THE Maitland Magpies face North Coast Football side Boambee Bombers without key players Matt Thompson and Ryan Broadley in Saturday's round six FFA Cup encounter at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility. The Magpies will be favourites but will need to be at their best, football manager Mick Mirisch said. Mirisch said Thomson and Broadley were both five to six weeks away from returning to action and the Magpies would also be without Sean Pratt, who is heading overseas on holiday on Sunday, if they progress to round seven. [...]

THE Maitland Magpies are calling on the city to get behind them in their quest to make the FFA Cup round of 32. The Magpies host Hamilton Olympic in a crunch round seven game on Tues- day night after beating Boambee Bombers 7-2 in their round six clash on Saturday. The prize for Tuesday night's winner is national exposure with the place in the round of 32 against A-League teams and other qualifiers from state competitions. There will be free entry for all local football club players with one [...]

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 [...]

MATT Swan scored a double for Maitland and Liam Wilson got one for Weston as the two Coalfields sides recorded expected but important wins in Northern NSW NPL action on Sunday. The Magpies sealed their 4-2 away win against Valentine with a special goal in overtime featuring young guns Louis Townsend and Tommy Duggan. After skipper Carl Thornton forced a turnover, Joel Wood fed the ball back to Townsend who passed the ball across the top of the penalty area to Duggan. Duggan stepped back into play drawing two opponents [...]

THE Maitland Magpies have pulled off a huge recruiting coup signing utility Nick Cowburn from the Newcastle Jets. On holidays in Europe, Cowburn confirmed with the club this week he would join the Magpies from the start of July, signing off his correspondence saying that he was "looking forward to helping you win the premiership". "We're delighted, Nick's a huge addition to our squad going into the second half of the year," Magpies football manager Mick Mirisch said. "He will add a whole new dimension to our FFA Cup and [...]

THE Maitland Magpies have squared the El Clasical ledger for 2019 and closed the gap on league leaders Weston with a 3-1 win at Cooks Square Park on Sunday. It was a sweet win for the injury-depleted Magpies after the Bears won the first encounter 2-1 at Bears Park back in March. "It's always sweet to get a win over the Bears," former Bear Liam Thornton said after the match. "It's a big game for Carl and myself after having played there so long. We have a [...]

IT IS potentially the biggest game in the Maitland Magpies history and they need help to ensure a FFA Cup round of 32 fixture can be broadcast nationally out of the city. The Magpies learn tonight who and where they will be playing when the round of 32 fixtures are drawn live on Fox Sports News. And there is a better than 50-50 chance it will be a home game, potentially against an A-League opponent. Magpies president Ray Watkins said the playing surface at Cooks Square Park, thanks to Maitland [...]