Jeremy Brockie (Edgeworth FC | Australia)

far out. That's why he is so frustrating. I mean it takes some technique to hit a cross like that with the outside of your foot. From a highlights reel Brockie would grace any league in the world. Problem is in between these moments of utter brilliance he goes missing. Good to see him scoring goals. You have to keep him around the all whites set up as even though his record for the all whites is average he could just be the man to score the next wonder goal.. 

Sounds like Brocks was involved in other chances too and had a great game all around:

Match reports:

http://www.psl.co.za/article.asp?id=2919374

http://www.goal.com/en-za/match/supersport-united-...

That wonder goal:

Brocks needs to work on his dancing

He does love to score the screamers... remembering his goal at the end of last season.

If he could finish taps ins... then wow.

Brockie Van Basten (said wiv an Afrikaans accent)

His goal at the Beijing Olympics vs. China in 2008 wasn't bad either - great pass from Craig Henderson:

The first goal by a New Zealander at the Olympic football:

Was always a fan of this goal

His wonder goal against the Tardery nearing end of last season was better

Ah yeah, was at that game - didn't mean a whole lot considering we got pummeled before that though. Sweet free kick too. Even Melbourne fans were applauding him. (easy to do when you've got a certain win, but still)

Was a friendly game between the NZ and Aus U23's I believe

Friendly with Australia u-23 at North Sydney Oval July 2008 preparing for the Beijing Olympics (where Brocks became the first Kiwi to score in the Olympic football  - see above video for that Beijing goal vs. China).

Brockie scored both NZ goals in a 2-3 loss.

Match Preview:

http://under23s.footballaustralia.com.au/article/q...

Plus: "Arnold has added Chris O’Connor, James Holland, Leigh Broxham and Matt Simon as alternate players for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, whilst Nigel Boogaard will also join the squad as an additional train-on player. 2008 Australian Olympic Team members David Carney, Adam Federici and Neil Kilkenny will not be participating in this camp due to club commitments in Europe."

A lot of familiar names in that Aussie squad in the link above.

But Nathan Burns was controversially omitted from Graham Arnold's Olympic squad  - he never rated him. Oh, dear...

 http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/80045,arnie-its-no...

FIRED up Olyroo coach Graham Arnold said the Olyroos was not a development squad for the Socceroos and defended his reasons for leaving Nathan Burns and Bruce Djite out of his squad. "It was form over 20 games," he insisted today. "Statistics, go have a look at statistics [on Burns and Djite]. "I spoke to the players, they understand the reason. In that time, we've had a lot of heat testing, physical testing, tactical testing. And I had to then make a decision on who was the better player. And the players I probably have in the squad here are better players. The only one who probably wasn't tested over the time and could be a bit of a shock could be Rukyvysta."

Many of the attacking players in Arnold's selection have turned out not to be a patch on Burns of course...

MATCH REPORT:

Qantas Under 23s Hold On for Victory Over New Zealand

FFA Media Release Saturday, 12 July 2008 

 The Qantas Under 23s have held on to defeat the New Zealand Under 23s 3-2 at North Sydney Oval today courtesy of two goals from Mark Milligan and superb strike from Kristian Sarkies. The Qantas Under 23s sought to impose themselves from the outset against a New Zealand team that was looking to get some much needed match practice Mark Milligan opened the scoring for the Qantas Under 23s in the 26th minute when he headed home a Kristian Sarkies corner at the far post. But two minutes later Jeremy Brockie equalised for New Zealand with a header himself from a free-kick. Kristian Sarkies grabbed the lead back for the Qantas Under 23s in the 38th minute when he latched onto a poorly cleared ball and finished with aplomb from 15 yards out giving his team the lead going into the break. The second half saw the Qantas Under 23s continue to apply the pressure and Stuart Musialik cam e close to extending the lead with a stinging shot only to see his attempt intercepted by the New Zealand Defence. Jeremy Brockie equalised for New Zealand on the hour mark when he beat three defender at the edge of the box and coolly slot home past the advancing Qantas Under 23s Goalkeeper Tando Velaphi. Mark Milligan scored the match winner in the 78th minute when a free-kick from Sarkies was floated into the box to a sea of bodies. From the ensuing goal mouth scramble, Milligan reacted best and fired home from close range. Speaking after the match, Qantas Under 23s Head Coach Graham Arnold was happy with result but was realistic about the areas his team need to work on "We have been working a lot on our combination play and I was very pleased with our performance in stages. "If anything I was a little disappointed that we didn't get on the end of things. We should be able to kill those games off earlier. "At the moment I'd say that we are around 75% fitness levels and over the next three and half weeks we want to increase that by another 20-25% to peak in China. "We do need to work on our defence. The first goal came from a set move so we need to improve on that. "But overall we played some good football and now we are looking towards the opening match of the Olympic Games against Serbia on the 7th of August', concluded Arnold. 

Match Details:

Qantas Under 23's 3 (Mark Milligan 26'/78', Kristian Sarkies 38') New Zealand 2 (Jeremy Brockie 28'/52') Saturday 12 July 2008 North Sydney Oval, North Sydney Oval Referee: Strebe Delovski Assistant Referees: Alex Glasgow & Murray Wilson Fourth Official: James Lewis Croud: 2,312 

Qantas Under 23s line-up: 18.Tando Velaphi (gk), 2.Jade North (3.Adrian Leijer 46'), 4.Stuart Musialik (17.Billy Celeski 72'), 5.Mark Milligan, 6.Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 7.Kristian Sarkies, 11.James Troisi, 12.Matthew Spiranovic, 13.Trent McClenahan, 14.Nikita Rukavytsya (19.Matthew Simon 79'), 15.Ruben Zadkovich (8.Mark Bridge 63'). Substitutes Not Used: 1.Chris O’Connor (gk), 10.Archie Thompson, 20.Nigel Boogaard, 21.James Holland, 22.Leigh Broxham Yellow Cards: James Troisi 83'. Red Cards: Nil 

New Zealand line-up: 1.Jacob Spoonley (gk), 3.Ian Hogg (16.Hone Fowler 82'), 4.Cole Peverley (7.Cole Tinkler 60'), 5.Michael Boxall, 6.Steven Old, 8.Shaun Van Rooyen, 9.Jeremy Brockie, 10.Daniel Ellensohn, 11.Sam Jenkins (14.Joel Mathews 89'), 15.Sam Messam (13.Craig Henderson 53'), 17.Jack Pelter. Substitutes Not Used: 2.Aaron Scott, 20.Liam Little (gk). Yellow Cards: Jermey Brockie 50', Steven Old 63'. Red Cards: Nil

Interesting to note that only Brockie, Boxall, Old and Henderson have gone on to professional careers. 

Pevs, Tinkler, Hogg and Pelter did play pro for awhile either before or after the '08 Olympics.  I've always been surprised that Scott has yet to play pro anywhere although I'm sure he got payed well at ACFC.

U wot? far as I know Scott has never played for ACFC. Bias much.

Woops meant Waitak (one of those sides north of the Bombays anyway!).  Point still stands about ACFC and maybe Waitak previously paying players through other means... "coaching" etc

Just scored again

Played at Waitak not ACFC - not good enough at top level - doesn't have the pace needed. Saw him play v Honduras I think at Harbour and was a pace shy of what's needed at that level.

Jeremy definitely enjoy his stay in SA

Scored this morning but SuperSport are currently losing 2-1

So how many goals does he have in how many games? Hard to keep track.

Despite arriving so late in the season, he'd be near the top of the goal scoring chart.

I base this only an earlier post which said the super sport league is one of the lowest scoring professional leagues in the world.

6 in 12 in the league. 2 in the cup. Top scorer is at 13 from 28.

not bad for someone who isn't a goal scorer!

So is that his season over now?

any clips anywhere?

Sure is. 30 league games, but they do have 3 separate cup competitions which are pretty much all just modified versions of league cups, so with a good run can still get 34-35 odd matches. SuperSport won the league cup this season too, although that was before Brockie arrived.

And were knocked out by Ajax Cape Town 2-1 in the semi of the Nedbank Cup on 26 April (SA's version of the FA Cup)

Latest game, he sure can strike a football

http://www.psl.co.za/video.asp?id=526744

Might require IE to play the vid (wmp plugin needed it seems)

Another vid of Brockie's games

http://www.psl.co.za/video.asp?id=491784 - great celebration lol

Looks like there's a lot of interest on him in South Africa

You can open that last video in another media player such as VLC here: http://www.psl.co.za/asxgen.asp?file=SOC_060515_PSL_SSUVSUN_HD5_MOVIE_600k

That's ~NZ$2.5m

Brockie getting interest from a team known as 'The Brazillians'... who'd have thunk it?

Free coverage of preseason tournament involving Supersport https://eagles.cpfc.co.uk/?

Jeremy Brockie managed a goal in Supersport's first competitive game of the season tonight. The Pretoria side lost 3-1 at Kris Bright's BidVest Wits side in Johannesburg in the MTN8 Cup. The competition is an annual event which is contested by the sides who finish in the top 8 of the PSL the previous season.

Wits won in extra-time after Brockie scored the equaliser on 56 minutes. Michael Boxall also played for Supersport as part of a back 3. Kris Bright did not feature for Wits as he's still awaiting his work permit from Home Affairs.

Time for the 2nd season Brockie Blues?