35-Drunks

06/06/2026

ROUND 8 MATCH REPORT

35 Drunks 6 – 1

The Drunks put together one of their most complete performances of the season in Round 8, running out convincing 6-1 winners after a dominant display from the first whistle.

From the outset the boys looked sharp, moving the ball around beautifully and controlling the game across the park. The passing football was a pleasure to watch and set the tone for what became a cracking team performance.

Leading the charge was Corey, who bagged himself a superb hat-trick and earned Man of the Match honours for his efforts. Clinical in front of goal and causing headaches for defenders all afternoon, it was one of his best performances in a Drunks shirt.

Medals got himself on the scoresheet once again, while Marky and Steve combined for another goal. Whether it goes in the books for Marky or Steve is still being investigated by the Match Review Panel, but one thing is certain — Marky’s celebration was absolutely elite and worth the goal alone.

The loudest cheer of the afternoon belonged to StuMac, who finally broke through for his first goal of the season.

It could have been even better. Kurt thought he’d added another to the tally after finding the back of the net, only for the referee to cruelly deny him.

At the other end, Marcus was outstanding. Despite being the youngest bloke in the side, he has settled into the back line brilliantly and played with composure well beyond his years. A top performance that helped keep the opposition quiet for most of the afternoon.

Dan chipped in with an important contribution, creating the pressure that led to a corner which eventually resulted in one of the goals. Another assist for the stat sheet.

The opposition completely lost their heads as the match wore on. Multiple yellow cards were handed out, one player earned himself a ten-minute spell in the bin for dissent, and their goalkeeper managed to turn one yellow into two before being sent off altogether.

The Drunks weren’t entirely innocent either. In the dying moments a bit banter broke out, and in a welcome return to form, Angry Pom made an appearance. Pom collected the Pink Card from the team after a late blow-up that reminded everyone he’s still got plenty of mongrel left in the tank.

Special mention to Maggot, who was unavailable this week attending his son’s wedding. Reports suggest Dan, Shannon and Benny were also missing after heading off hunting, although authorities are yet to confirm their whereabouts.

Goals

⚽⚽⚽ Corey
⚽ Medals
⚽ Marky/Steve (pending VAR investigation)
⚽ StuMac (first of the season)

Man of the Match

🏆 Corey

Pink Card

🩷 Angry Pom

Depth in the squad. More depth in the esky.

23/05/2026

🔥 ROUND 6 — DRUNKS DIG DEEP 🍻

Berkeley Vale Wombats Over 35s
2️⃣ - 1️⃣ Terrigal

With a few lads out, limited troops on the bench, and enough sore bodies to fill a physio waiting room, the Drunks still managed to grind out another quality win.

⚽ Steve wasted absolutely no time, banging one in early to get the boys rolling and reminding everyone he still knows where the goals are.

Terrigal clawed one back after a short ball near goal turned into a gift-wrapped equaliser. Not ideal, but the heads stayed up and the boys kept grinding.

🗣 Match highlight may have belonged to Sir Mark though, who was asked by the ref:
“Have you got something to say?”

To which Mark calmly and diplomatically responded:
“No comment.”

An absolute veteran performance.

⏰ Shannon rolled in about 30 minutes late with the freshest legs on the field and immediately started causing havoc. Seemed to appear everywhere at once, turning Terrigal players inside out and generally creating chaos.

🤣 At one stage the boys were away…
Corey cut it back perfectly to Benny D at the top of the D…

…and Benny absolutely launched it into orbit, NASA currently tracking the ball somewhere over Terrigal.

⚽ Phil and Brad Perry felt we should’ve had 7, just to keep the strikers on notice!

Corey later managed to get himself one-on-one with the keeper and somehow missed 😢, but to his credit dropped back to the wing to give Steve a break and soon after slotted one home to secure the lead.

Micka was dropped in to help shore up the back line this week, but somehow kept popping up at the top of the D supporting the strikers whenever the boys surged forward.

🔒 Last 10 minutes turned into lockdown mode with Bridger trying holding Micka in the backline alongside G and Stu to shut the game down and see it home.

🚢 Unfortunately with Pom off taking Sam on a cruise adventure this week, Maggot couldn’t get the Achilles worked on and had to sit this one out nursing the injury from the sidelines.

💖 Special mention to Teflon Tim who turned up despite being out this week, proudly returning the pink shirt and supporting the lads from the sideline like a true Drunk with is tea?

🏅 Man of the Match: G
Massive 80-minute effort. Solid all day, and still had something left in the tank.

💬 Phil also summed the game up beautifully post-match by declaring:
“We could’ve won by 10 if the strikers could shoot.”

Strong words from a man currently in possession of the pink shirt.

💖 Pink Shirt Update:
Teflon Tim somehow slipped through the voting once again, leaving Phil to inherit the converted pink shirt this week.

No fear though after the last time Phil wore the pink and took it for a stint at Autonostix, the jersey returned suspiciously well lubricated and carrying enough grease to service a Hilux.

🎟 Lucky Numbers:
Steve doubled up on wins this week, taking home the Lucky Numbers draw after already opening the scoring earlier in the day.

Some blokes just can’t lose on a Saturday.

16/05/2026

🔥 FULL TIME — 35 DRUNKS SURVIVE THE EARLY WAKE-UP 🍻

Berkeley Vale Wombats Over 35s
5️⃣ - 1️⃣ Toukley Gorokan

We had a slower start than the first bloke arriving at the pub after a Friday night session, conceding early after Toukley snuck one in before the Drunks had fully calibrated.

After that though… complete control.

The midfield settled, the defence tightened up, and the goals started flowing like cans out of the esky.

🏅 Man of the Match: SHANNON
He seemed refreshed after a week away as the skipper of chaos. Won everything in the middle and dragged the boys straight back into the contest.

💥 Special mention to the little fella from Toukley who appeared deeply confused about the concept of tackling, deciding the best defensive option on Corey was simply grabbing his leg and dragging him down. Looked more rugby league than Over 35s football. Ref somehow kept the cards in his pocket and the laughs rolling on the sideline.

💖 Pink Shirt Votes:
With votes spread wider than the bar tab at presentation, Timmy couldn’t escape the punishment this week.

Thanks last week Pink recipient Sam making the pink a little sparkly, Timmy spent the afternoon looking a little disco-themed sparkle and smelt like nana.

Tough scenes.
Outstanding content.

🎟 Lucky Numbers:
21 numbers sold this week with The Esky buying the final four spots like a desperate punter chasing the meat raffle.

Winning Number: 9️⃣
Winner: THE ESKY 🍺

Some are calling it corruption.
We’re calling it destiny.

24/01/2026

Hi lads,

The 35 Drunks are gearing up for another season and locking in numbers for 2026!

There is also a push to form a 45 Drunks team this year. If you are 45+ or turning 45 and keen, jump on the 45 page and let us know
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BkcTkm8aa/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Cheers
G 🍻⚽

Sports

07/09/2025

A great win for the final round. We started the game with a full bench and the knowledge that our spot in the top four was secured, courtesy of our other 35d’s winning their game before us (thanks guys 😉)
It was an animated and action filled game and we hit the front when a
Defender passed it heavily back to his keeper and Corey charged after it, pouncing on the ‘clearance’ that the keeper sent to him and smashed it into the net! MG declared intent to score as soon as he relieved Kurt up front and he was true to his word, scoring quickly to extend our lead 💪🏼. Tim was nervously potentially sitting on pink votes for leaving his shirt at the ground last week but became optimistic when Gee saw yellow from successfully stealing the ball from a much smaller opponent and Andrew was pinged for a foul throw…..we attacked constantly, Shannon just getting one last touch, Maggs setting up with glorious throws, and Daniel was a man on a mission - racing down the wing and beating opponents to the ball, often winding up on the ground after passing and so close to scoring. Martin shepherded the ball out for a corner 😆 and was grateful for a rest in the second half to protect a possible injury and Andrew was keen to swap wings and team up with Tim Stu and the forwards for some great set up plays. Phil was kept busy cutting off chances and as usual sacrificing his body to secure the ball and it was another clean sheet! In a never seen turn of events, when Christo succumbed to cramping Mr Greg B himself agreed, without hesitation, to sub on as FULLBACK. That’s right, there he was defending corners on a post, racing to chase down strikers and Benny had to remind him to drop back when he surged down the line after winning the ball! Kurt found himself back up front with five to go after Corey blood binned himself, finally nabbing the early drinks he has angled for all season and after the bench chanting ‘Gee up front…’ on he went, the front row strike team of Gee and Kurt - micka on the wing, Greg in fullback and then it was full time! It was a great win, team effort lots of really positive talk and encouragement and a really great way to lead into the semis. POTM to the machine Daniel and Andrew was unable to avoid Pink 😆

26/08/2025

We did it! Pushed our way into fourth spot with a glorious 3-2 victory under lights at Kurraba!
Had 17 eager lads to start - Stu valiantly tested his injury and made it worth Steve graciously making way for him to become our 16.

Benny got us out in front early (super early) when we had a couple of failed attempts at goal so he stood up and smashed it left foot straight in! MG put us ahead 2 nil with a magnificent shot from the outside of his foot and before half time Budgewoi found themselves 3 down with another goal from Benny. Phil put his body on the line in an almighty tackle which the ref decided was a penalty then he promptly saved it, only for it to be called for re take after it was deemed *coughs* *shannon* encroached…🥹 So Phil saved that one too. 💪🏼
It was a brutal game, full of complaints from all areas and in the second half we withstood a barrage of attack - Tim throwing himself to clear the ball away from danger time and again, Chris sprinting, falling, sliding, tackling and Maggs and Martin solid as ever, but after some ridiculous throw ins and speed from Budgewoi they however managed two lucky strikes back to really fire the game up - Greg Corey and Kurt made some glorious attacking moves, combining with Micka and Andrew tearing down the wings and Daniel and Gee stood up to their opponents as did everyone else- we were not giving up this lead! In a late baffling turn of events Corey subbed back on for an exhausted MG and the ref marched up to Andrew and gave him a yellow for time wasting and not subbing, then showed Kurt one when he sought to clarify that he had never been subbed! As the minutes ticked down the ref decided the bench had to stay as is no matter what we said and full time came just as Andrew and Greg made another attack down the line to really try to finish it off! We won, all injuries survived the match and we march on!
POTM Phil, Pink to the artful dodger himself Shannon! Well done lads top effort by everyone
Shout out to Steve’s magnificent handiwork for our new neon sign - just to make us even louder and brighter!!!!

15/08/2025

🚨 Help Needed This Morning 🚨

The second load of sand has just arrived at Karaba and we need some extra hands to help spread it out so today’s games can go ahead.

A big thank you to Tumbi Sand & Soil for delivering the load 👏

If you’re available, please come down and lend a hand – every little bit of help makes a big difference. Let’s get the fields ready and make sure the games can be played today! ⚽💪

See you down at Karaba.

26/07/2025

Today was an important one. We wanted our third win in a row and got it.
Started with a combined minutes silence in acknowledgment and celebration of our mighty life member Spencer - his 14b team, Lou, Rob, wombats supporters, us and Wyong ❤️❤️❤️

Maggs offered a positive, purposeful pre game pep talk and We hit the front early with a great passage of play involving Andrew giving it to Benny who passed to Greg on the goal line - he then sent the most precision cross directly to Steve in the goal box who headed it perfectly into the net!
MG added forcefully to our attack and
Whatever Steve had to drink agreed with him, when we kept surging forward and pushed the ball up the sideline, then crossed it in Steve again was there to stretch his leg, maintain balance and punch us to two nil!!
We continued to push - Micka going rogue as he does knowing Martin and Tim would defend the back line with all they had - Timmy customarily removed a ball from harms way as last man standing - becoming somewhat of a signature for him.
Trent raced to the ground for his second game of the day and in the second half Wyong put a high ball through, their no 9, Micka and Trent all went for it and had an almighty collision of heads and knees, leaving our two guys on the ground an no 9 surging for goal only to be soundly denied by Phil!!! Micka had to temporarily hobble from the field but returned with ferocity to keep defending- Shannon was brilliant in the middle, niggling, getting himself there at every critical moment teaming up with Benny who was relentless on the wing. when they surged forward the team went with them and under pressure Benny trapped, turned and got his shot away to make it 3 nil!!!

Wyong got a free kick, drilled in low and after some great defense Phil got shoulder charged out of the way and the goal somehow stood 🤷‍♀️😬 We stepped up a notch - Kurt offering great set up balls up front, Corey beating players, getting to the ball first and sending some magnificent set up passes, and MG firing a precision ball through to Greg who motored on to goal to be brutally cut down in the box, an imprint of his body is probably still at Baker park 😳😳
A penalty was rightfully awarded and then in a baffling turn of events when Benny raced to check on his fallen comrade, the ref decided to penalise Benny for apparent dissent from a prior interaction, sending him to the bin for the remainder of the game 🤷‍♀️ Dan B kindly recorded Greg managing to not convert his penalty and next thing we knew Wyong got their own Dottie after far more obvious hand balls were just passed over and we were staring down 3-2!
Last 8 min, ten on field and it was frantic. Wyong threw everything they had at us and we batted it down. Andrew had a glorious shot and received a point blank impact to a ‘sensitive’ pair, Phil gave them nothing and stood tall, Gee and Chris defended their hearts out (Chris is your foot ok?) Andrew and Steve traded subs on the wing, Steve standing up to a final shoulder charge and it was done. The win.
MG led us in a magnificent version of club song for Spencer and it was a runaway MOTM for Steve. Sin bin Benny was no competition for Greg for pink - he was not fond of his blue Gee Up 😂😂 A magnificent, gutsy, Spencer worthy performance lads. It was just glorious to watch - everyone supporting each other, doing their bit, no negativity. The whole day was a spectacular example of what our club is all about ❤️❤️❤️❤️

19/07/2025

Back to back wins for us!!!!
It finally happened - we had 18 yes eighteen players available so Chris and Trent were glorious sideline input instead, cheers lads - see you on the pitch next game!
We were feeling good after a week off and fired out of the blocks with determination and a stacked bench. Daniel was a man on a mission from the start, racing down the wing and after we put the ball into the box it pinballed around and eventually Dan’s knee smashed it in for one nil! 💪🏼Steve and Andrew subbed on and fully stood up to their opponents fighting for the ball and creating much space for shannon and Benny to power on and really utilize everyone - sending the ball back to our defenders as part of creating momentum and Kurt ….followed by MG burst up front to keep us moving forward, making way for Micka who ran at will to attack and defend and it was one nil half time. Second half MG maintained our drive with an ‘attacking cross’ that included ground and a wild spray of sweat, Greg was relentless in searching for the ball, dropping to defend and then found himself on the end on a glorious ball, battled through, left defenders in his wake and slid it through for a very very nice second!!!! It got heated, Tim was showing great commitment and timing to thwart attack and race to take attacking throws, and Corey shrugged off being questioned about his drunks legitimacy to perform brilliantly in midfield and Shannon after a well earned sideline rest was Jonny on the spot after wrecking ball Steve skittled the defense and Shannon finished!!!! Yiss!!! Kurt powered on again up front with some very handy footwork and there was another collision that somehow led to Martin being shown yellow until Ducky / Dan sought to ensure he was recognized for the two foot desperation slide….😬😳😂 Andrew and then Benny sorted their opponents and really found space for us to keep pushing… Gee battled on till the end, Stu was glorious until he succumbed to injury and Phil was happy to get involved and keep us safe.
A really solid committed game with some nice positive communication that really helped our flow. An unusual Pink / MOTM double to Mr Dan G Ducky!!!! Great game to all!!!

06/07/2025

⚽️ 35 Drunks Fundraiser – Support Our Soccer Team! ⚽️

Get ready for an epic afternoon of fun and games at The Wombat Burrow on 12 July 2025, from 2 PM!

Whether you're in it for the games or just the good vibes, there's something for everyone.

🎯 Ping Pong Competition
🎟️ Raffles & Lucky Numbers
📺 Footy on the TV
🎶 Music & Drinks

Cash & EFTPOS accepted for all your raffle and refreshment needs!

Proudly supported by:
🔧 Autonostix Automotive Diagnostics Specialists
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🔥 BDM Fire Protection

Let’s kick goals on and off the field—see you there!