A-League
Western United has announced the signing of Angus Thurgate for the next three A-League Men’s seasons. The talented young midfielder arrives from Newcastle Jets where he has spent the last six seasons, debuting as a 17-year-old in 2018. Thurgate said he was buzzing to start a new challenge with Western United and was looking forward to creating some history.
VSDCA
Noble Park’s Janaka Liyanabadalge has won the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association Val Holten Medal. Liyanabadalge finished on 20 votes to beat Hoppers Crossing’s Simon Lambert by three votes. Lambert was named in the team of the year, but despite making the grand final there were no Werribee players named in the team. Melton’s Ben MacRae was named captain of the team of the year.
NPL
A late goal resulted in Werribee City coming home with a point in the National Premier League 2 on Saturday against Brunswick Juventus. Brunswick hit the front through a penalty in the 63rd minute. Brunswick went a man down in the 83rd through a red card, but appeared to have done enough to get the win. A penalty in the fourth minute of extra time though gave the Bees the chance to level and they did, with the match finishing 1-1. The Bees sit eighth on the table.
FV
Point Cook had a tough day out against Uni Hill Eagles in the FV state league 3 north-west competition on Saturday. The Eagles, who are among the top sides in the competition, took a 1-0 lead into half time before extending that to 3-0. The Jets scored a late consolation goal to finish the game 3-1. In state league 5 west, Wyndham lost to Deakin University 4-0.
