JOEL Wood showed again why Maitland FC was so keen to sign him this season collecting a double in the Magpies' 3-1 win against Lake Macquarie City on Saturday. Wood slotted his first from the edge of the six-yard box from a deflection from a shot by Ryan Broadley squared the keeper and sent the ball Wood's way. The second was seemingly, equally as simple, but again his timing was superb to run on to a cut-back pass from Ryan Clarke to give Maitland a 2-1 lead in the [...]

THE Maitland Magpies' two most inspirational players, skipper Carl Thornton and former Socceroo Matt Thompson, return to the starting line-up for Friday night's crucial match against Lake Macquarie. Sitting on 27 points, just two points clear of Charlestown and three ahead of Lambton, the Magpies are taking no risks in what coach Mick Bolch has told his players is a must-win game. While Maitland FC fans and the wider community have been swept up in the excitement of next Wednesday's FFA Cup Round of 32 clash against Central Coast, the [...]

The Magpies from Maitland enjoyed a tremendous run at the end of the regular season to storm their way into the semi-finals but fell short against a tough, championship-winning Broadmeadow team. After making quite a number of changes to the side at the beginning of 2018, coach Michael Bolch has this year instead decided to focus on keeping his team together and to promote from within. His squad will once again be one of the stronger ones especially due to a couple of new key signings and the great [...]

MAITLAND Magpies earned a place among the best 32 football teams in Australia with 2-1 win against Hamil- ton Olympic in round seven of the FFA Cup on Tuesday night. A roar went across Cooks Square Park as the referee finally blew his whistle after a tense five minutes of second-half stoppage time in which both sides had chances to add to their score. But in the end a goal off a superb Liam Thornton corner in the third minute of the second-half and a penalty by Joel Wood in [...]