Our next home game…

NELSON PINE LVL

TASMAN UNITED

V

SOUTHERN UNITED

Sunday 5th November 2017

Trafalgar Park, Nelson

2pm

Michael “Duffy” du Feu…

We would like to pass on our sincere thoughts and best

wishes to Mike’s family who are hopefully all here today.

We will miss Duffy greatly and what he did to help Tasman

United in our first year. He will be extremely hard to replace

and he will never be forgotten.

Stu summed Duffy up well in the poem he wrote for his funeral earlier this year – and here’s

just a few paragraphs we think are perfect for today…

He was a special someone, that dedicated a lot to football

And he liked boat racing and the speedway, and of course a good pub crawl

And regardless of wherever he was, at times he could be scruffy

But to everyone who ever met him… he soon became of course just Duffy

And more recently with NBF, he’d really started to thrive

He became a massive asset, and ended up good mates with Clive

It was as if his passion had returned, and his love for the game reignited

And he had one hell of a season helping… with the first year at Tasman United

And with all sincerity when we heard the news, that Mike had passed away

The feeling that we all had, it was a very upsetting day

There’ll be an empty space with him not here, and we’ll forget him never

With our own memories we all have of him… the name Duffy will live on forever

Current league table…

Team P W D L GD PTS

Tasman United 2 2 0 0 4 6

Team Wellington 3 2 0 1 3 6

Eastern Suburbs 2 2 0 0 3 6

Auckland City 3 1 1 1 3 4

Hawkes Bay United 2 1 1 0 1 4

Southern United 2 0 1 1 -1 1

Canterbury United 2 0 1 1 -1 1

Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2 0 1 1 -3 1

Waitakere United 2 0 1 1 -5 1

Hamilton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 -4 0

Upcoming draw…

12 Nov 2017 – Tasman United v Team Wellington, David Farrington, 2pm

18 Nov 2017– Tasman United v Waitakere United, Trafalgar Park, 1pm

25 Nov 2017 – Tasman United v Eastern Suburbs, Trafalgar Park, 1pm

Nelson Pine LVL Tasman United would like to

thank…

Proud to be the Naming Right Sponsor

of Nelson Pine LVL Tasman United

General Manager’s Report…

Welcome to Trafalgar Park for the first home game of the National League

season. It is truly wonderful to see the support that Tasman United has within the

community and am sure it impresses the visiting teams to be playing in front of a proper

crowd. Let’s make some noise and ensure the team is spurred on by the support from the

sidelines.

It is important to continue on from where we finished last season at Trafalgar with 3

straight wins and to make this a fortress for Tasman United with no team visiting

expecting an easy game. It is a key factor to ensure we amass a good percentage of

points at home this season and to build confidence this first game is very important.

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all those behind the scenes that make

these home games so special, and the work undertaken by the TASMAN United committee

to ensure the viability and sustainability of the club cannot be underestimated.

I acknowledge our sponsors also, without their support we cannot do what we are doing

and the goodwill extended by our major sponsors, I hope, is appreciated across the region.

Our major sponsors Nelson Pine LVL, Sprig and Fern Brewery and Bayleys deserve the full

support of this community in their business endeavours as they show such support to

community teams, like Tasman United. That is not to forget all the other sponsors and

deserving of mention are Football Unlimited, Plus4 Insurance, Absolute Energy, NZME,

NextGen Energy, BMG, BCM, The Sign Shop, Kahurangi Estate, and Nelson Golf Club, who

all contribute to the cause wholeheartedly and considerably.

A warm welcome is extended to our visitors from the South and I know they will appreciate

the facilities and home team hospitality either side of the game.

Please also afford a warm welcome to our visitors from Southern United, and I hope the

team enjoy their visit to Nelson and have a safe journey home.

Go Tasman!!

Clive Beaumont

General Manager

Nelson Pine LVL Tasman United would like to

thank the following funders…

Nelson Pine LVL Tasman United would like to

thank our sponsors…

Coach’s comments…

Firstly I would like to welcome all our great supporters back to

Trafalgar Park for the second season of Tasman United.

We have all been looking forward to this day for a while now, and I hope that we perform

well and make you proud.

I would also like to extend a warm welcome to our friends from Southern United. Hopefully

both of our teams have a better season that last year.

Below is a photo of the kids waiting for the players signatures at the end of our recent

successful open training session – it was great to see so many keen fans and it was a

Fantastic evening. Let’s hope we give them something to cheer about today.

It’s great to be back at Trafalgar Park, and I wish you all a very enjoyable afternoon. And I

would also like to pass on my personal thoughts to Mike Du Feu’s family – we will miss him

this year and everything he did for us.

Regards, Davor Tavich (Senior Head Coach)

Match Day Sponsor…

About our visitors…

Southern United FC Incorporated was established in 2004 under

The name Otago United Incorporated, from the four associations within

the Football South Federation. Otago United Incorporated (the name until 2103)

was formed by 21 clubs within the Football South Federation, from Timaru to

Invercargill.

Based in Dunedin, being the sole representative from Federation 7, the club was

originally named Otago United Incorporated for the first 9 years of its history.

During the 2013/14 season, Otago United Incorporated changed its name to

Southern United FC Incorporated (Southern United FC) on 16 August 2013, to

better reflect the wide geographical area which it covers. The area covered by

Southern United FC includes Southland, Otago and South Canterbury.

The squad this year has a fresh look from last season, with a number of new

faces joining the team from both within and outside the Football South region.

They join a core of eleven players returning from last season’s campaign. And

with a couple of squad spots still open, coach Paul O’Reilly has made it clear

that he is still on the lookout to recruit players hungry to strengthen his team.

O’Reilly acknowledges there are a

number of players brought in from

outside the Football South region and

sees it as a necessary part of the team’s

development at this stage. O’Reilly is

aiming to develop young players

coming through their system and

region, but that takes time, and

the players he has in the squad

are hungry and enthusiastic to

succeed on the national

stage, and have already

made Dunedin home.

Nelson Pine LVL Tasman United

1. Cory Wilson (GK)

2. Luca Perico

3.

4. Cameron Lindsay

5. Mark Johnston

6. Brian Kaltak

7. Ryan Stewart

8. Paul Ifill

9. Maksym Kowal

10. Kieran Smith

11. Alex Ridsdale

12. Corey Chettleburgh

13.

14. Robbie Pearson

15. Tinashe Marowa

16. Dan Allan

17. Callan Elliot

18. Matt Tod-Smith

19. Lyle Matthysen

20. Alex Britton

21. Abdulla Al-Khalisy

22. Yousif Al-Khalisy

23. Sam Ayers

Coach: Davor Tavich

Assistant Coach: Paul Ifill

Manager: Matt Campbell

Match Day Sponsor:

Southern United

1. Liam Little

2. Conor O’Keeffe

3. Tom Connor

4. Kristian Gibson

5. Stephen Last

6. Danny Ledwith

7. Omar Gaurdiola

8. Jared Grove

9. Garbhan Goughlan

10. Danny Furlong

11.

12. Aidan Barbour-Ryan

13. Niklas Ordenewitz

14. Andrew Ridden

15. Hamish Cotter

16. Tom Stevens

17. Morgan Day

18. Roland Bala

19.

20.

21. Cody Brook

22. Michael Hogan

23. Ben Wade

Coach: Paul O’Reilly

Assistant Coach: Terry Boylan

GK Coach: Zane Green

Match Officials:

Referee: A. Riley

Assistant Referee 1: C. Gruschow

Assistant Referee 2: S. Reilly

Fourth Official: H. McCabe