the ground and the standards that we want to set, he was the perfect attribution that we needed.”

Jordan Perryman, Luke Clark and Aaron Rhodes were the others from Chelsea Heights to perform strongly.

The win was all the more impressive when you consider the Demons are still missing over a handful of senior starters through injury and suspension, including key forwards Erish Uthemaykumar and Jesse Murphy.

Chelsea Heights will be out to make it back-to-back wins when it takes on Keysborough at Beazley Reserve in round 4 on Saturday.

Keysborough is also fresh off its first win of the season after downing Caulfield under lights on Anzac Day.

“Hopefully we can get some momentum and continuity and get some guys back and get our structure in full swing and have a good swing at it,” Robinson said of the coming weeks.

“We don’t like to lose too many at home so that’s another thing for us to solidify.”