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Charles Lokolingoy swaps Stallions for Malta      

12 July , 2022 By Mark Stavroulakis

Current National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s high-flyers Marconi Stallions will be hoping to clinch the 2022 Premiership with only a handful full of matches to go minus one of their biggest stars in ace marksman Charles Lokolingoy who this week penned a deal with Maltese Challenge League outfit Zebbug Rangers.

The 25-year-old made the move to the beautiful nation of Malta following his seven-goal haul for the Stallions during this year’s NPL NSW Men’s campaign.

Lokolingoy will be a huge loss to the NPL NSW Men’s competition but the opportunity to play in Europe was too hard to pass up for the former A-League player.

Stallions assistant coach Peter Papoythis pieced some beautiful words to their beloved marksman following his transfer move.

“From Marconi to Malta, congratulations Charles from everyone at the club, we wish you all the success in the world.

“Keep working hard, the boys here will be cheering you on from down under.”

With three NPL NSW Men’s matches remaining, the Stallions currently sit in top spot with 36 points, two more than their closest rivals Blacktown City.

Good luck with your travels and journey Charles.

Filed Under: Featured, Marconi Stallions FC

Round 19 NPL NSW Men’s ‘Team Of The Week’

11 July , 2022 By Football NSW

After a weekend off from the ‘Team of the Week’ accolades due to the lack of matches played in Roind 18, we finally had all six games played in what was yet another huge weekend of NPL NSW Men’s football.

Some different names dominate this week’s inclusions but it was pleasing to see the Mt Druitt Town Rangers featured with Bul Juach grabbing a spot while refreshing to see a debut from Northbridge Bulls defender Nathan Dimou feature.

The usual suspects Alec Urosevski and Jaiden Kucharski once again dominated and have put their hands up in more ways than one to feature in the NPL NSW Men’s ‘Team of the Year’.

Congrats to all players for their inclusions in this week’s Round 19 NPL NSW Men’s ‘Team of the Week’.

Filed Under: Featured

Mt Druitt Town Rangers get into the NAIDOC Week spirit

8 July , 2022 By Mark Stavroulakis

National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s outfit Mt Druitt Town Rangers will be sporting special Indigenous jerseys in their round 19 clash against the Wollongong Wolves at Popondetta Park tonight.

One of the club’s major stars in Jack Stewart, who hails from the Kamilaroi mob from Tamworth, has been a huge influence in the club’s promotion of the First Nations people.

“I’m so proud of my Indigenous background. Being able to say I’m Aboriginal and being part of the Indigenous community is something I take great pride in it. My family and I are fully embracing our culture and continuing to learn and build our understanding of it and how we can better our Indigenous community.

“To me, being Aboriginal is something that no one can every take away from me, it’s something that I’m the proudest to say as I see my people as fighters, and it gives me strength in my day to day life.

“Mt Druitt have been very supportive of my Aboriginal culture. From the players to staff, everyone has really embraced it and yes, we had a smoking ceremony before training a few weeks back. Stewart (Montgomery) asked me if I would be able to organise something for the boys to try and up our spirits and the club’s vibe as this year hasn’t been what we had hoped for. I’m honoured to have a connection with Uncle Wes Marne, a Bigambul man, who has lived in Mount Druitt for more than 45 years, and, at 100 years continues to share and educated our community. He is a true leader in our community, and we were lucky enough to have Uncle Wes, Aunty Karen and Ian lead our team through a smoking ceremony and speak to the boys about our culture and a little history about what a smoking ceremony is. The club were amazing about it and all the boys were very respectful and enjoyed the night.”

Mt Druitt’s Stewart Montgomery has equally embraced the club’s push for promoting the game to the Indigenous community.

“We are very proud to be supporting our First Nations people and Jack has been a great ambassador for that for us as a club as well as the competition.

“We look forward to continuing on this acknowledgement to our First Nations people for years to come.”

Filed Under: Featured, Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC

Danny Choi returns to Blacktown City

1 July , 2022 By Mark Stavroulakis

Blacktown City have continued its late transfer season signings following the return of Travis Major has come the news that yet another favourite son, Danny Choi, has returned.

In a huge coup not just for City but the National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition, the 27-year-old makes his comeback after spending four years abroad playing professionally in Portugal for several lower league outfits.

The crafty and talented South Korean born attacker will no doubt add that X-Factor to Mark Crittenden’s squad who certainly mean business following the signings of both Major and Choi.

Choi was a constant menace for opposing defenders in the NPL NSW Men’s competition where he donned the City jersey from 2014 right through to 2018.

Filed Under: Blacktown City FC, Featured

The return of the Major set to spark Blacktown City

29 June , 2022 By Football NSW

Travis Major marked his return to the National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition with a hat-trick on the weekend, making a big statement of his intentions after rejoining Blacktown City for the remainder of the 2022 season.

Having spent some time with RoundGlass Punjab in the I-League, Major had an interesting experience in India with heavy restrictions due to Covid, but was excited to return to Blacktown.

“I’ve done a few times before so I’m used to coming back and having a bit of an offseason and then getting back into it,” Major said of returning to the NPL NSW Men’s competition.

“I’ve been back for about five weeks now and had a two-week break in Bali as well, just to have some freedom because I was in a quarantine bubble the whole time I was in India for eight months so I didn’t really have any freedom, so it was nice.

“I didn’t really get to experience India as a whole because for the eight months, we were in a hotel quarantine bubble the whole time so the only way we could leave the hotel was for training or a game.

“I didn’t really get to experience any of the culture, but the football was definitely different.

“It was so hot and humid when we played that the tempo was a lot slower so that took some time to get used to but it was a good experience all in all.”

When it was time to return to Australia, there was no doubt that he would play for Blacktown City, with a long history and strong connection to the club.

“The only team I’d play for the NPL is Blacktown – everyone probably knows that by now,” Major said.

“I’ve got such a close relationship with the club and Critto [Mark Crittenden] being my stepdad, it’s a pretty seamless thing to go straight into, he’d probably kill me if I went elsewhere.

“It’s always Blacktown for me in the NPL and they’ve always got that relationship with me that they say if anything comes up at a higher level, you can go the next day.

“They’ve never held me back and they’ve done that three or four times now.

“It’s always good to have such a close relationship with them where they do what’s best for me and obviously I’m always doing my best when I’m playing for them.”

Speaking of the support Blacktown City has shown him, Major said the club is supportive of everyone when they have an opportunity to play the next level of football.

“Critto is the first one to say, ‘you’ve got to go for it, if this is what you want to do go for it and there’s always a spot back here for you’, because no one ever really leaves on bad terms.

“If anyone ever comes back, the door’s always open for them and it’s always been like that for me as well.”

The culture at Blacktown is something the players and staff often speak of, with a strong team mentality the cornerstone of their success over the years, and Major said it hasn’t changed since he first joined the team.

“I came in 2010, that was my first year and there were senior boys at that time who had that culture down pat, and then by the time myself and Zach Cairncross and Matt Lewis were 23 to 24, they had taken off and then we kept that culture going, and then any of the new boys that have come in have just kept it up,” he said.

“Lynchy [Grant Lynch], Daniel Collins, Lewy [Matt Lewis] and Tristan [Prendergast] are still there and they carry on that culture and anyone that comes in gets introduced to it and it’s sink or swim.

“If you don’t buy into it, then you’re not part of it and you’re welcome to leave the club at any time.”

Joining the team with only six regular season games to go is an exciting prospect for the striker, and an opportunity he has relished.

“It’s exciting to come in because obviously last year we were six or seven points ahead with a few games left, so we had that wrapped up as far as I’m concerned,” he explained.

“This year is completely different, where instead of being the hunted, we’re hunting down the top couple of teams because we’re a couple points off, so it was enticing to come back.

“I think the pressure is on everyone else in front of us, because we’re chasing them down and we’re pretty confident we can do that.

“At the end of the day, we’ve still got to get the points on the board and see how we go in finals.”

Having spent a lot of time with Blacktown in the NPL NSW Men’s league, Major couldn’t recall another time where the competition was so tightly-contested at this point in the season, with 2014 the only season that came close.

“The only one that comes to mind was 2014 I think, when Blacktown Spartans, ourselves and Bonnyrigg were all fighting for the top three and it came down to the last day where Blacktown Spartans just needed a draw to win and I think we beat them 7-0 and they lost it on the final day to Bonnyrigg,” he recalled.

“That’s the only one I can really think of, in the last few years it’s been the first position that’s run off and won it by five or six points – I’ve never seen it this close with six teams in the race.

Having made his return to the league with a very successful performance, Major said it was a bit of luck that helped him with his hat trick.

“It was a bit of luck to be honest, obviously getting a penalty after 20 seconds, it sort of fell in my lap,” he explained.

“We got another penalty, which again fell in my lap and then got one straight after half time, so it was good to get some goals straight away and just shake off the cobwebs, because I think it’s been six weeks since I’ve played a game.

“It was nice to get out there injury free, get some goals, win the game and we just to carry on the next week now.”

With five games remaining and the Premiership in reach, Major is determined to succeed in the remainder of the season and hopefully return to playing football overseas afterwards.

“Personally, I just want to come back, stay injury free, do as well as I can, score goals and get as far as we can into the finals and win it all and if anything comes up from that, then we’ll take it from there,” he said.

“I definitely want to go back to Asia, I’m just not sure what country that will be, it just depends on what opportunity presents itself.

“Five of the last six years I’ve been over there and I’ve been happy with how it went so I definitely want to go back over there and test myself again.

“I’m lucky I’ve got a supportive partner who is happy to travel with me, which makes it a lot easier.

“If something comes up that’s definitely something we both want to pursue, but it has to come up first.”

-By Madeline Riley

Filed Under: Blacktown City FC, Featured

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